Chapter 67: Testing the Pill's Power!

Suddenly, the surrounding yuan force converged toward Feng Ruoqing, forming a small yuan force storm around her.

Feng Ruoqing greedily absorbed the converging yuan force and broke through the shackles in one go.

She was originally at the sixth level of Liquid Realm. By seizing the opportunity of enlightenment, not only did her soul power break through to the advanced alchemist level, but her yuan force also broke through the calm of the sixth level of Liquid Realm, directly rising to the seventh level of Liquid Realm.

Only when the yuan force in the hall returned to calm did Feng Ruoqing slowly open her eyes.

"Congratulations, Miss Feng, on advancing to advanced alchemist in one go!"

Wang Jinfu immediately stepped forward to congratulate her, and then others followed to express their congratulations.

For Feng Ruoqing to break through to advanced alchemist at such a young age, it was almost certain that she would become a grand alchemist in the future.

It was necessary to build good relations with such a future great figure of the Qin Kingdom now.

But Feng Ruoqing's socializing was somewhat perfunctory; her eyes searched through the crowd but never found the person she wanted to see.

"Thank you all for your kindness, but I dare not accept it. If I was fortunate enough to break through today, I must thank Ye Yuan. I wonder where he has gone?" Feng Ruoqing asked with some confusion.

In the state of enlightenment, Feng Ruoqing was completely unaware of external matters and did not know that Ye Yuan had already left.

"Miss Feng, Ye Yuan exhausted his yuan force while refining the second-grade strengthening pill. After coming out of the alchemy room, he went back to rest," Wang Jinfu replied.

Feng Ruoqing suddenly understood: "Then the pill he refined..."

As soon as she mentioned the pill, everyone's expressions turned strange again. Feng Ruoqing was puzzled, but her heart skipped a beat, and she quickly asked, "Did Ye Yuan fail? Impossible!"

"Rest assured, Miss Feng, Ye Yuan naturally succeeded. But..." Wang Jinfu found it somewhat difficult to speak.

In fact, testing someone else's refined pill was somewhat rash, but Wang Jinfu really wanted to know if this super-grade second-grade strengthening pill had any special effects.

"But what?" Feng Ruoqing asked doubtfully.

Wang Jinfu sighed and said, "I'm not afraid of you laughing at me, Miss Feng. That Ye Yuan not only refined a second-grade pill but also a super-grade second-grade pill! His performance just now was nothing short of a miracle! So..."

Hearing Wang Jinfu say this, Feng Ruoqing immediately understood.

The six words 'super-grade second-grade pill' had extraordinary significance in the alchemy world of the Qin Kingdom!

Even a high-level grand alchemist could not refine a super-grade second-grade pill!

Even if that pill was only the lowest second-grade inferior.

Second-grade pills and first-grade pills were two completely different concepts. First-grade pills had low requirements for soul power and were relatively simple to refine.

But the complexity of second-grade pills was several times or even dozens of times that of first-grade pills!

Because of this, advancing to alchemist required even stronger soul power.

This gap also brought about a phenomenon: occasionally, super-grade first-grade pills appeared, but super-grade second-grade pills had never appeared in the alchemy world of the Qin Kingdom!

Therefore, Wang Jinfu very much wanted to see what effects this pill had.

Seeing everyone looking at her with expectant eyes, Feng Ruoqing naturally could not refuse. In fact, she herself was very curious about how miraculous this so-called super-grade second-grade pill really was.

Even though Feng Ruoqing was the only one among these people who believed Ye Yuan could refine a second-grade pill, her inner shock at this moment was no less than anyone else's.

Feng Ruoqing felt that Wang Jinfu's use of the word 'miracle' to describe Ye Yuan's refining just now was extremely apt.

"In that case, let's give it a try."

Seeing Feng Ruoqing say this, everyone breathed a long sigh of relief, their eyes showing anticipation.

"Haha, I finally refined a second-grade pill! I am now an alchemist too!"

Just then, a somewhat manic voice sounded. Everyone turned to look, and it turned out to be Feng Zhirou.

Only then did everyone remember that there were still two examinees who had not come out...

As soon as Feng Zhirou saw Feng Ruoqing, she danced with joy, ran up to her, shook her arm, and said, "Aunt, I really refined a second-grade pill! I didn't expect that Ye Yuan kid to actually have some skills. With just a little guidance, I refined a second-grade pill. Now, I am also an alchemist!"

"What? Ye Yuan guided you?" Feng Ruoqing said in surprise.

"Yes, he said my cultivation technique suppressed my soul power, so he told me not to use full force in refining. Following his method, I indeed refined a second-grade pill! Although it was only the worst second-grade pill, I succeeded after all! Hey, where's Ye Yuan? Hasn't he come out yet?" Feng Zhirou was still unaware of the strange atmosphere and continued talking.

Feng Ruoqing exchanged glances with Wang Jinfu and Sun Jianming, and they all saw wordless shock in each other's eyes.

A little guidance could make Feng Zhirou advance to alchemist?

What kind of monster was this Ye Yuan!

...

The training room of the Alchemist Guild was now packed with people.

Two Liquid Realm martial artists stood in the center of the training room; they were the ones testing the super-grade second-grade strengthening pill.

Testing a pill's power was a rather dangerous matter, because no one knew what consequences would occur after taking the pill.

But testing a mature pill like the strengthening pill would not pose much danger. Moreover, the super-grade second-grade strengthening pill would only have stronger effects, so it naturally could not harm the martial artists' bodies.

These two martial artists were decided after intense discussion. One was named Cheng Hua, and the other was named Zhu Qiang.

Cheng Hua was at the first level of Liquid Realm, and Zhu Qiang was at the fifth level of Liquid Realm. There was a gap of four minor realms, a small step between them.

This gap was enormous.

It was very difficult for Liquid Realm martial artists to fight across levels, because even a single minor realm gap was very large, let alone four minor realms.

With a second-grade strengthening pill, even a top-grade second-grade strengthening pill, a first-level Liquid Realm martial artist could not defeat a second-level Liquid Realm martial artist after taking it, unless the second-level one stood still and let him hit.

However, the effects of a super-grade second-grade pill had never been tested, so to be safe, the stronger Zhu Qiang was chosen as the punching bag to avoid accidental injury.

Zhu Qiang's task was to stand there and take one attack from Cheng Hua!

Even so, Zhu Qiang did not think Cheng Hua could hurt him—the gap between them was not something a pill could make up!

Even a super-grade pill!

Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, Cheng Hua swallowed the super-grade second-grade strengthening pill refined by Ye Yuan.

Many people were somewhat envious of Cheng Hua; he was the first martial artist in the Qin Kingdom to take a super-grade second-grade pill!

"Heh, how does it feel to take a super-grade second-grade pill?" Zhu Qiang asked with a smile.

Cheng Hua, who had been closing his eyes to feel the pill's power, suddenly opened his eyes, smiled at Zhu Qiang, and said, "I feel full of power! I'm about to strike, Brother Zhu, be careful!"

Zhu Qiang also laughed heartily and said boldly, "Come on, even a super-grade second-grade pill cannot make up for the huge gap in cultivation!"

Cheng Hua said no more and punched.

With one punch, the entire room fell silent.