Chapter 240 Refining the Beauty Pill

Chu Ning did not dare to use his spiritual consciousness, so he had no idea what was going on in the yard.

Logically speaking, the easiest way to recruit alchemy master disciples is to arrange an alchemy competition, but Danshan Sect obviously did not intend to recruit people like this this time.

Pushing open the courtyard door, Chu Ning just stared straight ahead and did not scan around.

There was an old man sitting in front of him, and the aura emanating from him told Chu Ning that he was a powerful person in the late Nascent Soul stage.

deacon.

So the deacons of Danshan Sect are in the late Yuanying stage, and the ones on the higher level are elders?

Elder of Transformation God?

"I want to ask you, what do you think is different from others in the alchemy path?"

The old man's words made Chu Ning put away his thoughts. After pondering for a moment, he replied: "This junior is best at refining alchemy at a speed."

At this moment, Chu Ning felt that her time in the Xinhuo Palace Library was not in vain.

Reading a lot of books is indeed beneficial.

At least when he got off the flying boat, he saw a symbol on the mountain peak.

He had seen that symbol in a certain jade slip.

All alchemists in the Alchemy Domain are divided into six major sects. These six major sects are not divided into sects, but based on the theory of alchemy.

The sign at the foot of the mountain means that the Danshan Sect is the Traditional sect.

The Traditional Sect advocates practicing more. The more you refine alchemy, the stronger your strength will be.

Since you need to practice a lot, your speed naturally needs to be increased.

I just don’t know if the first five people have noticed this.

"oh?"

The old man was quite surprised. When the five people in front of him answered his question, some of their answers were based on their emphasis on pharmacological analysis, while others considered themselves to be in control of flames...

quick.

It is indeed one of the alchemy theories pursued by their Danshan Sect.

As long as the alchemy is made quickly enough, there will only be success and no failure.

"How fast are you?"

The old man continued to ask, and the corners of Chu Ning's mouth twitched. Why did this question sound so awkward?

Can’t you ask, “How fast can I make elixirs?”

"The juniors of third-grade elixirs can now refine elixirs at half the time required, while fourth-grade elixirs can only be refined by a fraction of half."

Chu Ning wasn't bragging. With the help of the Mysterious Mirror, he could indeed speed up time if he didn't pursue the quality of the elixir.

If the elixir did not explode and take shape, many steps could be accelerated. With the Secret Mirror, he did not have to worry about the elixir exploding.

"Go to the next courtyard from the back."

The old man didn't ask again, and Chu Ning didn't know whether he had passed the test. After bowing respectfully, Chu Ning walked inside.

After Chu Ning left, the old man wrote two words on a black wooden sign with his fingers: Fit.

What the six Chu Nings didn't know was that their first test was whether their understanding of alchemy was consistent with the sect.

In the second courtyard, there was still an old man standing in the courtyard. The old man said calmly: "Take out hundreds of medicinal materials from your storage bag."

"yes."

Although he didn't know what the assessment in this courtyard was, Chu Ning followed the old man's instructions and took out hundreds of medicinal materials from the storage bag.

There are hundreds of types of medicinal materials in his storage bag, and the quantities are even greater.

The old man waved his hand, and the hundreds of medicinal materials flew towards the alchemy furnace in the middle of the yard. Within half an hour, a pill flew out of the alchemy furnace.

Chu Ning's eyes widened. What kind of alchemy furnace is this? It doesn't require flame refining. The medicinal materials are put in and the elixir is directly produced?

wrong.

If there is such a magical alchemy furnace, what else would an alchemist do?

When Chu Ning was thinking about how this pill furnace was made, the pill was also shot towards him, and finally stopped steadily in front of him.

"This elixir is made from 30 of the 100 medicinal materials you provided. I will give you a stick of incense to identify these 30 medicinal materials, but you are not allowed to touch them."

If you want to identify the ingredients of the elixir by yourself, then this level is not difficult.

