Chapter 428: Sacred Pill Tower

"Shengdan City? A 3rd Grade Alchemist…" Xiao Fan was stunned. He naturally knew what kind of place Shengdan City was now, but what did that have to do with becoming a 3rd Grade Alchemist?

Kong Ping spoke, "Inside Shengdan City, there is a Holy Land called the Sacred Pill Tower. The age requirement for entry is under twenty-five. It opens once every three years, and half a month from now, it just happens to be the time for the Sacred Pill Tower to open."

"That day is a big day for all Alchemists in Wuhuang Province. Basically, everyone will go there."

"And this Sacred Pill Tower, inside it is a separate space. The tower has a spirit that conducts assessments for the Alchemists who enter…"

"It conducts targeted assessments on fire control, pharmacology, Alchemy talent, and so on… Does that make sense to you now?"

Kong Ping explained briefly.

"But what does that have to do with advancing to the 3rd Grade?" Xiao Fan asked, confused.

"There is a spatial Formation set up inside the tower. Where this tower came from is unknown, but the flow of time inside is thirty times slower than the outside world…"

"It means that for thirty days inside, only one day passes in the outside world…"

"What!!" Xiao Fan was greatly shocked. He hadn't expected such a place to exist.

Doesn't that mean that if he stayed inside for a month, only one day would have passed in the outside world?

If one were to Cultivate inside…

Wouldn't that mean…

Kong Ping seemed to see through Xiao Fan's thoughts and explained, "Don't dream. This tower is very magical; the outside and inside are not connected. There is no Spiritual Qi inside, so it is impossible to Cultivate at all…"

"And no one has ever Cultivated inside… In any case, the Black Tower would not allow it."

Speaking of this, Kong Ping sighed with emotion, "How many years this tower has existed is unknown… and no one knows where it came from."

He didn't explain much else, because with Xiao Fan's current standing, knowing those things wouldn't be of any use.

"Do you want to go along?" Kong Ping asked.

"Thank you, Elder. This Disciple is willing to go."

Xiao Fan bowed and saluted. This was indeed an Opportunity for him.

Thirty times the time flow rate…

"Very good. When the competition starts, all of you can enter the tower. You will have a total of seven days. If things go smoothly, you can stay inside for seven days, which is more than half a year in the outside world…"

Kong Ping spoke, and gave a simple explanation again.

Entering the Sacred Pill Tower, the flow of time inside is different from the outside world…

And after entering for seven days, the tower will individually assess the youths who have entered.

Each assessment must be passed, or one will be eliminated.

Xiao Fan nodded in agreement. Going to Shengdan City this time could very likely help him become a 3rd Grade Alchemist.

The only gap between him and being a 3rd Grade Alchemist was time.

Refining 2nd Grade Medicinal Pills is simple; it only requires a little over a hundred types of Spiritual Plants and Spirit Medicines, but reaching the 3rd Grade…

For every session of Alchemy, at least over a thousand types of ingredients are needed.

One must have a very flexible grasp of the properties of every type of medicinal ingredient…

Furthermore, after reaching 3rd Grade Medicinal Pills, the refining process might also require adding things like beast blood, Yao Beast cores, and so on…

For Alchemy, the difficulty increases significantly.

This is also the reason why Xiao Fan has never succeeded in refining 3rd Grade Medicinal Pills.

Long Caiwei was blinking her large eyes on the side. Hearing that Xiao Fan was going to Shengdan City, she spoke directly to Kong Ping.

"Teacher, I want to go too."

Kong Ping glanced at her and said indifferently, "Didn't you tell me before that you weren't interested and didn't want to go?"

"That was because I had just found out my brother-in-law had returned, and I wanted to stay and keep him company more." Long Caiwei blinked her eyes.

Kong Ping: "…Fine, I'll take you along then."

"That's great!" Long Caiwei jumped up in excitement.

What kind of place Shengdan City was—having joined Danding Peak for so long, she naturally understood.

It is the Holy Land for all Alchemists in Wuhuang Province…

Xiao Fan glanced at Long Caiwei. He had heard what his sister-in-law said just now.

To keep him company? What kind of reason is that?

However, he didn't dwell on it too much. He chatted with Kong Ping for a while longer, and the latter told him some things about the Sacred Pill Tower…

He then bid farewell and left, agreeing to come to Danding Peak again in three days.

At that time, they would set off together for Shengdan City.

This trip to Shengdan City was something Kong Ping had originally planned to take the younger generation Disciples of Danding Peak on.

Each person can only enter Shengdan City once in their lifetime, and there is an age requirement: they must be under twenty-five.

Therefore, Kong Ping had not intended to let Xiao Fan go so early.

Xiao Fan is only twenty now, and even if he waited another three years, he would only be twenty-three…

Combining this with the Alchemy attainments Xiao Fan has shown, he felt it was acceptable to go early.

What he didn't tell Xiao Fan was that the Sacred Pill Tower also offered rewards. Every time youths entered the tower, the top three in the rankings would be given rewards by the tower.

Some were rare ancient books on the Dao of Alchemy, some were precious Medicinal Pills, and it had even rewarded Pill Furnaces comparable to Earth Rank Magical Artifacts…

In short, this Sacred Pill Tower is a very magical place.

Long Caiwei saw him off, and Xiao Fan exited the main hall of Danding Peak.

All around were Danding Peak Disciples looking him over… gazing at Xiao Fan's figure in a daze…

They were all curious about what Xiao Fan had said when he met with the Peak Master alone inside.

Xiao Fan didn't pay attention to these gazes. After bidding farewell to Long Caiwei, he returned directly to his Immortal Cave.

He planned to prepare a little and go to Shengdan City with Kong Ping in three days!