Chapter 123: The Pill Is Complete

Sitting on the assessment seat, Lu Yun's eyes fell on the small compartment in front.

At this time, a small number of people have already completed the refining of the pills and are sitting in the small compartment, waiting for the time to end.

Most people are in the process of condensing the pills, and a faint medicinal fragrance is wafting out.

Some people are also busy dealing with the scorched pills and re-refining the pills.

As the assessment time is getting closer and closer, they are busy sweating all over.

Seeing those people who are busy and exhausted, Lu Yun's eyes rarely flashed a trace of sympathy, but it disappeared in an instant.

"Hey, although two sets of materials are provided, very few people actually use the two sets of materials within the limited time." Di Ruoling sighed slightly.

Among these people, if they are in a normal state, it is not much hardship to refine a qualified pill.

But in this occasion, there are many eyes watching, plus there are competitors around, the mood is naturally affected.

The most taboo thing for alchemists is to have emotional fluctuations, especially those with low skills. If they are not careful, a furnace of pills will be scrapped.

Soon, there was no more sand in the huge hourglass.

"Bang!"

The middle-aged female alchemist at the main seat of the judges struck a hammer.

After hearing this sound, everyone in the small compartment stopped their actions, and someone took out the finished pills of the examinees in each small compartment, and finally presented them to the judges, and handed them over to the seven judges for identification.

Lu Yun noticed that everyone in the small compartment had uncertain expressions on their faces.

Among them, those examinees who failed to successfully refine pills were full of disappointment on their faces, and they looked very decadent, as if they had suffered a huge blow.

And the examinees who successfully refined pills were both expectant and nervous, as if they were waiting for something.

Seeing this, Lu Yun couldn't help but turn his head to ask Di Ruoling beside him: "Since they have already refined the finished pill, why are they still so nervous?"

She looked at Lu Yun in surprise, as if wondering why the other party didn't even know this common sense.

"Even if you successfully refine the finished pill, if the quality does not meet the requirements, you will not be eligible to join the Alchemist Alliance. At most, you will get the Alchemist certification and become a first-class alchemist from then on."

"In this case, you will not be able to enjoy the rights of the Alchemist Alliance members."

"Yes, that's right."

Di Ruoling continued to add: "But there is also an advantage to this, that is, you don't have to bear any obligations, and you can choose to cooperate with the Alchemist Alliance in other ways."

Hearing this, Lu Yun's eyes lit up and asked: "Can I get pill recipes or spiritual herbs from the Alchemist Alliance?"

Di Ruoling rolled his eyes at Lu Yun and chuckled: "The Alchemist Alliance has very strict control over pill recipes and will not easily let the pill recipes leak out unless there are special circumstances."

Seeing that Lu Yun wanted to continue asking, she continued: "Don't ask me about any special circumstances, because I don't know either."

Seeing this, Lu Yun had to smile helplessly.

At this time, the seven judges had already evaluated the pills.

Twenty-nine of the forty examinees passed the assessment and obtained the status of first-class alchemists.

Among them, fifteen were qualified to join the Alchemist Alliance.

Naturally, some people were happy and some were sad about this.

However, this had nothing to do with Lu Yun. At most, he had a little emotion, but there was no big fluctuation in his heart.

After the previous batch of examinees left one by one, one of the judges said:

"Next, examinee No. 1 enters the No. 1 pavilion, and the other examinees enter in order!"

Lu Yun touched the black number plate in his hand, then stood up and left his seat and walked into the small compartment.

He first looked at the alchemy furnace.

This is a small and exquisite alchemy furnace, slightly smaller than the one he bought before. It is green all over, and there are some charred residues inside the furnace, which seems to be the record left by the previous examinee.

Apart from the different color, this alchemy furnace is more simple, and there is no other space inside. The refined and purified medicine must be taken out, and it can only be fused after all the purification is completed.

On the small table next to it, there are exquisite jade bottles, which are used to hold medicine and pills.

In addition, there is a piece of parchment, which is the recipe for the pill placed in advance, and it is not allowed to be looked at now.

On the other side, there are a small pile of spiritual medicines, of many kinds.

In addition, there are other instruments and materials to assist in alchemy, and there are too many to count.

"Tsk tsk, old man Deng, if Yunhui doesn't come, he will really miss it."

At the representative seat, Di Qing looked at Deng He on the side and smiled playfully.

"I'm not in a hurry, why are you in a hurry, old guy?" Although Deng He said so, he was a little anxious in his heart, and cursed inwardly: "Stinky boy, if you don't come, I will definitely beat your ass when I go back."

Seeing that the two old guys next to him were bickering again, Jiang Wen shook his head slightly, and his eyes inadvertently fell on compartment No. 1, and happened to see Lu Yun.

Seeing that such a young boy actually participated in the alchemist assessment, he couldn't help but be a little curious and began to look at him carefully.

