Chapter 144 [(*^▽^*)]
Chapter 144 [(*^▽^*)]
Duan Chongbei was very happy to chat with them all the way. After passing through the busy streets, everyone came to the Alchemist Association... or it would be more reasonable to say that this was a luxurious version of an elixir shop.
This Alchemist Association was actually not far from the edge of the academy.
It was a six-story wooden pavilion, painted golden red on the outside, and there were lanterns made of gold and jade hanging under the eaves.
The tripod was made of gold wire, and the flawless white jade was ground into a round shape and placed in the hollow golden tripod.
Although it was not worth much, such a lantern hanging in front of the door was also appropriate.
However, Ming Fanxing just took a casual look and followed Duan Chongbei and the others into the Alchemist Association.
As soon as they walked in, a pretty female cultivator came forward. She
was also a cultivator in the foundation-building stage. "Fellow Daoist Duan is here. I received your message this morning. I didn't expect you to come so quickly."
Duan Chongbei returned the greeting, "Thank you, fairy. This is Ming Fanxing, a disciple of our academy. She is here today to take the test and become a first-level third-grade alchemist."
The female cultivator in the foundation-building stage smiled and replied, "No problem, I've prepared it a long time ago. Please follow me. Everyone, please come in, so that we can be witnesses together."
Of course, everyone came here to be witnesses, and not just them. Not long after they walked into the alchemist meeting, several people outside quickly came in.
They found Duan Chongbei and talked a few words.
Most of them looked at Ming Fanxing, although the first-level elixir made by a first-level alchemist was completely useless to a cultivator in the foundation-building stage.
But Ming Fanxing is a bit famous!
He is the first in this year's ranking battle, which means that if nothing unexpected happens, he will definitely build a foundation in the future. This will be different!
If he has outstanding talent in alchemy, it is very likely that he will be able to refine second-level pills after entering the foundation-building stage. Doesn't this have something to do with them?
Now pay more attention and make more friends!
For them, there is definitely no harm, especially now that the opponent's strength is only at the Qi Condensation stage. This is definitely the most calculated time to make friends.
Ming Fanxing saluted the new foundation-building cultivator, and then, under Duan Chongbei's arrangement, followed the fairy inside. Walking
all the way to the interior of the Alchemist Association, he found that everyone had come to a very long small square. This place should be the place for the assessment.
With such spaciousness, if it were someone with poor psychological quality, he would probably be able to refine the elixir successfully in a place he is familiar with, such as a cave.
But when he comes here, he will probably fail to refine the elixir if he gets nervous.
After all, it is not just an open place, there are also many people in charge of assessment and witnessing around. Of course, there will be restrictions around the place where he refines the elixir, and no one will disturb him.
Everyone is watching around, but they can only see it, and their consciousness cannot penetrate the restrictions.
Ming Fanxing sat on the futon, and then casually took out the cauldron he had used for a long time from his storage bag. He looked at the people around him, and there were already dozens of them.
Among them were those in the foundation-building stage, and a small number of those in the Qi Condensation stage. The number of people is still increasing. It is estimated that they all rushed here after receiving the news.
Ming Fanxing took a deep breath, then closed his eyes and rested, no longer paying attention to the people around him.
After a while, he calmed down and opened his eyes. At this time, the formation around him had been activated, and he could no longer see people outside the formation.
He did not have any feelings about this, but took a piece of spiritual herb and found after a simple observation that it was similar to the one he got from Danxiang Pavilion before. He nodded secretly.
He spit out wisps of flames slowly from his mouth with ease, and the flames gathered in front of his chest to form a warm fireball.
He threw the fireball into the alchemy cauldron, and as the first herb was thrown into the alchemy cauldron, the first alchemy of the assessment officially began!
In fact, everyone present had seen the refining of the first-grade cleansing marrow pill many times. Even if they were not alchemists, they remembered the steps very clearly.
But remembering it is useless if you can't do it.
The process of refining the pill was very boring, but everyone watched quietly, and no one made a sound to disturb.
Of course, even if someone made a sound, Ming Fanxing, who was refining the pill in the formation, couldn't hear it. This restriction blocked the sound, and even couldn't see the situation outside.
Ming Fanxing was already familiar with the refining of the first-grade cleansing marrow pill. He refined it more than a hundred times when he was in the academy, so it was naturally easy here.
The first batch of pills was successful, three third-grade cleansing marrow pills, and the remaining twenty second-grade cleansing marrow pills. As for the first-grade pill, there was not a single one.
When seeing this scene, the smile on Duan Chongbei's face became more and more genuine.
Even the people around him nodded secretly. You know, in the imperial city of Fengwu Kingdom, there are a few people who can become alchemists in the Condensation Stage, but the only
one who can refine three third-grade pills at a time is Ming Fanxing in front of him. And those who became first-level third-grade alchemists, when they were assessed by the Alchemist Association, they refined three pills and produced one third-grade pill each time. The
remaining ten or so second-grade pills, and the rest were first-grade waste pills, which looked very dangerous, but at least they passed the assessment of the Alchemist Association.
