A Lesson
Several months later.
On this day, Fang Yu arrived at the Hundred Herbs Hall and the Alchemy Chamber early.
He had already received a notification from within the sect that Second-Tier Alchemist had accepted the assessment task, and the scheduled date was today.
The Alchemy Chamber in the Hundred Herbs Hall is not large, but it is equipped with earth fire. All the necessary equipment for alchemy is provided in the Alchemy Chamber. If you want to practice alchemy here on weekdays, you need to rent it, and the price is quite high.
The examination for the Second-Tier Alchemist he applied for was held here.
After waiting for about an hour, a figure entered the Alchemy Chamber. Fang Yu looked over, and the smile that had just appeared on his face immediately froze, "Greetings, Senior Sister Sun."
Sun Qiao'er, who had just entered, was slightly taken aback when she saw Fang Yu, and her brows furrowed. "You're the one who applied for the Second-Tier Alchemist assessment!"
Looking at his neighbor Sun Qiao'er lived across the street, Fang Yu felt that his assessment was probably going to fail this time.
"It is indeed my junior brother!"
Sun Qiao'er sized Fang Yu up and down, then sneered, "You've only been an apprentice for a few years, yet you dare to apply for the Second-Tier Alchemist assessment? Are you trying to gamble on luck? Let me tell you, that won't work here."
She gestured, and the materials for three standard second-tier spirit pills, ' Essence Condensation Pill, ' landed on the medicine table. 'If you can refine two batches of ' Essence Condensation Pill,' I will pass your test. If not, then go back and practice more.'
Normally, if three sets of materials can be successfully used to complete one batch, one can be promoted to Second-Tier Alchemist. However, as his proctor, Sun Qiao'er naturally has the right to make minor adjustments. The difficulty has suddenly changed from a promotion rate of about 80% to less than 50%, which is really deliberately making things difficult for him.
"Thank you for your trouble, Senior Sister!" Fang Yu bowed respectfully, went to the medicine table, and began the refining process.
With his current mastery of Dao of Alchemy, the success rate of refining second-tier pills is basically 100%. Therefore, even if he is given a difficult task, succeeding twice is very easy for him.
Sun Qiao'er stepped aside, her gaze sweeping over Fang Yu as he skillfully processed the medicinal herbs, and a cold smile crept across her face.
"I'll settle the score with you today for stealing my dao companion's cave abode. No matter how well you've cultivated, I won't let you pass."
That Jiang Yao lives across the street is truly hateful. He just arrived on the mountain and immediately seized her cave abode, causing him to break his promise to his dao companion. He also looks at her with a lecherous gaze whenever they meet, which is even more hateful. She has long wanted to find an opportunity to teach him a lesson, and now that he has fallen into her hands, she is not going to let him get away with it.
Soon, Fang Yu finished processing the first batch of materials, then started refining pills using the earth fire within the Alchemy Chamber.
In the blink of an eye, three days had passed. He felt that the time was almost up, so he immediately opened the Pill Furnace with a wave of his hand. The next moment, one after another, charred pills flew out, filling the Alchemy Chamber with their burnt smell.
"Hehehe!" Sun Qiao'er laughed immediately upon seeing this, feeling pleased. This Jiang Yao's alchemy skills were really bad; he failed on the first attempt. If he failed on the next attempt, she could directly give him an unqualified grade, causing him to lose a large amount of contribution points for nothing.
Fang Yu glanced at Sun Qiao'er, a solemn expression appearing on his face, and began refining the second batch.
In the blink of an eye, the second batch was fired, and four pills flew out, three of which were of good quality and one of inferior quality, thus the pills were successfully refined.
"Call!"
Fang Yu let out a deep breath, his expression relaxing considerably, and then began refining the third batch.
Seeing this, Sun Qiao'er sneered, feeling that Fang Yu was merely a coincidence, and the third batch would definitely fail.
Time always flies when you're refining elixirs.
