Forced to become a pure and innocent female pharmacist in order to cultivate immortality.

This Song Shuwen is worth befriending; he actually helped me reduce my punishment.

However, Ye Liuyun was also wondering if this guy had feelings for him, otherwise why would he take the risk to help him?

But in reality, Song Shuwen was simply captivated by Ye Liuyun's personality and beauty.

For a normal man, if a beautiful, easy-going, and cheerful girl asks for his help, even if she is a stranger, he probably wouldn't refuse immediately.

Didn't I already say that men are visual creatures and women are auditory creatures?

Of course, nothing is absolute.

Many girls are indeed easily deceived by others' words, while men generally only care about whether you are good-looking and have a good personality. If you have a good personality and are pretty, even without saying anything nice, they will probably come to you on their own initiative.

"Don't mention it. I also felt that the sect's punishment for you was a bit too harsh. Wasting a whole month of your time wasted. You would have been better off using that time to cultivate more," Song Shuwen said with a serious expression.

After finishing his sentence, Song Shuwen prepared to leave, but before he could go, Ye Liuyun suddenly called out to him.

"Senior Brother Song, please wait."

Song Shuwen, who was just about to take off, paused for a moment, then looked at Ye Liuyun with a puzzled expression.

"Junior Sister Ye, what's wrong? Is there anything else?" Song Shuwen asked.

After thinking for a moment, Ye Liuyun took out a large medicine bottle from her person. As someone who had been refining medicine for a long time, she must have carried bottles of various sizes with her.

"Senior brother, you may not know this, but my cultivation aptitude is only average. So I've been studying medicine since I was a child, and I'm considered an alchemist. Here, take this. It's a cultivation pill I made. I don't know if it will be effective for your level. Consider it payment for helping me reduce my punishment." Ye Liuyun smiled and handed the item to Song Shuwen.

Song Shuwen was taken aback, then curiously accepted it. He didn't look at it immediately, after all, in his opinion, it was just a token of Ye Liuyun's goodwill.

A newly initiated disciple is at most at the Spirit Stream Realm. How could he possibly have anything that someone at the Spirit Sea Realm would be interested in?

"Thank you for your kindness, Junior Sister Ye. I, your senior brother, will accept it without hesitation." After saying that, he put away the pill and flew away again.

After he left, Ye Liuyun finally smiled with relief.

"Hehe, I might as well go do something else instead of going back," Ye Liuyun said with a chuckle.

After saying that, Ye Liuyun put away the broom and returned to the sect. However, she did not go back to her residence immediately, but went to the alchemy pavilion of the Yunxia Sect.

The Yunxia Sect has a special place for its disciples to learn alchemy. As cultivators, they should at least master some basic alchemy techniques.

This alchemy pavilion is considered an important place in the Yunxia Sect. Currently, it is in charge of this place by Yunxiao, the second elder of the inner sect of the Yunxia Sect.

Upon arriving at the alchemy pavilion, Ye Liuyun immediately sensed a fragrant aroma of herbs and a warm atmosphere.

She walked in with a curious look in her eyes. Perhaps because of what happened yesterday, the alchemy pavilion was rather deserted today, with hardly anyone around.

After Ye Liuyun went inside, he looked around and soon saw a counter at the entrance, behind which sat a young disciple wearing a white robe with blue patterns.

"Hey? Senior brother, senior brother." Ye Liuyun walked over and called out a few times.

Only after Ye Liuyun called him repeatedly did the young man open his eyes, still looking sleepy.

Upon looking up, she saw a beautiful junior sister with a pure and innocent look standing in front of her.

"Huh?" After seeing the person's appearance clearly, the young man quickly returned to his normal state from his lazy state.

"Oh, sorry, the alchemy pavilion is a bit deserted today, so I took a nap. Junior sister, is there anything I can help you with?" the young man said with an awkward smile.

Ye Liuyun quickly explained his purpose for coming.

The young man could tell from Ye Liuyun's attire that Ye Liuyun was a newly initiated disciple, so he gave Ye Liuyun a manual.

"Junior sister, this is the procedure booklet of our Alchemy Pavilion. It records all the rules of the Alchemy Pavilion. Please take a look." The young man said with a smile.

Chapter 22 Alchemy Assessment

Ye Liuyun took the booklet and stood to the side to carefully read the rules.

First, one must enter the Alchemy Pavilion. To refine medicine, one needs to obtain the qualification of an entry-level alchemist. This requirement is definitely a piece of cake for Ye Liuyun.

Once you become a novice alchemist, you can enter the Alchemy Pavilion to refine medicines. You can choose to accept tasks issued by the Alchemy Pavilion or tasks issued by other disciples.

You can accept as many medicine-refining tasks as you want, but you must complete them within the specified time. If you fail to complete the tasks, you have two solutions.

The first option is to purchase the missing pills at your own expense to make up for it.

The second option is for the sect to deduct your monthly salary for the following months to make up for it, and you will also have to accept punishment.

The punishment depends on the severity of your violation; the more serious the violation, the heavier the punishment, and it may even result in you being banned from entering the Alchemy Pavilion again.

