Alchemies

Chapter 59: Ascension

“Fine? What do you mean?” Alex was a little confused by that statement. He had never heard of someone 'rising' inside or outside the game.

'Does this have anything to do with alchemists?' he wonders. He had no friends to talk to often, so he did not know much about the training in the sect. Even Kong Yuhan was just an acquaintance of his.

Kong Yuhan looked like she realized something when she looked at Alex's confused face and said, "Ah, I forgot, not too long ago you got here. Going up meant going from an outer sect disciple to an inner sect disciple or an inner sect disciple to a core disciple."

"In my case, I'm one step away from becoming a core disciple. I have brought a few sets of ingredients today, and if I make one pill with an alignment of over 20%, I can take the exam to become a core disciple."

"Ah" Alex let out a voice of understanding. But then he thought of something, though,

"Brother Kong! If you have to take the exam after making this pill, why not call the exam Ascension. Why call it this?"

"Well, that's because it's tradition" the quiet man named Jia Fen finally spoke up.

"You know the reason, Brother Jia?" Kong Yuhan turned to ask the man.

"Yes. Back to a few tens of years ago when the sect had not been as big as it is now, you could promote from becoming an outer sect disciple or an inner sect disciple just by making the required number of pills, you could promote from becoming an outer sect disciple or an inner sect disciple just by making the required number of pills, and didn't have to take any tests back then."

“So, when it came to the last pill before the promotion, the disciples started calling it ‘Kasikan’. However, as the sect became more popular and began to gain more disciples, they learned that the disciples began to secretly promote themselves. by using pills made by others."

"The elders couldn't track everyone's pills back then, so they started having his students do tests for it. They were supposed to stop after setting up a formation that ran the sect a few years ago, but the test was just an additional layer of security." which they did not want to get rid of."

The man named Jia Fen spoke quite a lot and explained it quite well.

"Well..by the way, Big Brother Yu, do you want to come to watch? I also brought these 3 to watch." Kong Yuhan asked expectantly.

Alex thought for a moment and decided to skip lunch today. "Sure brother Kong, I might be able to learn something from him as well"

Together the five of them walked into the Alchemy hall. It didn't take long for Kong Yuhan to find an empty room and enter it immediately. Alex and the other 3 people also followed behind him towards the room.

Do you want me to help, Brother Kong? the girl finally spoke and walked forward.

"Ah, thank you for your kind intentions, Sister Zhou. But I have to reject it. In the exam, I had to make the pills myself, so I had to start making the pills myself, without any help."

Kong Yuhan began to prepare by setting aside the black cauldron and bringing out his own quality. He started to heat the cauldron and took a deep breath as he started meditating.

After a while had passed, and the cauldron finally heated up, Kong Yuhan took out the first ingredient and put it in.

Alex looked at the potion and thought, 'The Tree of Lean Curse is yes, that means he must have made one of 4 different pills.'

After a while, Kong Yuhan took out a second ingredient and put it into it. This ingredient does not inform Alex, as it follows the first ingredient in each recipe.

‘The quality doesn't move heat fast enough. The energy in the second material does not control the first material as fast as it should.’

Alex could see a small mistake in Kong Yuhan's alchemy process thanks to his spiritual senses. Even when standing so far away, he could see the events inside the cauldron very clearly.

Then Kong Yuhan put in his third ingredient and put it in.

'Huh?' Alex surprised. 'That's not one of the ingredients of the recipe I know. Did he obtain any recipes outside of the sect?'

Alex watched as Kong Yuhan put in more ingredients to make a pill that he was completely unaware of.

Finally after a while, the pills came out. Kong Yuhan frowned slightly after seeing the harmony of the pill. He took out a pill testing tool and tested the harmony of his new pill.

As soon as the pill touched the glass bottom, a mist emerged from the metal base and started crawling along the side of the tester, until it stopped.

Kong Yuhan looked at the number while sighing.

“Only 16%. The absence of help is difficult. Especially if it is a new pill like mine.” Kong Yuhan cleared the cauldron for the preparation of the next batch.

"Don't worry, brother. You still have a few more sets. You can do it." Jia Fen cheered from the side.

“Yes, Brother Kong. You don't need to be discouraged.” Zhou Mi was also encouraging.

Alex and the other man remained silent but gave an encouraging nod towards her.

Kong Yuhan smiled slightly.

"You're right. This won't stop me at all. This is the first time I have failed. Next time it'll be different." Kong Yuhan turned his attention back to the cauldron and prepared the second ingredients.