Starting as a supporting character in Doupo

Xiao Fan looked at the parchment on his stone platform, picked it up and saw that it was a first-grade pill called Swiftness Pill. Its effect was to increase the user's speed for a short period of time. Among first-grade pills, it was considered to be of medium to high quality.

However, for Xiao Fan, who had already reached the level of a third-grade alchemist, refining the Swiftness Pill was a piece of cake.

Looking up at the expressions of the people around her, it seemed that everyone had received a different prescription for the pills. Linda and Xue Mei both looked confident.

When Xiao Fan looked at Xiao Yan, they inadvertently made eye contact. Xiao Fan nodded slightly to show his friendliness. Xiao Yan was surprised for a moment, then returned a friendly smile to Xiao Fan.

Xiao Fan recognized the medicinal herbs on Xiao Yan's table as the Power Accumulation Pill, a first-grade elixir. Its effect is to increase the user's strength by a small amount for a short period of time, and its refining difficulty is also at a medium to high level.

Xiao Yan's gaze swept over the medicinal herbs on the stone platform around him, and when he saw Xiao Fan's Swiftness Pill herbs, he muttered to himself.

"Our prescriptions are a bit more difficult, our luck is just too bad."

Indeed, both Linda's Healing Pill and Xue Mei's Fire Condensation Pill are relatively simple among first-tier pills, making them the easiest to pass the assessment.

Xiao Fan glanced at it, not caring much. After all, the other person had a master who was the president of the Alchemist Guild. Refining a first-grade pill was enough to pass the test. Although the procedure couldn't be changed, it was still a society based on personal connections.

"Is the inspection complete? If there are no problems, the assessment will now officially begin!"

Frank's gaze swept over the crowd. After asking a question, he gestured for them to take a test. He then unleashed a burst of energy, striking an ancient bell at the top of the hall. The clear chime echoed throughout the space.

Once the bell rings, it signifies the official start of the assessment. No one is allowed to enter the area to prevent interference with the alchemist's assessment.

Upon hearing the bell ring, all the students began their alchemy, quickly placing their palms on the fire ports of the cauldrons. Their battle qi surged forth, and instantly, numerous flames ignited within the cauldrons on the stone platform.

Only Xiao Fan had not yet made a move.

Xiao Fan looked at the area where Xiao Yan was in surprise. The flame burning in Xiao Yan's medicine cauldron was an ordinary yellow flame. After all, if an alchemist has not reached the fourth rank or has other flames, he can only release real fire through the transformation of the medicine cauldron.

Xiao Fan initially thought Xiao Yan would release the Bone Spirit Cold Flame, but after a moment's thought, he understood that borrowing Yao Lao's Bone Spirit Cold Flame was unnecessary for a test he could pass on his own. If Xiao Fan obtained the Purple Flame, releasing it himself would be fine. Although beast fire is rare, it wouldn't attract powerful enemies to ravage it.

Since Xiao Yan failed to obtain the Purple Flame due to his own reasons, he could only resort to the most ordinary methods of an alchemist.

Everyone in the arena had already started their fires and were refining their weapons, but Xiao Fan remained standing in place. Even Master Otto and the others outside the arena couldn't help but be drawn to Xiao Fan.

"Hey kid, what are you doing there? Why aren't you starting the refining process yet?!"

"do not know."

Frank shrugged, equally puzzled. Surely Mo Shang couldn't possibly not even know how to start a fire? If he couldn't even do the basics, wouldn't coming to the assessment be a joke to him? Thinking of this, Frank's expression turned somewhat grim.

“Ahem…where’s his advisor’s letter of introduction? Let me see whose student he is.” Frank waved to one of his men and asked.

"President, he doesn't have a letter of introduction, and his records don't specify who his mentor is."

Upon hearing his subordinate's reply, Frank was so angry that his beard almost flew off his feet.

"How did you do your job? You have nothing. How can you prove that he can make medicine?"

Master Otto, seeing Frank's angry expression, understood that such a thing happening in his city would be interpreted as Frank's mismanagement, hence his anger.

"Alright, alright, let's talk about it after their assessment is over!"

Master Otto tugged at Frank's sleeve, trying to comfort him.

While everyone outside thought Xiao Fan was just there to make fun of them, the people inside also became curious about him.

After all, although three sets of materials were prepared for refining on the stone platform, if he didn't hurry, even if he made a mistake, there wouldn't be enough time to refine them a third time.

Just as everyone was watching, Xiao Fan made his move.

He slowly placed his hand on the fire port of the medicine cauldron, circulating his internal fighting spirit along the meridians in Xiao Fan's hand into the cauldron.

"Oh!"

Purple flames suddenly appeared in Xiao Fan's medicine cauldron and burned fiercely.

At the same time, Frank and Otto outside also saw the purple flames rising from Xiao Fan's medicine cauldron.

"Purple flames? Strange fire?" Frank exclaimed in surprise.

Everyone's eyes were startled by Frank's voice and turned to look at the area where Xiao Fan was.

Xiao Yan also turned his head curiously to look in Xiao Fan's direction, and asked Yao Lao in his heart.

"Teacher, was that person using a strange fire?"

After carefully sensing it, Yao Lao smiled at Xiao Yan.

"Hehe, this isn't a strange fire, it's a beast fire."

"Beast Fire?" Xiao Yan asked curiously.

"Beast fire is a flame that certain magical beasts can control. Alchemists' pursuit of exotic fire is terrifying. Some alchemists later discovered that there is a kind of flame in the world that is more powerful than ordinary flames and has different characteristics. After research, they found a way to master it. This is beast fire."

Hearing what Yao Lao said, Xiao Yan understood that Xiao Fan was using a kind of beast fire, and then he wanted to know if he could use beast fire to advance his Burning Technique.

