Chapter 137 Breaking into the Pill Tower 3

However, despite such strict requirements, which had kept Liu Xiaodan under control for several years, she seemed as fragile as paper in front of Zhong Cai, breaking at the slightest touch.

Everyone looked up at the twenty-first floor, which was flashing red light, as if they could see Zhong Cai through that light.

Definitely, she possesses an extraordinary and elegant demeanor!

·

Liu Xiao did not leave either.

She was practicing alchemy at home when she received a message from a junior—the junior had personally witnessed Zhong Cai enter the twentieth level and knew that her aunt had also reached this level, so she immediately notified Liu Xiao.

Liu Xiao was naturally very interested and rushed over immediately.

And just as she arrived, she saw with her own eyes that leaping red light.

That person succeeded!

She succeeded so quickly!

Liu Xiao didn't want to believe it, but she saw it with her own eyes.

At this moment, she also longed to meet the alchemist Zhong Caidan.

Despite his young age, he possessed such terrifying alchemy skills.

If possible, she would like to discuss it with him further...

·

The twenty-first challenge begins to change.

The room Zhong Cai entered was no longer ordinary; it resembled a magnificent palace.

Floating in front of him were countless illusory images of medicinal herbs.

At first glance, there are at least a thousand varieties!

Zhong Cai paused, then murmured, "Heartless Flower, Pond Grass, Earth Sunflower Seed, Three Yang Grass..."

These are the medicinal herbs listed at the very front; the images are very clear, with every detail crystal clear.

Heartless Flower, Pondweed, and Three Yang Grass are all Grade 3 Rare Medicines, while Ground Sunflower Seed is a Grade 3 Common Medicine.

Based on their appearance, it can be determined that if these are all real, they should have reached the best medicinal properties of their kind.

—But why give him so many afterimages?

Just then, the emotionless, flat voice rang out again.

It still tastes just as familiar.

[Test Requirements: Within two hours, the challenger must identify all the medicinal herbs by touch and briefly describe their properties.]

[The entire description is accurate; you can proceed to higher levels.]

[The person attempting to enter has three chances to retract their statement; if they make another mistake after the third, they fail.]

Zhong Cai: "..."

Within two hours, a thousand kinds.

So you only get a few seconds for each herb, right? And it has to be described verbally, which means you have to use the most concise language quickly.

If you're not very familiar with someone, it's easy to say the wrong thing. But you only have three chances. If you want to describe things accurately, wouldn't you have to go over it in your head first? That would waste even more time.

Wow, that's awesome.

Although Zhong Cai felt that everything in front of him was very familiar, he had been talking for two hours straight! His mouth would get dry, wouldn't it? Even someone who had cultivated wouldn't be able to endure this kind of torment!

A storm seemed to sweep through Zhong Cai's mind.

but……

The thousand illusory figures had already begun to flicker.

It has already begun.

Without hesitation, Zhong Cai walked to a rare medicinal herb shaped like a fist with only ring-shaped petals, touched it with her finger, and began to explain: "The Heartless Flower has a mild but slightly warming medicinal property, and is pungent. It can be used as one of the main ingredients in the Body Tempering Pill..."

As Zhong Cai spoke, the image of the precious medicine disappeared.

This shows that Zhong Cai has accurately described this image.

Zhong Cai then walked to a medicinal herb that looked like a stone, fiddled with it, and explained: "Ground sunflower seed, a precious medicine, bitter and cold in nature, mainly used as one of the auxiliary ingredients in Ice Jade Pill. It can substitute for other ice-attribute pills to a certain extent if auxiliary ingredients are lacking..."

The image also disappeared.

Zhong Cai then fiddled with the foot-long grass stem that seemed to be spitting out three tongues of fire, and continued, "Sanyang Grass, a precious medicine, astringent, extremely hot, containing the power of the blazing sun, is one of the main ingredients of the Blazing Sun Pill..."

The image then disappeared.

