775: Elders Assessment, Three Chance

After entering the passage, a force of teleportation struck, and Xie Weilou was transported to a mountain.

This place was a quiet Secret Realm, surrounded by swirling clouds and mist, with incredibly abundant Spiritual Qi. At the Peak of the mountain, there was a small square.

On the square, there was a pillar covered in crystal stone and a stone table, with a middle-aged man in red robes standing beside it.

The middle-aged man looked at Xie Weilou with a calm expression: "There are three stages to the Alchemy assessment. The first stage tests your Fire Control Art; the second stage tests the strength of your Divine Soul."

"The third stage tests your level of Alchemy. As long as you meet the standards for all three, you can become a Disciple of the Danhe Realm, and someone will naturally come forward to take you as their apprentice."

"Become a Disciple of the Danhe Realm?"

Xie Weilou chuckled and asked: "Is there an assessment to become an Elder of the Danhe Realm?"

His level of Alchemy wasn't exceptionally high, but it wasn't low either. Becoming an Elder shouldn't be a problem.

As for being some sort of Disciple, he didn't have much interest in that.

The middle-aged man heard this, his expression turning somewhat strange: "There is indeed such an assessment! However, to become an Elder of the Danhe Realm, you need at least the strength of a Grade 7 Alchemist. The assessment process isn't complicated; you just need to refine your best and highest-grade Medicinal Pill."

It was very rare for a young person to come here to participate in the Elder assessment.

Based on his many years of experience here, most of the young people who came to participate in the assessment were below Grade 6.

Occasionally, there were those with extraordinary talent who, at a young age, could raise their Alchemy to Grade 6.

As for Grade 7, they were few and far between, extremely rare.

Xie Weilou smiled calmly: "Then I shall proceed with the Elder assessment! Are there any specific requirements for this?"

The middle-aged man looked deeply at Xie Weilou. He didn't think the young man before him was spouting nonsense; no one would be stupid enough to joke around in a place like this.

The person before him must have decent Alchemy strength!

The middle-aged man explained: "The Elder-level assessment uses Grade 7 Medicinal Pills as the standard. However, generally speaking, the higher the grade of the Medicinal Pill you refine, the greater your authority will be after becoming an Elder."

Elders of the Danhe Realm also had distinctions in rank. Grade 7 Alchemist Elders were just the most ordinary Elders, easily assigned to local cities to be responsible for various matters.

Once reaching Grade 8, it was no simple matter.

In the Danhe Realm, they had specific resources and significant power. For instance, there is one who is a Grade 8 Late Stage Alchemist.

As for Grade 9 and above, they were even more extraordinary, with even greater power.

The middle-aged man continued: "When refining the Medicinal Pill, all medicinal materials are provided by the Danhe Realm. Of course, the Medicinal Pill you refine also belongs to the Danhe Realm. You have a total of three chances to refine it; you only need to succeed once. If you fail all three times, you will need to compensate for half of the medicinal materials!"

The Danhe Realm would not refuse those with extraordinary talent. As long as a young person dared to come and participate in the Elder assessment, the Danhe Realm would fully support them.

The younger the Elder, the greater their future, and the more infinite possibilities they held. Therefore, the Danhe Realm giving three chances directly could be considered a slight leniency.

"Three chances? That's interesting! First, prepare a set of materials for a Cave Profound Pill for me."

Xie Weilou said with a smile.

He didn't have the materials to refine a Grade 9 Medicinal Pill on him, and he hadn't tried it before. Since there was an opportunity now, he could give it a try.

"Cave Profound Pill?"

The middle-aged man's gaze tightened, and his eyes held a hint of surprise as he looked at Xie Weilou.

He had just guessed that this young man had some Alchemy strength and, daring to participate in the Elder assessment, should have at least Grade 7 Alchemy strength.

He didn't expect the other party to ask for Cave Profound Pill materials right off the bat.

