CHAPTER 1262: CHAPTER 1253: CONCENTRATION PILL

With that said, Elder Dan promptly left with Mo Wangchen.

Behind them was a long queue of people waiting for Elder Dan to assess them.

Yet Elder Dan simply departed, paying them no heed.

The crowd could only shake their heads with sighs, internally lamenting their bad luck for having waited in line this whole time for nothing.

As the current Tower Master of the Pill Tower, Elder Dan possessed Holy Rank Six-grade Alchemy Dao skill.

In the entire Ning State and even the Ming Land, he held immense prestige, so naturally, no one dared to voice any complaints.

"Here are the ingredients you require, little friend. There are two complete sets, all prepared."

On the second floor of the Pill Tower, within a certain Medicine Pavilion, Mo Wangchen waited for a moment, then Elder Dan managed to gather the necessary ingredients and handed them over to Mo Wangchen within a storage ring.

"Thank you!"

Mo Wangchen bowed, internally relieved, having not expected to obtain all the needed ingredients so easily; he had previously worried whether the Pill Tower would have the ingredients he needed.

"How much Desolate Energy do these ingredients cost?" he inquired.

Mo Wangchen had learned from Zhu Quan earlier that purchasing High Level ingredients above the second floor of the Pill Tower required an exchange with Desolate Energy or something of equivalent value.

Items like Spirit Stone or Immortal Stone were not accepted by the Pill Tower.

"A total of thirty-two thousand catties of Desolate Energy. Since you plan to participate in this alchemy competition, I’ll give you a fifty percent discount; only sixteen thousand catties are needed," Elder Dan said with a smile.

"This..."

Mo Wangchen was taken aback, not expecting such generosity, directly receiving a fifty percent discount.

A full sixteen thousand catties of Desolate Energy could make any faction in the Real World envious.

Truly, the Pill Tower was indeed wealthy. Mo Wangchen realized that the other party likely wished to win him over, merely investing in building some rapport ahead of time.

"Nonetheless, thank you Elder Dan."

Mo Wangchen didn’t hesitate, bowed again, then stowed away the storage ring containing the ingredients, before producing sixteen thousand catties of Desolate Energy, placing them into a Jade Bottle for Elder Dan.

"By the way, take this item too."

Before leaving, Elder Dan seemed to recall something, handing another storage ring to Mo Wangchen.

"What is this?" Mo Wangchen was puzzled; could it be a gift?

"You just registered for participation, and I almost forgot to mention, for this competition, everyone will refine the same Pill, with the ingredients provided by our Pill Tower, two sets per participant."

"In the competition, if both sets of ingredients fail to refine, it results in immediate elimination. If successfully refined, at the end, I’ll personally check the rank and aspects of the Pills you refine. The best outcome will win the competition and receive twenty thousand catties of Desolate Energy as a reward from our Pill Tower."

"The same Pill?"

Hearing Elder Dan’s words, Mo Wangchen paused.

Elder Dan nodded, "This contains the Alchemy Recipe for the Pill you will refine during the competition; only the recipe, so take it home to study."

"Only the recipe?"

Mo Wangchen was even more puzzled, then retrieved the recipe from the ring, glanced at it, and couldn’t help but frown.

"This recipe is for refining a Pill called ’Concentration Pill.’ According to ancient records, consuming this Pill might give someone without Divine Status a chance to gather Divine Status when attempting to ascend to Ancient God Realm."

This Concentration Pill was rumored to be developed during an extremely ancient era by a famous Pill Master in the Alchemy Dao Realm.

Ancient records also mention that this Pill surfaced once, and indeed someone successfully gathered Divine Status within themselves using this Pill.

Unfortunately, the countless years passing led to the disappearance of the Concentration Pill’s Alchemy Recipe, with only the formula remaining.

A formula is different from an Alchemy Recipe.

A formula primarily lists all ingredients needed to refine a Pill.

An Alchemy Recipe explains how to refine the Pill.

When refining a Pill, one must know which ingredient to add first, how long to use Alchemy Fire, before introducing the second ingredient; these nuances affect successful refining of a Pill.

Currently, Elder Dan only provided Mo Wangchen with the formula for Concentration Pill, according to the records, refining this Pill requires over twenty types of ingredients.

Undoubtedly, without an Alchemy Recipe, successfully refining this so-called Concentration Pill is as hard as ascending to the heavens.

There isn’t even knowledge of which ingredient to add first.

"Mingshen Emperor’s grand birthday is approaching, and our Pill Tower organized this alchemy competition hoping the winner will refine a Concentration Pill to present as a gift," Elder Dan explained.

"Mingshen Emperor?"

Hearing this, Mo Wangchen was surprised; what use is a Concentration Pill, which could be termed an heaven-defying Pill, to someone like Mingshen Emperor?

"Haha, who doesn’t know that Mingshen Emperor’s son, Emperor Bright, one of the top ten young talents in the Void Realm, possessed extraordinary talent from an early age, surpassing his peers in Void Realm’s youthful generation. However, even until now during his cultivation, he has not obtained Divine Status."

"Such matters rely on inherent talent, yet one can’t guarantee an absolute success in gathering Divine Status. If during this grand celebration, our Pill Tower could present a Concentration Pill, we would surely develop even further in the Ming Land afterward."

"It’s a pity that the Alchemy Recipe for Concentration Pill has long vanished over countless years, leaving only the formula. I have researched for nearly a century without success; this competition is hoping someone might have the fortune to successfully refine the Pill."

"With only the formula, the success rate of refining this must be less than one percent..."

Mo Wangchen smiled wryly; no wonder the Pill Tower offered a reward of twenty thousand catties of Desolate Energy, the task was overwhelmingly challenging.

Indeed, throughout countless eras, someone has successfully refined a Pill with only a formula.

However, such occurrences are exceedingly rare over several eras.

It requires extremely high demands on the alchemist himself, along with an extraordinary understanding of pharmacology, calculated by examining the characteristics of the ingredients, and subsequent changes post-refining, with long-term speculations and deductions until a Pill can truly be refined.

This is a long process, requiring immense effort, with Elder Dan’s Holy Rank Six-grade skill researching for a century without success, one can imagine how slim the chances are in this competition, even with hundreds of Holy Rank skilled alchemists participating.