Spoiled By the Young Master After Reborn In the 80s
Chapter 486: Four hundred and eighty-four, a gathering of geniuses

Chapter 486: Four hundred and eighty-four, a gathering of geniuses

Yun Han smiled and shook his head, "I am representing Shuiji Country."

"If you three encounter each other on the battlefield, what will you do?" asked Mo Lixu. In his heart, he still hoped that Luo Shu would be the one to win in the end. However, he had just witnessed the strength of Luo Shu’s husband. If it came down to a match between him and Luo Shu, the victor might not necessarily be Luo Shu. And there was also the strength of Luo Shu’s friend to consider.

Yun Han sipped his tea and said with a smile, "We’ll cross that bridge when we get there." He and Lu Hanmo would definitely not harm Luo Shu, and as long as there were no strong opponents left in the end, he would probably let Luo Shu win; Lu Hanmo surely had the same idea.

Lu Hanmo smiled in agreement. He would help Shushu eliminate strong opponents along the way, allowing her to achieve the final victory. His Shushu had never liked to be indebted to anyone, so since the ruler of Tianchi Country had given Shushu a drop of Earth Core Soul Marrow, it was only right to repay that favor. Of course, ensuring Shushu’s safety was the prerequisite.

The competition started at the ninth Shichen on the following day, and the process was similar to the previous competitions held in various countries. This time, there were a total of four hundred participants from four countries, with each country contributing one hundred competitors.

Before the competition began, the lord of Phoenix Feather City, Huangfu Xi, took the stage and, after a speech of encouragement, officially commenced the event.

There were two contests today. In the morning, the Alchemy trial, and in the afternoon, the Talisman Crafting trial, with scores out of ten.

Luo Shu glanced at the number plate in her hand and stepped onto the stage. Due to her previous ranking in Tianchi Country, her position this time was also very prominent, located at the fifth spot in the first row.

Just like in Tianchi Country, the same one-meter-long table awaited each participant; the table bore the Alchemy Furnace needed for this competition.

Feeling several hostile gazes shooting towards her, Luo Shu looked up confidently and met those eyes. The competition hadn’t even started, and she already sensed the undercurrents of intense rivalry, indicative of the competition’s ferocity.

As everyone took their places, an elderly man with a long beard stepped forward. Smiling at the crowd, he said, "I will explain the process of this competition. The duration is set for one Shichen. We, the organizers, have prepared twenty types of relatively rare Spirit Grass for you to deduce their properties and effects, as well as determine which other Spirit Grass they can be best combined with. Thus, in the coming Shichen, you will face a significant challenge. I hope you can all successfully concoct an Elixir and achieve good results. The competition starts now!" As he spoke, he distributed the Spirit Grass required for the contest to all participants.

Luo Shu looked at the Spirit Grass on the table and realized there were many she didn’t recognize.

Just as she was about to employ her Divine Sense to deduce, Xiao Qing’s voice came from the sea of consciousness, "Master, these types of Spirit Grass are respectively the Purple Rhyme Dragon Emperor Ginseng, Extremity of the Earth, Dark Night Dew, Purple Elixir Ginseng, Hundred Herbs Dew, Fairy... Their properties are..."

Luo Shu felt a bit embarrassed as she touched her nose. Was this considered cheating? But who cares! She had Xiao Qing, a True Cultivation expert!

After Xiao Qing finished introducing all the Spirit Grass’s properties, effects, and suitable combinations, Luo Shu decided which Herbs she would use to craft her potion.

Looking around, she saw everyone deducing the properties of the twenty types of Spirit Grass and couldn’t help feeling conflicted. This meant she had to draw attention to herself again.

Forget it. For the sake of that map, for the sake of returning to Yuan Star sooner, she would embrace being conspicuous!

Having made her decision, Luo Shu no longer hesitated and quickly chose the seven types of Spirit Grass she needed from the twenty varieties before her.

Seeing Luo Shu’s actions, not only did the participants on the stage freeze, but so did the audience below, as well as the judges’ panel. They knew from the Herbs Luo Shu had selected what Elixir she was going to craft.

"That contestant is the first-place winner from Tianchi Country’s competition, named Luo Shu. She’s only nineteen years old, yet her strength is already at the Mid Stage Spirit Division," said a Mid-Stage Mahayana Cultivator on the judges’ panel. He had reviewed the files of all the contestants before the competition. Luo Shu truly surprised him.

"Such a young Mid Stage Spirit Division Cultivator, could she be hiding any secrets?"

"That, I do not know. However, among the four hundred competitors in this tournament, there are a few stronger than Luo Shu, and they are not much older, all in their twenties."

"Oh? Who are they?"

"From Flame Country, Lu Hanmo of Yawning Moon Gate, twenty-five years old, at the Peak Phase of Spirit Division. From Shuiji Country, Yun Han from Sacred Heavenly Gate, twenty-two years old, in the Late Spirit Division Phase. And there’s Yuwen Qisha from Wind and Thunder Pavilion, thirty years old, the only Great Mahayana Stage Cultivator among the contenders from the four countries. Compared to them, Luo Shu’s achievement is nothing remarkable."

"It seems this competition really is a gathering of geniuses!"

While they were conversing, Luo Shu had already begun her concoction; this time, she was crafting the Riding Yang Pill, which had a significant effect on Great Mahayana Cultivators, capable of substantially improving a Great Mahayana Cultivator’s True Yuan.

The audience watched as Luo Shu started the alchemy process, feeling various emotions such as anxiety, disdain, resentment, envy, and admiration...

The Riding Yang Pill, although high-level, wasn’t difficult to craft, with the main aspects being the control of fire, the proportion of Spiritual Medicine, and the timing of their addition.

Watching Luo Shu’s fair and slender hands, beautiful as the world’s most exquisite jade, work together in harmony, sometimes gently and sometimes forcefully, fluttering about the Alchemy Furnace like a butterfly flitting through flowers, the audience was captivated by the movements filled with a unique rhythm and cadence.