At this moment, the person who was most shocked was definitely Elder Dai Sheng.
The First Elder naturally knew that Young Master Lin's talent in alchemy should be very high. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to crush Pang Ge so easily, and he wouldn't have been able to help him find the problem with the Spirit Miles Potion.
But how old was Lin Gongzi?
At this moment, seeing Lin Gongzi's unstoppable momentum, Elder Dai Sheng knew that this guy was definitely a genius in medicine, a monstrous genius.
Even in the tens of thousands of years of history of the first rank island, there had never been such a monstrous genius at this age.
For a moment, the Great Elder was both shocked and excited.
All along, Elder Dai Sheng had been worried about Island Lord Gong Fu placing too much emphasis on the martial path, to the point that the medicine inheritance of the first rank island was severely affected.
More and more of the younger generation were immersed in the martial path and inadvertently neglected medicine.
Especially in the past few hundred years, the medicine level of the first rank island had been declining.
This decline was not reflected in the older generation. Instead, it was reflected in the lack of ability of the younger generation.
This was also a fact. If it wasn't for the fact that the younger generation was lacking in medicine, someone like Lin Yan who hadn't even reached grand medicine master wouldn't be so popular.
What Elder Dai Sheng was more worried about was the Battle of Luyue.
Through many channels, Elder Dai Sheng had also collected information on the other first rank factions in the shallow sea region. All the information showed that the other top factions in the shallow sea region were madly cultivating medicine geniuses.
Especially Cold Bear Island and Official Fox Island, they had cultivated many young geniuses in the medicine field.
In comparison, the young geniuses of the first rank island had abandoned their ancestor's inheritance and were wholeheartedly pursuing the martial path.
Pursuing the martial path wasn't wrong. Elder Dai Sheng was very clear on this point.
But focusing too much on the martial path had caused the medicine tradition to be lost. This was an indisputable fact.
Therefore, Elder Dai Sheng was very worried about the upcoming battle between Lu and Yue. He wasn't sure if the young pharmacists could compete with the pharmacists from Cold Bear Island and Official Fox Island.
At this moment, Elder Dai Sheng suddenly let out a sigh of relief.
This was because he had discovered Lin Gongzi!
While Elder Dai Sheng was deep in thought, Menglin continued to speed up. He had already reached the fifth segment, identifying the prescription.
This segment was the most difficult.
Out of the five ancient prescriptions provided by the competition, only one was correct, while the other four were wrong.
The requirement of the competition was to pick out the correct formula and clarify the problem of the wrong formula.
In this fifth segment, the differentiation should be the greatest.
The level of an apothecary was most easily reflected in this segment.
If not for the fact that he was extremely proficient in medicinal properties and pharmacology, he would probably have admitted defeat in this segment.
Of course, although this segment was a little more difficult, it was still a child's play for Menglin.
In fact, Menglin had also been paying attention to the competition of the other pharmacists.
Seeing that Lin Yan and the others had just finished the third segment of the competition, it would be shocking if he was too fast.
Therefore, Menglin deliberately dawdled a few times to appear lazy.
Little did he know that Menglin's performance was simply pretentious in the eyes of the judges and onlookers.
Lin Yan had introduced earlier that the outside world was most optimistic about Yu Chenchen, the grandson of an elder in the medicine hall. There was also Wen Buyue, the grandson of that old man Wen Jin, and the female pharmacist Leng Zhi.
These three were all Lin Yan's formidable opponents.
Menglin observed for a while and found that Lin Yan was indeed evenly matched in the competition with these three guys.
However, it could be seen that whether it was Lin Yan or the other three, they were obviously holding back. It seemed that they did not want to exert all their strength at once.
Although they were slightly surprised by Menglin's momentum, they kept their composure in the end and were not too surprised to the extent that their state of mind was affected.
Yu Chenchen, Wen Buyue, and Leng Zhi all thought that if they exerted all their strength at the beginning of the competition, they would be affected in the end.
Therefore, they greatly disapproved of Menglin's behavior in their hearts. They thought that Menglin, as a newcomer, was deliberately showing off.
Lin Yan's thoughts were naturally different from Yu Chenchen's and the other two's.
He knew that this was Menglin's true strength.
Menglin deliberately suppressed himself in the fifth segment, but even so, he was the first to finish the five segments of the selection competition.
After Elder Dai Sheng learned of Menglin's results, he also greatly praised him.
Wen Jin, who was standing behind Elder Dai Sheng, narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at Menglin. His eyes were full of vigilance, and a hostile gaze flashed across his eyes.
Wen Jin's heart was in turmoil as he thought to himself, "Lin Gongzi, this little elf, rejected the Old Man's invitation last time, and this time he is in the limelight in the competition of the Saint Area. Is he going to ruin my plans?"
Wen Jin doted on his grandson Wen Buyue very much and was very protective of him.
This time, he was determined to win the competition of the Saint Area.
Now that he saw Menglin's strong momentum, Wen Jin felt a sense of crisis in his heart.
Because Wen Buyue originally had to face the competition of Yu Chenchen, Leng Zhi, and Lin Yan, these pharmaceutical geniuses.
Leng Zhi and Lin Yan were fine, but Wen Buyue was disdainful of them. They were all unorthodox. Without the support of the medicine hall's big shots, no matter how talented they were, they were limited.
Yu Chenchen was different. They were both the grandson of the medicine hall's elder, but Yu Chenchen's attainments in the field of pharmaceuticals were even stronger than Wen Buyue's.
Therefore, it could be said that Yu Chenchen had already reserved one of the two spots in the competition in the Saint Area. He was the most popular candidate.
As for Wen Buyue, he had to fight for the remaining one.
In Wen Jin's opinion, his grandson should be in the lead in the competition for the remaining cave.
However, seeing Menglin's strong performance in the selection competition, a crack appeared in Wen Jin's confidence.
Looking at Leng Zhi and Lin Yan again, it was obvious that they had not done their best. It seemed that they were not easy to deal with either.
In the selection competition, Menglin took the lead and entered the finals as the first place.
Next, Yu Chenchen was second, Wen Buyue was third, Leng Zhi was fourth, and Lin Yan was fifth …
This kind of ranking did not seem to be out of the expectations of the big shots at all, except for Lin Gongzi who was in first place.
About two hours later, all the pharmaceutical geniuses who participated in the selection competition had completed all five rounds of the competition.
Only then could the rankings begin.
The first to be eliminated was not the one who completed the competition last, but the one who made all kinds of mistakes in the content.
Mistakes were directly eliminated.
Therefore, those who finished later in the order of completion also had a chance to enter the top 30.
After the judgment of the judges, the list of the 30 finalists was finally out.
Lin Gongzi was unquestionably in first place.
"The list of the selection competition has been released. Tomorrow morning, the finals of the pharmaceutical competition will begin.
Everyone go back and recharge your energy.
The content of the finals is much more difficult than the selection competition. "
With the announcement of Elder Dai Sheng, the selection competition was over.
"Lin Gongzi, you're too awesome!"
Walking out of the pharmaceutical competition area, Lin Yan was beaming with joy. Obviously, he was also sincerely happy for Menglin, the champion of the selection competition.
Menglin was calm. With his foundation in pharmaceutics, it was natural for him to be the champion of the selection competition.
"Humph, what's the use of being the champion of the selection competition?
You have to rely on real talent in the finals to obtain the Saint cave.
What's the use of being in the limelight in the selection competition? "