There were not many furnishings in the hall.
In the empty hall, there were only a few hundred pill furnaces placed in an orderly manner.
In front of each pill furnace, there were all sorts of spirit flowers and spirit herbs placed.
At first glance, this place looked a little like an examination hall.
That was the truth.
As soon as they entered the main hall, a solemn and silent feeling spread through everyone's body.
Just standing here was enough to make people nervous.
It was obvious that this round should be a competition of pill refinement.
The so-called qi could only be displayed in the process of pill refinement.
At this moment, Fang Yu finally understood completely.
The reason why they had waited anxiously for an hour was to make them feel anxious in their hearts.
Once they were anxious, it was difficult to calm down.
As such, it was easy to make mistakes during the pill refinement process.
It was obvious that the elders of the Alchemy Sect were rather cunning!
However, to become a qualified alchemist, one indeed needed a good state of mind.
He couldn't fail to condense the core just because of external factors.
It seemed that the selection criteria of the Alchemy Sect were rather strict.
After entering, everyone had already found two seats and sat down.
That middle-aged man was naturally familiar with this place.
After finding a place to sit down, he did not look at the spirit flowers and spirit herbs on the table.
"Everyone sees the pill furnaces in front of you, right?"
After everyone sat down, the elder in front spoke slowly.
Then, he continued, "In the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, whoever can refine an upper-grade pill will pass!"
The elder's voice slowly passed through the hall and entered everyone's ears.
"Ah?"
"How is that possible?"
"It's good enough to be able to form a pill in five minutes, let alone a superior-grade pill?"
Just as he finished speaking, a series of surprised voices came from the hall.
Voices rose and fell one after another, all of them filled with grief.
Indeed, to ordinary people, it was already a miracle to be able to form a pill in five minutes.
Apart from professional alchemists.
Even those who were talented and intelligent might not be able to form a pill in five minutes.
This was a little similar to the cannibalization competition that Fang Yu participated in.
However, since he had already experienced it once, Fang Yu was naturally not too worried.
The time it took for an incense stick to burn was more than enough!
However, this stumped many people.
The reason why he came to the Alchemy Sect, wasn't it to learn alchemy techniques?
If he had such great ability, would he still come to the Pill Sect to learn?
This point made the second segment appear to be very conflicting.
However, only Fang Yu knew.
The reason for this was to test their auras.
That was the power of conception.
As long as the power of conception was sufficient and the aura was stable enough.
In that case, even if he was not skilled, it would not be difficult for him to refine a high grade pill within the time it took for an incense stick to burn.
At the same time, only those who can do this have the right to enter the Alchemy House and learn more advanced alchemy methods.
"If you think that the time it takes for an incense stick to burn is not enough, you can go down the mountain now. No one will stop you!"
While everyone was still complaining, the elders of the Pill Sect frowned. They looked at everyone in the hall with indifferent expressions and said, "Don't worry.
As soon as he said this, no one dared to say anything else.
No matter what, there was no reason to give up now that he had come this far.
Everyone quieted down and sat where they were.
Some looked bitter, some looked melancholy, and only a few looked calm and confident.
"Let's start!"
The elders at the front announced at the same time.
As soon as they said this, there was a soft sound around them.
A group of people began to stuff the spiritual herbs beside them into the alchemy furnace in a flurry.
Some people did not understand the Way of Alchemy at all.
They could only watch the people beside them do the same thing.
However, they did not know that most of them were messing around.
The middle-aged man beside Fang Yu had already put the spiritual herbs into the alchemy furnace and started to stir-fry the fragrant spiritual herbs.
This segment was very important and was also a segment that many people in the hall neglected.
After all, those who came here were not from rich families.
At this age, they were not qualified to learn about alchemy.
Looking at the middle-aged man's familiar look, it was obvious that this was not his first time refining pills.
Fang Yu smiled and lowered his head to look at the pile of spiritual herbs beside him.
High grade spiritual herbs.
They were of good quality.
Moreover, they seemed to have been picked not long ago. There was still a trace of energy flowing on the spiritual herbs.
He turned around to look at the spiritual herbs in the hands of the others. They were of almost the same quality.
It could be seen that the Alchemy Sect was fair.
He slowly collected his thoughts and looked at the slowly burning candles in front of him. White smoke lingered and a quarter of the candles were burned.
Fortunately, this time around, those elders did not have the intention to make things difficult for Fang Yu.
He quickly put the spiritual herbs into the alchemy furnace and started to hold his breath.
He poured the spiritual energy in his Dantian and Sea of Qi into the alchemy furnace.
An alchemy furnace of this grade could not absorb all the energy.
Therefore, it was very difficult to use it.
Compared to the alchemy sage's alchemy furnace, there was a big difference.
However, Fang Yu had used this alchemy furnace more than once and was quite familiar with it.
He controlled the temperature in the alchemy furnace and steadily controlled the energy that was poured into the alchemy furnace.
Suddenly, there was a strange aura around the alchemy furnace.
This was the power of conception.
Fang Yu held his breath and controlled this aura, not daring to be distracted.
After all, this was a mid-grade alchemy furnace. If he was not careful, there would be a mistake and the energy would be chaotic. Naturally, the pills would not be produced.
When this aura came from Fang Yu's surroundings, many people's gazes were already on him.
"What is this kid doing?"
"Who knows? Just learn from him!"
"I think other alchemists are doing the same."
After a few people whispered, they imitated Fang Yu's method and poured all the spiritual energy in their bodies into the alchemy furnace.
Beside him, the middle-aged man sneered.
At this moment, the same aura burst out beside him.
It was unknown who his smile was directed at, but Fang Yu did not pay attention to it.
However, the elders of the Alchemy Sect in front of him looked different.
Looking at Fang Yu and the middle-aged man, there was some surprise in their eyes.
They looked at each other and did not say anything.
…
The time it took for an incense to burn was not very long.
In the blink of an eye, half an hour passed quietly.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
In the main hall, a series of dull roars could be heard incessantly.
All sorts of charred smells instantly filled the entire hall. It was a mess, and it was very "refreshing".
Many people's alchemy furnaces were already emitting white smoke along with the burnt smell.
There was some disappointment on their faces.
It was obvious that they did not understand the true meaning and key points of alchemy.