Myriad Realms Summoning System
Chapter Summary
It is the main ingredient for refining the fourth-grade Lihuo Pill." Before Bai Xinghua finished asking, Sun Simiao answered the name, characteristics, and effects of the spiritual medicine without any error. He turned the page again, found another picture of a magical medicine, and asked, "What about this one?" "Crystal root, grown in the bitter cold land of the far north, is the main ingredient for refining the fourth-grade elixir Qingxin Dan." If Mo Tian still thought that Sun Simiao was gues...
"Okay, Mr. Sun, we have selected the elixirs. Can we start now?" Guden walked up to Sun Simiao with an album.
Xiao Chen and Gu Meir also came over curiously, wanting to see how difficult the assessment for a fourth-grade alchemist was.
"Let me start first!" Bai Xinghua was the first to walk in front of Sun Simiao.
Out of kindness, he selected some easily identifiable elixirs from the atlas.
Bai Xinghua flipped the atlas to the place marked in advance, pointed to a picture of a herb with nine leaves that were bright red and asked, "What is this magical medicine..."
"Fire Yuan Grass is a fire-attributed spiritual medicine that mostly grows in volcanic craters. It is the main ingredient for refining the fourth-grade Lihuo Pill." Before Bai Xinghua finished asking, Sun Simiao answered the name, characteristics, and effects of the spiritual medicine without any error.
"This..." Bai Xinghua, Gu Deng and Mo Tian were all a little surprised.
Especially Mo Tian, after Sun Simiao gave the answer, he suddenly felt something was wrong.
Could it be that my previous judgment was wrong, and this person really came to test the alchemy skills?
No, it's absolutely impossible, he must be guessing, Mo Tian comforted himself in his heart.
Bai Xinghua did not look at the answer at the back of the picture book, because he was very familiar with the properties of Fire Element Grass, and Sun Simiao's answer was good.
He turned the page again, found another picture of a magical medicine, and asked, "What about this one?"
"Crystal root, grown in the bitter cold land of the far north, is the main ingredient for refining the fourth-grade elixir Qingxin Dan."
If Mo Tian still thought that Sun Simiao was guessing after the first one was recognized, then he didn't know what excuse to make for the second one.
There are not so many coincidences in this world.
In less than an incense stick of time, Sun Simiao had identified all the fifty kinds of spiritual medicines selected by Bai Xinghua without any omission.
Xiao Chen couldn't help but admire him in his heart. He was worthy of being a seventh-grade alchemist. The knowledge of these fourth-grade alchemists was simply child's play!
Gu Meir was a little depressed. She only recognized two of the herbal pictures selected by Bai Xinghua.
Is it so difficult to pass the exam to become a fourth-grade alchemist? No wonder Grandpa hasn't broken through to the fourth grade in all these years.
The look in Gu Deng's eyes when he looked at Sun Simiao had changed. He was obviously not an ordinary person as he could recognize so many fourth-grade spiritual medicines.
"Mr. Sun, can we start now?" Guden had already placed Sun Simiao on an equal footing with himself.
"Let's start!" Sun Simiao nodded.
"Jiuwan Creek Fruit..."
"Arhat leaf..."
"Seven-section red bamboo..."
As expected, Sun Simiao still gave a perfect answer about the elixir selected by Gu Deng without any error.
"You, is this senior in your family really a fourth-rank alchemist?" Gu Meir stared at Xiao Chen with her beautiful eyes wide open, her pretty face full of disbelief.
Xiao Chen smiled mysteriously but did not answer, which made Gu Meir complain.
"Master Mo Tian, it's your turn!" Sun Simiao walked to Mo Tian and said.
Being addressed as "Master Mo Tian" made Mo Tian's face turn very embarrassed. It was the first time that he felt that this title was so annoying.
Being called a master by someone who was suspected to be a fourth-grade alchemist was not a compliment, but a mockery.
Mo Tian already regretted offending Xiao Chen and Sun Simiao, but he had no way out, so he could only bite the bullet and say, "Please, Mr. Sun."
Seeing the first picture of elixir that Mo Tian turned out, Sun Simiao looked at him meaningfully, and the latter smiled awkwardly.
