Unsurpassed Spirits

Chapter 189: The appearance of the elixir
She had plenty of time, so Luo Qingli was not in a hurry to start making alchemy right away. Instead, she checked the medicinal materials and the alchemy furnace first, and found a few mixed ingredients among the medicinal materials.

It’s not that these miscellaneous plants are of the wrong type. On the contrary, they are all spiritual herbs needed to refine these three kinds of elixirs. However, they are not old enough and are not conspicuous among a pile of medicinal materials. You may not be able to tell them apart at first glance. out.

Luo Qingli shook his head and laughed. He carefully screened it and picked out the miscellaneous materials one by one. After making sure that there were no problems, he started to officially heat the furnace.

In the alchemy assessment competition, all alchemists were not allowed to borrow external power and had to rely on their own internal fire and spiritual power to refine elixirs. However, the alchemists present ranged from the early stage of foundation building to the Great Perfection, and their spiritual power reserves were also different. , when the spiritual power in the monk's body is insufficient, he can swallow pills to supplement it.

The yellow inner fire jumped out from the fingertips and fell to the bottom of the alchemy furnace. As Luo Qingli punched the finger tips to transfer spiritual power, the soybean-sized flames jumped up and burned fiercely.

The alchemy atmosphere in the large square was in full swing. The alchemist in the isolation formation could not see the current situation of other contestants, but the onlookers outside the square and the examiner in charge of supervision could see every move of the alchemist. Clear as day.

On the high platform in the sky, the examiner who was responsible for announcing the rules looked at every alchemist in the audience like a torch. A woman in brocade clothes beside him saw the different reactions of the alchemists, and suddenly asked with a smile: "Stop now." Fellow Taoists, I wonder who came up with the idea of ​​adulterating alchemy materials?"

If some alchemy masters were not careful and put miscellaneous materials into the alchemy furnace as alchemy ingredients, then the elixir in the furnace would be basically useless. Even if it was lucky enough to be refined, the quality of the elixir would be greatly reduced.

For the alchemists at the scene, every time they failed to refine a batch of elixirs, it was a waste of time, and as time went on, their spiritual power would become weaker and it would become more difficult to refine the elixirs.

I have to say that this move is indeed somewhat damaging.

"This is of course the decision of the organizers."

The examiner with the Taoist name Liqun glanced at her lightly and hummed: "As an alchemist, knowing how to identify medicinal materials is a basic skill. If you can't even do this, you should go back as soon as possible."

The woman in brocade raised her eyebrows, nodded slightly, and looked down at the large square divided into square blocks.

At this time, some alchemists were completely unaware of the trap and had already opened the furnace impatiently, while some alchemists, like Luo Qingli, had checked carefully beforehand and were picking out the miscellaneous ingredients in the materials provided by the organizer. , or some alchemists with rich experience in alchemy discovered problems during the process of adding medicinal materials and eliminated them on the spot.

Sitting on the high platform, everyone in the square has a panoramic view. Time passes by minute by second. Some alchemists accidentally exploded the furnace due to improper control, wasting a batch of materials. After cleaning up, they started from scratch. Some alchemists looked nervous. , hurriedly making finger seals, but something went wrong in the middle of the process. Of course, there were also skilled people who made smooth progress and strived for victory steadily.

The woman in jinyi watched with great interest. After more than an hour, bursts of elixir fragrance began to appear in the square. The elixirs in some alchemist's alchemy furnaces had basically taken shape. After a while, the furnaces could be opened to collect the elixirs.

But at this step, the elixir refining has just been completed, and the timing of collecting the elixir is very critical. If the elixir is collected too early, the elixir will explode due to unstable energy and turn into fly ash. However, if it is collected too late, too much erysipelas will It will be deposited in the elixir, and the elixir will lose its own value and cannot be taken.

The timing of collecting elixirs is often the link that best reflects the level of an alchemist. There is no shortcut, it can only depend on personal feelings and experience.

Luo Qingli was one of the first batch of alchemy cultivators. The first thing she refined was the Rejuvenation Pill, the most difficult of the three fourth-level elixirs. This was also the choice of almost all alchemists.

The further you go, the greater the consumption and the worse the condition becomes. Everyone generally chooses to go from difficult to easy.

The elixir was taking shape in the furnace, and Luo Qingli's consciousness was always paying attention to the situation inside.

A furnace of rejuvenation pills is full of ten pills, and at this moment, there are already eight pills spinning in place in the pill furnace. The hot steam in the furnace is steaming, and puffs and puffs of pills are constantly coming out of the vents.

This alchemy furnace is different from the usual alchemy furnace she uses. Its furnace wall is thicker and heats up a little slower, so it takes longer than usual to collect the elixirs at night.