Zhong Cai moved calmly among the many phantoms, without making any special selections. He would talk to whatever he encountered wherever he went, and every time he touched and explained an image, it would disappear incredibly quickly.

A short while later, about half of the various illusory images of medicinal herbs that filled the hall had disappeared.

Zhong Cai's steps never faltered, and her voice remained clear and resolute.

·

More than an hour has passed.

Only one image remained in the main hall.

Zhong Cai cleared her throat and uttered her last words.

"Snowflake Flower, a precious medicinal herb, is sweet, slightly cold and moisturizing, and has beauty and skin-nourishing effects. It is mainly used as the main ingredient in ice-attribute beauty-nourishing pills and can be applied to various prescriptions..."

As soon as he finished speaking, the phantom disappeared.

The entire hall was empty; there was nothing left.

Zhong Cai felt quite accomplished, as if it were indeed due to her previous training, and her throat didn't feel too uncomfortable.

[Congratulations to the person who successfully completed this floor!]

[The person who successfully navigated the building has achieved excellent results and will be rewarded with 300 Mystic Pearls.]

Zhong Cai nodded and put away a heavy bag that had floated to the front of her.

Inside are hundreds of mysterious pearls.

Although the rewards were much less than those from the previous level, he had only spoken for a little over an hour, so a reward of three hundred was already quite a lot.

For a level three alchemist, three hundred Xuanzhu is by no means a small amount.

·

Zhong Cai entered the twenty-second floor.

It was still a timed test, with two thousand kinds of medicinal herbs appearing in phantom form, and the requirements were the same as the previous level.

Both must be touched and described verbally.

The time period was not doubled, but was instead changed to three and a half hours.

That's a bit outrageous.

It takes time to talk, and we're still half an hour short!

However, the requirements of the Pill Pavilion cannot be changed by human power; simply put, it limits the alchemists' abilities.

If the previous level of the Pill Pavilion gave alchemists a little time to process the ingredients in their minds, now it's all gone—alchemists must immediately identify and explain the phantom images of medicinal herbs as soon as they see them, leaving no room for thought.

Zhong Cai took a deep breath.

Let's do it!

The moment the phantom flickered again, Zhong Cai nimbly stepped forward.

"Fox-mermaid fruit, a precious medicine, is neutral in nature, with a sweet taste tinged with bitterness..."

Zhong Cai kept a straight face and kept walking.

·

Outside the Danlou Pavilion.

Many alchemists and martial arts practitioners remained in the vicinity, all watching the test unfold.

During the time Zhong Cai was trying to conquer the tower, many alchemists had already failed and been teleported out.

The sight of so many people standing around the Danlou naturally startled them, and they immediately inquired about the reason.

Then these alchemists learned that a phenomenal genius alchemist had appeared.

We've already climbed to the 22nd floor.

Moreover, even though they had already reached this level, Master Zhong was still able to complete the test ahead of schedule on the 21st floor.

This is a test from the twentieth floor upwards!

As a result, these alchemists were all stunned.

Especially since they had just failed to climb the building, they were well aware of the pressure those previous floors had put on them!

Their feelings were more profound than those of martial arts cultivators and alchemists who had not yet participated in the event.

·

Therefore, although many alchemists would leave after completing the challenge—after all, the challenge was very mentally taxing—even those alchemists who remained to watch would often exchange ideas with each other—mostly because they had encountered problems that puzzled them—and would leave together after getting into a lively conversation.

But this time, almost no one left.

Time seemed to be flying by, but their minds were still foggy, and their thinking was sluggish.

This is really...

·

Ji Ting and Mi Wanyue whispered to each other.

Wu Shaogan stood quietly in place, like a stone statue.

Just then, a gentle force tugged at Kitting's sleeve.

"...brother..."

"...Senior Brother Jiting! What..."

"...Senior Sister...?"