This interruption caused the medicinal herbs that Xiao Yan was refining to turn to ashes because he didn't control the heat properly, and he had to start refining them all over again.

Master Otto and Frank, who were watching from the sidelines, also understood the flame in Xiao Fan's hand.

"This must be some kind of beast fire! Strange fires are not so easy to control."

"Yes, and the power of the strange fire is even more astonishing."

Frank laughed.

"This kid is something else. No wonder he dares to participate in the alchemist assessment at such a young age." As he spoke, he glanced in Xiao Yan's direction as well. After all, both of them were nineteen years old when they participated in the assessment, and they had both concealed their mentors' involvement, which greatly increased Frank's interest in them.

Master Otto looked at Frank with a mixture of amusement and exasperation, as if Frank had completely forgotten his earlier outburst of rage, and said...

"However, this also taught those two girls a lesson, letting them know that there are always people more capable than themselves, and that there is always something beyond their understanding."

Regardless of the reactions of those outside the arena, everyone else in the arena, except for Xiao Yan, also noticed the strangeness of Xiao Fan's flames.

Linda and Snow Fairy were also distracted, which caused them to have to start their refining process all over again.

Ignoring the gazes of the crowd, Xiao Fan looked at the medicinal herbs on the stone platform and threw them all into the medicine cauldron.

"They actually dared to use all the medicinal herbs at once?"

Everyone was shocked by Xiao Fan's actions. After all, the temperature required to extract the essence from each medicinal herb is different and there are strict requirements. How could someone who is merely a certified first-grade alchemist do something like Xiao Fan throwing in all the medicinal herbs at once?

Looking at Xiao Fan's expression, he remained calm, as if such a thing was an easy task for him.

Linda and Xue Mei exchanged a glance, both seeing a hint of defeat in each other's eyes. This young man had finally dealt them a blow. Now, looking at their years-long rivalry, it seemed as childish and laughable as a child's struggle.

"On the other side, Xiao Yan was also shocked by Xiao Fan's methods, but this time he managed to calm himself down in time and prevent the medicinal herbs from being wasted again, otherwise they would have been ruined once more."

Xiao Fan ignored the gazes of others. After all, every time he advanced to a higher level, he received soul tempering from the system. Moreover, during the month he spent with Little Fairy Doctor in the small valley, he continuously fused with the strange fire. Xiao Fan's level and soul power increased greatly again, and he had become very proficient in mastering the purple fire.

Carefully sensing the changes in the medicinal herbs in the cauldron, Xiao Fan cautiously controlled the heat. After all, in the process of refining pills, even the slightest mistake could lead to the failure of the entire refining process.

Xiao Fan perfectly extracted the essence from various medicinal herbs, which floated in the medicine cauldron.

Xiao Fan manipulated his soul power to blend the remaining essence together, and then slowly changed the temperature of the purple flame as the medicinal liquid condensed.

Finally, surrounded by the slow purple flames, a saturated, pale blue pill slowly took shape in Xiao Fan's medicine cauldron.

Xiao Fan, engrossed in alchemy, only then opened his mind to check on the others' assessments. He discovered that most of the people in the arena had already finished their assessments and were all looking at him. There were only two or three people left, and Xiao Yan was one of them.

After all, the Power-Accumulating Pill he drew was one of the more difficult ones to refine.

The pill in Xiao Fan's cauldron was finally fully formed. Xiao Fan picked up the jade bottle on the stone platform and carefully placed the Swiftness Pill into it.

"Alright, assessment over!"

Chapter 46 The Man Who Broke Two Records in a Row

"Alright, assessment over!"

Frank's voice rang out from outside the arena, and the people competing on the stone platform had all finished their refining.

Many of the participants in the assessment stood beside the pills they had refined.

Frank and Otto got down and started checking from the one closest to them.

Linda and Xue Mei's pills, though slightly flawed, still passed the test successfully, which relieved the two girls. Apart from Xiao Yan and Xiao Fan, only two of the remaining people passed the test for first-grade alchemists.

When Otto and Frank examined Xiao Yan, they were stunned when they saw his prescription.

"So that's how it is. What you got was actually the formula for the Energy Accumulation Pill."

Frank looked at Xiao Yan and said with a smile.

Otto smiled and replied, "A young man of great promise!"

The other contestants also changed their expressions, thankful that they hadn't drawn such a ridiculous question. After all, even some newly qualified alchemists couldn't guarantee that they could successfully refine a Power-Building Pill every time. For an apprentice participating in the Rank 1 alchemist assessment to successfully refine a Power-Building Pill was quite impressive, especially since Xiao Yan was only nineteen years old!

Otto smiled and picked up the pills Xiao Yan had refined, exclaiming in surprise.

"Danwen?"

Upon hearing Master Otto's words, Frank quickly came over to take a look. Indeed, on the pills that Xiao Yan had refined, there were light blue, water-like ripples surrounding them.

It's important to know that only when the quality and luster of a pill reach their peak can it develop pill patterns. The appearance of these patterns indicates that the pill's medicinal power is much stronger than that of an ordinary pill.

Otto looked at Xiao Yan with sudden curiosity. "I'm really curious, what kind of alchemist could cultivate a little monster like you?"

"Hehe, my master's background was something I was told to keep secret..." Xiao Yan scratched his head and said to Master Otto.

"Alright, we're not forcing you to tell us."

Frank smiled, put the pill back into the jade bottle, patted Xiao Yan on the shoulder and said, "Congratulations, Xiao Yan, you have passed the assessment for a first-grade alchemist."

After saying that, the two walked towards Xiao Fan's location again.

All eyes followed Otto and Frank's footsteps and focused on Xiao Fan.