Star Farming, the eldest lady relies on alchemy to counterattack

Chapter 410 Nine-Turn Holy Healing Pill

Ning Xuan usually has her own alchemy furnace, but in order to prevent the participants from tampering with it beforehand, those furnaces cannot be brought in. She can only use the furnaces here.

Ning Xuan felt that the Nine Phoenix Facing the Sun Incense Burner was very suitable for her, so she thought that if there were no other suitable ones, she would choose this one.

Apart from Ning Xuan, the other participants were not taking the test for the first time. They were very familiar with the spiritual herbs and alchemy furnaces displayed in the waiting room. Except for Ning Xuan and Fu Rong, the others had already selected their medicinal materials, tinder, and alchemy furnaces and were ready to refine medicine.

After Fu Rong explained the rules to Ning Xuan, Ning Xuan also chose what she wanted to use. After selecting the materials, the two placed the various materials they needed on the alchemy table. At Fu Rong's suggestion, the alchemy tables they chose happened to be adjacent to each other.

Although the waiting period wasn't a real assessment, but rather a chance for everyone to familiarize themselves with their chosen alchemy furnace and the alchemy process, everyone was still on high alert.

The waiting room was filled with the aroma of various herbs. The other candidates were focused on controlling their respective flames, furnaces, and herbs waiting to be processed. Next to each alchemy table stood a recorder in a gray uniform, wearing video recording equipment and recording every detail with a serious expression.

"Ning Xuan, it's alright at first, but the more you go, the more chaotic things become. There will be explosions, mental breakdowns, and all sorts of things can happen. Remember, no matter what happens, don't get distracted. Once you get distracted, you're more likely to fail," Fu Rong instructed. "The worst thing in alchemy is to be distracted."

Ning Xuan knew that Fu Rong was giving her advice for her own good, so she nodded seriously and placed the medicinal herbs she had just selected on the alchemy table one by one.

Fu Rong saw the thousand-year-old snow spirit mushroom that Ning Xuan had placed on the alchemy table and sighed helplessly. She had just explained the pros and cons to Ning Xuan, but Ning Xuan insisted on doing so, and there was nothing she could do.

If this thousand-year-old snow lingzhi is destroyed later, she can simply raise some money to pay off Ning Xuan's debt.

As Fu Rong was thinking and preparing to start refining medicine, she noticed that Ning Xuan had once again walked to the row of cabinets containing precious medicinal herbs, and took out three kinds of precious medicinal herbs from those cabinets in one go, returned to her seat, and placed them on the medicine refining table.

Fu Rong gasped. It seemed Ning Xuan was going to be detained here today. She definitely wouldn't be able to raise the money. If all those medicinal herbs were ruined, even if she used all the money she had, it wouldn't be enough to compensate for the loss.

Fu Rong had completely given up on Ning Xuan, and she devoted herself to refining the pill formula she had chosen.

Ning Xuan first arranged the selected medicinal herbs in the order of processing, and then lit the fire under the alchemy furnace. The moment the flames rose, Ning Xuan's entire demeanor changed, and a phantom of flames flashed behind her.

The alchemy table Ning Xuan chose was table number 9. The recorder at table number 9, sensing the strong spiritual energy fluctuations emanating from Ning Xuan, stared wide-eyed in surprise at the dozen or so black and red vines emerging from Ning Xuan's palm.

Cheating was strictly prohibited in this competition. He didn't know if the vines that helped Ning Xuan process the medicinal herbs and control the flames counted as external assistance, or if Ning Xuan's actions constituted cheating. So he immediately uploaded the video he had taken to the judging panel of the Alchemist Association and asked for instructions.

The judges watched the video repeatedly and confirmed that the vines originated from Ning Xuan's palm, which meant that the vines and Ning Xuan were one entity, and therefore could not be considered cheating.

Time ticked by, and Ning Xuan focused intently on refining each herb, placing the prepared ingredients into the furnace in sequence. The recorder, watching Ning Xuan's dazzlingly skilled movements, felt a surge of respect. Like the other master alchemists, he assumed Ning Xuan, being so young, was merely there to make up the numbers, her main purpose being to learn their techniques.

But now, it's clear that Ning Xuan has no interest in other people's refining techniques at all. Instead, she is completely focused on refining her own pills. Moreover, he can sense that Ning Xuan's control over the medicinal materials is extremely precise, and her control over the energy is flawless.

Inside Ning Xuan's alchemy furnace, the purified and refined medicinal liquid gradually condensed under the tempering of the spiritual fire. Her fingertips lightly touched the furnace wall, and golden fire energy seeped into it like threads, precisely controlling the fusion of every bit of medicinal power.

Her expression was focused and calm, as if everything outside was irrelevant to her, and only the alchemy furnace in front of her was her whole world.

Ning Xuan seemed genuinely confident.

Gradually, explosions of alchemy furnaces could be heard coming from the waiting room, along with occasional sounds of frustration. Ning Xuan ignored all of that and focused solely on refining the pills.

A buzzing sound emanated from the alchemy furnace, the clear and melodious sounds echoing throughout the waiting room like celestial music.

In an instant, most of the other people stopped moving, and countless astonished gazes were cast in Ning Xuan's direction.

After the sound subsided, a refreshing and unique fragrance wafted from the stove. The aroma was as clear and sweet as spring water, yet it also carried a powerful vitality that shook the soul. Just a whiff of the medicinal fragrance made one feel completely comfortable, sweeping away the stagnant energy accumulated in the body, and even some old, hidden injuries showed signs of healing.

"This, this is... what grade of pill?" An examiner who was patrolling the waiting room suddenly stopped, looking at Ning Xuan's alchemy table with disbelief in his eyes.

Before everyone could recover from their shock, a burst of dazzling golden light suddenly erupted from Ning Xuan's alchemy furnace!
"Boom—" The furnace lid was blasted open by a vast surge of pill power, and a pill the size of a thumb burst out of the air and hovered in mid-air.

The pill was crystal clear, with nine mysterious golden patterns flowing across its surface, radiating a strong energy fluctuation.

"Is this the Nine-Turn Holy Healing Pill? And it's of perfect quality! Ning Xuan, how did you do that? You're amazing! I was so worried about you just now, but you were hiding your true abilities!" Fu Rong exclaimed in surprise. She had just finished refining a batch of simple pills and was about to challenge herself with a more difficult one. She had just put away the refined pills when she smelled a strong medicinal fragrance.

Not only was Fu Rong surprised, but Lan Shuiyu and the others were also stunned.

Ning Xuan quietly stretched out her hand, and the golden pill that was hanging in mid-air gently fell into her palm.

Ning Xuan glanced down at it, a satisfied smile playing on her lips. "Hmm, as expected of something made with a thousand-year-old snow spirit mushroom as the main ingredient, the quality is quite good."

Ning Xuan spoke lightly, without being overly excited, as if this result was nothing more than a matter of course.