Ji Ting realized what was happening and turned his head slightly, only to find that at some point, a handsome young man was already standing next to him, his fingers gripping his sleeve and tugging at it several times.

Mi Wanyue only heard the voice calling her then, looked over speechlessly, and said, "Junior Brother Lu, your voice is too soft."

It turned out that Lu Yuning had come to their side.

Because the two were talking, he called out to them several times without getting their attention, so he grabbed Gitting's sleeve.

Lu Yuning was always like this. At this moment, he let go of Ji Ting's hand and smiled. He was reminded of that sentence by Mi Wanyue, but he remained gentle and smiled back at Mi Wanyue.

Mi Wanyue: "..."

That's really lukewarm.

However, Mi Wanyue is now in a bit of an awkward situation.

Because Zhong Cai's performance was so outstanding, although she had been paying attention to Lu Yuning's floor at first, she completely forgot about it later.

Even after Lu Yuning had been teleported out, she hadn't remembered how many floors Lu Yuning had reached.

In addition, she was the one who first signaled Lu Yuning to try again, but she didn't pay much attention... which was a bit unbecoming of a senior sister.

Ji Ting glanced at it and knew that Lu Yuning had once again passed through the nine floors and climbed to the tenth floor to participate in the test.

However, he kept watching Zhong Cai climb the stairs, but he didn't see whether she made it to the tenth floor or not.

But he probably didn't pass, otherwise Junior Brother Yu Ning should have been able to advance to the next level—the difficulty of the eleventh level shouldn't have been enough to teleport the alchemist out so quickly.

Ji Ting patted Lu Yuning on the shoulder and comforted him, saying, "The preparations this time were still somewhat inadequate. Let's try again next time."

Lu Yuning obediently agreed, then suddenly said, "Senior brother, senior sister, are you looking at Junior Brother Zhong?"

Upon hearing this, Ji Ting and Mi Wanyue immediately understood what Lu Yuning meant.

Mi Wanyue paused for a moment, then readily apologized, "I'm sorry, it's just that Junior Brother Zhong's results are too amazing." She then guessed with a hint of hesitation, "Junior Brother Lu, you... you've passed the tenth level?"

Ji Ting also apologized to Lu Yuning.

Lu Yuning said in a low voice, "I passed the tenth level. I practiced for a long time and finally succeeded. After entering the eleventh level, I found that my physical strength was not good enough and the test was beyond my ability, so I gave up on my own."

Ji Ting and Mi Wanyue: "..."

They really haven't been caring enough about their junior brother.

Lu Yuning didn't dwell on her breaking into the building, but instead turned to the topic they had just discussed.

“Junior Brother Zhong’s performance must have been exceptional to have his senior brothers and sisters watching so intently.” Lu Yuning asked with curiosity, “Which floor has he reached?”

Ji Ting and Mi Wanyue both felt that Zhong Cai's current performance would be a huge blow to Lu Yuning.

So, even though Mi Wanyue didn't particularly like Lu Yuning's personality, she still tried to be tactful and said, "Thanks to Junior Brother Zhong's hard work, he has now surpassed Master Liu and advanced two more levels."

Gitting: "..."

This is indeed the most tactful approach Junior Sister Wanyue has ever taken.

Lu Yuning hesitated before speaking, "Master Liu? Is he..." He suddenly seemed to remember something, his eyes widening, "...the one at the top of the list?"

Ji Ting nodded and patted Lu Yuning on the shoulder again, still trying to comfort him.

Lu Yuning looked up and focused precisely on the twenty-plus-story building that was flashing red light.

The red light was gradually dimming, probably because the time limit was approaching. Whether it would go out or continue to rise was uncertain at the moment.

Lu Yuning looked around at the people.

In the past, when the red light reached this level, it almost always foreshadowed the alchemist's failure. But now, none of the cultivators watching, whether alchemists or not, expressed any sighs or discussions.

They seemed hesitant to draw conclusions easily.

