24: The first one is a son-in-law?

In the vast hall, everyone participating in the written examination was answering seriously.

Meanwhile, Lin Zhishou and the other accompanying Alchemists followed the rules, cross-supervising the young disciples of other families.

"Eh? This child's breadth of knowledge is actually this wide?"

The person responsible for supervising the Lin Family was none other than that old man from the Wang Family.

He stood beside Zhou Luo, looking at the answer under a certain question, and could not help but feel astonished.

That question tested what Alchemists needed to pay attention to during the final step of Alchemy, which was combining the Spirit Pill.

Logically speaking, this question was a freebie for any Alchemist.

After all, as the most important step in Alchemy, the precautions for combining the Spirit Pill had long been memorized by every Alchemist.

But the old man, who was a First-Order High-Grade Alchemist, knew very well.

This seemingly simple question actually had a trap.

That was that the question did not specify which stage of First-Order Alchemist it was referring to.

Generally speaking, the precautions for combining the Spirit Pill below the First-Order High Grade were the same, but the old man knew that when refining top-tier First-Order Spirit Pills, one also needed to pay attention to the distribution of Mental Energy during the final combination.

This point, I fear, only a First-Order High-Grade Alchemist would know.

Therefore, wanting to get a perfect score on this question was basically impossible.

Yet, Zhou Luo had written this precaution under the question.

This greatly surprised the old man from the Wang Family.

He could only attribute the reason to Lin Zhishou.

However, when he saw Lin Nian's answer, the old man frowned slightly again.

Because the other party had not answered this precaution, which inevitably caused the Wang Family's old man to feel a trace of confusion.

Time passed slowly; Zhou Luo deliberately controlled his speed and even intentionally missed one or two questions.

When the time was almost up.

After everyone handed in their papers, he also followed suit and submitted his own.

Those responsible for the review were five First-Order High-Grade Alchemists from the Immortal Families.

Everyone stared silently at the five reviewers in front, feeling extremely nervous inside.

Only Zhou Luo sat there looking relaxed, even having time to eat the small snacks on the table.

The time for grading passed quickly.

The five of them compiled all the test papers according to the scores and placed them in front of the Family Head, Li Shuntian.

After handing in his paper, Lu Chen sat on his chair with a relaxed expression, looking proudly at Lin Zhishou opposite him.

Just now, he had already learned the scores of their Lu Family disciples through another Alchemist from the Immortal Families.

In that stack of papers, his descendant Lu An's score was ninety-five, which was the first place among them.

According to the written examinations of previous years, this score could rank in the top five in history.

Therefore, he was very confident.

Lin Zhishou was looking at the stack of papers from the Wang Family disciples, so he did not know how Zhou Luo and Lin Nian performed.

Seeing that expression on Lu Chen's face now, he felt vaguely uneasy.

After comparing the five stacks of papers, Li Shuntian took out the top ten papers.

According to the rules of the Spirit Pill Gathering, only those in the top ten of the written examination were qualified to participate in the martial examination on the second day.

After all, if the theoretical knowledge was not up to standard, how high could the level of Alchemy be?

"Tenth place, Wang Pingtong, eighty-eight points."

Soon, Li Shuntian began to announce the top ten scores.

Others sat upright, staring fixedly at the Li Family Head in front.

"Ninth place, Zhang Anshi, eighty-nine points."

"Eighth place, Lu Xuan, ninety points."

...

One name after another was read out from Li Shuntian's mouth.

Clearly, the Alchemists who entered the top ten were basically all disciples of the Immortal Families.

This was understandable.

After all, the instruction they received was definitely superior to others.

But what was surprising was that when the fourth place was announced, there was still no sign of any Lin Family disciples.

At this moment, in the Lin Family area, Lin Nian's hands were clenched tightly, his head lowered, appearing very embarrassed.

A displeased expression also appeared on Lin Zhishou's aged face.

"Third place, Li Guangzhi, ninety-three points."

Before long, the ranking had reached the top three.

The third place was an Alchemist from the Li Family.

"It seems this Wind-Walking Pill will belong to our Lu Family." Lu Chen finally could not help but speak.

Because he already knew that Lu An had obtained ninety-five points.

That meant he was either first or second.

As for the remaining person, he guessed it should be a disciple from the Wang Family or the Li Family, anyway, it could not be those two little pieces of trash from the Lin Family.

Facing Lu Chen's words, Lin Zhishou did not speak, his face just looked very unpleasant.

"Second place, Lu An, ninety-five points." Li Shuntian read out.

Lu Chen's expression changed slightly.

He did not expect that Lu An was actually not in first place.

But it did not matter; at least he had won the bet against the Lin Family.

At the same time, the group of Alchemists below became somewhat restless.

As expected, the top nine were all disciples of the Immortal Families.

Lagging behind in all aspects, not a single one of them could obtain the qualification to enter the pill examination.

Some Alchemists even shook their heads in despair, harboring thoughts of leaving on the spot.

Of course, there were others who were more concerned about who was in first place in this written examination.

Especially those young disciples from the Immortal Families whose names had not been called, all filled with anticipation.

"First place..."

Li Shuntian looked at the name on the test paper, a look of surprise appearing on his face.

"Zhou Luo, ninety-seven points."

A calm voice sounded in the venue, falling into everyone's ears.

"Zhou Luo? Not someone from the Immortal Families?"

Someone exclaimed.

The Alchemists below, who had been dejected, suddenly became extremely excited.

It seems this is the first time in the history of the Spirit Pill Gathering that an Alchemist who is not from an Immortal Family has appeared in the top five, right?

Everyone looked around, wanting to find the Alchemist named "Zhou Luo".

In front, the expressions of the disciples from the Immortal Families were somewhat ugly.

The first place in the written examination is a Loose Cultivator?

Isn't this slapping the faces of their Immortal Families?

"Who is Zhou Luo?" Li Shuntian put down the test paper, his gaze falling below.

He also thought that this Zhou Luo was a Loose Cultivator.

"Me."

Just at this moment, a weak voice came from the side.

Li Shuntian looked over and discovered that the voice was actually from the area where the Lin Family was located, and it was that rather handsome young man to the right of Lin Zhishou.

At the same time, everyone also looked over.

"How is that possible?"

Lu Chen, with a shocked expression, stood up with a swoosh, looking at Zhou Luo in disbelief.

Meanwhile, Lin Zhishou, who was previously displeased, laughed aloud: "Hahaha, Zhou Luo is indeed my Lin Family's Matrilocal Son-in-law."

"Lin Family's Matrilocal Son-in-law?"

Others looked stunned.

Especially those who had secretly mocked the Lin Family for tricking a Matrilocal Son-in-law, their hearts trembled even more.

Li Shuntian scrutinized Zhou Luo with a complex expression.

The Lin Family actually recruited such a potential-filled Alchemy Genius?

It seems the Family also needs to start widely recruiting Matrilocal Sons-in-law.

"Lu Chen, bring your Magical Artifact over." Lin Zhishou was all smiles, his tone direct.

Having been stifled for so long, he could finally vent his pent-up anger.

On the other hand, Lu Chen.

His face was so gloomy that it was almost frozen with frost, looking as if he had lost his parents.

Those sharp eyes stared fixedly at Zhou Luo, as if wanting to swallow him alive.