After Qin Feng entered the hall, he used the communication stone to communicate with Sister Hong. After learning that Sister Hong was already hiding in a safe place, Qin Feng felt relieved.

At this moment, there were a hundred cultivators standing in the grand hall of the Red Flower Hall. Qin Feng stood in the crowd and felt a cold gaze sweeping over him from time to time. Very quickly, Qin Feng found that person. It was Wang Xiaochen who had been tricked away by him.

Qin Feng had already checked this person’s aura. He was extremely powerful, even more powerful than Sovereign and Li Sha. However, Qin Feng was not worried. This was the territory of the Red Flower Hall, and cultivators were not allowed to fight and cause trouble.

The guards had already begun to arrange for groups.

This was because the Red Flower Rankings were both extensive and detailed, including the Cultivator Red Flower Rankings, the Alchemist Red Flower Rankings, the Artificer Red Flower Rankings, and so on. Each Red Flower Rankings was divided into several levels. Even though there were a hundred cultivators gathered in the hall, once they were completely grouped together, there would only be three to five people in each team.

Naturally, Qin Feng went to the Alchemist’s Red Flower Rankings assessment team, and it was also the Golden Core Master’s Red Flower Rankings assessment team. He soon discovered a problem. Wang Xiaochen was also on the Alchemist Red Flower Rankings. What was even more coincidental was that he was also on the Golden Core Master Red Flower Rankings.

Apart from Wang Xiaochen, Qin Feng also had three people on his team.

One of them was a white-haired old man who looked about the same age as Wang Xiaochen. The other two were in their early forties.

After the team was divided, Wang Xiaochen and the others looked at Qin Feng suspiciously. Since this team was on the Golden Core Master Red Flower Rankings, then the contestants were definitely all Golden Core Masters. As for Qin Feng, he was only in his early twenties. How could he step into the ranks of Golden Core Masters?

“Heh! Brat, are you in the wrong team? This is the assessment team for the Golden Core Master Red Flower Rankings.” Wang Xiaochen glared coldly at Qin Feng. If it weren’t for the fact that this was the interior of the Red Flower Hall, he would have attacked Qin Feng long ago.

The other three were similarly puzzled, but they did not ask. They had no grievances or enmity with Qin Feng, so they wouldn’t offend him without causing trouble.

“Are you stupid? Of course I know that this is the assessment team for the Golden Core Master Red Flower Rankings. Do you still need to say that?” Qin Feng did not give Wang Xiaochen any face.

The other three were stunned as they looked at Qin Feng in disbelief.

They could tell that Wang Xiaochen’s aura was strong and his cultivation was definitely not low. At the very least, Qin Feng was unable to defeat Wang Xiaochen. Qin Feng, on the other hand, was even stronger than Wang Xiaochen, and he didn’t know where he got this confidence.

Wang Xiaochen gritted his teeth angrily as his aura surged. However, in the end, he still didn’t dare to make a move. He coldly said, “Brat, I am Wang Xiaochen, the Grand Elder of the Wang Clan of the Four Stars Clan of Pear Continent. Seeing how arrogant you are, do you dare to declare yourself as well?”

Qin Feng curled his lips. He wouldn’t reveal his identity. Otherwise, why would he wear the Hundred Changes Face Mask?

There were some exclamations from the three people. It seemed that the Wang Clan of Li Zhou was not a small clan.

However, Qin Feng did not care about this. He did not develop in Li Zhou. As long as he finished participating in the Red Flower Rankings, he would leave this place. Moreover, there were many four-star sects Qin Feng had offended in Beisha Continent. The Qi Tian Sect’s Little Elder, Qi Hou, and Duanheng Mountain’s Great Elder Sovereign, who had been killed by him, were all from four-star sects …

“What does it matter to you where I am? You are such a talkative person.” Qin Feng curled his lips.

The three of them were completely stunned. They thought to themselves that this young boy really did not know the heavens and earth, and actually dared to speak to Great Elder of the Wang Clan like this.

Wang Xiaochen’s entire face was pulled down, but he could only suppress his anger and say, “Good, very good. I hope that after this examination, you can still be so arrogant …”

Halfway through his words, he suddenly sneered, “Haha! You must have come here because you wanted to obtain a spot in the Fallen God Sea to explore treasures. You want to enter the top 100 of the Golden Core Master Red Flower Rankings just because of your age? You really laughed out my big teeth.”

Wang Xiaochen realized that he couldn’t make a move in the hall, so he began to mock Qin Feng with words.

The three people on their team didn’t think much of Qin Feng, and they even suspected that this person was a true Golden Core Master.

Qin Feng was too lazy to pay any attention to Wang Xiaochen. A guard was coming to check the identities of Qin Feng and the others. Since he was here to participate in the Golden Core Master Red Flower Rankings, he naturally had to become a Golden Core Master first. Although the Red Flower Hall was very powerful, there were still many cultivators coming to fish in troubled waters every year.

The three of them had already taken out the identity jade token issued by the pill association. Two men in their forties had the status of Tier 1 Tier 6 Golden Core Masters, while the old man was a Tier 2 Tier 6 Golden Core Master. On the other hand, Wang Xiaochen’s level was the highest, reaching rank three and six Golden Core Master.

After verifying their identities, the four of them looked at Qin Feng at the same time. The three of them had doubts on their faces, while Wang Xiaochen had a playful smile on his face. He had never believed that Qin Feng could become a Golden Core Master at such a young age.

“Please show me your alchemist jade token.” The guard walked up to Qin Feng and was stunned. His tone was obviously colder than before.

Qin Feng did not care. He took out a jade token and immediately caused the guard to exclaim, “You, you are a Third Grade Sixth Grade Golden Core Master?”

