The abandoned cannon fodder girl's path to immortality

Chapter 173 Chen Qiaozhen

Three days later at noon.

Chen Jinshu left the Ink Plum Garden and headed towards the Pill King Palace.

This time, she plans to pass the assessment to become a top-grade alchemist in one fell swoop.

During her three-month seclusion with her master, Shui Huanmeng, she not only improved her cultivation level but also learned alchemy from her master and several senior brothers.

The senior brothers and sisters were already quite skilled in alchemy, and Chen Jinshu also learned many techniques under their guidance.

Later, when she was refining pills in her cave, she became skilled at refining first-grade high-quality spiritual pills. The purple ginseng pills she was consuming now were the best of the first-grade high-quality ones, and they could add more than ten strands of spiritual energy to her after she took them.

Of course, because the spiritual energy consumed needs to be replenished, each time one can advance to a higher realm.

When they arrived at the Pill King Hall, they found disciples everywhere who had come for the assessment, including many from other peaks.

However, alchemists have confirmed that only Medicine King Peak can offer this service, therefore disciples from other peaks must come to Medicine King Peak for assessment.

After waiting in line for 15 minutes, Chen Jinshu was soon in front of the other people.

"Elder, I want to take the exam to become a first-grade high-level alchemist!"

"Hmm, not bad! You only took the intermediate-grade alchemist exam last year, and your alchemy skills have improved since your cultivation level increased! Take your number and go take the exam!"

After checking Chen Jinshu's token, the elder who was registering the registration smiled. Chen Jinshu had made quite a splash during the previous outer sect competition.

He remembered this disciple of Medicine King Peak.

Holding the number plate, Chen Jinshu quickly arrived at the examination room number 36, section B.

There are already five or six alchemists inside taking the exam.

Chen Jinshu didn't waste any time and directly handed the token to the Golden Core Elder who was supervising the exam.

Then, after taking a blind box of spiritual herbs, he went to the thirteenth alchemy furnace he had chosen.

"I heard that the number of spiritual herbs required for the top-grade alchemist assessment is more than five hundred, but I don't know if it's true."

When she opened the blind box, more than 600 medicinal herbs flew out of it.

"There are a hundred more plants now. The difficulty has increased!"

She then began to perform a simple classification of the six hundred medicinal herbs.

After working for half an hour, she finally divided the spiritual herbs into several portions according to their different qualities, grades, and attributes.

"We have enough first-grade high-level Qi Condensation Pills to refine two batches. Three batches of first-grade high-level Spirit Ginseng Pills. One batch of first-grade high-level Barrier Breaking Pills..."

Under her classification, these six hundred spiritual herbs could be used to refine ten batches of pills, the simplest of which was the Spirit Ginseng Pill.

However, some of these elixirs do not allow her to reach her true potential.

Now that she is no longer a mid-stage Qi Refining cultivator who needs insurance, she can refine higher-level elixirs and test her alchemy skills.

Finally, Chen Jinshu chose the more difficult-to-refine Ningyuan Pill to cultivate his divine sense, which would make his divine sense clear.

"Three ethereal herbs, one cloud-patterned thunderwood, one blood spirit ginseng..."

She quickly arranged the medicinal herbs needed for the refining process, and then lit the flames beneath the alchemy furnace.

A few hand gestures he casually unleashed immediately made the flames scorching hot.

Half an hour passed in the blink of an eye, and Chen Jinshu had already reached the first step of separating liquid and condensing pills.

"Nine is too far-fetched. Six is ​​acceptable." Her face was slightly pale; the previous steps of refining the spiritual herbs had consumed too much of her spiritual energy.

The main problem is that the cloud-patterned thunderwood is too hard and requires extremely high temperatures to melt.

Only then did she realize the flaws in her alchemy skills; her control over spiritual fire was still somewhat lacking.

This can be considered a major achievement in refining the Condensation Pill.

Once she reached the core-condensing stage, things became much easier. She raised her hand and formed several core-condensing hand seals. The six pale golden spiritual liquids above the furnace rapidly refined out toxins, then quickly shrank.

