Losing Everything

Hai Min stared at the last herb that disappeared from his hand, and a smile couldn't help but appear on his face.

He was very satisfied with the results of the test. From his estimation, his results would be around 75 percent right. It was considered an outstanding result for someone who had just joined the Alchemy Hall. Of course, for it to be outstanding, it needs to be paired with how long he has studied the catalog of herbs. He just came into contact with it for less than a year.

He also knows some insider information about the test site. Whenever someone finished the test, the elders could view the result of the test and the identity of the students. And it was how the elders usually chose their disciples.

Of course, the test site not only contained the test of recognizing herbs; there were also many other types of tests. Recognizing herbs was of the lowest type and usually could only get elder attention if the test taker was a new disciple who had joined the sect for less than two years. The other test was of higher difficulty, like identifying herb properties, describing herb environment and grow needs, and grafting, and the one with the highest difficulty was a comprehensive test that took everything into consideration.

With his outstanding result, he was confident he could get the attention of some elders. Even if he didn't get selected as a disciple, getting an elder's attention was already a good thing.

Not to mention that someone just volunteered to be his foil today, which would make him look more outstanding.

Remembering that new disciple, he couldn't help but smirk. That disciple had made him a fool of himself in front of Elder Tan, and he was so foolish to accept his challenge even when he just joined the Alchemy Hall. He even offered to make a bet for him. He would make him lose all face in front of all the disciples.

Hah, what a fool!

He came out of the test site and saw many senior brothers crowded along with the spectators.

Are they coming for me?

He was delighted when he thought about it; it seems his results were more outstanding than he thought.

With a smiling face, he prepared to greet the Senior Brothers, "Sen..."

But just as he was about to greet them, his face stiffened.

He saw that the people at the center of the senior brothers attention were Wei Fang. Then he saw the surrounding disciple; their attention was also at Wei Fang; no one paid attention to him even when he just came out.

Why did he have all the attention? Just because he was an elder disciple?

He was unreconciled with it. He couldn't stand Wei Fang getting all the attention just because of his connection. He must expose Wei Fang's lack of ability so that everyone will know that he was just selected by an elder because of luck. By doing so, he could also show his excellent. With Wei Fang's inadequate skill as foil, his ability would look more dazzling.

With a smirk, he changed his course and walked towards Senior Qian.

"Senior Qian, please announce the results of the match."

He deliberately said it loudly to catch everyone's attention. And sure enough, many people turned their heads, looking at him. Looking at the smirk on his face, many people already guessed what he wanted. Even fools would know that he wanted to humiliate Wei Fang in front of the disciples, especially the senior brothers.

But the senior brothers and those disciples who were standing near Wei Fang looked at him like they were looking at a clown. Maybe those who were at a distance didn't hear it, but they heard clearly. Wei Fang got 100 percent accuracy, which means all his answers were right on the test.

Hai Min became uncomfortable as he sensed the crowd's gaze. Because Wei Fang was just coming from the test site, obviously his position was at the very front. So, the ones who heard his results were those at the front, and their gaze was the one that was directly projected towards Hai Min.

The senior brothers also halted their movement and chose to watch the show. They already wasted their time coming here without getting results, so some show could at least compensate for their time and add some change to their monotonous daily life of always dealing with herbs.

Hai Min felt their gaze and felt that it was not right, but his attention was caught by senior Qian's voice, so he didn't have much time to think about it.

"Wei Fang!"

"Senior Sister, I am going there for a bit; then we can see master together." Wei Fang said to Zhu Ju before walking to Senior Qian.

"Please give me your tokens so there will be no case of going back on the bet." Senior Qian said. As the one who was chosen to be a judge, he was quite through with his job.

Even though he was lazy, that didn't mean he was not responsible; actually, he was one of the most responsible because he was lazy and didn't want to socialize, so he dared to offend everyone and was immune to bribery and pressure.

Wei Fang didn't hesitate and gave his token to Senior Qian, and so did Hai Min.

"First, I will announce the results of the test. From 200 herbs, Hai Min correctly named 148 herbs, which gives him seventy-four percent accuracy."

Hai Min was not too surprised; his estimate was about seventy-five percent, so seventy-four was an acceptable result.

"And Wei Fang correctly named every herb, which gave him a hundred percent accuracy." Senior Qian continued.

A pin-drop silence ensued. Everyone was surprised by the results. This was the first time they saw someone who could get a full score at the test site; even those who already knew the results beforehand were still surprised.

"Impossible!" The one who broke the silence was Hai Min.

"Impossible! How can this be possible?"

"He just joined the sect for less than a year; how could he get 100 percent accuracy?" He was in disbelief.

"Just because you can't do it doesn't mean others can't." Wei Fang sneered.

"You must be cheating; yes, you cheated!" He shouted.

"Silence!" Senior Qian suddenly roared; it was rare for him to do so.

"Do you have any objections to the result?" He looked at Hai Min.

"I dare not." Hai Min learned his lesson already and became more careful.

"But 100 percent accuracy was impossible for a new disciple; he must be cheating." Hai Min continued, still holding onto his belief. He believed, with the backing of an elder, that doing something like that was not an issue.

"Hah, do you know who created the formation of the yest site?" Senior Qian suddenly said.

Everyone looked at each other and also didn't know. Maybe only the elder's disciples knew, but they chose to be silent.

"It was the third generation of the Formation Hall master! He was the most talented formation master in the history of the Azure Cloud Sect! Even if you got the Formation Hall master of this generation to modify the formation without being detected, he couldn't! Let alone a new disciple like him."

Everyone was astonished when they heard it. Even the formation hall master couldn't. So, even if Wei Fang really cheated, it just means that he was that powerful!

"Do you have more objections?"

"No."

"In that case, I will transfer six hours of pill chamber use according to the bet."

Senior Qian returned the token after he finished.

"Okay, disperse. I want to sleep; don't bother me!" Senior Qian shouted, shooing everyone away.

Hai Min stood there stunned; he really didn't expect this development. Not only did he lose six hours of pill chamber use, but he also lost his face and reputation in front of the disciples and senior brothers.

Maybe if he just now accepted his defeat gracefully, he could leave a bit more dignified impression. He regretted it. He really regretted it. Why does he have to propose the duel?

In the end, it was he who lost almost everything.