The Good For Nothing Seventh Young Lady's

Chapter 302-304: Deceptive Competition

Chapter 302 – Deceptive Competition (1)

Shangguan Xiao slowly approached the center of the stadium like a king.

Due to his arrival, all the students who had entered the competition stepped aside to give him a way to walk.

Whether it was Shangguan Xiao's degree as a top student, or the Master Pharmacist behind him, all the students were much inferior to him.

Shen Yanxiao stood in front of that road. His head slightly bent as he casually looked at Shangguan Xiao. Looking up a little, he could see many mentors surrounding that arrogant Pu Lisi.

Pu Lisi also looked at him, and his chin was slightly raised while his old face had a serious expression.

Four eyes looked at each other. Pu Lisi's eyes were as sharp as knives.

Shen Yanxiao laughed deep in her heart. For this old man to run here today, he was afraid that this competition between Shangguan Xiao and him would be even more interesting.

It was assumed that she was currently waiting for her baby disciple to win and humiliate her.

Shangguan Xiao went in front of Shen Yanxiao, and thanks to his height, he could see the thorns on his side arrogantly.

"Today, I will let you lose face in front of all the students from the entire Pharmaceutical Branch," Shangguan Xiao said with a dark expression. He had promised Pu Lisi that he would win this competition and let Pu Lisi punish this disgusting brat.

Shen Yanxiao raised her eyebrows and showed a thin smile.

"Who will be humiliated in the end, I wonder ..."

The brief contact between the two people made the surrounding atmosphere tense. The spectators at the side could only swallow their saliva while watching the two people staring at each other, and their gazes were as sharp as knives.

Everyone mocked the freshman for overestimating his own abilities.

How difficult was it to win Shangguan Xiao in the pharmaceutical field?

The mentors in charge of the competition immediately returned to their positions, and the monthly competition of pharmacists officially began.

The number of participants who entered the competition had reached one hundred and thirty-seven; it was far more than the previous one.

Soon, each of the hundred and thirty-seven people received tokens with their own numbers.

The numbers on the tokens, which range from one to one hundred and thirty-seven, also represent their abilities and strengths from the assessment of the mentors.

Shangguan Xiao got number one.

And Shen Yanxiao got one hundred and thirty-seven.

[TL Rapyon: SYX, 137? These mentors were so stupid, they were not qualified to judge someone. Scream with laughter. ]

The difference between the two could be imagined by others.

“There is only one thing you should remember in this competition, which is that you have to give your best shot in a limited time to complete the potion. And then, after that, you will be assessed by the mentor of the Pharmaceutical Branch. ” The mentor in charge of the competition stood in front of everyone as he announced the contents of the competition loudly.

“Although it looks simple, this competition is actually divided into three stages.” The teacher had seen the student before him alone opened the space behind him. Soon, many different types of medicinal plants appeared, leaving the people who saw them fascinated.

"First, for half an hour, you should find the medicinal herbs you need in these 3690 herbs."

3690 herbs!!!

All the students were stunned when they saw the scattered medicinal herbs. One by one their faces looked like bitter melon that wanted to cry.

What a joke! ! !

Joining the competition, they were at least preparing to concoct an intermediate level potion. But the number of herbs needed for such a potion was roughly ten or so!!!

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Chapter 303 – Deceptive Competition (2)

To find at least ten different types of medicinal herbs within these 3000 or so medicinal herbs was simply a joke. Even if they were given half a day, they were afraid they would still be unable to do so, let alone half an hour!

However, the words of the next mentor made them even more furious.

“There are only 3690 different kinds of medicinal plants there; in other words, each herb is one of its kind, then after you take the herb, the, You will not find such a herb there again.”

There were over 3000 medicinal herbs there, yet they were all different types?

Currently, many of the participants were feeling sad; they almost fainted back then.

There are more than 100 people participating in this competition. No one can guarantee that there will be no conflict between the herbs required by the participants. After all, there are several types of medicinal plants that are widely used and are much needed in concocting potions. Moreover, almost all of these 100 participants were in the same class and class.

Hence, it could be said that they had been exposed to the same herbs, especially when it came to intermediate level potions.

Didn't that mean they would face a situation where dozens of students would rob medicinal herbs from each other?!

Everyone wants to vomit blood – this is really deceiving!

But no one dared to say anything; the competition of the Pharmaceutical Branch had always been abnormal. If anyone dared to question the contents of the competition, they would be instantly eliminated and could no longer enter any competition next year.

Although each participant was depressed, they were still able to control their mouth tightly.

After the teacher saw how the students participating in the competition behaved after hearing the rules of the competition, he nodded, feeling satisfied as he continued, “After you find the medicinal herbs you need, he nodded, you will be given ten minutes to fix it. The herbs in your hands. But since there are only 10 sets of medicinal refining supplies available, only the first ten students who have collected all the herbs they need can pass to the next stage.”

Doesn't that mean from the first stage, only ten people can proceed to the second stage?

Everyone glanced at each other. The possibility of one in thirteen to be chosen at this stage stirred fear in everyone's hearts.

