Chapter 109 Mysterious Mission

After the teacher left, Chu Yi successfully refined the second batch of pills. It was just as Peng Zishi expected. The quality reached top grade and the success rate of pill making rose to 80%, which was also a perfect answer.

But compared with the geniuses around me, this result is a bit ordinary. Even though Chu Yi didn't care much about these false reputations, he couldn't help but look at his brother with envy.

"Brother Yan, your talent is a bit too good."

As she spoke, she moved closer to Gu Jiayan and examined the jade box full of pills in his hand. I have to say, this top-grade product has a different texture.

On the tiny pills, there is flowing misty light, and each one can be called a work of art. Moreover, compared with the lower grades, this top-grade Qi Gathering Pill has no scent at all unless you get close to it and smell it. Every trace of medicinal properties is well locked inside the pill, ensuring that the consumer can perfectly absorb the energy inside.

The effect of this kind of Qi Gathering Pill is naturally different from that of ordinary Qi Gathering Pills, and cultivators can still eat it even when they have reached the fusion stage. However, whether it is a low-level elixir or a high-level elixir, the best quality elixir is not so easy to refine, and the requirements for the alchemist will be higher.

Even experienced alchemists may not always be able to make top-quality elixirs. So Gu Jiayan’s talent is really good. He was able to do it easily after only refining it for the second time.

Bathed in Chu Yi's admiring eyes, Gu Jiayan showed a doting and happy smile.

Every brother hopes that his image is the most superior in the eyes of his sister, and he is no exception. When they were both young, every time he achieved a little success, he would go to Chu Yi to show off, just to see the little girl shouting "Brother is awesome" with admiration on her face.

A compliment from Chu Yi would make him happier than getting recognition from a professional mentor.

After so many years, Gu Jiayan has developed a habit. After graduation, he set up his own research laboratory and would talk to Chu Yi about his research progress from time to time.

"I'm used to doing experiments, so I'm more confident in this area."

Of course, this is only a superficial reason. The real reason is that he has been influenced by the culture of cultivation since he was a child and can barely be considered a semi-professional. After so many years of diligent study, he could recite many alchemy recipes by heart, and finally he accomplished this amazing feat in everyone's eyes.

While the brother and sister were talking, the second batch of Qi Gathering Pills from other students were also produced one after another.

Qin Hang, who is also a genius in cultivation, seems to have no talent in alchemy.

The second time he produced it, his result was just barely mid-level, and the success rate was only 50%. Although this result is not the worst in the class, it is below average.

He has a good understanding and strong hands-on ability. He can improve immediately after failing once, but talent is something that cannot be forced. No matter how perfect his preparations were, how well he cast his spells, or how stable his mana input was, it could not cover up the flaws in the final result.

"Why"

With a depressed sigh, Qin Hang put away his first achievement properly.

It's only of middle quality and of no use to him, but he can take it back for his family to use. The middle quality is just right for mortals to eat and will not cause any extra burden on their bodies.

The school also said that all materials on campus are provided free of charge by the state and students can use them at will. You can dispose of the refined elixirs, magic tools, formation cards, etc. by yourself, and the state will not interfere. It doesn't matter whether you use it for yourself, give it to your family, or simply sell it.

As one of the most powerful countries in the world, China still has some magnanimity and won't be so stingy with its students.

Of course, enjoying such preferential treatment is not completely unconditional.

The country should also consider the larger number of ordinary monks. They do not have the training speed and resource support of the geniuses in Xunzhen Academy, nor do they have the guidance of famous teachers. Even the specialized school is still under construction, and they will not be able to officially enroll until next year.

Perhaps the farthest they can reach in their lifetime is the Jindan stage, and they are just cannon fodder in front of high-level cultivators. But every bit of strength is a bit of strength.

There are countless competitors eyeing the Blue Star, including demon cultivators from within and people with special abilities from various countries outside. Not to mention the alien civilizations that are feared by powerful beings like the Dragon King and the Benevolent and Holy Emperor.

In order to cope with future crises, every government is now doing its utmost to develop its domestic strength. In order to increase the reserve of capable people as much as possible, welfare measures and preferential policies are introduced one after another.

However, we are all in the "pioneering stage" at present, with very few resources and inadequate basic facilities and equipment. In order to maximize benefits, almost every country adopts elite education.

For example, in the field of flower cultivation, we will first focus on cultivating the talents of Xunzhen Academy. When they grow up a little and are able to carry out specialized work, we will collect their achievements and use them to cultivate talents who are slightly lower than them.

Because professional tools such as elixirs, magic tools, talismans, and formation boards must be used by monks, ordinary people are unable to overcome the barriers for the time being. And these things are not useless, they can be used or not. With their assistance, the overall level of the monks can be raised to a higher level.

However, there are not so many professionals in the country, so we can only target the students of Xunzhen College.

The state grants them the benefit of being able to use various resources at will, but in return, they must hand over half of the results.

