Xia Yu looked at the five crying candidates, pointed to their heads, and said: "You are No. 1, one, two, three, four, five, I have arranged the order for you, you stand in order, now listen to my command, take a break, stand upright, look to the right, look forward, turn back." ”

The six candidates were all frightened by Xia Yu, and they didn't dare to disobey Xia Yu's password at all, as if they were students in military training, they straightened their waists, listened to Xia Yu's password, and made movements.

The six candidates turned their backs to Xia Yu, and Xia Yu used Di Wenxing's skills to raise a finger, drip ink, and write on the backs of the six candidates.

(In "Water Margin", Di Wenxing is a holy hand scholar - Xiao Rang)

"Don't move, be honest," Xia Yu roared, and the six candidates didn't dare to move, standing there honestly, letting Xia Yu write on their backs.

After the five big characters were written, Xia Yu looked at it, was very satisfied, and said: "Wait a while for the ink to dry, the five of you put on your clothes and go to Hong Ji, stand in a row according to the order I arranged for you, and then take off your shirts and show the words on your back to Hong Ji." ”

One of the examinees asked weakly: "Hero, what are you writing on our backs?"

Xia Yu smiled: "This is my greeting to Hongji." ”

The six examinees looked embarrassed and knew what Xia Yu meant by "greetings".

Xia Yu showed a fierce look again, and said: "I'm watching here, if you don't show these five words to Hong Ji for a while, don't think about getting out of this examination room alive." ”

"Don't try to get out of this exam room alive. If someone else said this, the six candidates might not take it seriously, thinking that this was a scaring word. However, when these words came out of Xia Yu's mouth, it was not a scare, but a solemn warning.

The six examinees bowed their heads and walked towards Hongji in the distance.

Hong-gi, accompanied by a servant, was grabbing the elixir in front of the shelf. Hong Ji is a person who has a (body shēn) share, and Hong Kaishan deliberately spent 10,000 taels of silver to arrange for a servant to take the exam, if not for anything else, just to serve Hong Ji.

Hong Ji finished grabbing a pair of elixirs and asked the servant on the side, "How many elixirs are still missing?"

The servant took the task slip and looked at it, and said, "Young master, it's the last pair, it's five dollars and six millimeters of schisandra." ”

Hong Ji was about to go to find Schisandra when the six candidates came over, and when Hong Ji saw that the six candidates had blue noses and swollen faces and a bad face, he realized that the matter had not been done.

"Did you beat that Xia Yu violently?" asked Hongji.

The six candidates frowned and said, "Hong Shao, that Xia Yu asked us to show you something, saying that it was his greeting to you." ”

"What's that?" Hongji frowned.

The six examinees did not speak, but silently stood in order, took off their shirts, turned (身shēn) away, turned their backs to Hongji, and revealed five large characters.

The servant next to Hongji (身shēn) looked at the backs of the six candidates, paused word by word, and read, "Hong-Ji-I-(日rì)-you-Mom." ”

Hong Ji was so angry that he trembled, his face was red, and he punched the shelf next to him, breaking it into pieces and scattering the elixir all over the ground.

The servant bared his teeth and glared, and shouted at the six candidates, "Get out, get out of here!"

The six candidates hurriedly put on their clothes and fled in dismay.

The servant looked indignant and said, "Young master, that kid surnamed Xia is alive

I'm tired of it, find a chance to dismantle him!"

Hong Ji found Xia Yu standing in the distance, looking at him with a playful face, and raised his middle finger at himself.

Hong Ji was furious and was about to rush over to teach Xia Yu a lesson, when a voice sounded in the examination room:

"Candidates, please note that there is still a quarter of an hour left in the exam, and it is about to end, please hurry, please hurry. ”

Hong Ji forcibly suppressed his anger and said: "Let him be arrogant for a while, and in the next exam, I must let him die!"

The candidates carried bamboo baskets and walked towards the exit, and soon, a quarter of an hour passed, and the first exam ended.

There were more than 80 candidates who took the exam, and only more than 40 candidates walked out of the examination room with bamboo baskets, and the remaining more than 40 candidates directly threw away the bamboo baskets and gave up.

There are thousands of elixirs in the examination room, and if you don't know these elixirs, it is impossible to grab a few handfuls at random, try your luck, and get a treat.

And the requirements of this exam are extremely strict, one wrong point will be eliminated, there is no sixty points to pass, only one score can pass, that is, a full score.

There was an assessment office near the exit, one old and one young, and two servants of the Alchemist Guild sat there, assessing the candidates' results.

Being a servant in the Alchemist Guild is not only about serving tea and water, but also about having a lot of knowledge about pills.

The candidates stood in a row, carrying bamboo baskets, and handed them to the two servants of the examination office.

One of the examinees handed over his bamboo basket, and the young servant took it, looked at it, threw it to the ground, and shouted, "Next!"

The candidate said, "What are you doing, why did you throw my bamboo basket?"

