Chapter 461: The Final Assessment

Xiao Fan instantly mobilized a large amount of Spiritual Power, completely enveloping the four Spirit Pills he had previously condensed…

Protecting one Spirit Pill did not consume much of his Spiritual Power.

But simultaneously wrapping four Spirit Pills consumed at least ten times the amount of Spiritual Power as before!

The influx of brown Spiritual Qi slowly gathered in his Dantian, turning his Dantian completely brown.

The entry of earth-attribute Spiritual Power was different from the others; it emitted a sense of heaviness, making Xiao Fan feel at this moment that his own body was several times heavier than before.

It felt like a large boulder had been pressed onto his body…

Half an hour…

An hour…

Two hours…

After five hours, Xiao Fan's forehead was covered in cold sweat, and his veins were bulging.

He felt as if a boulder weighing ten thousand jin was pressing down on him, making it hard for him to catch his breath…

The earth-attribute Spiritual Power poured into his body in torrents, yet even now, the last Spirit Pill had not condensed…

Xiao Fan silently gritted his teeth and held on; his own Spiritual Power was nearly exhausted, but fortunately, he had the support of the large amount of Medicinal Pills he had consumed earlier…

It allowed him to continue holding on.

The five Medicinal Pills had long since dissolved, merging into Xiao Fan's flesh and blood, constantly nourishing him and providing a steady stream of Spiritual Power.

Two more hours passed…

It felt as if Xiao Fan was carrying a small hill on his back; his face was flushed and ashen, and even his incredibly tenacious willpower wanted to give up.

This showed just how difficult it was to refine this last earth-attribute Spirit Pill!

Finally…

Just then, the massive amount of earth-attribute Spiritual Power in his Dantian began to converge, slowly condensing toward the center, and then gradually formed a brown Spirit Pill.

Xiao Fan finally breathed a slight sigh of relief; although this Spirit Pill was only the size of a sesame seed, it could already autonomously absorb the Spiritual Power pouring into his body…

He did not need to continue struggling to isolate the other four Spirit Pills…

This absorption process was fast. After another five hours, Xiao Fan opened his eyes.

The last Spirit Pill within him had finished condensing…

The brown Spirit Pill, the size of a sesame seed, shimmered with an earthy yellow light…

At this moment, in Xiao Fan's Dantian, the Five Elements Spirit Pills were gathered, all the size of an infant's fist, evenly circling, with only this last earth-attribute Spirit Pill being slightly smaller…

The Enlightenment Seed was in the center of the Dantian, as if it had taken root. The small sapling on top was turning left and right… as if it were sizing up its new neighbor.

"It's good that it succeeded. For what's next, I'll just absorb as much as I can…"

Xiao Fan breathed a sigh of relief, his mood quite good.

The prototype had finished condensing; it was only a matter of time before it absorbed enough Spiritual Power to become the same size as the other Spirit Pills…

Entering the Black Tower this time was too important for him.

First, he had reached the level of a 3rd Grade Alchemist, and after studying a vast number of ancient medical texts, he was now almost at the level of a Grade 4 Alchemist.

Then, he had studied a large number of ancient texts from the Formation Branch, which was equally significantly helpful to him.

His own strength had been thoroughly compressed to the extreme, and his power had increased. If he went out, Xiao Fan felt that with the current solidity of his Foundation, he could at least Breakthrough to the Great Perfection of the 5th level of the Tongtian Realm, or even reach the 6th level of the Tongtian Realm.

Furthermore, he had obtained the Spirit Devouring Art and condensed five Spirit Pills…

"Not bad, not bad…"

Xiao Fan exhaled, and his Divine Soul departed.

Inside the Black Tower, his Physical Body slowly opened its eyes and looked at the youths around him who were struggling to perform Alchemy…

Each one was covered in sweat, eyes bloodshot, and panting heavily.

Even Lu Yueshan was in this state; in the face of an unlimited supply of Spiritual Plants and Spirit Medicine, no alchemist could remain calm.

They were impatient to improve their own Alchemy attainments.

Xiao Fan put on a show and started performing Alchemy again; just like before, he refined a batch of 2nd Grade Medicinal Pills.

Even though the grade reached perfection, he did not attempt to refine 3rd Grade Medicinal Pills in front of everyone…

He wanted to keep a low profile; he would wait until the very last assessment to refine 3rd Grade Medicinal Pills.

After taking half an hour to refine a batch, Xiao Fan's Divine Soul returned to the star chart…

"Let me first think about what Medicinal Pill to refine during the assessment. Grade 4 won't do, so I'll refine one of the more complex 3rd Grade ones… But what should I refine?"

Xiao Fan thought, and finally, his eyes lit up.

"That's right, the heaven mending pill!!"

There were countless Spirit Medicine and Spiritual Plants in the Black Tower; he believed that during the final assessment, the Black Tower should also be able to provide the Materials to refine the heaven mending pill.

Inside the star chart, Xiao Fan had actually wanted to refine the heaven mending pill for a long time.

But the heaven mending pill required eight gods spirit blood… The rest were medicinal ingredients, but the eight gods spirit blood was Yao Beast blood.

It simply didn't exist inside the star chart.

Xiao Fan planned to refine the heaven mending pill during the assessment, so he could familiarize himself with the process of refining it first.

Once he left the Black Tower, he could try to refine it.

The more he thought about it, the more excited Xiao Fan became…

As for the rewards given by the Black Tower, they were not important to Xiao Fan at all.

He wasn't an alchemist; if they gave him good things, that would be fine, but if not, he wouldn't really feel disappointed.

Entering the Black Tower this time, the benefits he had gained were already significant enough.

At the very least, it had saved him more than half a year of time…

For the remaining time, Xiao Fan continued to absorb the earth-attribute Top-Grade Spirit Stone…

The last Spirit Pill within him was also more than half complete…

"The third assessment, begin…"