"Good," Elder Sun said as he nodded slightly.
A mont later a deacon walked onto the platform carrying several trays. He placed three sets of dicinal ingredients neatly on the table in front of Li Yun before quietly stepping back and leaving the platform.
Elder Sun then began explaining the rules of the alchemy assessnt.
"You will have three opportunities to refine a Body Tempering Pill," he said in a calm voice. "If you fail to successfully refine even an ordinary grade pill within those three attempts, you will fail the assessnt. Should that happen, you will have to wait three months before you are eligible to take the alchemy assessnt again."
"I understand," Li Yun replied with a nod.
"Before we begin, state your na, age, and cultivation realm," Elder Sun continued.
"Li Yun, seventeen years old, third level of the Xiantian Realm," Li Yun answered calmly.
Elder Sun wrote down the information before looking back at him.
"You will have three hours to refine your first batch," Elder Sun said. "If you fail to produce a pill within those three hours, that attempt will be counted as one failure."
Li Yun nodded once again, indicating that he clearly understood the rules of the assessnt.
"Alright, your ti begins now," Elder Sun said calmly as he looked at Li Yun.
The mont those words were spoken, Li Yun stepped forward toward the alchemy table without hesitation.
Several elders were seated nearby to observe the assessnt. Most of them were old n with calm expressions and experienced eyes that had witnessed countless alchemy examinations over the years.
Even the young woman was looking at Li Yun.
All of them directed their attention toward Li Yun.
Li Yun first examined the three sets of materials placed on the table. Each set contained the necessary herbs and spirit ingredients required for refining Body Tempering Pills. Instead of imdiately throwing the ingredients into the cauldron like many inexperienced disciples tended to do, Li Yun carefully picked up several of the herbs and began cutting them.
The movent of his blade was precise and controlled.
Thin slices of certain herbs were separated while so tougher roots were cut into smaller segnts. Even the spirit grass with delicate veins was divided with astonishing accuracy.
Several elders imdiately frowned.
One of them muttered quietly, "What is he doing? Why is he cutting the ingredients first?"
"Body Tempering Pills usually do not require such preparation."
Another elder leaned forward slightly, curiosity appearing in his eyes.
Li Yun ignored the murmurs around him and continued his work calmly. Once he finished preparing the materials, he gathered every piece he had cut and placed them together into the alchemy cauldron.
Then he activated the furnace.
A low humming sound filled the room as flas rose beneath the cauldron.
The elders watched carefully, expecting him to struggle with the next step.
However, the mont the flas appeared, Li Yun’s hands moved again.
He ford a set of familiar hand seals and began circulating the fla controlling technique given to him by Elder Lin.
Double Dragon Fla Controlling Art.
Two streams of fla responded instantly to his control. They moved like living creatures beneath the cauldron, twisting and circulating in a perfectly balanced pattern. The temperature of the furnace rose steadily without becoming unstable.
The flas neither flared wildly nor weakened.
They remained completely stable.
This was the exact temperature required for refining Body Tempering Pills.
The elders’ expressions gradually changed.
The young woman among them widened her eyes slightly as she watched the flas move under Li Yun’s control.
Such precise control required exceptional understanding of fla manipulation. Even many disciples who had spent years studying alchemy could not maintain such stability during their first refinent attempt.
She whispered softly, "This level of fla control..."
Her gaze remained fixed on Li Yun.
anwhile Li Yun continued to work with complete focus. His hands moved with natural familiarity as he guided the flas to circulate beneath the cauldron. The Double Dragon Fla Controlling Art allowed him to maintain an even temperature while gradually extracting the dicinal essence from the materials within.
The flas curled and flowed smoothly like two dragons coiling around the base of the furnace.
Not a single fluctuation appeared.
The room slowly fell silent.
Even the solemn old man sitting closest to the young woman leaned forward slightly as he observed the flas.
After watching for several monts, he finally spoke in a low voice.
"This young man is not a beginner on the path of alchemy."
The other elders glanced toward him.
The old man continued watching Li Yun’s movents before adding calmly, "Judging from his fla control alone, he may already surpass so of us when it cos to refining first tier pills."
The young woman looked at Li Yun again with renewed interest.
"Could he really be better than ?"
The thought suddenly appeared in the young woman’s mind as she watched Li Yun. For a brief mont doubt crept into her heart. However she quickly shook her head and rejected the idea.
"That is impossible. He is only seventeen, which ans he is even younger than . There is no way he could surpass in alchemy."
She herself was already a One Star Alchemist. Not only that, she was known as the youngest One Star Alchemist in the Martial Ascension Gate. She had achieved that title at the age of nineteen, a record that had earned her considerable admiration within the sect. Because of this accomplishnt, she had always taken great pride in her alchemical talent.
Yet the scene unfolding before her eyes had shaken that confidence.
The level of fla control Li Yun was displaying was far superior to her own.
She simply could not understand how a seventeen year old youth could possess such refined mastery over flas. The precision with which he manipulated the fire seed almost unnatural.
She had watched many elders refine pills before, and she knew exactly how skilled they were. However the control Li Yun demonstrated over the flas clearly surpassed even those experienced elders.
This realization left her deeply unsettled and filled with curiosity.
Where exactly had this young man co from?
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