Chapter 62: Refining Longevity Pill

The high platform was more than ten meters away from the square below, and there were more than a dozen chairs on it. Fama and Gu He were already sitting on them. Yao Ye and Nalan Yanran did not sit down, but stood straight, their eyes fixed on the position of Xiao Yan and the other two.

"This medicine cauldron is not bad! At least it is Third Grade or above." Xiao Yan found a stone platform and looked at the medicine cauldron on it, thinking to himself.

"Hee hee, this is the place for the Fifth Grade Alchemist assessment! Sooner or later, I will be able to become a Fifth Grade Alchemist and truly come to this place for assessment." Yao Yue Princess said with a smile.

Although Yao Yue was happy, Liu Ling beside her had a gloomy face.

"Hmph! Although your alchemy talent is high, you are only a Second Grade Alchemist, and I can refine Third Grade pills. Wait! I must let everyone know that I am stronger than you!" Liu Ling held a folding fan, his eyes scanning Xiao Yan coldly.

Xiao Yan saw Liu Ling staring at him like a poisonous snake, shook his head helplessly, and thought to himself: "Liu Ling's cultivation talent and alchemy talent are both good, but his desire for control and possession is too strong, and his jealousy is too heavy! I guess Nalan Yanran also saw it, so she only treats him as a friend!"

Seeing the flame born in Xiao Yan's medicine cauldron, Liu Ling and Yao Yue used Soul Perception to probe, and found that the flame in Xiao Yan's medicine cauldron was just an ordinary flame transformed.

Liu Ling despised: "It's actually just an ordinary flame! It seems that the previous pills were likely not refined by him. If he could refine so many Second Grade pills with ordinary flames, we wouldn't be worthy of being called Alchemists."

"Little Princess Yao Yue already possesses beast fire, so your disciple Liu Ling's flame won't be an ordinary flame, right!" Fama said to Gu He.

Xiao Yan naturally heard Liu Ling's words of contempt, but if he didn't use ordinary flames, what should he use? Could it be that he used Exotic Fire?

"Licking dog, licking

Seeing that Yao Ye refused to speak, Fama naturally did not ask further, as this involved secrets of the Royal Family.

After the competition began, the Little Princess Yao Yue extended her fair, jade-like hand. A cluster of azure flames instantly rose from her palm, and ripples resembling water waves appeared around the flames, looking extremely extraordinary.

Hearing Fama's somewhat ambiguous reply, Gu He chuckled twice and shifted his gaze back to the three people below the platform.

Although Fama's voice was not loud, it was able to travel directly into the ears of Xiao Yan and the other two.

"Could it be that the miraculous medicinal pills he refines are made using this ordinary flame?" Gu He asked Fama with a hint of doubt.

"The medicinal pill that little brother Nie Feng is refining seems much more complex than the ones the other two are making; one can tell just by looking at the medicinal materials. However, I have observed for a long time and still haven't figured out what kind of medicinal pill he is refining," Gu He said, turning his head toward Fama.

"That is just that brat messing around!" Gu He also criticized Liu Ling, but the pride and smugness in his tone could not be concealed. Gu He naturally knew what level Liu Ling's alchemy had reached; Liu Ling had now barely entered the ranks of a Third-Grade Alchemist. Although his success rate for refining Third-Grade pills was not high, with the addition of a beast flame, there was still a high probability he could refine it.

"Hehe, I suppose so!" Fama replied with a smile.

Seeing everyone's gazes fixed on him, Xiao Yan shook his head helplessly. He extended his right hand to touch the medicine cauldron and injected Dou Qi into it, causing a pale yellow flame to appear within.

"Hehe, this little girl is purely messing around. Although she can increase her success rate slightly with the aid of the beast flame, there is only a one-third chance she can refine it!" On the surface, Qie Mi Er was scolding Princess Yao Yue, but he was actually very happy inside.

"The medicinal pill Little Princess Yao Yue is refining should be the Third-Grade Yang Shen Pill. If taken when breaking through to Dou Shi, it can greatly increase the success rate! It seems the little princess is also hiding her true strength!" Fama said to Qie Mi Er, who was sitting on his left.

"She actually used a beast flame. It seems this Princess Yao Yue really wants to obtain those prizes! However, being able to subdue a beast flame means her strength is not simple either!" Xiao Yan sighed inwardly.

Because Liu Ling and Princess Yao Yue were using beast flames, their speed was naturally much faster. In a short while, more than half of the medicinal materials on their stone platforms had already been refined.

