144: I'm taking the Little Pill Tower assessment and giving up the chance to join!

Looking at the Lesser Pill Tower ahead, Zhang Yang couldn't help but feel a sense of emotion.

Even this Lesser Pill Tower in the Central Region was larger than the Clear Wind Sect in the Southern Region.

One could only say it was truly worthy of being a power in the Central Region.

"Brother, are you also here to participate in the Lesser Pill Tower assessment?"

At this moment, a person approached Zhang Yang and asked with a smile.

"Lesser Pill Tower assessment?"

Zhang Yang glanced at the person beside him; he was actually at the Grotto-Heaven Realm, with an aura that seemed to be around the eighth level of the Grotto-Heaven Realm.

"Yes, joining the Lesser Pill Tower isn't that simple; an assessment is required."

"After all, this Lesser Pill Tower is the one closest to the Pill Tower. The Alchemists inside are almost all reserves for the Pill Tower!" the man explained with a smile.

"Therefore, most of the Alchemists in this Pill Tower are expert Alchemists from Lesser Pill Towers in other parts of the Central Region who come here for advanced studies. A small portion can join through the assessment."

"The assessment is divided into three parts: first, flame control; second, medicinal property identification; and third, an Alchemy assessment!" the person added.

"There's actually an assessment?" Zhang Yang thought.

When it came to flame control, he was naturally unparalleled.

Since his fire element clone was originally a mass of flames, controlling himself was as easy as moving his own limbs.

However, when it came to medicinal property identification and Alchemy, Zhang Yang knew almost nothing.

For medicinal property identification, ordinary spiritual Materials were fine.

But for some spiritual Materials in the Central Region, he had only read about them in records and didn't know much about their medicinal properties.

After all, Grotto-Heaven Realm Martial Artists generally had no need for such ordinary spiritual Materials, so they naturally wouldn't pay much attention to them.

"To pass this Lesser Pill Tower assessment, you need to be at least a Rank 6 Alchemist!" the man continued.

Upon hearing this, Zhang Yang's heart stirred; he had some understanding of Rank 6 Alchemists.

It was a Rank classification established by the Lesser Pill Tower for ordinary Alchemists.

From Rank 1 to Rank 6, they corresponded to Medicinal Pills ranging from the Body Tempering Realm to the Grotto-Heaven Realm.

Actually, there were originally only Rank 1 to 5 Alchemists.

This Rank 6 was added by the Pill Tower a few thousand years ago.

A Rank 6 Alchemist, while called Rank 6, was actually a reserve for Law Alchemists.

It was a transitional state from an ordinary Alchemist to a Law Alchemist.

Because Cultivating the Law Alchemy Technique required at least a level five comprehension of Law.

As a result, before reaching the eighth level of the Grotto-Heaven Realm, ordinary Martial Artists...

...would still Cultivate ordinary Alchemy. To distinguish them, the Pill Tower...

...classified Alchemists between the first and eighth levels of the Grotto-Heaven Realm as Rank 6 Alchemists.

"Are there any benefits to joining this Lesser Pill Tower?" Zhang Yang asked.

"Of course!"

The man nodded and said, "After all, this is the Lesser Pill Tower closest to the Pill Tower. Joining it provides great benefits for joining the Pill Tower later; the difficulty will be significantly reduced."

Hearing this, Zhang Yang shook his head slightly.

This kind of benefit didn't hold any particular attraction for Zhang Yang.

Although a Law Alchemist also needed to reach a certain Rank to join the Pill Tower, it wasn't difficult for Zhang Yang.

"It seems I don't need to join this Lesser Pill Tower. I'll just buy some Materials here and Cultivate ordinary Alchemy on my own."

Zhang Yang looked at the Lesser Pill Tower in front of him and shook his head slightly.

Then, in the Myriad Manifestations Pavilion, Zhang Yang's original body stood up and headed to the nearby Qingfeng Dharma Lineage.

He looked for various cultivation experiences regarding ordinary Alchemy, as well as Pill Formulas.

Luo Xiao, the Hall Master of the Pill Hall of the Qingfeng Dharma Lineage, handed all of the lineage's Ordinary Alchemy Techniques and various Pill Formulas to Zhang Yang.

"Cultivating ordinary Alchemy first and then the Law Alchemy Technique is indeed feasible."

