Wizards in the world of cultivation

Chapter 101 Assessment
However, Su You only kept this idea to himself.

If you indiscriminately collect herbs unrelated to the mission, you will never be able to leave this place.

This taboo was a pattern that was discovered only after several attempts.

Su You leaped into the air and flew around quickly.

I have gained a general understanding of the medicinal herbs grown here.

Without wasting any more time, Su You quickly went to a medicinal field, picked several kinds of spiritual herbs, and then went to another medicinal field to pick more spiritual herbs.

Su You stopped after picking about twenty kinds of medicinal herbs.

He arrived at an empty spiritual field and scattered dozens of spiritual herb seeds on it.

This is another taboo within the Danling Secret Realm: for every spiritual herb harvested, a seed must be planted. This rule is presumably to ensure the continued use and development of the spiritual herbs within.

Otherwise, after so many years, the medicinal herbs inside would have been completely consumed long ago.

After doing all this, Su You returned to the stone house.

This time, he did not intend to refine the highest-grade second-tier superior pills that he possessed.

Instead, he chose a second-tier mid-grade pill that he frequently refined, which had a high success rate.

Although this assessment rewards higher-grade pills.

However, there are also hidden conditions.

For example, success rate and pill formation rate both affect the final assessment.

This mission, although it has a whole day, allows for multiple attempts at refining.

However, based on the information provided by the sect, he ultimately chose to refine the pills he was most skilled at.

After all, failures when refining higher-grade pills will affect the assessment, and the success rate of pill refining will also affect the assessment results.

That's why Su You chose the pills he was most skilled at, which would ensure success on the first try and maintain a high success rate.

His current specialty is refining pills that affect the soul, which is also the type of pill he studies the most.

Moreover, this type of elixir is one of the most valuable, aside from those that help break through bottlenecks.

Looking at the alchemy furnace in front of him, Su You skillfully drew in the earth fire and then put one spiritual herb after another into the furnace.

Half an hour later, five perfectly round pills appeared in his palm.

"A pretty good success rate in achieving the desired pill formation." Su You nodded in satisfaction.

Although it's not the highest level of eight pills, being able to produce seven pills is already quite good.

When he usually refines this kind of pill, he usually produces six pills, and on rare occasions, he produces six or eight pills. So far, this has only happened once.

After the elixir was completed, I waited for a day.

The jade tablet vibrated, and his test results were displayed on it.

ID 76817: Points: 120, Rank: 96271

"The ranking is so low?" Su You raised an eyebrow.

His current ranking is over 96,000, while according to the information provided by the sect, the number of people entering this time is 100,000, which is already the lowest ranking.

However, Su You didn't take it to heart. He knew that his alchemy skills were entirely built up by spiritual herbs, and that he was indeed quite poor compared to other geniuses.

He was still somewhat curious about the points reward.

Although he knew that he could exchange points for pills, he was not quite clear about the specific value of those points.

Su You probed the jade tablet with his divine sense and immediately saw a huge list listing the effects of various pills and their specific exchange prices.

The highest-ranking and most valuable elixir is undoubtedly the Spirit Nourishing Pill, which can directly help Nascent Soul cultivators break through to the Divine Transformation realm. This breakthrough is 100% effective, not just a matter of chance.

This is probably the most valuable elixir in the human realm.

However, the required points amounted to a million, so Su You immediately suppressed his desire.

He only scored 120 points in the first round of assessment, so accumulating a million points is almost impossible.

Moreover, according to the sect's intelligence, since the discovery of the Danling Secret Realm, no one has been able to exchange for that Spirit Nourishing Pill.

According to their speculation, only by passing all the tests in the Danling Secret Realm and obtaining all the inheritances would they have a chance to accumulate points to a million.

Su You shook his head, his gaze jumping down to the middle, where the Cleansing Spirit Pill was displayed, with an exchange value of 3,200 points.

This is their mission objective when entering the Danling Secret Realm. The purpose of this pill is to help eliminate the toxins in the body and cleanse the body.

Su You guessed that Elder Zhao Qing had probably taken too many pills, accumulating too much pill poison in his body, which was why he had been unable to break through to the Nascent Soul realm.

