The Martial Emperor with Dragon Blood

Chapter 1348 - 1349: Registration Turmoil

"Is one person hosting the assessment?"

Looking at the orderly crowd surging in, Ye Mo couldn’t help but feel puzzled.

"This kind of assessment is actually quite simple. The proctor will randomly point to a herb on the table, and as long as you can identify it, you can successfully register."

Yang Rong explained.

This is essentially a quick pass. If an alchemist can’t even recognize herbs, they are basically deemed unqualified.

Ye Mo glanced at the large herb table, where there were roughly over a hundred kinds of herbs, all of which were used to refine eighth and ninth-grade elixirs.

"Silver Frost Grass, Soul Spirit Grass!"

When Ye Mo saw these two herbs on the table, he immediately became excited, eager to rush up and seize them.

However, Ye Mo calmed himself down. If he were to snatch the herbs now, he might be instantly killed by Dan Dongfeng.

After Dan Dongfeng made the announcement, the line formed a long dragon. Anyone who could identify any herb above eighth grade would get a number card.

"Yang Rong, I didn’t expect you’d come so early. Where’s Yang Qingshu? Didn’t he come with you?"

A voice emerged from behind Ye Mo, prompting him to turn around and see a man and a woman approaching.

"Ye Mo, they are Li Duanmu and Li Duanling of the Li Family. Li Duanmu is also a genius alchemist with the strength to contend for the top three. Even a hundred years ago, he was already a ninth-order alchemist."

Yang Rong whispered.

"Oh? Who is this person?"

Li Duanmu cast his gaze toward Ye Mo, standing beside Yang Rong, and asked.

"He is Ye Mo, substituting for Yang Qingshu in the competition."

Yang Rong replied.

"What happened to Yang Qingshu?"

Li Duanmu curiously inquired. Within the Yang family clan, only Yang Qingshu made him wary; he didn’t care about anyone else.

"I killed Yang Qingshu, do you believe it?"

Ye Mo smiled and emitted a palpable killing aura in his eyes, causing Li Duanmu and Li Duanling to shudder before quickly heading off in line.

"Ye Mo, let’s go register too!"

Yang Rong patted Ye Mo’s shoulder.

"You two really hit it off."

Suddenly, a chilling laugh came from behind them, as a man and a woman slowly approached.

Who else could they be but the Dan Demon successor and the woman in the red robe?

"Watch your mouth."

Ye Mo responded coldly. Although he didn’t care, Yang Rong was an unmarried woman, and her reputation was vital.

"Oh? Am I wrong?"

The Dan Demon successor sneered, "You two met less than half a month ago and are already competing together. I hear Yang Qingshu is the Yang family’s genius alchemist with the potential to contend for the top three. Yet now, he is nowhere to be seen, and instead, it’s you, a pretty boy."

"Are you calling me a pretty boy?"

Ye Mo chuckled.

"Aren’t you?"

The Dan Demon successor continued, "After cozying up to the Yang family young lady, you naturally earned the right to compete. If you achieve excellent results in the alchemist competition, you might quickly become a prominent alchemist in the public eye."

"And so what? What does it have to do with you?"

Ye Mo hadn’t expected the Dan Demon successor to speak such words, sneering while emitting a slight chill in his gaze.

"Ye Mo, do you want to die?"

The woman in a red robe immediately sensed the killing aura and blocked the Dan Demon successor, saying, "This is the site of the alchemist competition. There are experts from the Dead Soul Royal Family all around. If you dare act, you will undoubtedly meet a miserable end."

The woman in the red robe had seen Ye Mo’s strength. If he were to act, they would definitely not be able to resist.

"Haha!"

Ye Mo laughed dismissively, staring at the Dan Demon successor hiding behind the woman in the red robe, saying, "You’re also just hiding behind a woman."

"Ye Mo, don’t be too arrogant. I, the successor of the Dan Demon, will show you through alchemy that you are worthless before me in this contest. I will shine brightly while your journey will end at the elimination stage."

The Dan Demon successor coldly declared.

"Ye Mo, ignore him. Let’s go register!"

"Okay!"

Ye Mo nodded. It wasn’t necessary to waste words with the Dan Demon successor. The two immediately entered the line.

It quickly came to Ye Mo’s turn.

"Name!"

Dan Dongfeng didn’t spare Ye Mo a glance, speaking with his head down.

"Ye Mo!"

Ye Mo stated calmly.

"What is this herb?"

Dan Dongfeng stretched out his hand, and a herb appeared. He had used spatial power to directly fetch a herb from the table.

Ye Mo looked at the herb, and couldn’t help smiling, saying, "This is Silver Frost Grass, an essential herb for refining the Heavenly Spirit Resurrection Pill."

"Correct. Do you know another herb used in refining the Heavenly Spirit Resurrection Pill?"

Dan Dongfeng nodded.

"Soul Spirit Grass."

Ye Mo replied promptly.

"Excellent. This is your badge. I hope to see you in the finals,"

Dan Dongfeng tossed a badge to Ye Mo.

Ye Mo took the badge, seeing that the number on it was 2000, meaning he was the 2000th to register, and Yang Rong, standing behind him, was number 2001.

After registering, the two returned to the Yang Mansion to await the next day’s elimination round.

The next day, 99% of contestants would be eliminated. The remaining 1% would enter the qualifying round, after which ten people would be selected for the final round, determining the top three.

Before they knew it, it was already night.

Ye Mo was resting in the room Yang Rong had arranged for him when suddenly someone knocked on the door. A wave of his hand opened the door, and Yang Rong appeared at the entrance.

"Ye Mo, the people I sent out have returned. Registration is completely finished, but quite a few powerful figures have appeared. It’s going to be very difficult for us to achieve the top three."

Yang Rong said worriedly.

"Oh? What powerful figures are there?"

Ye Mo inquired curiously.

"This time, over ten thousand people have registered. There are over a dozen strong contestants, not just the known alchemy geniuses. It’s rumored that the heir of the Pill Saint will take part too, along with several veteran alchemists. It seems this alchemist competition rewards from the Dan Clan should be impressive."

Having said that, Yang Rong didn’t look great either. Even with Yang Qingshu competing, securing a top three spot was unlikely with so many skilled alchemists.

As for Ye Mo, while his alchemy talents were strong, the competition was about the purity of the elixirs. Simply being able to refine ninth-grade elixirs was far from enough.

"Don’t worry, I will definitely help the Yang family claim the first place this time,"

Ye Mo said confidently. He wasn’t worried about the heir of the Pill Saint or anyone else.