Ignoring the people outside who were already going crazy, Qin Chen came to the assessment room again.
On the open space in front of them, there were six alchemy tables, which were often used by alchemists to place items such as Pill furnaces and medicinal materials.
But at this moment, on this alchemy platform, there was nothing, empty, no medicinal materials, and no pill furnace.
"What is going to be assessed in this second round?"
"I don't know, look at this posture, is it to assess the operation? But there are not even medicinal herbs and pill furnaces, how can we take the test? "
"I hope that the assessment will be what I am better at."
Sun Yuan and the others, who had passed the first round of assessment, stood in front of the alchemy table, each looking nervous and worried.
This second round is one of the ten operations of alchemy, and it is the time to observe a real operation ability, as long as he passes this second round, it is equivalent to half a foot has stepped into the door of the alchemist.
"Okay, first of all, congratulations to you, you have passed the first round, this second round, will test your ability to control fire, you prepare first, and immediately start the assessment in order."
Liu Guang waved his hand and said in a loud voice.
"What, it turned out to be a test to control the fire."
"It's over, how can I take this test?"
"I'll go, I'm the weakest in this one, didn't I use it all to test the medicine or something? Among the ten operations, it is not the turn of fire control. "
Hearing the content of this second assessment, everyone was dumbfounded.
The ten operations of refining medicine contain a lot of content, similar to the defense of medicine, the division of medicine, the vessel warming, the control of medicine, the control of fire, the condensation of pills, and so on...
Among them, the most familiar one is the dialectic of medicine, because distinguishing various medicinal materials is the most basic skill to become an alchemist, and this is what has been assessed in the past.
But who knows, today's assessment turned out to be fire control.
Isn't this a matter of human life?
Looking at the rather riotous scene, Liu Guang snorted coldly: "As we all know, the strength of fire control ability is the premise of whether an alchemist can refine a elixir, if you can't even do the details of fire control, how can you become a real alchemist?" "
"You have time to prepare for half a hour, and when the time comes, you will start the assessment immediately."
With a wave of his hand, Liu Guang looked displeased.
How he didn't know what these people thought.
The vast majority of alchemy apprentices are lucky and want to test what they are best at.
But a true alchemist pays attention to erudition and miscellaneous memory, and must not have any shortcomings.
Fire control is relatively remote, and its role in early alchemy is not the most important, so many alchemists do not specialize in practice.
But because of this, Liu Guang chose this one for assessment, and only in this way can he assess the true refining level of these people.
After a while, the time of half a hour passed.
"The first one, Lin Yuan, show your fire control ability."
Lin Yuan frowned, came to the refining table, and opened the formation pattern on it.
Airplanes!
The mysterious formation pattern bloomed with brilliant light, and under the pervasive pattern, a scorching flame instantly appeared above the refining table.
It's a burst of fire!
There are many types of pill fire, including array fire, true fire, demon fire, earth fire, sky fire, and so on.
Among them, the array fire, demon fire, earth fire, and heavenly fire all belong to the outer fire, which is obtained later, while the true fire is the flame formed by the alchemist's own true air, which belongs to the internal fire.
However, in general, low-level alchemists, especially alchemist apprentices, have not practiced special exercises and cannot form true fire, and at this time, they will generally use array fire instead.
A true alchemist must be proficient in activating the fire array, and at the same time, be able to use mental power to make various subtle adjustments to the fire, whether it is temperature, form, or others, the more detailed the adjustment, the stronger the ability to control the fire.
In front of everyone's eyes, Lin Yuan began to control the formation pattern and control the flames.
I saw that the flame was under his control, slowly changing its image, rising nearly a foot high for a while, and shrinking to the size of a fist for a while, scorching waves, and the temperature was pressing.
"That's your ability to control fire?"
Seeing this, Liu Guang snorted coldly: "Controlling the size of the flame is just the most elementary ability, you divide the flame in front of you into three, in the shape of a ladder, and show it to us." "
Lin Yuan's face was bitter, he gritted his teeth, and even urged his spiritual power, and the flames in front of him suddenly slowly separated.
Controlling the flames requires a lot of mental power, and the control of mental power is also a great test, and after only a few moments, he is already tired and sweating.
Under his control, the flames in front of him trembled, and when he saw that he was about to succeed, suddenly with a pop, the flames were extinguished instantly.
"I ..."
Looking at the extinguished flames in front of him, Lin Yuan wanted to cry without tears.
He was concentrating on controlling the flames just now, and he was unable to use his spiritual power to control the formation, and as soon as he relaxed slightly, the formation lost control and immediately became invalid.
"You can't even do the most basic fire control, so you came to take the alchemist exam?"
Liu Guang snorted coldly.
On the surface, fire control tests the alchemist's ability to control flames, but what actually tests the meticulousness of the alchemist's spiritual power.
When refining the elixir, an alchemist must not only control the formation, but also control the flames, but also control the timing and amount of medicinal materials to be added, as well as the heat of the fusion of the elixir in the pill furnace.
This is a very complicated and cumbersome process, the ability to control spiritual power is extremely high, Lin Yuan can't even do the most basic fire control, even if he can refine the pill, it is only opportunistic, and he can't be regarded as a real alchemist.
"You go down, the second round of assessment, fail. Next, Sun Yuan! "
Lin Yuan's face was depressed, but he didn't dare to say a word, he just stepped aside, depressed.
Master Liu Guang's question is too difficult, the average alchemy apprentice, it is enough to be able to control the temperature and shape of the flame, to achieve the flame splitting, but also to form a ladder type, this is simply an impossible task.
When Sun Yuan came to the court, he was also very nervous.
skillfully activated the bursts of fire, demonstrated the ability to change the warmth and size of the flame, and then began to divide the flames according to Liu Guang's previous instructions to Lin Yuan.
Sun Yuan's proficiency was obviously stronger than Lin Yuan's, the three flames were quickly separated, but when they formed the shape, they couldn't be completed, and every time the three flames approached, they fused together.
Sun Yuan was sweating profusely and tried nearly ten times, each time successful.
"You can step back too."
Liu Guang's face was gloomy and ugly: "The next one, Xu Jing, is still the same as the above requirements, three flames, in the form of a ladder!" "
Chen Mu and Ouyang Cheng watched from the side, and the corners of their mouths couldn't help but twitch.
Master Liu Guang's requirements are too difficult, if this continues, who can pass the assessment?
You must know that when they were admitted to the first-grade alchemist, they might not be able to do this.
If it goes on like this, I'm afraid no one will be able to pass this second round of assessment.