Lu Yuning's eyes were slightly red, and there seemed to be a glimmer of water in them.

But the next moment, he took a deep breath, as if suppressing his emotions—if it weren't for the lingering redness around his eyes, you wouldn't have seen any change in him at all.

Mi Wanyue frowned.

Giddings sighed softly.

Lu Yuning noticed the reactions of his senior brothers and sisters, and a tear welled up in his eyes again, but he immediately blinked it away.

Ji Ting said in a low voice, "Junior Brother Zhong is no ordinary genius, Yu Ning, you don't need to..." He pondered, "...don't feel wronged. Just focus on your alchemy."

Mi Wanyue added a word of comfort: "Junior Brother Lu, you should focus more on alchemy in the future."

Ji Ting nodded and continued to comfort her, "Yu Ning, it's not just you, Wan Yue and I are also being suppressed. But that's alright, we have long lifespans, we'll take it slow."

At this point, Ji Ting and Mi Wanyue's mindset changed again.

They were already quite adept at regulating their emotions, and besides, Zhong Cai's performance was now top-notch, and it was clear that they could never catch up with her, which made it even easier for them to calm down.

The two senior and junior siblings were very experienced, and their instructions to their junior brother came naturally.

After hearing these words, Lu Yuning pursed her lips and said softly, "I will try my best."

Giddings patted him on the shoulder again with satisfaction.

Mi Wanyue nodded as well.

The three fellow disciples chatted for a few minutes, and then they all stared at the Danlou again.

Lu Yuning said blankly, "Junior Brother Zhong went up."

Ji Ting and Mi Wanyue also saw that the room on the twenty-third floor was indeed surrounded by a blue light... and then a red light.

·

He heard what Wu Shaogan and the others said, but he didn't join in the conversation.

I only glanced over there a few times while they were talking.

Then, Wu Shaogan continued to work on his "watchtower stone".

·

After finally finishing explaining the medicinal herbs on the twenty-second floor, Zhong Cai breathed a sigh of relief.

He didn't find it too difficult to identify, but he talked way too much.

But then he thought again, could he really make Danlou not test medicinal materials?

Since it's going to be an exam anyway, talking about it is better than giving him a big sheet of paper and making him write it by hand, right?

Just say it.

Once you've said that, don't let him write anymore.

·

The test on the twenty-third floor is still medicinal herbs.

This time, there are three thousand kinds.

Zhong Cai's lips twitched slightly, her feelings complicated.

"Alright, alright," he continued.

This time the restriction is six hours, which seems to be more lenient than the previous level and the same as the twenty-first level. However, because the medicinal materials are not repeated and are becoming increasingly obscure, many alchemists will spend more time just recalling their uses, making it actually more difficult.

At the same time, a time array was used.

Zhong Cai stepped forward blankly and mechanically repeated fiddling with the illusory image and explaining its purpose.

It still needs to be very precise.

There is no room for error.

·

Under everyone's watchful eyes, the light from Zhong Cai's floor slowly rose upwards.

Many alchemists are curious about what the trials on the twentieth floor and above are.

This Pill Tower hasn't existed for very long. The third-level pill masters who have challenged it so far are either extremely skilled, having broken through to become fourth-level pill masters before even reaching the twentieth floor; or their pill-making skills aren't yet very good, they're still far from being fourth-level pill masters, and they don't yet have the ability to climb any higher...

They thought that perhaps they could ask Master Zhong about it after he came out.

Many cultivators both hoped that Zhong Cai would come out and meet them soon, and also wanted to see just how high Zhong Cai could go.

My feelings were a mix of excitement and complexity.

·

After Zhong Cai in Danlou finished reciting three thousand kinds of medicinal herbs, the result of continuing to climb the stairs was to recite four thousand kinds.

Zhong Cai forced a smile and completed the task with difficulty.

On the 25th floor, please name five thousand.

Zhong Cai completed the task expressionlessly and numbly.