Qin Feng wasn’t just Golden Core Master. He had some reservations in the Pill Gathering’s examination. Otherwise, he would have been able to get out of the examination as a Tier 2 Seventh Grade Pill King.

Wang Xiaochen and the others were also stunned.

They were still doubting whether Qin Feng was a Golden Core Master. As a result, Qin Feng was the highest level Golden Core Master among the five. Although Wang Xiaochen was also a Tier 3 and Tier 6 Golden Core Master, he was already in his sixties. How could he compare to Qin Feng who was in his early twenties?

The guard was only surprised for a moment and quickly regained his senses. When he looked at Qin Feng again, his gaze changed greatly and his attitude became much more respectful.

“Alright, the five of you, please follow me.”

Qin Feng was the first to follow. After walking a long distance, Wang Xiaochen and the others woke up and immediately followed.

Under the lead of the guards, the five of them arrived at an empty pill refining pavilion. The environment inside wasn’t much different from the pill refining pavilion of the Pill Association. There were dozens of spaced-apart spatial formations, each of which had the same equipment configuration.

There were four people sitting on the judges’ bench of the Pill Refining Pavilion. Three of them were wearing sect logo costumes. Qin Feng immediately recognized that the three of them were the disciples of three of Beisha Continent’s Four Great Pill Workshops. Only Danbao Pavilion’s disciples were not present. As for the other person, he wore a casual black robe. There were no sect logos on his clothes.

However, it was the black-robed man who stood up.

“My name is Xing Sanfang. I am a rogue cultivator from Beisha Continent. I am honored to sit on the judges’ bench with the elders of the three pill factories today …”

The man looked in his early fifties, full of energy, his voice was strong, and his aura was unfathomable!

Just as he announced his name, Wang Xiaochen and the others cried out in alarm.

“Ah! So this is Senior Xing!”

“I heard that Senior Xing became a pill king ten years ago, and he is the only wandering cultivator pill king in Beisha Continent. He is truly admirable.”

“Senior Xing is upright and selfless. With him as the judge, I can rest assured.”

Qin Feng did not know Xing Sanfang and had never heard of his name before. However, Qin Feng was also shocked when he heard Wang Xiaochen’s words.

One had to know that there were very few pill kings in Beisha Continent, and they all existed in the four pill workshops. Cultivating a Pill King required countless spiritual herbs and plants, and just having a wealth of medicinal ingredients was not enough to cultivate a Pill King. It also required the alchemist’s own intelligence and comprehension.

There were only a few pill kings among the four great pill factions, and Xing San Fang was just a rogue cultivator. He did not have the resources of a large sect to cultivate, but it was indeed not easy for him to become a pill king on his own.

However, to say that there was only Xing San Fang in Beisha Continent as a rogue Cultivator Pill King was absolutely wrong. Qin Feng was now considered a rogue cultivator, and he was also an existence of the Pill King.

Wang Xiaochen and the others regained their senses after sighing for a while. Only then did they realize that they were here to participate in the Red Flower Rankings. Xing Sanfang did not show any pride at the boasting and praise from the four of them. He looked at Qin Feng with great interest, because Qin Feng did not have much reaction when he learned of his name.

Xing San Fang said a few more words, mainly about the rules and precautions in the examination. After the rules were said, he paused for a moment before continuing.

“Let me announce today’s exam questions. On the stone table in front of everyone, there are 36 kinds of medicinal herbs. You can choose a few pill formulas from the 36 kinds of medicinal herbs and refine them into medicinal pills.”

The exam questions seemed very simple, but they made everyone vigilant.

Everyone looked at the 36 herbs on the stone table. From the most common herbs to the fifth grade herbs, there were some. They looked very messy. These medicinal herbs could definitely form thousands of different pill formulas. It was obviously impossible for them to successfully concoct a single pill to make it into the top 100 of the Golden Core Master Safflower Rankings.

Qin Feng also realized these problems.

He was still waiting for Xing Sanfang to continue, but he saw that Xing Sanfang had already returned to his seat. Obviously, he had finished what he had to say. This time, Qin Feng had his own speculation. Although these 36 pills could be combined into countless pill formulas, the assessment criteria would definitely be judged by the quality and difficulty of the pill.

In other words, whoever concocts the highest grade pill, and the medicinal properties of the pill itself are very rare, only then can such a pill be competitive and be qualified to enter the top 100 of the Golden Core Master Safflower Rankings.

Thinking of this, Qin Feng wasn’t in a hurry to start refining pills.

After carefully examining the 36 medicinal ingredients, hundreds of pill formulas appeared in his mind. However, these pill formulas were all rejected by Qin Feng. Either the quality of the pills was too low, or they were too common in the world. Even if this pill was refined, it would be meaningless.

Qin Feng realized that this exam question was very difficult, but he wasn’t worried.

In the end, he was a Tier 2 Seventh Grade Pill King, and the quality of a Tier 6 Spiritual Pill that he casually refined could far surpass Wang Xiaochen’s. Moreover, he wasn’t worried that Wang Xiaochen and the others were hiding their strength. One had to know that other than him deliberately concealing his strength to obtain the identity of a low-level alchemist in the pill association exam, other cultivators would definitely not do this.

They are eager to obtain a higher status as alchemists, because that way they can obtain a lot of benefits …

After some analysis, Qin Feng no longer cared about the existence of Wang Xiaochen and the others. It was an undeniable fact that he had won against four people, and his real opponent was not Wang Xiaochen and the others, but those pill refining experts who had already occupied the top 100 of the Golden Core Master Red Flower Rankings.