Why Ten Times?
"Why ten times? 'Once?'!!!" Chemir's expression was priceless upon hearing this.
An ordinary First-Rank Alchemist can refine it once, and a Tier 2 Alchemist can do it at least two or three times. What do you mean by 'once'???" Otto walked over, patted Xiao Yan on the shoulder, and comforted him, "Don't worry, little brother, there's still time. This assessment isn't just about refining the Black Iron Spirit Leaf once, but about increasing its purity through repeated refinement."
Chemir suddenly understood that he hadn't been clear enough, causing a misunderstanding. He quickly explained, "The Black Iron Spirit Leaf is special. Each refinement is several times more difficult than the last. Even with my Fourth Grade strength, I can only refine it about ten times. Any more would be a waste of effort."
Refining medicinal herbs is nothing more than using flame to heat and decompose them, then using methods such as sublimation, crystallization, filtration, extraction, separation, and distillation to obtain high-purity medicinal materials.
But no matter what, refining can't produce 100% medicinal substances. It's like gold, whose purity is at most 98K, infinitely close to one hundred.
And it's true that the more times you refine, the higher the purity.
Xiao Yan tilted his head, confused. He took the wooden box and went back into the small dark room, looking at the pure white powder inside. He couldn't help but sink into thought.
"It can still be refined? Won't it be ruined if I refine it again?"
"Could it be that the Alchemist Guild of the Gama Empire has a special method to teach, allowing the purity of the Black Iron Spirit Leaf to reach a true one hundred percent?!"
His eyes narrowed, and a competitive spirit instantly rose in Xiao Yan's heart. He immediately took out the Pill Furnace and began to study it.
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Soon, time passed by. Thirty minutes later, the first one to come out was undoubtedly Liu Ling. He glanced around, then looked at the small dark room where Xiao Yan was. Seeing that no one had come out yet, Liu Ling revealed a cold smile.
Not long after Liu Ling came out, a lithe figure quickly darted out from the black curtain. When she saw Liu Ling standing in the hall, a hint of disappointment appeared on her delicate face.
She slowly walked to the center of the hall and muttered, "Brother Liu. I didn't expect you to be so fast."
"Hehe, little princess isn't slow either," Liu said with a smile.
"Hmph. Although you're earlier than me, the medicinal materials you refined might not be as pure as mine!" The little princess raised her snow-white jade fist at Liu Ling and snorted.
Soon, more and more Alchemists came out one after another.
As the black curtain was constantly lifted, the sand in the hourglass was about to run out completely. However, Otto and Chemir's brows were tightly furrowed, because Xiao Yan still hadn't come out.
"He's the only one left."
"Why is it taking so long?" Chemir was also puzzled. This was too long.
Just as Chemir was about to announce that time was up, Xiao Yan still hadn't come out! Chemir sighed, walked to the small room where Xiao Yan was, and said softly, "Little brother, time's up. Come out first, no matter what."
As soon as he finished speaking, the black curtain was lifted, and Xiao Yan shook his head and walked out with a look of defeat. As soon as he came out, Xiao Yan asked curiously, "Does your Alchemist Guild have any special techniques? It looks like this Black Iron Spirit Leaf can only be refined once."
Xiao Yan's voice wasn't soft, and the other Alchemists heard it too.
"Once?"
"Hahahaha, I thought he just wasn't wearing an Alchemist Robe, but it turns out he doesn't have one."
"I could refine it once when I was still an apprentice. Don't go too far with the backdoor."
At this time, hearing Xiao Yan's words, which sounded like a country bumpkin, many Alchemists standing nearby burst into laughter.
Chemir shook his head, patted Xiao Yan on the shoulder, and comforted him, "It's okay, you're still young. You'll have other opportunities in the future."
Only Liu Ling, who hated Xiao Yan the most, frowned, because he knew that even if Xiao Yan was weaker than him, he couldn't have only refined it once.
Moreover, Liu Ling had heard Nalan Yanran say that Xiao Yan had refined a Tier 3 pill for Old Master Nalan Jie. That meant Xiao Yan was at least a Tier 3 Alchemist. How could he have only refined it once?
"Brother Liu Ling, why are you paying so much attention to that person?" The little princess Yue Er noticed that Liu Ling had been paying attention to Xiao Yan several times and asked curiously.
"He's at least a Tier 3 Alchemist," Liu Ling said.
Yue Er was also surprised when she heard this, and her eyes widened as she looked at Xiao Yan. A Tier 3 Alchemist refining it once? How is that possible? Is he deliberately lying?
Chemir didn't say anything more and walked to the center, saying, "This is a Purity Measuring Instrument that our Alchemist Guild invited some famous smiths to create. It can accurately measure the purity of the materials you refine."
Chemir stroked the dark machine and pointed to a groove, saying, "This is where you put the materials to be tested, on a scale of ten. Ten is the highest, one is the lowest, and four is passing. Tell us how many times you refined it as well."
"Liu Ling, you can start first."
Under the gaze of everyone, Liu Ling calmly walked to the testing machine, then took out a jade bottle from his Storage Ring, poured some grayish-white powder into the groove, and smiled at Chemir, "This junior's strength is limited, and I can only refine it six times."
As soon as Liu Ling said this, everyone in the hall gasped, and then a clamor arose. Not only the people below, but even Chemir and Otto couldn't help but exchange surprised glances.
Being able to refine the Black Iron Spirit Leaf five times requires at least the peak strength of a Tier 3 Alchemist. Six times?!!! This fire control is incredible.
That is to say, Liu Ling's fire control is already equivalent to Fourth Grade.
After the screen flickered for a while, a huge number seven slowly appeared.
"Seven points, congratulations on passing," Chemir said with a smile.
Liu Ling smiled, then flashed to the side. His gaze drifted, seemingly unintentionally, towards Xiao Yan, who was standing at the very back. He didn't care why Xiao Yan was lying, but the results would prove that he was the strongest!
At this moment, Xiao Yan's brow was tightly furrowed, his expression extremely strange, as if he had seen something incomprehensible.
Next was the little princess, Yue Er. It was a pity that although the little princess had also refined six times, her purity was a little lower than Liu Ling's.
Watching more and more people step forward to test their purity, Xiao Yan couldn't help but sigh. I finally understand where the problem lies.
Finally, after everyone had finished testing, Chemir looked at Xiao Yan and said softly, "Little brother Xiao Yan, please come up and test as well."
Xiao Yan nodded lightly, holding the small wooden box as he slowly walked to the testing platform.
Otto asked, "You only refined it once?"
Xiao Yan nodded and said calmly, "Yes, only once."
Just as the crowd below was snickering, Chemir and Otto saw the moment Xiao Yan opened the wooden box and exclaimed, "Pure white?!!!"
Suddenly, dazzling golden light erupted from the screen, and the huge cross on the screen was like a slap in the face, hitting everyone who had been laughing.
Xiao Yan looked at Vice President Chemir with a strange expression and asked, "Vice President, if a medicinal herb can have its medicinal properties extracted in one attempt, why would you refine it ten times?"
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