"Hehe, don't be so nervous. The illusory figure of the old man stroked his long white beard, and a smile appeared on his face: "The first test is very simple, you only need to classify these hundred herbs according to their attributes. ”

"Where are the hundred herbs?" Wang Yan heard the words of the illusory old man, looked at the empty cave, and was wondering, when he saw the illusory figure of the old man stretch out his hand, and a large pile of herbs appeared out of thin air and placed them in the open space in front of him.

"These are a hundred herbs, each representing one, some of these herbs are cool, some are hot, some are poisonous, some can detoxify, some can help people break through the bottleneck of cultivation, and some can damage people's meridians. You have to discern carefully and make no mistake. Of course, the methods of classification are not limited to these few, you can separate them as you wish, as long as it makes sense, I will count you as passing the test. However, because this test is too simple, I will only give you a stick of incense, and if you can't sort these herbs by the specified time, or if one of the herbs is wrong, then I will count you as a failure. After the illusory figure of the old man finished speaking, he began to close his eyes and recuperate. On the stone platform, there was an extra burning short incense, which was more than one-third less than the incense Wang Yan had ever seen.

"This is too tricky, isn't it, can this be considered a simple test?" Wang Yan couldn't help but secretly speak, looking at the herbs he had never even seen all over the ground, and began to make trouble. If you want to identify the attributes of herbs, you have to try it yourself and perceive it slowly, with Wang Yan's current ability, in such a short time of incense, he can distinguish the attributes of two or three herbs. How is it possible to classify these herbs in a good way?

While Wang Yan was still looking at this pile of herbs at a loss, the short incense had already burned a large part, and even the first half was gone.

"Master, hurry up and classify it, the incense is almost burned, why don't you do it?" The beast really couldn't stand it, so he had to open his mouth to remind Wang Yan that there was not much time left, and he had to hurry up, otherwise the test would end in failure.

"Beast!" Wang Yan heard the voice of the beast reminding, and instantly came back to his senses from his hard thoughts. Grab its body. Throw it into the pile of herbs: "Don't you like to eat herbs the most, presumably your ability to distinguish the attributes of herbs is also very strong, hurry up and help me sort this pile of herbs, it should be regarded as my reward for taking care of you for so long." ”

"Old man. This is blatant cheating. Don't you care?" the beast ignored the king's words. shouted at the illusory old man, hoping that he would say something fair.

"Huh. "The illusory old man didn't even open his eyes. He grinned like that: 'I said earlier, I just want you to complete my test, and as for the process, I don't care. You are all together, whether you are willing to help him or not, you can do it. “

"Master, this is a test for you, how can you just push it on me casually?" The beast didn't expect the illusory old man to have a resigned attitude, so he had to start protesting against Wang Yan's irresponsible attitude. Of course, this was due to Wang Yan's dissatisfaction with letting it work, and if it was allowed to finish the pile of herbs, it would gladly serve.

"Don't talk nonsense, you see time is running out, and you don't want my master to lose face, right? Successfully passing this test will be beneficial to you and me, and you won't fail to understand such a simple truth. Wang Yan glanced at the short incense on the stone platform, and found that the short incense was even shorter, so he hurriedly urged the beast.

"The beast is so sad, the beast is so miserable, the master knows that Lu Dao instructs the beast to work, if Sister Shan'er is here, she will definitely not agree. The beast grumbled as it quickly began to taste the herbs and sort them.

Wang Yan listened to the beast beast venting his dissatisfaction, and he only had to stare dryly, who let him only expect the beast to help him pass this test now.

The beast's movements were really not slow, and soon it tasted the hundred herbs, and divided a small part of them into three small piles, and the rest were all piled up haphazardly, ignoring it. At this time, the short incense also happened to burn out, and after a wisp of green smoke, it was completely extinguished.

"When the time comes, let me see if you've sorted the herbs into categories. The illusory figure of the old man spoke, opened his eyes, just a casual glance, he had a judgment: "You obviously did not finish the herbs in the time of a stick of incense, this test failed, it seems that I will continue to wait for the next destined person." ”

"Old man, who said that we didn't divide the categories, take a good look, I haven't finished the classification according to what you said. How can I fail?" the beast immediately shouted loudly, as if he was afraid that the illusory old man and Wang Yan would not be able to hear it.