Then there are the other rules: each time you receive a task, you can go to the medicine storage room to collect the corresponding amount of medicine, one pill for one set of medicine.

Upon seeing this, Ye Liuyun suddenly laughed. One pill per set of herbs? No way! When she refined pills, she always used at least ten pills per set of herbs.

In other words, this way she can get a lot of pills and medicinal herbs from the alchemy pavilion for free.

"Tsk tsk, this place is absolutely tailor-made for me. I've decided to stay here." Ye Liuyun was overjoyed.

After reading the booklet, Ye Liuyun returned the booklet to the young man.

"Thank you, senior brother. I've finished reading it. I wonder who I should ask for the entrance exam?" Ye Liuyun asked with a smile.

“Oh, normally my master would be the one to conduct the assessment, but he’s not here today. After all, so many things happened yesterday, and as an elder, he needs to help the sect leader share the burden. But since my master isn’t here, my senior sister can take the assessment in her place. She’s in her private alchemy room. I’ll take you there.” The young man said with a smile.

Ye Liuyun immediately nodded gratefully and followed the other party into the alchemy pavilion.

A moment later, outside a relatively secluded alchemy room on the first floor.

The young man who led Ye Liuyun to the entrance of the alchemy room took out his identity token and contacted the senior sister of the Alchemy Pavilion inside.

The so-called senior sister of the Alchemy Pavilion generally refers to Yunxiao's personal disciple.

Yunxiao's personal disciple is named Nalan Yan, who is at the Spirit Pattern Realm and is also a Blue-level alchemist, meaning that she can refine Blue-level pills at most.

After the young man contacted his senior sister, the door to the alchemy room was quickly opened. He immediately walked in with a smile and explained the situation to the people inside.

After speaking, the young man came out again and gestured for Ye Liuyun to go inside.

“Junior sister, you can go in now. Senior sister said that the assessment can begin,” the young man said.

Ye Liuyun smiled slightly and then walked in. After she entered, the door to the alchemy room closed again, and she saw a cool and aloof woman arranging some medicinal herbs in the room.

The attire of the direct disciples is almost identical to that of the core disciples, the only difference being that the direct disciples wear a white shawl.

"Oh, what a beauty!" Ye Liuyun couldn't help but praise Nalan Yan after entering the room.

Although the disciples of the Cloud Mist Sect above the junior level all dress similarly, female disciples with good temperament and beautiful appearance can still be distinguished at a glance.

"Greetings, Senior Sister. My name is Ye Liuyu, and I'm here to participate in the assessment," Ye Liuyun introduced herself.

Nalan Yan glanced at Ye Liuyun and then said something with slight surprise.

"A beginner disciple? A beginner disciple shouldn't be practicing their skills. Why are you here at the Alchemy Pavilion? Have you already broken through to the Spirit Stream Realm?" Nalan Yan asked.

“Yes, Senior Sister, I was already at the Spirit Stream Realm before I joined the sect,” Ye Liuyun replied.

Upon hearing this, Nalan Yan understood.

"Understood. Just use my alchemy furnace to refine the medicine. As long as you can refine white-grade pills, any kind will do," Nalan Yan instructed.

Ye Liuyun nodded and then walked to Nalan Yan's alchemy furnace.

"Senior Sister, I need to refine a White-Rank Spirit Gathering Pill. Do you have the necessary ingredients?" Ye Liuyun asked.

Upon hearing this, Nalan Yan immediately waved her hand, and several portions of medicinal herbs for refining the Spirit Gathering Pill flew towards Ye Liuyun and landed beside him.

“These are the ingredients for three Spirit Gathering Pills. You only have three chances. If you fail all three times, come back next month. Each disciple only has one chance to participate in the assessment each month,” Nalan Yan explained.

After listening, Ye Liuyun didn't waste any time.

"Alright, I'll begin." Ye Liuyun raised his hand and skillfully released a flame that resembled jade into the medicine furnace.

This is not a normal flame; it is the Myriad Medicines Immortal Flame, a flame from the Myriad Medicines Immortal Cauldron. Theoretically, it belongs to a type of exotic flame. Exotic flames are flames that are naturally born in the world, and there are many kinds of such flames.

For alchemists, strange fire is absolutely priceless, but subduing it depends on luck and strength.

This Myriad Medicines Immortal Flame was a strange flame that Lin Qingyou once obtained, named Emerald Glazed Flame. After becoming an immortal, the Emerald Glazed Flame merged with her medicine cauldron and became part of the Myriad Medicines Immortal Cauldron.

After Ye Liuyun met Lin Qingyou, Lin Qingyou gave him the seed of the Myriad Medicines Immortal Fire.

She no longer needs it, so Ye Liuyun is essentially a different kind of fire, but this different kind of fire is more powerful and unique than any other different kind of fire in this world.

"Huh? Green flames? What kind of flames are these? Could they be some kind of strange fire?" Nalan Yan was shocked when she saw the flames released by Ye Liuyun. She quickly put down what she was doing and walked over.

