Upon entering the assessment venue, Qin Xin noticed the differences here.
The entire assessment took place in a small room, which was completely enveloped by a special array. Once an alchemist stepped inside, all external sounds would be blocked, and outsiders would also be unable to enter. This was to prevent any interference from other alchemists during the assessment process.
Standing inside the room, Qin Xin sensed the presence of the alchemists outside. He knew that the formation was one-way, allowing the outside world to observe the entire alchemist assessment process. This was to prevent cheating during the assessment, which Qin Xin found perfectly normal and didn't pay much attention to.
However, this also means that Qin Xin cannot take out that seventh-grade alchemy furnace, the Black Dragon Alchemy Furnace.
There are many alchemists here, all from various parts of Zhongzhou. If anyone knew the origin of this Black Dragon Pill Furnace, it would likely cause quite a bit of trouble.
Looking at the stone platform in the small room, Qin Xin frowned deeply.
On the stone platform were some spiritual herbs and some beast crystals. There seemed to be no rule about what kind of pills an alchemist had to refine, but Qin Xin knew that if he wanted to pass the assessment of a fifth-grade advanced alchemist, then refining a fifth-grade advanced pill was a must.
However, Qin Xin glanced at the spiritual herbs prepared here and realized that if he wanted to refine the fifth-grade high-level pill, the Nourishing Essence Pill, he was missing a main ingredient. If he forced the refinement, the only outcome would be failure.
Through his spiritual sense, Qin Xin sensed that Zhuge Tao in the room next to him had already begun refining the pill. Moreover, Zhuge Tao had a complete set of spiritual herbs for refining the Nourishing Essence Pill, and even prepared two sets in case he was worried about failing the first time.
Qin Xin smiled inwardly without complaining. Since it was an assessment, it was impossible to set rules that were impossible to complete.
Inside the assessment room, Qin Xin inspected all the spiritual herbs in front of him and found that although some main ingredients were missing, the medicinal effects of these herbs were still quite good, and they had not been tampered with.
Although he could use other spiritual herbs to replace the main ingredient of the Nourishing Essence Pill and still refine it successfully.
However, this would greatly reduce the potency of the Nourishing Essence Pill, and also lower its grade. Although Qin Xin was confident he could maintain it at a high-grade sixth rank, he was too lazy to refine such a pill.
After glancing at the beast crystal of a level-five wood-attribute demon beast, Qin Xin immediately made up his mind.
Qin Xin took out all the necessary pills and also removed the wood-attribute demon beast crystal.
He then sat down cross-legged, took out the Blazing Black Iron Furnace from his spatial ring, and placed it directly in front of him.
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Outside the arena, a group of alchemists were also looking into the two rooms. Through the array, they could observe the situation of Qin Xin and Zhuge Tao.
Upon discovering that Qin Xin had sat cross-legged and taken out the third-grade Blazing Black Iron Furnace, many alchemists burst into laughter.
In this Central Plains region, the Blazing Iron Furnace is primarily used by beginner alchemists. It doesn't offer much help to experienced alchemists, and the flames it controls are not very stable.
However, what they didn't know was that the Blazing Fire Black Iron Pill Furnace in Qin Xin's hands had been modified by Danqing. Although the material hadn't changed, the fire condensation and fire control array within it was unmatched even by some sixth- or seventh-grade pill furnaces.
When Yun Li saw the pill furnace that Qin Xin took out, a dark line appeared on her face. She had previously received a fourth-grade pill with pill patterns from Qin Xin. At first, she thought it was made by Ling Hanyan. She was quite surprised when she found out it was made by Qin Xin. So, in this bet, she still had some hope that Qin Xin would pass the test.
But when Qin Xin took out the Blazing Black Iron Furnace, her heart sank.
However, when she saw the spiritual herbs on Qin Xin's stone table and the spiritual herbs on Zhuge Tao's stone table, her face immediately darkened.
"Elder Li truly lives up to his reputation as the person in charge of the alchemist level assessment at our Pill Academy; he even knows how to increase the difficulty for alchemists!"
There was a hint of anger in Yun Li's voice.