"Once ordinary Alchemy reaches Rank 6, it will also be of some help for Cultivating the Law Alchemy Technique in the future!"

Luo Xiao looked at Zhang Yang and said with a smile:

"This is all the information on ordinary Alchemy from our Qingfeng Dharma Lineage. You can take a look. With your talent, it shouldn't take long to reach Rank 6."

"Yes, thank you, Senior Brother!" Zhang Yang nodded in thanks.

Luo Xiao waved his hand dismissively. "It's nothing. Just some Ordinary Alchemy Techniques."

Zhang Yang put the items away and returned to Qingling Peak.

Then, with a sweep of his Yang Spirit, he memorized all the information.

Outside the Lesser Pill Tower, after Zhang Yang bid farewell to the person who had approached him...

...he went to the vicinity of the Lesser Pill Tower, took some bai yang pills, and bought many ordinary Alchemy Materials!

A single bai yang pill could buy countless Rank 1, 2, and 3 Alchemy Materials.

In Zhang Yang's fire element clone, there were many bai yang pills in the Storage Ring.

Some of these were given by the Flowing Cloud Dharma Lineage after they lost, and others were resources from the Divine Son of the Nourishing Heart Lineage.

After buying the Materials, Zhang Yang left the Lesser Pill Tower and arrived at a deserted place.

Then, he sat cross-legged and examined the various ordinary Alchemy Materials transmitted from his original body.

An hour later, Zhang Yang nodded slowly; he now had a general understanding of ordinary Alchemy.

In general, it involved using a Pill Furnace to contain flames and manipulating those flames to refine spiritual Materials.

After refining the various medicinal spiritual liquids from the Materials, the flames were used to form the pill.

It was similar to the Alchemy techniques he had learned about from novels in his past life.

"Let's try a Rank 1 Medicinal Pill first!" Zhang Yang muttered to himself.

"As for the Pill Furnace..."

Zhang Yang shook his head slightly; he didn't have a Pill Furnace in his storage medium, but it didn't matter.

With a thought from Zhang Yang, he spat out a mass of flames.

As Zhang Yang's will shifted, the mass of flames transformed into the shape of a Pill Furnace.

Because the grade of the Crimson Sun True Fire was too high and the levels of the various spiritual Materials for ordinary Alchemy were too low...

...these Materials would be instantly incinerated into ash upon contact with the Crimson Sun True Fire.

Thus, Zhang Yang used various flames evolved from the Crimson Sun True Fire.

As a heaven tier low-grade flame, the Crimson Sun True Fire could naturally differentiate into many lower-level flames.

This mass of flames was the Earth Vein Heart Flame, an excellent flame for Cultivating ordinary Alchemy.

Zhang Yang randomly picked a Pill Formula for a Body Tempering Pill and then threw the Materials into the flame Pill Furnace.

He controlled the Earth Vein Heart Flame within to extract the medicinal properties from the Materials and then formed the pill.

Before long, he easily refined three Rank 1 Body Tempering Pills.

At this moment, more insights into the Law Furnace Alchemy Technique appeared in Zhang Yang's mind.

"It feels alright!" Zhang Yang closed his eyes to absorb these insights and then nodded slightly.

"Let's try a Rank 2 Medicinal Pill!" Zhang Yang selected a Rank 2 meridian access pill formula.

Maintaining the flame Pill Furnace, he cast the required Materials into it.

With extremely precise flame control, he extracted the medicinal properties of the Materials without much effort.

Two meridian access pills appeared in Zhang Yang's hand.

Looking at the meridian access pills in his hand, a smile touched Zhang Yang's face, accompanied by a wave of nostalgia.

When he broke through to the Meridian Opening Realm, he had also used this pill. Back then, he even had to go into the mountains to hunt Yao Beasts to exchange for contribution points!

Zhang Yang shook his head and absorbed the Law Alchemy Technique insights that appeared in his mind.

Then, he continued by choosing a Rank 3 Pill Formula and began his comprehension.

Because Zhang Yang's flame control ability was so powerful...

...it made Cultivating ordinary Alchemy incredibly easy for him.

Moreover, his powerful perception allowed him to easily sense the various medicinal properties within the herbs.

Zhang Yang planned to try all the pills from Rank 1 to 6...

...to see which kind of pill would increase his Law Alchemy Technique insights the most.