Su Ye, Your Turn!

Luo Ding immediately let out a deep breath. Sitting in the main seat, he allowed everyone to see his every move clearly!

The Alchemy Furnace had clearly been specially made as well. Its center was transparent, allowing the students to see everything distinctly.

At that moment, Luo Ding's expression turned solemn. It was as though he had entered a state of complete focus in an instant!

From beside him, he skillfully took out the corresponding six ingredients!

Luo Ding's calm yet resonant voice carried through the entire alchemy classroom, allowing every student to hear him with absolute clarity:

"The Blood Strengthening Pill is an ungraded pill."

"Its function is to strengthen one's blood and vitality. It is like the Red Bull and other energy drinks you usually consume—it can raise your spirits in a short time and make your blood and vitality circulate more smoothly. Of course, it is far healthier."

"The main ingredient is Heavenly Essence Grass, while the supplementary ingredients are China Rose, Jade Bamboo, Sichuan Rhubarb, Water Red Flower, and Winter Night Grass. Six ingredients in total."

He recited them as if they were treasures, lightly pinching his fingers as he took out the proper amounts.

"Among them, the proportions are..."

The next moment, he tossed the ingredients into the Alchemy Furnace before him one after another according to the timing and proportions, then directly switched it on. Blazing flames surged to life.

"Martial Artists at the Bone Tempering Realm and Blood Nourishing Realm still need to rely on natural fire to refine pills."

"But upon reaching the Origin Fusion Realm, when Yuan Power is born within the body, one can use Yuan Power flames to drive alchemy and refine all kinds of extraordinary pills."

"The first step, Material Gathering, is to gather the alchemy ingredients in the proper proportions. This is the simplest step. One only needs to know the recipe's proportions and the ingredients required for the pill."

Every word Luo Ding spoke rang out clearly.

"The second step, Pill Condensation, is the step that consumes the most effort and requires the greatest technique."

"The timing of adding the ingredients, the quality of one's methods..."

He suddenly rose to his feet and fiercely struck the furnace several times with his palm!

Bang! Bang!

Bang! Bang!

The Alchemy Furnace shook, but Luo Ding remained serious. "This is the most common Pill Condensation technique, called the 'Furnace Control Palm.' It has a hundred fixed variations and can handle the refinement of the vast majority of pills below Level 4!"

A wave of astonishment swept through the audience. Many students had been passionate about alchemy, but now their heads began to ache, their enthusiasm doused by a bucket of cold water!

A hundred fixed variations—it was practically like formulas!

When faced with specific situations, they would also need to be combined and used accordingly!

How complicated would that be?

"Moreover, your judgment must be accurate. Your grasp of force and timing cannot be off by even half a second!"

Luo Ding spoke, but inwardly he sighed as well.

This was alchemy!

That was without even mentioning the issue of Material Gathering.

Just fully mastering the hundred fixed variations of this Furnace Control Palm—how much practice with medicinal ingredients would that require?

How many hundreds or thousands of furnaces' worth of ingredients would it consume?

Ordinary people truly found it difficult to charge bravely ahead on this path!

This was also why he did not think highly of Su Ye!

To become an outstanding alchemist, one had to burn through far too many resources!

"And for this Blood Strengthening Pill, six of those fixed techniques are required. Watch carefully!"

Luo Ding explained as he demonstrated.

After all, he was capable of becoming Shenyun First High School's alchemy teacher. His Blood Nourishing Realm cultivation and the seasoned experience of a Level 5 Alchemist allowed him to remain extremely composed.

The area below the stage was silent, every student watching intently.

Yet before long, they could no longer keep up with the pace. It was like listening to a heavenly book, and they could only stare at one another in complete bewilderment, smiling bitterly in helplessness!

It was too difficult!

Simply memorizing all these steps was not easy!

Su Ye, however, looked thoughtful as he listened with great interest.

He even had a feeling of sudden enlightenment.

He was like a shriveled sponge, constantly absorbing seawater, taking it in without letting any out!

Ten minutes later!

Bang!

Luo Ding opened the furnace and slowly exhaled, a sharp gleam flashing in his eyes.

"The Blood Strengthening Pill is merely an ungraded pill, so only the second step, Pill Condensation, needs to be completed!"

"There is no need for the third step, Pill Formation. As long as the pill remains condensed without collapsing and its medicinal effect does not disperse, the Blood Strengthening Pill is considered refined."

Using a specialized pill-grasping tool, he removed the steaming red-and-blue pill from the Alchemy Furnace and showed it to everyone!

Seeing that many students below were still frowning, lost in thought and confusion, Luo Ding shook his head slightly.

This was why alchemists were so scarce, and why their status could sometimes even exceed that of Martial Artists!

Cultivating a graded alchemist was simply too difficult!

Resources, talent, diligence—not one could be lacking!

Having demonstrated it only once, he naturally did not expect the students below to understand it!

His expectation for them was merely that they would be able to refine a Blood Strengthening Pill within two weeks!

He sighed inwardly. It was no exaggeration to say that the funds needed to train one First-grade Alchemist on average would be enough for twenty ordinary students to temper ten Martial Bones!

But likewise, if one could steadily refine scarce pills, the profits would be enormous!

That was why outstanding alchemists were welcomed by all major forces and could even become honored guests!

"Next..." Luo Ding swept his gaze over several students and said, "Zhang Yuan, come up first and give your classmates a demonstration!"

Zhang Yuan jolted and immediately stood up, his face brimming with excitement and eagerness!

At last, it was his domain!

He walked to the main platform, rubbed his hands together, and sat down.

"Just follow the steps I described and demonstrate them one by one!" Luo Ding nodded, signaling Zhang Yuan to begin.

Zhang Yuan nodded repeatedly before beginning to operate with practiced ease!

Selecting the ingredients!

Putting them into the furnace!

Every step was extremely skillful, drawing countless exclamations from below!

"That fatty has a foundation! He definitely isn't a beginner!"

"Don't you know? His dad is the Heavenly Pill Pavilion Manager!"

"No wonder! Comparing people really makes you furious!"

The crowd below spoke in low voices.

Zhang Yuan enjoyed it immensely, secretly feeling pleased with himself!

This morning, I was only fit to stand below. Now it's this young master's turn to show off!

Ten minutes later, Zhang Yuan wiped the sweat from his forehead. Even his plump cheeks had turned hot and red. "Teacher Luo, it's done!"

Luo Ding glanced at Zhang Yuan with a hint of surprise, then nodded with a smile. "Better than I expected."

He took out the Blood Strengthening Pill from the furnace. Its quality was clearly quite good!

"Looks like you may already be able to refine certain Level One Pills?" Luo Ding gave Zhang Yuan's shoulder a meaningful pat.

"Alright, go back down!"

Perhaps during the Four School Joint Event, Zhang Yuan would have a chance to represent the school in the alchemy competition.

Zhang Yuan held his head high and chest out as he walked down!

He could not wait to reach Su Ye's side and whisper, "Brother Ye, what do you think?"

"I was handsome just now, right?"

"Hehe, I might be a little lacking when it comes to martial arts, but my talent for alchemy? Even my dad says I have great promise!"

Su Ye nodded and smiled. "You were pretty handsome."

A thoughtful glint flickered in his eyes.

After watching two refinements, with his ability as a First-grade Alchemist, he had vaguely noticed something.

"The ingredients, the techniques..."

As he pondered, Luo Ding's gaze suddenly fell upon him, his words carrying a peculiar meaning.

"Su Ye, your turn!"

In the next instant, the entire hall's gazes fiercely converged upon Su Ye!

Filled with all kinds of emotions!