The examiner glanced at the ten people who participated in the assessment, and then said: "I am the examiner of this assessment. Next, among the ten of you, one who meets the requirements will be selected to become the Imperial City Spiritual Plant.
The spiritual husband of the garden."
"I don't care what background you have or what means you have. All you have to do is show that you are suitable for this job, that's all."
"If you think you have any background that allows me to make an exception, I can tell you responsibly, no way." The examiner's eyes were sharp and his attitude was tough, and he continued: "Lingzhi Garden is one of the most important places in the imperial city.
First, no one or any force wants to get involved."
"I am only responsible to King Mu and will not compromise with anyone."
After the examiner finished speaking, he said to an old man on the left: "Old Wang, let's start the first round!"
"Okay, Yao Lao."
The old man named Lao Wang came out of his seat and said: "The first round of assessment, identification of medicine."
A medicine jar appeared in his hand. As soon as he opened it, a fragrant smell came out, which was obviously mixed with various elixirs.
"There are more than twenty kinds of elixirs mixed in this elixir jar, all mixed into mud. Come here, each of you will study for ten minutes, and then write down the elixirs. The winner in the end can stay."
"Come one by one, you come first."
Lao Wang was the first and hit Ye Xiong.
Throughout the whole process, Ye Xiong had been observing the situation in the hall and noticed a very subtle relationship.
The two old men next to the examiner, Yao Lao, looked at the ten people around them from time to time. It seemed that they already had someone appointed.
These two deputies seemed to want to arrange for their own people to be involved, but they did not dare to blatantly do so because the final decision-making power rested with Yao Lao.
From what Yao Lao said just now, it seems that he is very disgusted with these connections.
"This is an opportunity, because among these people, I am the only one with a clean background."
Ye Xiong had countless thoughts running through his mind and suddenly said: "Examiner, why do you want me to start? There are people in front of me and people behind me."
He was standing among ten people, and Lao Wang was the first to call him, which was against the rules, so he took the opportunity to speak out.
He had to make his position clear. He had nothing to do with these two deputies.
"I asked you to go up first. Where's all the nonsense?"
When Lao Wang saw that Ye Xiong dared to question his behavior, he immediately became angry.
Ye Xiong pretended to be unhappy, then walked up to the medicine jar and started to smell it.
Soon, his brows furrowed.
These elixirs were all mashed into a pulp and mixed together, making it impossible to tell them apart.
Ye Xiong didn't know much about elixirs at first, only talking about them on paper, but now, he couldn't tell the difference at all.
At this time, he could only turn to the incarnation of Ice Spirit for help.
What shocked him was that even the incarnation of Ice Spirit couldn't smell it. He could only smell one of them, Tianzhi grass, which had the strongest smell.
There is a spicy taste in the herbal flavor of Tianzhi, so it smells particularly good.
Ye Xiong stood in front of the medicine jar and kept thinking. If he could only write down one medicine name, he would definitely lose.
He glanced at Lao Wang next to him and saw that he was looking at him and kept sneering.
From that look, he seemed to have known for a long time that Ye Xiong would be helpless.
After ten minutes, Ye Xiong only spent less than a minute before leaving. He walked to the table next to him and just wrote the name of Tianzhicao and presented it directly.
"Only one of the more than twenty kinds of elixirs has been written. It's a joke that someone with such strength wants to compete for the Spirit Planter." The other old man next to Yao Lao snorted coldly.
Ye Xiong rolled his eyes at him and stood aside without thinking about him.
Next, people kept smelling the medicine jar and writing the name of the medicine.
At first, there were only five or six types, and in the end, there were seven or eight types. By the time the last person came up, he actually wrote fifteen types.
The ability to distinguish medicine is beyond the reach of even alchemists. With such a strong ability, would you be willing to become a spiritual cultivator?
"Yao Lao, the results are out, please take a look."
Lao Wang handed over ten prescriptions.
Yao Lao's face was gloomy, he looked very serious, and his happiness and anger were not visible.
He took the prescriptions one by one, arranged them on the table, and finally said: "The candidate has been chosen."
"Come out?" Lao Wang was stunned and asked strangely: "Isn't there another assessment?"
"Such a cheating method is meaningless even if you take a hundred tests." Yao Lao said with a sad face: "Sultan stays, and the other nine people, all get out of here."
Sudan is Ye Xiong’s disguised name.
After hearing Yao Lao's words, everyone in the room changed their expressions, including Yao Lao's two deputies.
"Yao Lao, this is unfair. He only got the name of one medicine right. Which one of us doesn't have more names than him?"
A candidate taking the assessment objected.
"You still have the nerve to talk to me about fairness?" Yao Lao snorted coldly: "If I hadn't mixed the medicine in this medicine jar myself, even I wouldn't be able to smell the three medicines just by smelling them.
I have written seven or eight types, and the most awesome one has written more than a dozen. If you have this ability, will you become a spirit planter? I am old, but I am not stupid enough to let you play with me at will.
"
As soon as these words came out, everyone in the audience did not dare to speak, and everyone looked ugly.
They never thought that Yao Lao's first question would actually screen out cheaters.
Unexpectedly, this screening screened out everyone, and the results came out in one round.
"Old Wang, Old Li, I will settle the accounts with you two slowly." Yao Lao snorted coldly, and then said to Ye Xiong: "Sudan, follow me in."
"Yes, senior."
"Why are you still standing there, why don't you get out of here?" Yao Lao said angrily.
The remaining nine people all left in despair.
Lao Wang and Lao Li also lowered their heads and left in embarrassment.
Ye Xiong followed Lao Yao Lao and entered the room inside.
"Sit down!" Yao Lao pointed to the seat in front of him.
Ye Xiong sat down generously and did not feel any fear.
Yao Lao's cultivation has not yet reached the golden elixir stage. Like himself, he is probably only half-step to the golden elixir stage. His strength is definitely not as good as his peak, so he doesn't feel any pressure at all.
He is not one of those guys who has never seen the world.
Seeing that he was neither humble nor arrogant, Yao Lao nodded, very satisfied.
Lingzhi Garden is one of the most important places in the Imperial City of the Wood Clan, and there are countless forces inside that want to get involved. What he hates most are those who are submissive and have no courage. They dare not stick to their principles even after being yelled at.
So far, it seems that this little guy is quite satisfactory to him.
"Sudan, introduce yourself first," Yao Lao said.
Ye Xiong nodded, and then began to introduce: "My name is Sudan, and I come from the City of Wood Stems... I used to work as a day laborer in a small medicine garden. I have been interested in elixirs since I was a child, and I have read many books.
, I know a lot of elixirs, but due to limited conditions, I have very few opportunities to come into contact with them..."
Ye Xiong said the words he had prepared long ago.
He was already very eloquent, and if what he said was true or false, no matter how shrewd the Yao Lao was, he would not be able to guess that he was panicking.