Dan Yun, becomes an apprentice
"Junior Sister, you're being a little noisy!" Chen Yuan said, continuing to sort the medicinal ingredients.
"What did you say? You actually called me noisy?" Disbelief was written all over Bai Siying's face. Which Disciple came here and didn't treat her with utmost politeness?
Even some Direct Disciple Senior Brothers specifically asked for her guidance, and she wouldn't give them the chance.
Not only did this man in front of her fail to appreciate her, but he also told her to stand aside and cool down! And told her not to be noisy!
Bai Siying's small face puffed up with anger. "I'm doing this for your own good. If the Pill Furnace explodes, you might lose your life."
Chen Yuan looked up at her, his hands still moving. "I appreciate Junior Sister's kindness, but I truly don't need your help."
With a wave of his large hand, he threw all three medicinal ingredients into the Pill Furnace.
Seeing this, Bai Siying's small face instantly turned pale. "Senior Brother, Alchemy isn't done like that! You need to use Spiritual Qi to wrap the ingredients, calcine and purify them, and remove the Impurities."
"Heh heh." Chen Yuan chuckled lightly. "There's no need to make it so complicated."
For a top Fifth-Rank Alchemist like him, he could complete these steps entirely inside the Pill Furnace.
Before Chen Yuan could start the Alchemy, Bai Siying immediately put on a wronged, pitiful expression: "Senior Brother, I beg you, stop practicing! I really can't afford to compensate for it."
"Alright, alright. I thought you were genuinely concerned about me, but it turns out you're just worried about compensating for the Pill Furnace." Chen Yuan feigned injury.
Bai Siying, having her thoughts exposed, blushed and quietly defended herself: "I... I was just concerned about Senior Brother, it wasn't because of the Pill Furnace."
"Fine then! I'm starting the Alchemy! Move aside a bit!"
"Don't... Senior Brother, I beg you, I really can't afford to compensate 500 High-Grade Spirit Stones."
Bai Siying pouted, looking wronged. A Communication Jade Slip fell into her right hand, which she immediately crushed.
Chen Yuan naturally saw her small action, but he didn't care. With a wave of his right hand, a ball of Purple Flame surged out.
This sight completely terrified Bai Siying. She bolted out of the Pill Refining Room; if that thing exploded, she'd probably be bedridden for half a year.
Chen Yuan ignored her, focusing instead on controlling the heat for the Alchemy.
A quarter of an hour later, Bai Siying rushed into the room with an old man.
The old man was named Huangfu Zhan. He was an Elder of the Pill Pavilion, a Sixth-Rank Alchemist, and his cultivation was at the Void Returning Perfection Stage.
Huangfu Zhan entered the room, ready to intervene, only to see Chen Yuan currently wrapped in a Divine Rainbow, practically merging with the entire Pill Furnace.
"Pill Soul State!" Huangfu Zhan was astonished.
The Pill Soul State is not a Realm, but a status—an Alchemy state that Alchemists dream of entering.
Bai Siying covered her small mouth, equally shocked by the scene.
"To reach Fifth-Rank Spiritual Sense while only at the Nascent Soul Stage—what a natural talent for Alchemy!"
Huangfu Zhan's tone was clearly excited, the excitement of seeing a promising talent.
"What? Revered Master, did you say he has Fifth-Rank Spiritual Sense?" Bai Siying was stunned rigid. How could someone with Nascent Soul cultivation Open Eight Senses and Breakthrough to Fifth-Rank Spiritual Sense?
She had only forcefully Opened Three Senses to Breakthrough to Fourth-Rank Divine Sense during the Golden Core stage, so she knew how difficult it was to Open Eight Senses, and that pain was not something an ordinary person could endure.
Refining Fifth-Rank Medicinal Pills requires Divine Sense to reach the Fifth Rank, as Alchemy demands the support of extremely strong Mental Energy.
Some Medicinal Pills take more than ten days to complete, so the requirements for Divine Sense are extremely stringent.
"Siying, clearly, his Divine Sense talent is no less than yours," Huangfu Zhan remarked. "Watch carefully and learn well. This will be of great benefit to your future path in the Dao of Alchemy."
"Yes." Bai Siying replied respectfully. When she looked up at Chen Yuan again, she felt her face burning with shame. She had looked down on him earlier, and now she was being slapped in the face so quickly.
