Chapter 67: Sixth-grade Alchemist Assessment
"What?! You want to take the sixth-grade alchemist assessment?!"
When Fama heard Xiao Yun's words, his eyes widened immediately. His originally cloudy eyes became clear, and he looked at Xiao Yun as if he was looking at a scary monster.
"Uh, keep a low profile, no need to be so loud." The alchemists who had originally walked away heard Fama's exclamation and ran over again. Looking at the crowd of onlookers who surrounded him and others, Xiao Yun said helplessly.
"That's right, you are old and have not seen much. Isn't it just a sixth-grade alchemist? Is it necessary to make such a big fuss?" Hai Bodong beside him also made up for it, completely forgetting the shock Xiao Yun had when he first gave him the Evil Breaking Pill.
"Yes, yes, it's my fault. This is not the place to talk. Xiao Yun, old man Bing, let's go inside and talk." Farma realized that he had lost his temper just now, and apologized quickly. Then he turned around and looked at the crowd, and said loudly: "Ahem, what are you still doing here? Is everything ok? You can also participate in the pharmacist assessment, right?"
Hearing Farma's words of expulsion, the pharmacists around him had to leave slowly, even if they were reluctant, they just looked back every three steps, as if they wanted to see Xiao Yun's heroic appearance.
Afterwards, Farma took Xiao Yun and the others into the pharmacist association and came to his exclusive office.
"I wonder how confident Xiao Yun is that he can refine a sixth-grade elixir?" Fama looked at Xiao Yun with a fiery gaze. The assessment for a sixth-grade pharmacist is extraordinary. Because the medicinal materials for refining a sixth-grade elixir are too precious, it is not like the assessment for the first and second grades, where three sets of medicinal materials and elixir formulas are provided.
Instead, only one set of medicinal materials is provided. If this set fails, the pharmacist needs to take out another set of medicinal materials himself, otherwise the assessment will be considered a failure.
Once the refining fails, the pharmacist guild will also suffer huge losses. Therefore, this level of assessment can only be attempted by those experienced fifth-grade peak pharmacists. That's when Fama asked about Xiao Yun's success rate.
"Don't worry, old man Pharaoh. A few days ago, Xiao Yun refined a sixth-grade elixir, the Evil-Breaking Pill. It was because of this elixir that I was able to break the seal of Medusa and return to the level of the Fighting Emperor."
Hearing Fama's concerns, Hai Bodong patted his chest and acted as if he was guaranteeing Xiao Yun. At the same time, he also released a breath of the Fighting Emperor to prove that what he said was true.
"So that's how it is. I didn't expect that your seal was broken by Xiao Yun. Then I am relieved." Fama knew that Hai Bodong was sealed by Medusa, and he came to him to try to resolve it. Unfortunately, he was only a fifth-grade pharmacist and had no ability to break the seal. He didn't expect that it was actually broken by Xiao Yun.
Then, he spoke again: "So, little friend Xiao Yun, do you want to refine the pill formula you brought with you or the pill formula of our Alchemist Guild?"
"Oh? Is there any difference?" Xiao Yun was a little puzzled. This didn't happen when he was assessed for the fifth-grade alchemist before.
"Hehe, generally speaking, people who take part in the sixth-grade alchemist assessment will choose to bring their own pill recipes, so that the difficulty of the assessment will be reduced. But correspondingly, the medicine warehouse in our Alchemist Guild may not be able to find a single medicinal material for refining, because sixth-grade medicinal materials are so precious."
"If you choose the pill recipe arranged by the Alchemist Guild, we will pick a sixth-grade pill for you to refine based on the medicinal materials in the medicine warehouse. This will be more difficult, but our Alchemist Guild does not have many volumes of sixth-grade pill recipes." Fama explained with a smile.
"I see, but I'll still choose the arrangement of the Alchemist Guild. After all, it's good to know one more recipe." Xiao Yun showed a look of realization on his face. He didn't bother to lower the difficulty of the test. He came here to make a name for himself and reap the benefits. What would it mean to become a sixth-grade low-level alchemist like Gu He? He wanted to refine the elixir that Gu He couldn't refine, so that the major forces in the Holy City of Jama would send him medicinal materials for refining.
"Okay, okay, Xiao Yun is really confident. Here is the recipe. You can take a look at it here first. I will go to the medicine storehouse to get you some herbs."
Fama was also shocked by Xiao Yun's confidence. When Gu He came to take the test, he just chose the less difficult recipe. He didn't expect that Xiao Yun, who was only thirteen years old, would dare to take the more difficult random recipe. So he took out a purple and silver scroll from the ring, handed it to Xiao Yun, and then pushed the door out to get the herbs.
