The Mortal's Path to Immortality

At this moment, the Alchemy Courtyard was crowded and very lively.

There were more than 20 inner disciples gathered here. They were of different ages, some were in their twenties in the middle stage of Qi Refining, and some were in their forties or fifties in the late stage of Qi Refining.

However, they had a common goal - to become an alchemist.

They did not choose to participate in the inner sect competition, but came to the Alchemy Courtyard to accept the assessment of the Alchemy Courtyard, join the Alchemy Courtyard, and strive to become a real alchemist.

In this world of immortal cultivation, alchemists are undoubtedly one of the most sought-after professions.

Alchemists can refine various types of elixirs to help cultivators improve their cultivation, break through bottlenecks, and even prolong their lives.

In a sect, the status of alchemists is often very high and respected by the sect cultivators.

However, it is also very difficult to become an alchemist.

For those who want to become alchemists, they not only need to have enough experience, but also need to have unique talents and qualifications.

In addition to having a solid foundation in cultivation, they must also have keen insight, superb alchemy skills and a deep understanding of various spiritual medicines.

In addition, spiritual root talent is also a crucial factor.

Without good spiritual root talent, progress in alchemy will be extremely slow.

Although many cultivators hope to become an alchemist, in fact, only a few can really achieve this goal.

Among the one hundred cultivators who try to become alchemists, perhaps only one can stand out and become a formal alchemist.

When Cao Rui returned to the Alchemy Academy, the assessment before the Alchemy Academy had just reached the second round.

More than a dozen inner disciples sat at their respective desks, staring nervously at the pile of spiritual medicines on the table.

They needed to pick out the appropriate parts from these spiritual medicines to form a complete recipe.

Among them, many spiritual medicines are different from traditional recipes, and they need to select substitutes by themselves and organize them into new recipes.

The purpose of this round of assessment is very clear: to test the disciples' familiarity with recipes and spiritual medicines.

If a disciple really wants to become an alchemist, then he must be familiar with those common zero-level recipes and have a deep understanding of the characteristics and substitutability of various spiritual medicines.

Only in this way can the most suitable ingredients be quickly and accurately selected from many spiritual medicines to form a perfect recipe.

Just as the disciples were concentrating on selecting spiritual medicines, Bai Mengli and Zhang Chenyi, who were presiding over the examination, suddenly shouted in unison: "Master!"

They stared at the entrance of the Alchemy Institute with respectful expressions on their faces.

Upon hearing this title, all the disciples focused their attention on the young man in a purple robe, tall and handsome, who was walking into the examination room.

With the arrival of Cao Rui, the originally tense atmosphere instantly became lively.

The disciples who were taking the examination all had a gleam of anticipation in their eyes.

They secretly congratulated themselves on their good luck and had the opportunity to have the Master of the Alchemy Institute come to observe in person.

The appearance of Cao Rui also made these disciples more confident and determined to show their best side, strive to become the alchemy genius in the eyes of the first master, and successfully enter the alchemy academy.

"How was the assessment process?" Cao Rui asked.

"Everything went smoothly." Zhang Chenyi replied.

"The first two rounds are the basis, and the first round of on-site alchemy can show some of their talents." Zhang Chenyi continued.

Cao Rui nodded slightly to show his agreement, and then Cao Rui decided to stay and watch the next assessment in person.

With the end of the second round, the assessment results came out.

Bai Mengli and Zhang Chenyi judged the scores based on the time and accuracy of the disciples who participated in the assessment to form the pill formula.

Next is the first level, which requires the disciples to make their own pill formulas and refine pills.

Ten alchemy furnaces have been prepared, waiting for the ten disciples who will take the test.

These disciples will be divided into several batches to refine in front of the alchemy furnaces in turn. .

"Begin!" With Zhang Chenyi's order, the first ten disciples began to make alchemy.

They used their magic power to condense the flames, and the fires were of different sizes. Some flames were weak, while others were as fierce as tigers.

This phenomenon shows that there are obvious differences in the fire attribute spiritual roots of these test disciples.

Next, it is the stage of smelting spiritual medicine.

The test disciples are all using basic alchemy, which is simple and easy to learn, suitable for beginners to master.

The Spirit Beast Sect will open this technique to all disciples for free, but it is not easy to practice it to a superb level.

Cao Rui made a rough observation and found that none of the disciples in this batch had particularly outstanding performance in terms of spiritual roots or alchemy talent.

When the second batch of disciples appeared, the situation was still similar, and only one disciple slightly attracted Cao Rui's attention.

This disciple was relatively proficient in alchemy skills, but he just barely met Cao Rui's standards.

After a long time, the second batch of disciples finished refining, and the last batch of disciples came.

This batch of disciples also quickly started to catch fire. When Cao Rui's eyes swept over one of them, his eyes lit up slightly.

"What is the name of this disciple who took the test?" Cao Rui pointed at one of the disciples who was refining the anti-aging pill on fire.

Bai Mengli took the registration booklet and took a look at it, then replied: "Master, this person's name is Sun Haoran, 20 years old. He joined the Spirit Beast Sect when he was 11 years old. He has been in the sect for 15 years. He is now at the fourth level of the Qi Refining Stage, and his spiritual roots are wood and fire spiritual roots."

"Sun Haoran." Cao Rui watched him carefully as he refined the elixir.

At the beginning, the fire in his elixir furnace was not very strong, which showed that his fire spiritual roots were not very good.

But he has wood spiritual roots, and wood generates fire. He seems to be very good at using wood magic to increase the fire.

He should have figured out 'wood generates fire' by himself. It seems a bit lame, but it is very useful.

'Wood generates fire' is not included in the basic alchemy technique. He can comprehend it by himself, which shows his talent in alchemy.

At the same time, he also had a good grasp of the timing of melting the elixir.

He is a talent.

Buzz!

The alchemy furnace in front of Sun Haoran exploded, and more than a dozen charred anti-aging pills appeared inside.

Sun Haoran's face showed a frustrated look.

"Is this your first time refining anti-aging pills?"

At this time, a voice came to his mind.

He looked up and found that it was the head of the alchemy academy who was looking at him.

"Report to the head, it's the first time." Sun Haoran touched his head.

Cao Rui said, "Well, it's normal for male cultivators to be interested in the Rejuvenating Pill."

"But you have to remember that as long as it's a pill, it has pharmacological knowledge."

"In the future, remember not to decide that you need to master this pill recipe just by looking at the pill's efficacy."

After saying that, Cao Rui turned to Bai Mengli and said, "Let him enter the Alchemy Institute."

Although Bai Mengli was a little surprised, she had already regarded Cao Rui's words as an imperial decree, and replied without thinking, "I understand, First Master!"

"Sun Haoran, congratulations on joining the Alchemy Institute!"

Sun Haoran was stunned in the same place. He didn't expect that he had failed to refine it, but still got the opportunity to enter the Alchemy Institute.

After waking up, a look of ecstasy appeared on his face, and he bowed repeatedly in the direction where Cao Rui left.

"Thank you, First Master! Thank you, two deacons!!"

This is also his good luck. If Cao Rui was present, Bai Mengli and Zhang Chenyi would definitely see Sun Haoran's talent.

If Sun Haoran didn't enter the Alchemy Academy at that time, he might give up the path of alchemy and never have the chance to become an alchemist.

This Alchemy Academy assessment.

In addition to Cao Rui's decision to accept Sun Haoran into the academy, there are two other disciples who rely on normal scores to join the Alchemy Academy.

The quality of the elixir refined by these two disciples is the best among the ten disciples present.