This can be considered an investment for the future, and Master Ling Xiao is very optimistic about Han Changming's future.
Han Changming was stunned at first, then his face showed excitement, he bowed and said, "Junior is willing."
"Okay, you will be my registered disciple for now. When you return to the Righteous Alliance, I will hold a formal apprenticeship ceremony and accept you as my disciple."
Master Ling Xiao said with a smile and a gentle tone.
"Yes, disciple Han Changming greets the master."
Han Changming bowed and saluted. Becoming a disciple does not conflict with family. Master Lingxiao did not establish a sect, but there were many forces at his command.
There are many benefits for him to become Ling Xiao's disciple. First, he will make faster progress in the way of alchemy. With the guidance of a famous teacher, it is natural for him to make rapid progress. In the future, Han Changming will be more generous when he takes out the middle-grade elixir. As a disciple of Ling Xiao, it is not surprising to take out the middle-grade elixir! Second, by becoming Ling Xiao's disciple, the troubles that Han Duanrong has caused will not be considered troubles. If the Black and White Impermanence really want to cause trouble for the Han family, they will make things difficult for Ling Xiao.
Ling Xiao Zhenren nodded with satisfaction and said, "Let's go out first! You should have a good rest tonight. Tomorrow is the day when the Alchemy Conference will be officially held."
When Han Changming returned to his residence, he did not see Han Benfu and Han Duanrong. There was a sound transmission note floating in the residence. The sound transmission note was left by Han Benfu, telling Han Changming not to worry about them, as they were strolling around Sifang Island.
Han Changming walked into the basement, sat cross-legged, and meditated to regulate his breathing. He had been extremely exhausted in the past half month and needed a good rest.
The night passed quickly.
Early the next morning, just after daybreak, Han Changming walked out of his residence. Han Benfu and Han Duanrong were sitting in the stone pavilion chatting.
"Dad (grandfather), the alchemy conference begins today."
Han Benfu and Han Duanrong said in unison, their faces full of joy.
"Let's go! Let's go find Master Ling Xiao."
Han Changming and the other two came to Ling Xiao Zhenren's residence. Ling Xiao Zhenren was talking to Qing Lian Fairy. When they saw Han Changming, both Ling Xiao Zhenren and Qing Lian Fairy showed delight on their faces.
"Disciple greets Master."
Han Changming bowed and saluted with a respectful look.
After hearing this, Han Benfu and Han Duanrong were shocked. When did Han Changming become Ling Xiao's disciple
Fairy Qinglian smiled happily and said, "Junior Brother Han, we must perform well today and bring honor to our master."
Ling Xiao Zhenren nodded in satisfaction and said, "Let's go! Let's go over there!"
When I walked out of my residence, there were few people on the street.
After a cup of tea, they came to a square paved with red tiles. Ten circular arenas were built on the square. Each arena was more than ten feet in size, and ten red tripods were placed on the ten arenas.
The red tripod has three legs and two ears, and there are three flame patterns engraved on the body of the tripod. The spiritual energy is flowing unsteadily, and it is obviously a magic weapon.
They took out ten magic-level alchemy furnaces at once, showing the Nangong family's wealth and power.
Thousands of cultivators gathered in Redstone Square, ranging from Qi Refining to Nascent Soul stage.
Nangong Yunyan and more than twenty other Nascent Soul cultivators sat on the rostrum with solemn expressions.
"Behave yourself. I will be leaving first."
Master Ling Xiao greeted everyone and strode towards the podium.
"Yuehua, it's almost time, announce the start!"
Nangong Yunyan ordered.
Nangong Yuehua flew to a stage and said loudly: "In this alchemy competition, each person has three materials and will make the elixirs in front of everyone to ensure fairness and justice. There will be formation protection to avoid interference from outsiders. Participants can make the elixirs without worry. The deadline is seven days."
"The contestants are now on stage. If you want to participate in the Alchemy Conference, you must be an alchemist who can refine mid-grade elixirs to participate. Alchemists who cannot refine mid-grade elixirs will pay for it themselves."
"My little sister Song Qingqing should be qualified to participate in this alchemy conference!"
A female voice like a silver bell sounded, and Song Qingqing leaped onto a stage with an indifferent expression.
Han Changming and Fairy Qinglian flew to a stage each. Several Jindan cultivators flew to the stage. They were all famous third-level alchemists.
Han Changming's gaze fell on an old man in a green robe who was hunched over. The old man had a square face, small eyes, was tall and thin, and had a sarcastic look on his face.
Zhao Yunle, the third disciple of Sanjue Zhenren, was nicknamed Zhao Tuozi by the outside world because of his hunchback.
There are many third-level alchemists in the outer sea, but not many of them can refine high-quality elixirs.
There are more than thirty third-level alchemists participating in the alchemy conference, and some of them want to show their presence and are willing to pay for it themselves.
Han Changming discovered that Han Wenyue had also come, and he saw Han Chaoyang on the rostrum.
