Chapter 11: Obtaining the Alchemist (1)

In the early morning of the second day, Qingshi washed up and came to the hotel's restaurant for breakfast, which had only a few guests.

There are very few choices for breakfast, bluestone simply asked for one of each, and after a while, the waiter came over one after another, there were six kinds of food, there were meat and vegetarian, bluestone tasted one by one, but none of them were delicious.

Qingshi had already prepared in his heart, and shook his head with a wry smile and ate it indiscriminately, in fact, the food here is still much better than that of Yahua City, but it still can't enter the eyes of Qingshi.

Got up and walked out of the door of the hotel, Qingshi asked the waiter at the door about the Alchemist Guild, and the waiter pointed to the side and said: This is not next to each other.

Qingshi walked in the direction he pointed, next to him on the right side is a building of almost the same scale as the hotel, which is also a four-story building, the ground floor façade is wider than the hotel, there is a big gourd hanging outside the wide and magnificent door, and there is a counter inside the door, which is actually a big pill shop.

At this time, the façade had just opened, and more than a dozen guys inside and outside the counter were dressed neatly and were busy.

Go further to the right, you will see a big red door with two sides, and there is a tall stone monster squatting on both sides of the door, which seems to be a unicorn and a tiger, and the bluestone does not know what kind of monster it is.

There is a big plaque on the big red lintel, with seven big characters written on the Liang Yuan Alchemist Guild, which is very large, but does not dare to compliment calligraphy on calligraphy. By this time the door had been opened.

Qingshi stepped forward, and a man in Tsing Yi came over and asked, "What is the matter with this little brother?" "It's mild.

Qingshi explained his intention, and the man looked Qingshi up and down, didn't dare to slack off, and led Qingshi into the gate.

Inside the door is a small yard, the left and right sides of the fence under the verdant flowers and plants, the courtyard is paved with blue bricks, and the four corners each place a large water tank, which is planted with a spiritual plant similar to water lilies, with a faint fragrance.

Through a circular doorway, you enter another general-sized courtyard, which is surrounded by buildings on three sides, with two floors on the left and right sides, and three floors in the middle, all of which are solid wood mortise and tenon structure cornices and heavy buildings.

The man took Qingshi to a small living room on the left-hand side, said please wait a while and went out, and after a while he turned back, followed by a short and fat old man with a white beard and some sloppy clothes.

The man first said respectfully to the fat old man that this is Qingshi who wants to test the alchemist, and then said to Qingshi, this is Elder Lu of our Liangyuan Alchemist Guild.

Qingshi stepped forward and saluted respectfully. Seeing that the man had resigned, Qingshi thanked him again.

Elder Lu's face showed a look of appreciation, it was right to greet himself, and thanking the guards was not something ordinary people would do, and Elder Lu suddenly had a good impression of Qingshi.

Elder Lu was about to open his mouth to inquire, but he saw another tall old man with a red face, black hair and black beard walking in, but he didn't speak, only made a gesture to Elder Lu to ask him to continue, and he stood aside and listened.

Elder Lu was going to greet this old man, but when he saw him like this, he didn't introduce him to Qingshi for the time being, and asked Qingshi with a light cough: "This little brother is called Qingshi, right?" I don't know where you're from? ”

"The younger generation of bluestone, from Huadu Mansion"

"Well, since you're here to assess the alchemist, I don't know who you studied with?"

"The younger generation was originally from Zhongshan and lived in seclusion in Huadufu, but I am from Mingshan." He emphasized that his master lived in seclusion without saying his name, and emphasized that he was a native of the country.

The two old men glanced at each other, this world is the law of the jungle, bloody and bloody, and there are many people who hide incognito from the enemy, as for the country, whether it is Zhongshan Country or Mingshan Country, they are all small countries affiliated to the Tianlong Empire, and there is not much difference.

Elder Lu then asked, "Looking at the little brother's cultivation, it should be a high level of Qi Cultivation Realm, but I don't know how many stages it is?" ”

"Practice the seventh stage of the Qi Realm."

"And how old are you?"

"Eighteen."

"Well, you can become an alchemist at the age of eighteen, which is good." The old man's face slowly smiled, "The seventh stage of the Qi Cultivation Realm is a little worse, but our alchemists, our energy is focused on alchemy, and it is normal to cultivate a little lower, well, if you can pass the assessment and become a registered alchemist, our guild will give you seven...... No, I'll give you ten three-star True Qi Pills, and I'll help you ascend to the eighth rank first, this cultivation realm is still very important, if you want to be able to achieve a higher level in alchemy......"