Another half hour passed, and Chen Jinshu cast a few hand seals. The six pills in the furnace quickly absorbed the emitted pill mist, locking in their medicinal effects.

"Six pills formed is not bad. At least two of them are of superior quality!"

A quarter of an hour later, the pill was ready to be heated and she quickly put it into the pill bottle.

"Three excellent, three average. That's unexpected!"

She had expected one low-grade one, but all of them were above average.

She quickly obtained the invigilator's credentials and left the alchemy room.

As soon as she stepped out the door, she bumped into a familiar female cultivator, Chen Qiaozhen, who was walking towards her.

"Eighth level of Qi Refining!" Chen Jinshu was not surprised to see Chen Qiaozhen here, but she was amazed by the other party's current cultivation level. She remembered that the other party was only at the third level back then.

His cultivation aptitude is only at the level of four spiritual roots.

In the same amount of time, the other party's improvement speed has almost caught up with hers.

It should be noted that she reached her current level of cultivation only with the blessing of various spiritual objects.

"If you have nothing else to do, could you wait for me for two hours? I have something to discuss with you." Chen Qiaozhen's eyes flashed with surprise when she saw Chen Jinshu, and she said after thinking for a moment.

"Here's what we'll do. After you finish your assessment, come find me at Momei Garden. This is my communication talisman." Chen Jinshu thought for a moment and then nodded.

She had no grudges against Chen Qiaozhen within the clan; at most, she had been the target of a few sarcastic remarks from Chen.

Now that he sees that the other party has grown up, Chen Jinshu has nothing to hold against him anymore.

We are all practitioners, so we cannot lower our minds too much.

……

Two hours later, Chen Qiaozhen indeed came to Momei Garden to find her.

Chen Jinshu invited the other party into the garden.

"It's been a few years, and your cultivation has improved so much! Why haven't I seen you participate in the outer sect competition?" Chen Jinshu asked.

"I missed it because I wasn't in the sect during that time," Chen Qiaozhen said with some regret.

If she had been there during that time, she might have made it into the top twenty and won one or two Foundation Establishment Pills as a reward.

"What brings you here?" Chen Jinshu asked bluntly.

"I'm sorry. I was young and naive back then, and I said some bad things to you."

"It was just a few words exchanged between girls, I never took it to heart."

"But it was ultimately my fault. If you encounter any trouble in the future, you can come to me."

Chen Jinshu glanced at Chen Qiaozhen and saw sincerity in her eyes, but how could she be so sure that she could help him?

"We'll talk about it later. Did you come to see me today because of your family?"

"Not only that. The Chen family is now at the height of its power among the major families! The Lin family has joined forces with the Wang family, attempting to exterminate the Chen family and seize their spirit mines and spirit fields!" Chen Qiaozhen said with some seriousness.

"So what? You know how the Chen family treated me before. Now you're begging me?" Chen Jinshu sneered, finding it extremely ironic.

“I’m not here today to ask for your help. I want to exchange your excess Foundation Establishment Pills. You have excellent aptitude and you also had a fortuitous encounter in the Moon Cleansing Pool. The sect needs too many contribution points for Foundation Establishment Pills. I want to help the Chen family, but there’s no time left.” Chen Qiaozhen said with some distress, her tone pleading.

"You ran away from your arranged marriage here, do you still want to have anything to do with the Chen family? You finally escaped this cage, do you want to jump back in?" Chen Jinshu retorted.

“I was able to escape my family entirely because of my father’s help. I couldn’t leave without saving my father and my many uncles. I had a dream that many years later I would be brutally murdered by the Lin family, so I ran away. Later, based on the dream, I found many opportunities. This dream actually happened later…” Chen Qiaozhen’s voice trembled as she spoke, as if she had dreamt that terrible nightmare again.

Chen Jinshu was surprised to hear this. The Foundation Establishment Pill that Chen Qiaozhen asked for was indeed a bit too much for her, but that was not a reason for her to help the Chen family.

Do you think the female lead should make the deal?