213: Chapter 214 Hidden Dragon Ranking, Exchanging Pills

Hearing this, Zhang He's hand holding the wine cup paused for a moment, a trace of confusion appearing in his eyes: "The hidden dragon ranking? Oh, I remember now. That is a ranking list regularly released by the Great Han Imperial Observatory, which only includes 108 Martial Artists under the age of twenty-five."

"It is said that everyone who makes it onto the list is an outstanding Talent among the younger generation!"

As he spoke, he raised his wine cup and took another sip, smacking his lips: "However, this kind of ranking has basically nothing to do with people from our small county. Those who make the list are either True Disciples of top Sects or direct descendants of top Families. From a young age, they have had countless Heaven And Earth Treasure to cleanse their marrow and wash their meridians; they are not something that bumpkins like us can compare to."

"Therefore, in Qingfeng County, no one usually discusses it, and it's useless to discuss it anyway, since it's out of our reach."

Lin Ye nodded, having gained a general understanding of the so-called hidden dragon ranking.

"If I remember correctly, there should be one month left until the next release of the hidden dragon ranking."

Speaking of which, Zhang He suddenly turned his head to look at Lin Ye, his eyes slightly brightening: "By the way, Brother Lin, you shouldn't be over 25 years old yet, right?"

"In that case, given your strength, Brother Lin, you might actually have a chance to make the list."

Lin Ye smiled, picked up his wine cup and took a sip, speaking as if casually: "Then I wonder what method is used to make the list? Could it be that they are going to hold some sort of challenge tournament?"

"It's not that troublesome." Zhang He waved his hand.

"The list is entirely deduced by the Imperial Observatory through heavenly secrets calculations. You don't need to compete in person, nor do you need to submit any applications.

It is said that the Imperial Observatory has a legendary rank Spiritual Artifact that can deduce the strength of Martial Artists across the world and automatically filter out candidates who meet the criteria."

"A legendary rank Spiritual Artifact? Deduction?" Lin Ye was secretly amazed in his heart.

Good heavens, is the selection method this high-end?

They even went straight to using heavenly secrets deduction.

Looking at it this way, this Great Han Imperial Observatory is not simple at all. I wonder how it compares to the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion.

However, doing it this way, are you sure no one will say it's a rigged operation?

After all, who makes the list is just a matter of a word from the Imperial Observatory.

Lin Ye asked the question that had been puzzling him.

Hearing this, Zhang He laughed immediately, his smile carrying an air of "I knew you would ask that."

"In fact, the hidden dragon ranking was initially established by the founding emperor of the Great Han for the students in the Martial Academy, with the goal of promoting healthy competition among the students.

It was only later expanded to include all Martial Artist groups in the Great Han."

"That was a list personally drawn up by the Grand Ancestor himself; it would be a disaster if the list were unfair."

As he spoke, he took a sip of wine and continued unhurriedly: "At the beginning, there were indeed many people who were unconvinced by the people on the list, feeling that they were not inferior to those on the list.

Later, some even directly approached those on the list to challenge them face-to-face, wanting to challenge the authority of the list in this way."

"Oh? What was the result of the challenges?" Lin Ye became interested.

"The result? The result was naturally that those people all lost, and they lost very badly.

Those who made the list had strength far exceeding their peers.

Over time, no one questioned the gold content of the hidden dragon ranking anymore."

Lin Ye nodded, understanding in his heart.

It seems that the Great Han Imperial Observatory's method of deducing heavenly secrets is indeed extraordinary.

Of course, perhaps that legendary rank Spiritual Artifact played a key role in this.

However, could the Imperial Observatory deduce anything about him?

After all, he was not a person of this world, and added to that was the so-called game System.

No matter how powerful that Spiritual Artifact of the Imperial Observatory was, it was only a legendary rank Spiritual Artifact; it might not be able to deduce his true background.

In fact, he hoped they couldn't deduce it.

He was only somewhat curious about the hidden dragon ranking; as for whether he could make the list, he didn't care much.

On the contrary, if possible, he would rather not be on that so-called hidden dragon ranking.

After all, as Zhang He just said, the people on the list were basically Disciples cultivated by those top forces, piled up with various resources from a young age, and stood behind them were huge Sects or Families.

If a Martial Artist from a small place suddenly appeared on the list, he would definitely become the target of public criticism, which was not what he wanted to see.

As the saying goes, the tree that stands out in the forest will be destroyed by the wind.

He had the Heaven Rewards Diligence Talent, and what he needed most was a stable environment to develop, not to stand in the spotlight and be watched by everyone.

"What are you thinking about?" Zhang He's voice interrupted Lin Ye's thoughts.

"Nothing." Lin Ye smiled and raised his wine cup to toast Zhang He.

"Come, let's drink."

This meal of wine lasted for about an hour.

Seeing that Zhang He was already quite drunk, Lin Ye called the waiter to settle the bill.

Three pots of Drunken Immortal Brew cost three thousand taels, plus the food, totaling three thousand three hundred taels.

Lin Ye took out the silver notes and prepared to pay, but Zhang He insisted on not letting him: "Brother Lin, this is slapping my face. It was agreed that this was to celebrate for you, how can I let you pay? Let me!"

The two of them tugged back and forth for a few rounds, and in the end, unable to overcome Zhang He, Lin Ye could only let him settle the bill.

In fact, neither Lin Ye nor Zhang He were people who lacked those few thousand taels.

Walking out of the Drunken Immortal Pavilion, Zhang He was already so drunk that he couldn't walk steadily, relying entirely on Lin Ye to support him so he wouldn't fall.

In fact, Lin Ye was also a bit tipsy, but his Mental Energy was strong, and this level of drunkenness was not enough to affect him.

Sending Zhang He back to his residence, Lin Ye then returned to his own courtyard alone.

Walking to the stone bench in the courtyard and sitting down, Lin Ye took out the demon suppression token from his bosom.

After being promoted to Captain, he hadn't had time to check his new permissions.

Just now in the restaurant, he was only focused on drinking and chatting, but now he had time to study it properly.

Activating the exchange interface of the demon suppression token, he first checked the Medicinal Pill column.

Unlike the meager selection when he was a Ninth-Grade Demon Suppression Guard, the exchange list for the Captain level was much richer.

Various grades of Medicinal Pill were dazzling, from ninth grade to seventh grade, everything was available.

Lin Ye skipped the low-grade Medicinal Pill directly and locked his gaze on the seventh-grade Medicinal Pill.

[blood melting pill], seventh-grade Medicinal Pill, exchange price — 1000 merit points each.

Lin Ye looked at this number and secretly calculated in his heart.

1000 merit points each, while the market price outside is about ten thousand taels of silver.

In terms of purchasing power, the exchange ratio between merit points and silver is about one to ten.

He now had two hundred thousand merit points in his hand.

If he exchanged them all for blood melting pill, he could get two hundred, which was enough for one month of his Cultivate needs.

However, he was not in a hurry to exchange, continuing to scroll down.

[dragon blood pill], seventh-grade Medicinal Pill, exchange price — 10000 merit points each, limited to ten per person.

Lin Ye's eyes suddenly lit up.

This dragon blood pill is a bit awesome, actually costing ten thousand merit points each, which is ten times that of the blood melting pill.

The most critical thing is that it is limited.

As everyone knows, anything that is limited is never simple.

Moreover, just hearing the name, one knows that the effect of this Medicinal Pill must be much stronger than the blood melting pill.

Clicking on the Medicinal Pill details, a line of information immediately caught his eye.