Alchemy Rating
"Refine, the elixir, and learn it."
After lunch, Qianluo and Tao Yue came to the Alchemy Association in District 5. The Alchemy Association was magnificent. Two jade Pixiu squatted at the gate of the association, their eyes bright and lively, as if they were alive, like pearls. People were coming and going inside, and it was very lively.
"Qianluo, look at the Pixiu at the door! It's carved from the finest jade!" Tao Yue sighed. "It must have cost 10,000 spirit stones. Alchemy would be so generous. Or is it because of the money earned from elixirs?"
She turned around and whispered to Qianluo, "All five arts of cultivation are profitable. I heard that the weapon refiner next door to my house made 200,000 low-grade spirit stones in a year!"
Qianluo smacked her lips, touched her storage bag, and said with tears in her eyes, "Let's go in."
Tao Yue was a chatterbox. While pulling Qian Luo to get a number, he explained to her, "There are too many people who want to become alchemists. To prevent fakes from appearing, you first need to go to the self-service machine here to get a number. Then, you can refine the pills on the spot. The president and elders of the Alchemy Association may be checking the surveillance in the monitoring room. Maybe they will catch your eye."
The self-service machines in the hall are simple and clear. Many cultivators take a number and enter their respective alchemy halls. The number taking is divided into 6 buttons, first-grade alchemist, second-grade alchemist... all the way to sixth-grade alchemist.
"Qianluo, what rank of alchemist are you?" Tao Yue had not yet asked Qianluo about her alchemist rank. Seeing that she seemed to know nothing, Tao Yue considered himself a half-senior and wanted to show off in front of her.
Before she could fully grasp what Tao Yue said, Qian Luo stared at the alchemy registration fee in front of her and gasped, "It's 2,000 low-grade spirit stones! The registration fee is too expensive!"
She must succeed and find a way to make it back!
"Hmm?" Qian Luo held the chubby Chi Zhao in one hand and took the number of a fourth-grade alchemist with the other. "Number 433, room: 4th floor, room 04."
Tao Yue heard the overlapping voice of the robot, and Chi Zhao was so shocked that he covered his ears: "What! You are actually a fourth-grade alchemist!"
Robot: "Thank you for your patience. How can I help you?"
Qianluo had already prepared an explanation: "I've been living in the countryside with my grandmother. She's an alchemist, and I've been learning from her, just absorbing everything I learned without any systematic learning. I never came to District 5, and I didn't know there was an alchemy association here."
"If I hadn't followed Daoist Fellow Tao Yue, how would I know the twists and turns inside? Thank you for showing me the vastness of the world."
Tao Yue's face flushed with embarrassment, "No way, no way! I just did something insignificant."
She also had her own agenda. In order to form a team for the second match, she started looking for someone as soon as she entered the teleportation array hall. Only Qian Luo in front of her barely met her requirements. They were both from District 6 and were not very knowledgeable about the rules of the alchemy association, so she could be won over appropriately.
She hadn't expected the other person to be a fourth-grade alchemist. She had originally thought he was just a second- or third-grade alchemist like herself. It seemed she had unexpectedly found a good team member.
The surrounding cultivators, all of whom had their Qi drawn into their bodies and had sharp ears and eyes, heard the conversation between the two and were all amazed. "I didn't expect someone to come up and claim to be a fourth-rank alchemist right away, even though they didn't even have a rank in the alchemy association before?"
"Where in the country did this guy come from? He came to the Alchemy Conference and didn't even know about the Alchemy Conference!"
Someone stood up for her: "Fellow Daoist, you're going too far. Others choose to take the fourth-grade alchemist exam, which means they have the ability!"
Tao Yue was a little angry after hearing what the other monks said, but when he turned around, he found that it was the monk with a sword in the restaurant. He looked taciturn, but unexpectedly he was quite warm-hearted.
"Thank you, Brother Meng." Qian Luo smiled and nodded at him, then looked around and didn't see his three teammates.
Meng Rui's face is not particularly handsome, but because he often sleeps in the open air and trains with a sword, he has a righteous and chivalrous spirit. He is unrestrained, handsome and cool, which makes him particularly attractive.
Seeing him like this, Tao Yue felt a little moved: "Fellow Daoist Meng, are you also a fourth-grade alchemist?" Tao Yue had heard the conversation between Liu Ling and others before, and he remembered it in his heart.
Meng Rui nodded: "Yes, I accidentally refined a fifth-grade elixir some time ago, and I was ecstatic. Today I just came to try my luck, but I didn't expect that luck was not on my side."
Logically, the person who said this was either showing off their potential to become a fifth-grade alchemist, or feeling extremely disappointed that they hadn't achieved it. However, Meng Rui's words and actions were generous and calm, neither boasting nor feeling disappointed, as if he was just visiting the supermarket.
He has a very stable mentality. This is how Qianluo evaluated him. She glanced at his sword, her eyes flashing. A very stable man, a very sharp sword.
"Hurry in! It's your turn!" Chi Zhao didn't understand the three people's little thoughts. He heard the voice of the machine announcing the number and patted Qian Luo.
