Chapter 652

Refreshed from a night's sleep, Long Chen went directly to the treasure tower region. That was the core region of Pill Yang Prefecture.
Suddenly, rumbling came from behind him. A huge carriage was speeding in his direction and was about to crash into him.
It was a Six-Horn Bull, an early Xiantian Magical Beast. It was three hundred meters long, and it was pulling an extremely imposing carriage without any restraint.
The bull was heading straight towards LC, so LC stops it. 8 Pill Tower disciples then appear from the carriage and attack LC. But LC slaps one of them silly. The person LC slapped was named Gou Jiba.
One of the 8 disciples is called Brother Ba (拔哥).
These people staggered up. Another one of them opened their spiritual space and released a Blackrock Devil Leopard. The 8 then escape on the leopard.
LC travels to the gate and sees more people rushing by.
The thing that surprised Long Chen was that these people were all Xiantian experts, and the flame energy fluctuations coming from them were extremely strong. They had to be powerful alchemists.
From that appearance, it seemed they were all Pill Emperors. Originally, Long Chen had been planning on concealing his alchemy arts to the Pill King level, but now it seemed he didn't need to.
== Entrance ==
Once he reaches the gate, he shows Yun Qi's tablet and was allowed entrance.
Long Chen hadn't expected for there to be this many people. There were actually hundreds of people already. He saw a great deal of excitement on their faces, as if this registration was something they had been looking forward to for a long time.
He suddenly felt that something was wrong. It seemed this tablet wasn't like he thought it was. There were no Pill Kings present. They were all Pill Emperors.
Following the crowd, he eventually reached a large group of over a thousand people. There were young and old, large and small.
There was a black stone thirty meters tall ahead. Ancient runes had been carved into the stone, and Long Chen didn't know what it did.
In front of the black stone was an elder with a brush who was conducting some sort of registration.
"Name?"
"Zhu Deyong (朱德庸)."
"Origin?"
"Yi Prefecture's alchemy guild."
"Take the test."
After recording this information, he emotionlessly pointed to the stone. There was a small set of stairs for people to walk up to it.
When that person reached the stone, its countless runes lit up, bathing that person in light. Ancient characters appeared on it.
The elder nodded. "Eighty-seven years old meets the standard. Next is the strength of your soul. Press your hand on the red button and send in your Spiritual Strength."
The registrant listened and placed his hand on the red button. A small portal appeared in front of him. That wasn't a true portal, but just something for him to send his Spiritual Strength in.
Buzz... A line of words appeared on the stone.
"First tier Xuan class. Disqualified."
The elder drew a large ‘x' over. That person could only sadly leave.
Following that person's failure, quite a few people's hearts clenched. Another person went up to take the test.
Ten people took the test in a row. There were five fails and five passes. Long Chen saw that the requirements were that you had to be under one hundred years old and have reached the Earth class in Spiritual Strength.
Furthermore, if you passed, you would be given a ranking based on your age and soul energy. So far, the only rankings he had seen were Acceptable and Excellent.
As time passed, some failed and left. Suddenly, Long Chen saw a familiar figure. Wasn't that the fellow he had viciously slapped?
This person also saw Long Chen lined up behind him. His group had long since started pointing at him with disdainful and provocative expressions. After being taught a lesson by Long Chen, they were planning on getting revenge here.
In his group, several people failed in a row. This test was not the same as their ordinary tests. They had passed the ordinary tests, but now that they came here, they were still washed out.
"Name?" asked the elder again.
It had finally come to the turn of the person Long Chen had slapped. He confidently replied:
"Gou Jiba."苟吉拔 sounds like 狗鸡巴 or dog dong
The elder's expression immediately sank, and he slapped that person across the face. "Fuck your mother! How dare you waste my time!"
== Notes ==