Chapter 492: Not Refined Like This

The Alchemy Competition in the Tianlan Sea Region.

Qin Ran secretly analyzed that if Mr. Zhai’s alchemy level was the higher level of the Tian Lan Sea Region, then it didn’t seem to be a big problem for him to take the first place in the competition.

After all, Mr. Zhai, as the personal alchemist of the Dragon Whale Island’s Island Master, was only a fourth grade alchemist. And he had no problem refining sixth grade pills.

But alchemy competitions aren’t necessarily about alchemy ……

“An alchemy competition for the entire Tian Lan Sea?” He looked at Pang Xuan’s eyes, which were narrowed to slits, and side-stepped, “Is it that the prizes are lucrative? It’s worth the organization’s risk to participate.”

“That’s not what you should be thinking about ……,” Pang Xuan warned, sensing his intentions, “What you should be thinking about is how to take the match.”

“Yes!” Qin Ran hurriedly nodded his head and returned, “I will take the match. However, you still need to give me a clear explanation of what exactly this match is going to be about, so I can make some preparations in advance.”

“The tournament is organized by the Hai Lang Sect and is a traditional event belonging to the Tian Lan Sea Region, held every sixty years.” Pang Xuan and Qin Ran carefully explained.

“The fest will last anywhere from half a month to a month, but the official tournament is just four days. For four days, there are four matches, or rather, tests:

“On the first day, the comparison of recognizing medicinal herbs and familiarizing oneself with spiritual herbs and medicines are the basic skills of an alchemist; on the second day, the alchemist’s control of his or her own dan water and dan fire is tested, which is also a basic skills test; on the third day, on this day, the Hai Lang Sect tends to give a fixed kind of dan for the alchemist to refine in order to test his or her refining ability; on the fourth day, the alchemist is required to refine a furnace of dans on his or her own.

“The examination that lasts for four days, every day there will be a high-ranking alchemist as a judge to score the test, and the scores of the four days added up will be the final score of the contestants, who will then be ranked according to their scores.”

“Sounds like a very normal competition ……,” Qin Ran breathed a sigh of relief and said, “If it’s more than that, then I have no problem with it. It’s just that I need Boss Pang to give me some medicinal herb books to review for me.”

“Hahahaha ……” Hearing Qin Ran say that, Pang Xuan was very happy, he laughed a few times and said, “I really didn’t look away, I knew you could. Don’t worry, I’ll have someone send the medicinal herb books right away.”

Pang Xuan had recruited Qin Ran into the “Edge” organization so that he could participate in this alchemy competition. He came to find Qin Ran today to talk to him about this matter.

So as soon as the matter was finished, he didn’t stay much longer and got up to leave.

Not long after Pang Xuan left, someone brought a bunch of medicinal herb books for Qin Ran. The efficiency was quite high.

The basic study of alchemy herbs is most profound and vast. An even more powerful alchemist starts by memorizing herbs.

Zhang Junyi had been initiated for more than a year and was still memorizing herbs; Li Shiyin had learned alchemy back then and was kneeling down at this first step.

And naturally, Qin Ran’s foundation didn’t need to be mentioned, as he remembered all the spirit herbs and medicinal plants firmly. However, he only remembered enough about the medicinal herbs of the Spirit South Domain, and on the side of the Heavenly Sea Domain, although he had also learned quite a lot of knowledge about medicinal herbs in the sealed space of Old Devil Shen Hua, he still lacked a basic knowledge of the entire foundation of medicinal herbs in the Heavenly Sea Domain, and still needed to learn them systematically, and from the ground up.

Anyway, he was already safely inside the “Edge” organization, and he wasn’t going to make trouble on his side, so he wasn’t in a big hurry.

The one who wants to mess up is the main body’s side, and the one who is in a hurry should be the main body, what’s it got to do with his doppelganger?

He honestly lived in this undersea room, reading books every day, looking at the sea, counting fish, and occasionally observing and practicing, and has already closed the door to prepare for the exam in five years.

For ten or so days in a row, he spent his days in this leisurely manner …… For him, a person who is still a dead house by nature, there is no difference between reading a book in this underwater room and reading a book in Dan Feng.