Five whole floors, all dedicated to identifying medicinal herbs?! Are you kidding me?!

Zhong Cai had no idea what the cultivators outside the Danlou were thinking. He only knew that his tongue no longer wanted to move, as if he had finished speaking several years' worth of words!

Finally, we reached the twenty-sixth floor.

The main hall is now more spacious.

What's most terrifying is that the medicinal herbs filling this hall are so densely packed that they seem impossible to count!

At least, in the tens of thousands.

Zhong Cai involuntarily took a step back.

Damn it! If he had to say all that, he really didn't want to break down the building anymore!

However, Zhong Cai quickly discovered that many of these phantoms were duplicates of those he had previously identified.

Zhong Cai hesitated slightly.

Repeated.

In the previous floors, there were no duplicates—even those that looked very similar, Zhong Cai's keen sense quickly revealed the differences, confirming that they belonged to two different medicinal materials.

At that moment, that familiar voice rang out.

[Test Requirement 1: The challenger must first select at least thirty medicinal formulas from all the herbs.]

Zhong Cai paused for a moment.

Thirty kinds of elixir formulas.

But in reality, many level-three alchemists don't even have that many pill formulas in total.

For some ordinary level-three alchemists, this kind of test would be an elimination from the very beginning.

But if you think about it carefully, a master alchemist who has already climbed to more than twenty levels and knows tens of thousands of medicinal herbs would surely have at least thirty pill formulas.

Moreover, this floor doesn't require a specific prescription; you only need to select the medicinal herbs.

Zhong Cai suddenly remembered something—wait, that voice just now seemed to say "test requirement one"?

In other words, after selecting the pill formula and screening the alchemists, there is still a next test.

Zhong Cai pursed her lips.

That's true. Aside from the fact that you might go blind from picking them all, there's not much else to it.

The test on the twenty-sixth floor will certainly not be so simple.

Zhong Cai is very quick and efficient.

He knew too many pill formulas to search too carefully; he could simply rummage through them and gather the illusory images he needed.

These phantoms, as he selects them, will automatically be pulled to a certain place and remain stationary, but will not disappear.

In less than the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, Zhong Cai had already selected the medicinal materials for the thirty prescriptions.

He was a bit cunning. Apart from a few recipes that he hadn't refined yet, the other twenty-odd recipes were all common recipes, and many of them were similar recipes. In addition, he also kept the recipe for the Soul Fusion Pill in case it had other uses.

Zhong Cai said, "You've made your choice, let's move on to the next step."

In the next instant, apart from the thirty piles of medicinal herb phantoms, all the other still densely packed medicinal herb phantoms disappeared.

[Congratulations to the challenger! You have successfully selected thirty medicinal herbs for the pill formula.]

[Test Requirement Two: Challengers must choose to refine multiple types of pills (at least three), with three attempts for each type, and each type is guaranteed to produce two top-grade pills; or they must choose to refine one type of pill, with five attempts, for a total of five top-grade pills, or at least three top-grade pills from one batch.]

[Test Requirement Three: In all choices made by the challenger, the recipe used cannot be the same as that used in any other floor already reached in this round of testing.]

This is a further test of the alchemist's skills, encompassing both the success rate of the pill and the quality of the elixir.

Even the most difficult floors previously only required two top-grade pills from a single batch of the same type.

Now, the requirements are gradually becoming more demanding.

Zhong Cai was the least worried about this.

Naturally, we should choose the second test method to save on the medicinal formula!

He only knows seven types of level-three pills, and now there are only three left that he hasn't refined yet. He's still a bit short-handed when it comes to the test of the Pill Pavilion.

Zhong Cai sighed.

Perhaps he arrived in Jiuqu City a little too early.

If he comes back in a year or two, he will definitely be even more generous.

·

The remaining three pill formulas are Soul Fusion Pill, Body Cleansing Pill, and Jade Ginseng Pill.