That is to say, for the batch of top-grade Qi Gathering Pills that Gu Jiayan refined today, there were 20 pills in the batch. He could take 10 of them, and the other 10 had to be handed over. Chu Yi's two furnaces, one with 14 mid-grade pearls and the other with 16 top-grade pearls, required him to hand in 7 mid-grade pearls and 8 top-grade pearls respectively.

The same is true for other students.

Although the 50% ratio is a bit high, when I think about it, I didn’t contribute anything to these materials. I can use them freely just by staying in school, which is already a great bargain. And most importantly, they don’t have to bear the wear and tear in the initial stages of practice.

What else do they want after the country has done so much for them? People should not just think about taking advantage.

So after the regulations were introduced, no one expressed any opposition and everyone accepted them obediently.

As he spoke, Gu Jiayan began to prepare for refining the second furnace.

There is a certain degree of randomness in alchemy. Sometimes you may accidentally produce a batch of top-quality medicine, but it is not the case that after succeeding once, every batch will be of top-quality medicine. So he wondered if it was just luck or if he really had mastered the method.

Seeing this, Chu Yi, who was standing next to him, stopped disturbing him and returned to his own furnace to start refining the third furnace. She was not very obsessed with skills other than cultivation. After all, no matter who was in need of elixirs, magic weapons, etc., she would be there.

And cultivation is not the focus of her life after all. After the points from the Blue Star Hell are calculated this time, she will be even busier and will have no time to refine these low-level elixirs and magical tools. There is not much time left in the academy, so how can I have the energy to do everything else?

Time passed slowly as the students practiced again and again, and before anyone could react, the next day's sun rose from the horizon.

The soft and warm sunlight shines through the window behind the alchemy room and falls on everyone. Blinded by the dazzling sunlight, everyone was suddenly freed from the endless alchemy.

"Hiss~"

Shi Fan stretched lazily with a grin, feeling as if his body was no longer his own. She couldn't help but complain, "I've only been standing for a short time, and I'm already so tired. My cultivation level in the Kaiguang period feels like nothing."

Chu Yi, who was tidying up the desk, turned around with amusement and said, "It's already the next morning. After refining pills here for a whole day, even a cultivator would be tired."

"I thought you all knew."

Shi Fan shouted in disbelief: "What?! The next day?? We didn't know!"

Because she was too surprised, she couldn't help but raise her voice several degrees, waking up the other students who were still immersed in practice. Everyone looked up at the two of them and joined in the conversation.

"The next day? What next day?"

“It’s already the second day?”

"No way, I remember we haven't practiced for long."

"I know that, but seeing how hard you were practicing, I thought you didn't want to go back."

Some people still don't want to believe it and directly click on the bracelet to check the time. Then I realized that it was indeed the next morning, and after a while, it would not be considered morning, but only mid-morning.

"......"

So, they actually spent the whole day refining the elixir without knowing it? ?

Everyone was stunned by their own diligence for a moment, and the alchemy room became so quiet that one could hear a pin drop.

After staring at each other for a while, Chu Yi couldn't help but say, "I thought this was how you had been teaching all along?"

She really thought that her classmates would forget to eat and sleep and not care about time in order to learn all kinds of knowledge. After all, last night, she looked around and couldn't wait for them to pack up and leave, so she specifically asked: "Do you want to continue?" '

At that time, no one raised their heads and said they had to continue. No one even asked what time it was. Then she would definitely think that everyone is eager to learn and does not want to waste time.

I didn't expect that he was almost possessed by the alchemy and didn't react.

"So why are you suddenly so... obsessed?"

Chu Yi thought for a long time and barely found a word to describe their situation.

After hearing this question, everyone fell silent again. The expression on his face looked a little embarrassed, which made Chu Yi couldn't help but wonder if he had asked something he shouldn't have asked.

In the end, it was Qin Hang who cleared up her confusion: "Isn't it because of you and your brother's influence?" He smiled helplessly, his tone a little sour, "If it weren't for the two of you who were sometimes the best and sometimes the best, would we have to fight so hard?"

Chu Yi had been in seclusion since the beginning of the school year, and there was only Gu Jiayan in the class, so the contrast was not that strong. He is the most talented, but the others are not bad either. There are 7 people who possess top-grade spiritual roots, and the others are also of top quality, so they can’t be too bad.

However, in the first class after Chu Yi came back, she and Gu Jiayan were both like chicken blood, and their results were so good that they made them feel ashamed. The blow was so devastating that they had no time to pay attention to time.

"Ah, this..."

Chu Yi scratched his cheek awkwardly, his eyes wandering around, not daring to look at anyone. After all this trouble, the culprit in the end turned out to be myself?

But how could she know that she and Brother Yan would bring so much pressure to everyone together.

Gu Jiayan was also surprised that this was the reason why everyone was working overtime and staying up late. Of course he paid attention to the time, but he was used to staying up late when doing experiments, and sometimes when he encountered a critical period, it was normal for him to stay up for two or three days. Secondly, he has no right to ask everyone not to study.

Everyone is working hard for their own future. What reason do others have to stop them?

