Chapter 653

Gou Jiba passes the test.
Out of Gou Jiba's group of eight, four had failed and four had succeeded. The four failures could only leave, but the other four didn't reveal any mourning. After some fake words of comfort, they said nothing more.
A female alchemist named Duan Tianqiao then passes the test in flying colors too.
When it is Long Chen's turn he uses the alias Long San (龙三) and says he is from Qingzhou's Wild Horse Fat Sheep Pig Butchering Mountain Forest Village (野马涧大羊村屠狗屯旁的森山老林 yemajian dayangcun tugoutun pang de senshan laolin).
This location was real. Back when he had encountered the Muxue Mercenary Unit, they had passed by this village. Long Chen still remembered it because this name was too memorable.
"Who is your master?"
"He was called Yun Qi. I was raised by him, and he taught me alchemy deep in the mountains. I never left the mountains, but one day, he was heavily injured, and he gave me this badge before he died, wanting me to find a place to make a living. He said with my talent, I'd definitely have food to eat and wine to drink here. I could buy a carriage, a house, and even get multiples wives and concubines," said Long Chen.
"This is the centennial Pill Emperor Competition. It is to determine the true emperor amongst Pill Emperors. Are you sure you want to participate?" asked the elder.
"The true emperor amongst Pill Emperors? Will there be a good reward?" Long Chen's eyes shone. He hadn't expected to run into something that good.
The elder directly left a blank space for Long Chen's origin and moved on to the next section.
Long Chen walked up the steps. Gou Jiba immediately sneered, waiting to see Long Chen's embarrassment.
"Age: eighteen."
Everyone was stupefied, looking at Long Chen like he was a freak. This dumb mountain brat was only eighteen years old? Had there been a mistake? Even the elder felt like something was wrong and redid the test, only to receive the same result.
"Eighteen-year-old brat and he reached the Xiantian realm. Isn't this just nonsense?"
When Long Chen's Spiritual Strength touched the portal, the entire stone bloomed with light.
"This is... Heaven class! First tier Heaven class Spiritual Strength!" cried the elder with wild delight.
Heaven class?
The elder directly wrote down a fourth rank for Long Chen's talent: Genius!
Acceptable, Excellent, Outstanding, and Genius. Long Chen's rank was the highest until now.
Long Chen smiled slightly. This was just the slightest bit of his soul energy. If he had used his full strength, that stone would have instantly exploded. That would probably frighten a few of these people to death.