They are all fairly familiar with each other, and the quality of the pills produced is quite good.

Basically... the level is about the same.

Each type has a 100% success rate in producing pills, and each batch can produce two to four top-grade pills.

Whether it's five chances to get five, or three from a single batch... he might even be able to achieve both at the same time.

Among them, the Soul Fusion Pill is an essential type of pill for the Enlightenment level, and it might be required to refine it in a future test.

Therefore, it is excluded.

In Yushen Dan and Qingti Dan...

Zhong Cai chose Qingti Dan.

·

The firewood swirled beneath the alchemy furnace, rising rapidly to envelop the entire furnace.

Under Zhong Cai's hand gestures, the flames flickered and the temperature fluctuated freely.

The medicinal materials provided by Danlou were of very high quality, and Zhong Cai was very skilled at processing them. As he put all the medicinal materials in one after another, the strange sounds and vibrations emanating from the alchemy furnace all indicated that the alchemy was successfully refined!

The first batch yielded two top-grade pieces and seven superior-grade pieces!

This worst possible standard naturally left Zhong Cai quite dissatisfied.

Before opening the second furnace, Zhong Cai adjusted his breathing and became more cautious during the refining process.

Therefore, in the second batch, four top-grade pills and five high-grade pills were produced directly.

Zhong Cai smiled with satisfaction and did not open the furnace a third time.

After all, he had already met all the requirements after just two batches.

Sure enough, the sound rang out, and the reward came again.

Perhaps because they have "money and most resources," Danlou usually distributes Xuanzhu (mysterious pearls).

Zhong Cai still received a reward of three hundred Xuanzhu.

And once again, they were teleported upwards.

It's still about alchemy, and still about selecting medicinal herbs, and so on.

The quality requirements for the pills produced by alchemists are higher, and the opportunities to refine pills are also fewer.

The prescription can be chosen by someone who is unfamiliar with it or someone who is familiar with it, and the number of top-quality ingredients produced by each person will also differ.

Zhong Cai chose Qinghong Yangdan.

The requirements are that each batch must contain at least three pills, and the success rate of the pills must be over 80%...

What a coincidence.

Zhong Cai's refining of Qinghong Pills is at least three top-grade pills per batch, and at most five!

It went even more smoothly than the previous floors.

Then the twenty-eighth, twenty-ninth floors...

Each level has strict requirements; each level is a process of alchemy.

That's not surprising.

While the earlier floors also test alchemy skills, they primarily serve to solidify the foundation of alchemists' abilities.

From the twentieth level upwards, it becomes a very rigorous verification of the foundation, and the real test of alchemy begins.

Zhong Cai calculated and recalculated, using the seven different prescriptions over and over again, and finally managed to get through the previous floors.

Finally, they reached the thirtieth floor.

Zhong Cai guessed that from the thirty-first level upwards, it should be entirely focused on the test of alchemy.

Ultimately, the evaluation of alchemists will be based on their alchemical techniques.

Moreover, that would not only test the depth of alchemy, but also its breadth.

Zhong Cai had a premonition that she could not climb any higher.

His accumulated knowledge is still somewhat insufficient.

This thirtieth floor... is perhaps the highest achievement he can currently strive to attain.

·

The many cultivators outside the Danlou had no idea that Zhong Cai was already feeling difficulty walking.

...Perhaps it should be said that they never imagined that Zhong Cai would only now truly feel that "it is going to be very difficult".

Everyone noticed that Zhong Cai had climbed to the thirtieth floor.

The thirtieth floor!

They've been shocked like this countless times, tossing and turning between feelings of numbness and inability to become numb—it's truly indescribable.

Many of the emotions I wanted to express had already been shared with friends many times during this challenging period.

Yes, many times.

Even though they had already shared their feelings, they couldn't help but express the same emotions the next time they were repeatedly shocked.

He doesn't seem like a decisive and efficient cultivator at all.

