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The owner of the flowing light was Han Yan. This was the first time he was flying freely on the Windstar, and his heart was filled with emotion as he looked at the medicine fields on top of the mountain range.
In front of him, deep within the white clouds, floated a huge palace. On top of the palace, two golden words could be seen — Hall of Medicine.
This was the place where the number one alchemist of the Windstar, Zhu Jianguo, lived.
Han Yan's figure flashed and landed on the hundred story staircase in front of the Medicine Hall. As he landed, he was once again stunned by the sight in front of him. The great hall was larger than one could imagine. It was about fifteen meters tall, and it was entirely made of high-quality metal and stone. When the light shone on it, it reflected tens of thousands of rays of golden light.
Just then, four apprentice alchemists walked out of the main hall. One of them cupped his fists and said indifferently: "Fellow Daoist Han, Lord has ordered for you to enter immediately."
Han Yan followed the four of them into the palace.
The overall layout of the Medicine Hall was similar to that of the human palace, with more than ten white jade large chair s placed on both sides of the hall. Right in the middle was also a chair. This chair was also carved out of white jade, but it was bigger and more domineering. There were countless plants carved around the chair, and one of them was the Spiritual Origin Wood.
Sitting on the large chair in the middle was the First alchemist, Zhu Jianguo.
The four medicine boys walked to Zhu Jianguo's side, divided into two rows, and stood quietly beside him with their heads lowered.
Han Yan walked to the center of the hall and stopped, then cupped his fists: "Subordinate Han Yan greets Lord alchemist."
"I'm very satisfied with your performance. It would be a waste of your talent to be an apprentice alchemist." Zhu Jianguo nodded and said in a low voice, "I have a good job for you. Are you going to do it or not?"
How could Han Yan reject such an opportunity? He hurriedly said: "This subordinate is willing."
Fine." Zhu Jianguo thought for a moment, then said, "All these years, I've never accepted a disciple. The reason is very simple, there isn't a suitable candidate. On the other hand, for you to be able to nurture a tribute level medicinal herb in such a short period of time, it seems that you have great talent in medicinal herbs. Let me ask you, have you ever refined a pill before?
"Reporting to Lord alchemist, this subordinate has refined a Pill before." Han Yan answered truthfully.
Zhu Jiangang then said: "Since you have refined Pill before, let me ask you, what is the highest ranked Pill you have ever refined?"
Han Yan said two words without even thinking, "Infant Transformation Pill."
The moment these words came out, the four medicine boys beside Zhu Jiangang were simultaneously stunned, their eyes filled with disbelief.
Zhu Jiangang did not believe it either. It was extremely difficult to refine a Soul Transformation cultivator, even he himself did not have absolute confidence in refining the pill in one go. He saw that Han Yan's expression was calm, and did not seem to be lying. After pondering for a while, he said: "Han Yan, you must understand one thing, I do not allow anyone to lie here. If you dare to lie to me, I don't think you need me to tell you what the consequences will be! "
Han Yan cupped his fist and said seriously: "Master, I can indeed refine the Infant Transformation Pill, but I cannot guarantee success every time."
"Then how long will it take for you to refine it?" Zhu Jiangang had already made up his mind. As long as Han Yan's answer made him satisfied, he would accept Han Yan, "I can provide you with all the medicinal ingredients, but you must give me a precise time."
Han Yan did not immediately answer, but said: "Master, before answering this question, this subordinate still wants to clarify one thing." He saw Zhu Jiangang nod his head and continued: "This subordinate has a practice in refining Pill s, outsiders cannot disturb me. If there is no one disturbing me, I can refine it within ten days. If there is someone watching, it will take at least a month.
Zhu Jiangang did not care about what Han Yan said after. When he heard Han Yan say that he could refine it within ten days, he was so shocked that he could not even express his shock. Because in such a short period of time, other than him, no other alchemist was able to do it. Although the Infant Transformation Pill was not some precious Pill, refining it was extremely troublesome. If a alchemist could refine such a Pill within ten days, their future would be limitless.
