At this moment, Ye Feng finally understood what the huge bags the crowd had carried earlier contained – they were large iron pots.
The so-called assessment was for everyone to place the Fire Ganoderma into the pot and then use spiritual energy to ignite the flames, melting the Fire Ganoderma.
Frankly, this left Ye Feng somewhat perplexed. He noticed that not everyone's cultivation techniques or spiritual skills were related to the fire attribute. Some cultivated techniques and skills of other attributes, and were incapable of igniting flames.
As it happened, all the cultivation techniques and spiritual skills he practiced, whether the Sea God Cultivation Technique or the Thunder God Fist, had nothing to do with the fire attribute!
"Damn it, I was careless and forgot to cultivate a fire-attribute spiritual skill. What should I do now?" Ye Feng frowned. If it were about controlling water or electricity, he might have a chance, but fire? Wasn't that asking too much of him?
However, he couldn't entirely blame himself. He hadn't known about this beforehand; otherwise, he could have cultivated a fire-attribute spiritual skill in advance. Now, there was no opportunity.
But soon, Ye Feng thought of something else, and his face lit up with joy. "Damn, I almost forgot, don't I have the Fire Controlling Bead? With it, what flame can't I control?"
His Fire Controlling Bead still contained the companion exotic fire of the Lava Flower. With this, why would he need any fire-attribute spiritual skill...
While Ye Feng was contemplating, five minutes quickly passed. The crowd on the field had almost finished their smelting.
Seeing this, Ye Feng quickly scanned everyone, wanting to see their masterpieces.
However, he soon shook his head. He saw that most people either hadn't completed the smelting or had burnt the Fire Ganoderma. Only a small number had successfully melted the Fire Ganoderma into medicinal liquid.
He knew without a doubt that those who hadn't finished melting or had burnt it had definitely failed.
As expected, in the next second, the host's clearly disappointed voice came, "Li Kai, failed to completely melt the Fire Ganoderma. Eliminated!"
"Wang Ao, the temperature was too high, completely scorching the Fire Ganoderma. Eliminated!"
"Liu He, eliminated..."
After dozens of names were called, almost everyone was eliminated. Only a handful passed, which made everyone once again witness the difficulty of the assessment.
Seeing this, Ye Feng couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat. The elimination rate in the first batch of the first round was already so high; he couldn't imagine how difficult the later stages would be.
But no matter how difficult, he had no other choice. He could only grit his teeth and go for it.
Soon, the assessment reached Ye Feng's group. At this moment, He Shasha's encouraging voice came from the side, "Come on, kid, don't fail!"
"Also, you treated Kang Qian from the Pill Dao Sect like that earlier. Be careful they don't play dirty during the assessment!" He Shasha glanced at Kang Qian beside her.
Hearing this, Ye Feng immediately replied with a smile, "Don't worry, I'll do my best. Besides, I have no reason to fail!"
With that, Ye Feng strode towards the assessment area, ready to begin.
However, he didn't know that as Kang Qian watched his retreating back, he revealed a cold smile and then whispered to someone beside him, "Is the item ready?"
"Don't worry, Senior Brother Kang!" The person replied with a sinister grin, "I've already had someone specially treat the Fire Ganoderma in front of that kid. Forget him, even an ordinary alchemist wouldn't be able to melt it!"
Hearing this, Kang Qian finally showed a happy smile. "Heh, good. Then I can rest assured. He dares to offend me, does he really think I've been in the Pill Dao Sect for so many years for nothing?"
On the other side, Ye Feng was still unaware that the Fire Ganoderma in front of him had been tampered with. As soon as he stepped onto the stage, he immediately discovered another problem: he didn't have a pot!
"Damn it, I should have put some daily necessities in my spatial ring. What should I do now?" Ye Feng frowned in annoyance.
As soon as he finished speaking, the surrounding crowd noticed his behavior, and their eyes widened in shock.
"Look quickly, what is that kid doing? Why hasn't he started yet? Could it be that he doesn't have a pot!"
"Holy crap, it seems so. I didn't see him carrying any bags either. Could he really not have prepared these things..."
Everyone was shocked. Some even couldn't help but laugh mockingly, "Haha, this kid is hilarious. I've never seen anyone come to the Pill Dao Sect assessment without bringing anything. Why didn't he leave his brain at home too!"
"Exactly, what's the use of strong talent and high cultivation if he didn't even bring anything? He's probably here to joke, haha..."
"Yeah, kid, I think you should just give up and scram, so as not to waste everyone's time..."
These people were all allies of Wudang. Seeing Ye Feng in an embarrassing situation, they naturally wouldn't miss such an opportunity to mock him.
Hearing this, Ye Feng's expression turned slightly grim. However, as he was thinking about how to solve it, a circular metal object suddenly flew from He Shasha's hand.
"Stinky kid, use this!!"
Ye Feng caught it and found it was a pot-shaped object with eight corners, emitting a faint medicinal fragrance that was incredibly refreshing.
"Medicinal fragrance, a pot, could this be the legendary alchemy furnace?"
Indeed, in the next second, a gasp of shock came from the crowd. The middle-aged man from the Pill Dao Sect exclaimed in shock, "Hmm? Is this, an alchemy furnace?"
"What? An alchemy furnace?"
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone was shocked and turned to look at He Shasha, their curiosity about her identity piqued once again.
Not only did she defeat Ming Yu, the number one genius of Wudang, but she could even produce an alchemy furnace. This was not something an ordinary person could do!
While curious, they also became deeply jealous of Ye Feng, jealous that he could gain the favor of a beauty like He Shasha.
Hearing the exclamations of the crowd, Ye Feng also showed excitement and quickly thanked He Shasha, "Haha, it's really an alchemy furnace. Thank you, I'll thank you properly when I get back!"
"Thank me?" Hearing this, He Shasha's face suddenly turned red as if she thought of something. "Alright, stinky kid, hurry up and smelt. There's not much time left!"
"Okay!"
Seeing this, Ye Feng wasted no time and immediately placed the Fire Ganoderma in front of him into the alchemy furnace, preparing to begin the refinement.
However, at this moment, envious voices from the crowd sounded again, "Tsk, even with an alchemy furnace, so what? If he doesn't have a good fire-attribute spiritual skill, he won't be able to smelt it!"
"Exactly, it's like a fine horse with a coward, a sharp blade with a weakling. Even with an alchemy furnace, he won't be able to succeed!"
"That's right..."
Listening to the envious voices, Ye Feng didn't say much. He simply let something slowly emerge from between his eyebrows.
Immediately, a scorching aura emanated, causing everyone to gasp in astonishment...