Chapter 143
When Steward Lu heard Han Li's words, his eyebrows frowned imperceptibly, but he quickly returned to normal.
"Steward Lu can rest assured that all the expenses required for the competition will be borne by me." Han Li added.
"Since the senior has said so, our Thousand Medicine House will naturally not disappoint the senior. Please." Steward Lu listened and said without hesitation.
After that, he took the lead and walked out of the door. He took Han Li downstairs and went out from the back hall on the first floor. They walked along a corridor toward the backyard.
There was a circular arch deep in the backyard that isolated the front yard.
Before walking to the arch, Han Li felt a layer of transparent light curtain floating in the void inside the door. There was a burst of obvious space fluctuations coming from it. It seemed to be a teleportation array.
When he approached, Steward Lu stopped and turned back to Han Li and said, "Senior, please wait here for a moment. I will inform you first."
After that, he turned his hand and took out a purple token. He waved it in the direction of the arch, and the door suddenly lit up with a bright light.
He took a big step and walked into the door, then his figure disappeared.
After Han Li looked at the surrounding environment for a moment, he saw the light in the door again, and at the same time, the voice of Steward Lu came from it:
"Senior, please come in."
When Han Li heard the voice, he stepped into the door.
As soon as he entered, he felt that his whole body was hot, and his nose also smelled a strong and mixed smell of elixirs.
After looking around, he found that they seemed to be in a hall similar to the underground palace. There were several spacious alleys leading to all directions.
On the walls on both sides of the alleys, there were bronze doors with a height of ten meters, and there was a faint fire coming from inside.
Before Han Li could see the surrounding environment clearly, Steward Lu took him into one of the alleys and came to a spacious guest room.
In the guest room, there was a middle-sized red-haired old man in a purple and black shirt. He was holding a teacup in one hand, and the other hand was skimming the tea leaves with the lid.
Han Li glanced over and found that this person's aura was strong. He was a Mahayana Stage cultivator.
Seeing the two of them enter, the red-haired old man put down his teacup and slowly stood up.
When Steward Lu saw this, he introduced to Han Li.
"Senior, this is Grandmaster Zhu of our Thousand Medicine House. He is a Human Grade A Alchemy Grandmaster, and he has agreed to help you with the test."
"Many thanks, Grandmaster Zhu." Han Li saluted him upon hearing this.
The red-haired old man knew that Han Li's aura was not weaker than his, so he didn't dare to slight him.
"Since Fellow Daoist wants to test your alchemy level, then let's each refine a Splendid Yang Pill to recover magic power. By comparing the quality of the pills, we can determine the level of Fellow Daoist. "
"Splendid Yang Pill? I don't know what the pill formula for this pill is; would you be willing to sell it? "Han Li asked with furrowed brows.
"Oh?"
When the red-haired old man heard this, he was a little surprised. He didn't think that Han Li didn't even know about this pill. He couldn't help but look down on him.
"There is no need to buy it. Although the Splendid Yang Pill is a high grade pill in the Human Grade, its recipe is widely spread in the nearby sea. It can be obtained from many places, so it is not worth much money. I will give it to Fellow Daoist."
When the red-haired old man finished speaking, he shook his wrist and a white jade slip flew in front of Han Li.
Han Li took it and scanned it with his Divine Sense. He couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
This pill formula was free, but the medicinal ingredients used in this formula were all expensive. Furthermore, he still had to fork out money to buy two sets. This was truly a huge expense.
Then, the red-haired old man began to explain to him some things to pay attention to when refining the Splendid Yang Pill.
Han Li listened carefully and nodded slightly. He silently memorized all of it. At the same time, he began to think about the steps to add the medicinal materials and the control of the fire according to his past experience.
After a quarter of an hour, the two of them took the storage bags from Steward Lu that were already prepared. They contained the medicinal materials needed to refine the Splendid Yang Pill. They each walked into an alchemy room.
With a "clang" sound, the heavy bronze door was closed.
Han Li looked at the interior environment and found that the alchemy room here was indeed different from the ones he had seen in the Spirit Realm.
There was almost no furnishings in the room. There was only a purple copper alchemy furnace placed in the center. There was no fire pit on the ground, and there were no runes on the furnace body to ignite the fire.
The surrounding walls and floor were engraved with complicated runes. They seemed to be some kind of restriction that could condense and seal the spiritual energy in the room.
He only looked for a moment before he concentrated his mind and prepared to start refining the pill.
He raised his palm and snapped his fingers. A silver-white flame flew into the alchemy furnace like a bird.
"Whoosh!"
Inside the alchemy furnace, a raging silver flame suddenly rose.
After the time it took to drink a cup of tea, the temperature inside the alchemy furnace rose to a high enough level. Han Li then began to add the medicinal materials one by one into the alchemy furnace.
As the medicinal materials flew into the furnace, the entire alchemy room began to be enshrouded with a strange medicinal fragrance.
After about an hour, a "poof" sound came from inside the alchemy furnace. Han Li saw that in the gap at the top of the alchemy furnace, a light purple mist began to rise. It gathered above the alchemy furnace and didn't disperse. It was very strange.
According to the red-haired old man, it was time to add the Transforming Cloud Grass into the furnace.
But when Han Li held the pale white medicinal materials in his hand, he was somewhat hesitant.