Some even speculated that it might actually be easier after the 20th floor?

It wasn't that they were having wild thoughts; rather, after taking quite a long time to reach the twenty-second floor, each subsequent floor would only take half an hour at most.

The cultivators quickly realized that these floors must all have time-based formations.

However, the time array also has a conversion ratio. With a little calculation, they could find that Zhong Cai's speed in breaking through the building was almost always faster.

Some people speculated that perhaps Master Zhong Dan broke through again while climbing the tower?

However, some alchemists have refuted this claim.

Alchemists are different from martial arts practitioners.

Martial arts cultivators can even comprehend and break through during battle, thus instantly increasing their strength!

Even if a pill refiner gains some insight, becomes more familiar with the pills they refine, and has a higher success rate, they won't instantly become much stronger. Moreover, the fastest time to refine each batch of pills is fixed—all the medicinal materials need time to melt and react, and no matter how much insight they gain, it's still the same amount of time.

Perhaps Zhong Cai's breakthrough in alchemy will reduce the number of times he needs to refine pills, but even if it's less, it still has to meet the basic requirements.

Moreover, Zhong Cai has always been able to refine pills beyond his level.

There was no space in the Danlou for him to suddenly break through to the Enlightenment Realm.

The most likely explanation is that Zhong Cai originally had that level of skill, and the 20th floor was actually his comfort zone.

Therefore, it actually takes less time.

·

Now, everyone is starting to pay attention.

Will Zhong Cai be able to get past the 30th floor? Is there any possibility of going higher...?

Lower-level alchemists still have many ideas, while higher-level alchemists can basically predict what will happen.

Master Zhong Dan is probably nearing his limit.

Even so, Master Zhong was far ahead of everyone else, leaving all the lower-level alchemists in awe!

·

Zhong Cai felt like her liver was about to explode from the demands on the thirtieth floor.

What kind of hellish test is this?!

To pass the test, one thousand top-grade pills must be refined!

Are you crazy?!

What does a thousand pieces even mean?

Even if he produces five pills per batch, that would still require two hundred batches! Two hundred batches!

Each batch takes one hour, so two hundred hours would take more than half a month!

Is he really that free?! He's been refining pills in this pill-making pavilion for over half a month?!

He misses Lao Wu very much!

Zhong Cai almost wanted to kick the request away and run out on her own!

And this is fucking unlimited time!

So you're making alchemists do all the hard labor here?!

Damn it, even if they were told in advance that the reward would be at least 10,000 Xuanzhu, it's still not worth it!

A thousand top-grade pills are already worth about that much! How could he refine so many high-grade pills at the same time?

This is a complete disaster!

Zhong Cai could not bear it.

However, Danlou quickly offered a second option.

If Zhong Cai can refine more than eighty top-grade pills within twenty batches, he will pass the test.

Twenty batches would take twenty hours. If the quality of his pills were high enough, a dozen or so batches would suffice.

Zhong Cai took a deep breath before returning to the alchemy furnace.

That's more like it.

·

Zhong Cai still chose Qinghongdan.

The two methods are used alternately, and each batch produces between four and five pills.

After spending more than ten hours, the requirements were successfully met.

It's not too difficult.

Also... I didn't have a particularly strong liver.

The rewards for this level remain unchanged; in addition to the basic 10,000 Xuanzhu, they also include a large amount of other resources.

Even the third-grade wood and fire were given five strands—four strands were mostly used as nutrient, and one strand was of decent quality.

That's not bad.

Zhong Cai hesitated for a moment, but still chose to go up to the thirty-first floor.

It wasn't anything else; he simply wanted to know if the test was really as he had imagined.

·

On the thirty-first floor, things were indeed as he had imagined.

This time, the requirement is to refine three types of pills that have not been refined before.

The requirements for each type are the same as when it's over twenty levels. Within a certain number of attempts, you'll get anywhere from two or three top-quality items to four or five.

