Li Qing had already prepared beforehand. He had already memorized all the information about the Cleansing Spirit Green Lotus that Yin Qianyu had provided and casually picked out some of the theories inside.

The middle-aged man’s eyes lit up when he heard this, and he thought to himself that this young man had some real talent, no less than the other people who came to fish in troubled waters.

“Congratulations on passing. Go inside and participate in the second round of the examination.” The middle-aged man nodded.

“There’s still a second round?” Li Qing was surprised.

“Of course. How could you pass such a high-level exchange meeting to discuss knowledge face to face with many great alchemists?” The fat middle-aged man sneered.

“Alright then.” Li Qing entered.

The number of people in the second round of the examination was much smaller. At first glance, there were only a few dozen or so people. Of course, there must have been a lot of pill refiners tested before, but this number wasn’t the only one.

There were three pill furnaces in the middle, and three pill refiners were concocting pills at the same time. There were a few black-robed figures sitting right in front of them. It was obvious that they were the examiners of this examination. They were carefully observing the situation of these pill refiners.

Li Qing walked to the side and casually found a chair to sit down. There were also some candidates sitting beside him, watching the three people in the middle concoct pills with great interest.

After a while, another woman wearing a green robe walked in.

The moment this woman appeared, everyone felt the room brimming with brilliance. The originally dark black pill refining room seemed to be filled with greenery.

“So beautiful!” Everyone turned around and their eyes widened. They were deeply attracted by this woman’s temperament.

Li Qing couldn’t help but be stunned as he thought to himself, “Good temperament!”

This woman’s appearance was extremely beautiful, but she was not considered to be the most beautiful person in the world, so she should not have caused everyone to lose their composure now. The main reason was actually the unique temperament that she emitted, something that other women could not compare to.

This was an aura filled with life!

Seeing her, one’s heart was filled with vitality, life seemed to be filled with meaning, and one’s mood became much happier.

“It should be due to cultivating a special cultivation technique.” Li Qing secretly guessed.

The woman sat beside Li Qing and turned around to look at him curiously. She asked softly, “Is this second round of the exam a direct competition to refine pills?”

“I just came in. I’m not too sure.” Li Qing shook his head.

At this moment, a handsome young man walked in. He was dressed in luxurious clothes and had a dignified appearance.

When he saw the green-clothed woman, his eyes lit up. He immediately walked to her side and sat down. He salivated and said, “May I know the name of the fairy?”

“My name is Cheng Qingqing.”

“My name is Hong Zhongzheng. I am a disciple of Heavenly Eye Daoist.” He introduced himself with slight pride.

“Oh, disrespectful, disrespectful.” Cheng Qingqing did not have a big expression on her face.

‘”Actually, I don’t need to take part in the exam this time. I could have followed my master to participate in the alchemy exchange. My master is a famous alchemist from the Eastern Region. Even Hong Zhongzheng is treated as a distinguished guest.” Patriarch Hanshan said excitedly.

“Then why are you here?”

“I want to pass the exam in an honest manner, not through the back door. With my strength, I can definitely do this easily!” He said confidently.

Li Qing secretly laughed. He turned his head and focused his attention on the pill refiners.

The level of these people was quite decent. They could barely be considered high-level alchemists. After all, those who could enter the second round should not have poor pill refining skills.

At this moment, they were refining a pill called the Soul Cleansing Pill. This was the content of this assessment. Whoever could refine this pill in a short period of time would be considered to have passed the assessment.

The Soul Cleansing Pill was a high-grade Mortal Pill. The difficulty of refining it wasn’t too great, nor was it a precious pill. However, this medicinal pill had one characteristic, and that was that its effects were similar to those of the Spirit Cleansing Immortal Pill, although its effects were much weaker than those of the Spirit Cleansing Immortal Pill.

Using this kind of similar pill to test the research level of the Spirit Cleansing Immortal Pill was indeed a test method.

At this moment–

Boom!

One of the pill refiners was careless, causing the furnace to explode. A loud noise was heard, and a large amount of black smoke was emitted.

The other two were also shocked by the loud explosion, and their hands instantly made mistakes. Immediately after, two more explosions sounded, and they also blew up their furnaces.

All three of them failed!

“This is outrageous. If it weren’t for the impact, I wouldn’t have failed this time!” The two of them cursed inwardly. Refining pills in public was indeed a test of a person’s psychological qualities. Being disturbed by the slightest bit of outside interference could lead to failure, and there was also a time limit. Therefore, it was much more difficult than usual.

“You’ve failed. Leave.”

“This time, it was just an accidental mistake. I was also influenced by others. Please give me a chance to refine!” They were unwilling in their hearts.

“There is only one chance. No matter what the reason is, if you fail, leave immediately!” The examiner waved his hand impatiently.

Soon, a deacon came up and took away the exploded pill furnace, replacing it with three new ones.

“Next group, come on up.”

Next, a group of three continued to refine the Soul Cleansing Pill. Most of them had failed, and less than 10% of them had succeeded.

A few hours later, it was Li Qing’s turn. He went on stage with Cheng Qingqing and Hong Zhengzhong who came in from behind.