Luo Qingli carefully observed the situation of the elixir. At a certain moment, his eyes suddenly lit up. He made several elixir collection seals in his hand, which landed on the elixir furnace with a bang, and he shouted softly: "Open!"

The stove top was wide open, the mist dispersed, and in the white mist, eight pills were lined up on the spot. As she took out the jade bottle and cast the magic of taking things, the rejuvenation pills fell into the jade bottle one by one.

After looking at the results, Luo Qingli let out a breath. Overall, he was quite satisfied. He cleaned up the slag and prepared to refine the second batch of Yuan-Zeng Dan.

Like her, there were many monks on the field who collected the elixir for the first time. Some successfully collected the elixir, some turned into powder the moment it came out of the furnace, and some were originally white because of the long refining time. The color of the elixir turned into a thick ink color, and the erysipelas was obviously deposited.

The woman in brocade glanced and smiled softly: "This year's group of alchemists generally look much better than the last one. What do fellow Taoists Liqun think?"

Master Liqun smiled half-smilingly and curled his lips, "No different than little friend Yuehe from Diemeng Daoist's family, the little girl is indeed unique in the alchemy path, and she is expected to become a great master of alchemy in the future."

Master Die Meng chuckled, "Fellow Taoist Liqun, Yue He only has such a few interests and hobbies, but she is still young, and it is too early to say what her future will be like, but little friend Tongguang has already gained strength at a young age. It’s not bad, the future is limitless.”

One of them represents the Gilded Taoist Pagoda, and the other represents the Mulan Taoist Pagoda. You come and I compliment each other, all for the sake of face.

The sun gradually set towards the west, and when the afterglow of dusk set, Luo Qingli completed the refining of all three furnaces and fourth-level elixirs.

The process of refining these three furnaces of elixirs went smoothly. After she finished, Luo Qingli raised her hand in the air, and a teleportation array suddenly lit up under her feet, sending her to the high platform for this alchemy master's assessment. The two examiners, Zhenren Liqun and Zhenren Diemeng, were already sitting in front of the case.

The square was covered by an isolation formation. Luo Qingli didn't know which one he was in to complete the assessment tasks. However, in this kind of competition, as long as the tasks met the standards, it would be fine.

She presented the three bottles of elixirs one by one and gave a junior salute, "Junior Luo Qingli has met two real people."

"Luo Qingli?"

Master Diemeng muttered the name again.

As the examiner, she has information on all the monks who participated in the alchemy exam. She has an impression of the more famous ones, and she can immediately identify them when she hears the name.

Master Diemeng raised his eyebrows and asked, "Is your master Jinghong Zhenjun of the Jade Toad Sect?"

"Exactly."

Master Diemeng chuckled and said, "So that's it. There was a boy from the Canghai Sect who completed the assessment task first half a quarter of an hour before you. It seems that the alchemists in Nanzhao are quite good this time."

Luo Qingli lowered his head slightly, thinking that this boy from the Canghai Sect was most likely Ning Shen.

Being able to stand out among hundreds of alchemy masters is enough to show Ning Shen's superb alchemy skills.

Master Liqun remained silent. As a native of the Central Plains and the host, it was a bit unpleasant to be given one or two positions by two Nanzhao alchemists. However, as a golden elixir cultivator, he would not be so dissatisfied with two foundation-building period monks. The junior showed no expression on his face. He just poured the three bottles of elixirs refined by Luo Qingli into a jade plate in front of him in a businesslike manner.

The round pill rolled around on the jade plate. Master Liqun glanced at it lightly, his eyebrows twitching slightly. "Fourth-level rejuvenation pills, ten in the furnace, eight in practice, two high-grade pills, three middle-grade pills, and three low-grade pills."

"The fourth-level Yuan-Zeng Dan, the furnace is full of ten pills, the actual practice is nine pills, the top-grade pills are three, the middle-grade pills are four, and the low-grade pills are two."

"Fourth-level Dingyan Pills, ten in the full furnace, ten in practice, one top-grade pill, four top-grade pills, five middle-grade pills, and no low-grade pills..."

As Master Liqun explained Luo Qingli's assessment results word by word, even Master Diemeng couldn't help but look over.

There are 27 pills arranged together on the jade plate, each one is round and shiny. Among them is a deep red pill that is entangled with golden lines. This is also the only top-grade pill among all the pills.

Not to mention that the elixir success rate is as high as [-]%, but the quality of the elixir is also so high.

The most refined elixirs produced by the alchemists next to me are low-grade elixirs. Only occasionally in one or two furnaces will you see middle-grade elixirs or high-grade elixirs. As for the top-grade elixirs, they are something that can only be found but cannot be found. It cannot be refined purely by luck.