Nangong Yuehua handed out a golden jade box to each contestant. Han Changming took out a green gourd filled with spiritual water and gave it to the Nangong family members for inspection. The Nangong family members did not find anything unusual. Many alchemists took out spiritual water, including Zhao Tuozi.
When the competition started, each of the ten arenas had a thick red light curtain, with hundreds of butterfly patterns on its surface.
Han Changming did not make the elixir immediately. Instead, he sat cross-legged and meditated to regulate his breathing.
Nangong Yunyan and other Nascent Soul cultivators started chatting and trying to make friends with each other.
"Fellow Daoist Ling, after years of your instruction, your disciple should be able to surpass you. This time at the alchemy conference, she should be able to give you a surprise!"
True Man Hongyun spoke in a warm tone. True Man Lingxiao was well-known in the outer seas for his alchemy skills. As his disciple, Fairy Qinglian must have attainments in alchemy skills.
Ling Xiao Zhenren's eyes fell on Song Anruo and he said with a smile: "This girl is indeed hardworking, but in my opinion, the first place in this alchemy conference will probably belong to little friend Song from the Wanfa Sect."
"Qing Qing has only learned the basics. In my opinion, the great-great-grandson of Master Taiyang is more powerful."
Song Anruo said modestly, his eyes falling on a young man with a fair face and a green shirt.
The young man in blue shirt is short and fat, with a round face, small eyes, and a simple and honest look, giving people an approachable impression.
Yang Sen, a descendant of Taiyang Zhenren, ranks ninth on the Hidden Dragon List. It is said that he has a natural spiritual root of wood attribute and is proficient in alchemy.
Zhenren Taiyang is proficient in the art of expelling insects and taming beasts, but knows nothing about alchemy. He hired high-level alchemists from all over to teach Yang Sen how to make alchemy.
"Mrs. Song, you are joking. I know nothing about alchemy. I am not like your Song family. Your Song family is famous for alchemy. My friend Song must have something extraordinary to be able to become a disciple of your clan's leader."
Master Taiyang said disapprovingly.
"You don't have to be so modest. We, the younger generation of the Han family, are just here to show our support and see how your disciples and descendants perform."
Han Chaoyang said with a smile, and then he changed his tone, looked at Ling Xiao Zhenren, and asked casually: "Fellow Daoist Ling, why did you bring Fellow Daoist Han to participate in the alchemy conference?"
"His attainments in alchemy are not low. I have already accepted him as my disciple. When we return to the Righteous Dao League, I will formally accept him as my disciple."
Master Ling Xiao said with a look of relief on his face.
"Fellow Daoist Ling's new disciple?"
A look of surprise flashed in Master Hongyun's eyes and his gaze fell on Han Changming.
Zhenren Lingxiao has made great achievements in the art of alchemy, so Han Changming must have some merits to be accepted as his disciple.
Han Chaoyang was a little surprised and asked curiously, "Fellow Daoist Ling, I didn't hear you mention this last time."
Ling Xiao Zhenren smiled slightly and said, "I also accepted him as my disciple recently. It is normal that Fellow Daoist Han does not know."
After sitting quietly for a cup of tea, Han Changming opened his eyes and opened the golden jade box. Inside was a golden storage bag with a butterfly pattern embroidered on it.
He poured out everything in the storage bag, including three alchemy materials and a green jade slip.
Han Changming placed the jade slip between his eyebrows and probed his spiritual consciousness into it.
After a while, he withdrew his consciousness.
What he wanted to refine was the Jin Yun Pill, which used the third-level demon pill as the main ingredient and more than twenty kinds of spiritual medicine as auxiliary ingredients.
Han Changming cast a spell into the red alchemy furnace, and the flame pattern on the surface of the cauldron suddenly lit up, twisting and deforming as if a living thing, and the temperature suddenly rose.
The preheating was almost done, and Han Changming threw the materials into the alchemy furnace one by one, including the spiritual water.
Half an hour later, a strong medicinal fragrance wafted out, Han Changming's magic formula changed, and the flames suddenly dissipated.
After a while, he opened the lid of the alchemy furnace, walked forward and took a look, and saw seven light golden pills inside.
Han Changming put the pills into a golden jade bottle, sat cross-legged, and meditated to regulate his breathing.
There was plenty of time, so he was not in a hurry to continue refining the elixir.
Half a day later, Han Changming opened his eyes and continued to refine the elixir.
This time, he refined eighteen Jinyun Pills.
Han Changming put the pills into a golden jade bottle and sat in meditation to regulate his breathing.
Other alchemists produced pills one after another. Song Qingqing produced ten Jin Yun Pills in the first furnace and twenty-two Jin Yun Pills in the second furnace. Zhao Tuozi produced three Jin Yun Pills in the first furnace and fifteen Jin Yun Pills in the second furnace. Fairy Qinglian produced seven Jin Yun Pills in the first furnace and fifteen Jin Yun Pills in the second furnace.
Han Wenyue's performance was relatively poor. There were two Jinyun Pills in the first furnace and twelve Jinyun Pills in the second furnace. Buzui Sanren's situation was slightly better.