What Chu Ning is not afraid of the most is identifying the ingredients of the elixir. With the Mystic Mirror present, this level can be passed in seconds.

However, he still deliberately observed it for almost a cup of tea before he started to name the types of medicinal materials.

"Senior, according to this junior's judgment, the medicinal materials of this elixir are Qixingzi, Longziqian, Kuixiang, star anise, and Wututu..."

Chu Ning did not choose to hide the thirty kinds of medicinal materials, but named all thirty kinds of medicinal materials.

When it comes to whether he can pass the assessment, Chu Ning doesn't dare to take risks. If the other five people all answer, then he will have given up his biggest advantage.

"Okay, let's go to the next yard."

There was a look of satisfaction on the old man's face. Two of the five people in front of him answered all the medicinal materials correctly, but they only answered it when the time was almost over, and they didn't look as sure as this one.

After Chu Ning left, the old man wrote one word on a wooden sign: Excellent.

The third yard.

He is still an old man, with ten wooden plaques placed in front of him.

"Pick a wooden sign and refine the elixir."

Chu Ning found that the deacons of Danshan Sect seemed to cherish their words as much as gold. It might be because he had not yet become a disciple of Danshan Sect and the other deacons treated him indifferently.

Chu Ning stepped forward and looked at the ten wooden tablets. These ten wooden tablets were all facing away from their backs, which meant that they were blindly selecting an elixir to refine.

"Although our sect does not agree with the Xuan Sect's theory of alchemy, the theory of luck in alchemy does exist. Blind selection of elixirs is also a test of your luck in alchemy."

When the old man saw that Chu Ning did not turn over the wooden cards, he gave a rare explanation.

"Senior, I choose this one."

After listening to the old man's explanation, Chu Ning did not hesitate anymore, nor did he pretend to be clever and use his spiritual consciousness to peek. These wooden signs can either block his spiritual consciousness, or he can use his spiritual consciousness. The deacon will find out when the time comes. If you punish yourself for cheating, then the previous assessment will be wasted.

Picking up the wooden sign, Chu Ning discovered that there was a layer of vague light on the front of the wooden sign, blocking his sight.

"Put your hand on it for three breaths."

The old man reminded him, and Chu Ning did as the old man said. He placed his finger on the fuzzy halo. After three breaths, the halo disappeared, revealing the words on the wooden sign.

"Zhu Yan Dan?"

Chu Ning frowned when she saw the name of the elixir.

Among the third-grade elixirs, there is a beauty pill, and the Zhuyan Pill is an upgraded version of the beauty pill, which can keep a person's appearance unchanged for a hundred years.

This is an ordinary quality beauty pill. If it is a good quality pill, it will last for two hundred years, if it is a top quality pill, it will last for five hundred years, and if it is a top quality pill, it will last for a thousand years.

Chu Ning had learned from the jade slips in the Xinhuo Palace that the Zhuanyan Dan among the fourth-grade elixirs, especially the high-quality Zhuyan Dan, could be sold for astronomical prices.

A monk can only take three pills like the Beauty Pill in his lifetime. Male cultivators are better off, but female cultivators are extremely eager for the best Beauty Pill.

A top-quality beauty pill can be exchanged for a top-quality magic weapon.

"The third alchemy room contains materials for the Beauty Pill. Hang the storage bag on the wall before entering."

The old man was a little surprised when he saw that Chu Ning had drawn the Zhuyan Pill, because even he didn't know the names of the pills engraved on these ten wooden plaques.

The last level of the newcomer assessment, alchemy, was set by the elders of each peak. None of the newcomers in the past chose this topic.

What surprised him was, which elder would give such a topic?

Not only are the ingredients of Zhuanyan Dan more precious than ordinary fourth-grade elixirs, but the most important thing is that there is a big difference between the value of Zhuyan Dan with quality and without quality.

In order to maximize the value of Zhuyan Dan, it is usually the elders who refine it.

Even if the disciples in the sect want the Zhuyan Pill, they will often ask the elders to help them refine it.

