Chapter 850

The opening of the trial in the Alchemy Saint Hall seemed to have caused no stir in the Mingyuan Sect.

After all, there were few people watching the ceremony on Alchemy Saint Mountain.

But this was only a superficial phenomenon.

Because Chu Yan is a figure who is not suitable to be mentioned publicly within the Mingyuan Sect, how could everyone express keen interest in the inheritance she left behind?

But in reality, there were countless existences secretly paying attention to the movements here.

No matter who obtains the Alchemy Saint's inheritance, they will inevitably inherit the position of the Alchemy Saint Hall Master in the future and lead all alchemy affairs of the Mingyuan Sect.

Even hundreds of years later, they could become an extraordinary alchemy saint like Chu Yan!

Who would dare to truly ignore such a potential big shot?

Lu Chun's elimination was a bit fast, but the overall result did not exceed everyone's expectations.

After all, he was not the direct descendant of the Alchemy Saint; the alchemy classics he obtained were only two or three out of ten from the Chu family, and coupled with his own restless mind, the so-called name of "Little Grandmaster" was more of a forced title given by others to flatter him.

Which grandmaster can only refine two or three types of fourth-rank elixirs!

As for Xin Tao Yisheng, it is well known that his foundation is shallow. Being able to persist longer than Lu Chun is already an outstanding manifestation of his alchemy talent.

The remaining three are the ones with the highest hopes.

However, all this changed when Mr. Xuanyan appeared and broke into the Alchemy Saint Hall without any obstruction.

"Didn't he say he would no longer covet the Alchemy Saint's inheritance?"

"At such an old age, he could go to the afterlife at any time; it would be fine if he didn't get the inheritance, but if he did, it would be harmful and not beneficial to our Mingyuan Sect."

"We can't let him take Chu Yan's inheritance to the underworld!"

"The Ancestor is confused!"

"This matter is hard to say; doesn't Mr. Xuanyan have a direct disciple who went to the Million Great Mountains to collect herbs? It is rumored that although that person does not show his skills, he has indeed reached the level of a Little Grandmaster. If he obtains the inheritance and passes it on to his disciple, we won't be empty-handed."

"Uh... then how is your relationship with the cultivators on Xuanyan Peak?"

"Relationships can be mended afterwards!"

The discussions of these people in the dark, to a certain extent, actually represent the common thoughts of the three ancestors of the Mingyuan Sect.

The Alchemy Saint's inheritance is there; whoever takes it, takes it; anyway, the meat is in the pot.

The premise is that it must be taken out!

If a junior with a bright future takes it, that is naturally good.

Even if Mr. Xuanyan, who is about to reach the end of his life, gets it, as long as it can continue to be passed down, it is no harm.

Regarding the discussions outside, the four people in the Alchemy Saint Hall knew nothing.

They were all immersed in the difficult trial of the second level.

"Dong!"

A muffled sound suddenly exploded in the empty room.

Chu Yu opened the furnace lid with a heavy heart.

Sure enough, inside was a mass of filthy black, with no sign of clarity.

She raised her hand and stared blankly at her own hands, which were as white as jade.

"Still not working?"

The ancestor left many things to the Chu family: alchemy classics, prescriptions, alchemy tools, and even three flowers of the Sourceless Fire, which alchemists need most!

Most of those things were taken away by the sect, leaving only some alchemy insights for them to transcribe.

Chu Yu relied on these alchemy insights to explore bit by bit, thereby achieving the realm of a Grandmaster at the age of less than four hundred.

But the biggest harvest was not these!

After experiencing the failure of the last Alchemy Saint Hall trial, she went back and flipped through the alchemy insights left by the ancestor over and over again, and vaguely discovered a hidden alchemy technique.

It was a composite alchemy technique that looked ordinary but was actually composed of dozens of basic alchemy techniques!

After obtaining it, Chu Yan spent some effort to practice it. After getting started, she was shocked to find that this alchemy technique was not used for alchemy at all, but for decomposing materials.

She did not understand at the time what the significance of this alchemy technique was.

However, after passing the first level this time, she finally understood the significance of this alchemy technique.

There are countless heavenly materials and earthly treasures in the world, and for an alchemist, they can all be used as medicine.

The phrase "Refining heaven, refining earth, and even refining people" is by no means false!

However, there is only one heaven, one earth, and one person.

Many of those heavenly materials and earthly treasures that truly contain magnificent and strange power are unique existences in the world.

Once alchemy fails, alchemists often need to wait for hundreds or thousands of years, or even spend their whole lives without waiting for a second heavenly material or earthly treasure that meets the conditions to reappear.

They can only sigh, missing the only chance.

In this situation, the alchemy technique left by the ancestor Chu Yan is extremely important.

By decomposing the required main materials from the failed waste pills through the reverse refining technique, there is a second, or even third chance.

Not only that, for some lost prescriptions, one can also reverse-refine the raw materials through existing pills to judge their original material composition, thereby deducing the original prescription.

