"Wait." Liu Ling turned around, stared at the place where Xiao Yan disappeared before, smiled softly, and murmured in a low voice, "I will make him feel ashamed at the conference. The disciples of Pill King are the most outstanding people of the Jia Ma Empire."
Early the next morning, Xiao Yan, led by Steward Zhao, came to the Alchemist Association again.
Tomorrow is the official start time of Pill Convention, and a closed test will be conducted today.
Along the way, Xiao Yan was a little surprised to find that there were already heavily armed troops patrolling on some of the main streets in the city.
Obviously, this is because Alchemist Convention is about to be held. After all, for such a huge event, security measures are naturally in place.
Slowly walking through several spacious streets, the huge Alchemist Association finally appeared in sight. Looking at the door that seemed more crowded than two days ago, Xiao Yan shook his head helplessly.
It seems that alchemists from all over the country, and even alchemists from other countries, want to stand out in this conference.
After getting off the carriage, there was a signboard of the Nalan Family, and Xiao Yan approached the guild gate smoothly.
Just as he was about to enter the guild from the VIP channel, there was a sudden commotion not far behind him, and everyone around him was looking at him.
"Huh? What's wrong?" Frowning slightly, he turned his head and Xiao Yan looked at the source of the commotion.
A blue flame beast pulled a silver-white carriage. A delicate hand as white as jade stretched out from the carriage and gracefully held the handle of the door. Then, a graceful silhouette slowly walked out and appeared in everyone's sight.
The person who appeared was wearing a purple dress with silver patterns. Her delicate appearance exuded a touch of innate nobility. She didn't seem to be very old, about seventeen or eighteen years old, and she looked similar to Xiao Yan.
This seemingly lady-like girl actually had some Gu Ling weird smile flashing through her watery eyes. Obviously, this was not a quiet master like her appearance.
Steward Zhao whispered, "This is Little Princess Yue Er of the Jia Ma Imperial Family. The master is Chemir, the vice president of the Alchemist Association. He passed the Tier 3 Alchemist exam last year. He is the treasure of the Jia Ma Imperial Family and one of the favorites to win this year."
After hearing the words of the old butler, Xiao Yan could only mourn for Little Princess, because no matter you are Third Grade or even Fourth Grade, for having Heavenly Flames and Tier 6 Soul Strength, Fourth Grade's peak Alchemy Techniques and Xiao Yan are all just cannon fodder.
Without paying too much attention to anything, Xiao Yan took the lead in entering Alchemist Association.
Following the old housekeeper, he came to a spacious inner hall with quite classical decoration. In the inner hall at this time, there were some people standing in twos and threes. Xiao Yan glanced at these people, and he was a little surprised to find that many of these people who looked to be in their twenties and seventies were actually at the level of Tier 3 Alchemist.
Not long after, the empire Little Princess and Liu Ling that were seen at the gate also walked in.
"Young Master Xiao Yan, I can't accompany you for the rest." Steward Zhao bowed and said.
"Please lead the way."
"No trouble, I wish Young Master Xiao Yan a successful start."
After bidding farewell to the old butler, Xiao Yan did not intend to communicate with these people. He leaned against the wall and closed his eyes to rest, waiting for the start.
"Huh? That was Nalan Family's butler just now. Who is that person not wearing the alchemist's robe? He should not be on the list. Can he come in through the back door?" Master Otto of Black Rock City asked.
Vice President Chemir shook his head when he heard this and said, "I don't know. I heard that I came in through the influence of Nalan Jie. It seems that I haven't even been tested for the alchemist level."
"Haven't passed the assessment yet? I guess he was sent here to see the world."
Hearing this, Chemir said no more. He turned his gaze to the people below and pointed to the left side of the hall. There were many black curtains hanging on the wall. "Behind each curtain, there is a separate small room. That is your examination room."
"As we all know, the refining of medicinal materials is an extremely important step when refining Medicinal Pill, and our test this time is about your refining of medicinal materials."
"On the table in each small room, the medicinal materials used for the test have been prepared, and all you need to do is to refine the medicinal materials to the ultimate purity that you can achieve before the hourglass runs out."
Hearing the vice president's voice, Xiao Yan slowly opened his eyes, looked at the small rooms, randomly selected the nearest one and walked in.
When Xiao Yan lifted the black cloth and walked in, a stone platform suddenly appeared in front of Xiao Yan. On the stone platform, there was an hourglass and pieces of black charcoal-like medicinal materials.
Picking up the medicinal material, Xiao Yan murmured in a low voice, "So, it is a low-level medicinal material Black Iron Spirit Leaf that is commonly used in refining the second-grade healing type Medicinal Pill. This thing is very resistant to burning and refining it requires strong control Fire Energy to control it accurately."
Seeing this thing, Xiao Yan shrugged. It was not too difficult for him. He curled his lips after saying something, took out five Alchemy furnaces, and threw Green Lotus Core Flame and Black Iron Spirit Leaf into the Alchemy furnace.
With a whirring sound, Xiao Yan directly raised the temperature of Green Lotus Core Flame to the maximum instantly. Not to mention refining at such a high temperature, Black Iron Spirit Leaf can be burned directly to ashes.
At the moment when Black Iron Spirit Leaf came into contact with Green Lotus Core Flame and was about to be burned to ashes, Xiao Yan's hands were controlling Green Lotus Core Flame like a puppet.
At the moment when Black Iron Spirit Leaf was about to burn to ashes, in a thousandth of a second, wisps of green fire quickly passed through the burned and damaged Black Iron Spirit Leaf, instantly extracting the medicinal essence from Black Iron Spirit Leaf.
In just a blink of an eye, the Black Iron Spirit Leaf in the Alchemy furnace turned into ashes. If Xiao Yan were any slower, all the medicinal properties would be burned.
The focus of this technique is to use ultra-high speed to destroy the medicinal materials, and then use Soul Power to sense a critical point. At the limit of the medicinal materials being broken, Soul Power can be used to bring out the essence of the medicine extremely quickly.
This not only requires a powerful flame, but also an extremely strong Soul Power, which can see through the properties of the medicine.
After taking out a wooden box from Storage Ring and putting the medicinal powder inside, Xiao Yan turned around and left. The total time before and after was less than one minute.
I saw Xiao Yan come out just a minute after entering, and even some alchemists who were dawdling were still in the lobby.
Vice President Chemir said with a smile, "Little brother, you don't have to come out to look at the hourglass in the hall. There is an hourglass inside, which is synchronized with the hourglass in the hall. Before the hourglass is finished, it is the refining time, and the purity will be checked after the hourglass is finished. You don't have to worry."
It can be heard that the vice president thought that Xiao Yan was too nervous and came out to ask questions without knowing the rules.
Xiao Yan took out the wooden box, looked sleepy, and said listlessly, "I have finished refining it."
"You've finished refining it???!!" Both judges Chemir and Master Otto exclaimed.
Otto asked, "How many times have you refined it?"
"How many times? Once."