Looking at the red pill in his hand, Ye Chen felt excited.
"I was able to successfully master it in just two attempts. It seems I've surpassed my expectations this time..."
To be honest, he was still a little worried when he failed for the first time. After all, the difficulty of refining the Yiling Pill was much higher than that of the Yunling Pill.
During the first refining, at the stage of combining the pills, even though Ye Chen had put in his utmost effort, he still failed, and all the refined medicinal liquid was wasted...
With the experience of failure the first time, Ye Chen felt much more comfortable the second time, and he successfully integrated the last step, creating the complete pill in his hand.
Gently sniffing the rich aroma of the pill, Ye Chen recalled in his mind the identification method of the Yiling Pill that his ancestor Ye Xun had introduced to him. He found that although his pill was successful, its quality was not the best, and could even be said to be very poor...
It can barely reach the peak level of the fifth grade. If Ye Chen were to use it himself, he would definitely not take a Yi Ling Dan of this quality.
After thinking for a while, he only had three parts of the medicinal materials for the Yi Ling Dan in his hand. The last stage of the Alchemist Conference required the contestants to prepare the medicinal materials and refine the pills themselves. Whoever refined the pill with the highest level and quality would win, so he planned to save these three parts of the materials for use at the conference.
After all, the competition only gives contestants three chances. If they fail to refine the product three times, they will lose the qualification to continue the competition...
"Forget it, there are only a few days left, so I'd better refine some simple pills to keep my hand in shape." Ye Chen finally decided.
In the next few days, Ye Chen refined several fifth-grade primary and fifth-grade intermediate pills again.
Just one day before the conference began, Hu Tian, who had been out on a breakthrough, finally returned...
Just looking at the slight fluctuation that was inadvertently emitted from the other party made him feel terrified. Ye Chen also knew that Hu Tian had successfully broken through.
"Sir, I have fulfilled my mission. I finally succeeded in breaking through!" Hu Tian was obviously very excited, which caused his aura, which he had not been able to completely restrain, to become even more agitated.
Ye Chen was pushed back three steps by this momentum, but he didn't seem angry. On the contrary, he was very happy at this moment.
Hu Tian's breakthrough not only gave him a Dou Zong-level bodyguard, but also gave the Ye family another Dou Zong-level expert...
This is also a great help to the Ye family, which is currently experiencing a large loss of powerful worshippers!
The next day, the conference began.
Ye Chen and Hu Tian left their residence early and started walking towards the square in the city center.
Fang Yu, who had disappeared for more than ten days, appeared in front of Ye Chen's door again. He was originally planning to go watch the game with Ye Chen, but when he saw Ye Chen, who had changed into an alchemist's robe and the alchemist badge on his chest that represented his level, he was shocked.
Although there are many alchemist organizations in the Central Plains, and they also have their own rank badges, just like Xiao Yan's original Jia Ma Empire alchemist badge...
However, the levels represented by these badges are not recognized by Danta.
The most valuable badge on the entire continent is naturally the Alchemist Badge awarded by Danta...
The five major families in Danyu, as direct subordinates of Danta, have the qualifications to assess alchemists and issue badges on behalf of Danta, and these are all recognized by Danta.
The badge is emerald green in color, with flames swirling around it. In the flames, there is a giant tower piercing the sky. On the tower, three dazzling purple-gold stars are shining.
This is the unique color of the alchemist badge awarded by the Ye family. The other four families, Cao, Dan, Bai, and Qiu, also have their own colors. It is different from the dark gold badge directly awarded by Danta, and also indicates the origin of the badge.
It's a pity that these badges with each company's special logo can only qualify one to be a fifth-grade peak alchemist. If one wants to be assessed as a sixth-grade alchemist, one can only go to Shengdan City.
However, Ye Chen was not worried about exposing his identity as he was wearing the alchemist badge issued by the Ye family. After all, there were countless alchemists who passed the assessment from the Ye family every year, and it was impossible that all of them were members of the Ye family.
Of course, many people don't know these details, just like Fang Yu who was already shocked at this moment...
To him, alchemists were all respected "adults", completely different from peasants like himself, and there was no possibility that they would have any intersection in this life.
But now he suddenly discovered that one of his "friends" was actually an alchemist, which he couldn't accept for a while...
"Haha, Brother Fang Yu, what are you looking at? Let's go." Ye Chen still greeted with a smile.
Unfortunately, after hearing Ye Chen's address, Fang Yu was not happy at all. Instead, he immediately looked terrified. He bowed deeply and said in panic, "I dare not, I dare not, Master Song... Master Alchemist, please don't call me that. I can't bear it!"
Seeing this, Ye Chen sighed and shook his head.
It seems that my relationship with this "friend" has come to an end...
But it was only a small regret. After all, from the very beginning, the two of them were from two completely different worlds. When facing an alchemist of such high status, not everyone could treat him equally.
Especially for someone like Fang Yu who has lived in a city ruled by two alchemist families since childhood, his awe of alchemists must be even more obvious!
After thinking for a while, Ye Chen took out three third-grade cultivation-aiding pills from his storage ring and threw them to Fang Yu. He smiled and said, "These three Qingli Pills can help you cultivate. They are considered as a reward for Brother Fang's help to me before. I still have to prepare to attend the Alchemist Conference, so I'll leave first..."
He threw the pill into the arms of Fang Yu who was still in a daze, and then Ye Chen went straight towards the square.
When his figure completely disappeared around the corner of the street, Fang Yu came back to his senses and saw the green jade bottle in his arms.
Fang Yu's expression of ecstasy suddenly filled his ears as Ye Chen's words just now echoed in his ears.
"Thank you, Master Alchemist Song... for the reward!"
Although Ye Chen could no longer see or hear, Fang Yu still bowed deeply towards the place where he disappeared.
Perhaps for Ye Chen, the Qingling Pill, a third-grade elixir, was nothing at all. As long as he had the medicinal materials, he could refine as much as he wanted...
But for an ordinary person like Fang Yu who has no power, no influence and no money, a Qingling Pill might be a precious elixir that he could not get even if he tried his best for a whole year!
As time passed, the start of the conference finally arrived under everyone's attention...
When a clear bell sounded above the square, the noise that had originally risen to the sky in the square suddenly became silent!