But, it is always said that the trees want to be quiet, and he was thinking of reading books to prepare for the exam, but someone didn’t want him to be so comfortable.

Who?

Chief Alchemist that old man.

Why? Why is the old man after him?

And ask, what does the Chief Alchemist do?

The chief alchemist of Alcatraz Island is responsible for all alchemists in the base of Alcatraz Island, the death of the alchemist belongs to him, the alchemist refines or not, how to alchemize the alchemist belongs to him …… related to the alchemist are all under his responsibility.

So what does a special alchemist do?

It is responsible for the technical guidance of the alchemist’s alchemy.

When there is no special alchemist, who is responsible for technical guidance?

Chief Alchemist.

In other words, Qin Ran shared people’s power.

There is another point. Originally there was no special alchemist, but now there is suddenly a special alchemist, what does this mean? Doesn’t it mean that the Chief Alchemist can’t do it?

The existence of the Special Alchemist was a slap in the face of the Chief Alchemist!

On this day, Qin Ran was cooking tea in his room when he suddenly ……

“BOOM BOOM BOOM!”

Someone knocked rudely on his door.

His divine sense activated the identity token and activated the formation on the stone door, telling it to become transparent. He looked out and saw that the person knocking on the door was none other than the chief old man. And behind the old man, there was a small, cute little girl. Although the old man looked like he was coming from a bad place, he remembered that the old man had come out to help him on the day of the altar, so he opened the door with a thought.

He piled a smile on his face and asked with the old man, “Chief, something for me?”

The old man looked at Qin Ran, who was sitting across from him, and then looked back at the stone door that had been opened out of thin air, and said, “Your kid is quite perceptive, figuring out identity tokens so quickly.”

The identity token of the “Edge” organization was much more powerful than that of the Dao Jian Sect, not only could it connect to the base’s teleportation arrays, switching between the alchemy area and the living area at will, but it could also use the token to control everything in one’s room.

“Hehe.” Qin Ran let out a laugh and returned, “I have nothing to do these days, so I’ve been studying the token day after day.”

He gestured for the two to sit down and said, “I was about to make tea, but it’s fate, how about sitting down and drinking a cup?”

The old man was obviously not here to find Qin Ran to chat and drink tea, he didn’t walk over to the doorway, he was at the doorway, gesturing with Qin Ran to the little girl behind him, saying, “This is Third Grade Alchemist Tan Yan. She just encountered some minor problems when she was refining pills, and has come to ask the Special Alchemist for help.”

“Third grade alchemist …… Tan Yan ……” Qin Ran looked at the small and lovely girl and smiled, “Alchemy is a fine work, there is no hurry, you and come over and sit down, let’s drink tea and chat.”

“You are not in a hurry.” The old man laughed coldly, “But people will be punished if they can’t refine the pills again.”

“Oh?” Qin Ran glanced at the old man, thinking it’s none of my business, but smiled and asked Tan Yan, “What kind of Dan was refined?”

“Cloud Spirit Stripe Dan.” The little girl gently and softly returned.

“Oh …… Cloud Spirit Stripe Dan.” Qin Ran nodded his head, he didn’t recognize it, and asked, “Can there be a Dan formula?”

“There is ……”

Before Tan Yan could finish, he was interrupted by the old man, “This is the elixir that the Holy Maiden commanded down, there is no prescription!”

Holy Maiden? Qin Ran remembered those eyes again.

“No Dan formula?” He looked at the old man, “How did you refine it without a Dan formula?”

“Refined with the herbs and potency of the elixir dictated by the Holy Maiden.” The old man said.

Qin Ran took out a pen and paper and signaled Tan Yan, “What did the Holy Maiden say, what are the herbs, and what are the requirements?”

It was still the old man who interjected, “The Holy Maiden’s word of mouth, how can it be lightly transmitted to the ears of outsiders? You are trying to inquire about the Holy Maiden’s news, what kind of heart do you have?!”

“Well ……,” Qin Ran, his fingers clamped on the pen, the tip of the pen tapping on the paper, asked Tan Yan, “Did Miss Tan make records of alchemy?”

