Falling in Love to Escape the Original Book Plot [BL]-Chapter 85: Assessment 2

"The assessment topic is the qi gathering pill." The deputy dean of the school of alchemy announced.

"Shen Xu, can you refine the qi gathering pill?" Song Wancheng asked, and Shen Xu nodded.

"The qi gathering pill is not difficult but also not easy to refine. It’s a good topic for the assessment." The double said.

"The pass score is thirty-two points." The deputy said, waved her hand and a list appeared in the void.

Level one qi gathering pill:

Low-grade - 1 point

Mid-grade - 4 points

High-grade - 7 points

Peak grade - 10 points

Level two qi gathering pill:

Low grade - 3 points

Mid-grade - 6 points

High-grade - 9 points

Peak grade - 12 points

Level three qi gathering pill:

Low grade - 5 points

Mid-grade - 8 points

High-grade - 11 points

Peak grade - 14 points

"Everyone has three chances." The deputy said and continued.

"You will fail if you can’t refine the qi gathering pill in three chances or if your score is less than thirty-two points."

Hearing this, Song Wancheng hummed with a thoughtful expression.

"There are several ways to approach this assessment." He said.

"The cautious way is to first refine a furnace of level one pills. After securing thirty-two points, one can try refining level two or level three qi gathering pills." Lin Xiang said, and Song Wancheng nodded.

"However, if one wants to get a good ranking, wasting a chance on level one pills is a fatal move." Shen Xu argued.

"Level three herbs are difficult to find. Most talented alchemists will likely refine level two qi gathering pills." Zhen Yuan added.

As the group watched, the alchemists began to prepare their spirit grasses.

"Bai Guo, Shi Ping, and Shi Meng plan to refine level two pills." Shen Xu observed.

"It’s not just them. There are a few others who are preparing level two spirit grasses." Song Wanqing said.

"These students are not ambitious! Why is no one thinking of level three pills?" Shen Xu sneered.

When he heard this, Song Wancheng rolled his eyes.

"Are level three herbs easy to buy? Is it easy to become a level three alchemist? Do you know how many level-three alchemists there are in the Canglan continent?" He questioned.

"How many?" Shen Xu asked in an interested voice.

"Nine." Song Wancheng revealed, but Zhen Yuan shook his head.

"Ten." He said.

"Ten? Who is the tenth? Sister, have you heard anything?" Song Wancheng looked at Song Wanqing, and Shen Xu couldn’t help but grit his teeth in anger.

"Song Wancheng, are you treating me as air?"

Hearing this, Song Wancheng turned around and looked at Shen Xu with a solemn face.

"You..., are you serious? Are you really a level three alchemist?" He asked.

"Why would I lie?" Shen Xu snorted.

When he confirmed, Song Wancheng glanced around and consciously lowered his voice.

"Don’t casually tell people about this matter. What if you are arrested?"

"Brother Yuan will protect me." Shen Xu declared, but Song Wancheng rolled his eyes in frustration.

"Shen Xu, you may not know, but there are nascent soul realm cultivators in our Canglan continent. If those monsters come out, Zhen Yuan may be enough to protect you."

"How many?" Zhen Yuan asked.

"I know four, but there may be more."

"Awh." Zhen Yuan nodded but said nothing more.

With his cultivation, he was not too worried about the Nascent soul realm cultivators.

Even if he could not defeat them, he was confident of escaping.

However, Song Wancheng’s concerns did not fall on deaf ears.

Despite his confidence, Zhen Yuan decided to prepare more escape routes.

This way, he and Shen Xu would never be boxed in without an escape route.

"Bai Guo is almost ready to collect his pills." Shen Xu refocused everyone’s attention to the stage.

"Brother Yuan, how do you think he will do?"

"Five high-grade and three mid-grade pills." The man answered.

When he heard the answer, Shen Xu rolled his eyes.

[You are cheating.] He transmitted.

[I can’t help it.] Zhen Yun shrugged.

"It’s really five high grade and three mid-grade." Song Wancheng exclaimed, looking at Zhen Yuan with an awe-filled expression.

"Zhen Yuan, you are amazing." He said, and Shen Xu proudly puffed up his chest.

"Of course, my brother Yuan is amazing. Even his guesses are correct."

"Zhen Yuan, what grade of pills will Shi Ping refine?"

"Song Wancheng, do you think my brother Yuan is a divination master?"

"Aren’t you... " Song Wancheng started, but Lin Xiang interrupted him.

"Five high-grade and three mid-grade Level two pills..., Bai Guo has sixty-three points." She said.

"If he refines two more furnaces, he may get seventy-two or more points." Song Wanqing added.

"It’s not easy to refine peak-grade pills. Seventy-two points may be his limit." Shen Xu said in a solemn voice.

"Shi Ping has also collected his pills." Song Wancheng said.

"Two high-grade and six mid-grade pills. He has also passed."

After that, more and more students collected their first furnace pills.

However, not everyone did as well as Bai Guo and Shi Ping.

In fact, most could not score thirty-two points from one furnace. Because of this, they had to refine a second and third furnace.

Eventually, most of the students passed the assessment, but the ranking was a bit surprising.

Before the assessment started, Shen Xu thought the Shi family would dominate the top twenty.

After all, the Shi family was an alchemy clan.

However, the results were unexpected.

Excluding Shi Ping, only three Shi family members made it to the top twenty.

’It seems the Shi family doesn’t have many talents in this generation.’ Shen Xu thought, his lips curved upwards.

After the ranking was announced, the assessment stopped for the day.

"It’s our turn tomorrow." Song Wancheng said.

"The weapon refining assessment usually varies. At times, a topic is assigned like in the alchemy test, but at others, students can refine whatever they want." Song Wanqing informed.

"I hope they won’t assign a topic. " Shen Xu said.

"I told you to practice, but you didn’t listen. Don’t blame me if you fail." Song Wancheng warned, but his eyes were filled with schadenfreude.

’I hope you can still smile after tomorrow.’ Shen Xu thought and laughed in his heart.