After just a moment, he was startled and whispered softly: "This little fellow is really a monster, he must have reached the ninth level of Qi Refining at least!"

"Haha, yes, I found this little guy outside. When I first saw it, I thought it was very extraordinary. When I looked at it carefully, I was shocked even as an old man. The foundation is extremely solid. At least it is all the Nine Refinements of True Qi. , even ten refinements.”

Di Qing said with a smile: "The problem is that when this little guy has such strength at such an age, it would be a bit scary if he still passes the alchemist test."

Even Deng He was attracted. When his eyes lingered on Lu Yun for a while, he said with complex eyes: "It's not just terrifying, it's simply a monster."

"Old Jiang, could this little guy be a disciple of our martial arts academy and quietly come to the Alchemist Alliance to join in the fun?" Di Qing suddenly said out of nowhere.

Jiang Wen recalled for a while and then said: "Among our martial arts academy, there are currently only three outstanding people at this age, Bai Haoxuan, Lu Yun and Xiao Chen, but they should not have reached the ninth or tenth refinement of zhenqi yet. "

"Tsk tsk, what a coincidence, this little guy's name is also Lu Yun. Old Jiang, don't you care a lot about the genius disciple of your martial arts academy? This person appears in front of you openly, and you don't even care about him. I know." Di Qing clicked his tongue, his old face full of teasing.

"Lu Yun?" Jiang Wen was stunned for a moment, and then he couldn't help but scolded with a smile: "These juniors always like to hide. Usually in the martial arts academy, no one is seen at all."

"Come on, can you come up with a good excuse? If I'm not wrong, I'm afraid he spends most of his time either practicing or outside, and rarely interacts with the disciples of the martial arts academy."

"Old man Deng is right. You, old ginger, usually belong to the kind of idle person. Just like this time, if it weren't for a forced mission, I'm afraid I wouldn't even see you."

Di Qing and Deng He now united the front, criticizing and exposing Jiang Wen mercilessly.

Lu Yun was cleaning the residue in the alchemy furnace at this time. He didn't know that he had been completely exposed to the eyes of the three old guys.

But even if he knew it, it didn't matter. He didn't think about hiding it, otherwise he wouldn't use his real name in a big way.

"I'm not late!"

At this moment, a slightly lazy voice suddenly sounded in the hall, attracting nearly half of the eyes.

This is a young man wearing a white robe. He does not look very energetic. His black hair is unkempt and hangs lazily on his back. However, his eyes are extremely clear, as cold as the snow-capped mountains. In the clear spring, no impurities can be seen, and there is a faint smile on some handsome faces.

"You brat, if you don't hurry up and take your place, the assessment will begin soon." Deng He at the representative seat was extremely angry, but the smile from his eyes immediately betrayed him completely.

"It's OK, it's OK."

Deng Yunhui slightly cupped his hands and walked towards the cubicle. When he passed by Di Ruoling's cubicle, he said with a smile: "Sister Ruolin, I haven't seen you for a while, you have become even more beautiful."

"Bah...go away quickly, I don't know you." Di Ruoling waved her hand in disgust.

"Sister Ruoling has not only become more beautiful, but her heart has also become more cruel. Now she even says that she doesn't know me. She is so cruel." Deng Yunhui continued to tease, not intending to leave.

"The assessment has begun. All assessors are asked to enter as soon as possible, otherwise they will be deemed to have given up automatically." A faint voice came from the judges' seat.

"Oh, if you can continue, just stay put and don't leave." Di Ruoling winked and said provocatively.

"Hey, I'll bother you again when I get the chance."

Deng Yunhui quickly ran into an empty cubicle.

"The assessment begins now."

As soon as he finished speaking, a staff member turned the hourglass over, and the sand began to flow.

Lu Yun immediately looked through the prescriptions on the table.

This elixir turned out to be a body tempering elixir, which he had used before, which surprised him a little.

Holding the body-tempering elixir formula, Lu Yun looked up at the other people around him and found that the people around him started to act one by one. However, judging from the elixir they selected, not everyone's elixir formula was the same.

Shaking his head lightly, Lu Yun began to select the elixir according to the requirements of the prescription.

There are dozens of elixirs in front of you. Selecting the four materials for refining the Body Tempering Pill is the first and simplest test.

Lu Yun had been reading books in the library for a while, and he had already memorized the characteristics and attributes of various spiritual herbs, spiritual fruits and other elixirs by heart. This first step was not difficult for him at all.

As for the Body Tempering Pill, although he has never refined it, he has already upgraded his alchemy skills to the second level, so naturally he will not take it seriously.

It can be said that now, as long as he refines a second-grade elixir, he is a true second-grade alchemist.

The person who trapped him at this step was Danfang.

After gathering his thoughts, Lu Yun's mind moved, and the pile of elixirs began to turn over, and soon four elixirs landed firmly on the table.