“Little brat, don’t blow up the furnace later, so as not to affect my performance.” Hong Zhengzhong said fiercely to Li Qing.

Li Qing ignored this boring fellow. Jing Zhen walked to the pill furnace and began to refine pills.

“Good boy, you actually dare to ignore me!” Hong Zhongzheng was furious in his heart, but this was not a place where he could act wildly, so he could only hide this anger in his heart.

Li Qing arranged the medicinal ingredients on the table and counted them.

He took a deep breath and didn’t have any intention of hiding anything in his heart. He knew that if he wanted to get Patriarch Hanshan’s attention, he had to do something good to attract his attention.

The Soul Cleansing Pill exam in front of him should be the first step in his outstanding performance.

There were more than a dozen medicinal ingredients on the table. Of course, the first step in refining pills was to dispose of the medicinal ingredients!

Ever since he cultivated his primordial spirit, his control over himself had risen to a whole new level. With the help of his divine sense, no matter what he did, he would be able to reach a subtle level.

After crushing the Soul Cleansing Flower, cutting the root of Rehmannia into thin slices, grinding the inner core of the demonic beast into powder … After this series of actions, everything flowed smoothly without any mistakes, causing everyone to look sideways.

“Who is this person? Isn’t his speed in dealing with medicinal ingredients too fast?”

“This kind of thing is not very powerful. I think this person is an anxious person. I’m afraid his level of pill refinement is not that high.” Someone said disdainfully.

Regarding the refinement of the Soul Cleansing Pill, Li Qing had already made his decision. His heart was calm, and he threw the medicinal ingredients into the furnace one by one. His movements were astonishingly fast!

Hu!

The flames at the bottom of the furnace instantly rose by half a meter, and he actually increased the temperature.

“Is he crazy? Did he really treat pill refining as cooking?” Everyone cried out in alarm, looking at Li Qing like they were looking at a fool.

Even Cheng Qingqing and Hong Zhongzheng couldn’t help but stop and stare at Li Qing’s strange and bold behavior with wide eyes.

Li Qing’s movements were incredibly fast. Every time it was almost time, he would throw the medicinal ingredients into the pill furnace and then use his True Essence to control the fusion of the medicinal power. With his heaven-defying divine sense, he was able to be extremely meticulous. Naturally, there wouldn’t be any mistakes.

Under everyone’s incredulous gazes, it only took fifteen minutes for this batch of pills to be completed.

“There’s actually no furnace explosion. This can be considered a miracle.” Someone whispered.

“I guess it must be completely burnt inside. It’s impossible for it to become a pill!”

Li Qing opened the lid of the furnace and released a fragrance. He waved his hand and saw dozens of medicinal pills floating out from within. Each of them shone brightly and emitted a dazzling light.

“Is it really a pill?” Everyone cried out.

Li Qing put the dozens of pills into a porcelain bottle and handed them to one of the examiners.

The examiner was also stunned for a moment. He poured the pills into his palm and carefully observed them for a while. He then smelled them with his nose and nodded, “This is the best pill in the pill. Its brilliance is translucent and it emits a pure fragrance. The number of pills produced is 23, far more than the others. Young man, your pill refining level is not bad.”

“Thank you for your compliment, Senior. May I ask if I have passed?”

“Of course. In three days, you will come to the Alchemist Exchange on time.” He took out a grey token and handed it to Li Qing.

At this moment–

Boom!

Someone blew up the furnace again!

Hong Zhengzhong was blown to ashes. He spat out a mouthful of smoke and said with a dull expression, “Failed? How is that possible? How can I not even refine a mere high-grade pill at my level?”

“Losers, leave immediately!” The examiner waved his hand.

“Can you give me another chance? I am a disciple of Heavenly Eye Daoist. Today, I am just playing dysfunction.” Hong Zhengzhong hurriedly said.

“Since you are a disciple of Daoist Heavenly Eye, then you can just directly participate in the exchange meeting. Why are you here?” The examiner frowned.

“I just wanted to show off my strength. I didn’t expect that I would screw up. It’s all because that guy affected me…”

Before he could say anything, the examiner shouted, “Looks like you’re here to cause trouble. Get out of here.”

He pushed out his palm and sent Hong Zhongzheng flying.

‘”Ah–” Hong Zhongzheng let out a miserable scream and disappeared in an instant.

After a while, Cheng Qingqing succeeded in refining the pill. Her psychological quality was very outstanding. Even though she was disturbed by so many external factors, she was still able to refine the pill. It could be seen that her pill refining level was very high.

The examiner carefully inspected the pills that Cheng Qingqing had refined and nodded, “The quality is excellent. The number of pills produced is sixteen. Not bad, not bad.”

Compared to Li Qing, Cheng Qingqing was slightly inferior, but amongst everyone else, she was already considered extremely outstanding.

After obtaining the token, Li Qing had already achieved his goal for today, so he didn’t stay any longer and turned around to leave.

Just as he walked out of the black stone pagoda, Cheng Qingqing chased after him and said, “Brother, please wait a moment.”