In the blink of an eye, more than half an hour had passed. Everyone watched Wang Xuan’s fluid and smooth alchemy skill as they finally awaited the final stage.

“It’s time for Nascent Soul Formation. The quality of the pills depends on this key point!” Feng Daozi’s eyes were full of anticipation.

If Wang Xuan failed, not only would he lose face, but Feng Daozi’s reputation would also suffer, as he had boasted outside, claiming Wang Xuan as a rare genius.

“Now is the time.” A few minutes ago, Wang Xuan had already completed the preliminary work for the Inner Strength Pill and began the prolonged simmering process.

He focused his mind on the first pill furnace, where a glob of liquid medicine flowed and churned, entirely milky white. Wang Xuan could tell with a glance that he had done an excellent job previously; all necessary ingredients were refined, and impurities were minimal.

As long as nothing went wrong, the Bone Tempering Pill refined under such a foundation would not be of inferior quality, at least Middle Grade.

He controlled his True Qi, separating a small amount of impurities, then divided the liquid medicine into over a dozen portions and began forming them into pills.

Puff!

Carelessly, the temperature of one glob of liquid medicine was too high, causing the internal structure to become unstable. The components changed instantly, turning the original milky white color into black.

Such liquid medicine was entirely devoid of medicinal effect and naturally lacked any value.

Wang Xuan discarded the waste and focused on the remaining thirteen pills. Ten minutes later, the liquid medicine solidified into pills, and he finally opened the pill furnace.

A swirl of white smoke wafted out, along with a fragrant aroma. Feng Daozi’s face lit up with a smile.

One by one, the Bone Tempering Pills flew out, spiraling in midair, smooth and natural, flawless like jade.

“Twelve Bone Tempering Pills, ten Upper Grade, and two Middle Grade. Quite outstanding.” The Celestial-tier Alchemist who had been the most discussed nodded in praise.

Upon hearing this, everyone was amazed. A single furnace yielding twelve pills, while they saw Wang Xuan using only fifteen portions of raw materials.

Such a utilization rate was 80%.

Ordinary Pill Masters could maintain a rate of 30% to 50%, which was already satisfactory. As for the quality of pills, 60% Lower Grade, 30% Middle Grade, and Upper Grade accounted for only 10% possibility.

Many low-tier Pill Masters had to refine several furnaces of pills to obtain one Upper Grade pill, demonstrating the difficulty.

These twelve Bone Tempering Pills, with ten Upper Grade and two Middle Grade, such quality truly shocked everyone present.

Just the value of those two Middle Grade pills was enough to offset the costs of this alchemy session. With the ten Upper Grade pills, this furnace was a significant profit, with a return rate reaching twentyfold.

With such returns, Wang Xuan’s future wealth can only be imagined; it won’t be long before he amasses a fortune.

Everyone was stupefied, amazed at Wang Xuan’s alchemy talent.

But just then, another pill flew out from the pill furnace, catching the Celestial-tier Alchemist’s attention: “There’s an exceptional grade one as well! Good!”

He wasn’t unfamiliar with exceptional grade pills. In fact, he could easily refine exceptional grade Spirit Tier pills, as he was a Celestial-tier Alchemy Grandmaster.

However, what astonished him was that Wang Xuan, in his first attempt at alchemy, could refine an exceptional grade pill, even if it was just a Bone Tempering Pill used by Bone Refining Realm cultivators.

To produce an exceptional grade pill was to show the Pill Master’s understanding of the pill recipe was on par with perfection, making the crafting of this tier of pill effortless.

Normally, when Pill Masters come into contact with a pill recipe, it takes hundreds of furnaces to refine an exceptional grade pill.

Yet Wang Xuan accomplished it on his first attempt.

Feng Daozi could not hide his grin, his broad smile fully apparent to everyone.

“Wang Xuan did wonderfully!” he exclaimed.

Tang Yuan stared at those thirteen spinning pills, wanting to sigh but finding the occasion too inappropriate, grumbling inwardly instead.

When Tang Yuan first tried alchemy, it was also a furnace of Bone Tempering Pills. It seems she only produced a furnace of Wasted Pills, resulting in six or seven black mud-like clumps. Her second attempt was better with three Middle Grade and five Lower Grade pills.

While that result seemed okay, compared to Wang Xuan, it was utterly crushed.

“I hate other people’s children the most.” Tang Yuan inwardly grumbled, as since Wang Xuan arrived, her mentor seldom praised her.

Not only her, the disciples of other Alchemy Grandmasters and True-tier Alchemists felt the same way.

