Zhan Chen left the elder's residential area, continued to go up along the mountain road, and reached the peak after walking for a few miles, and at a glance, he saw dozens of tall buildings standing on the peak, and the most conspicuous one was the Ziyan Hall in the middle, which was also the place where Elder Chu Danqing lived and cultivated.

It is said that this Great Elder Chu Danqing has the high-level cultivation of Emperor Wu, and he is also a pivotal figure among many Great Elders. Not only that, but he was also good at alchemy, and was in charge of the Spirit Pill Pavilion of the Xuandao Sect, and most of the pills in the Dan Pavilion were from Nanhua Peak.

Therefore, as soon as Zhan Chen walked into those buildings, he could smell the strong smell of medicine, looked up at the sky, and even the sky seemed to be shrouded in a layer of looming purple smoke, and he couldn't help but sigh: "Nanhua Peak is indeed a holy place for alchemy, and this Purple Smoke Hall is also worthy of its name, I will definitely be able to learn a lot of alchemy skills when I come." ”

When he came to the gate of the Purple Smoke Hall, he was stopped by two elders, one of whom asked, "May I ask this elder, you look very fresh." ”

Zhan Chen said, "My name is Zhan Chen, and I am a new elder. ”

"You are Zhan Chen, one of the youngest elders of our sect?"

Zhan Chen was stunned for a moment, but he didn't expect his name to spread all of a sudden, so he replied: "Yes, I happened to be assigned to this Nanhua Peak, and I will work with the two of you in the future." ”

"Haha, welcome, welcome, my name is Lin Fuzhi, and his name is Ge Cunfei. ”

"Elder Lin, Elder Ge, hello two!" Zhan Chen hurriedly saluted.

"Okay, don't come here to this false ceremony, everyone will be a family in the future. Why, are you here to meet Elder Chu today?"

"Exactly, I haven't been assigned to work yet. ”

"Then I'll go and report to you. Lin Fuzhi said.

"Then there's Elder Laurin. ”

Lin Fuzhi turned around and entered the hall, and came back after a while, saying, "Zhan Chen, it's okay, you can go in with me." ”

Zhan Chen nodded, followed him, and entered the Purple Smoke Hall, which was a magnificent building, with many rooms in it, twisting and turning, like a labyrinth.

Lin Fuzhi introduced to him: "These rooms are all for the disciples who worship under the Great Elder Chu Danqing to study or work. ”

Zhan Chen couldn't help asking, "How many disciples are there under Elder Chu?"

"Including elders, elite disciples, and inner disciples, there are more than 200 people in total. ”

"So many, does Elder Chu also bring inner disciples?"

"Hehe, don't you know, most of the inner disciples are registered disciples, not official disciples, our sect has excavated all the disciples in the sect who are good at alchemy techniques, concentrated in this Nanhua Peak, and worshiped under the sect of Elder Chu. However, those inner disciples and even many elite disciples did not have the opportunity to receive the guidance of Elder Chu, and Elder Chu would only guide apprentices like you and me who were elders or a small number of elite disciples with high alchemy qualifications, and we, the elders and elite disciples, would guide the following elite disciples and inner disciples in alchemy. ”

"I didn't expect it to be so complicated. ”

"Well, you don't know, now on this Nanhua Peak, there are less than 20 people who are really destined to get the true inheritance of Elder Chu. ”

Zhan Chen nodded, this was in line with the normal situation.

While the two of them were talking, they had already reached a secret room on the top floor, and Lin Fuzhi shouted inside at the door: "Elder Chu, the new elder Zhan Chen has come to perform his duties to you. ”

Then I heard a deep and deep answer from inside: "Let him in." ”

Lin Fuzhi opened the door and said to Zhan Chen: "Zhan Chen, you go in alone, I still have to be on duty." ”

Zhan Chen replied, "Elder Lin, you should go and get busy." ”

After Lin Fuzhi left, he walked into the secret room, which was a very simple retreat room, and in the middle of the huge room was a contemplative incense burner, which exuded a faint fragrance and made people feel refreshed. Behind the incense burner is a quaint table, behind which is an elegant screen.

An old man with a childish face and a solemn expression sat behind the desk, his eyes slightly closed, holding a cyan jade slip, as if he was watching the contents inside.

Zhan Chen secretly guessed: I'm afraid this is the Great Elder Chu Danqing, and his appearance is really extraordinary. He didn't dare to step forward to disturb, just stood quietly and waited, until a quarter of an hour had passed, the old man opened his eyes slightly, looked at Zhan Chen on the side, and asked, "You are the new elder Zhan Chen, right?"

Zhan Chen saluted and said loudly: "Zhan Chen greets Elder Chu!"

Chu Danqing bowed slightly: "Well, yes, yes, young age, but he knows how to be polite; Yesterday, Sect Master Xuan also specially said that he belonged to me, saying that you are extraordinary in the morning, and you must know how to make good use of it. When I saw it today, it really looked a little bit like that. ”

"The Sect Master and Lord Chu are really praised, Zhan Chen will definitely go all out to complete the trust of the Sect Master and the Great Elder. ”

"You're good at alchemy?"

"Not bad. ”

"Can you give a live demonstration?"

"Elder Chu, please. ”

"Okay, just refine an elixir that you are familiar with and show me. ”

"Yes!" Zhan Chen subconsciously wanted to take out the Nine Turns Yanhuang Furnace from the Qiankun Bag, but suddenly thought that this Dan Furnace was a heavy treasure and couldn't be seen by others! Therefore, his face couldn't help but show a little embarrassment.

