Seeing Yun Yun Again

Otto led Qin Yu through two corridors and stopped in front of a heavy wooden door.

This is it.

Otto opened the door and gestured for Qin Yu to come in.

It was a standard examination room, with a medicine cauldron in the center, its appearance rather ordinary.

Various medicinal herbs were neatly arranged on the surrounding shelves, and a faint medicinal fragrance filled the air.

Qin Yu looked around, his gaze settling on the medicine cauldron, and turned to ask:

"Master Otto, is it alright if I use my own medicine cauldron?"

"Sure."

Otto, who had already walked to the long table to sit down, turned around immediately upon hearing this, his eyes filled with anticipation.

Qin Yu took out the Heaven Suppressing Cauldron from his Storage Ring. The patterns on the black cauldron exuded an ancient and profound aura.

Otto's gaze fell on the Heaven Suppressing Cauldron, and he examined it for a while.

This cauldron has a significant history.

Otto made a judgment in his heart, but did not ask any questions. He took several portions of medicinal herbs from the shelf next to him and placed them in front of Qin Yu.

Then, Otto casually pulled up a chair and sat down, resting his head on his hands, his eyes filled with undisguised curiosity as if to say:

Please begin your performance.

Qin Yu placed his right hand on the fire vent, and with a thought, the Green Lotus Core Flame surged from his palm.

The lotus-green flames flowed into the cauldron through the fire vent, instantly illuminating the entire interior.

"Heavenly Flames?!"

Otto's eyes widened, and he sprang up from his chair as if his bottom were on a spring, his expression quite interesting.

Qin Yu grabbed a few medicinal herbs from the table and casually tossed them into the cauldron.

Flames surged within the cauldron, rapidly melting and purifying the medicinal herbs under the Heavenly Flames heat. Impurities were devoured by the flames, leaving only the most essential components.

The entire process, from refining to condensing the elixir, was smooth and seamless.

In less than three minutes, several round pills flew out of the cauldron and landed steadily in Qin Yu's palm.

Qin Yu placed the pills on the table and pushed them toward Otto.

Otto glanced down, pursed his lips, and didn't know what to say.

The quality is impeccable; each one is practically perfect.

He took a deep breath, took out several more medicinal herbs from his Storage Ring, and lined them up on the table.

"A second-grade elixir, the Meridian-Nourishing Pill."

Qin Yu nodded without saying much, took the medicinal herbs, and started the furnace again. Making second-grade pills was no challenge for him either.

In less than the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, the Meridian-Nourishing Pill was ready, and its quality remained impeccable.

Otto examined the Meridian-Nourishing Pill refined by Qin Yu repeatedly, and then, as if he didn't believe in superstition, he took out several medicinal herbs from his Storage Ring.

"Third-grade, Wind-Walking Pill."

Qin Yu repeated his previous actions.

The Wind-Walking Pill was indeed more difficult to refine than the previous two, but that was not a problem for Qin Yu.

When the Wind-Walking Pill was pushed in front of him, Otto could no longer sit still.

He stood up and carefully examined the quality of the pills, muttering incantations, but his voice was too soft for Qin Yu to hear a word.

"Master Otto?"

Qin Yu called out, Otto abruptly looked up at him, asking:

"Can you... refine even higher-grade pills?"

Qin Yu's proficiency with first to Third-Rank Pill led him to make this guess.

"A fourth-rank official is acceptable, but..."

Qin Yu nodded and added:

"I'm missing a few medicinal herbs, I wonder if the master could help me..."

"What's missing? Tell me!"

Otto blurted it out almost immediately, then realized he had overreacted, coughed twice, and tried to appear normal:

"Ahem... I mean, you can use any of the herbs from the guild."

Qin Yu named several medicinal herbs.

After listening, Otto remained silent for a moment, then took out the corresponding medicinal herbs from his Storage Ring and laid them out on the table one by one.

He would pause for a moment after placing each medicinal herb, as if he were thinking about something.

"You want to refine the Purple Heart Barrier-Breaking Pill?"

Otto looked up at Qin Yu.

The Purple Heart Barrier-Breaking Pill, Peak Fourth-Grade Pill, can enhance the cultivation of Da Dou Shi without side effects, and can be taken twice consecutively.

Even if Otto himself refined pills of this caliber, the success rate wouldn't be very high.

"Um."

Qin Yu responded, Otto swallowed hard, pushed the medicinal herbs in front of Qin Yu, and then sat up straight.

This time, his attitude had changed from that of an examiner to that of a student.

Qin Yu took a deep breath and adjusted his state of mind.

Even though this wasn't his first time refining a fourth-grade pill, the Purple Heart Barrier-Breaking Pill was a peak fourth-grade pill, close to a fifth-grade pill, so he still had to take it seriously.

The Green Lotus Core Flame burned continuously in the cauldron, and one medicinal herb after another was added to the cauldron, turning into clumps of medicinal liquid of various colors under the scorching of the Heavenly Flames.

Time passed second by second, and fine beads of sweat appeared on Qin Yu's forehead.

Finally, all the medicinal liquids completed their final fusion, slowly condensing into a round pill embryo within the cauldron.

A purple pill flew out of the cauldron and slowly rotated above Qin Yu's palm, exuding a fragrant aroma and radiating a restrained brilliance.

The Peak Fourth-Grade Pill, the Purple Heart Barrier-Breaking Pill.

Qin Yu held the pill in his palm and turned to look at Otto.

"Master Otto, may I take this Purple Heart Barrier-Breaking Pill with me?"

Otto nodded blankly.

At this moment, his attention was entirely focused on the pill in Qin Yu's palm, and he seemed to be frozen in place.

It wasn't that he didn't want to talk; it was that he genuinely didn't know what to say.

Calling Qin Yu a monster is an understatement.

Qin Yu, meanwhile, put the Purple Heart Barrier-Breaking Pill into a jade bottle and then put the Heaven Suppressing Cauldron back into his Storage Ring, before clapping his hands.

"You..."

"Come to the guild tomorrow, and I'll prepare your things."

After a long pause, Otto finally uttered only this one sentence.

"Well then, Master Otto."

Qin Yu cupped his hands in greeting to Otto, and the two walked out of the guild gate one after the other.

Just as Qin Yu was about to say goodbye to Otto, a streak of blue light suddenly streaked across the sky.

In the blink of an eye, the light had landed on the open ground in front of the guild. As the light faded, a woman in white appeared in the moonlight.

Qin Yu was stunned.

What's Yun Yun doing here?

"Little one?"

"Sect Master Yun?"

Yun Yun turned around, and the two spoke almost simultaneously, then fell silent for a moment.

Otto stood to the side, his gaze sweeping back and forth between Qin Yu and Yun Yun twice, his expression changing from surprise to understanding.

If it's the Misty Cloud Sect...

Okay, he still couldn't understand. If Qin Yu was a member of the Misty Cloud Sect, then the Green Lotus Core Flame shouldn't have fallen on him.

But Otto knew that this was no longer a place for him.

Otto then cupped his hands in a respectful gesture towards Yun Yun:

"Sect Master Yun, this young friend is here at the guild to take the Alchemist level test. I just finished the test with him."

"Young friend Qin, you and Sect Master Yun can continue your conversation. I'll be leaving now."

After Otto finished speaking, he disappeared into the distance in the blink of an eye.

Only Qin Yu and Yun Yun remained on the stone steps.