Thinking up to here, Zhu Jiangang was even more certain that if Han Yan really could do it, he must take him in as a disciple.
Thinking to this, Zhu Jiangang said in a low voice, "Many alchemist have their own medicine refining habits. It is understandable that you prefer to refine medicine alone in a quiet place." He paused and said, "How about this! I will provide you with a place to quietly refine medicine. "If you manage to refine a Soul Transformation pill within ten days, I'll take you as my disciple. If you can't, you'll become my subordinate's soul."
"Do you dare to try?"
"Why would I not dare?" Han Yan's voice was not loud, but it was abnormally firm.
Zhu Jiangang stood up, clapped, and said, "We'll meet again in ten days." With that, he winked at the apprentice alchemist before turning into a streak of light and flying out of the hall.
The four medicine boys immediately walked in front of Han Yan, their attitude changing drastically. One of them cupped his fists and said: "Elder Brother Han, congratulations."
Han Yan laughed bitterly in his heart, these four items were really practical. The speed at which he changed his appearance was so fast. Previously, he had an ice-cold look on his face, but now, he became so courteous. However, Han Yan didn't take it to heart. Even if he had to end up as a disciple in the future, he still had to spend time with these four people.
Han Yan also cupped his fists, and said: "Brothers, where did all this happiness come from?"
The person who spoke just now smiled and said: "Since Elder Brother Han is so confident, I believe you can definitely do it. After becoming Master's disciple, your future is limitless."
"It's just luck." Han Yan said humbly, "If I didn't have this chance, I would still be a lowly slave!"
The four of them smiled indifferently and said their names one after the other.
The names of these four people were very strange. They were Zhu Yipu, Zhu Er, Zhu San and Zhu Si.
Zhu Yitong led Han Yan out of the main hall and into a side room. Although this place was called a side room, it was actually a secret chamber. When Han Yan entered the secret room, Zhu Yipu handed him a storage bag and told him that it contained the detailed recipe and 100 ingredients.
Han Yan nodded, after exchanging some polite words with Zhu Yi Tong, he closed the formation array outside the secret room.
The secret chamber wasn't too big, and could only accommodate a few people. With such a large space, it was sufficient for a cultivator to refine medicine.
From the smell of the Pill left in the air, one could tell that someone had refined a Pill here before. Han Yan stretched his back and took out the storage bag s' medicinal ingredients. At the same time he took it out, he secretly observed his surroundings. After ensuring that no one had tampered with it, he patted the storage bag on his waist and summoned it.
Dragon Subduing Cauldron could be said to be the strongest medicinal cauldron in the world. Without it, with Han Yan's current ability, he wouldn't be able to refine the Infant Transformation Pill.
After everything was ready, Han Yan then released a technique on the Dragon Subduing Cauldron. With a flash of light, the Dragon Subduing Cauldron became taller than a person. Han Yan spat out a mouthful of Primordial Spirit Fire, landing below the medicinal cauldron, the purple colored flame quickly ignited, and the temperature inside the cauldron quickly increased. In the blink of an eye, it had already reached an extremely high temperature.
Han Yan unhurriedly took out a stalk of medicinal herb and placed it inside the medicinal cauldron. After the medicinal herb melted into the medicinal juice, he took out a few more medicinal herbs and placed them inside.
Time slowly passed. In the blink of an eye, three days had passed.
In these three days, Han Yan had already placed all of the medicinal ingredients into the cauldron, and used a technique to quickly refine them.
Thus, after another two days, the cauldron's rotation speed slowed down and finally came to a halt.
Han Yan knew that he was going to succeed in refining the Pill. With a light sound, the lid of the cauldron was opened, and a dense wave of medicinal aroma scattered within the small secret room. Han Yan's mind moved, in an instant he split it into ten parts and entered the cauldron, controlling the medicinal juice that was about to solidify. The goose divided the juice into ten portions and made it round.