One day later,
A beam of Divine Light shot into the sky, Spiritual Qi gathered into a vortex, and lines of Pill Cloud instantly appeared in the heavens.
"Heavens! It's the Pill Cloud!"
On Danqing Peak, the Disciples looked up at the sky in astonishment. The Pill Cloud was currently multicolored, irregularly shaped, resembling Dragons, Phoenixes, and Auspicious Beasts.
"Which Senior Brother refined a Supreme Grade Medicinal Pill? That's incredible!"
Bai Siying, who was closest to Chen Yuan, opened her mouth wide enough to fit an egg.
Huangfu Zhan was equally stunned. He hadn't expected Chen Yuan to actually summon the Pill Cloud, signifying the creation of a Supreme Grade Medicinal Pill.
Medicinal Pill grades are divided into: Low Grade, Medium Grade, High Grade, Supreme Grade, and Flawless.
This can be determined based on the Pill Formation Phenomena and the Pill Markings.
Chen Yuan withdrew his hand. Inside the Pill Furnace, three spirit transformation pills lay quietly.
Typically, one portion of ingredients for a Fourth-Rank Medicinal Pill yields 2 to 4 pills, and a Fifth-Rank Medicinal Pill yields 1 to 3 pills.
Just as Chen Yuan was about to pick up the Medicinal Pills, he saw someone move faster than him, grasping the pills first.
"Hiss~" Huangfu Zhan gasped. The Medicinal Pill in his hand actually had ten Pill Markings—ten Pill Markings meant a Flawless Medicinal Pill.
Heavens! What kind of Prodigy Genius had the high heavens delivered to him!
Huangfu Zhan put the Medicinal Pills into his Storage Ring, then excitedly grabbed Chen Yuan's large hand.
"Little friend, which peak are you from?"
Chen Yuan looked utterly bewildered. Had this old man just taken his Medicinal Pills?
Seeing Chen Yuan's confused expression, Huangfu Zhan immediately introduced himself: "This old man is an Elder of the Alchemy Pavilion. You can call me Elder Zhan."
Upon hearing this, Chen Yuan finally realized that the person before him was indeed Huangfu Zhan, the Elder of the Pill Pavilion.
"Greetings, Elder Zhan." Chen Yuan respectfully bowed.
"No need for formalities, no need for formalities." Huangfu Zhan raised his hand and then asked, "May I ask who taught you this Alchemy, little friend? I observe that you are likely no older than a hundred, correct?"
Chen Yuan cupped his hands and replied, "I do not have a Revered Master. I merely obtained a Legacy and became self-taught."
Upon hearing this, Bai Siying instantly froze. Self-taught? How... how was that possible?
Huangfu Zhan's surprise was also considerable.
"This Disciple realized it through a moment of Epiphany," Chen Yuan added.
"Oh! Then that is not strange," Huangfu Zhan exclaimed.
"Epiphany? What is an Epiphany?" Bai Siying asked, looking confused.
At this moment, Huangfu Zhan stroked his beard, a look of self-satisfaction on his face.
"An Epiphany is simply an Epiphany. Your Revered Master here was stuck as a Fifth-Rank Alchemist for three thousand years, and it was only because of an Epiphany that I Broke Through to become a Sixth-Rank Alchemist."
Bai Siying twitched the corner of her mouth. How was that different from saying nothing at all?
"Then are you willing to take me as your Revered Master? I can pass on everything I have learned in my life to you," Huangfu Zhan asked Chen Yuan.
Chen Yuan pondered for a moment, then politely refused.
Because Huangfu Zhan had nothing he could teach him. If he wanted to Breakthrough to a Sixth-Rank Alchemist, the most fundamental requirement was first to Breakthrough his Divine Sense to the Sixth Rank, and that would take a long time.
"As long as you take me as your Revered Master, I can grant you unlimited access to the Pill Refining Room, you can take any Spirit Medicine from the Spirit Medicine Garden, and you won't have any Alchemy Missions."
Bai Siying looked astonished.
Heavens! Revered Master was being too kind to him. She herself only had 70% access and still had to complete Alchemy Missions every month.
Hearing this, Chen Yuan immediately bowed respectfully. "Disciple greets Revered Master."
Hesitating for even a second would be disrespectful to the privileges Huangfu Zhan offered.
"Good, good, good!" Huangfu Zhan stroked his beard, looking utterly delighted.