Seeing Fama look over, Yao Ye merely smiled slightly and did not say anything more.

An Exotic Fire was something that even Gu He found very tempting, and the Nalan Family also had a great need for one. Once Xiao Yan used it, he would face endless trouble in the future.

"Nothing can escape the eyes of President Fama. Some time ago, I invited quite a few experts to help me hunt a Fifth-Rank Magical Beast and obtained a type of beast flame from its body," Gu He said with a smile. Although he had given many benefits to those he hired to help subdue this beast flame, his disciple Liu Ling had also suffered quite a bit before successfully subduing it.

Seeing Xiao Yan summon only an ordinary flame, Yao Yue felt puzzled. It stood to reason that with Xiao Yan's status and position, he shouldn't be without a beast flame! Although beast flames were rare, they were nothing to people like them.

"Can it increase lifespan? Medicinal pills that can increase longevity are extremely rare; they must be at least Third-Grade pills. It seems the winner is little brother Nie Feng," Qie Mi Er said in shock.

Not long after Gu He finished speaking, a cluster of brown flames appeared in the palm of Liu Ling's right hand below the platform.

"The Huo Yuan Pill your disciple Liu Ling is refining is also a Third-Grade pill. It can increase the power of fire-attribute cultivation methods by thirty percent for a short time. It is also a very good medicine for breaking through bottlenecks. It seems he has also hidden his strength!" Fama observed the pill Liu Ling was refining and said to Gu He with a smile.

"What strong soul perception!" Xiao Yan praised inwardly.

After the flames were lit, the three of them each picked up a medicinal material from their stone platforms, tossed them into their medicine cauldrons, and began to refine them.

The first three grades of an alchemist mainly test alchemy techniques and flame control skills; they do not have such high requirements for soul perception. Reaching the Dou Zhe realm is sufficient. Even if the Dou Qi is insufficient, aren't there Qi Recovery Pills? In the original work, didn't Xiao Yan consume many Qi Recovery Pills in the early stages because of his cultivation method?

"This flame... could it be the Gan Lan Water Flame of the Jingtao Dragon Beast?" On the high platform, looking at the beast flame summoned by the Little Princess Yao Yue, Fama turned his head to look at Yao Ye standing behind him.

Although beast flames are much weaker than Exotic Fires, they are much stronger than ordinary flames, and beast flames can also increase the success rate of alchemy. Otherwise, relying on the current Dou Zhe strength of the three, it would be difficult to refine high-grade medicinal pills. That Liu Ling and Yao Yue could reach the level of Second-Grade Alchemists so early was purely because they were fed massive amounts of medicinal materials. Ordinary alchemists would need to reach the Dou Shi level to become Second-Grade Alchemists. Otherwise, the terrifying failure rate would be enough to bankrupt them.

In the center of the Alchemist Guild's blue stone square, Xiao Yan, Liu Ling, and Princess Yao Yue each occupied a blue stone platform, on which a medicine cauldron and the medicinal materials needed for refining pills were placed.

"I haven't recognized what kind of medicinal pill he is refining either, but judging from the medicinal properties of the materials, it seems to be a pill that can increase lifespan," Fama said indifferently.

"Since you are all prepared, then let us begin!" Fama stood up, walked to the front of the platform, and said with a light smile.

In his spare time, Liu Ling glanced at Xiao Yan's stone platform. Seeing that Xiao Yan had only refined one-third of his medicinal materials, a look of disdain appeared on his face.

After Liu Ling summoned his beast flame, he looked toward Xiao Yan's direction as if in provocation. The people on the high platform also fixed their gazes on Xiao Yan, wanting to see what kind of flame he could summon.

Xiao Yan's efficiency in refining medicinal materials was naturally not as good as Liu Ling's and Yao Yue's. Coupled with the fact that there were many more medicinal materials on his stone platform than theirs, he was lagging far behind.

"I was only guessing. Medicinal pills that can increase lifespan are extremely complex to refine; how could a little fellow like him possibly refine one? It seems my pill recipe has gone down the drain," Fama shook his head helplessly.

"Don't be discouraged! Although the possibility is very small, it is not impossible. What if a miracle happens?" Qie Mi Er comforted him. However, although he comforted him with his words, he did not believe in his heart that Xiao Yan could refine it. After all, he had never heard of such a pill being lower than Fourth-Grade. If Xiao Yan could refine it, it would be too terrifying.

(End of this chapter)