They are also powerful, and think about it, that was many years ago, and now most of these people have advanced to the Foundation Establishment Stage.
But I never thought that after so many years, there would be another more powerful one.
After the first batch of pills was fired, Ming Fanxing took a short break to calm his spiritual power, and soon began to refine the second batch of pills.
The result was naturally smooth, and the grade and quantity of the pills were the same as the first time, not a single pill was different.
As for the third time... Ming Fanxing kept a calm mind, and it was obvious that there would be no problems with this last batch of pills, and the same pills as the previous two batches would come out of the furnace.
Everyone watched the whole process, and until the end of the assessment, everyone was a little unsatisfied.
You know, at least 99% of the people present have seen the previous assessments, which were really full of situations and ugly situations. Those
who can pass the assessment are rare, and those who can refine three batches of pills in a row as easily and smoothly as Ming Fanxing are
really rare, or even non-existent!
Even Duan Chongbei felt ashamed of himself when he saw this. When he was taking the assessment here, he was extremely nervous.
In the end, only one furnace produced three third-grade pills, and the remaining two furnaces produced two pills each, and there were even a few first-grade pills.
Duan Chongbei smiled and looked at the woman who had just brought them in, "Fairy, this child has passed, right?"
The fairy came back to her senses, covered her mouth and smiled, "Of course he has passed. I didn't expect that Fellow Daoist Duan hid it so well! Even I was surprised to see it."
"But... In this way, our imperial city will be lively in the future."
Everyone present knew that whenever Fengwu Country had an additional first-level third-grade alchemist, there would be undercurrents, especially when Xingzhou Country poached an alchemist.
This person was a fellow disciple of Duan Chongbei, and it was quite a big fuss at the time, so much so that the two countries were about to go to war.
In the end, I don’t know how it ended up in nothing, but I can say for sure that Xingzhou Country did something dishonest, and must have paid a lot of compensation to let this matter go.
But no matter how much they paid, in the long run, they can’t be compared with a proper alchemist.
They secretly heard that the alchemist who was poached went there voluntarily and didn’t want to come back at all, but they don’t know if it’s true.
But I didn’t expect that in just a few years, Fengwu Country would actually have such a talented alchemist, even if he could only refine the first-level third-grade marrow cleansing pill in his entire life.
The value... is also beyond doubt.
What’s more, this boy is very powerful and has good qualifications for cultivation. Maybe it won’t take many years for him to enter the foundation-building stage, and by then he will most likely become a second-level third-grade alchemist!
People around him came over to congratulate Duan Chongbei. Logically speaking, they wanted to congratulate Ming Fanxing, but no matter how outstanding Ming Fanxing was, he was only in his Qi Condensation period.
Now... it would be too ugly if they put down their posture to please each other, so they could only settle for talking to Duan Chongbei.
At this time, Ming Fanxing looked at the opened restriction, thanked the fairy and returned to Duan Chongbei, standing there obediently with a smile on his face.
Duan Zhongbei smiled and talked to the people around him, and walked out while talking. When they walked into the hall again, the fairy had already prepared a jade pendant.
Duan Zhongbei took it with a smile and handed it to Ming Fanxing behind him, "Fanxing, this is the jade pendant that represents a first-level third-grade alchemist. Remember to wear it all the time in the future."
Ming Fanxing took it and looked at it. The jade pendant was round, about half the size of a palm. There was a golden tripod engraved on the front and three silver tripods on the back. It
symbolizes a first-level third-grade alchemist.
He hung the badge around his waist, and he would be a serious alchemist in the future.
And according to the style of the academy, after he passed the assessment, he should not let himself continue to hide his identity and ability.
Not only will he not hide it, but he will also publicize it very loudly, otherwise it would not be like this now.
The people around him surrounded him in circles. Although they were not talking to him, he felt that he was surrounded in the middle, like a monkey being watched.
Fortunately, after a long time, Duan Chongbei became a little impatient, so he found a chance to say goodbye to everyone and returned to the academy with Ming Fanxing.
At least he had some peace and quiet.
After returning to the academy, the news that he had become an alchemist had spread. There was no need to spread the news, after all, the jade pendant on his waist was clearly visible!
You should know that Duan Chongbei also wore the same jade pendant on his waist.
It’s just that Duan Chongbei’s jade pendant is of the second level and third grade, with two golden tripods on it. Ming Fanxing didn’t think there was anything wrong with it. If
a cultivator in the Qi Condensation Stage becomes a first level and third grade alchemist, then an alchemist in the Foundation Establishment Stage is of the second level and third grade, and there is no problem at all.
But in fact, he didn’t know that the two of them were really special cases!
Duan Chongbei is the only alchemist in Fengwu Country who can refine second-level third-grade pills in the early stage of foundation building. Most other alchemists in the foundation building period can only refine first-level pills.