The Invincible Supreme Medical God-Chapter 1013 - 548: Alarm Sounds

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Yan Xiaobao stood in the crowd, very envious of her. He muttered to himself and turned to look at the first stele, his eyes suddenly widening. As he looked down at the jade slip with the first batch of plants and vegetation, after careful examination, he realized that besides the original 10,000 types, another 10,000 had been added. His heart suddenly rejoiced.

Then he turned to look at the first stele, seeing the emblem above the magic bottle was the image of a turtle. Suddenly, he felt amazing.

He initially intended to leave immediately. But now, he excitedly waited to hear the audience start cheering for his achievement. However, he quickly found that everyone was focused solely on Zhou Xinqi, not even noticing what had just happened. In fact, Zhou Xinqi was also preparing to leave.

Yan Xiaobao suddenly began to feel nervous. He blinked his eyes and shouted in his most surprised voice: "Look! Sister Zhou is no longer in first place on the first stele! Someone has replaced her! How strange! Now there is a really cool turtle there. I wonder who drew it?"

His voice pierced through the cheers, and when people heard the shocking nature of what he said, they began to turn to look at the stele. Faces quickly dropped, alarm bells ringing.

This, in turn, caused more people to spin in shock. As more and more people began to stare at the words on the first stele, incredulous expressions could be seen.

"The first one... someone actually surpassed Sister Zhou on the first stele!"

"Impossible! Heaven! Someone surpassed Sister Zhou, and there's that ugly turtle. Who could it be?!"

"In terms of plant and vegetation skills, can someone really challenge Miss Zhou? This is groundbreaking!! Sister Zhou just achieved first place on the ninth stele, but she still only holds eight first places!"

Everyone was in uproar, murmurs filling the air. Not long ago, everyone was cheering for Zhou Xinqi, unprepared for such an occurrence.

Yan Xiaobao stood in the crowd, very pleased with himself, almost laughing. However, he knew that wasn't quite appropriate, so he held back. Instead, like everyone else around him, he shouted out in shock.

Actually, he never had a clue that he might actually take first place.

At that moment, Zhou Xinqi, who had just left, suddenly trembled where she stood. Hearing the shouting surrounding her, her Phoenix-like eyes turned to look at the first stele, where she saw the turtle at the first spot.

At first, she frowned, but then her expression calmed down. In fact, she wasn't even shocked. As far as she was concerned, when she achieved first place in the test of the first batch of plants and vegetation, it was shortly after she was promoted to the Outer Sect. Back then, she didn't put in as much effort in the test as she did, let alone the progress she made since then.

"Not bad," she said coldly. "It seems this sect might have a new rising star." With that, as she shot towards the first stele, her body flickered.

In her view, this was a simple matter. The moment someone surpassed her, she would reclaim her spot.

Her actions immediately excited a group of disciples. As Zhou Xinqi entered the small cabin to test the first batch of plants and vegetation, everyone watched in anticipation.

"Sister Zhou will retrieve the first place that belongs to her! Whoever drew this turtle looks good. Unfortunately, he can only remain in first place as long as the incense burns."

"Well, that's how it should be. In terms of plants and vegetation, he is definitely a choice. He encountered Sister Zhou, which is truly unlucky."

Hearing what everyone was saying, Yan Xiaobao began to feel nervous. He not only ran out of time, but Zhou Xinqi was too well known.

Even he himself began to think he might belong in second place.

"Ah, that's alright," he comforted himself. "If I'm in second place, then I'm in second place. Anyway, men shouldn't compete with women!" He wanted to leave but couldn't bring himself to do it. He couldn't help but wonder if he might lose what he just won.

Soon, enough time for incense to burn passed, and the list hadn't changed. Yan Xiaobao still held first place, with Zhou Xinqi now walking out of the cabin. Her expression was calm, fully confident, having pieced together 4,000 of the 10,000 medicinal plants using 80% of her skills.

From her perspective, she had already surpassed all other talented disciples.

However, as she walked out, she realized silence. In fact, all eyes were on her with strange expressions, even looking shocked.

She stared blankly around, then turned to check the stele. It was at this moment she realized that the magic bottle representing her name was still beneath the ugly turtle.

Everything was quiet, with all the surrounding disciples, even Yan Xiaobao, staring with mouths agape. Yan Xiaobao then looked at Zhou Xinqi, realizing that besides looking good... maybe she wasn't all that special after all.

Zhou Xinqi squinted her eyes, then her expression returned to normal.

"This person truly has some talent in plants and vegetation. Now, I'm a bit curious, wondering who he is." Her body flickered, and she once again entered the small cabin.