He reached out to take the scroll, and felt a cool feeling in his hand. On the smooth surface of the scroll, there were also some complex patterns and ancient marks drawn. It looked beautiful. Xiao Yun opened it and looked at the message inside.
"I didn't expect it to be this kind of elixir, Yao Lao, you are lucky." Xiao Yun showed a look of joy, and secretly communicated with Yao Lao using his soul power. Because the elixir recipe in his hand was nothing else, but the sixth-grade elixir Rongling Dan. This elixir was similar to the Po'e Dan that he had refined for Hai Bodong before. They were both unconventional elixirs, but the effect of Rongling Dan was to fuse the soul and the body, and at the same time it also had the effect of restoring the soul's injuries and nourishing the soul.
"Haha, this elixir recipe is really strange. It can only work on the soul body, which is very suitable for my current situation." Yao Lao was also secretly observing the elixir recipe and was very satisfied with the effect of Rongling Dan.
Hai Bodong also came over to look curiously, but he looked away after just a few seconds, because looking at the recipe required the use of soul power, and he was not a pharmacist. Although he was a Douhuang strongman, his soul power was not strong. After just a few seconds, he felt a little dizzy.
"You are still a popular pharmacist. You got a volume of the sixth-grade recipe from me a few days ago, and now you got another volume from the pharmacist guild." Hai Bodong said with envy. He had been in danger several times in order to obtain the recipe for the Breaking Evil Pill, but Xiao Yun took it away directly when he came.
Xiao Yun smiled and said nothing. He was not in this line of work. He could only see the superficial benefits, but not the hard work behind the scenes.
At this time, Fama also came back from the medicine warehouse. He greeted them and led them to the top-level alchemy room of the Alchemist Guild.
"Little friend Xiao Yun, this is it. A portion of the medicinal materials for the Rongling Pill is already inside." Fama smiled and pushed open the door, revealing the layout inside. He immediately said, "Little friend, go in and make the alchemy. The two of us old friends are waiting for good news outside."
"Thank you, President Fama." Xiao Yun nodded to the two of them, stepped into the alchemy room, and with a bang, the open door was tightly closed again.
Buzz!
In the alchemy room, a strong spiritual force surged from Xiao Yun's brows, and he carefully checked the entire alchemy room.
After confirming that there was no problem, he came to the center of the room, where there was a stone table filled with medicinal materials for refining Rongling Pills.
Huh!
Xiao Yun took out the Flame Dragon Heavy Cauldron and it was suspended in the air. A green flame appeared at his fingertips and he hit it into the medicine cauldron. "Yao Lao, there is only one copy of this pill. We must be careful with it."
Yao Lao's soul body emerged from the storage ring and floated in the air. He stroked his gray beard and smiled, "Don't worry. Although this pill is the first time I've seen it, with your medicine refining level and my experience, you can get an 80% success rate for refining this pill."
Hearing this, Xiao Yun nodded. Yao Lao estimated that the 80% success rate was still a low estimate. The method of refining the Rong Ling Pill was not difficult. He only told Yao Lao this to be on the safe side.
With his eyes slightly closed, he kept calculating the process of refining the Rongling Pill in his mind. After a while, Xiao Yun waved his hand, and the herbs on the stone table were thrown into the flames, making a "sizzling" sound. At the same time, his soul power also permeated the medicine cauldron, observing the reaction and changes of the herbs in the flames.
Time passed little by little, and gradually, a fragrance permeated the medicine cauldron. After a few hours, all the herbs on the stone table were consumed, and there were more than a dozen small jade bottles beside Xiao Yun, with a layer of green flames at the mouth of the bottle. Each jade bottle was filled with the essence of the refined medicinal properties.
"Very good, now all that's left is to fuse it into a pill. This step is extremely dangerous. The last time I watched you refine the medicine, there were still many areas that could be improved in this step, such as..." Seeing that all the essence of the medicine was refined, Yao Lao began to explain to Xiao Yun some of the minor flaws he had when refining it last time.
Xiao Yun listened carefully, without a trace of impatience. After all, he was an eighth-grade master of refining medicine. If he had taught a class in the past, seventh-grade pharmacists would have come to listen to his lectures. If he hadn't needed to recover his fighting spirit now, he would have copied down every word.
I'm sorry that I only posted two chapters today. I'll wait until the book is online before posting more. I'm starting to save my drafts now, and I'll try to write 10,000 words every day.