[TL Sky: Okay, so with the help of YJTC, we were able to figure out why it was 1 out of 13, because there were 137 students, and it was likely only 10 could get into the next stage, he said, then that means approximately 1 student out of 13 students can graduate. XD]

Mentor continued, “Then after ten minutes, you should concoct your potion. You would be given three hours, and then after three hours, if none of the ten students managed to concoct the potion, the other participants could seize the medicinal refining items. And students who were unable to concoct potions would not be allowed to participate in the Pharmaceutical Branch Competition for the next three months.

The words of the mentor surprised many who initially felt lucky.

Many of them are very direct in their minds. As many of them had only joined in this competition to obtain the 100,000 gold coins that Tang Nazhi had promised, they were ready to take some potions at this stage to snatch the medicinal refining items. As long as they confiscated all 10 medicinal refining items before Shen Yanxiao finished collecting the potions, they would win, and the money would naturally be handed over to them.

But now with this new rule, the complicated plan they had in mind was shattered. If they casually gathered some medicinal herbs, yet failed to concoct any potions, not being able to participate in the next competition was only a small matter, but they were afraid that if they failed, it would be impossible, every mentor in the Pharmaceutical Branch might look down on their skills and give them lower grades after this.

Three hours of concocting potions was already very much. Unless they had just started studying pharmaceutical science, there should be no problem concocting low-tier herbs within three hours.

Moreover, except for Shen Yanxiao, the rest were either junior or senior students.

Even if it was an intermediate level potion, three hours was still enough to make one.

[Tl Sky: Editor, is this chapter understandable? Either my head hurts so much that I don't know what I'm saying or this isn't clear. I hope you can manage it, comment if you can't ping >.<\>

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Chapter 304 – Deceptive Competition (3)

TL Note: To clarify:

First Stage – Choosing and collecting herbs

Second Stage - Purification of medicinal plants (there are only ten medicinal refining items, then only ten can pass to the second stage)

Third Stage – Concoct potion.

It could be said that this competition would squeeze out all the other tricks they could do.

They could only hope that this freshman would lose in the first round, so they still had a chance to win.

But until now, they are actually still very confident of winning. After all, they had been exposed to medicinal herbs for a longer period of time than the new students. Therefore, they had learned more potion formulas than Shen Yanxiao. Even if they did not use any tricks, they could still defeat Shen Yanxiao.

After the mentor announced all the rules, the entire stadium went silent.

One should say that the content of the competition this time around is very bad, but this will definitely test an important part of their pharmaceutical skills.

It was really a good opportunity to assess and see the ability of the students.

All the participating students began to prepare themselves while gazing at the medicinal plants from afar, wishing they were lucky enough to get all the medicinal herbs they needed.

This half hour was precious to them. They were not sure if they could find all the medicinal herbs they needed, nor were they sure whether their opponents would obtain them first.

In an instant, those students, who were playing around last time, now had a hint of vigilance.

Although Shangguan Xiao's presence made them not expect to win the first champion.

However, second or third place is still good, and winning in such competitions can increase their value in the minds of the teachers.

Furthermore, the Main Pharmacist Pu Lisi was personally here today, so they could use this opportunity to give him a good performance. Who knows, maybe he would be in a good mood and accept them as his students!

So, the crowd was excited, excited, and nervous at the same time.

Among the participating students, the calmest were Shangguan Xiao and Shen Yanxiao.

Shangguan Xiao had been a winner for these past few months, so everyone believed he would win first place again. Almost no one dared to think that they could threaten him.

Shangguan Xiao actually felt a little surprised by this competition, but he did not dare to show it on his face, and instead covered it with composure.

The selection of medicinal plants was nothing more than testing the pharmacist's sight, smell, and familiarity with medicinal plants. With his abilities, he was not worried that someone would steal his medicinal herbs because they needed them. He made sure that the potion he was going to make would be different from the others.

As for the details of the last two pages after that, he could understand it easily.

Shangguan Xiao provocatively glanced at Shen Yanxiao. He discovered that from the very beginning, Shen Yanxiao lowered her head, and it was unknown if she was listening to what her mentor had said.

Shangguan Xiao coldly humped. He estimated that this child knew a hundred types of herbs, but there were over 3,000 types of herbs here, and clearly, he had never seen them all before. No matter carefully choosing the right herbs, he was afraid that he would not even know which formula to use.

After all, this year's Pharmacy Branch freshmen had only been in school for about two or three months.

In order to concoct a low level potion, one needed at least three or four types of medicinal herbs, let alone an intermediate potion.

shangguan Xiao's eyes were fierce. Today, he was going to let this stinking brat, Shen Jue, have a good understanding of their gap.

And let him realize clearly that with his level and ability, he is not even worthy of carrying his shoes!

[TL Razpyon: He's stupid or blind. He had seen Shen Yanxiao successfully do something that Pu Lisi failed to do. tsk.tsk.]

Shangguan Xiao thought evilly, and then slowly retracted his gaze.

At that moment, Shen Yanxiao looked at Shangguan Xiao, her little face was still calm, and there was a slight smile on her face.