“What?” This time it was Tan Yan who was puzzled, what what alchemy record, what was that?

“You are experiencing problems with alchemy.” Qin Ran continued, “Have you refined this elixir?”

Tan Yan looked at the old man, who wanted to say something, but in the end, he didn’t say that he hadn’t refined it. Because if it hadn’t been refined, then Qin Ran would have told them to go and refine it before coming back. And how could they say that there was a problem when they hadn’t even refined it?

“Uh-huh.” Tanya nodded.

“Show me the spent pills.” Qin Ran reached out and gestured.

“What do you want with the Scrap Pill? This is an elixir that the Holy Maiden needs! Organization secrets!” The old man still didn’t want to give it.

Qin Ran’s eyes crossed over the old man and looked at Tan Yan as he smiled, “The Dan formula, the Holy Maiden’s oracle, and the Scrap Dan, if you want me to help you, then you must give me at least one of them. If none of them, then you can go back, I can’t help you.”

“Aren’t you a specially hired alchemist? Can’t you do this?” The old man laughed coldly, “What’s the use of having you?”

“You’re still the Chief Alchemist!” Qin Ran asked rhetorically, “Can you fix it?”

If the old man could fix it, why would he use it to embarrass him?

“If you want my help, bring out the Dan formula and the ruined dan.” He returned, “If you don’t want my help, please go out, I’m busy.”

He said, signaling the identity token in his hand. To force them out.

“You!” The old man did not expect Qin Ran to be so honorable, he pointed at him and did not know what to say.

Or Tan Yan, she was the one who was punished for not being able to refine the elixir, so she looked at the old man and still took out a Dan prescription to come, took out another porcelain bottle, crossed over to the old man, walked to Qin Ran, and said:

“There’s no problem with the Dan formula, and there’s no problem with the pills. The problem is that the Holy Maiden suddenly wants the Golden Cloud Spirit Pattern Pill, and I can only refine white Cloud Spirit Patterns, I can’t refine golden Cloud Spirit Patterns.”

Qin Ran took the Dan formula and pills and placed them on the table beside him, pouring a cup of tea for Tan Yan before picking up the Dan formula to study it carefully.

He looked very carefully, thinking and projecting as he looked, a Dan formula, watching Tan Yan finish his tea without finishing it.

He poured Tan Yan another cup of tea before he finished reading the Dan formula.

After reading the Dan formula, he poured out another elixir and looked at it. The elixir was azure in color with a sky blue background and snow white cloud patterns spread around it, very beautiful.

He sniffed the elixir, the smell alone made him so exhilarated that he was dizzy, and he finally spoke out, asking, “The Holy Maiden used it for practicing?”

Tan Yan froze and quickly shook his head, “I don’t know.”

Looking at her, it was obvious that she knew that the elixir was used for the Holy Maiden to practice some sort of seduction technique by stimulating her life potential.

Qin Ran knew about pills and also knew a little bit about gongfu, he was able to roll it out roughly.

Thinking of those godly eyes, he sighed darkly and just said with Tan Yan, ”The way of alchemy is correct, it’s just that the purity of the extracted medicinal power is not enough. The Golden Stripe is, in fact, an extreme-grade Cloud Spirit Stripe Dan. This one of yours is only a mid-grade.”

“You only read the Dan formula and you know?” The old man sneered.

“Yes or no, it won’t be long before you go and refine a furnace of Extreme Grade Cloud Spirit Stripe Dan?” Qin Ran returned.

“Extremely high quality ……” The old man laughed up to the sky, “Surely you are a small islander who has gained a chance out of thin air, casually refining a furnace of extremely high quality elixir, such words you can also say?”

“How many grades is the Cloud Spirit Stripe Pill?” Qin Ran asked Tan Yan.

“Fourth grade.”

“Fourth-grade pills, what can’t be refined to the very highest grade?” Qin Ran was puzzled.

Tan Yan opened his mouth and said weakly, “I really can’t refine it.”

“We are not able to refine it, but looking at the special alchemist, it is a very simple matter ……” the old man laughed, “Why don’t you refine a furnace for us to see?”

