Alchemy Master

Chapter 484, The Final Test

Translator: Silavin

Gold, even when kneaded in mud, would still emit its own brilliant radiance.

“For the final test, the Alchemy Manor will not provide any Pill Formula. Within the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, you must concoct a Pill with your own capability. As long as this Pill is of the Fifth Grade, you will pass!”

After being shocked by the second test, the middle-aged invigilator no longer held the slightest contempt for Qin Yichen. Perhaps there might have been some trickery in the first test, but after the second test of identifying medicinal herbs, the latter was completely convinced of Qin Yichen’s abilities.

If at this time, he ignorantly tried to make things difficult for Qin Yichen, it would most likely come back to bite him even harder!

This fellow could no longer be described as an Alchemy prodigy. If he continued to develop normally, he might even have a place among the giants of the Alchemy Manor.

The deliberate difficulties he made in the first two tests had not blocked this young man in his progress towards the peak, and now the invigilator, who had been working in the Alchemy Manor for many years, knew how to proceed.

“Elder Duan…” Duan Zihai looked towards Duan Quan, questioning what they should do now.

“Just play it by ear, as long as there’s an opportunity…” Duan Quan’s eyes flashed with a cold light as he instructed.

“Yes!” Duan Zihai nodded, his eyes also surging with viciousness.

The joy of breaking two of Duan Quan’s records had now completely vanished, because this unremarkable-looking young man had completely crushed him in both tests.

Moreover, the other party did not even consider him as an opponent, and the results proved that he did not even qualify to be his opponent!

[Brat, I’ll make you regret your arrogance today!] Duan Zihai’s lips curled into a sinister smile as he chuckled in his heart.

In Alchemy Duels, there had been, if not hundreds, then at least dozens of people whose Divine Soul Beads that he had destroyed. When it came to using Spiritual Energy to destroy his opponents, he was extremely skilled!

The Alchemy Manor’s assessment did not explicitly forbid Alchemy Duels!

Afterwards, Duan Zihai walked over to the medicine rack beside the Pill Furnace. Although the Alchemy Manor did not provide any Pill Formulas, it still provided a ton of materials for concocting Fourth Grade or even Fifth Grade Pills.

“Go ahead, after passing this test, you’ll be part of the Alchemy Manor!”

Tian Liang smiled at Qin Yichen. After the first two tests, he was already full of confidence in Qin Yichen. Perhaps, in a few years, this young man would rise to prominence in the Alchemy Manor.

Qin Yichen nodded and also walked towards the medicine rack.

*Hmph!* Seeing Qin Yichen approach, Duan Zihai glanced at him, snorted coldly, and continued to take medicines from the rack, occasionally weighing them with a small scale.

His goal was not just to pass the test, but also to break the Duan Family’s record in the Alchemy Manor!

This time, he planned to concoct a Fifth Grade Pill!

However, after a moment, Duan Zihai’s face became somewhat gloomy, because he discovered that Qin Yichen was taking medicinal herbs from the same rack he had just used, evidently the same as his.

But unlike him, when Qin Yichen took the medicinal herbs, he did not use the small scale to weigh them. He simply grabbed them as though he was picking vegetables.

[How absurd!] Seeing Qin Yichen’s actions, Duan Zihai could not help but coldly snort.

The Pill he was going to concoct was a type of Fifth Grade Pill… the Purple Cloud Pill!

The Purple Cloud Pill was not only extremely difficult to concoct, but its Pill Formula was rarely known to anyone except their Duan Family.

Although they had chosen similar materials, he did not believe Qin Yichen could concoct this type of Pill.

However, upon seeing Qin Yichen casually selecting medicinal herbs, the expressions of Duan Quan, Tian Liang, and the middle-aged invigilator could not help but change.

[This… has he already reached the stage where he can weigh things with his own hands!?]

If he had not seen Qin Yichen’s scores in the previous two tests, the middle-aged invigilator would certainly have sneered at Qin Yichen’s arrogant actions. It should be known that this state not only required extremely high Spiritual Energy accomplishments but also needed great familiarity with each medicinal herb.

Even the many Elders in the Alchemy Manor might not be able to do this.

However, after the shocking results of the previous two tests, the middle-aged invigilator could not bring himself to doubt Qin Yichen’s actions at all.

“This guy!” Tian Liang’s face showed delight, and now he would no longer question Qin Yichen.

“Laugh while you can… let’s see how long you can remain smug!” Duan Quan looked at Qin Yichen with a gloomy face, only hoping that the two would quickly start concocting Pills, and then let Duan Zihai defeat Qin Yichen in one fell swoop!

So what if Qin Yichen was outstanding in refining the Iron Heart Fruit? So what if his ability to identify medicines was astonishing? Could his Spiritual Energy cultivation at his age possibly be stronger than Duan Zihai, whom their Duan Family had invested all their efforts into cultivating?

In his view, Duan Zihai, who had already broken through to become a Human Grade Alchemy Master, only needed to divert a small portion of his attention to completely crush Qin Yichen!

Human Grade Alchemy Masters were not numerous even in the Alchemy Manor. Adding up the more than ten Elders and several Instructors who were about to enter the position of Elder, there were not more than thirty.

To help Duan Zihai break through to Human Grade Alchemy Master, the resources their Duan Family had spent was to a terrifying degree!

Soon, both had selected their medicinal herbs and walked directly to the Pill Furnaces.

Duan Zihai maintained his attitude, deliberately letting Qin Yichen choose a Pill Furnace first, then concocting in the one next to him.

*Whoosh…* As the flames rose in the Pill Furnace, Qin Yichen directly threw all the previously obtained medicinal herbs into it at once.

Seeing his crude actions, Tian Liang could not help but have a corner of his mouth twitch. If he did not have confidence in the latter, he would have shaken his head and sighed long ago.

As everyone knew, concocting a Pill required refining medicinal herbs. The Higher Grade a Pill, they typically needed more medicinal herbs, with different herbs requiring different refining temperatures.

Which Alchemy Master concocting Fourth Grade or above Pills did not proceed step by step? Who had ever thrown medicinal herbs into a Pill Furnace all at once?

Even if there were, they would be expert Alchemy Masters concocting Pills of a lower Grade, with medicinal herbs that required similar refining temperatures.

However, Tian Liang was very clear about the medicinal herbs Qin Yichen had chosen. Among them, there were several herbs that required vastly different refining temperatures!

*Tap! Tap!*

While everyone was still surprised by Qin Yichen’s actions, a series of light *tapping* sounds began to ring out rhythmically.

Looking to the side, they saw Qin Yichen’s arms dancing, his hands skilled yet somewhat relaxed, casually and continuously tapping on the Pill Furnace.

That sense of rhythm, in just an instant, attracted their attention.

“Putting on a show!” Duan Zihai snorted coldly in dissatisfaction, quickly taking out several kinds of medicinal herbs that required similar refining temperatures and throwing them into the Pill Furnace.

He wanted to refine the medicinal herbs quickly, and then deliver a fatal blow to Qin Yichen when he was at the final stages of condensing the Pill!

Silavin: Honestly, not sure why the Author used Level here instead of Grade. So, I switched to Grade, since Level is more of the purity.