Time flows like a fleeting stream.

Many participants quickly left the scene.

Those who departed had wracked their brains for a long while but ultimately could not make heads or tails of the situation.

Out of helplessness, they had to leave the competition.

Duan Gujin, on the other hand, had been continuously running various possibilities through his mind. He simply closed his eyes, his thoughts whirring into motion.

At this moment, various possibilities flashed through his mind.

"These Spiritual Medicines have yin attributes, but there is only one Spiritual Medicine of the Fire Attribute. The Elixir Recipe mentions Transforming Yin; it's very likely that the other Spiritual Medicines also primarily rely on the Fire Attribute!"

He had never encountered an Elixir Recipe like this before; he could only analyze it based on the recipe itself.

After analyzing to this point, what followed was a continuous rehearsal of various possibilities.

An hour later, he finally came up with a possibility.

"I understand now, so that's how it is!"

He opened his eyes, a sharp glint bursting forth; he hurriedly asked the exam monitor beside him to fire up the Alchemy Furnace, and then he began Alchemy.

Seeing that more than twenty participants had already left the premises below, some people on the presiding stage began to discuss quietly.

"Do you think this exam is too difficult? I've observed for so long and still can't understand what this Elixir Recipe is all about."

"There should be challenge where there is difficulty. This is a genuine Fourth-grade Elixir Recipe that we from the Liuyun Immortal Sect took over two months to figure out. Using it to test the participants is most appropriate!"

Elder Wan in the audience seats below felt a sigh of relief seeing that Duan Gujin had finally started to refine elixir.

He knew just how difficult this examination was as he saw that more than twenty participants who competed with Duan Gu had left the field. He was very clear in his heart that every year, among those tested as Fifth-level Alchemists on the Jiuzhou Continent, only five to ten people could make it to the finals.

Some might not even have a single person make it.

Of course, if the situation arose where not a single person passed the Fifth-level Alchemist test, Liuyun Immortal Sect would retest the last batch of participants.

In the end, a portion of the registrants would pass the Fifth-level Alchemist test.

"If my analysis isn't wrong, then the medicinal herb with the most potent effects in this Elixir Recipe is the Fire Attribute Spiritual Medicine. It is the core medicinal herb of this recipe. This is an Elixir Recipe that dispels yin poison, but because the medicinal effect of that Fire Attribute Spiritual Medicine is very strong, it requires other yin attribute Spiritual Medicines to neutralize some of its non-toxin-relieving medicinal properties!"

After Duan Gujin took a deep breath, once the exam monitor had the flames going, he listed the Elixir Pills he needed and had the exam monitor bring them to him.

Another exam monitor, upon receiving the note, immediately went to find the Spiritual Medicines Duan Gujin needed.

Soon, that exam monitor delivered the required Spiritual Medicines to Duan Gujin.

Finally, everything was ready!

Duan Gujin took another deep breath and began the refining process.

At the same time, the elders on the presiding stage received the note handed up by the disciple monitoring the exam.

One elder, upon seeing the note handed over by Duan Gujin, his eyes suddenly lit up.

"To think that there is still someone in this world who can understand the mysteries of this Elixir Recipe!"

If the people of Liuyun Immortal Sect revealed the mystery of the Elixir Recipe, at least eighty percent of the participants would be able to pass the test.

However, doing so would lower the difficulty and fail to discern the participants' ability to think independently.

To become a qualified Fifth-level Alchemist, one must possess strong independent thinking and analytical skills.

If an Alchemist does not like to think and merely repeats the Alchemy Techniques and skills of his predecessors, this does not align with the ethos of Liuyun Immortal Sect in training High-level Alchemists.

An hour later, Duan Gujin finally refined the Elixir Pills.

He handed the Elixir Pills to one of the exam monitors, asking him to deliver them to the elders above.

The elders on the presiding stage quickly received the Elixir Pills that Duan Gujin had made the exam monitor send up. The elder inspected the Elixir Pills with his Divine Sense, examining them carefully for a while, and finally confirmed that the Elixir Pills refined by Duan Gujin met their standards.

"The Elixir Pills this person refined are good, with at least eighty percent efficacy!"

"Yes!"

The elders at the venue, after several inspections, finally gave Duan Gujin a score of nine out of ten.

This round of testing took two hours and was finally over.

The results were quickly released.

When they saw that only twenty-eight people had passed the first round of tests, many gasped in shock.

Elder Wan felt nervous, but when he saw Duan Gujin's name on the list of those who passed the test, he exclaimed.

"Ha ha ha, this is really great!"

"Elder Wan, don't get too excited. I only passed the first round of tests!"

"You don't understand, I failed to pass the first round twice before! Now seeing you pass the first round, I couldn't help but react!"

Elder Wan explained.

Hearing this, Duan Gu suddenly felt a black line on his forehead.

"Let everyone know, we will proceed with the second round of testing in half an hour!"

An elder from the presiding stage announced.

The audience in the stands left quickly, knowing they shouldn't get too excited yet as they would face the second round of testing in half an hour.

Meanwhile, Duan Gujin and Elder Wan immediately went back to their place of residence, where Duan Gujin took the Ten-thousand-year-old Divine Milk to restore the Primordial Power and Spiritual Power he had expended.

At the same time, one of the elders on the presiding stage was analyzing the results of the first round.

"I've looked at the Elixir Pills everyone refined, and three people's Elixir Pills are very close to the essence of the Elixir Recipe!"

"Oh, three people are very close to the essence, what about the Elixir Recipes they wrote?"

"Here, take a look for yourselves!"

After all the elders had carefully reviewed the three Elixir Recipes, they all nodded slightly.

"Unexpectedly, there are people who clearly know what the core of that Elixir Recipe is."

"Yes! Especially this Duan Gujin, he has already written out three Spiritual Medicines, while others have written out two!"

"This Duan Gujin is a disciple of the Blood Slaughter Sect, which is a Second-class Sect!"

"Yes!"

"Let's see how these three perform in the second round!"

"Yes!"

After half an hour passed, Duan Gujin and the others returned to the practice field.

This time, the same people sat on the presiding stage, but there were many fewer spectators in the stands.

"Ladies and gentlemen, we are now commencing the second round of testing. This time, we are testing your Telekinetic prowess. Shortly, I will have you refine a Super Fifth-Grade Elixir. You have heard of Fifth-level Elixir Pills, but probably very few of you know what a Super Fifth-Grade Elixir is, right? Let me tell you, a Super Fifth-Grade Elixir means that you need to achieve almost a Sixth-level Elixir standard."

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