Qin Ran looked at Tan Yan, then at the old man, and suddenly realized that it wasn’t that they didn’t know how to refine the Golden Cloud Spiritual Pattern Dan. They just couldn t refine it and wanted him to refine it …… trying to dump the pot on his head.

It’s here waiting for him!

But he laughed and shook his head, worrying that he couldn’t establish his authority, so he said, “What about refining a furnace?”

The old man smiled and laughed and suddenly flinched, he thought he heard wrong and stared at Qin Ran and asked, “What did you say?”

He didn’t expect Qin Ran to accept it so easily.

Qin Ran sipped his tea indifferently and said, “This elixir may be difficult for you ……”

He put down his teacup and stood up with a flourish, “But it’s nothing to me.”

“Go!” He gestured to Tan Yan, “Take me to the place where you refine pills.”

Things went so well that Tan Yan was a little disbelieving as she asked, “Really?”

Qin Ran smiled and nodded.

Tan Yan hurriedly took out his identity token to bring Qin Ran and the old man together and entered the alchemy area below.

The three of them walked into Tan Yan’s alchemy room, Qin Ran took the spirit medicinal materials she handed over, and after checking the various alchemy instruments aside, he said with the old man standing by the door, “Chief, please close the door.”

“Am I going out?” Tanya asked.

“Whatever.” Qin Ran replied back, “It’s not like it’s an important elixir.”

Tan Yan opened his mouth and ultimately didn’t go out.

The door of the alchemy room was closed, and Qin Ran began to refine the pills.

He looked relaxed as he alchemized the pills and explained to Tan Yan at the same time.

The old man watched from the side, secretly sneering. Even now, he did not believe that Qin Ran was able to refine the Extreme Gold Cloud Spirit Pattern Pill.

Extreme ……

Whatever it is, it’s hard to be extreme and to be the best.

Even if it’s a meal, eating to the max that’s not good enough.

Even for a first-grade elixir, it required a considerable level to refine it to the very best.

Not to mention a fourth-grade elixir?

The old man felt that he only needed to quietly wait for Qin Ran to fail.

Just slowly, he didn’t feel quite right.

As he watched Qin Ran’s weighty stance of alchemy and listened to Qin Ran’s in-depth explanation of Tan Yan, he felt as if things were not quite right.

This guy, it does seem like he has something on his hands.

As time pushed on further, Qin Ran’s Divine Flower Immortal Condensation struck out, wrapping all the medicinal herbs and beginning to extract the essence of the medicinal power.

The old man drifted off, “That’s the Divine Flower Immortal Condensation?!” This kid has obtained the inheritance of the old Godly Hua demon!

Qin Ran finished purifying and began to combine the liquids. The old man looked at the extremely pure medicinal liquid, at the medicinal liquid that gradually turned into a golden color as it was combined, and his face gradually became wonderful.

After combining the liquids, Qin Ran extracted the Divine Flower Immortal Condensation with ease, and seven gleaming golden Cloud Spirit Stripe Dans appeared in his palm.

“Extreme Grade Cloud Spirit Stripe Pill!” Tan Yan exclaimed out in shock.

The old man looked over and when he saw the pills in Qin Ran’s palm, he looked at Qin Ran again and instantly realized that it wasn’t someone on the same level.

It was impossible for this kind of person to stay in this tiny Devil’s Island, this tiny Tian Lan Sea area.

“Just how many grades of alchemist are you?” He asked Qin Ran.

Qin Ran grasped the pills in his hand, and with his other hand, he took a porcelain bottle and dropped the pills one by one into the bottle.

He laughed with the old man, “Immortal goods.”

The old man was shocked and opened his mouth wide. He wanted to say that he didn’t believe it, but the golden elixir after golden elixir confused his mind.

Qin Ran casually threw the porcelain bottle to Tan Yan and turned around to go out of the alchemy room. He had the intention of whisking his clothes away.

Tan Yan held the elixir in his hand and looked at Qin Ran’s back, his brain was puzzled: “Extreme elixir is so simple?”