"Sir, can you grade me now?"
Mei Xue was a little uneasy as he looked at the stiff examiner. He wasn't sure how many points he could get, but in his heart, he expected to get around eight to nine points.
As for ten, he didn't have high hopes. After all, he had just broken through to the intermediate level and was half a step into the advanced level.
Compared to other advanced level alchemists, he knew too little about refining spiritual medicine.
Although there were alchemists who specialized in certain fields, those like Mei Xue who had the ability to refine medicine close to an advanced level alchemist but had never refined a high-grade spiritual medicine were definitely rare.
Most alchemists had to go through countless failures and setbacks before they succeeded. They had to use up an astronomical amount of ingredients.
Just like how Mei Xue tried to refine the Clotting Grass when he was still a beginner level alchemist, that was the most common way to advance.
This time, Mei Xue performed above and beyond his expectations.
Because he had encountered such a rare Tricolor King Pansy, and because the Blood Clot Grass had been refined infinitely close to perfection, he suddenly had the idea to cultivate this Blood Clot Pansy with Immortal Qi.
From Mei Xue's point of view, he had used a cheap trick.
The Tricolor Emperor itself was a peerless spirit flower. Even without him refining it, it had the same effects as a high-grade spirit herb. What he had done was just the icing on the cake. He had only helped this Tricolor Emperor flower, which had great potential, increase its grade by one.
Without the Four Seasons Dragon Jade numbered 999 from the Blue Dragon, and without the near-perfect Clotting Grass, Mei Xue wouldn't have been able to refine this Tricolor Royal Pansy with immortal spiritual energy.
After all, the Four Season Dragon Jade contained the vitality of spring, the brilliance of summer, the fertility of autumn, and the awe-inspiring coldness of winter. Actually, he had only barely comprehended the vitality of spring, which was the easiest, and the Tricolor Flower just so happened to bloom in spring.
All of these coincidences created this Tricolor Royal Pansy with immortal spiritual energy.
"Grading?"
Looking at Mei Xue's clear eyes, Elder Hua was stunned for a long time before he realized what Mei Xue was talking about.
That's right, this was the Blue Dragon College's entrance exam. It was the examination venue for the Medicine Refinement Exam, and he was the main examiner of this exam, the Vice Dean of the Blue Dragon College's Faculty of Pharmacy.
Then, what did he see?
In front of him, this sixteen-year-old boy, Mei Xue, who was a beginner apothecary, had first displayed a master's alchemy technique in front of him, refining a Blood Clot Grass to almost perfect quality.
If that was all, then in his eyes, Mei Xue was just a rare genius in Alchemy.
A sixteen-year-old high-ranked alchemist was undoubtedly a genius in the Myriad Seas Mountain Range. Even among Shinno's direct descendants, very few could reach this level at this age.
However, for Shinno's descendants who had inherited Ancestor Shinno's alchemy technique, they were always late bloomers.
Before the age of twenty, many of Shinno's direct descendants weren't as good as the geniuses of the outside world. But after the age of thirty or forty, Shinno's descendants who had inherited Alchemy technique would far surpass the many geniuses of the Myriad Seas Mountain Range.
The real glory belonging to the Shennong family came after the descendants of the Shennong family took the last step and became Alchemists, a branch of the Immortal Warlocks.
From this level onward, Shinno's descendants who had inherited Alchemy technique would have no opponents. Alchemists who could refine all kinds of elixirs could be said to be treasures that all immortal sects in the Myriad Seas Mountain Range yearned for even in their dreams.
However, even for Alchemists, a Flower of Immortal Spirit was a treasure that they could only hope for but not obtain. It was a treasure that could thoroughly upgrade the grade of countless elixirs by adding a petal to them.
But Mei Xue, who had directly displayed her talent in nurturing Flowers of Immortal Spirit in front of Elder Hua, could no longer be described as a genius.
She was an absolute freak, a natural Divine Alchemist rarely seen in a thousand years in the Myriad Seas Mountain Range.
Most Alchemists who had inherited Shinno's inheritance would also moonlight as Divine Alchemists and master the method to nurture elixirs.
But in the Myriad Seas Mountain Range, there would always be some people who, even without Shinno's inheritance, could reach a realm that even Alchemists would find miraculous. In terms of talent in nurturing elixirs, they could even surpass the proud sons of heaven with Shinno's bloodline.
Compared to Alchemists, they only lacked the Shenno's inheritance, which was monopolized by Shinno's direct descendants. In terms of nurturing elixirs and refining elixirs, they could even surpass the aloof Alchemists in the Myriad Seas Mountain Range.
For such amazing Divine Alchemists, the Shenno family would often take the initiative to extend an olive branch, recruit them into their family, and then turn them into a branch of the Shenno family.
An ancestor of Elder Hua's, a divine doctor named "Hua Tuo", became a member of the Shenno family and eventually left behind countless elixir formulas, which became famous throughout the Myriad Seas Mountain Range.
