Chapter 306: 306
It was no longer just a test for their eyesight and their sense of smell . The first round was designed to test if they could identify the medicinal ingredients with only one glance .
For a brief moment, the participants felt as if their heart had fallen to the bottom of a pit .
Shen Yanxiao walked casually toward the pile of medicinal ingredients . However, she frowned when she realized that similar-looking ingredients had been placed in the same heap .
Many of the medicinal ingredients had only minimal differences . It was quite similar to the test that Luo De had set for their enrollment .
However, no matter how minuscule the difference was, a slightly different medicinal ingredient would remain distinctive . It looked like the first round of the competition depended on whether those students paid attention in their classes .
Shen Yanxiao had obtained a photographic memory when they undid her second seal . Even the smallest discrepancy could not escape her eyes .
She had also been learning by Ye Qing’s side for quite some time before the competition, and she had helped him with hundreds of types of medicinal ingredients . Perhaps it did not amount to a thousand ingredients, but she knew there had been at least eight hundred . She had also processed the medicinal ingredients for the potion that she had chosen for at least four to five times .
If she could not even identify the medicinal ingredients correctly after all her efforts, then she might as well hang herself to death .
The first segment of the competition had baffled most of the participants, but it did not pose any difficulty for Shen Yanxiao . She held her hands behind her back and walked around the heaps of medicinal ingredients to find the ones that she needed .
At the same time, Shangguan Xiao was also not in a hurry to start as his sharp eyes swept across the pile of medicinal ingredients . Even though the teachers had deliberately placed similar-looking ingredients in the same heap, it was not a difficult feat for him . Instead, it helped him to distinguish the area that he could find the ingredients that he needed for his potion .
A few moments later, he stopped at where various types of purple flowers were piled together . He bent slightly to grab a five-petal purple flower from the bunch .
Pu Lisi, who sat nearby, nodded in satisfaction when he saw his choice .
Even though Shangguan Xiao was not the first to arrive, he was the first one to locate what he needed . Then, he started to walk toward his next target .
When Pu Lisi was satisfied that Shangguan Xiao had no issues with the situation at hand, he shifted his attention to that damned little kid .
Shen Yanxiao stood near the pile of medicinal ingredients, and she gave the items there a few casual back-and-forth glances . It was as if she did not know what to do .
“Fool,” Pu Lisi sneered .
The kid might have been talented, but so what? It did not even matter if Ye Qing had taken a liking to her . Was she not still at a loss at the competition? It was apparent that she was still on par with Shangguan Xiao .
Even though Shangguan Xiao was named as his assistant, in actuality, he was his disciple . Pu Lisi was there that day to observe how his disciple would teach the kid that had angered him a lesson .
Just as Pu Lisi was feeling pleased with himself, Shen Yanxiao finally made her move .
First, she walked toward a pile of dried yellow-colored medicinal ingredients . Then she bent down to rummage through the collection to sort through those almost identical-looking ingredients .
After only a short moment, she chose a yellow-colored grass that was the size of a thumb .
Pu Lisi squinted and looked at the ingredient in Shen Yanxiao’s hand before he sneered .
The ingredient that Shen Yanxiao had in her hand was similar to the Dusk Grass that one would use in some intermediate-level potions . However, Pu Lisi knew that it was not Dusk Grass, but a similar-looking ingredient called the Crepis Grass .
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