It Just Worked Out While I Was Refining

A slender woman with clear, limpid eyes like an icy spring atop a snow-covered mountain walked in through the main doors.

Her delicate face, beautiful brows, and graceful, slender figure were wrapped in a fitted silver gown.

The silvery-white clothing complemented her warm jade-like skin, lending her an additional air of unmistakable cold allure.

Most stunning of all was the silver-robed woman's long silver hair, which cascaded all the way to her waist.

After taking a closer look, Lei Luo could not help but draw in a cold breath.

This kind of temptation was truly impossible to resist.

"Teacher." Only after walking forward did the silver-haired woman reveal a breathtaking smile.

"Hehe, you finally made it, girl. That old fellow Otto was about to lose his patience," Frank teased.

Xue Mei smiled slightly at that, then turned and bowed to Otto. "Master Otto."

Otto nodded. "Xue Mei, you're still as polite as ever, nothing like—"

Before he could finish, he caught sight of Lin Fei's red lips already pouting high in the air from the corner of his eye.

"Well then, since everyone's here, let's begin!"

At those words, everyone headed to a stone platform and began making preparations.

Xue Mei also walked over to one of the stone platforms.

At this moment, there was still one stone platform separating her from Lin Fei.

The moment the two women saw each other, the atmosphere immediately became tense and hostile.

"Hmph, someone had better not blow up her cauldron again later. It's fine if you fail yourself, but don't disturb everyone else." Lin Fei lightly patted the standard medicinal cauldron before her with her jade-like hand and snorted.

"I think even without any interference, your chances of failing should still be quite high." Xue Mei smiled faintly.

Though she looked cold and detached on the surface, she still found it difficult to remain completely composed when facing this rival who had competed against her for several years.

Just as the two women were sparring with words, Frank spoke to Lei Luo with a smile.

"Little fellow, hurry and get ready. It's fine even if you fail. At worst, go back and have old Otto give you some special tutoring."

Clearly, Frank did not believe that eighteen-year-old Lei Luo could be a First-Rank Alchemist.

Though he was being doubted, Lei Luo did not say much and walked straight to the stone platform between the two women.

Breathing in the two fragrant scents lingering at the tip of his nose and sensing the jealous gazes around him, Lei Luo could not help sighing inwardly. Not bad.

Lin Fei and Xue Mei were not unreasonable people, and Lei Luo's appearance was indeed rather lethal, so neither of them objected.

Instead, both of them could not help sneaking glances at Lei Luo.

Putting those thoughts aside, Lei Luo began inspecting the tools for today's pill refinement.

The medicinal cauldrons were all standardized. They could not be called good, but neither could they be called bad.

There were also three sets of medicinal ingredients arranged neatly before him.

Beside the ingredients were several fine jade bottles. There was no need to think about it; they were definitely meant to hold the refined pills.

"Have you all checked everything? If there are no issues, then the assessment... begins!"

As he spoke, Frank flicked his sleeve, sending a burst of force flying out to strike the iron bell hanging from the ceiling of the hall with perfect accuracy.

As the long, resonant toll of the bell rang out, the assessment officially began.

The examinees promptly pressed their palms against the fire ports of their medicinal cauldrons.

As Dou Qi surged wildly from within their bodies, muffled popping sounds rang out, and flames instantly rose inside every medicinal cauldron.

However, apart from Lin Fei and Xue Mei, everyone else's flames were extremely faint in color. Clearly, their strength was all below that of a four-star Dou Practitioner.

At that moment, Lei Luo's looking around also drew the attention of the two beauties beside him.

Xue Mei's slender willow-leaf brows furrowed slightly, but she still spoke up. "Sir, the alchemist assessment is no child's play. You should hurry and begin."

Lei Luo was rather surprised upon hearing that.

After all, she had not been present when he became familiar with Otto. He had not expected Xue Mei to distract herself just to remind him, which surprised him somewhat.

"Hmph, you should worry about yourself. He's the young master of the Miter Family. He doesn't need your concern."

Hearing the gunpowder-laced words in Lin Fei's voice, Lei Luo could only shake his head with a bitter smile.

"Thank you. I'll begin now," Lei Luo said softly in thanks.

Once the flames inside the medicinal cauldrons had fully ignited, a transparent curtain of light slowly rose around the outside of the stone platforms.

The light curtain formed a square, enveloping all the examinees within it.

As the light barrier activated, the whispers throughout the hall fell completely silent.

Everyone stared intently at the movements of the examinees on the stone platforms.

Whenever they happened to spot a newcomer with decent control, they would nod to themselves.

Everyone was busy, except Lei Luo.

This caused Otto and Frank outside to notice him immediately.

"What is this little fellow doing? Does he think this is child's play? Old Otto, this..."

Otto could only spread his hands helplessly at that.

After all, Lei Luo's background was too formidable.

Even Black Rock City had quite a few Miter Family businesses, and there were times when they had to rely on them.

So they truly could not afford to offend Lei Luo.

"Ah, just treat him as someone here for the experience. But if he really is interested in pill refinement, we can consider teaching him."

"After all, his status is right there..."

Just as the two were planning to strengthen their relationship with him, Lei Luo within the light curtain was also preparing to begin.

He picked up the pill formula and glanced at it casually. A First-Rank pill: the Strength Accumulation Pill.

However, this was difficult even for First-Rank Alchemists. If newcomers like Xue Mei were asked to refine it, it would probably be hellish difficulty.

But to Lei Luo, a Third-Rank Alchemist, it was practically child's play.

Pressing his palm against the fire port and feeling the cool touch of the medicinal cauldron, Lei Luo's lips curved upward slightly.

Then, with a thought, terrifying purple flames surged forth!

Lei Luo was merely refining a pill casually, but Otto and Frank could no longer remain calm.

"Damn, purple flames? Is that a Heavenly Flame?"

"No, absolutely impossible. With his strength, there's no way he could control a Heavenly Flame, much less do so so skillfully and casually..."

Otto and Frank looked at each other, their jaws nearly dropping to the floor in shock.

They simply did not know what expressions they would wear if they were fortunate enough to witness Lei Luo's Yin-Yang Twin Flames.

Even Xue Mei and Lin Fei beside Lei Luo were somewhat shocked, for those purple flames clearly looked far from ordinary.

"I didn't expect this guy to have something up his sleeve," Xue Mei muttered softly.

While everyone else focused on refining their pills, Lei Luo was no exception.

Wanting to keep a low profile, he did not show off any fancy techniques and simply added the ingredients step by step.

But he was still a Third-Rank Alchemist. A pill like this truly posed no difficulty for him.

By the time he finished refining it, everyone else had only barely reached the halfway point.

When everyone had finished, Frank could not help crying out in shock upon seeing the pill in Lei Luo's hand.

"A Strength Accumulation Pill? How did you manage to refine it successfully in one go in less than half an hour?"

Lei Luo rubbed the tip of his nose. "I just refined it, and somehow it came out..."