Chapter 451: The First Stage Assessment

Xiao Fan muttered to himself and continued refining.

Mid-grade 3rd-grade Medicinal Pills were no longer a challenge for him.

Next, he was going to challenge high-grade 3rd-grade Medicinal Pills…

At this moment, Xiao Fan's own Alchemy attainments had even surpassed Lu Yueshan's…

Their understanding of pharmacology was currently about the same.

However, Xiao Fan's own mastery of fire control had long since reached the level of perfection.

It was sufficient even for him to become a Grade 4 Alchemist…

Just by entering the Black Tower for two days, Xiao Fan had already gained immense benefits…

Time passed day by day…

The sixty days were quickly coming to an end…

Inside the star chart, Xiao Fan finally refined a high-grade 3rd-grade Medicinal Pill, which was not far from perfection…

As for the various pharmacopoeias and ancient texts within the Black Tower, he had also studied them all.

He memorized all the contents within…

Although he had cultivated during this time, he mostly focused on consolidating his foundation.

His body was on the verge of a Breakthrough, but he suppressed it.

This was the Sacred Pill Tower; if he had a Breakthrough here, he didn't know what might happen…

In the little time remaining, the more than three thousand Disciples within the tower also began to study desperately…

Xiao Fan noticed that even You Shi and Gu Yuan…

…these two Level 2 Alchemists were also reading frantically.

Aside from him, the only person in the area with a relaxed expression was Lu Yueshan…

"This woman is indeed not simple…"

Xiao Fan muttered to himself. Lu Yueshan's cultivation was similar to his; judging by her aura, she was likely around the eighth level of the Tongtian Realm…

But she was a 3rd Grade Alchemist. According to what Long Caiwei said before, she could already refine mid-grade 3rd-grade Medicinal Pills previously…

And her age was twenty-three…

In the younger generation, she was an absolute Prodigy in the Alchemy world.

"Her talent is probably not inferior even when compared to 4th-Grade Alchemist Jiang Yi…" Xiao Fan muttered to himself, thinking…

Between these two women, 4th-Grade Alchemist Jiang Yi and Lu Yueshan, whose Alchemy Aptitude was better?

He was self-aware and didn't include himself in the comparison.

After all, he knew that if he included himself, it would be considered cheating…

With the Enlightenment Seed, Xiao Fan was practically a monster when it came to learning Alchemy…

"Time's up. The assessment begins."

The stiff voice once again sounded in everyone's ears…

The sixty days for the first stage had ended, and the assessment was about to begin…

Suddenly, Xiao Fan's vision blurred…

He instinctively closed his eyes, and when he opened them again, everyone around him was gone, leaving him all alone.

"Truly magical," Xiao Fan muttered, marveling at the Black Tower's extraordinary nature.

"The first assessment: match the attributes and medicinal properties according to the medicinal ingredients…"

The stiff voice rang out just as Xiao Fan was wondering how the assessment would be conducted…

A light screen appeared before his eyes, with various Spiritual Plants and Spirit Medicines floating out… Below these ingredients, hundreds of effects and functions for these plants were listed.

"Is this for me to choose?" Xiao Fan wondered, reaching out to touch the light screen…

With every touch, once the corresponding medicinal property for a Spirit Medicine was selected, that ingredient would disappear.

Then a new one would appear.

"I see," Xiao Fan muttered, finding it increasingly magical.

He was quite adept at it, continuously touching the medicinal properties on the light screen to pair them up…

His speed increased as he became more proficient.

For Xiao Fan, who possessed the Enlightenment Seed, memorizing those pharmacopoeias and ancient texts was incredibly easy…

The same thing was happening to everyone else who had entered the Black Tower, not just Xiao Fan.

Lu Yueshan was continuously making choices before her own light screen.

You Shi and Gu Yuan were the same…

As were the Disciples of the Jixian Sect…

As time passed, the medicinal ingredients appearing on the light screen became increasingly difficult.

Xiao Fan had already answered for thousands of ingredients, and more were still coming…

"The difficulty is truly high," Xiao Fan lamented.

The pharmacology of each ingredient was very complex, and their attributes varied; it was extremely difficult to memorize them all thoroughly.

If he didn't possess the Enlightenment Seed, Xiao Fan felt he would have been done for…

Outside…

Outside the Sacred Pill Tower…

"It should have been two days inside; they must be taking the assessment by now…"

"About that, it should be two days…"

"I wonder what the results will be… I'm quite looking forward to it…"

"…"

Discussions continued as City Lord Huangfu Cheng stood with Kong Ping, Pill Master Lu Yongzhen, Jiang Rushuang, and others, talking amongst themselves.

Among them was also an Elder from the Piaomiao Immortal Palace.

It was that 5th-Grade Alchemist from the Jixian Sect who had been standing with Lu Yueshan.

"Old Ling, that girl from your Sect is not bad. It looks like she has a chance to be promoted to a Grade 4 Alchemist before the age of thirty," Pill Master Lu Yongzhen said with a smile, looking at the 5th-Grade Alchemist from the Piaomiao Immortal Palace.

Ling Luo shook his head and gave a bitter smile. "I don't know, it depends on her…"

"That girl is indeed very good," Jiang Rushuang spoke, her voice pleasant to the ear.

"Hehe, compared to 4th-Grade Alchemist Jiang Yi, she is still far behind…" Ling Luo laughed.

4th-Grade Alchemist Jiang Yi became a Grade 4 Alchemist before the age of thirty.

But her age when she first became a Grade 4 Alchemist was twenty-six…

Few people noticed this point.