The Cave Profound Pill—this was a Grade 8 Medicinal Pill!

"Let it be the Cave Profound Pill."

Xie Weilou nodded gently.

"Wait a moment!"

The middle-aged man didn't harbor any suspicions. With a wave of his sleeve, various medicinal materials instantly appeared on the table.

The medicinal materials were provided by the Danhe Realm; he just had to follow the rules.

Xie Weilou looked at the materials on the table and, seeing that there were no issues, directly took out the pure yang eight trigrams furnace and struck several Restriction runes into the Pill Furnace.

Hum!

Xie Weilou reached out his hand, and the Taixu Spirit Fire appeared in his palm.

"This is... a Strange Fire..."

When the middle-aged man saw the Taixu Spirit Fire, his pupils could not help but shrink, and his eyes revealed a look of shock.

This young man actually possessed a Heavenly Strange Fire?

As an Alchemist, he naturally understood the importance of a Heavenly Strange Fire.

Unfortunately, throughout the entire Danhe Realm, there was only one Heavenly Strange Fire, and that Strange Fire was the foundation of the Danhe Realm; it was extremely important and guarded by many experts personally.

"..."

Xie Weilou didn't waste words. With a wave of his sleeve, the many materials for the Cave Profound Pill all flew into the Pill Furnace, and he activated the Strange Fire, directly beginning the refining process.

It was his first time refining a Grade 8 Medicinal Pill, so he was extremely cautious, needing to refine each medicinal plant slowly one by one.

But now, he didn't need to think too much. He threw all the medicinal materials into the Pill Furnace at once, a big hodgepodge, and refined them quickly.

As long as his Divine Soul, Spiritual Qi, and Fire Control Art could keep up, these were not problems at all.

According to the Supreme Origin Pill Explanation, truly powerful Alchemists could even detach from the Pill Furnace and detach from flames, able to use all things in heaven and earth as a source, forming pills with a single hand—even more terrifying.

"Throwing dozens of medicinal materials into the Pill Furnace at once requires an extremely strong Divine Soul, extremely strong Spiritual Qi, and an extremely strong Fire Control Art to control, otherwise, it's easy for the furnace to explode."

The middle-aged man's expression was incomparably grave.

He was already a Grade 8 Late Stage Alchemist, but he dared not be as casual as Xie Weilou.

Xie Weilou's refining speed was extremely fast. Half an incense stick's time later, his first batch of Medicinal Pills was finished, and seven grey Cave Profound Pills flew out of the Pill Furnace.

"This refining speed..."

The middle-aged man's eyes, looking at Xie Weilou, were even more shocked.

Xie Weilou waved his sleeve, and the seven Medicinal Pills flew toward the middle-aged man: "Check them."

The middle-aged man hurriedly inspected the seven Medicinal Pills. Each Medicinal Pill had seven pill patterns, and all of them were Grade 8 Peak Cave Profound Pills.

"Seven-pattern Peak-grade Cave Profound Pills, and there are seven of them!"

After the middle-aged man finished checking, his eyes revealed a look of horror, and he looked at Xie Weilou as if he were looking at a monster.

Seeing these Medicinal Pills, he understood that the young man before him had reached the Grade 8 Peak realm of Alchemy.

Such a young Grade 8 Peak Alchemist, terrifying indeed!

Xie Weilou pondered and said: "Give me two more sets of materials for the Grade 9 Return to Ruins Pill; I want to try a Grade 9 Medicinal Pill."

If he failed three times, he would need to compensate, but since he had already succeeded once, there was no need for compensation.

He could completely use the remaining two sets of materials to practice.

The middle-aged man hurriedly took out a jade bottle and stored the Medicinal Pills. He took a deep breath and said: "The highest grade of medicinal materials I have on me is for Grade 8 Medicinal Pills. Please wait a moment."

He took out a voice transmission jade talisman and spoke quietly into it about the situation here.