Martial Master

Ignoring the crowd outside that was on the verge of madness, Qin Chen returned to the assessment room.

In front of him, there was an open space with six alchemy tables set up, tools often used by alchemists to place alchemy furnaces, herbs, and other items.

However, at this moment, the alchemy tables were completely empty, without any herbs or alchemy furnaces.

"What is this second round going to test?"

"I don’t know. Given this situation, could it be testing operational skills? But without herbs and an alchemy furnace, how can we test?"

"I hope it's something I'm more skilled at."

The people who passed the first round, including Sun Yuan, stood in front of the alchemy tables, all looking nervous and uneasy.

This second round would randomly assess one of the ten operational skills in alchemy; it would observe a true operational ability. As long as one passed this second round, it would be equivalent to having one foot already in the door of becoming an alchemist.

"Well, first of all, congratulations to everyone for passing the first round. This second round will assess your fire control ability. Please prepare yourselves; we will start the assessment in order soon."

With a wave of his hand, Liu Guang spoke loudly.

"What, it's actually a fire control assessment?"

"This is terrible! How are we supposed to test this?"

"Oh no, this is my weakest area. Wasn't the previous test just about identifying herbs? Why is it fire control this time?"

Upon hearing the content of the second assessment, everyone was stunned.

The ten operational skills of alchemy encompass a wide range of tasks, including identifying herbs, dividing herbs, heating the furnace, controlling medicine, controlling fire, condensing pills, and more.

Among these, the most familiar task to the masses is identifying herbs, as distinguishing various herbs is the most basic skill required to become an alchemist. Previous assessments had focused on this aspect.

But who would have thought that today's assessment would actually be fire control?

Isn't this asking for a person's life?

Looking at the somewhat chaotic scene, Liu Guang coldly said: "It is well known that the strength of fire control ability is a prerequisite for whether an alchemist can refine high-quality pills. If you can't even manage this detail of controlling fire well, then how can you talk about becoming a true alchemist?"

"You have half an incense stick's time to prepare; when the time is up, we will begin the assessment immediately."

With a wave of his hand, Liu Guang's expression was not pleased.

He knew very well what these people's thoughts were.

Most alchemy apprentices held some hope, wanting to be assessed on what they were most skilled at.

But a true alchemist emphasizes having a wide range of knowledge; there should be no weaknesses.

Fire control is somewhat obscure and not the most important aspect in the early stages of pill refining, so many alchemists do not practice it specifically.

But precisely because of this, Liu Guang chose this item for the assessment; only in this way could he evaluate these people's true alchemy skills.

Before long, half an incense stick's time had passed.

"First up, Lin Yuan, showcase your fire control ability."

Lin Yuan wore a frowning expression as he approached the refining table and activated the formations above.

Buzz!

The mysterious formation burst forth with brilliant light, and beneath the spreading patterns, a scorching flame instantly appeared above the refining table.

This is formation fire!

There are many types of alchemical fire, including formation fire, true fire, demonic fire, earth fire, and heavenly fire.

Among them, formation fire, demonic fire, earth fire, and heavenly fire are all external fires obtained after birth, while true fire is the flame formed by an alchemist's own true energy and belongs to internal fire.

However, generally speaking, low-level alchemists, especially alchemy apprentices who have not practiced specific techniques, cannot form true fire. At this time, they usually use formation fire as a substitute.