"Oh, right, take this too, you might need it later!" He Shasha suddenly took out an item and handed it to Ye Feng.
"What?" Ye Feng was confused. Upon receiving it, he found it was a book titled "Basic Medicinal Materials Record," which introduced many common medicinal materials and some basic knowledge of alchemy.
Instantly, Ye Feng's eyes widened in surprise. "Wow, you're so well-prepared! You even have this. Thanks, I really needed it, hehe!"
He had been a little worried about not having prepared anything and encountering trouble later. He hadn't expected He Shasha to be so helpful, which made Ye Feng very happy.
Seeing this, He Shasha couldn't help but roll her eyes. Of course, she had to be prepared, as her goal was the inheritance of the Dan Dao Sect.
However, it seemed she wouldn't need to make a move now. With Ye Feng's talent, he might actually succeed.
"Alright, take a look first. The first round of assessment should be ending soon!" As soon as she finished speaking, Elder He's voice sounded, and the first round of assessment concluded.
However, everyone was soon shocked by the terrifying elimination rate. Out of three thousand people, less than a hundred passed. The pass rate was frighteningly low!
"Damn, is this the threshold for alchemists? The first round is already this terrifying. I can't imagine how difficult the subsequent rounds will be!"
"Yeah, no wonder the Dan Dao Sect rarely recruited disciples from outside in the past. This success rate is too terrifying, less than one percent!"
"Of course. Otherwise, why do you think the Dan Dao Sect only has two true disciples to this day? The threshold is really too high..."
Everyone couldn't help but exclaim. Even Ye Feng showed a look of shock, feeling a sense of pressure descending upon him...
"Alright everyone, enough with the pleasantries. We will now begin the second round of assessment. All those who passed the first round, please step forward!"
Elder He's words slowly came, and in the next second, everyone, including Ye Feng, immediately moved to the front, waiting for the start of the second round of assessment.
"The content of the second round of assessment is the identification and matching of medicinal materials!"
Elder He's resonant voice declared, "Next, I will give you a pill recipe, and what you need to do is to find the medicinal materials required by this recipe within the allotted time and write them down on the paper in front of you!"
"Due to confidentiality, the pill recipe will only be displayed for five seconds. Therefore, within these five seconds, you must try your best to remember every word on the recipe!!"
As Elder He's words slowly sounded, a piece of ancient-looking beast skin appeared before everyone in the next second.
Seeing this, everyone immediately tensed up, not daring to be careless. They quickly opened their eyes, afraid of missing even a second.
Under everyone's gaze, the pill recipe slowly opened. The first few lines were densely packed with small characters, with the first three words being "Huiyuan Dan"!
"Huiyuan Dan?"
Ye Feng muttered it once, then dared not delay, and quickly looked down. Effects, refining notes, required medicinal materials, and so on...
However, when he reached the last line of required medicinal materials, Ye Feng found that this part was deliberately blocked. It was likely that the Dan Dao Sect intentionally hid it to facilitate the assessment.
Seeing this, Ye Feng did not force himself to check. He reread the content above, memorized it firmly, and then withdrew his gaze.
At the same time, the five seconds were up. Elder He's voice immediately sounded, "Alright, time is up. Everyone, please start selecting the medicinal materials!"
As he spoke, Elder He put away the pill recipe and then waved his hand. Countless medicinal materials of various colors and types appeared before everyone.
Seeing this, before everyone could react, they exclaimed in unison, "What, time's up already? So fast, I haven't finished memorizing it!"
"Yeah, I've only memorized seventy or eighty. This is too fast..."
Listening to everyone's sighs, Elder He's expression remained unchanged. He simply continued, "Now, please begin selecting the medicinal materials. The time limit is half an hour!"
Upon hearing this, everyone finally stopped complaining and quickly looked at the numerous medicinal materials in front of them, then began to examine them.
At this moment, there were hundreds of medicinal materials placed in front of everyone, with all sorts of attributes: gold, wood, water, fire, earth, wind, thunder, ice, and so on...
And what they had to do was to select the medicinal materials from these hundreds of types that were suitable for refining the Huiyuan Dan.
"Damn, there are too many! Hundreds of them, and dozens of the same attribute. How can we choose?"
"Yeah, this difficulty is too great. We haven't even seen Huiyuan Dan before, how can we choose it!"
"Exactly, this is too difficult..."
Everyone showed a look of difficulty.
However, upon hearing this, Elder He remained unmoved. He simply watched them quietly, which left everyone helpless and forced them to start selecting.
Seeing this, Ye Feng wasted no words and immediately began to recall the information from the pill recipe he had seen earlier.
First, according to the information on the pill recipe, Huiyuan Dan was a pill that could restore a cultivator's spiritual power. It was a first-tier pill, and its refining difficulty was average.
Furthermore, besides restoring spiritual power, Huiyuan Dan could also slightly mend a cultivator's injuries, making it a very versatile pill.
With this in mind, Ye Feng immediately made a judgment and said in a low voice, "A restorative pill. This indicates that the main medicinal materials for this pill are likely of water and wood attributes. These two attributes are most likely to contain this characteristic!"
"A first-tier pill means that the main medicinal material for Huiyuan Dan is a first-tier medicinal material. Average refining difficulty means that the melting and purification of the medicinal material are not difficult."
"And the medicinal materials that meet these requirements simultaneously are only..."
Ye Feng slowly shifted his gaze to a white translucent lotus flower in front of him, a small green crescent-shaped grass, and a small blue and white flower!
These three medicinal materials were all recorded in the Basic Medicinal Materials Record given to him by He Shasha. The first one was called Clear Water Lotus, a first-tier spiritual medicine of the water attribute. If taken directly, it could speed up the spiritual power recovery of a cultivator.
The second one was called Azure Moon Grass, a first-tier spiritual medicine of the wood attribute. However, unlike the Clear Water Lotus, the main effect of Azure Moon Grass was to repair cultivator injuries, with little use for restoring spiritual power.
As for the last one, it was called Qi Ling Hua, also a first-tier spiritual medicine of the wood attribute. Moreover, it possessed both the effect of restoring spiritual power and repairing injuries!
Seeing this, Ye Feng had a basic understanding. If other factors were not considered, then the main medicinal material for Huiyuan Dan was most likely Qi Ling Hua.
After all, it was the only one among the three that contained both the effect of restoring spiritual power and repairing injuries, which was basically consistent with the effect of Huiyuan Dan.
However, at this moment, Ye Feng suddenly thought of the description of Huiyuan Dan. The main effect of Huiyuan Dan was to restore spiritual power, and then to repair injuries.
Moreover, in the description of repairing injuries, the word "slightly" was used, which was unusual.
Because if the main medicinal material of Huiyuan Dan was Qi Ling Hua, then the pill refined should have both effects coexisting, rather than focusing on restoring spiritual power.
Therefore, the main medicinal material of Huiyuan Dan was not Qi Ling Hua...