From the Human World to the Spiritual World, he didn't know how many pills he had refined. All the medicinal materials used were summed up as "Monarch, Minister, Assistant, and Envoy". The monarch was the main medicine, the minister was the auxiliary medicine, the minister was the secondary auxiliary medicine, and the envoy was the mediating medicine.
This Transforming Cloud Grass wasn't a medicinal material unique to the Immortal World. He had used it in the Spiritual World. He knew that this medicine's medicinal properties were mild and gentle. It was often used as an assistant medicine to mediate the medicinal properties of various medicinal materials. Naturally, this Splendid Sun Pill was no exception.
At this time, the purple mist had just risen from the alchemy furnace, indicating that the medicinal properties of the various medicinal materials had just begun to disperse. It hadn't reached the time where it needed to be mediated. It was definitely not the best time to put the Transforming Cloud Grass in, so he hesitated.
But soon, he made a decision and insisted on his own opinion.
After another half an hour, when the purple mist in the alchemy furnace turned from light to thick, Han Li immediately lifted the lid and added the Transforming Cloud Grass.
As bursts of strong medicinal fragrance assailed his nostrils, Han Li's eyes also revealed a trace of joy.
At this time, the surrounding walls suddenly lit up, and the formation engraved on them actually began to operate on their own.
A small whirlpool suddenly formed in the entire alchemy room, wrapping up the spiritual power that escaped from the medicinal materials and gathering it in the alchemy furnace.
…
Four hours later, the red-haired old man had already walked out of the alchemy room and stood together with Steward Lu, waiting outside Han Li's alchemy room.
After another fifteen minutes, the bronze door on Han Li's side also slowly opened, and he walked out holding a white porcelain bottle in his hand.
Seeing this, Steward Lu smiled and said,
"It seems that Senior has also successfully refined it. Congratulations, congratulations."
"I still don't know what the grade is, so I hope that Steward Lu and Master Zhu can appraise it for me," Han Li said as he handed over the porcelain bottle.
Steward Lu took it and pulled out the stopper, and a strong medicinal fragrance immediately escaped from it.
After the red-haired old man smelled it, his expression suddenly changed slightly, and he could not help but move closer to Steward Lu to size up the medicinal materials that Han Li had refined.
At this time, in Steward Lu's left and right hands, there were three Splendid Yang Pills that the two of them had refined. From the outside, there was not much difference between the two, but Han Li's medicinal materials seemed to be a little smaller.
Han Li looked at the red-haired old man, and just as he was about to open his mouth to ask, he saw that the red-haired old man sighed silently and actually turned to leave.
Seeing this, Steward Lu did not stop him. After the old man's figure disappeared at the end of the alley, he said to Han Li with a slightly strange expression, "Senior, please don't blame him.
"Senior, please don't take it to heart. This Grandmaster Zhu … has suffered quite a blow."
When Han Li heard this, he already understood what he meant. He smiled and waved his hand, saying, "Then let Steward Lu appraise it."
"If it is really like what Senior said before, that you have not come into contact with high-grade medicinal materials from the Celestial World before, then Senior is really a talent in alchemy. Senior's control of the fire is really extremely accurate, to be able to remove all the impurities in these three Splendid Yang Pills without damaging the medicinal efficacy at all … This is a level higher than the quality of the medicinal materials refined by Master Zhu. " Although Steward Lu was not good at alchemy, he seemed to have some understanding of the way of alchemy, so he immediately spoke with assurance.
"Then I wonder what level I am among the alchemists in the Celestial World based on this?" Han Li smiled slightly and asked.
"Although you only refined the Splendid Yang Pill, judging from the quality of this pill, Senior is already a Human Rank A Alchemist," Steward Lu said solemnly.
When Han Li heard this, he thoughtfully nodded his head.
In fact, although he had not used his full ability to refine this sample-grade medicinal material, the complexity and difficulty of refining this medicine were no less than those top-grade medicinal materials in the Spiritual Realm.
According to this calculation, the alchemy attainments that he was once proud of, in the Celestial World, was probably equivalent to an Earth Rank C Alchemist.
"In fact, with Senior's current alchemy attainments, it is not impossible for you to become an Earth Rank Alchemist in the future." When Steward Lu saw that Han Li did not show any excitement, he could not help but be moved, and said with a slight flattery.
"Hehe, then I will borrow Fellow Lu's auspicious words." Han Li responded, and he immediately made up his mind.
He must become a Heaven Rank Alchemist in the future, so as long as he found a suitable Dao pill recipe, he could refine the mysterious crystal grain produced by the small bottle into a Dao pill.
After all, the spiritual materials of the law that were extremely precious in the future were much less difficult to obtain for him.
"I wonder if Senior plans to stay in this Black Wind City for a long time, or is it just a temporary stay?" Steward Lu asked after a slight hesitation.
When Han Li heard this, he could not help but frown slightly.
When Steward Lu saw this, he quickly explained:
"Senior, don't misunderstand. I just want to invite Senior to join our Thousand Medicine House and be a Consecrated Alchemist. I believe that with Senior's alchemy level, you will soon become a high-level Consecrated Alchemist second only to Grandmaster Hao. At that time … "
Han Li waved his hand, interrupted him, and said: "I will only stay here temporarily, I will not stay for long. I can only thank you for your kindness."
Steward Lu saw that his expression did not seem to be fake, so he could only sigh a few times and give up.
After that, Han Li bought some Wangyuan Pills and paid off the cost of refining the Splendid Yang Pill. He did not stay any longer and left.
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