Qianluo reported Chi Zhao to Tao Yue and nodded to the two of them: "Wait for me to come back."
Tao Yue tugged at Chi Zhao's hair, shyly saying, "Take your time. There's no rush." She hadn't expected Fellow Daoist Meng Rui to be so handsome. She wanted to see more of him. She hoped Qian Luo would slow down so they could spend more time together.
Meng Rui also wanted to know if Qian Luo had the ability. He had a hunch that this female cultivator had a promising future. The long sword in his hand also sensed something, emitting a faint silver glow. He frowned, put away the sword, put his hands behind his back, and waited for the result.
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upstairs
With a creaking sound, Qianluo opened the door. The walls inside were inlaid with spiritual jade, a scene of verdant green. The shelves were filled with a dazzling array of spiritual plants, jade liquids, and golden marrow, emitting a faint glow, demonstrating the Alchemy Association's lavish efforts.
There is an alchemy furnace in the middle, and the earth fire is underneath. This is to take care of ordinary alchemists who do not have strange fire, so that they can prevent their cultivation from being insufficient and unable to activate fire spells.
I don't know where the voice came from, but it was deep and powerful: "No. 433, please show us your temporary residence certificate for verification."
Qianluo placed the bracelet against the robot inside the door, and a green light flashed: "Number 433, Name: Lan Qianluo, Age: 28, Cultivation: Early Foundation Establishment, Registered Place: Lan Family, District 6, Alchemy Grade: None."
The voice sounded again: "Please feel free to use the refining materials on the shelf. Please refine ten fourth-grade pills within three hours."
Qian Luo looked calm as she walked to the shelf and started picking and choosing. She already knew the fourth-grade pill formula by heart and knew what kind of spiritual plants she needed.
The fourth-grade elixirs are: Foundation Establishment Pill, Marrow Cleansing Pill, Beauty Pill, True Essence Pill, Life-Sustaining Pill, and Soul-Strengthening Pill...
The best-selling item was naturally the foundation-building pill that everyone needed, so this time she would refine the foundation-building pill. The ingredients for the foundation-building pill were also here, including century-old spirit-gathering grass, century-old polygonatum, century-old heavenly spirit fruit, and other common herbs.
Qianluo closed her eyes, tempering the alchemy fire, harmonizing the spiritual energy, and injecting it into the spiritual plant. She did it all in one go, without a trace of panic. The head of the alchemy association in the monitoring room could see that this young female cultivator was calm and composed, a testament to her frequent alchemy practice. Unlike some who occasionally refined a fourth-grade elixir and tried to become a fourth-grade alchemist, they naturally failed.
In less than half an hour, seven fourth-grade pills were produced.
The president of the Alchemy Association in the monitoring room touched his chin and concentrated: "The success rate is not bad. One more time, and we can break through."
The other elders of the alchemy association behind him turned around and saw the other alchemists on the fourth floor shaking their heads: "The first room on the fourth floor exploded, the second room on the fourth floor exploded, and the third room on the fourth floor only refined three pills in an hour, and after three hours, it was barely enough. So it seems that the female cultivators in the fourth room on the fourth floor have a very good success rate. This alchemy conference is really full of talents."
"Not bad, not bad. At such a young age, he's already a fourth-grade alchemist. He's comparable to some of the family disciples and sect prodigies in District Three."
The president of the Alchemy Association nodded. "It looks like there's going to be something exciting at the Alchemy Conference. However, I looked at her information and found that she didn't even have any alchemy grades before. District Six isn't a place with a lack of spiritual energy like the lower three districts. Why haven't they properly nurtured someone with such a talented alchemist?"
Someone sighed, "What a shame! With such great talent, I think she's not much worse than the niece of the District 5 Chief."
"Elder Li, don't be so careless. Jiang Feiyao passed the fifth-grade alchemy level yesterday, but unfortunately, she only refined five pills in three hours, which is not up to standard. But for her young age, this achievement is already quite impressive. Back then, we were only fifth-grade alchemists when we were a hundred years old, but they can already pass the fourth and fifth grades in their twenties and thirties. Young people have a bright future."
The president of the Alchemy Association smiled and nodded. "That's right. Considering that we are only fifth-grade alchemists at the late stage of foundation building, they still have hundreds of years to live and a bright future ahead of them."
The others stopped talking and nodded frequently. After all, how could they dare to discuss in depth Jiang Baiwei's niece? The Jiang family was a powerful family with two district heads and an even more outstanding alchemist in the upper three districts, who was their immediate superior.
The president of the Alchemy Association set his sights on the strange female cultivator in front of him. Sure enough, the female cultivator successfully refined 10 fourth-grade foundation-building pills and successfully broke through.
Robot: "You've passed the level successfully. Congratulations to No. 433 for becoming a fourth-grade alchemist. Please go to the self-service machine at the door to collect your Alchemy Association medal."
Inside the room, Qian Luo showed a hint of joy on her face. An idea suddenly flashed through her mind, and she got the green medal spit out by the robot. Four stars were embedded on it, emitting silver light, like stars in the Milky Way, dazzling and brilliant.
The president of the Alchemy Association said: "Congratulations to this fellow Taoist. The Alchemy Association will only take 10 pills. The remaining pills are for you to use as you wish."