Otherwise, as a fourth-tier alchemy master, obtaining the Nascent Soul Pill would be an easy task, and he wouldn't still be struggling to break through.

After all, the other party has been stuck at the peak of the Golden Core stage for nearly two hundred years.

As for why they weren't allowed to exchange for those pills that could guarantee a breakthrough to the Nascent Soul realm...

Su You roughly understood after seeing the points above.

Infant Nourishing Pill, exchangeable for 50,000 points.

This is indeed too difficult for them. Judging from the first round of assessment, it is extremely difficult to obtain 50,000 points.

However, there is still a chance to obtain the Cleansing Spirit Pill, which is worth more than 3,000 points.

According to Zhao Qing, as long as you pass several rounds of assessments, there is a high probability that you can get more than 3,000 points.

Su You quickly scrolled to the bottom of the list and finally found the pills he could exchange for.

Xuan Qingdan: Points: 100 points.

Effect: It can help break through the bottleneck in the mid-stage of Foundation Building.

"That's quite a grand gesture," Su You exclaimed in amazement.

Such a pill that can break through bottlenecks would be worth at least 50,000 spirit stones outside.

Any cultivator who passes the first test will receive at least 50,000 spirit stones.

Su You looked up again and saw that the exchange points for the Golden Core Pill were 1,000 points, while the price of the Nascent Soul Pill was 10,000 points.

In addition, pills that can enhance the soul of a Golden Core cultivator cost at least 200 points each.

Besides various elixirs, points can also be exchanged for elixir recipes and various alchemy inheritances. The alchemy inheritances that Su You currently possess all come from his sect, and even the alchemy techniques he uses are only at a very basic level.

Su You watched more than ten alchemy competitions in Saint Pill City, and most of the alchemists there possessed alchemy techniques that were far more profound than his own.

He wanted to obtain more advanced alchemy techniques, so he either had to become Zhao Qing's apprentice, since Zhao Qing had once exchanged for a valuable alchemy inheritance in the Pill Spirit Secret Realm and should possess powerful alchemy techniques.

Another option is to redeem it here yourself.

Besides rewards such as inheritance and elixirs, there are also various high-grade spiritual herbs and rare spiritual roots and fruits, all of which can be redeemed using points.

It's no wonder that so many Nascent Soul experts would be tempted. Aside from the inheritances, both high-aged spiritual herbs and precious pills are very attractive to them.

Although many sects with long-standing traditions have no shortage of high-grade spiritual herbs, the Danling Secret Realm contains many kinds of spiritual herbs that have been lost and cannot be cultivated outside. These spiritual herbs are of very high value when used to refine pills.

Su You didn't have to wait long before the second round of assessments came up.

Ten jade bowls appeared directly in front of him, filled with liquids of various colors such as red, green, purple, and blue.

This is the task of this assessment: to taste these medicinal liquids and then find the corresponding elixirs.

This assessment will also last one day, but the rewards are much richer, with the highest reward reaching 1,000 points. That means you can get 100 points for answering just one question correctly.

In addition, if you don't guess any of the elixirs correctly, you will also be eliminated.

Su You was quite confident in his ability to judge the efficacy of elixirs.

It wasn't just because Zhao Qing had specifically taught them this knowledge, but also because he had a tower spirit with powerful calculation abilities behind him.

Picking up a bowl of light red medicine, Su You did not taste it immediately, but examined it carefully.

"As expected, there are no loopholes to exploit; this medicinal liquid is completely free of impurities," Su You said helplessly, looking at the crystal-clear liquid.

Ideally, if there were any medicinal residues left on it, it would be easier to identify the name of the elixir.

Now...

Su You recalled the method of recognizing medicine using the five aggregates that Zhao Qing had taught them.

First, observe, then carefully smell the medicinal liquid, and then drink it all in one gulp. Use your mental energy to look inward and carefully feel the changes in your body. Then, based on your feelings, construct the characteristics of this elixir in your sea of ​​consciousness.

Using this method, Su You was able to identify the medicinal ingredient used in the first bowl of medicine without Xiao Bei's help.