Chu Ning naturally didn't know what the old man was thinking at this moment. After hearing what the old man said, he hesitated.

Ever since he had the storage bag, the storage bag had left himself only once, and never again since then.

But after only hesitating for a moment, Chu Ning took off the storage bag from his waist, hung it on the wall of the third alchemy room, then opened the door and walked in.

Entering the alchemy room, Chu Ning quickly scanned the entire alchemy room. This alchemy room was not much different from the alchemy rooms he had set up when he was refining alchemy in Chengshan Domain. There were several alchemy furnaces.

However, after carefully looking at these pill furnaces, he was shocked by the wealth of Danshan Sect.

These three alchemy furnaces are all fourth-grade alchemy furnaces!

You must know that there are only one or two fourth-grade alchemy furnaces in the vast Chengshan area.

This is just one of the alchemy rooms used for the assessment of newcomers. The other nine alchemy rooms are also the same. The disciples of Danshan Sect and the deacons and elders will only use better alchemy furnaces than this.

"This is the centralized optimization of resources, just like those top universities in previous generations."

Chu Ning murmured something in her heart, then gathered her thoughts and began to check the medicinal materials placed on the medicine shelf.

Since Danshan Sect is a Fan sect, the time spent refining alchemy must also be included in the assessment criteria, and he cannot waste any time.

After confirming that there was no shortage of medicinal materials, Chu Ning lit a fire for the alchemy furnace. Instead of using the original warming furnace, he directly summoned the earth fire to increase the heat of the alchemy furnace, and then threw the medicinal materials into the alchemy furnace.

With the Secret Realm in hand, Chu Ning purified the medicinal materials very quickly. It only took seven days to complete the purification of all the medicinal materials.

After the medicinal residue flowed out of the elixir furnace vent, Chu Ning closed the entire elixir furnace valve and started refining the elixir.

Different from the previous ease when refining the elixir, this time Chu Ning never stopped using the fingerprints on his hand, constantly changing the fingerprints to control the fire.

For Chu Ning, he not only had the help of the Mysterious Mirror, but also the help of Earth Fire in refining alchemy.

The earth fire spirit can also sense the condition of the elixirs in the alchemy furnace and can control the flames independently, making Chu Ning much more relaxed. Otherwise, maintaining such high-intensity operation would consume too much of the soul.

half year later.

Chu Ning walked out of the alchemy room.

"Refining failed?"

Seeing Chu Ning coming out, the old man at the door asked in a deep voice.

Normally, it takes more than a year to refine Zhuyan Pill, but Chu Ning came out in half a year. It is very likely that the pill refining failed.

"Senior, this junior was lucky enough to successfully refine it." Chu Ning replied with a slight smile.

"The refining was successful, how fast are you?"

The old man's words made Chu Ning's mouth twitch. Don't people in Danshan Sect like to say the word "alchemy"?

Chu Ning didn’t know how to respond. Would he admit that he was “fast”?

In the end, I could only hold back one sentence: "It was a fluke."

"There is no luck in refining elixirs. Take out the Zhuyan Dan."

Chu Ning took out the medicine bottle. He now knew why he had to put the storage bag outside before. This was because he was afraid that there would happen to be a newcomer who had the elixir to be refined in his storage bag, so he chose to take the storage bag. There are enough elixirs in it.

After thinking about it, after he took out the storage bag, the deacon must have scanned him with his spiritual consciousness and made sure that he did not have any elixirs or storage bags hidden on his body.

"Not bad, indeed... top... top grade."

The old man's pupils shrank sharply, and he stared at Chu Ning with bright eyes. The next moment he said: "Junior brother Chu, go back to the alchemy room first."

Chu Ning frowned, he had refined the elixir himself, why would he go back to the elixir room?

However, he had to comply with the old man's request, because he was the examiner.

But it shouldn't be a bad thing, the other party finally gave him a title.

This "Junior Brother Chu" has already revealed a lot of information.