However, she did not disturb Ye Liuyun's alchemy, and at the same time, she was not sure if this was a strange fire, but the color was abnormal.

She observed it carefully and found that the flame was very gentle, just like an ordinary flame, unlike a strange flame, which is very violent.

"You scared me! I thought it was some kind of strange fire, but it turns out it's not. It's just that this little girl's cultivation method is rather special." Nalan Yan breathed a sigh of relief.

But immediately, Ye Liuyun's movements caught her attention again. She saw Ye Liuyun smoothly pouring medicinal herbs into the alchemy furnace.

"This little girl, isn't she in too much of a hurry? Why did she throw all the medicinal herbs into the furnace at once? This isn't suitable for refining." Nalan Yan felt that Ye Liuyun was a bit of an amateur.

However, this was quickly proven wrong, because the medicinal materials used to refine the Spirit Gathering Pill were all purified quickly after entering the furnace, and there was no situation where the medicinal materials were burned.

"This? No way? Purifying three portions of medicinal herbs in one go?" Nalan Yan was stunned on the spot, and she couldn't help but glance at Ye Liuyun.

Because Ye Liuyun's displayed talent in alchemy is extraordinary.

She couldn't help but sit down next to Ye Liuyun and carefully observe him refining medicine.

After the medicinal herbs are purified, the next step is to fuse the essence. After the essence is fused, it is then fused with the pill powder to form the pill. After the pill is formed, it must be tempered by flames to ensure that the essence is perfectly integrated into the pill powder. Only then can it be considered a successful refining process.

three minutes……

"Done." Ye Liuyun withdrew his Myriad Medicine Immortal Fire, and three white pills rolled out of the medicine furnace.

This time, refining medicine was probably the most tiring time for Ye Liuyun; she was even sweating.

Of course, the reason she was tired was not because it was difficult, but because she had to restrain her alchemy skills.

This is already the maximum convergence.

Chapter 23 Alchemy Skills

Unfortunately, no matter how much they tried to restrain themselves, they still managed to refine five Spirit Gathering Pills.

"Damn it! I've tried so hard to compress the alchemy technique, how come I still only managed to refine five pills? How am I going to explain this later?" Ye Liuyun was at his wit's end looking at the pills rolling out of the alchemy furnace.

She cautiously glanced at Nalan Yan beside her out of the corner of her eye. At this moment, Nalan Yan's eyes and expression could only be described as dumbfounded.

With wide eyes and an open mouth, he wore an expression of disbelief.

Ye Liuyun knew that he had frightened Nalan Yan.

"It's over." Ye Liuyun had already begun to think about how to deal with Nalan Yan's questioning.

In the eyes of ordinary people, if an alchemist can refine one pill from one set of medicinal materials with a 100% success rate, they are considered to have excellent skills. If they can refine two pills from one set of medicinal materials, they are considered to be at the master level. If they can refine three pills, they are absolutely rare in the world.

However, Ye Liuyun refined five pills at once, which Nalan Yan witnessed with her own eyes. It was not cheating, but that he really refined five pills.

"Hey? Senior sister, senior sister, I've finished refining it, it should have passed, right?" Ye Liuyun forced himself to speak, waking Nalan Yan from her reverie.

Nalan Yan stiffly turned her head to look at Ye Liuyun when she heard him call her name.

"You passed, but, junior sister, how did you do it?" Nalan Yan grabbed Ye Liuyun's arm, her eyes revealing an extremely eager expression, a look of longing for the Dao of Medicine.

As an alchemist, isn't the ultimate pursuit in life alchemy? In their eyes, cultivation level is insignificant, but if it can improve their alchemy skills, they are willing to pay any price.

In the world of cultivation, there are several secondary professions: alchemist, weapon refiner, formation master, and talisman master.

These four are the most important and the four richest secondary professions in the cultivation world, but they are more difficult to improve than cultivation itself.

This is purely a matter of comprehension; if you have good comprehension, perseverance alone won't help.

In any case, there are rather strict requirements. For example, an alchemist must have a higher innate soul power than an ordinary person. An ordinary soul power level is not enough to learn alchemy in depth. At most, one can only become a white-level alchemist and there is no way to improve further.

As for those with sufficient soul power, they need to accumulate experience to improve their alchemy skills.

The highest-ranking alchemist in the Yunxia Sect is Yunxiao, a top-grade blue-level alchemist. Yunxiao can refine top-grade blue-level alchemy.

As Yunxiao's personal disciple, Nalan Yan can only refine low-grade blue-level materials, which is already quite remarkable.

Blue and purple levels are the dividing line for all secondary professions. Almost 70% of secondary profession cultivators will remain at the blue level for their entire lives, not just alchemists, but all other secondary professions.

Because alchemy techniques of purple rank and above are extremely precious inheritances, and at least within the Tang Kingdom, there has never been a purple-rank alchemist.

That means that blue-grade top-tier items are the upper limit for the Tang Dynasty.

"Hey? Senior sister, you're hurting me." Ye Liuyun felt her arm being clamped tightly by a pair of pliers, which was very uncomfortable.