Judging from the current situation, Han Changming ranks second.
"Who is this guy? His success rate in making pills is too high!"
"He follows Master Ling Xiao, so he should be a member of the Righteous Alliance."
"I have seen him. His name is Han Changming. Ling Xiao Zhenren taught him how to make pills. Fellow Daoist Han has made great achievements in making pills."
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The monks watching were talking and commenting on the alchemist on the stage.
Yang Sen looked at Song Qingqing and Han Changming with a serious look. From the current point of view, the alchemy level of these two people is not low.
"Fellow Daoist Ling, your disciple is very capable. Judging from the success rate of his pills, he is not much worse than Young Master Song."
True Man Hongyun said with some surprise that the recipe for the pill was provided by the Nangong family, and none of these contestants had ever refined the Jinyun Pill. It was no wonder that True Man Lingxiao would accept him as a disciple as he could achieve such a high success rate in refining the Jinyun Pill for the first time.
Ling Xiao Zhenren nodded and said with a smile: "There is still one last furnace, it is too early to say this now."
Half a day later, Han Changming began to refine the third batch of pills. He input a spell into the alchemy furnace, and a red flame emerged out of thin air, enveloping the alchemy furnace.
He threw the materials into the alchemy furnace and poured most of the bottle of spiritual water into the alchemy furnace.
Han Changming has been wearing the Calming Soul Lock for many years, and his spiritual awareness has been slowly growing. His spiritual awareness is no worse than that of a great perfection in the Core Formation Stage. He uses his spiritual awareness to observe the situation inside the alchemy furnace.
Under the high-temperature calcination, the demon pill and the spiritual medicine showed signs of melting, slowly turning into a pool of golden juice, and a faint medicinal fragrance wafted out.
Han Changming's spiritual sense controlled the golden juice to split into several balls. More than twenty balls of golden liquid floated in the alchemy furnace. The golden liquid slowly solidified and turned into golden pills.
Some of the golden pills slowly showed signs of burning and turned into black charcoal.
After half an hour, Han Changming's magic formula changed, and the flame at the bottom of the alchemy furnace suddenly dissipated and disappeared.
Ling Xiao Zhenren and other Nascent Soul cultivators all looked at Han Changming. They all wanted to see how many mid-grade pills Han Changming could refine.
Han Changming took a deep breath, walked forward, opened the lid of the cauldron and saw eight light golden pills lying inside, each with dan patterns.
A look of deep joy appeared on his face. Eight mid-grade pills, this result was not bad.
Han Changming put twelve mid-grade Jin Yun Pills into a green porcelain bottle. He refined a total of thirty-five Jin Yun Pills, eight of which were mid-grade.
At this time, Song Qingqing had also refined the third batch of pills. She walked quickly forward. There were ten Jin Yun Pills in it, and each Jin Yun Pill had pill patterns.
She let out a breath and put the Jin Yun Dan into a green jade bottle.
Seeing Song Qingqing take out ten mid-grade Jinyun Pills, Song Anruo showed a look of joy on her face. At present, Song Qingqing ranks first.
With three materials, Fairy Qinglian refined thirty-three Jinyun Pills and four medium-grade Jinyun Pills.
Zhao Tuozi refined thirty-eight Jinyun Pills, including three medium-grade Jinyun Pills.
Buzui Sanren refined a total of twenty-five Jinyun Pills, two of which were mid-grade Jinyun Pills. Han Wenyue refined a total of seventeen Jinyun Pills, all of which were ordinary pills.
Nangong Yuehua personally stepped forward to check the pills made by the contestants.
Song Qingqing is temporarily in first place, Han Changming is temporarily in second place, Fairy Qinglian is temporarily in third place, and Zhao Tuozi is temporarily in fourth place.
Han Changming walked down from the ring, and the other contestants flew to the ring and started refining pills.
The day passed quickly, the sky turned from light to dark, and the monks gathered in the Red Stone Square were reluctant to disperse.
Han Changming, Han Benfu and Han Duanrong mixed in the crowd, their eyes fixed on the alchemist on the stage.
In less than half a day, the results of the second round of contestants came out. Yang Sen refined a total of 29 Jin Yun Pills, including four medium-grade Jin Yun Pills.
Li Yu refined twenty-five Jin Yun Pills and one medium-grade Jin Yun Pill.
The alchemy conference lasted for four days and four nights. More than thirty third-level alchemists competed on the same stage. Han Changming ranked second with excellent results, Fairy Qinglian ranked third, and Song Qingqing won the first place.
Nangong Yunyan leaped onto a platform, and Han Changming and ten other alchemists stood in front of her.
"We in the Nangong family keep our word. The top ten in the alchemy competition will receive generous rewards. The rewards will be distributed now."
Nangong Yunyan waved her sleeves, and Nangong Yuehua walked forward, took out the prize, and handed it to Han Changming and others in person.
Han Changming obtained a top-grade defensive magic weapon, Fairy Qinglian obtained a mid-grade alchemy furnace, and Lingxiao Zhenren's two disciples advanced to the top three. His face was full of smiles.