Chu Danqing glanced at him and asked, "Zhan Chen, what's wrong with you?"

Zhan Chen lied: "Great Elder, I forgot the alchemy pill furnace in the house. ”

"It's okay, just use this. Chu Danqing easily took out a Dan furnace from his Qiankun bag and handed it to Zhan Chen.

Zhan Chen took the Dan furnace and saw that it was five times the size of the Nine Revolutions Yanhuang Furnace, such a Dan furnace could refine low-level pills in batches, he held the Dan furnace and groaned for a long time, and suddenly a bold idea popped up in his mind, that is, to try refining pills in batches!

This is an attempt, but it is not a breakthrough? Zhan Chen made up his mind in an instant, raised his head and said to Chu Danqing: "Senior Elder Chu, I want to refine a five-grade mid-grade pill called Xingyuan Dan, and with only one pill of this kind of pill, it can restore most of the true yuan of the Martial King Great Perfection powerhouse. ”

"Oh, okay!" Chu Danqing's eyes flashed with a hint of interest, Xingyuan Dan was a kind of pill he had never seen, for any pill, as long as it was something he had not seen, even if it was of low grade, he was willing to study it.

Zhan Chen put the Dan furnace on the ground, and took out boxes of elixirs, which were nearly a hundred boxes.

Chu Danqing couldn't help but ask after seeing these elixirs: "Wait, Zhan Chen, I'm afraid this is more than one amount of medicine, right?"

Zhan Chen replied, "Elder Chu, I want to try batch refining. ”

"Oh, you kid is a bit interesting, can you succeed? Batch refining pills requires a martial artist's true yuan control very high, can you do it?"

Zhan Chen replied: "Elder Chu, I really haven't done it before, but this time, I'm willing to try, if I fail, I hope you will bear with me." ”

"Hahaha, it's okay, I like young people who are willing to try!" Chu Danqing was obviously very satisfied with him.

Zhan Chen nodded, then turned his head, pressed his palm on the furnace wall, took a deep breath, slowly input the true yuan into the Dan furnace, lit the fire, and immediately felt that his true yuan began to be consumed, and couldn't help but show a wry smile. Although he can't even remember the number of times he has made alchemy, in the past, this work was completed by Huang'er on his behalf, and this time it was his turn, he still felt a little pressure.

But today's war morning is no longer what it used to be. Throwing away unnecessary distractions, he quickly took out boxes of elixirs, threw them into the Dan furnace, extracted them one by one, and repeated them hundreds of times in a row, but his face was not red or panting. At this moment, all the elixirs have been extracted, and if you see it through the wall of the Dan furnace, you will find that there is a pool of crystal clear liquid suspended above the furnace fire, which is as warm as jade.

Chu Danqing watched from the side, nodding his head incessantly, just looking at the process of extracting the elixir, he could conclude that Zhan Chen must be an alchemy veteran.

At this time, Zhan Chen's expression became grim, and the next step was the most critical step. He manipulated his True Yuan to divide the liquid into nine equal parts. Then, he quickly pinched the seal and made it condense.

The seal recipe for refining pills in batches is different from refining a single pill, first of all, the true yuan that needs to be consumed is a plural multiple of a single piece, and the specific multiple is determined according to the number of pills refined. Not only that, but in the process of condensing the pill, you also need to pinch one more seal.

Zhan Chen immediately felt that his true yuan was passing rapidly, and when he pinched the last seal, he was almost exhausted, and he was about to fail, he gritted his teeth with all his strength, and squeezed out a point of true yuan from the muscles of his whole body, and finally completed the refining.

At this time, he breathed a sigh of relief, quickly took out a spirit pill that replenished the true yuan from the Qiankun bag and stuffed it into his mouth, and continued to warm the pill with the slowly recovered true yuan.

After half an hour, Zhan Chen finally opened the lid of the furnace, grabbed the nine pills in his hand, opened it and looked, but there were three waste pills, and only six were successfully refined, he was a little frustrated, and secretly thought: "Without Huang'er's help, is it really easy to fail?"

But he didn't want Chu Danqing's loud laughter to come from the side: "Hahaha! Zhan Chen, you are really a rare talent! Refining the five-grade pill in batches, you can even reach a sixty percent success rate!"

Zhan Chen asked puzzledly: "Is the sixty percent Cheng Dan rate still high?"

"Hmph, it's not just high, but very high, I estimated that you can have a thirty percent Cheng Dan rate is very good, but I didn't expect your performance to be much beyond my expectations. ”

Zhan Chen scratched his head and said, "Hehe, it's also my first time trying. ”

"Don't say anything, you will be my apprentice, are you willing?"

"Yes! Of course I do!" Zhan Chen was overjoyed, what a great luck it was to be able to worship a strong martial emperor and the leading alchemy master of the Xuandao Sect as a teacher.

"Master, please bow to the apprentice. Zhan Chen immediately gave him a kneeling salute.

"Okay! Zhan Chen, starting next week, you will come to me every other week to learn alchemy, and I will guide you for half a year, and when you can learn a few percent, it depends on your creation. Half a year later, you officially became an alchemist under my Nanhua Peak, and began to refine pills for our sect on a regular basis. ”

"Yes!"

"Okay, I guess you're tired today, go back and rest. ”

"The disciple quit first. ”

After leaving the Purple Smoke Hall, Zhan Chen did not go home, but walked down the mountain, because he was finally going to fetch what Xuan Haoran had promised to him.