"President Yan, I already know the recipe for this pill on the scroll. I now need Uncaria Fruit, Thousand Spirit Ginseng, Nine-Leaf Ganoderma, Earth Root Grass..."
Ruan Xiyan spoke frankly, listing the names of more than twenty kinds of medicinal herbs she needed.
She did have several medicinal herbs listed in the pill formulas in her space, but not all of them. As a top-tier force on the continent, alchemists would definitely have all of these medicinal herbs.
Moreover, since this is a competition of alchemy, the medicinal materials needed for the competition should be provided by the Alchemist Association, so why not use them?
Upon hearing this, Yan Gonglin did not doubt whether Ruan Xiyan was telling the truth or not, and ordered the elder beside him, "Go to the storeroom of the Alchemist Guild and fetch these medicinal herbs as she said."
"Yes, President." The elder looked at Ruan Xiyan with a skeptical expression and quickly went to fetch the medicinal herbs.
The surrounding alchemists looked at Ruan Xiyan with puzzlement, "Could it be that she really restored the pill formula in this scroll?!"
"The power on that pill formula scroll is too strong for mental attacks. I saw it clearly just now. Her mental power never left the scroll from beginning to end. How did she do that?"
"I also felt the power of the scroll. My mental strength was instantly repelled, yet she still managed to restore the pill formula. Is she even human?"
"She said she knew the recipe for the pill and then recited a series of medicinal herbs. Who knows if it's the recipe for this scroll? The pill hasn't been refined yet, so everything is still uncertain."
"Besides, I've never heard of any kind of elixir that requires more than twenty kinds of medicinal herbs. It's too early to draw conclusions now," someone said sourly.
"Just because you haven't seen it doesn't mean it doesn't exist," the alchemist next to him couldn't help but retort. "Is it so hard to admit that someone is better than you?"
"Putting aside whether the pill formula is real or fake, her powerful mental strength is a fact that everyone has witnessed, and there is no doubt about that. In this respect, she is already far superior to you."
Some alchemists couldn't stand it and stood up for Ruan Xiyan.
"Yeah, yeah, don't be a sour grapes," someone sneered.
Those people split into two factions and argued with each other there.
"Stop arguing. We'll know the result once she finishes refining the pills," someone said. "With President Yan's expertise in alchemy, she'll definitely know whether the pills are the formula on that scroll."
"That's true. We won't get to any conclusions if we argue here."
Before long, the elder brought over the medicinal herbs that Ruan Xiyan had mentioned.
To prevent any mishaps that might occur during Ruan Xiyan's first attempt at refining the medicine, Yan Gonglin thoughtfully ordered that two sets of medicinal herbs be prepared.
Ruan Xiyan looked at the two portions of medicinal herbs, selected one, and then took out the alchemy cauldron and put the herbs into it.
She had already understood the recipe on the scroll, which also contained detailed steps for refining the medicine; one dose of herbs would suffice.
Seeing Ruan Xiyan begin refining medicine, everyone present held their breath and craned their necks to look, even more nervous than Ruan Xiyan herself, all wanting to know if she could finally refine the elixir.
Ruan Xiyan proceeded methodically according to the steps of alchemy.
More than twenty kinds of medicinal herbs slowly turned into medicinal liquid in the alchemy cauldron, dispersing in different parts of the cauldron.
All impurities were extracted, and the pure medicine was crystal clear.
Although she had never seen this kind of pill before and did not know its name, she could deduce that it was an eighth-grade pill based on the type and grade of the medicinal materials.
The medicinal liquids of this elixir cannot be mixed arbitrarily; they must be mixed in pairs according to the steps described in the elixir recipe scroll.
Then the fused medicinal liquids are combined into one, and this process can only be done step by step, not all at once.
The worst thing you can do when refining pills is to be flustered. Ruan Xiyan was not in a hurry and calmly followed the refining method.
In the blink of an eye, two hours had passed.
Ruan Xiyan remained calm, but the group of people around her were extremely anxious.
"Why isn't it ready yet? Will it even be successfully refined? Or is this just a publicity stunt to fool us?"
"There's less than an hour left, what's the rush! Let's wait and see."
"......"
Yan Changpu looked at Ruan Xiyan, who was wholeheartedly refining medicine, with concern, wondering if his young friend Ruan would succeed in the end.
As a ninth-grade alchemist, Yan Gonglin had a keen sense of perception, and he immediately noticed a faint fragrance of medicinal pills wafting from the alchemy cauldron.
The scent of medicinal herbs wafted through the air, proving that Ruan Xiyan had completed the fusion of the medicinal liquid and was currently condensing the pill.
Condensing the pill is the final and most important step in refining elixirs. If the pill condensation fails, all the previous efforts will be in vain.
"Boom!" A clap of thunder suddenly echoed in the sky, startling everyone.
They looked up and, unaware that a large cloud of thunder had gathered above them, they realized that...
Dark thunderclouds loomed overhead, creating an oppressive atmosphere.
"This...this...this thundercloud was attracted by Ruan Xiyan?!" someone asked in surprise.
They looked around, and the answer was clearly yes.
"Isn't it only ninth-grade pills that can attract thunderclouds and bring down pill lightning? Why is she able to attract them? Could it be that she is refining a ninth-grade pill?"
"This is unbelievable! How could a ninth-grade alchemist be so young? Impossible! Absolutely impossible! On the entire continent, only President Yan's alchemy skills have reached the ninth-grade level."
"A ninth-grade alchemist is indeed an exaggeration, but that huge thundercloud in the sky was attracted by Ruan Xiyan."
Yan Gonglin was no less surprised and shocked than the others. He looked at Yan Changpu sitting next to him and asked, "Is this young lady an elder of your East District Alchemist Branch? What rank of alchemist is she?"
"President, the rank badge she obtained from the Alchemist Branch was Rank 7," Yan Changpu replied.
"A seventh-grade alchemist, a seventh-grade alchemist of this age, truly a genius in the alchemy world," Yan Changpu exclaimed.
"It's impossible for a seventh-grade pill to produce thunderclouds, so the only explanation is that the pill formula on this scroll is unusual."
More and more thunderclouds gathered, and the entire sky became gloomy.
Ruan Xiyan glanced at the sky above and continued condensing the pill in her hands. The pill solidified in the alchemy cauldron.
The moment the pill was completed, a rich aroma of medicinal herbs instantly filled the air, and a beam of light shot into the sky.
The beam of light collided with the thunderclouds above, thunder rumbled, and a bolt of lightning suddenly descended.
Yan Gonglin and Yan Changpu's expressions hardened. The power of the pill lightning was immense. If they couldn't withstand its power, the pills they refined would be destroyed.
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