The Spirit-Pulling Flower has a light red liquid with a bitter taste followed by a sweet taste. It is a medicinal ingredient used in the refining of the Azure Inscription Pill, which enhances the mana of those in the mid-Foundation Establishment stage.

After successfully identifying the first medicinal herb, Su You's confidence soared, and he continued to use the Five Elements Herb Identification Method to identify the remaining medicinal herbs.

Unfortunately, after tasting all the medicinal herbs, he only recognized three of them.

These three kinds of spiritual herbs are among the three types of pills used to enhance the essence, qi, and spirit of the Foundation Establishment stage.

The other medicinal liquids were probably all spiritual herbs that Su You had never used before.

This will test each alchemist's accumulated knowledge and personal experience, among other things.

Since he couldn't identify it on his own, Su You simply activated his cheat code, allowing Xiao Bei to search through the vast knowledge base.

He has already provided the corresponding conditions for description; if the knowledge base contains such information about elixirs, it should be searchable.

"Only five were found, and the remaining two couldn't be identified?" Su You was slightly surprised.

Xiao Bei's knowledge base has been accumulating continuously. Over the past few decades, Su You has sent people to acquire and record any knowledge that he has not yet encountered. Apart from some high-end knowledge that cannot be compared, the knowledge stored in it is already comparable to that of most Nascent Soul sects.

All I can say is that knowledge is endless and requires continuous accumulation and learning.

Based on his guesses about the names of the spiritual herbs, Su You quickly found the corresponding spiritual herbs among them and then sowed the seeds from the nearby spiritual field.

This time, he directly selected ten spiritual herbs. Although there were still two medicinal liquids that he could not distinguish, he also selected two similar spiritual herbs based on their medicinal properties and colors.

What if, by sheer luck, the cat gets it right?

This is a reward of 200 points, worth at least 100,000 spirit stones.

Moreover, points are more valuable than spirit stones here. There are too many items on the leaderboard that he wants to exchange for, so he needs to accumulate more points.

A day later, the jade tablet displayed its assessment results again.

ID 76817: Points: 800, Rank: 720

Total points: 920, Overall ranking: 8652

"I ranked over 700th in the second round of assessments, and I've also made it into the top 10,000 overall. It seems this stage is quite challenging." Su You felt a surge of joy.

The overall ranking here isn't just for show. In addition to the reward points, there are extra rewards if you rank in the top 1,000.

Unfortunately, Su You didn't get many points in the first round, only getting 120 out of 500, which was a significant drop in the overall score.

However, even without the first round lowering the total score, at least tens of thousands of people guessed more than five kinds of spiritual herbs correctly in the second round.

"As expected, this is a gathering of elites. I was only able to identify eight kinds of spiritual herbs thanks to Xiao Bei. Yet, seven hundred and twenty people were able to identify nine kinds of spiritual herbs. They are truly amazing!" Su You couldn't help but exclaim.

His ranking should be tied with all those who identified the eight medicinal herbs.

The results of the third round of assessments were quickly updated.

Pin Dan.

As the name suggests, Su You had one hundred different kinds of pills in front of him. What he had to do was taste these one hundred pills and quickly analyze their effects.

You can earn 50 points for analyzing the effects of each pill; if you can analyze all of them, you will earn 5,000 points.

This is enough to exchange for a Nascent Soul Pill worth five million spirit stones.

"This time it's going to be tough..." Su You shook his head helplessly.

This time, he couldn't ask Beckham for help; he had to do the analyzing of the drug's effects himself.

Fortunately, Zhao Qing had taught them this kind of knowledge, so they shouldn't be unable to analyze even a single pill.

The assessment lasted for three full days. Su You tasted each one carefully, then felt the changes in his body and evaluated its effects.

After all, pills can be categorized into several types, such as those that provide buffs, repair, damage, and barrier-breaking effects.

For example, there are pills that enhance one's magical power, physical body, and soul, etc. This type of pill is relatively easy to detect.

Damage-inducing poisons are similar, but some slow-acting poisons have very subtle effects that are difficult to detect.

Repairing damage includes restoring one's own magical power, restoring the physical body, and detoxifying, etc. These are difficult to identify unless a corresponding condition happens to occur. Otherwise, one can only rely on the alchemist's own experience to judge.

(End of this chapter)