In Elder Hua's eyes, Mei Xue was undoubtedly a Divine Alchemist seedling that was rarely seen in a thousand years.
Such a seedling should never be left outside. Elder Hua began to silently recall the younger generations in his family who were about to marry.
As a branch of the Shenno family, he had once had the opportunity to learn the legendary alchemy technique, but unfortunately, he lost to a direct descendant at the last step of the competition.
At that time, he was sincerely convinced of his loss, and there was no doubt about it. That direct descendant with outstanding talent was indeed more outstanding than him, and his method of refining elixirs was also more intelligent than his.
When he was still lingering in the realm of a Senior Alchemist, he had already become an Alchemist, obtained the divine ring, and was now an Elder of the Shenno family.
Recalling the alchemy competition that determined his fate, Elder Hua suddenly realized that the almost invincible figure in his memory was actually slightly inferior in front of Mei Xue.
He couldn't believe his eyes. How old was Mei Xue?
However, his memory could not be wrong. When the genius who had become an Elder of the Shenno family competed with him, he was definitely not as outstanding as Mei Xue.
Comparing the two, Elder Hua finally realized how amazing Mei Xue's talent in alchemy was. Even the genius who was the pride of the Shenno family could not surpass her.
If there was a person who was born to become a Divine Alchemist, then it must be someone like Mei Xue.
"The younger generation will surpass us in time, the younger generation will surpass us in time."
Looking at Mei Xue's slightly immature face, Elder Hua stroked his beard and couldn't help but sigh.
He was old, truly old. The new waves of the Yangtze River surpassed the old waves. The new generation of the Myriad Seas Mountain Range had already displayed their peerless brilliance, completely surpassing these old men who were already half a foot in the grave.
The 16 year old Mei Xue could already achieve such an incredible feat. Then, in a few years, how far would he grow?
This was a monster who possessed a Master-level alchemy technique at the age of 16, and had even managed to cultivate a Flower of Immortal Spirit.
This was a genius who had just started to grow, but had already surpassed many others. This was the "Legendary Generation" of the Blue Dragon College's entrance exam.
Looking at Mei Xue, Elder Hua felt like he could see the future of the Zhuhai Mountain Range, the future of this era.
Such a genius could not be fooled by those sects who did not know how to cherish such a genius.
Looking at Mei Xue who was still waiting for his evaluation, Elder Hua made a decision.
No matter what, he had to pull this genius into the Shennong family. No matter how old a family was, it still needed new blood. It was the same even for the Shennong family, which had the inheritance of the Shennong family's ancestors.
Elder Hua knew that the new generation of the family was in a state of shortage. Such a big family like the Shennong family had to rely on a 13 year old girl. It was really unbearable.
Even though this girl was the most outstanding one in the Shennong family in the past thousand years, in the eyes of the traditional elders of the Shennong family, the female descendants had to be married off.
To be able to inherit the glory of the Shennong family, it had to be a man.
Therefore, even though this girl was very outstanding, to the point that no one in the same generation could compete with her, she was never considered as a future member of the Shennong family.
Coincidentally, it was time for her to go to school.
Looking at Mei Xue, Elder Hua felt that he had to inform the family.
"Um, sir?" Mei Xue looked at Elder Hua, who was silent for a long time and looking at her with a strange expression.
Could it be that his shortcut did not count as points? Did he have to refine the medicine again?
"How many points do you want?"
Elder Hua had already decided to recruit Mei Xue into the family. The more he looked at Mei Xue, the more he liked her, so he started to tease her.
"I think, eight points?" Mei Xue tried to ask.
"Casanova, you are too modest." Huang Fei shook his head. His genius friend was good at everything, except that she was too low-key.
If he had shown even a little bit of his talent when he was at Tiantai Mountain Celestial Academy, he wouldn't have been the object of ridicule. Now, those who had made fun of Casanova would probably regret it so much that their intestines would turn green.
His intuition was right. When he was in Tiantai Mountain, he already felt that Mei Xue was different from others. Now, it seemed that her talent was like a prophecy!
"This guy is right. You have more than eight points." Elder Hua looked at Mei Xue with a smile, and continued to let him guess.
"Nine points?" Mei Xue was satisfied with this score. It was also his expectation.
"Casanova, don't be fooled!
This is 100% ten points. If you don't have ten points, I will eat a stone! "As Mei Xue's friend, Huang Fei already knew what the examiner was thinking.
What a joke! This was a Flower of Fairy Spirits!
With this flower, Blue Dragon College had made a huge profit. It was fine if they didn't give him twenty points, but how dare they not give him ten points?
"Hehe, that's right. Ten points.
What a pity that there are only so many full points. "Elder Hua wasn't being modest. Mei Xue's performance had far exceeded the concept of ten points.
If the news of cultivating a Flower of Fairy Spirits was spread out, the entire Blue Dragon College would be shocked. This was something that even the Vice Dean of the Medicinal Faculty couldn't do. It was a miracle.