Painting of the Nine Immortals
chapter-574

Inside the stone room, the 43 spiritual medicine were each emitting their own light similar to the composition of a rainbow.

Out of all, 30 of them were first ranked spiritual medicines, and the remaining 13 were miraculous medicines. Any and every single one of them was extremely rare, and even if all ancient books were searched through, there wouldn't be much information to be found about them.

For Cao Feng not have recognized even a single one of them wasn't because his knowledge was too shallow. After all, he was the top talent of the Cao Clan, and he had some real abilities. Or else he wouldn't have been able to stand out from the many geniuses from the Cao Clan.

The reason why he couldn't recognize any of them was because these spiritual medicines were far too rare. Even the grandmaster alchemist would not be able to identify them all.

Yet Ling Xian talked about them as if they were from his own family. He named all 43 medicine and even told everyone the year they were harvested. How unbelievable was this?!

This was apparent from Xiao Cui's astonished expression. The reality was that she didn't know all these spiritual medicine's name, but her Clan's Mistress knew them. Therefore, she was certain that Ling Xian didn't get a single word wrong!

It was because of this that her eyes widened and were they brimming with disbelief.

She knew very well just how rare and hard to find these 43 spiritual medicines were. Even if a grandmaster was here, they might not be able to identify all of them.

Yet right here and right now, Ling Xian had told them all the information related to these spiritual medicines. This was absolutely heaven defying!

What could he do? He possessed the Essence of Herbalism after all. As long as he had the Essence of Herbalism, he would know all the spiritual medicines in the world like the back of his hand!

Don't forget, even the Devious Burial Flower, which has only appeared countable times in this world, was recognized by him right away. What spiritual medicine can make him stutter?

Though all these 43 types of spiritual medicine were rare, to Ling Xian, they were not a challenge.

"Young miss, I wonder if I was correct at naming these 43 spiritual medicines?" Ling Xian softly grinned and glanced at the stunned Xiao Cui.

However, he didn't get to hear Xiao Cui's response for a while.

Because at this moment, this masculine woman was utterly silenced by shock. She only regained herself after a long time. Then, she looked at Ling Xian the same way she would stare at a monster. She sighed deeply, "Correct. You are correct with all of them. Not a single word was wrong."

"Good." Ling Xian revealed a soft smile and moved on to Cao Feng.

At this moment, this person's entire face was chalk white. He was acting as if he lost his soul and kept on mumbling "impossible" under his breath.

It was obvious that he could not accept this cruel reality.

This was normal. As the top talent of the Cao Clan who grew up experimenting with different spiritual medicine, he knew more about spiritual medicine than the average joe. This was why he turned out extremely arrogant with alchemy especially. He firmly believed that he was not weaker than anyone!

Yet before his eyes, against Ling Xian, someone whose name was unknown, he was utterly defeated. How could the arrogant him accept this?

Therefore, Cao Feng screamed and gritted his teeth, "This is not possible. You colluded with this ugly woman to cheat me!"

"Cheat you?"

Ling Xian's eyes glazed over, "Losing is losing. As the top talent of the Cao Clan, you don't even have the heart to accept that?"

When the words "top talent of the Cao Clan" entered Cao Feng's ears, his entire face turned hot as if he was just slapped in the face several times. He wanted to find a hole and crawl inside.

He had always felt like this title would bring him great honor. Yet at this moment, this word turned into a giant humiliation!

"Less bullsh*t talking from you! You must've colluded to lie to me! These spiritual medicines are very rare, and even I do not recognize them. How can you recognize them?" Cao Feng's face became twisted.

The way he looked at Ling Xian was vile.

"Stupid."

Ling Xian glared at this person and said, "The world is a big place. Very big. Until the moment one flies up to the sky, nobody dares to call themselves undefeatable. It is the same logic with alchemy. Before you become a grandmaster yourself, do not be too arrogant.

"You son of a b*tch, I want you dead!"

Cao Feng's expression was ferocious, humiliated, and envious. All of these emotions boiled into a tornado of anger that rushed to his head. Therefore, he collected his Qi and slapped with all his might at Ling Xian!

This slap was heavy and devious. It was obvious that he wanted to kill Ling Xian!

At once, Xiao Cui's expression changed. She couldn't help but scream, "be careful!"

Hearing this, Ling Xian's expression turned calm and unmoving. He realized that this throw was not an ordinary one. However, Cao Feng was just a foundational leveled cultivator and posed no threat to him.

He merely fluttered his sleeve, and Cao Feng was knocked over backward.

HOMMM!

After a loud thump, Cao Feng was slammed into the wall of the stone room and spewed out a mouthful of blood.

"Completion leveled powerhouse?!"

The same sentence was said in unison by two different people.

Xiao Cui's eyes widened. She didn't think this clean and skinny young man would be a powerhouse of the completion level.

Cao Feng was looking stunned as fear slowly washed over him to the point of no retreat.

"How disappointing. The well known Cao Clan of Yuezhou has such a failure as its top descendant."

Ling Xian shook his head softly and said in a low voice, "You lost, yet you claim others are plotting against you. And now, you are making a move against me. The descendant of the Cao Clan can't even accept his own defeat? You are a disgrace to the Cao Clan."

"Dammit!"

Cao Feng cursed under his breath and didn't dare to be irrational anymore. After the strike just now, he realized that he could not do anything to hurt the person before him. At least he cannot do it right now.

Therefore, he slowly restored his logic, and finally, he saw through his situation with clarity.

He had lost. Both with naming the 43 spiritual medicine, or physical combat, he had utterly lost.

This made him extremely bitter — all the arrogance and confidence he had built since he was a kid crumbled at once.

"Forty-three spiritual medicines that even alchemists of the grandmaster level cannot identify was named by him correctly. This is insane. Plus, someone this capable with alchemy turned out to be a completion leveled powerhouse also." Cao Feng reacted as if he had lost his soul and was hit so hard by Ling Xian, he had nothing left in him.

At this moment, he suddenly realized. It wasn't that he was weak. It was that the enemy was too strong!

"Did you regain yourself?" Ling Xian spoke softly, "I do not want to kill. Disappear before my eyes right away."

Hearing this, Cao Feng climbed up from the floor while struggling. He gave Ling Xian a deep look.

This look involved far too many different emotions. There was shock, fear, jealousy, and even a hint of hatred.

Then, he turned around to leave without the slightest hesitation. Because he was aware that if he doesn't leave now, he won't get the chance to leave anymore.

Watching him leave, Ling Xian faintly smiled and refocused his attention on the overwhelmed Xiao Cui. He said, "I think I have passed the first test. What do you say?"