"Since the incomplete pill recipes are to be completed, how do we know if they are correct, and how is the accuracy calculated?" a contestant asked.
Elder Nangong replied, "The Pill Dao Ascension Platform is one of the supreme treasures left by the Pill Ancestor Dan Wuji. It possesses a spirit. The spirit's memory contains pill recipes that the Pill Ancestor summarized through countless experiments. Therefore, it can independently determine right from wrong."
"Independent judgment? Will it not make mistakes?" another person inquired.
Elder Nangong said, "Please rest assured, the pill recipes we are currently using all come from the Pill Ancestor himself. Even after countless years, there won't be much difference."
"Moreover, the spirit of the Pill Dao Ascension Platform is inherently close to medicinal ingredients and has the ability to discern their properties. Naturally, it will not make mistakes."
"If this spirit is so powerful, then those incomplete pill recipes should have been completed long ago. Why are we still discussing the Dao?"
This time, the question was posed by Zi Linling.
Without any politeness, she cut straight to the point.
Elder Nangong frowned.
He had patiently answered the previous two questions because the participants were unaware of the rules.
However, Zi Linling's question clearly questioned the fairness of the Dao discussion, almost as if she were pointing at his nose and asking if there was any foul play.
"Although the spirit possesses the memory of the pill recipes, the Pill Dao Ascension Platform has rules established by the Pill Ancestor. Any action that does not adhere to the rules will be automatically blocked by the spirit."
"In other words, other than participating in the Dao discussion on the Pill Dao Ascension Platform, there is no other way for the spirit to leak the pill recipes. Therefore, all contestants can rest assured that this pill Dao discussion is fair and just, and there is absolutely no possibility of cheating!"
Although Elder Nangong was somewhat displeased with Zi Linling's question, he still answered it.
After answering, he did not give anyone else a chance to ask questions and stated, "The Pill Dao Ascension Platform will descend to the ground, with nine hundred and ninety-nine positions available for nine hundred and ninety-nine people to compete simultaneously."
"Each position is equipped with a database of incomplete pill recipes, containing nine hundred and ninety-nine sets of incomplete pill recipes of equivalent difficulty. Each set consists of ten incomplete pill recipes."
"For every correctly completed pill recipe, the Pill Dao Ascension Platform will ascend one step. The contestant who first reaches the tenth step wins."
"Of course, if none of the contestants reach the tenth step within the stipulated time, then the one who ascends the highest at the end of the time will win."
"In such a scenario, if there are two or more contestants who have ascended to the highest level, an additional round will be held."
"The ultimate winner will receive one Emperor-grade pill recipe from the Alchemist Guild's collection and one bottle of Emperor-grade pill. By the way, this bottle of Emperor-grade pill contains ten Emperor-grade pills, and the type can be chosen freely."
Perhaps to prevent further interruptions, Elder Nangong explained the entire set of rules in one breath before asking, "Contestants, are there any points you do not understand?"
"No!"
All the contestants replied in unison.
Of course, this "all" did not include Zi Linling.
Elder Nangong nodded with satisfaction and said, "Since there are no questions, all contestants are requested to proceed to the Pill Dao Ascension Platform and prepare for the Dao discussion!"
"Yes!"
As his voice fell, another uniform sound echoed.
Subsequently, the contestants rustled away from their seats and moved towards the Pill Dao Ascension Platform.
Zi Linling then realized that the so-called Pill Dao Ascension Platform was merely a giant arena.
There was a barrier on the arena that kept everyone outside.
"There are a total of nine hundred and ninety-nine contestants this time! Now, please take out your participant tags and affix them to the barrier to enter the Pill Dao Ascension Platform!" Elder Nangong's voice sounded again.
Upon hearing this, everyone followed Elder Nangong's instructions and entered the Ascension Platform.
Zi Linling affixed her tag, marked "748," to the barrier and found herself inside the Pill Dao Ascension Platform.
The place she appeared was on a seat.
In front of the seat was a small spiritual energy screen, similar to the computers she had used in her previous life.
Once everyone had entered the Pill Dao Ascension Platform, Elder Nangong said again, "The duration of the Dao discussion is two hours. Once the timer starts, the spiritual energy screens in front of you will automatically activate. When a prompt appears, you only need to place your participant tag in the groove on your right side to begin. Do you understand?"
"Understood!"
Everyone responded in unison again.
Zi Linling remained silent, as she was studying the differences between this spiritual energy screen and the computers on Planet Tian Lan.
However, the conclusion she reached was that the energy used for activation was different.
"Very good! I will now count down three to start the timer!"
Elder Nangong nodded and began to count down.
"Three!"
"Two!"
"One!"
"Start!"
As the word "Start" fell, all the spiritual energy screens within the Pill Dao Ascension Platform lit up simultaneously.
All the contestants stared intently at their screens, afraid of missing any prompts.
But Zi Linling was thinking about whether she should replace electricity with this spiritual energy drive method when she returned to Planet Tian Lan.
Soon, the sound of "pa pa pa" echoed around, as prompts appeared on the spiritual energy screens.
Zi Linling looked at her screen and saw a line of small text: "Please insert participant tag!" Su Dan Novel Network.
Zi Linling looked at the prompt, which resembled a program, and felt a sense of familiarity.
With a "snap," she placed her tag into the groove.
Another line of small text appeared on the spiritual energy screen: "Please wait, identifying soul information!"
As expected, Zi Linling felt her soul being scanned by a strange light.
"Soul information has been identified and confirmed to be yours! Please rotate your participant tag to draw a set of incomplete pill recipes."
"Please note: Each person has only one chance to draw. Once drawn, it cannot be changed!"
Zi Linling secretly chuckled, "Quite advanced, comparable to the computers on Planet Tian Lan!"
She rotated her participant tag, and another sentence appeared on the spiritual energy screen: "Drawing incomplete pill recipes, please wait!"
A moment later.
"Incomplete pill recipes have been drawn. Please begin to complete the recipes!"
"First recipe: Soul Cleansing Pill. The Soul Cleansing Pill is a medicinal preparation required when the soul is contaminated. The auxiliary ingredients for the Soul Cleansing Pill are: one thousand-year-old Soul Nurturing Wood, thirteen-hundred-year-old Golden Sun Grass, fifteen-hundred-year-old Dark Night Grass, fifteen-hundred-year-old..."
Hundreds of medicinal ingredient names appeared, many with specified ages, and some even with quality requirements.
Following the names of these auxiliary ingredients were the names of the main ingredients.
Only two main ingredients were listed for the Soul Cleansing Pill, with three positions left blank.