Chapter 278
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Chapter 278: Uncertainty
Although Elder Han said the competition had begun, his gaze swept over the ten people in front of him again, pausing slightly longer on Jiang Yun.
"I forgot to mention, the brand new pill formula you’re about to receive is a third-grade pill formula."
"If you haven’t made a third-grade pill before, speak up now."
"Also, if you don’t have a cauldron, you can also speak up!"
Even though Elder Han was looking at ten people, everyone’s gaze was focused on Jiang Yun.
Because everyone knew that Elder Han was only asking Jiang Yun.
The other nine people, as disciples of the Grand Medicine Sect, each had a pill pendant around their waist representing their pharmacist level.
The highest was Guan Yiming’s five-bead pill pendant, followed by the four-bead pill pendants of two cave pharmacist.
The remaining six people, including Xiao Zheng and Li Changlin, all had three-bead pill pendants.
Only Jiang Yun’s waist was empty.
Although Jiang Yun had shown remarkable skill in the way of medicine in the previous four rounds, no one knew how many grade pills he could refine.
The Ding Furnace, as the pharmacist of the Grand Medicine Sect, is essential for everyone.
Jiang Yun naturally understood that this was Elder Han’s special care for him.
Worried that he wouldn’t stand a chance in the first round of competition if he had never refined a third-grade pill before.
After touching his nose, Jiang Yun remained silent.
Because the highest-grade pill he had ever refined, the Reaching-Sky Pill, happened to be a third-grade pill.
And he also had a Sanhua Cauldron won from Du Guirong.
Elder Han waited quietly for a moment, then continued, "Since you have none, let’s officially begin."
As he spoke, Elder Han waved his sleeve, and ten jade slips and ten rings fell in front of the ten people respectively.
"The contents of the jade slips and rings are the same."
"Inside the jade slip is a new pill formula I recently developed, while inside the ring are two types of herbs."
"In this round of competition, the focus is not on the final effects of the pill but on successfully making the pill. If you can make the pill, you pass; otherwise, you’ll be eliminated."
"Time, three hours, start!"
As Elder Han finished speaking, almost simultaneously, ten people reached out for the jade slip in front of them, carefully inspecting it with their spiritual senses.
Looking at the jade slip in his hand, Jiang Yun felt a small sense of surprise.
Because the pill formula recorded in this jade slip is not only brand new but also a third-grade pill formula.
It’s important to note that in the outside world, the appearance of a new pill formula always causes a great stir.
Those who develop pill formulas usually keep them secret and don’t reveal them easily.
However, within the Grand Medicine Sect, Elder Han had previously developed the Great Divination Pill and now unexpectedly presented a new pill formula for the competition.
He even gave this outsider.
After all, understanding the pill recipe, they will be able to refine this kind of pill in the future.
Those who can do this, either truly selfless; or have amazing confidence in their own path of medicine.
Obviously, Elder Han belongs to the latter.
When they saw the pill recipe inside the jade slip, everyone’s eyes lit up, including Jiang Yun.
Inside the jade slip, it recorded a brand-new pill called Replenishing Heaven.
The function of this pill is not to replenish the true heavens, but the blessed land of a cultivator.
Whether it’s a Blessed Land or a blessed realm, they are formed by condensing spiritual energy and are closely related to a cultivator’s life. Once damaged, healing is extremely difficult.
Therefore, pills specially designed to treat Blessed Lands and blessed realms are always in high demand and their prices are exorbitant.
Elder Han was able to make this kind of medicine recipe, showing how amazing he is at making medicine.
Even though the recipe was very detailed, after reading it, all ten people fell into deep thought and no one immediately started making the medicine.
This shows that the ten people who made it to the final round were truly talented.
No matter how detailed the recipe is, it’s just words on paper.
Turning words on paper into reality involves many obstacles and requires careful thinking and understanding of each step.
Jiang Yun was carefully imagining the entire process of making the medicine in his mind.
The Grand Medicine Sect fell silent again at this moment.
Even though everyone knew the Land of Inheritance was in another space, no one dared to speak up for fear of disturbing them.
After fifteen minutes, a talented pharmacist waved his hand and a black tripod appeared in front of him, starting to make the Replenishing Heaven medicine.
After him, then comes Guan Yiming.
In short, after half an hour had passed, except for Jiang Yun, the other nine people had already started the first refinement.
In the past, if onlookers had seen this situation, they would definitely have mocked Jiang Yun again.
But now, they no longer looked down on Jiang Yun, instead considering him cautious, maybe even expecting some amazing performance.
However, in reality, Jiang Yun was feeling truly uncertain at this moment!
He had indeed refined the Reaching-Sky Pill before, so he could barely be considered a third-grade pharmacist.
However, he had only refined this one kind of third-grade pill.
After becoming a third-grade pharmacist in the Grand Medicine Sect, they might not have to refine every day, but they should refine a third-grade pill once a month at least.
Over time, their experience in refining third-grade pills naturally far surpassed Jiang Yun.
Making medicine takes practice.
If Jiang Yun hasn’t made medicine for a long time, he always starts by making some pills that he is good at before starting to make new ones.
Besides, this Replenishing Heaven pill is a brand new type of pill.
When Jiang Yun first learned how to make the Reaching-Sky Pill, with Brother Hei giving him unlimited herbs, it took him almost a month to finally succeed.
But now, he only has two chances!
And he can’t afford to fail, so he needs to prepare carefully, simplifying the process in his mind and analyzing each step.
After an hour, others, especially Guan Yiming, have already put most of their herbs into the alchemical furnace.
However, Jiang Yun still hasn’t started making the pill!
At this point, onlookers couldn’t help but whisper to each other again.
Even Elder Han’s eyebrows furrowed slightly, wondering why Jiang Yun hadn’t started refining yet.
Three hours is neither long nor short.
Having personally refined the Replenishing Heaven pill before, he knew that even with everything going smoothly, a successful attempt would take at least an hour.
Although Elder Han held Jiang Yun in high regard, as an eighth-grade pharmacist, he couldn’t confidently say that Jiang Yun would succeed on his first try with a new pill formula.
He also doubted that Jiang Yun could shorten the refining time.
So, if Jiang Yun didn’t start soon, there was a great chance he could be eliminated in this round of competition.
Luckily, Jiang Yun finally began.
With a wave of his hand, a Sanhua Cauldron appeared in front of Jiang Yun, followed by a sufficient amount of herbs flying out from the ring.
Taking a deep breath, Jiang Yun closed his eyes slowly and when he opened them again, they were calm and serene. He raised his wrist and a ball of spiritual fire appeared under the Sanhua Cauldron.
Jiang Yun started his first attempt at making a Replenishing Heaven pill!
