"Have you heard?"
"What?"
"Recently, a crazy person came to the Alchemy Guild and completed a hundred two-star missions every day. He has been doing so for six consecutive days."
"I know, I know. Who in the Alchemy Guild doesn't know about this?"
A group of martial artists gathered together to discuss the big events that had happened in the past few days. The most eye-catching thing was undoubtedly the crazy person who had appeared.
According to the Alchemy Guild's feedback, this person had obtained at least 30,000 merit points in six days.
30,000 merit points in six days. What a shocking number! One had to know that many two-star alchemists might not even be able to obtain so many merit points in a year.
"This person's alchemy skills are really admirable. I just happen to have a few pills that I need an alchemist to help me refine. I wonder if this person is willing to help me." A martial artist said.
"Don't even think about it. Do you think that no one has asked him to refine pills in the past few days? They were all rejected by him and focused on completing missions. It seems like he is preparing to break through to the realm of a three-star alchemist." The martial artist beside him said.
A three-star alchemist could be counted with one's fingers in the entire Tiannan Empire. Every martial artist would want to curry favor with a three-star alchemist!
"It can't be, right? Breaking through to the realm of a three-star alchemist?!"
"What's impossible about it? Recently, there have been people who have started betting on when he will become a three-star alchemist!"
Qin Feng exhaled a mouthful of turbid air and placed the refined pills into the pill bottle. Beside him, there were already many pill bottles, no more and no less, exactly a hundred bottles.
After placing the refined pills on the counter and counting them, Qin Feng's merit points had reached 50,300 points. He had reached the threshold of a three-star alchemist's assessment.
"I want to apply for the three-star alchemist's assessment!" Qin Feng said.
"Weng!"
Chu Xiaoli couldn't help but tremble when she heard that Qin Feng had applied for the three-star alchemist's assessment. Gouton, who was sitting opposite her, also had a look of disbelief on his face.
When Qin Feng had become a two-star alchemist, they had already noticed this talented youth. They had no doubt that Qin Feng would become a three-star alchemist. It was only a matter of time.
However, even if they had confidence in Qin Feng, it would take at least two months for Qin Feng to become a three-star alchemist.
However, only over 20 days had passed and Qin Feng had actually gathered 50,000 merit points. Wasn't this pill refining speed a little too exaggerated?
"If it were you, would you be able to do it?" Chu Xiaoli looked at Gouton.
Gu Tong rolled his eyes, "You and I have worked together for so many years, how could you not know the level of my Alchemy skills? Although I have a 60% success rate in refining Second Grade Pills, I can only refine thirty to forty times a day at most. Refining more than a hundred furnaces of pills a day like him, I can't do it."
Chu Xiaoli also nodded with a bitter smile. He was more or less the same. The Imperial Capital's Alchemy Guild only had a total of four 3-star Alchemists. The remaining two 3-star Alchemists were on par with them, so they probably wouldn't be able to do it.
A group of three-star alchemists had actually been defeated by a two-star alchemist. This made their faces burn.
"To complete the refinement of a hundred second-grade medicinal pills in a day, I still feel that it's impossible!" Gu Tong let out a long sigh.
"But he did it. Maybe he has a powerful alchemy skill that we have never seen before!" Chu Xiaoli said.
Some of the alchemists who joined the Alchemy Guild had their own unique alchemy skills. The Alchemy Guild wouldn't ask about it. If the other party was willing to hand over their alchemy skills to the Alchemy Guild, the Alchemy Guild would also reward them with a huge amount of merit points.
The highest-ranked alchemists in the Imperial City's Alchemy Guild were three-star alchemists. Now that Qin Feng had applied for the three-star alchemist assessment, this was a big deal for the Imperial City's Alchemy Guild. It was impossible for one person to preside over this assessment.
"Call Zheng Yuan and Yang Shao. The four of us will preside over this assessment!" Chu Xiaoli said.
Gouton was shocked. In the past, two three-star alchemists would preside over the assessment. This time, four of them would preside over the assessment. From this, it could be seen how important Qin Feng was to Chu Xiaoli.
"I will arrange it right away!" Gouton nodded.
"Boy, don't let me down."
Chu Xiaoli looked at the bustling crowd below. The Tiannan Alchemy Guild had been weak for a long time. It needed a genius to stand up.
Gu Tong directly broke into Zheng Yuan's alchemy room. Zheng Yuan, who was in the middle of alchemy, was startled. He lost control of the flame in his hands. An explosion came from the alchemy furnace, followed by a burnt smell.
Zheng Yuan was furious. "Are you crazy?!"
"The president is looking for you!" Gouton glanced at the ruined alchemy furnace.
"What's so urgent? Do you know what kind of alchemy I'm refining? It's a third-grade low-rank alchemy pill. This furnace of alchemy pills has been ruined by you. No, you have to compensate me!" Zheng Yuan roared.
Gouton rolled his eyes. "Even if I didn't come, you might not be able to refine it. Hurry up, there's a big deal!"
Zheng Yuan snorted and followed Gouton. "What's the big deal?"
"A young man has applied for the 3-star alchemist assessment. The president wants all of us 3-star alchemists to be present!" Gouton said.
