Immortality Cultivation: I Farm in the System Space

After the Pill Master surnamed Wang arrived... He enthusiastically greeted Lin Jing along with two other Offering Priests. Lin Jing simply responded and then once again closed his eyes to rest and recuperate. After a little while... Attendant Zheng and Steward Cheng arrived here. Besides Attendant Zheng and Steward Cheng, there were three other managers from Yuebaolou. It seems that they were responsible for assisting in the oversight of this examination. Then, Attendant Zheng approached the group and said, "Today's examination will only involve the four of you." "And the location of the examination will be this very plaza where you stand." "In a moment, the four of you will separate and choose a corner each to conduct the examination." "At the same time..." "There will be four managers supervising your examination." Having said that, Attendant Zheng stepped forward with the four managers. After finishing, Attendant Zheng waved his hand: "All right..." "There's nothing more to say, you may now all find yourselves a position." As Attendant Zheng's voice faded, they dispersed. Lin Jing turned around and walked straight toward the southeast corner. Then, seeing this, the Pill Master surnamed Wang followed Lin Jing to the northeast corner. The other two Offering Priests went directly to the two corners on the west side. Seeing everyone had chosen their places, Attendant Zheng spoke up again: "As an Alchemist, resisting external environments is another form of cultivation; if a small disturbance can affect one's state of mind..." "Then such a person can never become a qualified Alchemist." "Therefore..." "This examination will have no Formation set up." The words of Attendant Zheng, although sounding reasonable, were unusual in the context of an examination, which naturally should not be compared with ordinary times. Steward Cheng and the other three managers all frowned upon hearing this. Previously, Yuebaolou had also conducted examinations with multiple participants at the same time, but they had always employed a sound-isolating Formation to avoid disturbing one another. Because for an Alchemist refining Elixir Medicine, the most crucial requirement was a quiet environment. Only in such an environment could an Alchemist bring out their true strength. "Attendant Zheng, we have never before conducted an examination without using a sound-isolating Formation..." Steward Cheng approached and said to Attendant Zheng. Attendant Zheng snorted coldly and said, "Humph..." "If such trivial noises can impact the outcome of Alchemy, then that person does not qualify to become an Offering Priest Alchemist of Yuebaolou." "My mind is set, there's no need to discuss this further..." "But..." Steward Cheng wanted to continue, but was directly interrupted by Attendant Zheng. "If you have any dissatisfaction, I can replace you with someone else to oversee the examination..." Attendant Zheng's gaze was icy as he stared at Steward Cheng, his words carrying significant weight. "I wouldn't dare..." Steward Cheng clasped his fists. Following that, Steward Cheng glanced in Lin Jing's direction and heaved a quiet sigh. Then he spoke no more and stepped back. Next... Attendant Zheng looked towards the four participants, pondered for a moment, and pointed to an Offering Priest in the northwest corner, saying to Steward Cheng: "You, supervise him, and remember, there must be no oversights..." "Good," Steward Cheng said, this time without any rebuttal, as he directly walked toward the northwest corner. Attendant Zheng continued assigning tasks. The person assigned to Lin Jing was a steward he had only seen a few times, someone with whom he was not very familiar. Soon, all four stewards had been assigned their tasks. "Your time is until sunset. If you can't complete the assessment by then, it will be deemed a failure," Attendant Zheng continued. "Time waits for no one. Now, let's begin..." Setting the deadline as sunset had made everyone feel a touch of tension. From now until sunset, trying to refine three furnaces of second-rank elixir medicine was quite urgent, because there needed to be a rest between each refining to recover. If there were insufficient rest and one's condition wasn't adequately restored, it would definitely affect the refining of the next batch of elixir medicine. And... The lower the cultivation, the longer the recovery time needed. Especially for Lin Jing, who displayed to the outside his cultivation at only the seventh level of Qi Refinement. A Qi Refinement seventh-level cultivator, after refining a furnace of elixir medicine, would need at least three to four hours to rest and recover. Furthermore, the time needed for refining was also not short. If Lin Jing didn't want to reveal his real strength, then he simply wouldn't have enough time to refine the third furnace of elixir medicine. In other words, Lin Jing only had two chances. Whereas the other three offering priests, having at least Foundation Establishment Stage cultivation, could barely refine three furnaces of elixir medicine before sunset, given their recovery speed. It's just that they would be quite pressed for time... As Attendant Zheng finished speaking, no one dared to delay and immediately began preparing. They took out pill furnaces from their storage bags, Lin Jing included, bringing out his Fire Meteor Four-Pattern Furnace. Next, Lin Jing took out some firewood for kindling, which were all low-grade spirit woods that, when burned, produced a higher temperature than ordinary firewood. This way, the speed of alchemy would be faster. When the other cultivators saw Lin Jing take out the kindling, they were momentarily stunned... Then they remembered that Lin Jing only had the Qi Refinement seventh level cultivation. They shook their heads and chuckled softly, whether out of mockery or something else. These cultivators, on the other hand, used Foundation Building True Fire directly, eliminating the need for kindling. Foundation Building True Fire is much better than ordinary fire. The temperature of Foundation Building True Fire was much higher than ordinary fire, and the speed of refining was also much faster than ordinary fire. If refining second-rank elixir medicine with ordinary fire would take Lin Jing an hour, using Foundation Building True Fire would take just a little more than half an hour to complete. And... Since Foundation Building True Fire originated from within one's body, it was much easier to control and also more likely to produce high-quality elixir medicine. Following this... The steward supervising Lin Jing's alchemy passed a small bundle to him. Lin Jing took the bundle, opened it with his hands, and found that it contained the alchemy ingredients for refining Gathering Yuan Pills, three sets in total. To standardize the assessment, everyone was using Gathering Yuan Pills as this test's elixir medicine. Then... Lin Jing followed his previous steps: preparing the alchemy ingredients, starting the fire, and sequentially placing the alchemy ingredients into the furnace. And to make it less obvious, he even slowed down his pace slightly, so he appeared somewhat inexperienced. While the others had already sealed their furnaces and begun refining, Lin Jing was still adding ingredients to his furnace. However, if one really timed it, Lin Jing was not that much slower than the other three, at most not even by a quarter of an hour. Before long, Lin Jing also completed the preliminary work and began to seal the furnace. After sealing the furnace... Lin Jing formed a gesture with one hand and used the Controlling Fire Technique to manipulate the flames beneath the furnace. The flames obeyed his commands as if moving with his limb, in accordance with Lin Jing's thoughts. He then focused entirely, keeping a close watch on the pill furnace.