All of this sounded simple, but it was actually extremely difficult. If one was not careful, the Pill would transform and become useless.
A cauldron of Pill s could normally refine ten of them. To many alchemist, five or more of them had failed at this time. The reason was because the cultivation level was average and the medicinal cauldron was half of the total. If there was a top quality medicinal cauldron, then the failure rate would be greatly reduced.
Dragon Subduing Cauldron was known as the number one cauldron in this world, so naturally, this problem would not arise.
Han Yan's consciousness was strong to begin with, after obtaining the Heaven's Enlightenment, although his cultivation did not increase, his consciousness had reached the realm of the space insight, allowing his success rate in refining Pill to increase even more. It was precisely under these circumstances that solidifying the Pill became much easier. Things that originally required several hours to complete, now required less than two hours.
Two hours later, Han Yan took out ten Pill s and placed them into two medicine bottles. Each bottle had five.
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The reason why Han Yan did this was simple; he did not want Zhu Jiangang to suspect anything. This was because refining ten Pill in one go was simply impossible, in theory, even the most formidable alchemist would not be able to do it. It was not because these alchemist were inexperienced, but because they were medicinal cauldron s, and it was impossible for them to be like Han Yan, who possessed the number one Dragon Subduing Cauldron in the world.
After splitting up the Pill, Han Yan looked at the remaining herbs left in the storage bag, he remained silent and suddenly took away most of them, and then continued to refine. Just like that, four more days passed, and when the Pill was about to be successfully refined, Han Yan suddenly opened it. An unpleasant smell of dregs reverberated within the room, it was extremely irritating.
This scene was also an illusion given to Zhu Jiangang by Han Yan. He wanted Zhu Jiangang to believe that he wasn't able to create it in one go.
Han Yan put away his Dragon Subduing Cauldron and sat cross-legged in the secret room, waiting for the arrival of tomorrow.
The morning of the second day, the door of the private room opened. Five people stood in front of the door, Zhu Jiangang and four medicine boys.
Zhu Jiangang took a step forward and entered the secret room. In that instant, he smelt the smell of the medicinal dregs and asked Han Yan: "You failed?" After he finished speaking, he smelled the medicinal aroma's scent again, and the corner of his mouth curled into a satisfied smile.
Han Yan cupped his fists and said: "Master, although I have failed a few times, I was lucky enough to succeed." As he said that, he took out a medicine bottle from the storage bag and handed it over to Zhu Jiangang.
Zhu Jiangang did not open it. He was very clever, he could confirm from the medicinal aroma that Han Yan had already refined a Infant Transformation Pill. Not only that, he could even tell from the medicinal properties that Han Yan had refined more than one Pill. This already met the criteria for accepting him as a disciple, so he said, "It looks like you really do have some talent in alchemy. From today onwards, you will become my last disciple and learn alchemy from me."
Han Yan quickly kneeled on the ground, and after performing a huge salute, he said respectfully: "Disciple Han Yan greets Master."
Zhu Jiangang nodded, and indicated for Han Yan to stand up. Just as he was about to speak, a young lady's voice came from not too far away, "Third Uncle, where are you? I have something to discuss with you. "Don't hide from me, I know you are right here. If you don't refine a Pill for me this year, I will stay in the Medicine Hall and not leave …"
Hearing this, Zhu Jiangang had a headache, he quickly said to Han Yan: "Before you want to learn how to refine medicine from me, you must help me do something, and help me settle this girl …." With that, he disappeared in a flash.
The four medicine boys laughed bitterly as they looked at Han Yan with eyes full of sympathy. Then, they turned into a stream of light and disappeared into thin air.
Han Yan knew that this was a difficult task, he was just about to cast his spell and slip away.
Suddenly, a ray of light flashed in front of her, and a young lady appeared. When she saw Han Yan, she asked sternly: "Who are you, why are you here?"