Ancient Fiend Dragon Emperor

Chapter 2070: Chapter 2069: Difficulty Skyrockets!

”Level seventy-one...”

Su Han looked at the pill furnace and medicinal ingredients before him, murmuring softly.

Previously, when the voice from the Altar of the Divine Dao spoke, Su Han thought that the strongest person who ever entered the altar only managed to reach level thirty-one.

Now he understood, the record holder only reached level thirty-one among the medicinal ingredients.

As for the pill’s level output, the altar did not mention how far it went, so Su Han naturally did not know either.

But Su Han was certain that it was definitely not as far as he had come!

Up to this moment, Su Han had surpassed all levels of medicinal ingredients and pills, and what was laid before him now was the final test...

Alchemy!

The pill furnace and medicinal ingredients were all illusions, and at this moment, Su Han himself seemed somewhat transparent, not real.

Su Han couldn’t discern the quality of the pill furnace, but the medicinal ingredients were merely First Grade Lower-Class.

”Could it be that this final alchemy challenge also starts from First Grade and goes up to Seventh Grade?”

Su Han pondered to himself, ”But if that’s the case, there are only thirty layers left of the Altar of the Divine Dao, it should only be up to Sixth Grade.”

With a moment of reflection, Su Han suddenly came to understand.

”Those who enter the Altar of the Divine Dao are all Heavenly Talents, not necessarily strong individuals. For people like us to refine Fourth Grade or even Fifth Grade pills would already be the limit. How could we possibly refine Sixth Grade?”

At this moment, although Su Han had stepped into the First Grade Divine Sea Realm, with a significant boost in cultivation base, he could battle against the Fusion Realm!

But his cultivation base limited the pills he could refine to, at most, only Fifth Grade.

Sixth Grade, he truly could not refine.

In such a case, even with just thirty layers left, the Altar of the Divine Dao would be more than enough for Su Han.

”Hoo...”

Letting out a breath, Su Han stopped overthinking, grabbed those pills, a flame appearing in his hand as he began to sear the pill furnace.

The pill furnace was always an illusion, yet at this moment, it seemed to turn real.

And when Su Han threw those medicinal ingredients into the pill furnace, they quickly melted and turned into medicinal liquid.

The number of these ingredients was only enough to refine a single pill.

And a First Grade Lower-Class pill was really a piece of cake for Su Han, extremely simple.

However, alchemy, after all, wasn’t as fast as it had been before; no pill master can instantly produce a First Grade pill, not even a Seventh Grade Pill Master!

...

Three minutes later——

”Pill refining successful, one item, complete pass, can enter level seventy-two!”

Su Han held a First Grade pill in his hand, and as the voice fell, the pill vanished.

Without hesitating, he stepped forward into level seventy-two.

Originally, he thought the rewards from level seventy-one would return to being as scarce as before, but unexpectedly, when Su Han entered the seventy-second level, there was already a drop of golden liquid before him.

”Hmm?”

Su Han’s pupils contracted slightly, showing a hint of joy.

”Just refining a single First Grade pill, and a Lower-Class one at that, there is already a drop of golden liquid. Won’t there be more later on?”

Thinking of this, Su Han couldn’t help but feel even more anticipation.

”Swish swish swish swish...”

Flashing lights appeared before him, revealing hundreds of medicinal herbs.

They were still First Grade ingredients, but not just Lower-Class; some were starting to be Mid-Class.

”Allocate the ingredients, refine three First Grade Mid-Class pills, and seven First Grade Lower-Class pills!” the voice sounded again.

Su Han squinted, taking a glance at the illusionary herbs ahead.

These ingredients were extremely scattered, requiring Su Han to allocate them himself, and the number was neither too many nor too few, just enough to refine ten pills.

In other words...

In terms of ingredient allocation, distinguishing between First Grade Mid-Class and First Grade Lower-Class must not go wrong!

If a mistake occurs, it will lead to a reduction in the number of ingredients, and if the number of ingredients decreases, failure would ensue, and if it fails... there is no way to refine all ten pills!

If that happens, a complete pass wouldn’t be possible, and the rewards would certainly be reduced!

”No wonder there’s no time limit on this alchemy...”

Su Han spoke to himself, ”Every pill’s ingredient quantity is just right, with no room for any errors, so it’s all about the pill master’s acumen and alchemy methods.”

”Even if all the ingredients are correctly allocated, the actual refining process must not be flawed either.”

”If an error occurs and the ingredients are ruined, all ten pills couldn’t be refined, and a complete pass wouldn’t be achieved!”

”Indeed, this final test is the hardest...”

This is still only the level of a First Grade pill!

For these Heavenly Talents entering the Altar of the Divine Dao, First Grade pills are not difficult, and maybe even Second Grade pills are possible.

But starting from Third Grade pills, they’ll probably feel overwhelmed.

Of course, for Su Han, if it weren’t for the limitation of his cultivation base, with his previous life’s Alchemy Grandmaster’s skills, not to mention First Grade, even a Seventh Grade wouldn’t warrant much attention!

”Swish swish swish...”

With swift hand movements, Su Han threw one medicinal ingredient after another into the pill furnace.

There were seven First Grade Lower-Class pills, each not the same, and three First Grade Mid-Class pills, also varied!

Among them were pills that enhanced cultivation base, those that healed injuries, and even... a Poison Pill!

Therefore, it was impossible to mix all the ingredients for refining at once; they had to be done one by one.

Su Han sighed inwardly, knowing this process would waste a lot of time.

...

Refining a First Grade Lower-Class pill took three minutes.

Refining a First Grade Loyal Minister’s Pill took five minutes.

So, in this seventy-second level, Su Han spent a full forty-six minutes to successfully refine all ten pills.

And this was because he didn’t waste time on the allocation of the pill’s ingredients. Otherwise, it might have taken an hour!

(Here’s an explanation: in the world of the Ancient Demon Dragon Emperor, a day consists of twelve hours, one hour equates to two hours, and thus, an hour is naturally sixty minutes, so everyone doesn’t overthink, hence this note.)

”Pill refining successful, ten items, complete pass, can enter level seventy-three!”

As that voice rose, the pill furnace and pills before Su Han disappeared.

The deep blue passageway unfolded once more, and as Su Han stepped forward, he was already in level seventy-three.

This level required refining a hundred pills!

Moreover, like the second level, the ingredients for the hundred pills were scattered and needed Su Han to allocate them himself.

With a glance, Su Han immediately saw that among the hundred pills, there were at most twelve of the same kind, but eighty-eight different kinds!

Undoubtedly, in the seventy-third level, the difficulty skyrocketed!

”Hehe...”

Su Han chuckled softly, shaking his head.

”With the alchemical aptitude of people like Xue Yushuang, they would probably spend a long time just studying the distribution of these pill ingredients.”

”Not to mention, the thousand pills in the seventy-fourth level, and in the seventy-fifth level... ten thousand pills!”