Under Wang Xuan’s halo, their presence diminished; their efforts and achievements were entirely ignored.

“People often outshine each other, and goods overshadow other goods.” Young Pill Masters lamented internally.

Wang Xuan was unaware of this; he continued focusing on alchemy, sealing the thirteen pills to prevent loss of medicinal power, then packaged them.

Reflecting on past successes and failures, Wang Xuan found minor mistakes and ample imperfections during Bone Tempering Pill refinement.

If given a few more tries, he was sure he could ensure all Bone Tempering Pills would be Upper Grade, with Middle Grade being only a mistake.

The refinement of the second furnace was ongoing. Although Inner Strength Pills had a higher tier than Bone Tempering Pills, they were still body refining tier pills, considered low-tier by formal Pill Masters.

Most Pill Masters wouldn’t refine pills of this tier, typically leaving it to disciples for practice, hoping their alchemy experience grows richer, promoting them from Quasi Alchemist to Pill Master.

Indeed, Spirit Tier pill materials are truly precious; if apprentices make mistakes in alchemy, the losses can be continually substantial.

Before long, Wang Xuan’s second furnace was complete, producing fourteen Inner Strength Pills, hovering mid-air, fragrant as ever, with no mistakes.

“Twelve Upper Grade, one Middle Grade and one exceptional grade! Excellent! Even better than the last furnace!” Feng Daozi shook his head, delighted.

Wang Xuan was not quite satisfied, continuing to refine furnace after furnace.

The third furnace of Strong Marrow Pills was produced: thirteen pills—twelve Upper Grade, one exceptional grade.

By this time, the spectators had become numbly amazed, as the harder the pill, the higher the quality Wang Xuan produced.

Such monstrous behavior can only be explained by outrageously high talent; they were speechless.

Upon reaching the fourth furnace of Blood Generating Pill, Wang Xuan had a sudden enlightenment, purifying the medicinal power of the liquid. In the end, only ten Blood Generating Pills were produced.

Yet among these ten, five were Upper Grade, and the other five were exceptional grade.

Instantly, the quality of pills advanced significantly.

“Good! Good! Good!”

Feng Daozi laughed heartily, stating that Wang Xuan’s Blood Generating Pills were of such high quality that even Upper Third Grade Spirit Tier Alchemists could craft them.

Alchemy apprentices, Quasi Alchemists, could only be considered Spirit Tier when they could refine Human Immortal tier pills.

Spirit Tier Alchemists were divided into nine grades—upper, middle, and lower, each with three grades.

The single furnace of Blood Generating Pills, with five Upper Grade and five exceptional grade—such quality was incredibly rare. Lower Third Grade Spirit Tier Alchemists could only bow down to such standards.

The time taken for the fifth and sixth furnaces was notably longer. Three hours later, Wang Xuan’s fifth furnace of Vein Strengthening Pills was complete.

Fifteen portions of materials produced twelve Vein Strengthening Pills, three Middle Grade, six Upper Grade, and three exceptional grade.

This Vein Strengthening Pill belonged to Spirit Tier pills, with the refinement difficulty much higher than the previous four furnaces, yet Wang Xuan maintained such quality.

Strong!

Beyond admiration, they had nothing to say.

The sixth furnace of Qi Condensing Pills was complete, similar in quality to the fifth furnace, with eight Upper Grade, three exceptional grade, and no Middle Grade.

This test concluded perfectly.

All six furnaces of pills were successful, with each furnace yielding exceptional grade pills, and not a single Lower Grade.

“Three months to become a formal Pill Master, advancing directly to Middle Third Grade, Wang Xuan, you truly did not disappoint me!”

Feng Daozi believed today was his happiest day, although he would have been even happier if Wang Xuan were his disciple.

“Thanks to your guidance, otherwise how could I achieve this success.” In front of everyone, Wang Xuan naturally praised Feng Daozi.

His words made Feng Daozi delight immeasurably.

“Today marks your official promotion to Pill Master, and you set a record that may take years to surpass.

Your brilliance brings me much glory, so I gift you three pill furnaces, wishing you an early achievement of becoming an Alchemy Grandmaster!”

With that, three pill furnaces—a small, medium, and large—appeared before Wang Xuan, which Feng Daozi used in his youth corresponding to Alchemy Dao levels of Spirit, Earth, and Celestial.

Wang Xuan accepted them with delight, as these three pill furnaces were truly valuable. Didn’t you see Tang Yuan eyeing them greedily at that moment?

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