Don't think that just because you're loud doesn't mean you're right. I'd like to hear how you classify it, and if you lie, I don't mind erasing those who deceived me from the fairy world. The illusory old man was a little angry, in his opinion, the beast was purely messing around.

"Beast, are you deceiving the old gentleman, if that's the case, we will apologize quickly, it's a big deal not to inherit the old gentleman's mantle, you must not be impulsive, provoke the old gentleman to kill us. Wang Yan looked at the herbs that the beasts and beasts were separated, and had the same thoughts as the illusory old man. Don't talk about him, I'm afraid that when a person sees the herbs separated from the beasts, he won't think that he has completed the test, this is an obvious fact, most of the herbs are piled up together, and it is impossible to say that those herbs belong to the same category.

"Master, you have no confidence in beasts? If that's the case, why did you just let the beasts divide the herbs, you can't just do it yourself. Why is the beast so unlucky, thankless!" The beast felt very aggrieved, it didn't matter if others didn't believe it, Wang Yan, as the master, also doubted it, it was no wonder if it wasn't sad.

After the beast finished speaking, he turned around, looked at the old man with an illusory figure, raised his head, put on a confident appearance, and began to ask the old man with an illusory figure: "Old man, you said before the test began, we can classify these hundred herbs according to our own wishes, as long as it makes sense, even if we pass, does this still count?"

"Of course it counts, am I like someone who goes back on my word?!" The old man with an illusory figure snorted coldly, he hadn't seen anyone dare to talk to him in such a tone for a long time, of course, the beast was just a pet, so he endured it for the time being.

"That's good!" After receiving the affirmative reply of the illusory old man, the beast beast said unhurriedly: "I have divided these herbs into two categories according to my own wishes, one is useful and the other is useless, and I completed this classification before the short incense burned out, so we passed your test." ”

"Nonsense, these herbs were all picked by me back then and preserved to this day, how can you say that they are useless, I think you have really lived enough!" The old man with an illusory figure blew his beard and glared angrily, he would never have thought that the beast would say such a crooked reason.

"Old man, how do you know that I'm talking nonsense? Those useful herbs were divided into three piles by me, each pile of ten herbs, which could refine a finished pill, and the rest of them needed to be combined with herbs that were not available here to refine into pills, so I divided them into the useless category. If you are a true alchemist, you can judge whether I am lying or not by verifying" The beast was not worried at all, it believed that the old man with the illusory figure would definitely believe its words if he calmed down and looked at it.

The old man with the illusory figure of "???" was stunned, if the words of the beast were to say so, it did make sense. He just took out some of the stored herbs at random, and didn't check them, even he didn't dare to guarantee that he would be able to find those herbs from the pile of herbs that could be combined to refine the elixir in such a short period of time, if the beast really did what it said, it would be amazing.

With half-believing attitudes, the illusory old man looked at the three piles of herbs that the beast said could be refined into pills. Who knows, it's okay not to look at it, but when he saw it, he was shocked, among the three piles of herbs, two piles were exactly the same as the formula of the pill that he had spent decades researching successfully. This is too rebellious!

"Old man, how is it? The beast didn't deceive you, did it! Then we should have passed this test without a hitch, right?" Seeing the shocked expression on the face of the illusory old man, the beast knew that the old man was convinced of his words. As for the mention of passing the test, it was completely for Wang Yan, on the one hand, it was to reassure him, and on the other hand, it was also to show credit to Wang Yan, 'Let you look down on me again!' This is the mind of the beast at this moment.

"Pass, of course it's passed!" The old man with the illusory figure made a decision without hesitation, if this was not passed, it would really be impossible to say.

"Beast, you are amazing!" Wang Yan heard this result, and his eyebrows fluttered excitedly, and he hugged the beast and kissed it fiercely.

"Master, the beast helps you, you know it, you don't have to kiss the beast indiscriminately. It's not good to be misunderstood. The beast rubbed Wang Yan's body parts with its claws vigorously, and did not save Wang Yan face at all.

"Beast, you ?......" Wang Yan glared at the beast, it seemed that he still couldn't give it a good face, this was really boring. However, Wang Yan was not angry, he had long been accustomed to the virtue of beasts.

"Well, you are happy now, is it too early? I have already said that the test is a very simple test, and the next test will be even more difficult and even dangerous, and if you do not pass it, you will not get my mantle inheritance. The illusory old man said a sentence coldly, and immediately poured Wang Yan's excited mood into ashes, and it really felt cold from head to toe. (To be continued......)