Heaven, Earth, Me-Chapter 1155. Second Part Of The Assessment.

Trigger Warning: Graphic Content.

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"The final results are out! Now, each participant will reveal the number in their scroll. We'll start from Master Du Ming."

The announcer's voice made everyone in the arena pay attention to the 12 participants. Master Du Ming was at the first table, and that was the reason he was chosen. He raised his scroll and showed the number while speaking solemnly and proudly. "This one has made a few mistakes, but I have managed a score I am proud of. My final score is 114,054."

"Ohh!"

"Great score, as expected of a master."

"Indeed, Master Du Ming can be proud of that score. Not everyone has the knowledge and capacity to think of so many recipes during such a short amount of time."

Kali listened to the surrounding chat and sighed, looking at her own scroll. There was a slight bitter taste in her mouth, but she didn't complain. 'Luck is also part of someone's strength. This time around, I was unlucky.'

After Master Du Ming, everyone else started showing their scores.

"108,451."

"117,982."

"123,120."

Master Xian was the one at the fifth table, and once her turn arrived, she didn't speak grandly and just gave out her score with a calm and natural voice. "145,540."

"WHAT?"

"As expected of Master Xian, her knowledge is a step above everyone else."

"A genius indeed."

Kali blinked and glanced at the woman. 'Oh? She is indeed powerful. Even if I scored correctly, I would've been crushed by her.'

Master Fu was next, and his score was even more monstrous.

"154,540."

The arena was silent for a second before it erupted in cheers and exclamations of awe. Master Fu smiled proudly and glanced at Master Xian. However, to his disappointment, Master Xian didn't even flinch, and she continued staring ahead. Theoretical knowledge was impressive, but what mattered the most was an alchemy's ability to concoct the pills. Or at least, Master Xian felt like so.

On table six, our fox's turn arrived. It was also bad luck that she went right after the two monsters, and her face gained a wry smile. Still, she shook her head and spoke solemnly and without any shame. "85,670."

Some mocking voices came from the side, but others were impressed that a mortal Alchemist managed to write down so many formulas. Master Xian glanced sideways at Kali. She had actually seen by chance the number in her scroll the first time around. The 10,000 number made her feel that Kali was indeed making trouble by participating here.

However, after the judges came, Master Xian knew that according to the fox girl, her correct number was over 120,000. Still, the judges didn't seem to have been able to fix the scroll. 'It's a shame. She is a truly talented girl... I wonder if she will accept becoming my disciple.'

She had never thought of getting a disciple. But a genius like Kali was difficult to ignore.

The rest of the numbers were all above 100,000 and below 120,000. So, without any surprises, Master Xian took the second position and Master Fu the first. Kali placed last in the assessment.

The announcer smiled handsomely and pointed toward the entrance of the arena. "Next, the medicine test will arrive. The people that will enter all have a variety of illnesses that can be cured with recipes from the materials that you've been shown in the first round. Remember to choose well which materials to use so that you can use the remaining ones for a Transcendent Realm pill!"

The assistants carried 12 beds with sick people inside, but once these 12 people appeared, everyone's faces changed. The wounds were hideous, to put it lightly.

Some had necrotic skin, others were festering worms, others were wailing in pain, and others were so still and white that they looked like they were about to pass out.

The announcer spoke aloud. "These 12 people are patients that our best doctors were unable to cure, but we know that they can be healed with some combination of medicine from the 8600 chosen ingredients. In truth, this section was created with the intention of giving these 12 people a chance to live. If the patient dies, you will be disqualified. The points will be given out depending on the level of restoration and side effects that remain from their wounds. Begin!"

Kali looked at the man in front of her with a serious expression. The man was a middle-aged man with a Transcendence Realm cultivation. His body was rotting away, and Kali could see some worms poking their heads from the wounds. It was a revolting sight that would make many people heave.

Still, Kali didn't look away and took a step closer, using her energy to cover her hands and touch the patient's body.

The judges and many from the audience couldn't help but look at Kali. After all, she was a mortal cultivator treating a Sixth Realm cultivator! The qualitative change in vitality and many other body characteristics was a drawback for the fox-kin. If this person died due to Kali's mistake, she might become the enemy of the family or the power behind that person.

In a way, Kali was between a wall and a hard place.

Still, this didn't distract her. Once she focused on saving a life, Kali's eyes would only see the patient and the things that were necessary to cure them. 'The body is rotting away, so there should be a necrotic poison. I can't discard the possibility of parasite usage. Other than that, the body of the cultivator is too cold. Once in a serious situation like his, the body should've heated up.'

Kali took a look at the cultivator's bloodline and constitution, and her eyebrows frowned. 'Indeed. He has a [Blazing Lion Bloodline] and [Flying Swordsman Constitution]. Both are Yang related... If that's the case, he should be affected by a Yin poison.'

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When a Yang attributed person was affected by a Yin poison, their bodies would start to crumble down. It was a dangerous situation that needed a powerful Yang-attributed medicine to recover balance and nourish the body to health again.