Qingshi smiled secretly in his heart: Three-star True Qi Pill, still ten? In the past two years, I have eaten no less than twenty four-star ones, and I have eaten two or three hundred three-star ones, and I haven't seen my cultivation improve.

He was able to refine the Four-Star True Qi Pill half a year ago.

The red-faced and black-bearded old man coughed, and Elder Lu hurriedly stopped, and said with a smile: "So let's go to the Danfang for the assessment, right?" ”

The three of them walked out of the small living room and came to the large living room in the middle of the three-story building in front of them, where a tall and thin middle-aged man was sitting in the host seat and talking to an old man in fine clothes in the guest seat.

Elder Lu said to the tall and thin middle-aged man, "Someone has come to take the alchemy master's exam, hurry up and go to the Xidan room." Without stopping, he turned into the West Chamber.

Bluestone and the red-faced and black-bearded old man followed, and saw that it was a large room, with a small, thick door, and only a circular window in the middle of each wall.

In the middle of the house, there are three identical Dan furnaces, each of which has a futon in front of it, and there is an operation counter next to it, where knives, scissors, weighing cups, stone mortars, iron pestles and other things are placed.

The tall, thin middle-aged man also walked in.

Elder Lu closed the door and said to Qingshi with a smile: "This is President Lin of our Liangyuan Alchemist Guild. The tall red-faced black-bearded old man nodded slightly, and Qingshi hurriedly bowed to the black-bearded old man.

Elder Lu continued, "This one is Elder Liu of the guild. Qingshi saluted the tall and thin middle-aged man again.

Elder Lu smiled and continued, "The three of us are the management of the Liang Yuan Alchemist Guild. Do you know the assessment rules, ah, I don't know, then I'll tell you, first of all, we will take out three pills, you choose one of them to follow the alchemy, even if you pass the assessment, you have two chances, that is, if you fail the first time, it doesn't matter, you can try again. ”

After speaking, he said to Elder Liu: "Old Liu, come on." ”

Elder Liu waved his hand, and three Dan Fang appeared in his hand, and he didn't speak, but only stretched out his hand and handed it to Qingshi.

Qingshi bowed slightly, and took a look, but it was a product of Huiqi Pill, a product of detoxification pill and a product of Qingxin Pill. It is the most basic and common one-pin pill prescription, Qingshi handed the list back after reading it, and said, "Then return to the Qi Pill." ”

Elder Liu opened his mouth and said, "Choose which Dan furnace to use, and choose the medicinal materials yourself." Then with a wave of his hand, more than a dozen white cloth bags and seven or eight crockpots were stacked on the ground, "Also, what Elder Lu didn't say just now, let me add, this assessment has a time limit, and it must not exceed one hour." ”

Elder Lu hurriedly said on the side: "Lao Liu, you are really, why do you have to choose your own medicinal materials?" It should be given according to Danfang's records, and this dose should also be measured by you. ”

But as soon as President Lin raised his hand, Elder Lu had no choice but to keep his mouth shut.

Qingshi smiled at Elder Lu and said, "It's not in the way." Then he walked over to the pile of herbs and examined it.

Elder Liu took out a timer and pressed it, but Elder Lu didn't agree: "Hey, I said Lao Liu, do you want to count the time for selecting medicinal materials, you ......"

On the side, President Lin gently patted Elder Lu's shoulder and whispered, "Don't worry, Old Lu, I think this kid can handle it, what's wrong with you today, won't it be your relative?" ”

"Hey!" Elder Lu sighed, "What are you talking about, Lao Lin, I don't have any relatives, I don't have any apprentices, you see that our Liang Yuan has come to two exams in three years, and he hasn't passed, I'm looking at this kid ......"

"Alright," said President Lin, "I know what you're thinking, but what can we do if no one wants to come?" I think this young man is modest and polite, and his temperament is very good, no wonder you like it, I hope he can have some talent in alchemy, as for the assessment time, it's just flexible, okay, let's look at the assessment first. ”

After President Lin finished speaking, he turned his head to look at Qingshi, but exclaimed in a low voice: "Huh! ”

"What's wrong?" Elder Lu turned his head to look at him as he asked, "Ah! ”

As if they had seen a ghost, the two glanced at each other and hurriedly went to see Elder Liu. But I saw that Elder Liu was staring at Qingshi with his mouth wide open, with a strange expression.

