The Immortal Wife Is Like A Cloud

Chapter 213: The Master’s Attitude

After Xuening succeeded, Bai Xiu, Liu Ming, and another female alchemist from the Alchemist Association also completed their pill refinement one after another.

They all succeeded with their first batch of medicinal materials.

Earlier, everyone was fully immersed in refining pills, with their hearts focused solely on the task and no attention to their surroundings.

It was only now that Bai Xiu and the others noticed that Xuening had already finished ahead of time.

Their eyebrows suddenly furrowed, and they felt a slight sense of surprise in their hearts.

However, they didn’t dwell on it.

In that state of pill refinement, they didn’t know what level of pill Xuening had refined.

At this point, they subconsciously thought that Xuening had only refined a low-grade pill.

Before attending the Pill Refinement Conference, these people had already learned about the Feng family and knew about Feng Qingya’s situation.

They all subconsciously believed that, given Feng Qingya’s current state, it was impossible for her to invite a third-grade pill refiner.

So, after a brief moment, Bai Xiu, Liu Ming, and the others no longer paid any attention to Su Jingzhen and Xuening.

Their expressions returned to their previous arrogance.

According to the rules, after refining the pills, everyone had to place the refined pills in a jade bottle with a label indicating the pill refinement platform number.

After everyone had finished, the pills would be collected and handed over to the on-site pill refiners for evaluation.

There were also paper and pen provided beside the jade bottle.

The pill refiners had to write down the effects and grade of the pill in simple terms.

After all, even Yao Changsheng and the fat man from the Alchemist Association, who had seen many things, couldn’t recognize every type of pill.

There were too many types of pills in the pill refinement world, and many pill refiners had their own secret recipes that were unknown to others.

Su Jingzhen and the others were also aware of this.

Xuening simply wrote down the information about the Heart-Calming Pill on the paper.

These were all trivial matters.

Moreover, the Heart-Calming Pill was not a mysterious pill, and it was widely known in the pill refinement world, making it even more reassuring.

About an hour and a half after the first round began, the over 200 participating pill refiners had all finished refining their pills.

The slowest one had wasted three batches of medicinal materials before finally succeeding with the fourth batch.

When the last one extinguished the fire in their furnace, Yao Changsheng, the chief pill refiner of the Feng family, suddenly stood up.

He looked towards the Alchemist Association and said, “Vice-President Ouyang, since you’ve also arrived, perhaps we should trouble you to evaluate the pills this time.”

“If the pill refiners from Yunmeng City can receive your guidance, it would be an honor for them.”

When facing the Vice-President of the Alchemist Association, Yao Changsheng still showed some humility.

The Treasure Gathering Pavilion’s group of pill refiners, although appearing to be on equal terms with the Alchemist Association, knew that in the pill refinement world, the Alchemist Association was still unshakeable.

At least Yao Changsheng was clear that he was inferior to the fat man opposite him.

Upon hearing this, the fat Vice-President smiled and stood up.

He was very willing to do this.

After all, with his status, if he didn’t do anything at this pill refinement conference, it would be abnormal.

“Ha ha ha, I was just worried about having nothing to do,” the fat Vice-President laughed. “I also want to see the skills of the pill refiners from Yunmeng City.”

Yao Changsheng smiled slightly and made another inviting gesture to him.

“Vice-President, please!”

There was a special table set up near the pill refinement platform for evaluating the pills.

Yao Changsheng and the Vice-President walked over and sat down.

At this point, none of the other elderly pill refiners who didn’t participate in the competition dared to sit with them.

As Yao Changsheng and the Vice-President sat down, dozens of Feng family disciples jumped up onto the stage.

They carefully carried the pills they had refined to Yao Changsheng and the Vice-President.

These two men were indeed the pillars of the pill refinement world in Qingzhou, and they took pill refinement very seriously.

Even if the pills presented to them were only first-grade, they would still carefully read the pill introductions.

Then, they would scrape off a bit of powder from the corresponding pill and personally test it.

After that, they would give some constructive feedback to the refiner.

If suitable, they would also offer some guidance.

With their insight, a few words of praise or criticism would be extremely valuable to the first-grade pill refiners.

This attitude immediately received recognition and admiration from the surrounding crowd and various factions.

“This is the demeanor of a true pill refinement master.”

“Perhaps this is the true meaning of these pill refiners participating in the conference.”

“It’s also because these two gentlemen are kind and benevolent, and don’t want the refiners to come in vain.”

“After receiving their guidance, it’s likely that they will be more easily accepted into a faction and achieve their goals.”

“…”

Although Yao Changsheng and the Vice-President gave feedback to each pill refiner, there were only over 200 participants in total, so the evaluation process wasn’t slow.

During this process, people also discovered a phenomenon.

Most of the pills they evaluated were first-grade and second-grade, but whenever a third-grade pill was presented to them, they would glance at it, nod, and then set it aside.

This implied something, which didn’t need to be said.

The entire process took about an hour, roughly the same length as the first round of pill refinement.

However, the cultivators on the Wind Bell Square were all quite patient and didn’t feel annoyed.

One round was over, and the top 50 would be selected.

So, at this time, there were 50 jade bottles on the table in front of Yao Changsheng and the Vice-President.

The rest, after being evaluated, had already been returned to their respective refiners, since the medicinal materials were theirs, and the pills naturally belonged to them as well.

As expected, Su Jingzhen and the others were also among the 50 who were left.

At this time, Yao Changsheng spoke to the 50 people on the stage who hadn’t received their pills back:

“Firstly, congratulations on entering the second round.”

“For you 50, I think it’s unnecessary to say much at this point.”

“When we enter the second round, I and Vice-President Ouyang will give feedback to some of you.”

“And now, to satisfy everyone, I and Vice-President Ouyang will announce the grades of the pills you refined and provide a comprehensive ranking!”

As Yao Changsheng spoke, the scene fell silent again.

His words were reasonable.

After all, if they simply announced the top 50 without explanation, it would be difficult to convince some second-grade pill refiners who were eliminated in the first round.

There were still many second-grade pill refiners among those who entered the second round, aside from the third-grade ones.

If they were at the same level, who would think they were inferior to others?

It was necessary to publicly announce the results as proof.

The countless onlookers were slightly excited.

Perhaps they could already see some clues from the ranking of the first round.