She is good, she is completely opposite to others. Among all the elixirs, the lowest is the low-grade elixir. Every furnace can produce high-grade elixirs, middle-grade elixirs, and even top-grade elixirs!

In comparison, although the kid from the Canghai Sect was slightly better in speed and had a pill-forming rate of over [-]%, the quality of the pills he refined was obviously much worse than this girl.

Master Diewu and Master Liqun looked at each other, then looked at Luo Qingli, raised their hands and sent a summons to the deputy examiner in charge of the inspection in the air.

There are golden elixir monks around the square to supervise the competition in order to prevent fraud. Once discovered, they will be permanently disqualified from the competition.

Since Luo Qingli was able to reach the high platform, it meant that she had no problems in the alchemy process, but they still needed to confirm the quality of the elixir that was too high.

The communication talisman soon responded, and the deputy examiner confirmed that everything was normal. Master Liqun and Master Diewu both felt a little complicated.

She really made it on the spot!

This little girl's elixir formation rate and elixir quality are too high!

Even people like them who have hundreds of years of experience in alchemy cannot completely guarantee such excellent elixir production.

The two of them were surprised in their hearts, but they didn't show it on the surface.

Master Liqun took a jade plaque and handed it to Luo Qingli, nodded and said calmly: "My little friend, you can go back and rest first. We will still conduct the second day of assessment here tomorrow morning."

Luo Qingli took the jade token, bowed again, and used the teleportation array to send her out of the square.

After the people left, Master Diewu still couldn't help but marvel: "How old is this little girl? I remember she is not yet thirty, right? Even if she has been exposed to alchemy since the Qi refining period, she has been exposed to alchemy for at most 20 years. The age of the alchemist, the rate of elixir production and the appearance of the elixir, can compare with many masters."

Master Liqun also frowned. She was already in the middle stage of foundation building when she was less than 30 years old. What's more, her alchemy skills were so outstanding. At least Hui Tongguang couldn't do it when he was the same age as her. To this.

Master Liqun let out a breath, "If nothing else happens, this little girl will probably be a strong opponent for Tongguang and Yuehe."

Master Diewu acquiesced to this statement.

One after another, alchemists were teleported to the high platform, and the two of them stopped talking about the matter.

Luo Qingli arrived directly outside the square. Xiao Wu looked at the people still in the formation and asked, "Has the master passed the test?"

"Yes, but we will continue competing in the next two days."

Xiao Wu nodded his head and said confidently: "Xiao Wu has confidence in the master!"

Luo Qingli flicked the spirit beast bag and laughed.

Ning Shen, who was not far away, saw her and came over to say hello: "Fellow Daoist Luo, you are well." He looked magnanimous and smiled kindly, and waved towards the spirit beast bag around her waist, "Xiao Wu. ,Are you ok?"

Xiaowu nodded with a "ooh", and Luo Qingli also smiled.

"It turns out that fellow Taoist Luo is also an alchemist. This time we can have a good discussion on alchemy with fellow Taoist Luo."

Even though everyone knew each other well, Ning Shen did not mention the underwater trial camp and just chatted with her casually like old friends.

Luo Qingli wanted to check on the situation of several fellow disciples and Ye Wangshu, so he and Ning Shen kept talking.

More and more alchemy masters were sent out, including Xiao Chezhi, Shen Zhong and others. Later, Ye Wangshu, Han Jinyu, Yin Tianhua and those few disciples of the Jade Toad Sect also successfully passed the examination.

Han Jinyu was very excited when she saw her. Her impression of Luo Qingli was still in the secret place of the Miasma Forest. They were teleported out, but Luo Qingli was nowhere to be seen. Han Jinyu originally thought that she had died. There it is.

As for the fact that she not only repaired her Dantian but also joined the Jade Toad Sect and worshiped True Monarch Nascent Soul as her teacher, it was probably her personal chance, so Han Jinyu didn't ask any further questions.

After saying goodbye, the night got darker.

Luo Qingli was going back to the sect's headquarters first. Ye Wangshu wanted to reminisce with her, so he followed her. Xiao Chezhi, who was nostalgic for the flowers, saw this and ignored the warblers and followed them leisurely. Side of person.

The alchemists left in the square were either still busy refining the elixir, or they had given up almost self-destructively, or they were sighing impatiently.

But as time goes by, fewer and fewer alchemists are able to pass the examination.

When the moon climbed up to the flag erected in the square, Master Liqun stood on the high platform and announced the end of the first day of the assessment competition. On this day alone, half of the monks were eliminated.

　Thanks to Shang Bierbieshang, Xiaobai Da Ge, and Bai Jing for the rewards~
　　
　
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