Most of the disciples of the Dan Sect wore gray-white robes, which were convenient for alchemy, so much so that many people could not see them clearly at first glance.
Everyone on the field was wearing the same imperial robe. Bai Hao carefully looked at each person participating in the trial, and his gaze suddenly stopped on one person—Ouyang Yan!
That's right, Ouyang Yan is also competing in alchemy on the field!
"Refining third-grade pills... May I ask, Senior Brother Xiao Yi, which generation of disciples from your Pill Sect are all these people here?" Bai Hao couldn't help but ask curiously.
Because Ouyang Yan was one of the people who went to the ruins with Gu Changsheng back then. Those who were chosen must be the best among the disciples of the Dan Sect, so Ouyang Yan's status among the disciples must not be low.
At first, when Bai Hao saw these people competing in refining third-grade pills, he thought it was just some low-level disciples of the sect refining pills. But with Ouyang Yan also participating, the situation changed completely.
Ouyang Yan is definitely not a low-level disciple.
"This is the competition for inner disciples to advance to core disciples. Only a limited number of people are qualified to participate each year. The senior brothers and sisters on the field are all quite skilled. It's very exciting," Xiao Yi said.
"Oh, I see." Bai Hao nodded.
It's understandable for an inner disciple to be promoted to a core disciple.
A sect only has a handful of core disciples, so they certainly can't all go out at once. It's estimated that among the disciples that Gu Changsheng brought into the ruins a few days ago, there were only a few core disciples, and the rest were the best among the inner disciples.
However, apart from Ouyang Yan, Bai Hao was unfamiliar with any of the inner disciples present, as none of them had gone to the ruins last time.
While Bai Hao was pondering, everyone on the field was ready. At this moment, a woman walked in from outside the field. She was someone Bai Hao recognized: Duan Qiyun!
Ouyang Yan's senior.
"Trial time—one incense stick's time, now begins!"
In the very center of the room was a cauldron with an incense stick inserted in the center. This incense stick was thicker than ordinary incense sticks, and it would take about half an hour to burn it all.
Refining a pill in half an hour is something even a snail could do. Anyway, it doesn't take Bai Hao long to refine a pill. He just throws all the spiritual plants into the furnace and then he can start refining.
Of course, his alchemy methods were just amateurish, and he wasn't qualified to instruct the alchemy masters of the Pill Refining Sect. So Bai Hao only complained in his heart and didn't say anything on the surface. He just silently observed the alchemy progress of the people on the field, especially Ouyang Yan...
On the field, as soon as the incense stick was lit, everyone acted almost simultaneously. Their movements were almost identical: first, they picked up a spiritual plant and placed it into the alchemy furnace, then activated their true energy to transform it into alchemical fire, slowly refining the spiritual plant in the furnace until one plant was refined into powder, before adding the second plant.
However, because everyone refines different pills and uses different spiritual plants, and because everyone's pill refining habits and techniques are different, the progress of pill refining is different. Some people have already refined two or three kinds of spiritual plants, while others are still refining the first kind of spiritual plant.
The speed at which one can refine spiritual plants is not important; ultimately, the success or failure will be determined by the quality of the pills produced.
Bai Hao took a closer look. Although everyone on the field was refining grade three pills, there were still differences in quality among grade three pills. The best pill that Bai Hao could see, theoretically, was the one made by the woman directly opposite Ouyang Yan.
The woman was extremely beautiful, with skin as white and smooth as jade, and almost perfect features. She had long eyelashes and a small beauty mark at the corner of her right eye, which added to her charm. Even her simple red robe could not conceal her radiance.
In comparison, although Ouyang Yan is equally pretty, she has a more tranquil temperament and lacks the allure of a typical woman.
Without a doubt, the two were the most eye-catching presences on the field, not only because of their beautiful appearances, but also because the pills they refined were the most difficult to make.
The woman was refining the renowned Purple Qi Pill, a third-grade elixir. While its effects weren't particularly miraculous, its primary purpose was to increase the success rate of breaking through to the Breakthrough Stage. However, the Purple Qi Pill was exceptionally difficult to refine; it could be said to rank among the top five most difficult third-grade elixirs.
Even a typical fourth-grade alchemist wouldn't dare claim a 100% success rate, let alone a woman who was only a third-grade alchemist.
With all these factors combined, the woman was undoubtedly the most attractive presence on the field.
Ouyang Yan refined the Marrow Cleansing Pill—a pill that is among the more difficult to refine in the third-grade pill category. Its effect is to cleanse the marrow and meridians, thereby strengthening the body to a certain extent.
It's not difficult to refine a Marrow Cleansing Pill; most third-grade alchemists have a 90% success rate. However, the quality of Marrow Cleansing Pills varies greatly. Some people can only produce pills with the most basic effects, while others can produce pills with ten or even a hundred times the effect.
Gu Changsheng once personally refined a Marrow Cleansing Pill with seven-colored pill patterns, which an elder of the sect took and directly advanced from the early stage of Spirit Integration to the early stage of Knowledge and Action, which shocked the world at the time.
It even sparked a frenzy of buying up the Marrow Cleansing Pill at that time. Unfortunately, not all Marrow Cleansing Pills were refined by Gu Changsheng, and not all Marrow Cleansing Pills could have such miraculous effects.
No one has been able to replicate the Marrow Cleansing Pill that Gu Changsheng refined since then. That original Marrow Cleansing Pill with its seven-colored pattern became a significant and memorable part of Gu Changsheng's life.
It will likely be quite difficult for Ouyang Yan to win by refining the Marrow Cleansing Pill.
There was still plenty of time, so no one was in a hurry. Everyone on the field carefully refined the pill step by step until half of an incense stick had burned down. Finally, the first pill began to take shape, and a rich medicinal fragrance began to permeate the surroundings.
More and more people are successfully refining pills; not a single one has failed. Most people's pills have two-colored patterns, but two or three have three-colored patterns, which is already quite impressive.
Ordinary people's pills don't even have a single pill pattern. A grade three pill with a single color of pill pattern can easily sell for more than a thousand gold coins, not to mention pills with two or three colors of pill pattern.
No wonder the pills from the Dan Sect are so expensive.
For disciples of the Dan Sect, refining pills with a single-colored pattern is only the minimum requirement; the real skill lies in refining pills with two, three, or even four colors of pattern.
One red mark can increase the efficacy of a medicine by about 15%. The more red marks there are, the stronger the efficacy, and naturally, the more expensive it will be.
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