Ignoring the people outside who were about to go crazy, Qin Chen returned to the assessment room.
On the open space in front of you, there are six alchemy tables, which are often used by alchemists to place pill furnaces, medicinal materials and other items.
But at this moment, there is nothing on this medicine refining table. It is empty, no medicinal materials, and no pill furnace.
"What is the assessment in this second round?"
"I don't know. Looking at this posture, could it be that there is an operation test? But there are not even medicinal materials and alchemy furnaces, how can we take the test?"
"I hope the assessment will be based on what I'm better at."
Sun Yuan and others who passed the first round of assessment stood in front of the alchemy table, each with nervous expressions and uneasy hearts.
This second round is one of the ten operations of alchemy refining that is immediately assessed. It is a time to observe a person's true operational ability. As long as you pass this second round, you have already stepped into the door of the alchemist with half a foot.
"Okay, first of all, congratulations to everyone for passing the first round. This second round will test your ability to control fire. Please prepare first and start the test immediately in order."
Liu Guang waved his hand and said loudly.
"What, it's actually a test of fire control."
"It's over, it's over, how can I take this test?"
"Here, I'm the weakest in this one. Didn't I always take medicine defense tests before? Among the ten operations, I can't control the fire."
Everyone was dumbfounded when they heard the content of this second assessment.
The ten operations of refining medicine include a lot of content, such as identifying medicine, dividing medicine, heating cauldron, controlling medicine, controlling fire, condensing elixir, etc...
Among them, the most familiar to the public is the identification of medicinal materials, because distinguishing various medicinal materials is the most basic skill of becoming an alchemist, and this was also the test in the past.
But who knew that today's assessment would actually be fire control.
Isn't this life-threatening?
Looking at the somewhat turbulent scene, Liu Guang coldly shouted: "As we all know, the ability to control fire is the prerequisite for an alchemist to be able to refine excellent elixirs. If you can't even do the detail of fire control well,
, how to become a true alchemist?"
"You have half a stick of incense to prepare. When the time is up, the assessment will begin immediately."
With a big wave of his hand, Liu Guang showed displeasure.
How could he not know what these people were thinking.
The vast majority of alchemy apprentices are lucky and want to test what they are best at.
But what a real alchemist pays attention to is extensive knowledge and miscellaneous notes, and there must be no shortcomings.
Fire control is relatively remote, and its role in the early stage of alchemy is not the most important, so many alchemists do not practice it specifically.
But precisely because of this, Liu Guang chose this item for assessment. Only in this way can the true level of refining medicine of these people be assessed.
Not long after, half a stick of incense passed.
"First one, Lin Yuan, show your fire control ability."
Lin Yuan frowned, came to the refining table, and turned on the formation patterns on it.
Buzz!
The mysterious formations bloomed with brilliant rays of light, and under the formations, a scorching flame instantly appeared above the refining platform.
This is a burst of fire!
There are many types of elixir fire, including formation fire, real fire, demon fire, earth fire, sky fire, etc.
Among them, formation fire, demon fire, earth fire, and heavenly fire are all external fires, acquired the day after tomorrow, while true fire is the flame formed by the alchemist's own true energy and belongs to internal fire.
However, generally low-level alchemists, especially alchemy apprentices, have not practiced special techniques and cannot form true fire. At this time, they will usually use array fire instead.
A true alchemist must be proficient in stimulating the formation of fire and at the same time be able to use mental power to make various subtle adjustments to the formation of fire, whether it is temperature, shape, or others. The more detailed the adjustment, the stronger the ability to control the fire.
Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Lin Yuan began to control the formation patterns and control the flames.
Under his control, he saw the flame slowly changing its image. Sometimes it rose to a height of nearly ten feet, and sometimes it shrank to the size of a fist. It was scorching in waves and extremely hot.
"Is this your fire control ability?"
Seeing this, Liu Guang snorted coldly: "Controlling the size of the flame is just the most elementary ability. Divide the flame in front of you into three into a ladder shape and show it to us."
Lin Yuan had a bitter look on his face, gritted his teeth, and activated his mental power, the flames in front of him suddenly slowly separated.
Controlling flames requires a lot of mental energy, and controlling mental energy is also a great test. In just a moment, he was already exhausted and sweating profusely.
Under his control, the flames in front of him trembled, and when he was about to succeed, there was a sudden pop, and the flames were extinguished instantly.
"I……"
Looking at the extinguished flames in front of him, Lin Yuan wanted to cry without tears.
He was concentrating on controlling the flames just now, and was unable to use his mental power to control the formation. As soon as he relaxed a little, the formation lost control and immediately became ineffective.
"You can't even do the most basic fire control, why are you taking the test to become an apothecary?"
Liu Guang snorted coldly.
Fire control ostensibly tests the alchemist's ability to control flames, but in reality it tests the meticulousness of the alchemist's mental power.
When an alchemist is refining an elixir, he must not only control the formation, but also the flames, the timing and weight of the medicinal materials added, and the temperature at which the elixir is fused in the elixir furnace.
This is a very complicated and cumbersome process. The ability to control mental power is extremely high. Lin Yuan cannot even control the most basic fire. Even if he can refine the elixir, it is just opportunistic and cannot be regarded as a true master.
Alchemist.
"Go back, you failed the second round of assessment. Next, Sun Yuan!"
Lin Yuan looked depressed, but he didn't dare to say a word. He just stood aside, feeling extremely depressed.
The questions asked by Master Liu Guang are also too difficult. For ordinary alchemy apprentices, it is enough to be able to control the temperature and shape of the flame. To split the flame and form a ladder shape, this is simply an impossible task.
When Sun Yuan came to the court, he was also very nervous.
He skillfully activated the array of flames and demonstrated his ability to change the warmth and size of the flames. Then he followed Liu Guang's previous instructions to Lin Yuan and began to split the flames.
Sun Yuan's proficiency was obviously stronger than Lin Yuan's. The three flames were quickly separated, but when they formed a shape, they couldn't complete it. Every time the three flames came close, they merged together.
Sun Yuan was sweating profusely and tried nearly ten times, succeeding every time.
"You should also step back."
Liu Guang's face was gloomy and ugly: "The next one, Xu Jing, is still the same as the above requirements, divided into three flames, in the shape of a ladder!"
Chen Mu and Ouyang Cheng looked on and couldn't help but twitch the corners of their mouths.
Master Liu Guang's requirements are too difficult. If this continues, who can still pass the assessment?
You must know that when they were admitted to be a first-grade alchemist, they might not be able to do this.
If this continues, I'm afraid no one will be able to pass this second round of assessment.