Ruan Xiyan extinguished the flames, opened the alchemy cauldron, and smiled as she looked at the pills that had taken shape inside.
Upon realizing that the fragrance of the elixir was coming from Ruan Xiyan, Yan Gonglin was startled; it had actually succeeded.
How is that possible? How could a pill made with the addition of Ice Orchid Leaf be successfully refined?
His gaze fell upon Ruan Xiyan's alchemy cauldron, and he was extremely curious about what kind of pill she had refined.
However, the others had not yet finished their refining process, and the second competition was still ongoing. Although he was already itching to try it, he still had to abide by the rules and suppress his curiosity.
Time passed slowly, and the alchemists on the field all stopped what they were doing.
"Fellow alchemists, the second competition is now over. Take out the pills you have refined, and I will score them based on their grade and quality."
"Alchemists who fail to refine the pills will be automatically eliminated and will not receive any points in this competition."
The alchemist who had caused the explosion stood there dejectedly, filled with regret. He wished he hadn't acted so quickly.
But Ruan Xiyan also put the Ice Orchid Leaf Grass into the alchemy cauldron, so why was her alchemy cauldron unharmed and even produced the pills?
Many people noticed that the Ice Orchid Leaf Grass in the medicinal herbs in front of Ruan Xiyan had already been used.
Yan Gonglin looked at the pills in the hands of those people and began to score them. "Wu Jia, fifth-grade pill, inferior quality, eighty points."
"Han Yu, a fourth-grade pill, of inferior quality, worth forty points."
"Wang Xiaojiang, Grade 4 pill, superior quality, 65 points."
"......"
Yan Gonglin judged the alchemists' performances expressionlessly; they were unremarkable and did not surprise him.
These ten medicinal herbs are not of high grade. When combined, they can usually produce a fourth-grade pill. Producing a fifth-grade pill is a different story, but it is still quite good.
However, there are very few people who can refine fifth-grade pills. Only two or three people have refined fifth-grade pills, and they are of inferior quality.
Yan Gonglin shook his head and continued looking down, soon reaching Ruan Xiyan's pills.
When he saw the pill in Ruan Xiyan's hand, his expression sharpened, and he exclaimed in surprise, "A sixth-grade pill! And of superior quality!"
Before the alchemy gathering began, he had experimented with these ten medicinal herbs himself.
With his strength as a ninth-grade alchemist, he considered many possibilities, but the pills he refined were only inferior sixth-grade pills.
Because of the inherent low quality of these medicinal herbs, their medicinal potency is relatively weak, making it impossible to refine high-grade pills.
"There are also pill patterns?!" Yan Gonglin's pupils shrank as he looked at the three golden patterns on the pill.
He looked at Ruan Xiyan and asked sincerely, "How did you do that?"
In front of everyone, his eyes made no attempt to conceal his thirst for knowledge; he always believed in the wisdom of life, the endless pursuit of learning.
Even though he was already a ninth-grade alchemist, he was still the president of the Alchemist Guild, a position of great importance.
However, when faced with unknown questions, especially doubts about elixirs, he was still not ashamed to ask questions and did not feel that it was shameful to ask a young junior for advice.
“I saw that you also put the Ice Orchid Leaf Grass in. The Ice Orchid Leaf Grass and those other medicinal herbs have conflicting properties, making it difficult to even form a pill. How could you still refine such a high-quality sixth-grade pill?”
Ruan Xiyan explained, "The coldness in the Ice Orchid Leaf Grass does indeed conflict with other medicinal materials, but if we can resolve the coldness in the Ice Orchid Leaf Grass..."
"The effect of Ice Orchid Leaf Grass in enhancing the medicinal power is no weaker than that of Purple Orchid Leaf Grass. I separated the coldness from Ice Orchid Leaf Grass and only kept the part of the medicinal properties I needed."
Ruan Xiyan spoke casually, as if she were talking about something very easy.
However, Yan Gonglin knew very well that to achieve this level, one needed to reach a state of perfect harmony between man and flame. If there was even the slightest mistake in controlling the flame, it would be absolutely impossible to complete.
Indeed, the younger generation surpasses the older, and each generation is stronger than the last. Is it that his thinking is too constrained, or that the ideas of young people are more active?
Yan Gonglin looked at Ruan Xiyan with obvious admiration in his eyes, "Second competition, Ruan Xiyan, one hundred points."
"Elder Ruan, your talent for alchemy is quite remarkable. I look forward to your performance in the third competition."
If he was merely interested in the little girl during the first competition, now he deeply admires her.
He even considered recruiting people into the Alchemists Guild, as the Alchemists Guild needed fresh blood.
However, this young girl is, after all, an elder of the Eastern District Alchemist Association. It seems inappropriate for her to openly poach someone else's talent, and it would also be unbecoming of a strong person.
As Yan Gonglin finished speaking, hushed discussions arose in the arena.
Their eyes were full of envy as they looked at Ruan Xiyan, for she had actually received such high praise from the president of the Alchemist Guild.
As a ninth-grade alchemist, President Yan has always been critical and rarely praises people.
Especially the younger generation under the Alchemists Guild, they had never seen the Guild Master praise someone like this before, but the girl certainly deserved the praise.
A perfect score in both the first and second competitions is a feat achieved by very few alchemists throughout history, so few that they can be counted on one hand.
Moreover, all of those alchemists were older and more experienced, and she was the youngest among them.
Not only was President Yan looking forward to her performance in the third competition, but even they couldn't help but become curious.
The third competition begins.
Yan Gonglin took out a scroll, poured the power in his hand into the scroll, and the scroll grew larger and flew into the air to unfold.
A tattered scroll came into view.
Although the scroll was damaged, it was still clear that it was a pill formula, and a pill formula of a high level at that.
To the naked eye, the key to this high-level pill formula is not apparent; it consists only of nonsensical names of medicinal herbs.
Only by infusing one's spiritual power into it can one glimpse the true contents of the elixir formula within this scroll.
The alchemist with weak mental strength glanced at it quickly and felt as if his mental strength had been impacted by an invisible force, and a stinging pain appeared in his spiritual sea.
They quickly withdrew their spiritual power, not daring to risk looking at it again.
"The third competition of this alchemy event is this incomplete pill formula scroll." Yan Gonglin's voice, imbued with spiritual energy, spread throughout the surroundings.
"I obtained this pill formula scroll by chance from a secret realm, and no one has been able to recreate the complete formula to this day."
"Even though this pill formula scroll is damaged, its power is still considerable. All alchemists can proceed according to their own abilities, or they can choose to withdraw directly."
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