Reborn junior sister supports the entire sect by refining pills

After Su Li finished speaking, he looked at Zhong Yanwan.

"Senior sister, we can move on to the next item."

Besides absorbing spiritual energy, that dog book isn't entirely useless; it contains descriptions of tens of thousands of medicinal herbs.

She's been reading quite a lot lately.

"and many more!!"

Suddenly, Xiao Jiuge stood up and patted Zhong Yanwan on the shoulder.

"Let me handle this!"

Xiao Jiuge took out a withered vine from his storage ring!

The moment this thing appeared, the surrounding temperature dropped several degrees, and Cong Han took several steps back in fear!

He was afraid of the cold, and this thing was filled with endless coldness, as if it would freeze the whole world!

Su Li couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.

"Heavenly Ice Purple Vine?"

This is a real treasure!!! It's a medicinal ingredient used only for refining elixirs of grade seven or higher!!

Xiao Jiuge nodded.

"You know your stuff! The task for this second challenge is to extract the dew from the Heavenly Ice Purple Vine! Five drops are enough to pass the test!!"

Su Li couldn't help but widen her eyes; she had never refined such high-grade medicinal herbs before.

Zhong Yanwan felt a pang of heartache for the medicinal herbs and looked at Xiao Jiuge, hesitatingly saying something.

"Master... have you been drinking fake alcohol? How can such a rare and precious treasure be used for an assessment...?"

Even Junior Brother Cong Han could barely refine four drops of condensed dew. Aren't you asking too much of him?

If this were in the kingdom where she was born, this single Heavenly Ice Purple Vine could probably buy a small city!

Xiao Jiuge spoke slowly, expressionless.

"After all, she's from the Earth Pill Hall... I heard you've never independently refined any pills before???"

Su Li was initially a little uncomfortable, but after hesitating for a moment, he looked directly at Xiao Jiuge.

"I've only ever refined first and second-grade pills! I'm confident I can refine third-grade pills too!"

Xiao Jiuge shook his head. A third-rank is not enough!

"How about this? If you can extract six drops of the condensed dew from the Heavenly Ice Purple Vine, I'll waive your remaining assessment, how about that?"

Su Li wasn't afraid of the assessment, but since she had finally encountered such a rare and precious treasure, she naturally wanted to give it a try.

Carefully taking the chilling Heavenly Ice Purple Vine, Su Li retrieved his usual medicine cauldron from his storage ring.

When the medicine cauldron appeared, Zhong Yanwan, Conghan, and Xiao Jiuge all had different expressions.

Zhong Yanwan never expected that she, a disciple of the Earth Pill Hall, would be using the lowest-grade free medicine cauldron issued by the sect.

This kind of medicine cauldron has long been obsolete for disciples who have been in the sect for two or three years.

"Junior Sister Su, do the disciples of your Earth Pill Hall usually use this kind of... um..."

Su Li smiled wryly. Yes! Even a newly initiated disciple would disdain using such a medicine cauldron, yet it was the medicine cauldron she had used for several years.

She received the fewest resources from the Di Dan Hall, and sometimes she had to help several senior brothers with their work. As a result, she had to lend some of her own resources to these senior brothers.

Two years ago, she did get a medicine cauldron, but her fifth senior brother made a mistake while refining pills, and the cauldron exploded.

In order to avoid being discovered by the sect's master, the fifth senior brother pleaded with Su Li, who eventually gave him his newly acquired medicine cauldron.

"You use this!"

Suddenly, Cong Han, with a cold expression, stood in front of Su Li and took out a medicine cauldron from his storage ring.

A dark brown medicine cauldron floated up in front of Su Li.

The medicine cauldron is covered with intricate patterns, and it is clearly not an ordinary item; it should be a Xuan-grade cauldron.

Su Li didn't stand on ceremony. He nodded to Cong Han and directly wrapped the vine in flames before throwing it into the medicine cauldron.

Immediately afterwards, Su Li closed his eyes and concentrated all his spiritual power on the vines inside the medicine cauldron.

With his right hand forming a mudra, his inner fire split into three, burning the beginning, end, and middle of the vine respectively.

Xiao Jiuge hissed, and his spiritual energy fluctuated rapidly.

This little girl is really something! She's multitasking right from the start. These vines are his prized possessions, and he absolutely cannot let them be ruined by this little girl.

