The underground fire is purer and hotter than the true fire of the cultivators. Its advantage is that it is long-lasting and stable. There is an underground fire vein under the Kuixing Market. The Jindan cultivator of Tinghai Pavilion asked the third-level formation master to set up a formation to gather the underground fire in one place and rent it to the cultivators for refining pills and equipment.
Han Changshuo was taking the test in the Earth Fire Hall, and judging by the time, it should be over.
They rushed to the Earth Fire Palace, but were stopped by disciples of Tinghai Pavilion.
"No idle people allowed, no entry for non-assessment personnel."
"My fellow Daoist, has the assessment not yet ended?" Han Changjing asked politely.
"No, it will take a day to finish. Come back tomorrow!"
After hearing this, Han Changming and Han Changjiong had no choice but to return to their residence and come back tomorrow.
In the Dihuo Palace, a side room.
Han Changshuo sat cross-legged on a green cushion. In front of him was a three-foot-high red alchemy furnace, which was submerged in a ball of red flames.
The walls were engraved with dense red runes, and five lifelike python heads were embedded in the stone wall. Each python head spewed out a stream of red flames, which gathered at the bottom of the red alchemy furnace, emitting a terrifying high temperature.
The alchemy test gave five materials for refining Qi Yun Dan, which is a first-grade superior elixir suitable for cultivators above the sixth level of Qi Refining.
There is no underground fire vein in Huludao. Han Changshuo used to make pills with a kind of spiritual wood called Huoyang Wood. This kind of spiritual wood has a long burning time. Immortal cultivators who are just starting to learn alchemy and refining will use Huoyang Wood, and Han Changshuo is no exception.
The Earth Fire Hall uses earth fire to make elixirs. The temperature of the earth fire is much higher than that of the fire yang wood. Han Changshuo had practiced it for a while before, but he was not very proficient.
A full furnace of Qi Yun Dan contains twenty-four pills. Han Changshuo needs to hand in sixty Qi Yun Dan to pass the test. In other words, the success rate must reach 50%.
Before this, Han Changshuo had a 50% success rate in refining Qi-increasing Pills, but he was not familiar with refining pills with earth fire. In the first furnace, he only refined five Qi-increasing Pills, which was already very good.
In this way, Han Changshuo needs to refine fifty-five Qi-increasing Pills with the remaining four materials.
Han Changshuo's face looked a little nervous. He was the family's key training target. This time, the clan leader sent him to join Tinghai Pavilion. His relatives had high hopes for him, and he was under a lot of pressure.
After half a minute, a burning smell suddenly wafted out of the furnace.
Han Changshuo frowned, quickly extinguished the flame, opened the cover of the alchemy furnace, and went forward to check.
There were several black round objects in the furnace. Obviously, Han Changshuo underestimated the high temperature of the earth fire and failed in refining.
Han Changshuo took a deep breath, sat down cross-legged, and recalled the refining process.
There was nothing wrong with his refining technique. The failure this time was mainly because he was too nervous and a little distracted.
He sat cross-legged, meditated and rested to calm himself down.
After more than half an hour, Han Changshuo felt that his physical condition had adjusted to the best, so he cleaned the alchemy furnace and continued to refine the pill.
This time, Han Changshuo refined eight Qi-enhancing Pills.
There were still two sets of materials left, and he had to refine forty-seven Qi-increasing Pills to pass the test. In other words, he had to refine a full furnace of pills, which was obviously impossible. He had never refined a full furnace of pills, and the best he could do was twenty Qi-increasing Pills.
He thought about the expectations of his relatives and his parents. If he failed the assessment, he would still be the focus of training for the Han family, but this was not the result he wanted.
The family's foundation is too shallow, so even if they can build a foundation, they can't go far. Tinghai Pavilion is different. It has been passed down for thousands of years, has a profound foundation, and is full of masters.
Han Changshuo wants to go further on the path of immortality; he is unwilling to follow the path of the older generation.
He was in great pain and had mixed feelings. With only two materials, he was unable to refine forty-seven Qi-nourishing Pills.
Han Changshuo suddenly thought of something, took out two blue porcelain bottles, and a determined expression appeared on his face.
This is the spiritual water given to him by Han Changming. It is said to have been passed down from the Lu family of Black Crow Island and has a bonus effect on alchemy.
He asked himself that he couldn't make a perfect pill, so he decided to give it a try! He might as well give this spiritual water a try, just in case it works! The Lu family is famous in the Red Algae Sea for its alchemy skills, maybe this spiritual water can really increase the success rate of the pill.
He pulled open the cork, and a stream of pure spiritual energy floated out. He inhaled a little and felt refreshed. He nodded with satisfaction. It was worthy of being the spiritual water that came from the Lu family.
