"Damn!
These people seem to have eaten gunpowder. Looks like they are under a lot of pressure from their work!
They are taking every opportunity to scold me! "
Zhang Xing did not care about this. He was here to find herbs for Black Treasure and Xiao Bai to refine pills. He did not need to be calculative with them.
He followed them into the examination hall. There were five two-meter-long tables with piles of herbs on them. There was a furnace in front of each table.
"Alright, you five apprentices, get ready to refine one Vitality Essence Pill. Pick the herbs according to the prescription. The time starts now!"
Vitality Essence Pill was a pill used by beginner Magicians to recover their mental energy. Its effect was stronger than the Vitality Essence Potion, so it was more expensive.
Refining one pill in an hour would be considered a pass. There was no hurry!
With the experience of refining the Bloodline Pill, this kind of beginner level pill should not be too difficult.
Zhang Xing started to look for the herbs according to the prescription.
If the examiner knew that he had only refined one pill and that he had refined two pills at once, he would be shocked to death!
In Zhang Xing's own words, he only had a little experience.
After finding the eight herbs needed to refine the Vitality Essence Pill, Zhang Xing grabbed all of them and walked slowly to the furnace. Then, he threw them casually.
"Zhang Xing, what are you doing?"
Seeing Zhang Xing's behavior, the intermediate Potion Master became angry and questioned sternly.
Master, can you lower your voice? We are in the middle of an examination. We cannot be distracted.
Zhang Xing muttered in his heart, but he replied indifferently, "Refining pills!"
"You … You are refining pills?
Who taught you that?
You are simply fooling around! "
"If you don't want to take the examination, get out. Don't disturb the other students!"
"You don't even know the most basic steps of refining pills, and you still want to take the Potion Master examination?"
"Forget it, I can't be bothered to scold you. Anyway, the 8,000 gold coins are not refundable. Do whatever you want!"
The more the teacher spoke, the angrier he got. In the end, he waved his hand and turned his face to the other students. Out of sight, out of mind. He no longer cared about Zhang Xing.
Ugh!
Zhang Xing was inexplicably reprimanded again. He scratched his head and muttered in his heart, "Is the menopause syndrome in advance?"
Every profession had its own rules. Whether it was alchemy, smithing, or other professions, they all had detailed operating procedures.
What to do in the first step, what to do in the second step … What to do in the end, people had followed this rule for thousands of years.
How would Zhang Xing know about this? His Alchemy skill was already at 100 points, the maximum level.
The last time he refined the Bloodline Pill, he followed the herbal tutorial given by the system and used his spiritual force to control the herbs in the furnace together.
He thought that everyone else also refined pills like this.
How could he not know that the method of using spiritual power to control medicinal herbs to refine pills could only be done by a Master Alchemist and above?
The few high level alchemists of the Minei Port's Alchemist Guild didn't dare to do so. The chances of failure were too high. Moreover, they didn't have such robust spiritual power!
How many people could be as perverted as Zhang Xing?
The few students at the side snickered with an expression that said, "I'm looking down on you. How is this little brat here to take the exam? He's clearly here to be a clown."
"The basic steps of alchemy?"
"The requirements for the exam didn't say anything. It only said that one pill is enough!"
"Let's see what they're doing!"
Thinking of this, Zhang Xing stretched his neck and looked at the examinee beside him.
That examinee noticed Zhang Xing's actions and sneered in his heart. What did you do earlier? It's too late to learn now!
Holding two types of herbs in his hands, he sat cross-legged on the ground and observed the melting of the two herbs in the furnace.
A few minutes later, this examinee put the herbs in his hands into the furnace and then picked up two more herbs.
He operated proudly. "Look, look carefully. This is the basic step of alchemy.
Throwing it like you, do you think it's cooking porridge? "