This is the significance of the alchemy technique named "Returning Old Face."

It is a pity that only until now did Chu Yu fully understand its importance.

"If I had mastered this technique and come to participate in the trial, this second level would be like walking on flat ground for me!"

"I only hate that because of Luo Chen's arrival, the trial was opened in advance..."

This resentment vanished in an instant.

Because Chu Yu could not deceive herself; she did not pay much attention to that alchemy technique before.

Her alchemy realm was still in the stage of constantly climbing upward, so how could she be full of enthusiasm for an alchemy technique that restores essence?

Moreover, even if she really put her energy into learning that alchemy technique, I am afraid it would be difficult to pass the first level.

"I wonder how Luo Chen is doing?"

"The Alchemy Saint Hall opened for you in advance; if you stop at the second level, that would be funny."

Although she did not hate him, there was always resentment.

Chu Yu shook her head and waved away the dregs in the alchemy furnace.

She had failed and could not move forward.

She could only return the way she came.

In the hall, a gentle mana surged, wrapping her and dragging her out.

She did not resist, so there was no possibility of any injury.

But on the way to cross the first level trial, she was surprised to find a large amount of rich white light flying in the same direction.

The two crossed paths, and an old man with a ruddy complexion nodded at her in a friendly manner.

It was Mr. Xuanyan!

Chu Yan was extremely surprised, but subconsciously congratulated him: "I wish you prosperity in your alchemy path, sir!"

"Haha, the future is yours; I wish you prosperity in your alchemy path!"

Mr. Xuanyan smiled freely and stepped into the second level.

At this time, only a few days had passed since he entered the hall.

"Being one step ahead is only for a moment; reaching the finish line first is the hero."

"Luo Chen, your foundation is too thin after all!"

In a hall full of scorching breath, Chen Chen Mozi's tired expression was full of joy.

He had reached the third level!

The first level took him a year.

The second level trapped him for a full two years!

But for him, this time was already unusually fast.

If it weren't for the failure of the last trial, which allowed him to be prepared in advance, I am afraid it would have been difficult to cross this second level by the time the trial ended.

Sweeping his gaze across the hall, Chen Chen Mozi was not surprised.

Because the layout of this hall is a scene that is too common for alchemists.

Earth fire mouth, bellows, humanoid puppets...

This is the essential single alchemy room for high-rank alchemists of the Mingyuan Sect.

It's just that the space is larger and can accommodate multiple alchemists to refine pills together.

"What is the question for the third level?"

Chen Chen Mozi was extremely curious, only because he had never been to this third level either.

In the entire Mingyuan Sect, only Mr. Xuanyan had ever been here.

Just as he was curious, the earth fire in the hall rose, forming a prescription in the void that only he could see.

"Refining a new pill?"

"Fourth-rank?"

"A bit troublesome, but it's okay; it's not difficult for me." Chen Chen Mozi felt relieved, as if he had already seen the scene of passing this level.

But just as he was about to act, he suddenly froze.

"The conditions are so harsh?"

Second level, in an empty room.

The white-robed Daoist sat cross-legged, with dregs scattered around him.

The hair bun that had been combed very well with President Sima Hui Niang's help earlier was now scattered and messy.

A pair of golden pupils were shining brightly, but the whites of his eyes were covered with bloodshot eyes.

Those bloodshot eyes were by no means formed by stimulating the source power, but were a manifestation of excessive mental exhaustion.

At this moment, the white-robed Daoist stared blankly at the dregs in front of him, muttering to himself.

"A little bit off, a little bit off, still a little bit off."

"Where exactly is it off?"

Suddenly!

His nostrils twitched, and he sniffed the void lightly.

Among the mixed smells, he smelled a familiar scent.

Luo Chen was stunned and waved his hand.

Immediately, a mass of failed reverse-refined dregs fell in front of him.

Looking down, Luo Chen understood instantly.

This is a third-rank pill called Bai Zhi Paste, specifically used to remove cold air, and has an excellent therapeutic effect for those who suffer from the invasion of extreme cold.

And the main materials that make up this Bai Zhi Paste should be a group of special water-attribute medicinal materials such as Creek Angelica, Qi Lotus, and Turbulence Duckweed.

He remembered that his reverse refining had failed.

But why could he still smell a hint of Qi Lotus fragrance?

"Qi Lotus itself has the characteristic of coming out of the mud without being stained, but it has already failed, so why is there still Qi Lotus fragrance?"

Luo Chen fiddled with the dregs with some doubt, performed his unformed alchemy technique, pushed away all the other impurities, and finally obtained a mass of charred black liquid.

Looking at this liquid, Luo Chen fell into deep thought.

After a long while, Luo Chen suddenly woke up as if enlightened.

His face was already full of wild joy.

"That's it!"

"That's it!"

"The previous me only focused on its form, not its meaning, and was too deliberate in pursuing the original appearance of the medicinal materials."

