Chapter 118 Smiling on the Surface
Yun Xiangwan didn't know at this moment that Yun Miaomiao was thinking about her. She was chatting with a fellow Taoist beside her about the Alchemist Conference.
"Don't be afraid of being laughed at by fellow Daoists. This is already my tenth time to take the primary assessment for alchemists. If I can't get the first-grade alchemist badge this time, I will completely give up this idea, go home and obey my parents' arrangements, and become an ordinary farmer."
The person who spoke was a middle-aged man with a square face. He looked to be in his thirties or forties, but his eyes and brows were full of vicissitudes.
The road to becoming an immortal is extremely cruel, and it is even more difficult to make any progress without talent and spiritual roots.
"How can this be a joke? Brother Dao is so tenacious. This spirit is worth learning from."
How could Yun Xiangwan laugh at him? She herself was a useless person before.
If she hadn't picked up Xiao Jibai's egg by chance and he hadn't passed the colorful energy to her, she would probably be a waste now.
"It's obvious that you have extraordinary talent, yet you are still so humble. It's really rare."
The uncle looked touched, but in fact he had prepared himself to be laughed at.
But he had something to say, and since he liked Yun Xiangwan, he couldn't help but let it all out after just a few words.
"God rewards hard work, your efforts will not be in vain, you will definitely get the badge of a first-grade alchemist this time."
Yun Xiangwan encouraged him.
Just then, the examiner of the primary assessment venue arrived. She stood on the stage with a light blue dress fluttering in the wind.
"Please note, all alchemists, the Alchemist Assessment Competition is about to begin. Next, I will explain the competition rules to you in detail."
"The duration of the alchemist competition is half an hour, and there are fifty alchemists participating in each round. We will provide you with twenty hundred-year-old spiritual medicines, from which you can choose the spiritual medicines you need for alchemy, and then within the specified time, refine a furnace of no less than five first-grade pills."
"Now, please invite the alchemists holding tokens numbered one to fifty to come on stage."
As soon as the examiner finished speaking, fifty alchemists stepped onto the stage.
There are fifty tables placed on the huge arc-shaped arena.
And on that table, there were twenty kinds of spiritual medicines.
When all the people participating in the assessment are in place, the examiner will turn over an hourglass in front of him.
As the sand continued to flow away, the alchemists also devoted themselves to the intensive task of refining the elixir.
First determine the elixir you want to refine, then light the furnace, add the medicine, refine it, melt the elixir, and take it out of the furnace.
These seem like simple steps, but someone’s furnace exploded within less than a quarter of an hour after starting.
Suddenly, thick smoke billowed from the arena.
The examiner waved his sleeves without changing his expression, and the thick smoke disappeared. The person who caused the furnace explosion stood up and left in shame.
In addition to furnace explosions, there were also many problems in other links.
Soon, only twenty or thirty people were left out of the fifty.
Among them, some people are struggling to survive.
Therefore, in the end, only a few people can pass the assessment and successfully obtain the first-grade alchemist badge.
As expected by Yun Xiangwan, only twelve people passed the assessment.
The examiner used his spiritual sense to carve the word "pass" on the number plates of these twelve people.
They can use this token to collect their own first-grade alchemist badge.
Of course, if you want to continue to participate in more advanced alchemist assessments, you can also use this token to participate.
Wait until you stop taking the exam and then go get your own alchemist badge.
The people who competed in the second round were not as accomplished in alchemy as those who competed in the first round.
Soon, all kinds of problems occurred.
Fortunately, the examiner had seen a lot of storms, and she remained calm even as the alchemy furnace on the stage was blown everywhere. She only stepped in to help when she saw that they were really out of control.
"Little Taoist friend, what should I do? I am becoming less and less confident."
The square-faced uncle seemed to have lost the courage to go on stage again to take the test.
"Brother Dao, since you are here, don't leave yourself with regrets. If it really doesn't work, then at least we tried our best, right?"
Yun Xiangwan started to feed him chicken soup.
"That makes sense. I didn't expect that at my age, I can't see things as clearly as you, little Taoist friend. I'm so ashamed."
The uncle clasped his fists.
Yun Xiangwan smiled and waved her hand.
"Brother Dao, you are too kind."
But she really hopes that this uncle who has worked hard for ten years can get what he wants.
In the second round, only eight people passed the assessment.
"Little Taoist friend, let's go too."
The square-faced uncle seemed to have really thought it through, and even his voice became much more open-minded.
Yun Xiangwan nodded and went onto the stage with the square-faced uncle.
One of them is number 108 and the other is number 109.
After Yun Xiangwan found his own workstation in order, he looked at the twenty kinds of spiritual medicines on the table.
They are all extremely common hundred-year-old elixirs. When combined, they can be used to refine first-grade soul-restoring pills, detoxification pills, tonic pills, etc.
The Huiling Pill was what she refined the most on a daily basis, but the first-grade Huiling Pill was not very useful. She was wondering if she could refine a second-grade Huiling Pill.
Anyway, the remaining elixirs and refined pills will be yours in the end.
After making up his mind, Yun Xiangwan took out his yellow-grade intermediate alchemy furnace.
A square-faced uncle standing by saw this and wondered why this young Taoist fellow was using the same alchemy furnace as him. He clearly didn't look like he didn't have spirit stones to buy a higher-level alchemy furnace.
But now is not the time to worry about the little Taoist's alchemy furnace. This is his last chance.
If he fails, he will die. He must give it a try!
Compared to his seriousness, Yun Xiangwan seemed much more nonchalant.
But she didn't expect that Yun Miaomiao would be standing opposite her.
The moment their eyes met, they smiled at the same time, with a tacit understanding like they were good friends who had known each other for many years.
Yun Xiangwan smiled on the surface, but was cursing in her heart.
"call--"
She waved her right hand lightly, and a white fire of origin jumped into the alchemy furnace.
Then she threw in twice the amount of elixir.
The fire of origin immediately enveloped the spiritual medicine and burned fiercely. After a while, the spiritual medicine began to liquefy.
After the refining is completed, it comes to the stage of melting the pill.
Yun Xiangwan wanted to delay the time of refining the elixir, so he tempered the elixir a few more times while it was melting.
At the same time, she can also observe the situation of the uncle next door.
The uncle was already sweating profusely. He was only at the fifth level of Qi Condensation, and both his spiritual power and mental strength were insufficient.
Due to poor spiritual roots and lack of resources for cultivation, it is difficult to make any progress.
But it would be different if he got the first-grade alchemist badge. Other low-level cultivators would come to him to make pills. In this way, he could obtain more cultivation resources and hopefully make further progress.
So, succeed.
God rewards hard work, and people who work so hard deserve to be lucky once!
When Yun Xiangwan was thinking this, the uncle whose spiritual power and mental power were about to be exhausted suddenly seemed to be assisted by God, and succeeded in melting the pill in one breath!
"Examiner, this is the first-grade Nine-transformation Great Tonic Pill I refined. Please take a look."
At this moment, Yun Miaomiao's clear and sweet voice attracted everyone's attention.
What? They refined the elixir in such a short time? It was even of the quality of the Nine Revolutions Golden Elixir!
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