Fang Wenjian then said, "This is a medical skill competition, and I believe everyone is clear about the whole story. This young friend, Xu Fengqiu, hopes to join the Haotian Sect, so this is a test for him."
The eyes of those physicians turned to Xu Fengqiu, and they all showed expressions of displeasure.
"Humph! Young people should be down-to-earth, taking one step at a time. Don't brag so much, or you might trip over your own tongue."
"Humph! You're just frogs in a well, ridiculously ignorant. You'll soon realize that when it comes to medical skills, you're not even in the running."
"Laughable!"
"… …"
Those people also spoke with displeasure.
Xu Fengqiu didn't say anything.
Fang Wenjian then said, "Now, please prepare yourselves."
The twelve physicians, including the Eighth Elder and Xu Fengqiu, stepped forward.
The eleven physicians besides Xu Fengqiu were all top-notch physicians of the Haotian Sect.
"So, the first round of this competition will be the most basic: detoxification."
Then, Fang Wenjian looked at an old man.
The old man nodded.
He walked in front of everyone.
Then, a very small, emerald green snake emerged from his sleeve.
He looked at everyone and said, "This snake is a venomous snake raised by this old man, and its venom is unique. In terms of toxicity, this snake's venom is not the most powerful in ancient and modern times, nor is it earth-shattering, but it is by no means ordinary venom. What you have to do is detoxify it within an hour."
A physician said, "Elder Changping, detoxify your venom in an hour? Although our medical skills are not bad, isn't this a bit too harsh? To understand the toxicity of an unknown venom and then detoxify it is too difficult."
Elder Changping said, "Because this old man's venom is not considered difficult to detoxify. Compared to everyone, you have considerable ability to detoxify it. If you can detoxify it, that's naturally amazing. If you can't, the degree of detoxification, or the degree of suppressing the venom, will be used to judge."
Everyone nodded.
"Then now, the competition begins, Sect Leader."
Fang Wenjian nodded, and a stick of high-quality incense flew out.
"When this incense goes out, it will mean the end of the first round of the competition. Now, Elder Changping, begin."
"Hmm… …"
Whoosh—
Then, the little snake in his sleeve flew out and bit each of the twelve people on their hands.
Xu Fengqiu only felt a slight sting, and then he felt nothing.
But now, for Xu Fengqiu, it was actually quite awkward.
He had the Body of Ten Thousand Poisons.
He was immune to all poisons in the world.
So, this kind of competition was too easy for him.
Xu Fengqiu didn't even bother to detoxify; he just needed to pretend.
Everyone began to sense the venom.
Then, Fang Wenjian said, "If you don't have any natural treasures or medicinal herbs for detoxification, just write down the list of what you need, and our people will prepare it as soon as possible."
Elder Changping said, "There's no need for that. This old man will check the detoxification list you write down. Whether you can detoxify it or not, this old man will know."
No one answered.
After a while.
The Eighth Elder opened his eyes first.
"This venom is indeed not bad, but as Elder Changping said, the intensity is indeed not that high."
"Oh? It seems the Eighth Elder is confident in detoxifying it?"
The Eighth Elder nodded, then confidently wrote down the detoxification formula.
Elder Changping took it and glanced at it, then nodded: "As expected of the Eighth Elder, impressive!"
"Humph."
The Eighth Elder snorted coldly, then looked at Xu Fengqiu sitting there.
Nothing more than this.
Xu Fengqiu opened his eyes second.
Then he wrote down a list and handed it to Elder Changping.
Elder Changping took a look, but couldn't help but laugh.
"This young friend, your detoxification method is probably wrong."
"Chī—"
Hearing this, the Eighth Elder and many strong individuals present couldn't help but laugh.
"How embarrassing, after all that, he can't even pass such a simple competition?"
"He really thought he had some ability? Turns out… he's just a clown coming here to make people laugh."
"Thanks to the Sect Leader and the Elders for paying so much attention to him, how ridiculous."
"… …"
Fang Wenjian also frowned slightly.
This was really embarrassing.
He knew that Xu Fengqiu most likely couldn't compare to the Eighth Elder.
But he didn't expect him to be so weak.
This was simply a frog in a well, a clown.
And their Haotian Sect actually fell for it, playing along with him for so long?
Xu Fengqiu then said, "Whether it works or not, shouldn't we try it?"
Elder Changping said, "This old man raised the venomous snake. This old man knows what can detoxify its venom and what can't."
The Eighth Elder directly stood up and said, "Alright! Then this old man will make you give up."
Having said that, he took the list from Xu Fengqiu's hand from Elder Changping.
"Okay, your meaning is to use these things to refine a pill, right?"
Xu Fengqiu nodded.
"Then this old man will personally try it for you. This old man won't detoxify the venom on my body for now."
Having said that, the Eighth Elder walked away.
Soon, he returned to the main hall, with the natural treasures from Xu Fengqiu's list that he had found placed in front of him.
"Any problems?"
Xu Fengqiu shook his head with his hands behind his back: "No problems."
"Are you refining the pill or am I?"
"The Eighth Elder can do it."
"Alright!"
Then, inside the main hall, the Eighth Elder directly began refining the pill.
During this period, the other ten physicians had basically finished.
Among them, only two people had actually detoxified the venom; the others had only partially detoxified it.
Although the venom wasn't that top-notch, it wasn't something that any physician could directly detoxify.
Soon, the pill was refined.
Dozens of them.
Many people were a bit surprised to see that the pill was actually refined.
"This is the pill, right?"
Then, the Eighth Elder directly took a pill and swallowed it.
His face still showed disdain.
"Then I'll see if this detoxification pill can actually detoxify…"
Before he could finish his words, the blackness on his face due to the poisoning began to gradually recede, visibly to the naked eye.
And he himself could naturally feel that the detoxification pill was dissolving the snake venom in his body.
The Eighth Elder frowned.
The others also frowned.
Elder Changping was even more so.
He was even more astonished.
Could it be…
The Eighth Elder frowned.
Soon, his complexion had even returned to ruddy.
And Xu Fengqiu also walked over and picked up a pill, directly swallowing it.
Elder Changping asked, "Eighth Elder, how is it?"
The Eighth Elder frowned, looking at Xu Fengqiu.
It could be seen that he was somewhat surprised.
"Indeed, it's somewhat unexpected to this old man. The venom… is gone."