"Who's so arrogant? He actually wants all of us 3-star alchemists to be present. Didn't he only want two people in the past?" Zheng Yuan curled his lips. He was very dissatisfied with this.
"If you only took twenty days to go from 2-star to 3-star, the president would do the same!" Gouton laughed.
Zheng Yuan's pupils shrank. "You're not joking, right? You only took twenty days, and you want fifty thousand merit points?"
"Do I look like I'm joking?" Gouton snorted.
"Then we have to hurry up. Call that old boy Yang Shao. I want to see what kind of person he is!" Zheng Yuan was interested. He kicked open the door to Yang Shao's alchemy room.
Yang Shao, who was resting on the bed, jumped up in shock. When he saw that it was Zheng Yuan who kicked open the door, he couldn't wait to pounce on him and strangle him to death.
He had stayed up all night to refine a cauldron of third-grade low-tier pills. He was mentally and physically exhausted. Not long after he laid down, he was startled awake by Zheng Yuan.
"If you don't give me an explanation today, I won't let you off!" Yang Shao said fiercely with a pale face.
Zheng Yuan chuckled. "There's a good show to watch. Our president found a promising talent and invited us to take the assessment together."
"The 3-star alchemist assessment? You two can go. Don't disturb me. I want to catch up on my sleep." Yang Shao lay down again.
"Sorry, the president wants the four of us to take the assessment together!" Gouton added.
No matter how unwilling he was, he couldn't go against the president's orders. Yang Shao followed Gouton and walked out.
From a 2-star alchemist to a 3-star alchemist, 50,000 merit points were only secondary. The real difficulty was mastering the refining of five types of third-grade pills.
50,000 merit points could be accumulated sooner or later. In the Imperial Capital's Alchemist Guild, there were plenty of 2-star alchemists who had accumulated 50,000 merit points. However, none of them had been promoted to a 3-star alchemist. They were all stuck on refining the five types of third-grade pills.
Not to mention other things, just the pill formulas for third-grade pills weren't easy to obtain. In the Alchemy Guild, the cheapest pill formulas for third-grade pills cost 10,000 merit points. Just the amount of merit points required to purchase the pill formulas was enough to stump many 2-star alchemists.
Moreover, one couldn't refine pills just because they had the pill formulas. They also needed to accumulate experience. During this period, they would consume a large amount of materials. These materials added up to an astronomical figure.
As everyone knew, it was easy for alchemists to earn money. However, cultivating an alchemist was also extremely expensive. Even if one had mountains of gold and silver, it still wouldn't be enough to cultivate a high-level alchemist.
This was also why Chu Xiaoli and the others were so surprised when they found out that Qin Feng was applying for the 3-star alchemist assessment. Qin Feng not only had powerful alchemy skills, he also had the pill formulas for at least five types of third-grade pills in his hands.
He could refine five types of third-grade pills. Each type had ten chances and a success rate of 10%. This was a passing line for third-grade pills.
Qin Feng didn't expect that there would be such a big lineup. There were actually four alchemists in this assessment. From the insignia on their chests, all four of them were 3-star alchemists!
"Qin Feng, in view of your outstanding performance in the past few days, the four 3-star alchemists of the Imperial Capital's Alchemy Guild are all present. I hope you can perform well!" Chu Xiaoli said.
Qin Feng nodded his head. He handed over the five types of third-grade pills he was preparing to refine. All of them were low-grade third-grade pills.
Low-grade third-grade pills, True Elemental Dan. True Element Realm martial artists most commonly took pills. It could strengthen and condense true essence.
Low-grade third-grade pills, Clear Heart Dan. After taking it, it could calm the mind and greatly enhance the effect of cultivation.
Low-grade third-grade pills, Rejuvenation Dan. Even if one was seriously injured, taking one pill could save one's life.
Low-grade third-grade pills, Rejuvenation Dan. After taking it, it could greatly increase the speed of true essence recovery. It was extremely useful in battle.
Low-grade third-grade pills, Nourishing Soul Dan. It nourished and strengthened the soul.
If the first four types of pills were just ordinary third-grade pills, then the fifth type, the Soul Nourishing Pill, was extremely precious. The divine soul was extremely important to a martial artist. Treasures that could nourish the divine soul were extremely precious, not to mention pills.
They had also heard of Nourishing Soul Dan. It was said that other Alchemy Guild members had also refined this kind of pill. However, in the Southern Sky Empire, there was not a single alchemist who could refine it.
"Are you sure you want to refine Nourishing Soul Dan?" Chu Xiaoli looked dignified.
"I just happened to find a Nourishing Soul Grass in the Million Monster Mountain. I am preparing to refine Nourishing Soul Dan!" Qin Feng replied.
Chu Xiaoli and the others looked at each other. Listening to the meaning of this brat's words, he had mastered far more than these five types of third-grade pills. The reason he was refining these five types of pills was because he had the materials to refine them.
"Let's begin!" Chu Xiaoli said.
"You all better be mentally prepared. This brat's alchemy technique is a bit unique!" Gouton reminded.
"Che, again …" Yang Shao was just about to open his mouth when he choked. He stared in front of him, dumbfounded!