However, Gu Jiayan also knew that everyone was just saying it casually and they were not really blaming him and Chu Yi. Being a companion to a genius is indeed a very stressful thing, and it is easy to lose balance in your mentality.

I remember when he was in college, he once followed his mentor to attend a science and technology seminar abroad. The participants were all internationally renowned top scientists. He was considered a genius in his country, but there, he was just a rookie and was hearing many of the terms for the first time.

However, in such an occasion, there was an extremely powerful scientist from abroad, whose achievements not only surpassed most of his peers present, but he was only one or two years older than Gu Jiayan at the time.

That was the first time that Gu Jiayan felt what it was like to be an ordinary person around him.

We were of similar age. I couldn’t even understand the nouns in the audience, while he was talking eloquently on the stage, showing off his achievements. Moreover, when faced with sharp questions from countless top scientists in the industry, he was able to refute each point with reason and evidence, convincing everyone.

Until now, Gu Jiayan no longer remembers the specific topic discussed at that seminar, but he always remembers that foreign genius. The other person's name and appearance have always been clearly engraved in his mind, always inspiring him to work hard and move forward.

Putting away the memories that came up inadvertently, Gu Jiayan looked at Chu Yi who was a little embarrassed beside him, and said to smooth things over: "Let's stop here today. If we continue practicing, we will use up all the raw materials for the Qi Gathering Pill."

Due to limited resources, the various raw materials of Xunzhen Academy are not really in unlimited supply. At the end of the day, their inventory may have been reduced by half. There will be students in the regular class who will have to practice later, so don’t let this little thing cause conflicts between classmates.

The others really didn’t care about this matter, it was just the first time they were so selfless that they were a little overwhelmed to react. Moreover, they are all monks, so standing all day long and staying up all night really has no effect on them. Just breathing in and out for a while will make them feel more energetic than anything else.

Seeing that Chu Yi was a little embarrassed by his words, Qin Hang blinked at her apologetically, indicating that he was just joking and asked her not to mind.

Chu Yi certainly didn't mind. She was just a little overwhelmed by the first time her friends told her that she brought too much pressure.

She had never been a genius, and even with the memories of her previous life, she did not become the heroine of a novel. In the early days, I spent a lot of energy just to support myself, so how could I have time to study?

So in this second life, Chu Yi was just an ordinary person with average grades and had no chance to put pressure on others. As for manual skills, she only posts videos online and has never met any real peers, so she has no way to put pressure on others.

If she hadn't met the Lord God and upgraded her golden finger, she wouldn't have the opportunity she has now. So some people expressed to her face that they were overwhelmed by her talent. It was really the first time for a grown-up woman to get married.

The students talked and laughed about this matter, and walked out of the alchemy room in groups.

Yesterday was the alchemy class, and there were no plans for today, so they decided to go to the meditation room to practice their skills in seclusion. The course arrangement of the elite class is very flexible. The teachers do not have fixed classes for them, but will flexibly adjust according to everyone's progress.

Like today, they spent the whole day in the alchemy room, and the teachers would not arrange other courses for them, but would leave time for them to practice their skills and digest their experience in alchemy. If there are additional arrangements, we will notify you separately.

So no one asked any questions and everyone walked towards the meditation room on their own accord.

However, before entering the meditation room, Duan Shi suddenly received some news. Judging from his solemn expression, it was probably important information from the country. The classmates tactfully stopped communicating, quickened their pace and left, leaving space for Duan Shi.

Just as Chu Yi passed by him and walked into the meditation room, Duan Shi called her.

Chu Yi stopped in confusion, tilted his head, his eyes full of question marks. Duan Shi is looking for her, shouldn't it be the country looking for her? What could it be?

Chu Yi was called, and Gu Jiayan naturally would not leave. However, considering that Duan Shi represented the country, he did not approach rashly unless he was called, but stayed at a relatively far distance.

Duan Shi also understood his concern for Chu Yi. Besides, it wasn't a top-secret mission, so it was okay to let Gu Jiayan know. So without hesitation, he raised his voice and called Gu Jiayan over.

"Come over here, we can discuss this together."

The three of them sat down in a reception room. Gu Jiayan sat opposite Chu Yi, sitting upright and waiting for Duan Shi to speak.

Taking into account that there would always be outsiders visiting, the academy built a special reception room to receive guests. These reception rooms are protected by formations, which can maintain the confidentiality of conversations to the greatest extent.

After making sure that the two were ready, Duan Shi began to explain the situation.

After clicking left and right on the virtual screen, he called up a document, enlarged the screen, and signaled Chu Yi and Gu Jiayan to study the document first. Knowing that this was related to today's events, both of them studied it very carefully, not missing any information.

The document is quite long and the things it describes are quite complicated, so it takes a lot of time to read it through. However, Chu Yi and Gu Jiayan are both cultivators, and they can take in all the content with just a sweep of their spiritual sense.

After carefully studying the document, Chu Yi blinked and couldn't help asking, "So the country wants me to take action?"