"Kid, it's been so long, and you still haven't moved. Are you kidding us?!"
"I don't think this kid knows how to refine pills!"
...
Seeing that Qin Xin remained seated on the ground without making any movement, some of the onlookers continued to shout and clamor.
Kong Bai seemed to have succeeded, a smile on his face.
Qin Xin simply scanned his surroundings with his spiritual sense and discovered that behind Kong Bai stood a figure that he recognized very well—it was Heng Hua from the outer courtyard.
Feeling the resentful look in Heng Hua's eyes, Qin Xin naturally knew that Kong Bai wouldn't have come looking for him for no reason; this alchemist test was a trap.
However, they overlooked the fact that Qin Xin was not only a disciple who was whipped by Dan Qing, the alchemy master, but also had an 80% success rate in refining the extremely difficult Condensing Aperture Pill. Although this third-grade pill, the Exploding Qi Pill, was troublesome for him, refining it was not a problem.
After glancing at the recipe for the Explosive Qi Pill, he took into account the melting points, purification, and points to note when fusing various spiritual herbs.
"Exploding Flame Beans, Yellow Blood Grass, Hundred Herbs Dew, Strong Vein Flower, Crimson Blood Fruit, and a slightly reddish level three demon beast crystal."
The other five ingredients in the recipe for the Explosive Qi Pill are very easy to refine. The most difficult part is the purification of the demon beast crystal. However, it is precisely because of the energy in the beast crystal that the Explosive Qi Pill can have such medicinal effects.
Hearing the mockery from the surrounding martial artists, Qin Xin paid no attention to it. After calming his mind, he simply shut out the noise from the outside world.
With a wave of his hand, two black iron alchemy furnaces appeared in front of him.
Although these two Xuan Iron Pill Furnaces can only be considered second-grade pill furnaces, and are quite different from the pill furnaces provided in the Pill Tower, these Xuan Iron Pill Furnaces were personally set up by Dan Qing with fire control and fire condensation formations.
Moreover, Qin Xin has always used this alchemy furnace to refine pills, and the two black iron alchemy furnaces are very well-matched with it. They can even withstand the refining of third-grade pills.
"Hahaha, a broken alchemy furnace. Looks like this kid is a beginner!"
Looking at the alchemy furnace in front of Qin Xin, another round of mocking voices rang out, and the source of these voices was none other than Heng Hua's location.
After someone took the lead, some of the onlookers also made sarcastic remarks. However, the old man in charge of supervising the assessment did not make any move and continued to sit and sleep soundly as usual, as if the noise from the outside world was also a test for the alchemist.
"laugh!"
Red flames rose up from the two black iron alchemy furnaces.
"What kind of flame is this?!"
"Could it be a strange fire?!"
For a moment, the onlookers gasped in astonishment, all shocked by Qin Xin's true fire.
The flames condensed by alchemists are usually pale yellow. The color of true fire only changes after they have subdued other flames, such as exotic fire, the beast fire of powerful demonic beasts, or flames condensed through cultivation techniques, and after being devoured.
The old man, who had been fast asleep, opened his eyes and glanced at Qin Xin. After seemingly confirming the true fire in the alchemy furnace, he closed his eyes again, tilting his head to the side, with drool dripping from the corner of his mouth onto his clothes.
"Obviously not. It must be flames formed from some kind of cultivation technique this kid has practiced."
Kong Bai, who had been nonchalant, began to look serious. He glanced at Heng Hua beside him with some doubt and asked, "Are you sure those Nourishing Heart Pills were all made by Qin Xin?"
"How could I dare to lie to you? This Nourishing Heart Pill was indeed refined by Qin Xin."
Heng Hua felt a little scared when he saw Kong Bai's gaze, and quickly said something.
Since Lin Jinglei entered the inner courtyard, the sword gang in the outer courtyard has been managed by Heng Hua. Heng Hua has been helping Kong Bai sell pills in the outer courtyard, earning points which are then used to exchange for cultivation resources in the outer courtyard and transfer them to the inner courtyard to support Kong Bai and his group's cultivation.
These methods exploited a loophole in the Eastern Wilderness Academy, but the academy did not intervene.
"Judging from the heat used in refining the Heart Nourishing Pill, Qin Xin's alchemy skills are only those of a newly initiated second-grade alchemist, but this true fire..."
Kong Bai stared intently at the two black iron alchemy furnaces in front of Qin Xin, "Could this guy be bluffing?"
"What's wrong, Kong Bai? Are you panicking now? I'm also curious, what would it be like if you called someone your own age 'father'?"
Although Ming Ningzhu was somewhat surprised, after sensing that the true fire Qin Xin had condensed was not as violent as that of a strange fire, she understood that the true fire Qin Xin had condensed was only slightly stronger than ordinary true fire, and there was nothing special about it.
"That's just a bluff. I'm waiting to cripple this kid!"
Kong Bai was a genuine Rank 3 alchemist, and he was already on his way to becoming a Rank 4 beginner alchemist. Naturally, he could also sense the true fire that Qin Xin had condensed.
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Qin Xin's flames changed mainly because he absorbed the true essence of the molten core fire, so in essence there was no change, only a slight strengthening of the flames.
At this moment, Qin Xin did not hear any noise from the outside world. Instead, he patiently sensed the red flames in the two Xuan Tie pill furnaces and began to purify the spiritual herbs according to the steps on the pill formula.
The Blazing Flame Herb, Yellow Blood Grass, Hundred Herbs Dew, Strong Vein Flower, and Crimson Blood Fruit were successively thrown into the alchemy furnace. Under the scorching heat of the flames, their outer shells slowly wrinkled and finally turned into ashes and were expelled from the furnace. The pure essence of the spiritual herbs made a gurgling sound under the heat of the flames, and black impurities were constantly being removed. The essence of the spiritual herbs became purer and purer, emitting a powerful medicinal effect.
Once the essence of the medicinal herbs stopped changing under the scorching heat of the flames, Qin Xin gently lifted his hand, and the lid of the alchemy furnace rose, allowing the purified essence of the medicinal herbs to slowly fall into the prepared jade bottle.
The next step, refining the level three demon beast crystals, was a bit troublesome. Qin Xin directly increased the flames in the alchemy furnace, and the rate at which his internal energy was being consumed was also increasing rapidly. This forced Qin Xin to swallow a Qi-restoring pill to recover his internal energy while refining the beast crystals.
After a stalemate, the level-three demonic beast crystal seemed unable to withstand the scorching flames and slowly cracked open. The beast crystal essence with a violent aura slowly flowed out. Finally, under the scorching flames, the outer shell of the level-three demonic beast crystal was completely baked into black ash and expelled from the furnace, leaving only a ball of blood-red beast crystal essence, which kept rolling in the flames.
When it came to the fusion step, Qin Xin took a deep breath and successively put the purified spiritual herb essence into the alchemy furnace, fusing it together with the beast crystal essence.
"Smack!"
"laugh!"
The alchemy furnace seemed to be boiling water, as the fusion of the essence of the spiritual herbs and the essence of the beast crystals produced a violent reaction.
"Thump! Thump! Thump!"
Sounds like collisions echoed continuously from the Xuan Tie alchemy furnace. At this moment, Qin Xin's hands trembled as he exerted all his strength to control the flames within the furnace.
"puff!"
A deflated sound rang out, and the smell of burning filled the entire alchemy hall.
"Did it fail?"
Qin Xin opened his eyes and stared at the charred mess that was being discharged from the alchemy furnace. He seemed to be deep in thought for a moment, and was completely stunned.
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