When the third batch of pills was finished, Sun Qiao'er looked at the three genuine pills and one inferior pill that had been successfully refined in the furnace, and the smile on her face disappeared.
Fang Yu breathed a sigh of relief and brought over all the pills he had refined. "Senior Sister, look, Junior Brother managed to successfully refine two batches!"
"Hmph!" Sun Qiao'er immediately broke out in a cold sweat. "You know you were lucky. Every batch of pills produced some inferior ones. How could you accept a second-tier pill refining task from within the sect? If I approved it for you, wouldn't I be harming many sect members? Go back and improve your skills before applying for a rating again!"
"Ah!" Fang Yu exclaimed in surprise. "This... we've already succeeded in two batches, how come we haven't passed yet? Senior Sister... Senior Sister..."
Fang Yu had only said a few words when Sun Qiao'er got up and walked out. Just as he chased her out of the Alchemy Chamber, his disciple token vibrated, and he was informed from inside the sect that he had failed to advance to the Second-Tier Alchemist and should reapply in three years.
"Sigh!" Fang Yu sighed deeply as he watched Sun Qiao'er's departing figure.
'Normally, a few words are fine, we're fellow disciples, and he wouldn't bother with them. But today, it's clearly a case of settling a personal score and making fun of him. If I don't teach her a lesson, my Dao heart will waver.'
He gently flipped his palm, and the ' White Bone Sarira ' was turned upside down in his palm. With a flick of his finger, a faint golden light flashed and disappeared into Sun Qiao'er's body.
Sun Qiao'er left the Alchemy Chamber, her heart filled with smugness. "I said I wouldn't let you pass, and I won't. No matter how well you practice, you still won't pass. You'll just have to wait three more years!"
Lost in thought, the figure of a male cultivator came into her view. She instinctively glanced at his face, her eyes immediately sparkling with admiration. 'This junior brother is so handsome!'
Without a second thought, she walked straight over and said, "Junior brother, please wait!"
The ordinary-looking male cultivator with a slightly crooked mouth turned around when someone called him and saw a charming female cultivator with alluring eyes approaching. "Senior sister, were you calling me?"
Looking at the male cultivator before her, Sun Qiao'er felt a surge of excitement, her face flushing red. She smiled and said, "Junior brother, could you do me a small favor?"
"Senior sister, please speak freely!" the crooked-mouthed male cultivator immediately replied.
Sun Qiao'er took two more steps forward, then leaned against the crooked-mouthed male cultivator. "I was refining pills just now, and it seems I've been poisoned by the pills. I'm completely weak now. I wonder if you could take me back, junior brother?"
"Ah!" The crooked-mouthed male cultivator, feeling the burning heat of the woman in his arms, nodded without hesitation and said, "Okay, Senior Sister, I'll take you back right away!"
"Thank you so much, Junior Brother!" Sun Qiao'er wrapped her arms around the male cultivator's neck and pointed her long fingers in the direction of the cave abode. "Hey, my cave abode is over there!"
The crooked-mouthed male cultivator hugged Sun Qiao'er tightly, released the flying boat, and headed in that direction.
Fang Yu watched from afar as Sun Qiao'er seduced an ugly cultivator, and couldn't help but laugh, "The Divine Ability of this White Bone Sarira is truly formidable!"
The next moment, he also launched his flying boat and returned to the cave abode with the other party.
Fang Yu returned to his cave abode, quickly brewed a pot of tea, and then opened a gap in the cave abode's barrier so that he could sense the situation across the hall at any time.
Several days passed in the blink of an eye. On this day, a figure landed in front of the cave abode across the street. It was Sun Qiao'er's dao companion.
Fang Yu immediately perked up his ears.
Soon after the figure entered the courtyard, angry shouts and the sound of Law Technique explosions were heard.
"Ugh... what a despicable couple!"
I'm going to kill you two, you adulterous couple!
"Let me explain, things aren't as you see them!"
"..."