Li Xi smiled slightly and said, "Alchemists will encounter some problems during the process of refining pills. Besides, there is nothing wrong with the spiritual herbs in front of Qin Xin. Moreover, if he wants to refine the Nourishing Yuan Pill, he can use other spiritual herbs as the main ingredients."
Li Xi's words were not actually wrong, but if the main ingredient was replaced, the medicinal power of the final Nourishing Yuan Pill would be greatly reduced, and it might not even reach the level of a fifth-grade high-level pill.
And that was exactly Li Xi's goal.
"snort!"
Yun Li could only be angry. After all, such assessments often occurred at the Tuocang Mountain Pill Academy, with the aim of testing the alchemists' adaptability. Although Li Xi's actions were somewhat disgusting, they did not violate the rules.
"Hmm? He's not planning to refine the Nourishing Essence Pill?"
Ling Hanyan, who had been silent, was also slightly surprised when she saw Qin Xin put the level 5 wood-attribute monster crystal into his hand.
"Could it be that he's going to refine a Breakthrough Pill?" Yun Li immediately guessed after seeing the spiritual herbs Qin Xin had chosen.
"puff!"
Blue flames rose from the blazing black iron furnace, and in an instant, many alchemists in the room changed their mocking expressions to expressions of envy.
Strange Fire!
This explosive fire-attribute aura and oppressive feeling could not be produced by any other flame other than a strange fire, so the surrounding alchemists immediately guessed that Qin Xin possessed a strange fire.
In the room to the side, Zhuge Tao felt a surge of smugness as a fiery red flame rose in his hand. He had spent a considerable amount of money to have his old man, Li Xi, help him obtain this level six demon beast fire.
Suddenly feeling his flames tremble slightly, he couldn't help but look up at the room where Qin Xin was.
"Could it be a strange fire?" Through the array, Zhuge Tao looked at the blue flames rolling in the alchemy furnace in front of Qin Xin, his eyes filled with longing and even a hint of jealousy.
Ling Hanyan frowned slightly after sensing Qin Xin's flames. She had previously refined pills with Qin Xin and knew that he possessed a strange fire. However, this time, Qin Xin's strange fire had changed and seemed to be even stronger than before.
"Even if there is a strange fire, so what? Breaking Martial Pill is difficult to refine, and even if it is successfully refined, it will only be a mid-grade fifth-rank pill."
Li Xi, who was standing to the side, was also somewhat surprised when she saw Qin Xin's strange fire. However, after looking at the spiritual herbs and the beast crystal of the level 5 wood attribute demon beast in front of Qin Xin, she made a judgment immediately.
"Elder Li spoke a little too soon."
Ling Hanyan replied coldly.
"Then let's wait and see!" Li Xi said with a smile.
Jia Yi and Yun Li's eyes were now focused on Qin Xin. Alchemists with different flames were very important to the Alchemy Academy, and their dean's current achievements were precisely because he possessed different flames.
However, even if a strange fire were placed in front of them, Jia Yi and Yun Li would not dare to subdue it easily. Although they hoped to obtain it, the probability of dying nine times out of ten made countless alchemists hesitate.
After watching Qin Xin begin refining, Yun Li shook her head and sighed, saying to Ling Hanyan, "Even with the strange fire, this Martial Pill is only a mid-grade fifth-rank pill. It seems that this time, you will lose your position as an elder."
"That's not necessarily true. What if there are two pill patterns?" Ling Hanyan said calmly.
Two red patterns!
Upon hearing this, Yun Li was somewhat surprised. How could she not know about pill refining? A perfectly round pill indicates a perfect grade, a single ring of pill patterns means the pill's medicinal power has been enhanced, and two rings of pill patterns can increase the pill's grade.
For example, with the Breaking Martial Pill, if there are no pill patterns, the probability of it helping a martial artist break through the Yuan Palace formed by the Martial Pill is only one. However, with pill patterns, the probability can reach two. If there are two rings of pill patterns, the probability can be increased to four.
However, apart from the dean, Yun Li had never seen anyone else successfully refine two rings of the Breaking Martial Pill pattern.
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