Danzun War God

Chapter Fifteen Registration

The next day, news of the monster's appearance in Blazing Fire City spread like wildfire. The Situ family's defenses naturally yielded nothing; they found no trace of the giant wolf. The Situ family had no choice but to let the matter drop, only increasing the number of guards around Blazing Fire City to ensure its safety.

For the next month, the three got along very well. Chen Wei was honest and kind, and knowing that Lin Yuyao was the last disciple of the Void Daoist, he treated her very politely. Lin Yuyao, on the other hand, often bullied Han Qi and Chen Wei.

Meanwhile, all three were diligently cultivating. Lin Yuyao had already grasped the first level of the Formless Technique, and the surface of her primordial spirit within her life palace glowed with golden light, as if plated with gold. Han Qi, on the other hand, was beginning to enter the third level of the Formless Technique, and the golden light on the surface of his primordial spirit became even more pronounced and bright. Although Chen Wei was honest and simple, he possessed high comprehension. During this period, he had made initial progress in understanding the Heart Sutra and could control a trace of his beastly nature. Although he was still far from controlling all of his beastly nature, his comprehension of the Beast Seal Determination Sutra was now on the right track.

What puzzled Han Qi was that he couldn't discern Chen Wei's cultivation level; however, in just one month, Chen Wei's body had become incredibly strong and powerful. Han Qi believed that the ancient Heavenly Wolf bloodline differed from ordinary cultivators, perhaps due to different boundaries in cultivation levels.

On that day, a martial arts arena near the Situ family was unusually lively, with many young people gathered there. It was the start of the Xuantian Sect's annual recruitment of new disciples, and hundreds of people had come from far and wide.

This is the preliminary examination stage, which determines the eligibility of applicants. There are three main requirements: first, the applicant's innate attribute must include fire; second, their cultivation level must be below the Tribulation Manifestation Realm; and third, their age cannot exceed thirty years old. Only those who meet these three requirements are allowed to apply.

Han Qi arrived alone to register early in the morning, but a long queue had already formed at the martial arts arena. Several disciples from the Xuantian Sect were maintaining order, and the chief disciple of the alchemy lineage and a disciple from the martial arts lineage were in charge of the qualification review. In fact, the Xuantian Sect also had a lineage of weapon crafting, which focused on refining magical artifacts, but this lineage was more powerful and disdained participating in such events.

The qualification review was also very strict, with each person undergoing a thorough examination and verification before the process could conclude, which was quite time-consuming. There were over two hundred people in the registration queue, forming a long line in the martial arts arena. Han Qi was in the middle of the line, and it was already noon when it was his turn to register. Han Qi possessed a full-fledged talent, meaning he had all five elements (metal, wood, water, fire, and earth). Since such talents were extremely rare, Han Qi used the Bewitching Pearl to only reveal his fire-type talent, and thus passed the review smoothly. He was informed that he would be undergoing a practical alchemy test three days later, which was also the test with the highest weight in the overall score.

The selection process consists of two parts: alchemy practice and martial arts competition. Alchemy practice accounts for 60% and martial arts competition accounts for 40%.

Three days later, all the more than one hundred young people who had passed the preliminary test arrived at the martial arts arena early. The arena was filled with alchemy furnaces, and below the furnaces were sealed fire pits.

Before long, the chief disciple of the Pill Cultivation Clan appeared, and everyone immediately quieted down. He walked to the arena in the center of the martial arts field and slowly began to speak: "Greetings, everyone. I am the chief disciple of the Pill Cultivation Clan, my name is Sun Yaozu. Today, I will distribute the test questions to you. Next, please line up according to the grade of the pills you have refined, from left to right, from grade one to grade nine. The scores will be ranked according to the grade of the pills you have refined. To save time, this year we will use a one-batch-to-score system."

Only then did everyone begin to move around and form lines. The third-tier pills had the most people, while the first and fourth-tier teams had relatively fewer people. The fourth-tier team had only ten people, and no one stood in the other tiers. Han Qi stood in the fourth-tier team.

At this moment, several other Xuan Tian Sect disciples distributed pill recipes to everyone according to different grades, and then led everyone to the pharmacy to collect their medicines. Each person could choose their own ingredients and take one dose. Han Qi was given a fourth-grade Concentration Pill, which was not difficult for him. He quickly prepared one dose at the pharmacy, but he did not leave immediately. He only went out after most of the others had left.

Nearly an hour later, everyone returned to the martial arts arena with all the medicinal herbs they had gathered. They opened the seals on the earth fire, and just then, Elder Situ Yuanhao, who was in charge of the alchemy lineage, appeared. Everyone bowed to him, but he simply waved to them kindly, signaling them to continue. He then slowly strolled around the examination hall, taking a look at everyone. The chief disciple, Sun Yaozu, followed respectfully behind him.

At this moment, Han Qi had already preheated the alchemy furnace evenly and threw all the medicinal herbs into it. Situ Yuanhao saw this and immediately frowned, but said nothing. This was because it was extremely difficult to process several kinds of medicinal herbs at the same time, requiring a strong soul power to support it. Even in the Xuan Tian Sect, only a handful of people could do it.

Han Qi threw the medicine into the furnace and directly used the "Seven-Character Formula" of alchemy: Gather, Disperse, Refine, Separate, Mix, Condense, and Collect to control the fire and refine the medicinal materials. He then separated the dregs from the liquid. Controlling the separation of more than ten kinds of medicinal materials into dregs was a piece of cake for Han Qi. He completed the separation of the medicinal materials in less than an hour. This was the result of him deliberately slowing down the pace. He and the others still had about half of the medicinal materials left.

After separating the dregs, Han Qi didn't rush to mix the medicine or control the fire, letting it run rampant. Elder Situ, who had been watching Han Qi closely, saw that the fire was out of control and assumed that only dregs remained in the furnace, concluding that Han Qi didn't know how to refine pills at all. He then stopped paying attention to him.

At this moment, several alchemists refining fourth-tier pills, having not finished processing their materials, stood up, tidied up their belongings, and left, needless to say, their efforts had failed. One of the alchemists refining fifth-tier pills also stood up, his face full of dejection, shaking his head and muttering to himself, "I should have just been refining fourth-tier pills long ago. Alas, what a pity." With that, he took his things and left.

After most people had finished processing the medicinal herbs, Han Qi began mixing them. Controlling the fire to ensure the liquid was evenly mixed, Han Qi didn't wait any longer and immediately started condensing the pills. An hour passed, and twenty high-grade Spirit Condensation Pills appeared in Han Qi's alchemy furnace. Looking at the others' progress, Han Qi realized they hadn't even finished mixing their herbs. He couldn't help but sigh; waiting was truly torture for him.

Finally, a third-tier alchemist retrieved a pill from the extraction port—a low-grade third-tier pill. He looked at the pill with mixed feelings: happy that the third-tier pill had been successfully formed, but worried about its low grade. Afterwards, others continued to successfully form pills. Sun Yaozu tallied their results and then let them leave. Elder Situ looked at their results but said nothing, only nodding with a smile.