On the second day, after Chu Ming had breakfast, he went to the outer gate farm hall alone.
At this time, many outer disciples had gathered outside the Nongtang Hall, about sixty of them.
Except for the accompanying people, most of them should be here to take the alchemy qualification test.
This time the test is much simpler, so many people want to try it.
In the courtyard outside the hall, there are thirty stone tables, and five boys are setting up the alchemy furnace and preparing medicinal materials.
Two middle-aged male cultivators wearing gray Bagua Taoist robes and holding whisks were watching quietly.
Seeing this scene, Chu Ming couldn't help but recall the situation when he took the exam in his previous life. It was exactly the same.
After everything was set up, the elegant male cultivator with a goatee on the left said: "The first round of testing can begin."
"You should all know the rules. Refining one pill each of the Bigu Pill, the Five Yuan Pill, the Wind Breath Pill, the Divine Eye Pill, the Baicao Pill, the Yuan Yuan Pill, and the Qi-Building Pill."
"As long as they can reach the middle grade, they will pass the test."
"If there are three that can reach the top level, you can choose a fourth-level cave by yourself, and you can go to the Alchemy Pavilion on the fifteenth day of every month to get guidance from a top-level alchemist."
"If all the elixirs reach the top grade, you can choose a third-grade cave by yourself, and you will have a chance to be accepted as a direct disciple by several elders of the Alchemy Pavilion, or even Elder Tang."
Another male cultivator with Chinese character face said coldly with a straight face: "The ugly words will come first."
"Anyone who dares to cheat will not be treated lightly."
"And if you just want to fish in troubled waters and can't even train four middle-grade elixirs, you should get out of here."
"Otherwise, we will have to pay double the compensation for all the elixirs and materials consumed."
After these words came out, many people looked embarrassed.
Some people just want to fish in troubled waters and join in the fun, but they don't expect that the spiritual materials they consume have to be purchased with spiritual stones.
And some people are not very sure and cannot completely guarantee that they will be able to obtain all the middle-grade elixirs.
If you fail and can't even produce four middle-grade elixirs, won't you have to pay a lot of spiritual stones?
Double compensation requires at least twenty spirit stones, but this is still a large amount of money for most outer disciples.
The elegant male cultivator began to announce that admission was allowed. Many people were hesitant, but Chu Ming walked in directly.
As his proficiency in the miscellaneous elixir refining method continues to improve, he masters more and more elixir recipes.
Even if there are a few that you don't master, you can easily refine high-quality elixirs after reading the elixir recipes and refining them yourself.
When he came to an empty table, there was a small alchemy furnace in front of him, and next to it were seven spiritual materials needed to refine the required elixirs.
Each portion can only be used to practice two pills. If you make a mistake once, there will be another.
Chu Ming began to refine the Bigu Pill, which was relatively easy to refine.
He deliberately showed his alchemy techniques to be a little unfamiliar, and his expression was a little nervous.
For the first time, he only refined the middle-grade Bigu Pill, and he looked a little disappointed.
The second time, he refined the top-grade Bigu Pill, and he immediately became excited and beamed with joy.
The elegant middle-aged male cultivator happened to be passing by, and when he saw him practicing the top-grade Bigu Pill, he nodded appreciatively.
Chu Ming also smiled and nodded to him.
The elegant male cultivator swept his spiritual consciousness and sensed Chu Ming's state, and asked curiously: "Have you already established the foundation?"
"If you want to enter the inner gate, you only need to report it. Why do you want to take the test?"
Chu Ming smiled bitterly and said: "The disciple's spiritual roots were slightly mutated when he was building the foundation, so he can't go to Yuhua Mountain."
"I just happened to have a lot of insights into the art of alchemy, so I thought of going to Qingling Peak to become an alchemist. It would be quite free."
The elegant male cultivator sensed the thunder spirit energy in Chu Ming's body and seemed to understand something.
He nodded and said: "Well, it's a pity, but since you have the qualifications to make alchemy, it would be good to be an alchemist."
After he left, Chu Ming continued to make elixirs.
I made a few mistakes from time to time, and even produced a few low-grade elixirs, but then I successively mastered two high-grade elixirs and three medium-grade elixirs.
At this time, the last middle-grade Qi-Building Pill is being refined.
The disciples who were watching outside couldn't help but feel envious when they saw his refining results.
"Is that Senior Brother Chu who is a spiritual farmer? I heard that he went from the second level of qi training to foundation building in just one year. I didn't expect that he could also refine elixirs."
"He has already refined three high-grade elixirs. If he refines another mid-grade elixir, he can choose a fourth-grade cave of his own choice."
"He is not the most powerful. Look at the handyman disciple from Shengxu Peak over there. He has already mastered five high-grade elixirs, and the remaining two have not yet been refined."
Chu Ming also looked over curiously. There was a dull-looking handyman disciple not far to the left.
But he has already refined five high-grade elixirs. The remaining two pills are easier to refine. I am afraid he can also refine high-grade elixirs.
From this point of view, it should be a certainty that he will be accepted as the elder's direct disciple, which can be regarded as a change of fate.
Naturally, Chu Ming would not compete with him for the limelight. Someone with better qualifications than him would make him look less outstanding, which was more to his liking.
At this time, he was almost ready to refine the middle-grade Qi-Building Pill.
But at this moment, he saw the female cultivator in front of him quickly take out a high-grade Wind Breath Pill from the storage bag on her waist and exchange it with the pill she had refined.
This was obviously cheating. When Chu Ming was still thinking about whether he should pretend not to see it, the male cultivator with the Chinese character walked up to the female cultivator and knocked her away more than ten feet away with a palm.
When two disciples of the execution hall standing outside the hall saw it, they escorted the female cultivator to the execution hall for disposal.
Really no mercy.
Chu Ming shook his head and smiled, then opened the pill furnace and took out the last middle-grade Qi-Building Pill.
The elegant male cultivator was already standing next to him, stroking his beard and smiling with satisfaction.
"Not bad, you have passed the second level test."
"You can join Qingling Peak and become a disciple of a low-level alchemy master. This jade letter contains the location of the cave for you to choose. You can see it by scanning it with your spiritual consciousness."
Chu Ming glanced around and saw the map in the jade letter.
After pretending to choose for a moment, he finally chose the place he was optimistic about in advance.
"Let's have Cave No. 27. It looks quite big and quiet enough."
"I like to meditate, so that should be more suitable for me."
The elegant male cultivator nodded with satisfaction, "Yes, alchemists are used to practicing meditation, so that cave is really good."
"Then you go back and prepare today. When you arrive at the mountain gate early tomorrow morning, a boy will come to take you to the inner gate."
Chu Ming said yes again and again, and after chatting with the male cultivator, he found out that his name was Chen Yu, a middle-grade alchemist.
The two were disciples of the same generation, and they became known as brothers.
After returning home, she talked about it with her junior sister, who was very happy.
In the afternoon, the two of them went to the market to purchase some necessary items. When they returned home in the evening, they started to pack up their belongings and clean the house.
At night, while his junior sister was cleaning up the house, Chu Ming walked into the cattle pen and put Brother Niu into the dragon realm.
(End of chapter)