The little servant glared at the examinee and said, "It's ridiculous that you can't even tell the difference between the Soul Devouring Vine and the Purple Leaf Grass, and you still take the alchemist exam." ”

The examinee was not convinced, and shouted: "Why can't I tell the difference, this is clearly purple leaf grass!"

At this time, several warriors stepped forward, looked at the candidate murderously, and said, "Don't make trouble here." ”

The examinee regained his composure, knowing that he couldn't afford to provoke the Alchemist Guild, so he scolded the eighteenth generation of the little servant's ancestor in his heart, and left in disgrace.

The candidates handed the bamboo basket to the little servants one after another, and the little servants threw them to the ground at a glance, and looked at more than 20 in a row, but none of them could choose the right type of elixir.

The old servant next to the little servant sat there yawning with a disappointed look on his face.

It was the turn of the twenty-eighth examinee, and finally chose all ten elixirs correctly, and the little servant looked at the examinee and said, "Give me the task slip, let's see if your weight is accurate." ”

In front of the little servant was a scale, this one was peculiar, and instead of a weight, a cloud of dark blue gas was placed at one end. The little servant took the task slip and placed it in the center of the scale, then grabbed the elixir and placed it at the other end of the scale.

After the elixir was placed on the other end of the scale, the blue gas turned purple, and the little servant said lightly: "Eight Treasures Cordyceps is qualified." ”

Then, the little servant grabbed another handful of elixir and put it on the scale, this time, the blue gas turned red, and the little servant said, "The incense flower is qualified." ”

The little servant grabbed a few handfuls of elixir one after another and put them on the scale, and the blue gas on the balance turned purple for a while, and turned red for a while, all of which were qualified.

When the little servants are caught

The last elixir was placed on the scales, and the gas turned black.

The little servant had no expression (情qíng), and said: "Polar dragon beard, unqualified, candidate No. 39, eliminated." ”

Hearing the words of the little servant, the thirty-ninth candidate collapsed to the ground as if he had encountered a thunderbolt from the sky, fainted, and almost passed the first exam.

The balance in front of the little servant is fundamentally blue gas to show the error, if the error is less than one ten-thousandth, the gas will turn yellow, if the error is less than one thousandth, the gas will turn red, if the error is less than one percent, the gas will turn purple, and if the error is more than one percent, the gas will turn black.

To put it simply, the lighter the color change of the gas, the less error there will be.

The little servant was assessed for a long time, and only five candidates passed the first round of exams, and these five candidates also passed the test in a thrilling way, and the gas kept showing purple.

It was Hong Ji's turn, and there were bursts of discussion around him, Hong Ji was a personal disciple of Master Yan Fang, and he didn't know what his results would be.

Hong Ji rolled his eyelids, his nostrils turned to the sky, and he looked like a bullish coax, and handed the bamboo basket to the little servant.

The little servant took a look, and the ten elixirs were all right, and he took out the elixir and put it on the scale.

The blue gas at one end of the balance changed and turned red, and everyone said again and again: "It's amazing, Hong Shao grabbed the earth dragon whisker, the earth dragon whisker is the most difficult to grasp, Hong Shao can control the error within one thousandth." ”

Everyone admired Hong Ji very much, but Hong Ji shook his head, with a disappointed face, and said: "The error is more than one ten-thousandth, it shouldn't be, it shouldn't." ”

The little servant grabbed another handful of elixir and placed it on the scale, and the gas on the balance turned yellow.

Everyone exclaimed, "Amazing, amazing, Hong Shao actually controlled the error within one ten-thousandth, and he deserves to be a disciple of Master Yan Fang." ”

Hongji finally smiled, and he was still satisfied with this result.

Hong Ji grabbed ten kinds of elixirs, three of which appeared red gas, with an error of less than one thousandth, and the remaining seven elixirs were all yellow gases, with an error of less than one thousandth.

The little servant, who had been keeping a straight face, smiled and said to Hongji, "Congratulations, you passed the first exam. ”

Hong-gi raised his head and swaggered forward, as if everything was in his expectation.

Hong Kaishan's heart was full of joy, Hong Ji deserved to be his favorite grandson, and he gave him a big face.

The Hong family began to applaud and cheer, which led to the cheers of the entire examination room, as if fans had seen their idols at a concert.

Several people gathered around Yan Fang's (body shēn), with a smile on their faces, and said, "Master Yan, your disciple is really powerful, he really responded to that sentence, a famous teacher makes a high apprentice." ”

"Yes, look at it like this, in these three exams, Hong Ji has no problem at all, and it is a sure thing to become an alchemist. ”

"Hey, your vision is too low, how can Master Yan's apprentice be satisfied if he becomes an alchemist? In the future, under the guidance of Master Yan, Hong Ji will rise step by step to become an eighth-grade alchemist, or even a seventh-grade alchemist. ”

Yan Fang smiled from ear to ear, and pretended to be very low-key, and said: "Where, where, alchemy is broad and profound, Hong Ji still has a long way to go, can't be proud, can't be proud." ”

After Hong Ji got off the field, five more candidates passed, and it was Xia Yu's turn.

(End of chapter)