Lonely Immortal

Ling Fei? The outer deacon of Jindan Sect?

When Zhang Zhiwen heard what the Taoist priest said, he couldn't help but feel a little surprised, because wasn't Ling Yunyan's uncle Ling Fei? It seems that he is also a foundation-building monk. Could it be the same person? But Zhang Zhiwen is not sure, because there are so many people with the same name and surname, so it is only possible.

But no matter whether this Taoist priest Ling Fei was Ling Yunyan's uncle or not, Zhang Zhiwen always had to pay attention to it. Today, this person was responsible for presiding over the entrance examination of Jindan Sect. Zhang Zhiwen felt that it was a bit troublesome, so he was hesitant to participate in this event. A one-time assessment, because if the other party is Ling Yunyan Uncle, then Zhang Zhiwen may not get any good results from participating in this assessment. But if he does not participate, he may have to wait for the next month, and the time limit for the mountain token is also one month. In this way, then Could it be that all the assessment materials he finally collected were in vain?

Just when Zhang Zhiwen was hesitating, a voice suddenly came: "What are you doing so slowly? Why don't you hurry up and enter the palace?"

The sound was not loud, but it had an unmistakable smell. Only then did Zhang Zhiwen realize that other people around him had already entered the hall, so he was the only one who didn't move. No wonder Ling Fei found him and urged him.

It seems that it is impossible not to enter the hall for the assessment. Zhang Zhiwen can only follow everyone into the hall. This is not because Zhang Zhiwen is timid. He is just that he has always been so cautious in doing things, otherwise he would not be alive today.

In this way, Zhang Zhiwen followed everyone into the main hall. After entering, he saw alchemy rooms on the left and right sides. At this time, the doors of the alchemy rooms were open, and there were alchemy furnaces and medicinal materials for alchemy inside. Obviously, Jindanmen has prepared the materials for the assessment.

At this moment, people gathered and were waiting in the main hall. When Ling Fei saw everyone coming, he said: "My Jindan sect has been growing for thousands of years. Since the founder established the sect, it has grown day by day. So far, the disciples There are tens of thousands of them, and they are one of the top ten immortal sects in Tianshui. These outstanding achievements are all due to the protection of the immortal masters in the past. Moreover, our master's sect is well-ordered and diligent..."

Ling Fei's expression was solemn, his tone was sonorous and powerful, and he slowly described the general situation of Jindan Sect. It was obvious that today's assessment was quite important.

He talked for a while, and then he basically finished. Then he asked all the candidates to go to the front of the hall to burn incense and worship the immortal masters of the Jindan Sect. Everyone also followed the instructions honestly. Such rituals must be indispensable. of.

After everyone finished offering incense and worshiping, Ling Fei continued: "Our Jindan Sect recruits a number of disciples every year and conducts an assessment every month. Starting from this year, Pindao will be responsible for presiding over the entrance examination for the next ten years. Therefore, I hope you will cooperate with me and do not disrupt the order of the sect, otherwise I will be severely punished! "

When Ling Fei's words came out, no one was surprised. They seemed to have known the rules here for a long time. After all, almost all here were children of big families. They knew very well what the assessments were like over the years, but Zhang Zhiwen was quite surprised. , he did not expect that Lingfei would actually be in charge of the entrance examination for the next ten years, but before Zhang Zhiwen could think about it, Lingfei continued: "The previous examinations are actually very similar, only There are three rules. First, you all must know that alchemy must be successfully completed, so I don’t need to say more. Second, those who can make elixirs must be screened according to the quality of the elixir, and the fittest must survive. The top ten will enter my golden elixir gate. , I believe you are all aware of this, so the third question is naturally the question of candidate substitutes. Those who are unsuccessful and become elixirs can join our Jindan Sect as a handyman, and take the exam again next year, and those who are unsuccessful and are unable to become elixirs, then Please help yourself."

Everyone was not surprised by Ling Fei's words. Only Zhang Zhiwen didn't know the rules here, but after hearing this, he felt that there was no problem. It's just that the Jindan disciples are very strict. There are at least hundreds of them here. , but they actually took the top ten, and the monks who can come here are all the best among people outside, although they may not all be the strongest in the big family. Disciples, after all, the most powerful disciples may have another way to enter Jindan Sect, but in Feixian City, they are definitely the elite among the elites, but here, most of them can only become handymen, and even It's not their turn to be a handyman. After all, the handyman still has hope to take the exam again next year, but if he doesn't become a handyman, then he may not even have the chance to take the exam again, right?

Sure enough, Ling Fei said again: "My Golden Pill Sect has always adhered to the principle of preferring less than excessive. If you can't even refine the elixir, then you have no choice but to join another school. I forgive my Golden Pill Sect for not being able to recruit talented people. Therefore, You should cherish this assessment, if you fail once, you will not be admitted for life. "

Although everyone basically knows the rules of Jindan Sect, after hearing Ling Fei's words, everyone became quite nervous and the atmosphere was a little solemn, because everyone knew that if they want to come to Jindan Sect for assessment, they must It's because you are interested in or talented in alchemy, but not in other areas. But if you fail the test and cannot refine the elixir, you will have no chance of joining the Golden Alchemy Sect, and your future will be bleak.

"Of course, you don't need to be too nervous. If this sect cannot accommodate you, you still have the opportunity to choose. The world is open and there are no obstacles that you can't overcome. Once you step out of my Golden Pill Sect, there are many immortals outside. In the family sect, everyone can choose a good tree to rest on."