"Forget it. I spent three furnaces refining to refine thirteen Qi Condensing Pills. It's impossible to succeed anyway. I'll give this spiritual water a try. What if it works?"
Han Changshuo muttered to himself as he sat cross-legged and meditated to rest.
An hour later, Han Changshuo opened his eyes and began to refine the elixir.
This time when refining the Qi Condensing Pill, he added half a bottle of spiritual water given by Han Changming.
The billowing flames enveloped the alchemy furnace, and not long after, a strange fragrance wafted out of the furnace.
Han Changshuo pinched his fingers and the flame became a little smaller.
Half a minute later, a strong and strange fragrance wafted out of the alchemy furnace. Han Changshuo took out a red token and injected magic power into it, and the underground fire disappeared.
He opened the lid of the cauldron, walked to the alchemy furnace, took a look around, and was stunned.
There were twenty-four pills lying in the alchemy furnace, all exactly the same size.
Han Changshuo swallowed, an expression of disbelief appeared on his face, and his eyes were somewhat excited.
"Mandan, it's actually Mandan, haha."
Han Changshuo was very excited. He had never refined a full pill before, and he felt a little regretful. If he had used spiritual water to refine the pill earlier, he might have refined ninety-six Qi-enhancing Pills.
He calmed down his excitement and calmed down.
Now is not the time to be happy, as he still needs twenty-three Qi-Nourishing Pills to complete the task.
After resting for a while, Han Changshuo refined the Qi Condensing Pill again. He threw the materials into the alchemy furnace one after another, along with half a bottle of spiritual water.
After a cup of tea, the door of the side room opened and Han Changshuo walked out with a look of great joy on his face.
The last furnace of Qi-invigorating Pills was full, and he successfully completed the task.
He appeared in a long corridor. Several alchemists walked out of the Earth Fire Room. They looked regretful. It seemed that they had not completed their mission.
Not long after, Han Changshuo appeared in the hall of the Earth Fire Palace.
Two foundation-building monks, a man in green and a young woman in red, sat behind a green wooden table. The man in green was responsible for collecting the pills, while the young woman in red was responsible for tasting and registering them.
The alchemists who took part in the assessment handed in the pills they had refined one after another, and Han Changshuo honestly queued up to hand in the pills.
"Han Changshuo, hand over sixty-one Qi Condensation Pills."
After the young woman in the red dress registered, she randomly picked a pill from the ones Han Changshuo handed in and swallowed it.
It wasn't long before a look of surprise appeared in her eyes.
"Brother Chen, try one. The Qi-increasing Pill he handed over is of excellent quality."
After hearing this, the man in green picked up a Qi-invigorating Pill and swallowed it, with a hint of surprise in his eyes.
"Did you refine these Qi-enriching pills?"
The man in green asked in a deep voice, his tone was a bit harsh, but he soon realized that what he said was nonsense.
For cultivators who take part in the alchemy test, Tinghai Pavilion will send three disciples to search them to prevent anyone from smuggling Qi-enhancing Pills. Spiritual water has a certain bonus effect on alchemy and can be brought into the Earth Fire Room.
"It was refined by me. Is there any problem, senior?" Han Changshuo looked a little nervous.
He had known long ago that the foundation-building cultivator from Tinghai Pavilion would ask this question.
"The pills you handed in have two qualities. What's going on?" The young woman in the red dress carefully examined the pills handed in by Han Changshuo and asked with a gloomy face.
"I was not familiar with earth fire alchemy at first, but later I added some spiritual water. Is there any problem with this?"
The man in green shirt frowned and said, "What spiritual water? Take it out and let me see it. Even if spiritual water is added, the quality can't be so good."
Han Changshuo had already made preparations. He knew that the foundation-building cultivators of Tinghai Pavilion would definitely interrogate him, so he diluted the remaining bottle of spiritual water in a ratio of one to two.
Han Changshuo took out a blue porcelain bottle and handed it over.
The man in green shirt carefully examined it, suddenly realized something, and said, "The spiritual energy of this spiritual water is more abundant than the spiritual water on the market. No wonder the quality of the pills refined from it is better."
"Senior, have I passed the assessment?" Han Changshuo asked nervously.
"You passed. You are allowed to use spirit water to make pills. Spirit water has a certain bonus effect on alchemy. However, if your alchemy level is not high enough, no matter how much spirit water you use, it will be useless. You passed the assessment. Go to Tinghai Palace tomorrow and accept a series of tests. If there are no problems, you will be our Tinghai Pavilion's disciple."
"Yes, I'll take my leave." Han Changshuo smiled happily and left quickly.