"Blue Leaf Grass is a dark attribute spiritual medicine that grows in the sparsely populated Forest of the Dead. It is mainly used to refine magic pills," Sun Simiao answered as usual.
Mo Tian quickly turned to the answer sheet at the back of the album and found that Sun Simiao's answer was exactly the same.
This kind of elixir is extremely rare and unconventional, and even he heard of it for the first time. Unexpectedly, it still could not stump Sun Simiao.
Soon, all the fifty kinds of elixir maps that Mo Tian had found were identified by Sun Simiao, which really let them see what it meant to answer questions fluently.
"Ahem," Guden coughed and said, "If everyone has no objection, then let's start the second round of the assessment!"
There are two stages in the assessment for alchemists. The first stage, identifying medicines, is just to screen out those who are not qualified enough, while the second stage, refining medicines, is the real assessment.
"Mr. Sun, there is one thing I need to explain in advance. Our Alchemist Guild can provide the materials for the assessment of refining pills. If you succeed, we will not charge you a penny, and the pills will belong to you. If you fail, then the lost medicinal materials..."
"We will compensate," Xiao Chen said directly. He had absolute confidence in Sun Simiao. It was easy for a seventh-grade alchemist to refine a fourth-grade pill.
Gu Deng nodded and asked, "I wonder what kind of elixir Mr. Sun wants to refine? I'll go prepare the herbs. To be a fourth-grade alchemist, you must refine a fourth-grade elixir."
Sun Simiao thought for a moment and said, "Let's refine the Purple Cloud Pill!"
"Purple Cloud Pill? Isn't that a third-grade pill?" Gu Meir asked immediately.
Xiao Chen also looked at Sun Simiao in confusion. Although he didn't know whether the Purple Cloud Pill was a third-grade pill, when Bai Xinghua's furnace exploded before, he was refining the Purple Cloud Pill.
He is a third-grade alchemist, and the elixirs he refines must be below the third grade. Didn’t Sun Simiao say that he wanted to test him to be a fourth-grade alchemist?
"Are you going to refine the top-grade Purple Cloud Pill?" Bai Xinghua asked uncertainly.
Sun Simiao nodded, which was considered as an admission.
"What is the top-grade Purple Cloud Pill?" Xiao Chen asked in confusion.
Gu Meier explained, "The best-grade Purple Cloud Pill is an upgraded version of the third-grade Purple Cloud Pill. Its main function is to increase the success rate of martial artists breaking through to the Martial Marquis level. The third-grade Purple Cloud Pill can increase the success rate by 20% at most, but the best-grade Purple Cloud Pill can increase it by nearly 40%."
Gu Deng and Mo Tian were also shocked when they heard that Sun Simiao was going to refine the top-grade Purple Cloud Pill.
The top-grade Purple Cloud Pill is considered extremely difficult to refine among the fourth-grade pills, and most people would not choose to refine this kind of pill during the assessment.
But this was Sun Simiao's own choice, so he could only agree: "Sir, please wait a moment. I will go and prepare the medicinal materials for refining the top-grade Purple Cloud Pill!"
Guden quickly returned to the examination room with the medicinal materials.
He placed the herbs next to the alchemy cauldron and said to Sun Simiao, "Mr. Sun, everything is ready."
Sun Simiao looked at Xiao Chen, who nodded slightly to him, and then he walked to the side of the alchemy furnace.
Sun Simiao glanced roughly at the stone platform next to the alchemy cauldron. After confirming that the herbs were correct, he picked up a few and threw them into the cauldron in an orderly manner.
The moment the herbs were thrown into the cauldron, a green flame leaped out from Sun Simiao's fingertips, gently wrapping the herbs in the cauldron, and then extracted all kinds of essences needed to refine the Purple Cloud Pill.
"Such a pure Dan fire. Can the true qi really condense into such a pure flame?"
Feeling the scorching temperature of the flame condensed by Sun Simiao, Guden muttered to himself.
If you want to become an alchemist, you must first learn to use your own true energy to condense your own alchemy fire. Often, the higher the grade of the alchemist, the purer the alchemy fire they condense.
The alchemy fire condensed by Sun Simiao was far purer than those third-grade alchemists.