dognovel Chapter 613 Is it my internet that's stuck?
Chapter 613 Is it my internet that's stuck?
[I have no doubt about the medical cultivation ranking, since everyone is watching and there's a live stream; the person was indeed saved. The top spot should belong to Hongmu. However, the agricultural cultivation ranking and the alchemy ranking are different.]
First, regarding the agricultural cultivation ranking, I don't quite understand it, but I do know the rules. I've heard you all say how powerful the redwood spirit plant cultivation is, so why can she use the new rules to judge it? Isn't that unfair to others?
And then there's the latter. Everyone on the Pill Refining Ranking saw Hongmu go in and come out immediately. We didn't see any refining process. Five hours? Even my nephew, a primary school student, knows that refining a high-grade pill takes much longer than that. Don't you deserve an explanation?
Yes! I'm not quite at the level of a high-level alchemist yet, but I do have an intermediate-level alchemist certificate. I can't even refine a mid-grade pill in five hours. According to my fellow disciples, who also participated in the competition, it took them seven days to refine a high-grade pill. Hongmu easily won first place. I firmly believe that the alchemy ranking is rigged.
Seeing so many people have doubts makes me feel relieved. I also want to say that the top spot on this alchemy ranking was really sudden. If it were really based on this ranking, I would be the first to object.
The alchemy community is in an uproar. Most alchemists, like medical practitioners did back then, have already reported it. Everyone can keep an eye on things.
It's not just the alchemy circle; several alchemy forums and academy discussion threads I follow are filled with discussions about this. Even an alchemy group that hasn't been active for a long time is buzzing with activity, with messages quickly reaching 99+.
Rosewood became famous, but not for a good reason.
No wonder it has such a bad reputation. It's blatant fraud, even more outrageous than the Medical Cultivation Ranking. At least the Medical Cultivation Ranking has some explanation, but the Alchemy Cultivation Ranking... tsk tsk...
What if Hongmu is actually a genius alchemist? I remember everyone on the agricultural cultivation side said the same thing at first, and then it turned out that Hongmu just seemed to have exceptional talent.
Farming cultivators might have good talent, but alchemy cultivators are different. Farming cultivators can rely on talent, but alchemy cultivators rely on much more. Besides talent, they also need a sect, connections, and hard work—all are indispensable. Have you ever seen a declining sect with any genius alchemists? In other words, aren't most of the cultivators on the alchemy ranking from large sects, like the Lingyun Sect?
Just a quick aside: it seems quite a few cultivators from the Free and Unfettered Sect made the list.
Hongmu doesn't have three heads and six arms. I was already suspicious when she topped those rankings. She's so young, and it's obviously impossible for her to master several professions at the same time. No one has that much energy. Pill cultivation, like sword cultivation, requires long periods of secluded training. Each pill refining session takes several days. It usually takes several years to go from a novice pill refiner to an intermediate pill refiner.
And most importantly, may I ask who Hongmu's master was? Does the Xiaoyao Sect have any powerful alchemists? I've never heard of such a thing. Just one question: who in the Xiaoyao Sect can teach her?
Yeah, instead of worrying about redwood, you should worry about the Free and Unfettered Sect. I still don't know who redwood's master is.
We hope the Pill Cultivation Ranking will provide a reasonable explanation.
Getting listed on six charts is a stretch; could it be some kind of traffic-driven phenomenon promoted by capital?
With our topic still generating so much buzz and remaining so popular, Hengxing Technology must be ecstatic.
I didn't expect this year's sect competition to be so lively, haha. My second aunt just came to ask me about the redwood thing. She said I'm a pill refiner and asked if I had any leads.
[What other clues could there be? If the top spot on the alchemy ranking is held by Hongmu, then it's all a conspiracy. The internet is abuzz with speculation right now; I'm curious how those people will respond.]
After Jia Huaichuan finished recording the data, some friends contacted him to ask if he had been paid. His WeChat Moments were filled with posts exposing the shady dealings behind the Danxiu Ranking.
Jia Huaichuan held his breath.
Innocent! This is a complete injustice!
The strength of the top-ranked rosewood furniture brand is beyond doubt, and it was chosen by them based on a unified understanding.
"Sure enough, StarNet is all talk and no action. You have no idea how much noise they're making up up there."
“That’s normal,” Du Shuxing said.
She turned the pages, but her eyes didn't move.
It's obvious her heart isn't in this.
"Sigh, being a judge is really tough. It's the same every year. No matter how you judge, someone will find fault. If you give her a low rating, they say you've accepted bribes. If you give her a high rating, they say you're creating a goddess. If you give her a perfectly normal rating, they say we've elevated her too much, that we've placed her in a position that doesn't belong to her."
Seriously, once the system's video review is complete, you'll see for yourself—this is a complete injustice.
Jia Huaichuan complained bitterly in the waiting area that the judges' votes for the sect competition's alchemy training ground accounted for a small percentage of the final score.
"Anyway, we're just watching Hongmu refine pills. I don't want to end up like those medical cultivators, spending the rest of my life in prison."
Jia Huaichuan complained for a long time.
Before they knew it, time had slipped by, and the official account of the sect competition had a new video compilation: surveillance videos from the alchemy room in the alchemy training ground.
The video was completely unedited and lasted for seven days.
During these seven days, every corner of the alchemy room and every move of the cultivators was recorded.
According to the ranking of alchemy cultivators, the videos are arranged from the top one to the top one hundred, and then to the cultivators who are not on the list.
Once you click into the collection, the first video you see is of Jiang He in the alchemy room.
Among the cultivators on the Danxiu Ranking, most cultivators and ordinary netizens pointed their fingers at Jiang He.
It was also because of Jiang He that the list became so controversial.
The first thing everyone did upon arriving at the official location was to find the video of Jiang He.
The video of the alchemy room was recorded from the start of the Danxiu Arena Hero Ranking Competition, so the alchemy room marked with Jiang He's name was empty from the beginning.
From the first day to the fourth day, the layout of the alchemy room in the video remained unchanged, as if it had been frozen in time. There were no cultivators entering and no trace of alchemy being performed. The emptiness made many netizens think that the network was lagging.
[What's going on? The progress bar has been dragging for ages, but the room is still empty. This is my first time watching the sect competition. Does anyone know if it's because my internet is too slow?]
[It wasn't a network lag issue. Those who don't know can review the competitions on the medical and poison cultivation rankings. At that time, Hongmu was still fighting in the poison cultivation arena.]