NOVEL ONLINE FREE Chapter 889: Examination (Middle)
When Yang Haoran saw Guyi suddenly freeze, he was a bit puzzled and asked with a smile:
"What's wrong, is the first question too difficult for you? Is it that hard?"
Hearing this, Guyi snapped out of her daze, shaking her head vigorously.
"The question is not difficult at all, I just didn't expect the Boss to ask me this question, so I was momentarily caught off guard."
Guyi had thought Yang Haoran would ask some high-difficulty questions, so she had mentally prepared herself, but she never expected Yang Haoran to ask such a simple and basic question.
This was indeed a very basic question, but it was one that Yang Haoran was not very clear about, as he had not taken the time to study this matter.
He had previously taken the opportunity to ask Feng Xiao about this, as he thought that since Feng Xiao was an Alchemist, she should be well-versed in the basic knowledge in this area. But the result left him greatly disappointed - Feng Xiao was also clueless about such basic questions.
Feng Xiao was passionate about alchemy and loved to research various spiritual medicinal materials, and the medicines she refined were indeed quite effective. This was undeniable. But she didn't even know some of the most basic common sense about Alchemists, which left Yang Haoran quite puzzled.
Under his questioning, Feng Xiao told him the reason. It turned out that although Feng Xiao had been learning alchemy from her teacher Feng Yaoshi since she was young, and had learned to identify various spiritual medicinal materials and their properties and uses, her teacher Feng Yaoshi had never told her about the basic level divisions and strength rankings of Alchemists.
According to Feng Yaoshi's view, the Alchemist rank was secondary, and the key was to improve one's own alchemy level. Being too concerned about one's Alchemist rank would become a hindrance to one's growth, and would not be of much benefit to improving one's alchemy skills. So it was better not to know about it, and just focus wholeheartedly on researching and refining medicines.
Feng Yaoshi's way of thinking was naturally not understood by many people, and his disciple Feng Xiao was no exception. But for an eccentric old man like him, if his ideas and behaviors could be easily understood by ordinary people, he would not be considered eccentric.
Although Feng Xiao did not understand her teacher's thinking, her teacher had spoken, so as his disciple, she did not dare to ask further. Plus, she was not really interested in this aspect, and was more concerned about improving her own alchemy level. So she never asked about this matter again, nor did she try to find relevant information to understand it. As a result, she still did not understand the Alchemist rank division until now.
As for Yang Haoran, he had just asked out of curiosity before, and since Feng Xiao was not clear about it, although he found it unbelievable, he did not specifically go and find information to understand it later, because he did not have the time.
Now that he needed to examine Guyi, and Guyi had read a lot of books about Alchemists and spiritual medicinal materials in the past ten days, he decided to use this as the first test question.
Seeing Guyi's incredulous expression, Yang Haoran's smile did not change, and he had no intention of changing the test question.
"Judging from your words, this question shouldn't be too difficult for you. So go ahead and tell me about it."
Since Yang Haoran had said so, Guyi, although a bit puzzled, did not have the idea of forcing Yang Haoran to change the question. It was not that she was afraid the question would stump her, but because she felt it would be disrespectful to Yang Haoran.
"Alchemists are divided into five levels, in order: Ordinary Alchemist, Medicine Spirit, Medicine Ancestor, Medicine Saint, and the strongest, Medicine God. The strength of an Ordinary Alchemist is about the same as a Night Watch of the Yin Division, a Medicine Spirit is about the same as a Yin Division cultivator who has opened the Heaven Soul, a Medicine Ancestor is about the same as a Yin Division cultivator who has opened the Heaven and Earth Two Souls, and a Medicine Saint is about the same as a Yin Division cultivator who has opened the Heaven and Earth Three Souls."
Guyi paused briefly, then continued.
"As for the Medicine God, it is just a realm for Alchemists, not a true deity. Whether Alchemists at this realm can be on par with true deities, I don't know, as the book doesn't say. But it does say that a Yin Division cultivator who has opened the Heaven and Earth Three Souls should not be a match for a Medicine God."
As she spoke, Guyi pointed to a book on the bookshelf, and continued.
"This information is recorded on page 108 of this book. Since the author is a senior member of the Yin Division, he uses the Yin Division's realms to make the comparison."
Yang Haoran listened, and was inevitably surprised. He was not surprised by the division of Alchemist realms and their respective strengths, nor was he surprised that Guyi could remember which book this information came from. What surprised him was that Guyi could even remember the page number.
With a questioning heart, Yang Haoran gestured to Ban Kui to take down the book Guyi had pointed to, and then directly turned to page 108.
"Wow..."
Seeing the information recorded on page 108, Yang Haoran muttered a few words in a low voice, his tone full of surprise and disbelief.
Although it was just a brief two words, Ban Kui and Guyi, who were present, clearly heard it and could detect the surprise and incredulity in Yang Haoran's voice.
Guyi was quite proud of herself, and even gave Ban Kui a slight nod and a wink, as if telling the big guy, "See, aren't I impressive?"
However, Ban Kui did not respond to her, his expression unchanged. Guyi got no response and could only roll her eyes in annoyance, then turn her gaze back to Yang Haoran.
Yang Haoran closed the book in his hand and looked at Guyi, his gaze not hiding his surprise and admiration. If the question he asked was just a simple one, and Guyi was able to answer it, there would be nothing surprising about it. But the fact that Guyi even remembered the page number of the information in the book, that was something that had to impress him.
"You are impressive!" Yang Haoran looked at Guyi, struggling for words for a moment before saying these four words.
"Hehe, is that enough to surprise the Boss? The question you just asked was just common knowledge. Not only is it recorded in this book, but it's also recorded on page 49 of this book, page 5 at the beginning of this book, page 64 of this book, and page 13 of this book."
Guyi said with a proud smile on her face, pointing to several books on the bookshelf and giving the page numbers one by one.
Yang Haoran was not one to be easily fooled. Since Guyi was so certain, he gestured to Ban Kui to take down the books she had pointed to, and then turn to the corresponding pages, and sure enough, Guyi had not lied to him. On the respective pages, he found similar records, although they did not use the Yin Division's Underworld Envoy as a comparison for the different Alchemist realms.
"I'm impressed, next question." Yang Haoran said with a look of admiration.
"Boss, please ask the next question." Guyi smiled brightly, delighted by Yang Haoran's reaction.
"Since I just asked about the realms of Alchemists, now let me ask you, how are the levels of the medicines refined by Alchemists distinguished?" Yang Haoran asked the second question.
Guyi paused again. She had not expected Yang Haoran's second question to be so simple as well. At this point, she couldn't help but form a guess - perhaps this so-called examination by her Boss today was just a formality, and he had no real intention of asking her difficult questions.