Hearing Li Zongjiu's words, Shuiyue looked at Li Zongjiu in astonishment.
It was obvious that Li Zongjiu did not recognize the stone tree. Even before this, he had never heard of the stone tree's name. However, with just a glance, he was able to tell that the stone tree was suffering from an incurable disease. This fellow's eyesight was simply too good.
"That's right, it's the Withered Pulse Disease. If it wasn't for his father's tyrannical Yuan Force, Shi Shu wouldn't have the chance to grow up!"
Mu Qingyun sighed and said. It was too unfair. In comparison, they were working hard in their cultivation, hoping to achieve something. However, when they arrived at the stone tree, their life's efforts were all for the sake of survival.
"It's a pity. If he was born five hundred years later, he wouldn't have to be like this."
Li Zongjiu said faintly.
Five hundred years later, someone would refine a kind of pill that could alleviate the symptoms of the Withered Pulse Disease. Even after recuperating, Shi Shu could recover to his original state. However, looking at the current situation, he hadn't even overcome the problem in the Genius Pavilion. It would be very difficult for him to survive.
With Shi Shu's current realm, he could only live for another half a year at most.
"Hey, your medical skills seem to be very good?"
The competition had already begun. Li Zongjiu wasn't interested and sat at the side to cultivate.
However, Shuiyue shamelessly approached him and asked.
"It's alright. I'm only slightly better than those Dan Kings and Dan Emperors."
Li Zongjiu said casually.
When Yang Xuelin heard Li Zongjiu's words, she immediately rolled her eyes at him. This brat was really shameless. How could he even say such words?
If Mo Suli heard Li Zongjiu's words, he would probably rush over and fight with his life.
This matter was related to her master's reputation. It couldn't be used as a joke.
"Cough cough … You can't be too full of yourself. Keep a low profile."
Yang Xuelin said.
"I am indeed stronger than them. If you don't believe me, then let them fight."
Li Zongjiu said directly.
"Then, how much do you need to pay for treatment?"
Shuiyue immediately asked. Her eyes sparkled as she looked at Li Zongjiu with great anticipation.
"To see a doctor?
We're all classmates, so it's fate. I'll just charge you one billion purple yuan. "
Li Zongjiu said calmly.
Last time, Shui Yue was the person who wanted to compete with him for the Asura Cauldron in the Seven Star Fire Room.
At that time, Shuiyue couldn't even take out 100 million purple yuan. Li Zongjiu found this girl somewhat interesting. At the very least, her eyes showed that she believed in his strength, so he decided to give her a chance. If she could really take out so much money, then he would be merciful and help her once.
Ever since he had been reborn, he had been overflowing with love.
In his previous life, Li Zongjiu didn't recognize anyone and didn't give face to anyone. After all, Li Zongjiu didn't have any relatives.
Therefore, it could be said that he had no scruples.
This time, perhaps he could be considered to be truly responsible for his family.
"Li Zongjiu, what illness do you need so much money for?"
Yang Xuelin was already somewhat dissatisfied.
In her opinion, he was clearly bullying Shui Yue. Shui Yue was such a cute little girl, but now he was actually blackmailing her.
"Is this a lot of money? As long as I help, even if he still has a breath, I can guarantee that he will live to a hundred years old!"
Li Zongjiu said calmly. His reputation was out there. In his previous life, when Evil Lord helped him, it was a blessing that could only be cultivated for several lifetimes. They should quickly express their gratitude and obediently hand over the one billion purple yuan. Not to mention one billion, even if it was ten billion purple yuan, they would fight to be the first and obediently hand over the money.
There was no other reason than Li Zongjiu's heaven-defying medical skills.
No matter what kind of illness it was, as long as Li Zongjiu's medicine was the right medicine for the illness, it could guarantee a hundred years of life!
Some of the nobles who were about to die couldn't wait to extend their lives. Some people were more afraid of death the longer they lived.
"I … I'll think of a way."
Shui Yue said in a low voice.
She could hear that Li Zongjiu wasn't joking. Although Shui Yue didn't like Li Zongjiu very much, she also thought that Li Zongjiu was a capable person. More importantly, Li Zongjiu was a man of his words. Since he dared to say so, he must have confidence. As long as there was a glimmer of hope, he must complete it!
Shui Yue seemed to have something on her mind and walked to the side.
One billion purple yuan was not a small amount. Even for a fifth-grade alchemist, if he wanted to raise so much money, he would have to refine at least a hundred pills if he calculated it according to the price of a fifth-grade pill, which was ten million purple yuan!
In addition to the cost of the pill, there were also some losses in the case of failure.
After all, not everyone could be like Li Zongjiu, who could refine more than fifty fifth-grade pills in one furnace.
Li Zongjiu was not short of money. The reason why he offered a price of one billion was just to give Shui Yue a threshold. There was no such thing as asking someone to do things for free. There had never been such a cheap thing.