"This little guy has such amazing control." Lu Yun's operation immediately attracted Di Qing's attention.

If he had not mastered the control of Qi, he would not be able to quickly and accurately find the four elixirs he needs among the many elixirs like Lu Yun did.

Moreover, looking around, all the other assessors were slowly rummaging through the pile of elixirs. None of them, like Lu Yun, could accurately find the elixirs needed for the elixir with just a little thought.

"It seems that this little guy will definitely pass the test." Deng He sighed.

As for Jiang Wen, he stared at Lu Yun, looking thoughtful.

On the side, Di Ruoling, who was only separated from Lu Yun by a wall, saw that Lu Yun did not need to do anything, and he easily found the target spiritual medicine from the spiritual medicine pile. Her beautiful eyes widened and she was secretly surprised.

"This brother Lu Yun looks a little bit unusual and interesting." With a faint smile, she also began to select spiritual medicine according to the pill formula.

Alchemy is a technical job. The speed of selecting spiritual medicine does not mean that the speed of alchemy is fast, nor does it mean that the quality of the refined pill is high.

The first point is not as good as Lu Yun, but she is confident that she can rub Lu Yun to the ground in the following points.

At this time, Lu Yun naturally did not know that his every move was observed by the three old guys, and he did not know that Di Ruoling, who was only separated from him by a wall, was secretly competing with him.

He put the charcoal into the pill furnace, lit it, and the flame began to rise.

"It's so inconvenient. It seems that I have to find a fire seed as soon as possible in the future." Lu Yun thought to himself.

In order to become a fourth-grade alchemist, in addition to reaching the fourth level of alchemy and having an elixir recipe, you also need to have your own spiritual fire.

These three are necessary conditions, and none of them can be missing.

Under the blessing of pure Yang Gangqi, the flame in the alchemy furnace began to burn fiercely. When the temperature reached a certain level, Lu Yun's mind moved, and a wisp of pure Yang Gangqi swept up a spiritual medicine and put it into the alchemy furnace.

In this way, after refining the first spiritual medicine into liquid, the temperature was slightly lowered and purification began.

After a while, yellow impurities gradually appeared on it. After continuous purification, more and more impurities were removed, and the liquid in the alchemy furnace became more pure and crystal clear.

After the thorough purification was completed, the pure Yang Gangqi wrapped it, and Lu Yun used a jade bottle to catch it steadily.

This procedure was repeated three times.

In this process, Lu Yun was like a veteran. Even though the medicinal properties of each spiritual medicine were different, and the requirements for the temperature during refining and purification were also different, in his hands, everything became easy, as if there was no other difficulty at all.

This was related to his second-level alchemy and his meticulous control of the energy.

After seeing Lu Yun's smooth operation, he refined and purified four spiritual medicines. Di Ruoling's delicate red lips slightly opened, and her beautiful eyes were full of shock.

With a slight muffled sound, a spiritual medicine turned into ashes under her distraction.

"Ah... It's all Lu Yun's fault. I wasted a spiritual medicine in vain."

Cursing in her heart, she quickly found another one and started refining again.

This time, she finally didn't dare to be distracted and continue to pay attention to Lu Yun.

If this spiritual medicine was wasted again, then this assessment would be considered a failure.

After the four spiritual medicines were refined and purified, the last step left was to condense the pill.

Lu Yun was also very good at this. Under the control of the pure Yang Gang Qi, there was no possibility of the furnace exploding.

The four crystal clear liquid medicines merged into a new group of liquid medicines, which began to roll and take shape in the flames.

Time passed quickly, and the sand in the hourglass flowed, and only two-thirds were left.

At this time, most of the examinees had not yet completed their purification, and gradually began to become nervous.

In the process of alchemy, it is a taboo to be unstable or restless. Just like this, there were constant slight noises coming from the alchemy furnace.

Lu Yun, who had very sensitive hearing, heard these sounds, smiled slightly, and then his eyes fell on the alchemy furnace.

At this time, a round pill finally took shape, with a faint luster on the surface, and a faint pill fragrance came from the alchemy furnace.

Lu Yun smiled faintly, and the pure Yang Gang Qi moved slightly, and then the flame in the alchemy furnace slowly extinguished.

With a flick of his finger, the top cover of the alchemy furnace opened, and a round and shimmering body-quenching pill flew out.

At the same time, Lu Yun waved his hand, and a delicate jade bottle appeared in his hand, accurately collecting the flying body-tempering pill.

Lu Yun slowly placed the jade bottle on the table, looked up at the giant hourglass at the judges' seat, and saw the sand slowly flowing, with half of the sand left in it.

Then he looked back at the small compartments around him and found that the other fastest people had just completed the purification step.

And Di Ruoling, who was closest to him, was very focused, which was somewhat different from her previous unusually active and agile personality.

"Did he change his temperament?"