Surrounding the alchemy furnaces was a circular platform, clearly the position of the judges.
Standing on this platform, they could observe the performance of the participating alchemists during the assessment.
"Baili Hongzhuang, choose any spot to prepare for alchemy," Huan Chu You said.
Upon hearing this, Baili Hongzhuang descended from the platform and casually stood beside one of the alchemy furnaces.
"Now, let me explain the rules of the assessment," Tong Qingyuan said slowly.
Wei Meidai was already familiar with the rules, but this was Baili Hongzhuang's first time participating in the assessment, so Tong Qingyuan specifically explained them for her.
"The assessment involves randomly selecting a pill for the alchemists to refine. You will each receive three sets of ingredients. As long as you can refine one pill within the specified time, you will pass the assessment. The assessment time is one hour."
Baili Hongzhuang nodded inwardly. The assessment rules were fair.
Even for alchemists, there was a possibility of failure in pill refinement. The higher the grade of the pill, the higher the likelihood of failure.
The reason for providing three sets of ingredients was to allow them to continue refining in case of failure. The failure rate was something all alchemists had to face.
To assess an alchemist's skill, it was not only about the highest grade of pills they could refine but also about their success rate in pill refinement.
Because of the high failure rate in pill refinement, every alchemist had to accumulate numerous precious ingredients.
Without enough materials for practice, it was impossible to become an alchemist.
"Shall I be the one to draw the assessment topic today?" Gu Cangyun spoke up before Tong Qingyuan could draw.
Tong Qingyuan instinctively glanced at Baili Hongzhuang. Knowing Gu Cangyun's vengeful personality, the topic he would draw might not be favorable to Baili Hongzhuang.
Noticing Tong Qingyuan's gaze, Baili Hongzhuang nodded slightly. With her strength, she was not afraid of whatever topic Gu Cangyun would choose.
Gu Cangyun and Wei Meidai were variables she hadn't anticipated, and she didn't want to make things difficult for Huan Chu You and Tong Qingyuan.
Since Gu Cangyun wanted to deal with her, she would let him do as he pleased.
After seeing Baili Hongzhuang's lack of objection, Tong Qingyuan agreed, "Alright."
Gu Cangyun pulled out a slip of paper from the box containing the assessment topics, glanced at it, and said, "The pill needed for today's assessment is the Revitalizing Pill!"
With that, Gu Cangyun discreetly put the slip of paper back into his sleeve robe.
Clearly, the actual content written on the slip of paper was no longer important.
Upon hearing the words "Revitalizing Pill," Wei Meidai's eyes lit up, and a hint of uncontrollable joy appeared on her beautiful face.
The Revitalizing Pill was the pill she had been practicing refining these past few days. She had successfully refined it a few days ago.
She hadn't expected that today's assessment topic would be the Revitalizing Pill. It seemed that even the heavens were helping her!
Thinking this, Wei Meidai proudly glanced at Baili Hongzhuang. Now she wanted to see how Baili Hongzhuang would compare to her!
Baili Hongzhuang, on the other hand, didn't pay much attention to this matter. The Revitalizing Pill was the one she had refined the most in her daily practice.
Before heading to the Luo Yun Mountain Range for training, she had specially refined many Revitalizing Pills. It was the pill with the highest success rate among all the pills she had refined.
Gu Cangyun had carefully selected, indeed providing her with the perfect opportunity.