The First Saint of Alchemy

As expected by Tang Yan, when he arrived at the Zhen Pavilion, he saw Master Zhen and Master Huo playing chess.

Seeing Tang Yan coming, Master Huo pushed the chessboard and said, "No more playing, Tang Yan, come and sit here."

"Junior will stand. I heard that Master Huo wanted to see me. What's the matter?" Tang Yan was very polite.

"No problem, sit down and talk." Without seeing Master Huo exerting any effort, a chair flew over from a distance.

Tang Yan did not refuse and sat down as he was told.

"Boy, I saw the pills auctioned by your gang today. I wonder where you got them from?" Master Huo asked directly.

"Tang Yan, Master Huo has been talking about these pills for a while." Master Zhen smiled, his eyes also full of curiosity.

Tang Yan hesitated, knowing that sooner or later everyone would know that he was an alchemist, so he did not hide it and said bluntly, "They were all made by students."

"Puff!" Master Zhen, who was drinking tea at the side, could not help but spit out all the tea.

Huo Lao was also shocked by Tang Yan's words, and for a moment he even forgot to dodge, and the tea all sprayed on Huo Lao.

"Oh, sorry, Lao Huo, I didn't notice." Zhen Lao hurriedly apologized, but there was no guilt in his eyes.

"Write this account down first, and we'll settle it later!" Staring at Zhen Lao, Huo Lao eagerly confirmed: "Did you make all of them?"

"I did." Tang Yan nodded.

"This... How is this possible? You are an alchemist, why didn't you learn alchemy from me at that time?" Huo Lao frowned.

"I already have a master in the alchemy, so it's not good to become his apprentice again." Tang Yan's eyes turned, and he immediately brought out his mysterious master.

"You have a master? Who is it?" Huo Lao asked.

"I don't know the master's name, but he just taught me the method of alchemy and some recipes and disappeared without a trace." Tang Yan sighed deeply, as if his master was really missing.

As expected, Huo Lao was successfully fooled by Tang Yan's superb acting skills. He sighed and said, "So you already have a master, but it doesn't matter. If you have any difficulties in alchemy in the future, you can come to me!"

Zhen Lao asked in surprise, "You are still an alchemist? What level?"

"It's just the third level now..." Tang Yan answered weakly.

"Fuck!" Even though Zhen Lao was extremely calm, he couldn't help but swear at this moment: "Third level?"

"Only the third level?" Huo Lao also widened his eyes. I have been in the martial arts world for nearly a hundred years, and I have never pretended to be so smooth!

A guy under the age of twenty said to an alchemist who was over a hundred years old but only the fourth level that he was just a third-level alchemist!

You will die if you don't pretend!

"Bang!" A pill cauldron was suddenly released from Huo Lao's storage space.

"Little guy, just refine a furnace of pills." Huo Lao said slowly.

Hearing Huo Lao's serious tone, Tang Yan knew that Huo Lao did not believe that he was a third-level alchemist.

Although Zhen Lao did not speak, his expression also revealed doubt.

Hey, you actually don't believe in the young master's skills. Well, then let you see the level of a third-level alchemist who has retrained!

Taking a deep breath, Tang Yan walked to the side of the alchemy furnace.

"The alchemy cauldron is three inches higher than the ordinary alchemy cauldron, which can make the temperature of the flame inside the cauldron more stable, but it also adds some difficulty to alchemy. The true qi is not easy to control. Generally, alchemists below the third level will not choose this kind of alchemy cauldron."

"The outer material is Miyun iron, which is smooth, fine, unbreakable, and has excellent heat insulation effect.

Just looking at the outer wall, you can tell that it is worth a lot of money. Huo Lao's cauldron is really good!"

"The inner cauldron is Liuhuan Tianjia. In Tingxiang Country, this kind of material is the top material for the inner wall.

The inner and outer walls are well-made, the technique is natural, and the functional design is also perfect. Tingxiang Country should not have such skilled craftsmen. It should be that Huo Lao got it from other regions."

Tang Yan talked freely, but Huo Lao and Zhen Lao on the side looked more and more surprised.

Zhen Lao didn't know the specific origin of the alchemy cauldron, nor the material, but Huo Lao usually cherished it tightly, thinking it was a treasure.

Listening to Tang Yan's analysis, it seemed to be true.

"Old Huo, how many points did Tang Yan guess right?" Zhen Lao looked at his old friend.

Huo Lao also recovered from the shock, but his tone was still a little unbelievable: "Exactly! Little guy, I am looking forward to your next skill."

Tang Yan did not comment, smiled and said: "The most popular third-level elixir on the market now is Liuling Pill, I will refine this one."

"Are you sure?" Zhen Lao was a little surprised when he heard this. Although he was not an alchemist, he had come into contact with many elixirs. Liuling Pill was not the top among the third-level elixirs, but it was not the bottom either. It was of medium grade.

If Tang Yan could successfully refine Liuling Pill, it would not only prove that he was a third-level alchemist, but also show that he had entered the third-level alchemy for some time.

"Well, let's refine it first." Tang Yan nodded.

Seeing Tang Yan's persistence, Huo Lao and Zhen Lao did not say anything more, sitting aside and watching Tang Yan's next elixir calmly.

Tang Yan was not nervous at all and skillfully made a fire.

Seeing that Tang Yan had not taken out the herbs yet, he lit the fire directly, and Huo Lao's eyebrows jumped.

If the herbs are not sorted out first and the furnace is preheated, it may cause the furnace to overheat and make mistakes in a hurry. Therefore, alchemists usually classify the herbs before making pills.

There are only two situations when starting the fire directly: the first is that Tang Yan does not know how to make pills at all.

The second is that Tang Yan has sufficient confidence in his own strength.

If he was refining low-level pills, Huo Lao would sometimes start a fire first, but for safety reasons, he would not try it easily.

Seeing Tang Yan's skillful fire-making and his explanation of his alchemy furnace just now, Huo Lao would never believe that Tang Yan could not make pills.

Then, the two elders who were staring at Tang Yan were all shocked.

They looked at each other in surprise and found the shock in each other's eyes.

Tang Yan, who was originally ordinary, suddenly changed his aura after starting the fire!

Calm, confident, generous, calm, and a kind of domineering and natural!

Many temperaments merged with each other, and Huo Lao couldn't help smacking his lips. The aura of this kid was actually like a master.

But how could this be possible? How old is this guy?

Resisting the shock in his heart, Huo Lao put away all his contempt and stared at Tang Yan with wide eyes.

"Fire orchid, seven ounces. Phoenix tail root, four ounces. Nine-marked leaves, twenty-seven pieces..." One by one, the medicinal materials were thrown directly into the alchemy cauldron. In the end, all the twenty-six medicinal materials for refining the Liuling Pill were thrown into the alchemy cauldron one by one by Tang Yan.

Huo Lao's eyebrows were raised again!

The first step in alchemy is to quench and extract, purify the pill repeatedly, remove the dross and leave the essence of the medicinal materials.

The more sophisticated the quenching technique, the more times it is extracted, the higher the purity of the medicinal materials! The higher the quality of the refined pill, the higher.

This kid actually threw all twenty-six medicinal materials in at once?

Don't you quench the pill when you refine it?