However, the young girl's ability to identify medicinal herbs was truly remarkable, and he was momentarily moved by her talent.

The Ice Purple Vine is an extremely difficult substance to refine, and its effects vary depending on the person handling it.

In the hands of an ordinary alchemist, only three drops of condensed dew could be extracted.

A skilled alchemist can extract four to six drops, while a high-level alchemist might extract more than a dozen drops.

Moreover, these vines are very fragile, and their heat resistance varies every three inches.

The closer it gets to the end, the more it tests the alchemist's ability to control fire while distracted.

Zhong Yanwan looked nervously at Su Li, whose eyes were tightly closed.

At this moment, Su Li seemed to have entered some kind of mysterious state, oblivious to everything around him.

"Four strands now!!"

Xiao Jiuge couldn't help but murmur.

A new flame split off from the cauldron, carefully roasting the section of vine.

"Tick-tock!!!"

A drop of dew fell from the end of the vine.

Su Li dared not relax his guard and continued to heat the other areas.

The power of the soul carefully sensed the temperature of the flame that the vine could withstand.

There was a time when she was multitasking, helping her fellow disciples refine medicinal herbs.

"Five flames!!"

Zhong Yanwan's voice trembled slightly!

Even now, she cannot control the temperature of five different flames with a single mind.

Who knows, this Junior Sister Su Li might actually be able to extract six drops of condensed dew...

As time ticked by, Xiao Jiuge's expression grew increasingly grave.

Zhong Yanwan's palms were already sweaty.

Cong Han moved stiffly around the courtyard, as if testing the distance.

Five drops of condensed dew from the Heavenly Ice Purple Vine already floated inside the medicine cauldron; just one more drop...

Xiao Jiuge couldn't help but nervously lick her lips...

Even though his alchemy skills are not as good as before... he still knows how rare Su Li's method of refining medicinal herbs is!

Couldn't Heaven grant him a good disciple?

The sun was already setting in the west, but Su Li showed no sign of stopping.

The fire in his heart had even split into seven fiery snakes, tightly biting the vine and refusing to let go.

At this moment, the Earth Pill Hall was in complete chaos.

Fifth Senior Brother Cheng Ming was extremely anxious.

"This Su Li is getting more and more outrageous. Where has he been all day?"

He had been waiting outside Su Li's residence for half a day without seeing him.

Fourth Senior Brother Ding Wei couldn't help but frown when he saw him like this.

"Cheng Ming? Why are you still keeping an eye on her? We spoiled her too much before, so it's better to keep a distance from her in the future."

She has no talent whatsoever, and is worlds apart from you and me.

To let her develop those inappropriate thoughts would be to harm her!

Mentioning Su Li made Cheng Ming furious.

"Fourth Senior Brother, yesterday Master asked me to refine a fourth-grade pill called the Concentrating Spirit Three Purities Pill. I... kindly wanted to help Junior Sister Su by asking her to help me refine the medicinal materials."

But she had disappeared somewhere to hide away, and it was impossible to find her for half a day. The herb field was being managed by a few junior disciples from the outer sect.

I think she wasn't taught a lesson enough! Hmph, wait until she gets back, I'll show her what I'm made of!

Ding Wei was surprised to hear that Su Li had been absent from Di Dan Tang for half a day.

"What? Su Li isn't here? That's impossible!"

Su Li used to never leave the Earth Pill Hall, so what's wrong with her now?

Is she going to resort to some underhanded tricks?

She's truly despicable, a waste of all the love and support they've given her.

"Hmph! Do you think there's no one else who can refine medicinal herbs without her? There are so many junior sisters in the outer sect, you can just pick one."

After saying this, Ding turned to leave.

Just then, a junior disciple from the outer sect came looking for him.

"Senior Brother Ding, the 300-year-old earth branch in the third medicinal field needs to be infused with spiritual energy. Which senior brother do you think would be the most suitable to go?"

Ding Wei glared at the outer disciple with annoyance.

"Are you out of your mind? Why are you coming to us for this kind of thing? Who usually does this?"

The outer disciple awkwardly scratched his head.

"Senior Brother Ding, Senior Sister Su Li usually handles the spiritual energy supply to that medicinal field."

However, Senior Brother Chen Qing just said that Senior Sister Su Li asked him to submit his resignation application to Hall Master Ge, and he has already moved out.

Ding Wei stared in astonishment.

What does Su Li mean by this? Is he threatening them?