Beauty and the Bodyguard

For alchemy apprentices, most of the assessments are to identify the ingredients of potions, but it is rare to identify pills!

Because the ingredients of the potion are relatively easy to distinguish, and the elixir is tempered and fused by the elixir fire, and the characteristics of many medicinal materials completely disappear, making it difficult for alchemists to distinguish them. How can an alchemy apprentice distinguish the materials?

If it is a familiar elixir, you can tell a lot by just talking about it. Even if there are some changes, the general materials should not be too different.

But if you encounter an unfamiliar pill, you will really be blinded.

Can a gold-level alchemy apprentice... really do it?

Wei Zhentian obviously doesn't care whether they can do it or not. The question is given. If you can do it, go ahead. If you can't, get out. It's simple and direct!

In front of everyone who participated in the assessment, there was a small jade bottle with a pill of the same appearance inside.

From the outside, nothing can be seen. It must have been processed. No one can determine what kind of elixir it is with the naked eye.

"It doesn't matter what method you use, whether it looks good, smells good, or eats it. As long as you write down more than 70% of the ingredients of the elixir within half a stick of incense, you will be considered qualified!"

Wei Zhentian clapped his hands and said expressionlessly: "Only qualified people can enter the third round. Those who are unqualified can leave here and go back directly. I would like to congratulate him. At least he still has the badge of a silver-level alchemy apprentice." ! But within two years, you will no longer be able to participate in the assessment of gold-level alchemy apprentices!"

The fact is such a fact, but it sounds extremely mean.

Who comes to take the assessment and doesn’t want to go back with a gold-level badge?

Congratulations on the silver level? You can get it if you just don’t come to participate. You’re just mocking me, right?

Tang Yungui took a long breath, picked up the small jade bottle and poured the elixir into his palm.

First, I put it to my nose and smelled it. There was no special smell. Sure enough, it was a processed elixir.

Even though everyone's elixir looks the same, Tang Yungui doubts whether the elixir inside is really the same!

Maybe everyone is different. If anyone wants to cheat and plagiarize, it will be a lot of fun!

At this time, the eyes and nose are unreliable, and the mouth must be used to distinguish.

Therefore, Tang Yungui threw the elixir into his mouth without hesitation, then closed his eyes and savored it carefully.

After him, most people made the same choice.

Only a few people did not take it, but broke the elixir and crushed it to observe and try.

After the elixir melted, a faint fragrance filled his mouth. Tang Yungui did not swallow in a hurry and carefully identified every possible medicinal material.

After a while, the elixir blended in on its own and could no longer stay in his mouth. Tang Yungui immediately began to feel the effects of the elixir.

The names, effects, shapes, etc. of many medicinal materials are gradually taking shape, and Tang Yungui almost has the answer in his mind!

He calmly opened his eyes, picked up his pen, and quickly displayed a list of medicinal materials.

In fact, there was a small part that Tang Yungui couldn't distinguish at all, but based on the backward calculation of the efficacy of the elixir, he guessed that these should exist in it, so he wrote it down together.

Anyway, no points will be deducted if you make a mistake. If you get it right, you will earn points!

After finishing writing, Tang Yungui signaled that he would hand in the paper.

At this time, no one was faster than him, so in the second round, Tang Yungui took the lead in terms of speed.

Wei Zhentian took Tang Yungui's answer sheet and glanced at it. There was still no expression on his face. He just glanced at him lightly, and then nodded slightly: "Passed!"

Tang Yungui felt relieved. Although he had confidence in himself, he still felt worried and nervous.

Now that I have received the definite affirmation, I feel a lot more relaxed.

After a few more minutes, the second person to hand in the paper appeared, and then he couldn't stop one after another. As a result, he was eliminated and more and more people were asked to leave the hall.

Ouyang Fantong also passed the second round and proudly bared his teeth at Tang Yungui.

Tang Yungui just ignored him and had no intention of paying attention to him.

At the end of half a stick of incense, as Wei Zhentian said, one-third of the people were eliminated.

Tang Yungui knew that this was pretty good.

Distinguishing the ingredients of elixirs should not have been within the scope of the assessment for gold-level alchemy apprentices. Wei Zhentian lowered the difficulty and allowed two-thirds of them to pass.

"I don't want to comment on your performance in the second round. Basically, you are all qualified. No one is outstanding. You can start the third round directly! As a gold-level alchemy apprentice, you have reached the time when you can make alchemy by yourself, so the third round of assessment, Refining a pill!"

Wei Zhentian waved his hand, and the people from the Alchemy Association moved quickly to separate the remaining people by a small distance and use curtains to separate them.

An alchemy furnace, an elixir recipe, and two elixir ingredients were prepared in front of everyone.

"As you have seen, everyone has two copies of the medicinal materials, but this does not give you two opportunities to make elixirs. The second copy is just for your backup. If something goes wrong and the medicinal materials are damaged, you can have the opportunity to replenish them."

"To put it more clearly, you only have one chance to make alchemy. If you fail, you will be eliminated! Go back and practice hard, and come back in two years! Start now!"

After Wei Zhentian announced the start, Tang Yungui quickly picked up the recipe and considered it carefully.

He has now developed a habit of carefully considering the recipe before making an elixir, and only then starts refining the elixir after confirming that there are no problems.

After thinking about it according to his habits, Tang Yungui looked a little ugly.

The difficulty of this elixir recipe is obviously beyond the standard. It is not an elixir that a gold-level alchemy apprentice can refine!

If he used the heaven and earth spirit fire in his body, Tang Yungui would be sure to successfully refine it, but how could he dare to use the heaven and earth spirit fire in a place like this? You don’t even dare to pretend!

Without using the spiritual fire of heaven and earth, and relying solely on his own elixir fire, Tang Yungui was sure that he had no confidence...

Why is the assessment of a gold-level alchemy apprentice so difficult?

Lin Yi didn't know that his disciple had encountered something difficult. Lin Yi felt that Tang Yungui would not be troubled by the examination of a mere gold-level alchemy apprentice.

"Dean Sima, the second round of assessment has been completed. Look, so many people have been eliminated at once! Fortunately, the boys from our two families are very good, and none of them came out. Not bad, not bad!"

When Lu Sanjian saw that there were no people from Qingshan Alchemy Academy among the eliminated people, he felt happy: "I think Tang Yungui will be fine. This little guy is really a rare genius. There are many students from Qingshan Alchemy Academy. Not as good as that!”

“The third round is the key, don’t get too complacent!”

Lin Yi wanted to be more humble, but he couldn't hide the smile on his face at all: "But Tang Yungui is indeed a good candidate for an alchemy master. His talent and temperament are both excellent candidates. He will definitely become a famous actor in the future." The momentary master of alchemy!”