Ling Fei's words seemed to be quite gentle. Of course, these words were obviously polite and everyone could hear it. After hearing these words, Zhang Zhiwen seemed to think that this person was quite acceptable. Therefore, he was quite confused. If Ling Fei is Ling Yunyan's uncle, then is Ling Fei really like this?

However, Zhang Zhiwen had no way to confirm it. Besides, the assessment was the top priority, so everything would be discussed after the assessment.

Then, Ling Fei talked about the relevant matters of this assessment. This was relatively simple. The content of the assessments of the Jindan Sect over the years was similar. The sect provided a set of alchemy materials, and the assessed disciples participated in the alchemy and completed the alchemy within one day.

In this way, everyone dispersed, each found an alchemy room, and then closed the door to make the alchemy. Ling Fei went to a table in front of the hall and sat down. He closed his eyes and rested his mind without saying a word.

The whole process seemed to be no big problem. The examination room looked good. The alchemy rooms were almost the same. Alchemy was a relatively private matter, so the Jindan Sect was quite meticulous in letting these assessed disciples make the alchemy behind closed doors. Overall, the atmosphere of the entire assessment was quite normal.

Zhang Zhiwen didn't think much about it. He took the test first. As for whether Ling Fei was Ling Yunyan's uncle, he would see the situation later. Even if Ling Fei was Ling Yunyan's uncle, could he really want to take revenge?

At least so far, Zhang Zhiwen didn't see any arrogance in Ling Fei. He thought that a master of foundation building had such a peaceful attitude. He was a decent person.

Of course, it's hard to say what's going on in this world. Who can know the changes? But it's not advisable to think too much at this time. You still have to concentrate on refining the elixir, otherwise everything will be in vain.

So Zhang Zhiwen settled down for the time being. He chose an alchemy room and then began to practice alchemy in seclusion.

In the alchemy room, Zhang Zhiwen saw a note on the table. He went forward and took it up to take a look. He found that he had never seen this recipe before. This recipe is called Xiao Fulong Pill. The recipe lists the alchemy materials and the corresponding basic effects. This Xiao Fulong Pill is a rather rare pill, mainly used to confuse monsters. The monks can confuse monsters and make them afraid after taking this Xiao Fulong Pill, so it is called Xiao Fulong Pill.

This is the first time Zhang Zhiwen has seen a pill that actually works against monsters. It is estimated that the so-called threat after taking this pill should be some kind of illusion or smell.

However, this is not important. The important thing is that this recipe also records that this Xiao Fulong Pill must be made into a pill in even numbers. The so-called even number means that two small portions of materials must be put into the alchemy furnace together for refining. This is also the first time Zhang Zhiwen has encountered this situation. If two small portions of materials are put into the alchemy furnace together for refining, the difficulty is undoubtedly increased a lot. This is not as simple as one plus one. The details involved are more complicated!

In addition, the recipe also records that the pill must be condensed before it can be made. This requires ice spiritual power, which tests the purity of the alchemist's ice spiritual power. Most alchemists are mainly fire-based, or supplemented by thunder, and rarely have ice attributes. Therefore, this difficulty has increased a lot!

In fact, the difficulty is not a big problem. The most important thing is that there is only one material here. Although this material can be used ten times, this is the normal situation. Now this kind of small Fulong Pill is different. One material can only be used five times, so two small portions of materials are needed each time.

Therefore, the requirement of the assessment is to let the assessed disciples make a pill once in five opportunities. If this is a refined pill, it seems that there is no problem, but it is also hard to say. For example, ten small portions of materials can be used to refine two pills. This is the normal pill rate, but who knows when these two pills came out? If you want to make pills continuously after more than five small portions of materials, that is not allowed, because the materials here are only enough to refine five times, and five failures means failure. So even if you have refined Xiao Fulong Pills, you may not be able to make pills within five times, let alone those who have never refined such pills?

In this way, the difficulty of this pill refining test is undoubtedly very great. It is undeniable that there must be a component of luck, but it also tests the level of the alchemist.

After Zhang Zhiwen read the pill formula, he was not in a hurry to make pills. Instead, he took the pill refining materials and took a closer look. Among these materials, there is only one main medicine, and the rest are auxiliary medicines. There are no messy things such as animal pills and animal bones. Obviously, the Jindan Sect also knows that this assessment is not easy, so it has relaxed the pill refining materials and made the materials simpler, so that the difficulty of refining is correspondingly lower, which is considered to be a fairly entry-level material threshold.

However, just as Zhang Zhiwen was checking the materials, an explosion sounded in the next room. There was only a bang, and then there was a burning smell. This surprised Zhang Zhiwen again, because he had never seen a pill explosion since he started refining pills, and it exploded so quickly?

But then he heard some explosions one after another. Obviously, it was not just one or two disciples who had pill explosions, but many disciples had pill explosions.

What does this pill explosion mean? It means that the alchemy furnace is scrapped, which means that the assessment has failed directly. How can you assess without an alchemy furnace? The Jindan Sect does not allow the use of privately brought alchemy furnaces, which is also for the sake of fairness.

More than a dozen disciples were eliminated directly at the beginning of the assessment. For a while, the atmosphere seemed quite dull, but then there were no explosions. Obviously, everyone became extremely cautious. It would rather be slow than let the alchemy furnace be scrapped, because they really couldn't afford to lose.