"But in reality, when we alchemists refine pills, many times it is for a single special substance in certain medicinal materials. That is the essence of selecting medicinal materials; no matter what it becomes, it still exists."

"Just like our cultivation, breathing in the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to achieve magnificent mana. But once we fall, the Nascent Soul dissipates, and the massive mana will still return to its essence, becoming free spiritual energy scattered between heaven and earth."

"When dust returns to dust, and earth returns to earth, it is ultimately the extreme of prosperity, but it is only a handful of fine sand."

"What I want is not the pearls that make up the crown, but only those purest fine sands!"

"Therefore, this technique should not be like this, it should be..."

In the midst of wild joy, the hand seals in Luo Chen's hands changed suddenly, and he wiped lightly at the charred black liquid.

This wipe was like a groom lifting the veil to see his bride, as if the wind blew away the dark clouds to reveal the bright moon; Luo Chen finally saw the essence of the scent.

A touch of whiteness, looming.

There was a faint fragrance of Qi Lotus floating!

Mana was injected into it, and even a lotus flower slowly drifted open.

Also at this moment, a line of entries slowly appeared on the attribute panel that had been quiet for a long time.

【Unknown Alchemy Technique Entry 1/100】

Luo Chen seemed to have lost all his strength, slumped on the ground, looking at the white lotus, and laughed out loud.

"Let's call it the Dust Returning Technique!"

Dust returns to dust, earth returns to earth; by performing this technique, one can see the essence buried under the glory.

From now on, most of the pills in the world will no longer be mysterious to him, even those he has never seen before!

Then next...

Luo Chen's gaze swept over the remaining twenty or so pills, his eyes full of anticipation.

These pills are at least third-rank, and most of them are even fourth-rank pills.

If he remembered correctly, these pills used many medicinal materials during refining, which is enough to cover the pills that failed earlier.

This Alchemy Saint Hall trial can continue!

Half a year later, in the brightly lit hall, clouds and smoke suddenly attacked.

Sitting withered on the ground, Chen Chen Mozi, with a worried face, looked up and happened to see the white-robed man appear.

A head of ink-black hair was scattered casually behind his back; although there was fatigue on his face, his eyes were extremely bright.

At this moment, the other party was curiously looking at the hall.

In his eyes, which were shining with faint golden light, it seemed that there were no secrets in the world.

It was Luo Chen!

Chen Chen Mozi opened his mouth, full of bitterness.

He did not expect the other party to have passed the second level!

He had previously underestimated the other party, thinking that with Luo Chen's foundation, passing the first level was already a genius performance.

But looking at it now, being able to calmly pass two levels on the first attempt at the Alchemy Saint Hall trial, he is more than just a genius!

"Worthy of the name of Alchemy Sect!" He said in a low voice.

Luo Chen heard this voice, cast his gaze over, and nodded slightly to indicate.

"Fellow Daoist, you flatter me; you are ahead of me."

Chen Chen Mozi shook his head, not wanting to explain how much preparation he had made for the second level.

Luo Chen asked curiously: "What is the test for this third level?"

Chen Chen Mozi did not hide it this time and answered casually: "Alchemy!"

Luo Chen was stunned, then smiled.

Alchemy!

For him, that couldn't be simpler.

As long as there are materials...

Fire energy rose, forming characters one by one.

Luo Chen looked up, could not help but raise his eyebrows, but the more he looked, the more solemn his face became.

After the fire curtain dissipated, Luo Chen looked at Chen Chen Mozi again.

No wonder the other party arrived at this alchemy hall in advance, but hesitated for a long time and did not dare to act.

I didn't expect the third level trial to be so harsh!

"Take the raw materials reverse-refined earlier and refine a fourth-rank pill."

"The specific pill does not matter, but there is only one chance!"

Everyone knows that the success rate of pill refining is very difficult to control.

Those who can refine a successful pill are considered to be in the stream.

Those who can control the success rate at about 20% to 30% can be called an alchemy master.

Grandmaster-level existences like Chen Chen Mozi and Chu Yu can at most stabilize the success rate at about 50%, and that is still for pills of relatively low grade that they are relatively good at.

How difficult is it to succeed in one go?

Even Luo Chen!

Known for refining a hundred pills and being proficient in everything, he never dared to claim that he could refine a fourth-rank pill in one go.

When refining pills for others, he often requires a sufficient amount of raw materials.

And this time, he even had to build the prescription himself!

"With such a trial, even if I use the attribute panel to force entry, there is still a 90% failure rate!"

Luo Chen fell into a difficult situation.

Building the prescription is one thing, and having to succeed in one go is another; who in the world can solve these two difficult problems?

In his life, the number of times he could succeed in one go when facing an unfamiliar prescription could be counted on one hand.

This third level trial seems like an open-book exam, extremely simple, and it is a link that every alchemy grandmaster is very familiar with, but no one can ensure success.

Just as the two were thinking hard, a hearty, aged laugh came in.

"Two fellow Daoists, why hesitate? Do you have so little confidence in yourselves?"

(End of chapter)