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"These materials do not require any additional payment, Fellow Daoist Lu can rest assured in their refinement."

The Dashi Pill and the Baosheng Pill were easily accessible to Lu Yu at this point.

However, the Beast Spirit Pill and the Great Strength Pill would require some time.

To be able to refine either the Beast Spirit Pill or the Great Strength Pill on the spot undoubtedly required an advanced alchemist.

Seeing Lu Yu gradually calm down, Jiang Yuru smiled and said, "There is no need to consider time for this refinement. As long as you succeed or the spiritual energy becomes unsustainable, you can leave the room."

After nodding, Lu Yu closed the door and left.

Lu Yu gradually began to understand that the refinement of the Beast Spirit Pill and the Great Strength Pill was the focus of this assessment.

As an alchemist of his level, he could probably only refine one of them at a time. As for the materials for the Dashi Pill and the Baosheng Pill, there were several sets, presumably to allow cultivators to refine them when they still had surplus spiritual energy.

The person who set up this assessment not only considered the difficulty but also tried their best to test the limits of the participants.

With a clear understanding of this, Lu Yu focused his gaze, clasped his hands, and placed the materials for the Great Strength Pill on the ancient wooden table, which flew into his palms and into the alchemical fire.

At the same time, in the adjacent room across the hall, three high-level cultivators were focused on observing a basin of water.

That basin of water was extraordinary, with a large talisman pressed at the bottom, and the scene of Lu Yu refining the Beast Spirit Pill was revealed in the basin.

"Even at the fifth level of Qi Refining, I'm still getting old. The hope of reaching Foundation Building in the future is slim."

"It's rare to see someone like him. Generally, cultivators who refine spiritual tools, pills, and spirit beast pills have slower progress in their cultivation compared to their peers."

"To become an advanced alchemist, one must go through more than a decade of hardships. Not only does one need a firm will, but also considerable talent to cross the threshold of advancement."

As they watched, the three cultivators exchanged their opinions.

Suddenly, one of them exclaimed, "Look at his alchemical fire."

"It seems like there's more than one!"

Lu Yu used his divine sense to divide the alchemical fire in his palm, even skillfully shaping the flames into pointed shapes.

The pointed flames entered the materials through the gaps and were carefully roasted.

Although the Great Strength Pill was considered to be of medium difficulty for a cultivator at the fifth level of Qi Refining like Lu Yu, there was still a certain chance of failure.

However, with the enhancement of his divine sense, he could not only save more than thirty percent of spiritual energy but also roast the materials more evenly and delicately.

If he could only refine an ordinary Great Strength Pill, the evaluators might reject him due to his age.

Therefore, what he needed to do now was to force out the spiritual energy from the materials and turn it into a coating.

If he could make a bag full of coated Great Strength Pills, he might be able to pass this assessment smoothly.

It had been a long time since he advanced as an alchemist. During this period, in order to deliberately hide his abilities, he even intentionally refrained from refining coated Great Strength Pills.

But now, he held nothing back.

As time passed, about half an hour later.

Crystal-clear Great Strength Pills, wrapped in a light blue spiritual energy coating, fell into the bag.

Smelling the fragrant medicinal scent emanating from the bag, Lu Yu's face showed a relaxed smile.

Fortunately, Jiang Yuru dispelled many of his concerns before leaving, which allowed him to have such a comfortable state of mind during the refinement.

Afterward, he hesitated for a moment and deliberately sat cross-legged in meditation.

If he were in the quiet room of his own immortal mansion, he might have started refining the Dashi Pill or the Baosheng Pill directly to empty his body of spiritual energy.

But now, outside of his immortal mansion, he also left a precautionary measure in his mind.

After meditating for about two hours, Lu Yu, whose spiritual roots had improved several times and had the combined effect of hundreds of spiritual gatherings, quickly gathered more than half of the spiritual energy in his body.

He stretched out his palms and made another grab in the void, and the materials for the Beast Spirit Pill flew over.

Refining, meditating, repeating this process for half a day, until all the prepared materials were turned into bags of Lingli-coated Beast Spirit Pills, Lu Yu finally stopped.

This calm and composed demeanor made the three high-level cultivators in the neighboring room nod in approval.

To become an alchemist, talent alone is not enough. Only by maintaining a calm and composed state of mind during countless tedious refinements, quietly contemplating, can one gradually improve their level of refinement.

This state of mind can be considered a kind of talent.

Moreover, being able to refine Lingli-coated Beast Spirit Pills surprised the three cultivators even more.

Although there were samples of coated Beast Spirit Pills sent to the Qingyun Tower before, the quantity was not large. Usually, only a dozen or so could be selected from a bag of a hundred.

Unexpectedly, this time, all the Beast Spirit Pills were coated with Lingli.

As long as the other party breaks through their realm, the difficulty of refining the Beast Spirit Pills will naturally increase, and it will be no less than a money tree.

In fact, the three of them had no doubts about Lu Yu's level of refining Beast Spirit Pills, because the fact that he could obtain the Dao Robe given by the Qingyun Pill Shop was enough to prove that he was not an ordinary person.

But they didn't expect that there would be a surprise this time.

"It seems that we only need to check his aptitude."

After Lu Yu stopped refining, he rested for a moment before pushing open the door and walking out of the room.

Outside the door, Jiang Yuru, who had been waiting for a long time, quickly greeted him and said, "Congratulations, Fellow Daoist Lu."

Lu Yu was surprised on his face, and a hint of joy surged in his heart. He felt that Jiang Yuru's attitude towards him had become even more friendly.

"To be able to complete the refining of the Beast Spirit Pills so quickly, I believe Fellow Daoist Lu must be very confident."

The two of them were about to walk into the shop together when the door of the neighboring room suddenly opened, and three high-level cultivators walked out.

The leader of the group smiled and said, "Fellow Daoist, please stay."

"We three have been invited to evaluate the cultivators."

"Fellow Daoist's methods have opened our eyes. If we can pass the final assessment, we will all be considered part of the same group."

Upon hearing this, Lu Yu's joy grew, but he only showed a faint smile on his face and respectfully bowed, saying, "Thank you for your kindness, seniors."

"Oh, there's no need to be so formal. Let's address each other as Fellow Daoists. I am Ye Daotong."

Lu Yu smiled and said, "Fellow Daoist Ye, I have five spiritual roots and I am thirty-eight years old."

Ye Daotong nodded and said, "Indeed, having five spiritual roots is considered ordinary, but if you are willing to work hard and consume more spiritual pills below the Foundation Building stage, it won't be difficult to advance."

"As long as you are not over forty-five years old, our Qingyun Commercial Sect is still willing to accept you."

Lu Yu hurriedly said, "Thank you, Fellow Daoist Ye, for relieving my worries."

Ye Daotong bowed and smiled, "Then I will congratulate Fellow Daoist in advance on successfully joining the Qingyun Commercial Sect."

The subsequent tests were indeed as Ye Daotong had said, they were all assessments of aptitude.

After completing the evaluation of spiritual roots.

Ye Daotong looked puzzled and said, "Fellow Daoist Lu, although you have five spiritual roots, your combination of water and fire roots is closely connected and quite strong. If I'm not mistaken, you should be at least at the seventh or eighth level of Qi Refining."

Lu Yu smiled bitterly and said, "I am just a casual cultivator. I only know that I have five spiritual roots. I became complacent earlier and that's why I delayed my cultivation level."

"That is a regrettable past."