"This Li Zongjiu is really arrogant."
Yang Xuelin was almost angered to death by Li Zongjiu's arrogant attitude.
After returning, he must have a good talk with Ling Yan and let Ling Yan punish Li Zongjiu properly. Li Zongjiu had only been here for a short period of time and he had actually beaten up the number one genius of the Purple Pill Institute.
If the situation developed according to the situation at that time, then if no one stopped him, it was estimated that he could beat up their mentors together.
"Qi Yanran completed it!"
"And she also directly upgraded the fourth-grade pill by one grade!"
Mu Qingyun suddenly said in shock.
It had only been about twenty minutes.
A single Grade Four Medicinal Pill was successfully refined?
That speed was simply world shocking. Most importantly, the medicinal ingredients that were originally only capable of concocting an Initial Rank Four Medicinal Pellet, in addition to the fact that the pill formula itself was an Initial Rank Four Medicinal Pellet.
In the hands of Qi Yanran, it was directly refined into a fourth-grade pill!
"What a terrifying strength."
Mu Qingyun looked at Mo Suli. Mo Suli was obviously a little affected. After watching Qi Yanran hand over the pill, he directly turned around and left, as if he didn't treat anyone as an opponent.
He didn't treat the people on the stage as an opponent of the same level, so he just turned around and left.
"Humph!"
Mo Suli immediately sped up.
At the twenty-eighth minute, he was a step stronger than Shi Shu and successfully refined the pill. However, the quality of the pill itself didn't have too many accidents.
At the thirty-minute mark.
Shi Shu had also successfully refined the pill.
All three contestants completed the refinement of a Primary Grade Four Medicinal Pill within 30 minutes.
And the most terrifying one was naturally Qi Yanran.
Not only did the quality of the pill increase by one grade, but also relatively speaking, the speed was nearly one-third faster.
"Next time, I won't lose to you."
Mo Suli's eyes flashed with a trace of light.
If they were refining the same pill, Qi Yanran's speed was actually twice as fast as his!
With such strength, how could they contend against him?
Mu Qingyun and the others also felt great pressure.
"That woman is too terrifying."
Kun Arashi also swallowed his saliva. Obviously, he was extremely shocked by Qi Yanran's strength.
In less than twenty minutes, he had completed the refinement of a middle-grade level-4 pill.
Moreover, it was under such conditions. This showed that the purity of the herbs refined by Qi Yanran was far beyond the other two contestants. At the beginning, she gave everyone a show of strength, and a strong pressure was hanging over everyone's head.
The following matches were still the same, but everyone's opponents were different.
Some opponents that were worthy of attention also came out one after another.
Kun Arashi encountered Meng Yu, who was beaten into a pig head by Li Zongjiu. One had to admit that Meng Yu's strength was very strong. The other contestant from the Four Seas Academy naturally became cannon fodder. In this round, Kun Arashi and Meng Yu advanced. However, Kun Arashi's performance was below Meng Yu's. Meng Yu also used twenty minutes to refine the pill.
However, the quality did not reach the fourth-grade middle-grade.
However, this did not hinder Meng Yu's strength. The strength that he displayed also became the object of everyone's admiration. They did not expect that the Purple Pill Academy did not have such an expert.
The third contestant was Mu Qingyun. His appearance also caused quite a stir because his opponent was the famous handsome guy from the Four Seas Academy, Jiang Bieyuan.
The people from the Purple Pill Academy naturally became cannon fodder.
In the fourth match, the Heavenly Day Medicine Manor sent Shui Yue, while the Purple Pill Academy sent Nie Tianhong.
The Four Seas Medicine Manor's contestant was also not weak. He almost defeated Shui Yue. However, Shui Yue also directly refined the pill at the crucial moment.
He was ranked below Nie Tianhong!
The other contestant left the stage regretfully.
Up until now, the four students from the Heavenly Star Medicine Manor had passed without any mishaps. The two trump cards from each of the other academies had also stood out from the rest.
On the contrary, the strongest contestant on the other side, Li Zongjiu, was only facing two contestants who came to make up the numbers.
Naturally, winning was not a strange thing. Li Zongjiu did not deliberately control the refining speed. In the end, he completed the refining in twenty-five minutes. This result was not bad, but it was also not outstanding.
The other contestant who won was Lu Zhao from the Purple Pill Academy.
His luck was relatively good to be able to rush into the second round. If he met the experts from the other academies, and there were two of them, he would probably be dead. However, he was able to succeed this time because of luck.
When Lu Zhao heard that he had won, he also breathed a sigh of relief.
Up until now, the most eye-catching contestants were naturally Mo Suli, Shui Yue, and Qi Yanran. Although Shui Yue's beauty was not as exaggerated as these two, Shui Yue also had a kind of cute personality. She gave people the feeling of a little sister next door, which attracted many admirers.
At this point, the first round of the competition also came to an end.