Chapter 744 Performance of All Parties
In a blink of an eye, twenty people in the hall each occupied a light circle, and Qingyang was no exception. It was not very clear from the outside, but after entering, he found that the things in the light circle were more complete than he had imagined, and the layout was like an alchemist's alchemy room.
The entire light circle was not large, only about four or five feet in radius. There was an alchemy furnace in the middle, and there was a platform nearby, on which were placed several object-receiving talismans, and inside the object-receiving talismans were various alchemy materials and spiritual materials for ignition.
At the innermost of the platform was a small incense burner, in which a slender sandalwood was burning, burning very slowly, and it seemed to be used for timing.
For the assessment of alchemists, the success rate of pills is the most important indicator. It is not only the standard for judging the level of alchemists, but also related to the benefits of an alchemist. If the success rate is low, the value of the pill is not as high as the material, and it will only lose money. The higher the success rate, the more spiritual stones you can earn.
The second is the quality of the pill. For the same pill, the higher the quality of the pill, the better the effect and the higher the price. Let's not talk about ordinary pills, the difference is not very obvious. Those high-value pills, such as foundation-building pills, are of higher quality and can greatly increase the chance of breakthrough.
The second is time. With the same pill success rate and the same pill quality, of course, the less time it takes, the better. A few years ago, Lv Yuan and Xia Meng competed in alchemy, but he was a little delayed before, and finally lost because of this. This is why he has always been unwilling to accept it.
The Dan King Conference is also time-limited. It is impossible to allow participants to waste time, so a burning incense will appear in each light circle. When the incense is over, if the participant has not finished refining the pill, it means that the pass has failed and will be sent out directly by the Dan King Hall.
In addition to the object-storing talisman and the incense burner, there is also a pill recipe on the platform. This is the competition topic of the first level. Within the specified time, use ten materials to refine three pills.
The pill recipe records the refining method and steps of the Yangyuan Pill, but it is slightly different from the record on the Yuandan Zhenjie. It should have been changed by the Qianshou Dan King, which is equivalent to a brand new pill recipe. For many alchemists with insufficient skills, they can't even make a normal Yang Yuan Dan, let alone this modified recipe. However, for senior foundation-building alchemists like Qingyang, they have made countless Yang Yuan Dan and tried many kinds of pills of the same level. These small changes are not difficult for them. As long as they put a little thought, they can almost pass.
Seeing that there is still plenty of time, Qingyang did not start to make pills immediately, but turned his head to look at other contestants. Knowing yourself and the enemy will ensure victory in a hundred battles. He didn't know how good the other opponents were.
After entering the light circle, the reactions of others were different. Some people looked relaxed, some looked solemn, some looked confident, as if passing the test was no problem, some frowned, not knowing how to start, and some looked extremely ugly, as if their father had died.
The best performers were Lv Yuan, Xia Meng, Murong Lian, Duanmu Fei, and a fourth-level foundation-building cultivator wearing a bamboo hat from the Ximen family. At this time, he had already thoroughly understood the prescription and counted the materials in the Nawu Talisman, and began to carry out the preparations for alchemy in an orderly manner.
Needless to say, Lv Yuan and Xia Meng were born in Lanyu Island and were already excellent foundation-building alchemists. The improved Yangyuan Pill was not difficult for them; Murong Lian was an alchemy master among the second-generation children of Wucheng Island, and his future achievements would not be lower than Duanmu Song; Duanmu Fei had made great progress in alchemy in recent years under the training of Duanmu Song and Qingyang, two alchemy masters.
Only the fourth-level foundation-building cultivator of the Ximen family wearing a bamboo hat was a little hard for everyone to understand. This person had always been very low-key before, as if he was a servant of the Ximen family. When others asked about it, Ximen Ying was also vague, so no one cared. Now that he thought about it, this person was very likely the trump card of the Ximen family. He was originally going to make a splash at the Dan King Conference, but because of the sudden appearance of Lv Yuan and Xia Meng, this person was ignored by everyone.
The ones who performed relatively ordinary were Baili Bo, Baili Zhong, Ximen Ying, Nangong Chi, Murong Zhu and others. These people were the main figures and backbones of their respective families. It was not the first time for them to attend the Dan King Conference. These people generally had limited qualifications, insufficient talents, and were not particularly confident in their alchemy skills, so they were not as calm and unhurried as the previous few people.
However, these people have been cultivating immortals for a long time, and many of them have studied alchemy for hundreds of years. As the saying goes, practice makes perfect and water drips through stones. After spending so much time on alchemy, even those with dull qualifications will not be much worse than others.
He frowned and looked at the recipe, closed his eyes and thought for a while. Although he felt that the things recorded in the recipe were difficult, it was not impossible to pass. So they checked the materials in the Nawu Talisman while thinking carefully about how to refine the Yangyuan Pill.
The worst performers were naturally those who attended the Dan King Conference for the first time, mainly Baili Qing, Murong Shu, Ximen Hu, Nangong Rui, Duanmu Lin and others. These people were young, had low cultivation, and not to mention their Dan skills. They came here mainly to feel the atmosphere and gain experience. The families did not think they could achieve any results, let alone receive the Dan King's inheritance.
Among them, Duanmu Lin was the youngest and the weakest, but he had been carefully trained by Qingyang and Duanmu Song over the years, and with the supervision of Duanmu Fei, his Dan skills had also improved a lot. Among the younger generation, although his Dan skills were not the best, he could still be ranked in the forefront.
After looking around, Qingyang found that those who were qualified to compete for the inheritance of the King of Pills were mainly the people in the first echelon. The most threatening ones were Lv Yuan, Xia Meng and the monk in the bamboo hat of the Ximen family. Even if the rest could barely pass the first level, they would stop at the second level.
However, it was useless to think about these things now. Whether or not he could finally obtain the inheritance of the King of Pills still depended on his own strength. Now everything was unknown, and it would be in vain if he could not pass the test.
After observing for a while, Qingyang quickly put his mind back, picked up the pill formula on the platform, and tasted it carefully. This pill formula was not changed much. It was just based on the original one, and several materials that neutralized the medicinal properties were added to make the medicinal properties of the refined Yangyuan Pill more peaceful.
When the alchemist reached a certain level, he could change the pill formula, and even create a new pill formula out of thin air. Of course, this required extremely superb alchemy skills. The Thousand-Handed Pill King only changed a few of the materials to make the medicinal properties of the Yangyuan Pill more peaceful and more suitable for monks to take. From this point of view, the Thousand-Handed Pill King deserved to be a master of the generation.
Although Qingyang has a high talent for alchemy, he has not made any achievements in this area. He is still at the stage of copying others and does not have the ability to make major changes to the alchemy formula.