Chapter 384: Standard Answer

"Hahaha, look at that Ji Qing's answer, it's much longer than the referee's answer!"

"He's awesome! He can even point out errors in the seven elders' answers, so his skill naturally surpasses all seven elders combined, and his answer is naturally longer."

"Pfft! You're too mean! But this kid is really overdoing it with his grandstanding, as if afraid others won't think he's an idiot."

Seeing the densely packed answer on the light screen, everyone mocked Ye Yuan.

A contestant's answer being so much longer than the standard answer—was this a joke?

Did he really think he was a Pill Emperor, able to overpower seven Pill Kings?

None of them noticed that Star Abyss Emperor, who had been squinting, slightly opened his eyes, shooting two sharp beams at the light screen!

"Elder Yang, what's wrong? Aren't you going to announce the result?" Seeing Yang Xiu in a daze, a Pill King elder urged.

He couldn't be bothered to look at the content on the light screen; there had to be a limit to nonsense.

Yang Xiu took a deep breath and slowly said to everyone, "Please wait a moment, let us discuss."

After speaking, Yang Xiu whispered to the other six referees, "Take a close look at Ji Qing's answer!"

The six Pill Kings were startled and turned their gazes to the light screen.

Looking, they were shocked!

Ye Yuan's answer was exactly the same as the one they had jointly deduced!

No, not exactly the same, because Ye Yuan's answer had even more!

"This... what's going on? If it's luck, this is too good, right?"

"And what about these extra answers?"

"Hiss... all seventy-three answers we listed are in Ji Qing's answer! The rest are answers we didn't list. How do we count this?"

The seven gathered together, speaking one after another, urgently discussing.

This scene puzzled everyone.

"What happened? Why haven't they announced the result yet?"

"Something seems off. Could Ji Qing's answer actually be correct for many?"

"Did he just list a bunch of answers randomly and get lucky with quite a few?"

"No! I just carefully checked. All the pill combinations in the correct answer are present in Ji Qing's answer! That means he got all the answers right! But... what about those extra answers?"

"What? All of them? How is that possible!"

A single stone stirred a thousand waves; everyone began checking the answers on the light screen.

They were astonished to find that Ye Yuan had indeed listed all seventy-three answers the elders had given!

Tong Wenchang was also checking, and as each answer was confirmed, his face turned extremely ugly.

What was this?

Ji Qing had closed his eyes for a long time, then opened them and wrote the answers, and all of them were correct, with so many extra ones.

Tong Wenchang suddenly had a very absurd thought: could it be that these extra answers were also correct?

Could this kid be a prophet, knowing the past and future?

This was too ridiculous!

At this moment, Yang Xiu and the others still hadn't reached a conclusion.

If they said Ji Qing lost, he had indeed answered all the correct answers; if they said he won, his answer had dozens more than the correct one.

What the hell were these extra answers?

Helpless, Yang Xiu had to stand up and bow to Star Abyss Emperor, saying, "Star Abyss, how should we handle the result of this match?"

Star Abyss had closed his eyes again and simply uttered three words: "Ji Qing wins."

The voice was not loud, but it clearly reached everyone's ears.

Tong Wenchang trembled, his eyes instantly reddening.

Forcing down his anger, Tong Wenchang bowed to Star Abyss and said, "Star Abyss, I humbly ask, why does Ji Qing win despite listing so many random answers? Is it just because he listed all the standard answers?"

Tong Fangshuo was shocked and quickly shouted, "Wenchang, shut up! How dare you be rude to Star Abyss!"

Unexpectedly, Star Abyss slightly waved his hand to stop him and said calmly, "Standard answer? What standard answer? If there must be a standard answer, then Ji Qing's answer is the standard answer!"

"Buzz!"

At Star Abyss's words, the whole venue erupted!

Ji Qing's answer was the standard answer?

This... how was this possible?

Ji Qing's answer had dozens more than the seven Pill Kings' answer!

If his answer was the standard, didn't that mean his skill alone surpassed all seven Pill Kings combined?

This result sounded like a fairy tale!

If these words had come from someone else, they would have dismissed it as nonsense, but they came from Star Abyss Emperor!

Who was Star Abyss Emperor?

He was the absolute authority in the alchemy world of the Central Royal City!

Who dared to question his words?

"This Ji Qing is simply too monstrous, able to list so many pill combinations!"

"Did he know in advance which spiritual herbs would be used today? Otherwise, how could he deduce so many answers in such a short time?"

"Yeah, this kid is too freakish. He wrote the answers in one go, as if he already knew them. Could he really have known the answers beforehand?"

"Know your ass! Didn't you see his answer had dozens more than the standard?"

"I just counted; Ji Qing wrote a total of 120 answers, more than double Tong Wenchang's! This... is really ruthless!"

Tong Wenchang looked around in a daze, his eyes unfocused.

All those densely packed answers on Ji Qing's light screen were actually correct!

Could it be that this kid's fundamentals were that much stronger than the seven Pill Kings combined?

Compared to Ye Yuan, he was like a firefly compared to the bright moon!

At this moment, Ye Yuan, who had been sitting quietly as if unconcerned, suddenly stood up, walked to Tong Wenchang, and said with a smile, "This is just the beginning. It will get more exciting later! You can keep laughing; if you don't, it won't be fun."

After speaking, Ye Yuan returned to his area and said to the quasi-Pill King, "We can start the second round."

The quasi-Pill King was startled: "Ah? Oh, oh!"

Then, his gaze turned to Yang Xiu, waiting for his order.

Yang Xiu nodded and said, "Second round, pill decomposition, begin!"

Tong Wenchang was startled and snapped back to reality, but his first reaction was anger!

Extreme anger!

He pointed at Ye Yuan and roared, "Kid, don't think you've won! The outcome is still unknown!"