Star Farming, the eldest lady relies on alchemy to counterattack

Chapter 411 Advancement to Grandmaster Alchemist
Fu Rong watched enviously as Ning Xuan put the Nine-Turn Saint Healing Pill into her spatial storage, feeling extremely envious of the pill. She wondered if Ning Xuan could sell it.
"So many precious medicinal herbs, including a thousand-year-old snow lingzhi mushroom, and only one pill was made. This is such a waste of medicinal materials. No matter how miraculous this pill is, it can't compare to the value of that thousand-year-old snow lingzhi mushroom." Lan Shuiyu said, looking at Ning Xuan's pill furnace with envy.

"Of course, it's not just one pill." Ning Xuan reached into the alchemy furnace and grabbed a handful of golden pills. She put these pills into a glass bottle, which contained a whole bottle.

Fu Rong was stunned. Then she came to her senses and immediately exclaimed, "Ning Xuan, you have to sell me a few of these pills no matter what!"

Next, Ning Xuan continued refining pills. The others initially refined pills with relatively simple formulas, so occasionally someone could succeed. However, as time went on, more and more cases of furnace explosions and failures occurred. After successfully refining two batches of pills, Fu Rong kept failing. After failing three batches, she was on the verge of a breakdown. Seeing that there was only half an hour left before the end, she simply extinguished the fire and came to Ning Xuan to watch her refine the pills.

Like Fu Rong, there were quite a few people surrounding Ning Xuan. They watched as Ning Xuan used those dozen or so vines to process and refine the medicinal herbs in an orderly manner, and then put them into the alchemy furnace for further tempering. They all found it very magical.

After all, they were alchemists who had been immersed in alchemy for decades or even centuries, so they could naturally sense that the spiritual power distributed on these dozen or so vines was of the same origin as Ning Xuan's. In other words, these dozen or so vines were all under Ning Xuan's control.

Controlling more than a dozen vines at once, coupled with her main focus on the alchemy furnace, and the fact that each vine was doing something different and that there was a specific order to adding the medicinal herbs, meant that Ning Xuan had to concentrate on more than a dozen positions and ensure that none of them went wrong. Just thinking about it made it seem impossible.

Ning Xuan is only 20 years old this year. Even if she is exceptionally talented and has strong mental power, she shouldn't have such an incredible ability to control her mental power.

Ning Xuan was focused on refining pills, ignoring the onlookers around her. She wanted to refine as many pills as possible within the time limit. Of course, Ning Xuan did not choose the basic formulas that were easier to make, but rather formulas that used rare and precious medicinal herbs as the main ingredients.

In addition to the Nine-Turn Holy Healing Pill, Ning Xuan also refined the Evil-Expelling Fire Spirit Pill and the Golden Lotus Poison-Avoiding Pill.

The last batch of pills Ning Xuan refined was the Golden Lotus Poison-Avoiding Pill. The refining process of this pill was extremely complicated. After a long period of high-intensity operation, Ning Xuan felt her fingertips trembling slightly and fine beads of sweat seeping from her forehead.

The continuous refining of high-grade pills had taken a toll on her mental and physical strength.

Her fire-elemental energy was almost depleted, and her mind was exhausted from intense focus. But her gaze remained resolute, and in the firelight, a undying flame seemed to burn deep within her pupils.

The crowd watching from the sidelines stared intently at Ning Xuan, wanting to see clearly the techniques she used. After all, Ning Xuan was able to refine such a complex pill formula in such a short time, and for that reason alone, her techniques were worth learning.

Under the unwavering gaze of everyone, Ning Xuan formed a complex hand seal and slapped it against the wall of the alchemy furnace. The spiritual fire inside the furnace suddenly changed color, and the originally crimson flames gradually turned into a pale gold. Lotus patterns appeared above the furnace, blooming slowly as if they were alive.

"This is... the Golden Lotus Antidote Pill?" An examiner watching the surveillance video stared wide-eyed, his voice trembling.

"Has she gone mad? This kind of pill is the hardest to refine. I've heard that no one has ever been able to refine it successfully."

Ning Xuan ignored the gasps around her. She formed hand seals, her fingertips channeling spiritual energy into the alchemy furnace, precisely harmonizing every bit of medicinal power. Her movements remained fluid and graceful, but a closer look revealed that her breathing was uneven and her face was pale. "Just a little more..." Ning Xuan gritted her teeth, forcibly squeezing out the last bit of energy from her body.

A clear and refreshing lotus fragrance emanated from Ning Xuan's alchemy furnace. The fragrance was so pure that it seemed to cleanse the world of all its impurities.

Those who smell the fragrance immediately feel refreshed, and the toxins accumulated in their bodies seem to be subtly purified.

"The transformation of elixir into lotus is real? In all my years, this is the first time I've ever witnessed such a scene in person," the white-haired proctor exclaimed excitedly.

However, just as everyone was still in shock, Ning Xuan's body swayed slightly, her vision blurred, and her fingers trembled uncontrollably. She had exhausted the last of her energy to refine this batch of pills and now all she wanted was to rest.

Ning Xuan put the refined Golden Lotus Poison-Avoiding Pill into a glass bottle and placed it in her personal spatial storage.

These three hours were just practice before the exam. Most people were just getting familiar with the alchemy furnace. But Ning Xuan was willing to exhaust all her strength to refine those few batches of pills in order to obtain those very precious and rare medicinal herbs that were hard to buy on the market.

Ning Xuan thought she could skip the alchemy master assessment, but she still wanted to take these medicinal herbs with her.

Seeing that Ning Xuan was exhausted after refining the last batch of pills, the alchemy master assessment team unanimously postponed the official competition by one hour.

Ning Xuan and Fu Rong, among others, officially participated in the alchemy master assessment. This time, wherever Ning Xuan went, she was met with enthusiastic and flattering glances. Only Master Lan Shuiyu Lan would still make a few sarcastic remarks.

The formal assessment consists of three steps: first, selecting the elixir formula by drawing lots; second, refining the elixir; and third, announcing the results.

Although there are still many details, this is the general process.

Without a doubt, Ning Xuan successfully completed the pill-making process as required during the Grandmaster Alchemy assessment, thus becoming a Grandmaster Alchemist.

Fu Rong was lucky this time and successfully refined the pill, thus advancing to the rank of alchemy master.

Of the nearly 20 alchemy masters who participated in the assessment, Ning Xuan and Fu Rong both passed successfully. In addition, three other people passed the assessment and were awarded the medal of alchemy grandmaster.

When Ning Xuan was about to leave, Fu Rong hesitantly told Ning Xuan that she wanted to exchange money or something else for a Nine-Turn Holy Healing Pill.