After leaving the Prison of Death Curse, Luo Wanyin and Ruan Xiyan went their separate ways.

One returned to the Illusionary Hidden Sect, while the other headed to the Eastern District Alchemist Branch.

On her way to the Alchemist Branch in her flying magical artifact, Ruan Xiyan was not idle.

Since it's a grand alchemy event where geniuses gather, in order to guarantee a spot in the Dan realm, she can use this opportunity to further improve her alchemy skills.

Ruan Xiyan took out a medicine-refining cauldron and various medicinal herbs and began to refine pills.

In the blink of an eye, several days had passed. Ruan Xiyan looked at the mountain of pills piled up in front of her and sighed.

What exactly is missing? Her mental techniques are flawless; it feels like it's just a matter of time before she can refine an eighth-grade pill. Why is she still unable to do so?

The products produced were either defective or simply did not meet the required grade.

Ruan Xiyan opened the alchemy cauldron in front of her, looked at the black residue inside, and lowered her eyes in disappointment. She had failed again.

Just as she was about to collect the residue and start refining, her eyes lit up. She brushed aside the layers of residue and saw a pill buried underneath.

"An eighth-grade pill!" Looking at the medicinal fragrance emanating from the pill, Ruan Xiyan excitedly held it in her hand, "It's a success."

Ruan Xiyan composed herself and reviewed the entire process of refining the pills. She compared it with the previous refining process and found that the problem was with the flame temperature when refining the medicinal materials.

She originally thought that to refine higher-grade pills, the medicinal materials needed to be of a higher grade and required to be refined with high-temperature flames.

However, the higher the grade of the medicinal materials, the more precious they are, but that does not mean they are difficult to extract, nor does it mean that the higher the temperature, the better.

Instead, they use extremely low temperatures to extract the medicinal materials in order to preserve their potency and activity.

This requires alchemists to have an extremely high level of skill in controlling fire.

During the refining process just now, she did reduce the temperature of the flames. Although the high temperature still destroyed many pills, at least one pill was preserved.

Once the problem was identified, the subsequent refining process went much more smoothly.

When Ruan Xiyan was refining the medicinal herbs, she deliberately kept the flame temperature very low. If nothing unexpected happens, the success rate of the pills this time will be very high.

The moment Ruan Xiyan condensed the elixir, a rich fragrance of medicinal herbs wafted from the alchemy cauldron.

She opened the alchemy cauldron, and five grade-eight pills lay inside.

Seeing those pills, Ruan Xiyan's eyes lit up with joy. From now on, she officially entered the ranks of eighth-grade alchemists.

Looking at the city ahead, Ruan Xiyan put away the alchemy cauldron and pills, stretched and stood up. She had finally arrived at the Eastern District Alchemist Branch.

Ancient Dan City.

More than half a year later, Ruan Xiyan returned here.

In ordinary cities, you might not even see a single alchemist, but here you can see alchemists everywhere wearing alchemy level badges.

Watching the alchemists walking on the street, Ruan Xiyan headed straight for the alchemist branch.

Ruan Xiyan is now an honorary elder of the Alchemist Branch. Holding her elder's token, she was not only not stopped, but was also respectfully invited inside.

"Elder, please wait a moment. The branch president is receiving a distinguished guest," the alchemy disciple who led the way explained.

Ruan Xiyan sat down on a chair in a pavilion in the courtyard, glanced in the direction of the room, and said, "Then I'll wait here for a while."

The alchemy disciple brought Ruan Xiyan some tea and snacks so she could eat and pass the time.

Ruan Xiyan took a small bite of the pastry in her hand, her face showing a thoughtful expression. The person who could make the branch president attach so much importance to her and personally receive her must be an important figure.

Not long after, the door opened from the inside, and a young man with an elegant and refined appearance walked out.

Yan Changpu stood a step behind the man to show his respect.

Fu Chishang looked at Yan Changpu beside him and said, "I'll leave what I need to you, Branch President Yan."

Yan Changpu waved his hand, "You're too kind, sir. It's an honor for our Alchemist Branch to be able to help you. Once I've collected the items, I'll definitely send someone to deliver them to you as soon as possible."

"Then I'll wait for President Yan's good news." Fu Chishang was about to leave when he suddenly noticed Ruan Xiyan standing not far away.

Seeing him looking in her direction, Ruan Xiyan nodded politely.

Yan Changpu followed Fu Chishang's gaze and saw Ruan Xiyan. A look of joy flashed in his eyes. "My little friend Ruan has arrived."

With the grand alchemy gathering approaching, Ruan Xiaoyou had yet to arrive, and he was worried that Ruan Xiaoyou might have forgotten.

"Who is that?" Fu Chishang asked.

"Her name is Ruan Xiyan, and she is an honorary elder of our Alchemist Branch."

"Honorary Elder? So young." Fu Chishang exclaimed in surprise.

"Don't let her youth fool you, she's a seventh-grade alchemist." Yan Changpu's tone was slightly proud, and his face showed a sense of honor.

"He is indeed a young genius."

Seeing that Fu Chishang was interested in Ruan Xiyan, Yan Changpu waved to Ruan Xiyan.

He always valued talent, and he especially valued Ruan Xiyan, a junior, so he thought of introducing her to this gentleman.

After all, given your status, it's always good to make connections and expand your network.

Although Ruan Xiyan didn't understand why Elder Yan was calling her, she still got up and went over.

"Elder Yan," Ruan Xiyan called out.

"Young friend Ruan, this is Young Master Fu," Yan Changpu introduced.

"Young lady, your talent for alchemy is outstanding. You have become an elder of the Alchemist Association at such a young age. You are truly a promising young talent. I am very happy to meet such an excellent alchemy genius here today."

"Young Master Fu is too kind," Ruan Xiyan replied with a slight smile, neither humble nor arrogant.

"Even though it's the first time I've met you, I feel very close to you, as if we've known each other for a long time." Fu Chishang smiled gently.

If someone else said these words, it would definitely be considered frivolous and disrespectful.

But he looked very serious, as if he wasn't joking or teasing, but stating a fact; he genuinely believed it to be true.

He was certain that he had never seen the girl in front of him before, but he felt that she was somewhat familiar, and her features resembled those of someone else.

Fu Chishang inadvertently glanced at the green beaded bracelet on Ruan Xiyan's wrist, his pupils contracted slightly, and a glint of light flashed in his eyes.

He asked casually, "The bead on your hand is very pretty, young lady. Where did you get it from?"

"A gift from my family."

"If you don't mind, may I take a look?"

Ruan Xiyan gave him a strange look. "Sorry, this is very important to me."

"I was being presumptuous." Hearing Ruan Xiyan's refusal, Fu Chishang was not angry, and said politely, "I just think this bead is very peculiar, please don't take offense, young lady."

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