Kali glanced at the medicines, and her eyes scanned the list several times over. "[Fiery Rose Star Petal], [Pure Yang Flower], [Firm Magma Lotus Stalk]..."

Her voice reached the assistant clearly, and the woman didn't even lose a second taking out the materials Kali was listing. When Kali finished, she took out almost 800 different types of materials. Six hundred of them were Yang in nature, while 200 were Yin in nature.

Everyone looked at the fox, who had already started treating, with curiosity. The other masters were still assessing their patients and asking questions, which was very different from Kali.

The man who was half-dead on the table opened one eye and glanced at Kali. "You... Your aura feels weak..." Kali paused and looked at the man with a hint of surprise. "Senior can wake up even with your condition? Your willpower is praiseworthy."

The man laughed bleakly. "What's the use... When I am about to die?"

Kali waved her four fox tails, creating an invisible but soothing mist that surrounded the man and decreased the pain he felt. "Senior, don't worry. Since I am here, I won't allow you to die."

The man looked at the gorgeous foxkin's face with a hint of mirth. "Allow?"

Kali smiled confidently. "Indeed. Since I've decided to treat you, even death will need to ask my opinion before taking you away."

The man chuckled once, even thought he was in a lot of pain. "Those are... Big words..."

Kali asked. "Does Senior have any clue as to what caused this?"

The middle-aged man sighed and shook his head. "No idea. One day, I started becoming weaker, and before I knew it, I was in this state."

"How long was the duration from the first symptoms to the flaring of the major symptoms?"

"Around... 80 years."

Kali tapped her chin. "Such a long time... Can you list the medicines you took during this time? This will help narrow my scope much more."

The man tried to think through his pain. "... [Scalding Barren Pill], [1000 Year Old Ginseng Turtle Soup], ..."

The man listed around 150 remedies he took, all of them powerful Transcendence Realm supplements and pills. However, nothing could stop it until it left a powerful Transcendence Realm cultivator so sick that he could not move out of bed.

Kali blinked her gentle green eyes and tilted her head. "So strange... Some of those should've helped you heal the poison as I have analyzed it..."

The man sighed. "That's what other doctors said..."

Kali asked a few other questions, getting comprehensive information about the patient.

The Judges and the people paying attention were surprised at Kali's skill in handling the patient and her accurate and sharp questions.

Kali turned toward the table and started explaining what she was going to do. "I want to see how the disease or poison plaguing Senior reacts to a Yin supplement, so I will create a Quasi-Trasncedent Realm one. Don't worry, the effects will be mild, and it will be just to help me understand Senior's condition better."

The man didn't say anything, but he looked strangely at Kali. "You... Nevermind. Go ahead."

A person from the stands shouted. "Hey! Junior! What do you think you are doing!? How could you feed him Yin medicine!?"

The judges frowned, and the grandma shouted. "Silence! Don't disrupt the masters!"

She also didn't understand what Kali was thinking, but since she came from a different Alchemy background, she was not that worried.

Kali glanced over and saw a middle-aged woman with a healthy condition but a tired body. Just from the worry and tiredness of her body, Kali could quickly identify her as the man's relative. She didn't know if she was something deeper, so she asked. "This miss, are you related to Senior?"

The woman was somewhat scared by the grandma judge's stare and shout, but now that the person asked her, she could let go of reservations and answer. "Brother Huo is my Dao Companion. What do you think, junior? Should I be worried that you are trying to feed him poison?"

Kali blinked and squinted. She stepped forward and quickly approached the woman. "Miss, could you cooperate and extend your wrist? I want to confirm something."

The woman was confused, but when she saw the sincerity in Kali's eyes, she bit her tongue and extended her hand forward. Kali placed her fingers on her body and closed her eyes. "Cold pulse, blooming flowers in the energy signals, stagnant blood flow but not unhealthy..." Her eyes opened, and her lips arched. "So this was it..."

The judges were surprised at Kali's change of expression. 'Did she find out something?'

The woman's heart also leaped, and she rushed Kali to answer. "W-What's wrong? Junior, don't act smug and then fail, do you understand? If he dies, I will resent and hunt you down!"

Kali looked at the woman and asked aloud. "Miss, do you have the [Cold Swamp Flower Blooming Constitution]?"

The woman's face shone with shock. "You... How did you know by just reading my pulse?"

Kali nodded and looked at the woman deeply. "Miss, do you want to cure your husband?"

The woman's face turned serious. "Yes. I don't mind giving out half my soul for him."

Kali smiled. "Then, miss. Please give me a drop of your Blood Essence. If you do so, I swear to the Heavens that I can cure your husband and leave no side effects behind. Not only that, but he will be stronger than ever, and your dual cultivation will advance by leaps and bounds."

Her words left everyone thunderstruck. Asking someone for their Blood Essence was like asking someone to cut off one limb!

Before anyone could question Kali's words, the woman formed an ice knife with her energy and slashed the tip of her finger. Kali saw the bright and golden drop of blood and quickly sealed it in a container.

Once Kali returned to her post, everyone's heart became tense as they looked at the fox woman working.