Qian Luo looked at all the materials and felt a little happy. Free alchemy, so good! She held her dry purse and said embarrassedly: "Senior, the rule is to make 10 pills within three hours. Even if I succeed, I have already succeeded, but the time has not yet passed. I wonder if I can continue to make pills here using the alchemy spirit plants?"
"If I wasn't so short of money, I would never say such a thing. But I'm already penniless after arriving in District 5, and I still have to participate in the Alchemy Conference. It's really..."
Qian Luo pretended to cry, which made the Alchemy Association's president and elders in the monitoring room look at each other in bewilderment. "Is this female cultivator trying to get something for nothing? There's never been such a precedent before."
"I see that this female cultivator has clear eyes and doesn't look like someone who would do evil. However, her clothes are ordinary and her storage bag isn't of the best quality. I guess she's really in trouble."
"Yes, but there are still two hours left. She can only plant 20 medicinal pills at most, so it shouldn't take much spiritual plants. If she uses more, we want her to use the medicinal pills as compensation to offset part of the spiritual plants."
Just as everyone was discussing, a lazy female voice was heard from outside the house. The door opened, and a white light flashed in. A person sat on the main seat. Her skin was as white as snow, and she was gorgeous. This person was none other than Jiang Baiwei, the head of District 5: "An interesting female cultivator, she has my style."
The president and elders of the Alchemy Association bowed their heads and saluted: "District Head!"
Jiang Baiwei raised her eyes slightly, looking at the respectful expressions of the crowd, and felt happy: "No need to be so polite."
"Let her refine the pills and see how many she can refine in two hours."
The president of the Alchemy Association nodded and sent a voice message to Qianluo: "Fellow Daoist, please do as you wish."
Qian Luo was not polite either. She hung the medal of the Alchemy Association around her waist and started to refine the elixir with a flick of her hand. There were many spiritual plants here, and there were not many spiritual plants left in her storage bag. Only some seeds and low-level spiritual plants were left.
The spiritual plants on the shelf were exactly what she wanted. She was an expert at refining elixirs with fourth-grade spiritual plants! She was determined to make back her 2,000 yuan registration fee for the low-grade spiritual plants by making free spiritual plants.
Only those who manage a household know how expensive firewood, rice, oil, and salt are! In order to cultivate and support the simulator, she has already considered the spirit stones more important than her own life!
The elder in the monitoring room blinked: "Huh? You seem very motivated!"
Someone chuckled and said, "It turns out he's the reincarnation of a miser."
Jiang Baiwei propped up her chin, her eyes fixed on the female cultivator in front of her: "Will this year's alchemy conference be too boring?"
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Two hours later, Qian Luo, full of energy, reluctantly left the room, with five more bottles of pills in her hands: "I've only refined 50 fourth-grade pills. The speed is still too slow!"
He found another bottle to put the remaining four foundation-building pills, for a total of 54 fourth-grade pills.
Qianluo believed she was far inferior to Granny Butterfly. Even at her best, she could only refine 50 fourth-grade pills in two hours. Granny Butterfly could probably refine a whole pot of pills in two hours, and the grade might even be higher. Qianluo vaguely guessed that Granny Butterfly could refine the legendary ninth-grade pills, or even higher.
As she left, the elder in the monitoring room dropped his jaw in shock: "No, during the exam, she only refined 7 fourth-grade pills in half an hour. How come after the exam, she refined 50 fourth-grade pills in just two hours!"
"I couldn't believe my eyes. Later on, her spiritual plant cultivation speed became faster and faster. To save time, she planted 20 spiritual plants at the same time, and produced 16 fourth-grade pills in one furnace! I don't even have such a success rate, and I wouldn't dare to refine 20 spiritual plants at the same time!"
The Alchemy Association President's eyes widened slightly as he looked at the District Chief, who was smiling beside him. After a moment's thought, he spoke, "Lan Qianluo is quite intelligent. The Alchemy Conference is truly a battle between dragons and tigers, extremely exciting!"
The woman stretched out her red-nailed finger, pointed at the empty shelf through the screen, and said with a smile, "President, it's time to restock."
Elder Li from the Purchasing Department turned around, leaned over the surveillance screen, pounded his thigh, and burst into tears: "I said she should be allowed to use the elixir to replenish the spiritual plants. This batch of spiritual plants is worth tens of thousands of low-grade spirit stones!"
No matter how rich their alchemy association is, they can't afford such a thing, not to mention that the spiritual plants for the auditions are also provided by the alchemy association!
How much would that cost? He couldn't imagine if Lan Qianluo were to cause another incident during the auditions. The alchemy team would have to lose hundreds of thousands of low-grade spirit stones! He decided to add a rule to the auditions: no extra pills could be made!
"Hey, Elder Li, don't cry, don't cry!"
"District Head and Guild President, please agree to these additional conditions, or Elder Li will cry himself to death!"
Everyone came to comfort Elder Li, whose heart was broken. Even the district chief and the president agreed to add this clause. Otherwise, other alchemists in the alchemy conference would follow suit and their alchemy association would go bankrupt.
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