Further up the hierarchy, the requirements will likely be similar.

Zhong Cai had no more hesitation.

He doesn't know how to make any new pills anymore.

The mere seven types of level-three pills were indeed only enough to barely sustain him through the first thirty floors.

That is indeed his limit.

·

Zhong Cai rubbed her face.

Ultimately, due to the extensive use of time-based formations, he spent far more time inside the Pill Pavilion than the onlookers outside.

actually……

It's been many days.

When Zhong Cai came in, she didn't expect it to take so long, nor did she expect to be able to reach the thirtieth floor directly.

His longing for Wu Shaogan suddenly reached its peak.

In short, he suddenly had nothing to do, and his mind was no longer on the pills he wanted to refine, so all he could think about was his old man, Wu!

Zhong Cai quickly took a few pills to adjust her condition.

It would be very embarrassing to go out and meet Lao Wu like this...

·

Outside the Danlou Pavilion.

When the light on the thirtieth floor disappeared and the light on the thirty-first floor shone, a commotion arose among the many alchemists and martial arts practitioners.

Another tenth-floor achievement!

It came from a master alchemist who was only in his early twenties!

Although many cultivators believed that Zhong Cai could do it, when Zhong Cai actually did it, they were still... repeatedly shocked.

My heart was pounding with shock, then calmed down, then started pounding again.

My mood goes up and down, up and down.

Wu Shaogan stared intently at the room on the thirty-first floor.

Perhaps it's a telepathic connection, or some kind of unspoken understanding...

Wu Shaogan felt a faint sense of anticipation, a strange feeling stirring within him.

Therefore, a barely perceptible smile appeared on his face.

Other cultivators were still speculating whether Zhong Cai would pass the thirty-first level, and some alchemists were whispering among themselves.

However, Wu Shaogan had already begun scanning the surrounding teleportation array circles.

His heart seemed to be echoing and leaping with joy in response to another heart.

Ah Cai, she's coming out.

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As if in response to Wu Shaogan, the azure light on the thirty-first floor suddenly went out.

Meanwhile, the lights on the thirty-second floor did not turn on.

That's true. Even if the person trying to break through the building is very fast, they wouldn't be able to get through so quickly in such a short time.

Some cultivators also began to scan the halo.

At that moment, a young cultivator suddenly appeared in a circle of light on the right.

He retained his youthful appearance, with a bright smile, looking lively and handsome, and exuding a delicate fragrance, making him very approachable.

The moment the young alchemist appeared, he ignored everything else and quickly scanned the area.

Suddenly, the young alchemist seemed to see something that made him extremely happy. In a flash, he pounced out!

The eyes of many cultivators followed the young alchemist.

They speculated that this might be Master Zhong Caidan?

Some of those who arrived early and witnessed the young alchemist enter the alchemy pavilion confirmed with the other cultivators that this was indeed Alchemist Zhong Cai.

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, this alchemist Zhong Cai rushed straight towards someone.

A tall, incredibly handsome young man.

The young man also showed a very handsome smile, and he stretched out his arms to catch Zhong Caidan.

The smile on Zhong Caidan's face was truly radiant.

The two gazed at each other, as if they were experiencing an intense longing for one another, and could never get enough of looking at each other.

Numerous alchemists and martial arts practitioners: "..."

They had already thought about how to get close to Zhong Caidan once he came out of the alchemy building, and how to befriend him.

But to their utter surprise, the moment Zhong Caidan came out, she was already embracing someone!

A little...

I don't know how to describe it.

But it was precisely because of this atmosphere that they didn't know how to approach the situation.

It seems like it's not a good idea to bother them, right?

But if we really have to give up...

They've waited so long, they don't really want to give up.

It's a dilemma.

How do I approach them?

Who will break the ice?

This is too difficult!

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Zhong Cai didn't care about other people's opinions. As soon as he saw Lao Wu, he wanted to hug him!

He really missed Lao Wu terribly.