It turned out that after a moment of whispered conversation between President Lin and Elder Lu, Qingshi had already finished selecting medicinal materials and threw them into the Dan furnace to start alchemy.

Judging from the situation of bluestone selection of medicinal materials to the furnace, it is completely nonsense, the auxiliary materials selected have a total of five flavors, but bluestone has one more flavor, and the dosage of various medicinal materials is not necessarily accurate, they are all picked up and weighed at hand, and all kinds of tools on the operating table are not used.

Elder Liu frowned when he saw it, and was about to say something, but he saw Qingshi's hands together, the true qi in his left hand was released into a fire to wrap the Dan furnace, and the true qi in his right hand gathered into a line and probed into the furnace.

This technique is skillful, but it is very different from the conventional operation, but as a third-grade alchemist who has been immersed in alchemy for decades, Elder Liu immediately understood that this was an extremely clever alchemy technique, and immediately opened his mouth in shock, but the method of dosing medicine was so simple and rude but it was confusing.

President Lin and Elder Lu didn't see the bluestone selection and feeding, and when they turned their heads, they saw that the bluestone had already begun alchemy, and they didn't expect how they could complete the selection of materials so quickly, and they looked at Elder Liu in surprise, but Elder Liu stared at the bluestone's alchemy technique without blinking for a moment.

The two old men hurriedly turned their heads to look at Qingshi again, and suddenly their eyes almost fell out.

Each alchemist's alchemy techniques are different, but they are similar, but Qingshi's alchemy techniques are very different from the ones they are familiar with.

Qingshi waved his hands and pulled, the Dan furnace turned around or twice from time to time or the furnace lid shook and spit out a little smoke, and after a while, the bluestone withdrew the fire, opened the furnace lid and looked, six pills were lying in the furnace, round and white.

Elder Lu stepped forward, and with a wave of his hand, six pills flew into his palm, and President Lin and Elder Liu also hurriedly stepped forward to take a closer look, there was no doubt that it was a one-star Rejuvenation Qi Pill, and it was of the highest quality.

Elder Lu's face was full of surprise and applauded, and he remembered something, and hurriedly snatched the timer from Elder Liu's hand, and the time had only passed for more than two moments.

The three of them exchanged excitedly, turned around to face Qingshi together, President Lin stroked his chin and beard, and said with a smile: "Well, it's very good, you have passed the assessment, we will prepare a qualification certificate for you, and you will soon be a first-level alchemist registered with our Mingshan Country Liangyuan County Alchemist Guild, hahaha." ”

The two elders also smiled and nodded.

Qingshi coughed lightly and said, "That, three seniors, I still want to try to take the second-level alchemist, can you see it?" ”

Yes! What?

The three of them stared at the bluestone with wide eyes, like looking at a monster.

Qingshi was furious when he saw it, and said, "What's the matter, can't it, then forget it." ”

"Okay, why not?" Elder Lu shouted loudly, "Can you refine a two-star pill?" ”

"Refined."

"Did you succeed?"

"Hmm."

"What do you mean? Didn't work out? ”

"It worked."

"Shhhh Then why didn't you say it earlier, wouldn't we just directly assess and refine the two-star pill? ”

"Oh, that's it, I thought I was going to take the test level by level, but I misunderstood."

"It's okay, it's okay, are you sure you can refine a two-star elixir?"

"I'm sure."

"That's good, it's good, it's very good, let's start the assessment now!" Elder Lu was surprised and delighted, and turned his head to look at President Lin, "President, you don't see any problems, right?" ”

"No problem, no problem, we didn't make it clear, Xiao Liu, you can arrange it." Chairman Lin smiled and agreed.

Elder Liu was about to speak, but Qingshi coughed twice and said, "Ahem! That, President, two elders, I still want to ask ......"

Elder Lu raised his hand to interrupt him: "I know what you want to ask, it's okay, you can rest assured that the test will not affect your previous assessment results even if you don't pass the assessment." ”

"Elder Lu, I didn't mean that," Qingshi smiled secretly in his heart, but he still said the words that he knew would make people's jaws drop, "I mean, since this is the case, can I directly conduct the third-level alchemist assessment?" ”