Chapter 299: Temporary Upgrade
Dragon Flame Grotto was an important place in Nine Dragon Mountain. It was said that the Dragon Flame Temple Master who guarded this place was an ancient giant at the Void Training Stage. Even the two deputy temple masters were great cultivators at the Great Circle of the Divine Transformation Realm.

In addition, there were also many inner and outer sect elders guarding this place. It was not an exaggeration to say that there were as many experts as there were clouds. Of course, the most important thing was that the most peak alchemists of Nine Dragon Mountain were gathered here.

Even in the entire Ten Thousand Poisons Sect, the alchemists of the Dragon Flame Grotto were ranked at the forefront.

Unfortunately, Nine Dragon Mountain had been declining over the years. Even though they were rich and powerful, they still could not buy enough dragon-type poisons. Without enough dragon-type poisons, the cultivation speed of the cultivators in Nine Dragon Mountain was very slow, and their combat strength was also weaker than those of the same level.

Under such circumstances, it was naturally difficult to escape from weakening and becoming weaker by the day.

After reporting to the higher-ups about Zhu Wuan’s situation, a kind-looking old man quickly appeared in front of Zhu Wuan. “”I am Wen Kuizhi, an inner sect elder of Nine Dragon Mountain. Are you the one who wants to join the Dragon Flame Grotto and become an alchemist?”

“I wish you well. Greetings, Elder Wen.” “I have some talent in alchemy, so I want to enter the Dragon Flame Grotto,” Zhu Wuwan bowed and said.

From Wen Kuizhi’s body, Zhu Wuwan sensed a terrifying aura that was not much inferior to that of Nine Dragon Hall’s Song Yunfeng. If nothing went wrong, Wen Kuizhi should also be a Soul Formation Realm cultivator.

“It’s been a while since an inner sect disciple has joined the Dragon Flame Grotto, let alone someone as amazing as you in alchemy. You’re considered pretty good even among inner sect disciples,” Wen Kui said with a smile.

” Let’s go. I’ll bring you to the rock cave for the test. If you can successfully pass the test, you’ll be a Double Cave Alchemist of our Dragon Flame Rock Cave in the future. ”

The alchemists in the Dragon Flame Grotto were divided into four levels. The first level was the First Cave Alchemist, which corresponded to low-level alchemists.The second level was for Dual Cave Pill Masters, which corresponded to Intermediate Pill Masters.The third level was for the Three Caves Pill Masters, which corresponded to the Advanced Pill Masters.The fourth level was naturally the Four Caves Pill Masters, corresponding to the top pill masters.

In the vast Thousand Poisons Sect, the number of top-notch alchemists could be counted on five fingers. Each of them was a big shot at the top of the Thousand Poisons Sect, and the Dragon Flame Hall Master was one of them.

The so-called one, two, three, and four caves were divided. Apart from distinguishing identities and ranks, the most important thing was to determine the benefits.

A 1-cave alchemist was qualified to have one Pill Refining Grotto in the Dragon Flame Grotto, a 2-cave alchemist was qualified to have two Pill Refining Grotto in the Dragon Flame Grotto, a 3-cave alchemist was qualified to have three Pill Refining Grotto in the Dragon Flame Grotto, and a 4-cave alchemist was naturally qualified to have four.

Wen Kui only brought Zhu Wuan to an ownerless Alchemy Grotto on the top level. This Alchemy Grotto was several miles in circumference, which was nearly a hundred square kilometers. There were many earth fire passages inside, and there were no less than a thousand of them. They could all be used to refine pills.

These earth fire passageways burned with the Dragonflame Earth Fire. Even the Dragonflame Earth Fire provided to the alchemists at the top level far surpassed the Earth Fire of the Hundred Poisons Sect.

Wen Kui only pointed at the many earth fire tunnels and said,”Open any one of them and refine three types of Middle Lv 2 elixirs. As long as you can successfully refine them within three days, you will pass the test.”

“Alright.” Zhu Wuan nodded and walked towards one of the earth fire passageways. Even though this earth fire passageway was sealed, Zhu Wuan could still sense that this earth fire passageway was the best in the entire cave.

Seeing Zhu Wuyang’s choice, Wen Kui only nodded in satisfaction, knowing that Zhu Wuyang had passed this small test. “”Zhu Wuyang, try your best to refine the spirit pills that you are best at. Only then can you obtain a better Alchemy Grotto. I believe you also know about this matter.”

“The quality of the Alchemy Grotto is directly related to your future income. If your performance is outstanding enough, you might be able to directly get a second-grade or higher Alchemy Grotto.”

Zhu Wuan nodded. She took out the medicinal herbs that she had prepared and began to refine the first medium-grade second-level spirit pill.

Although this was the first time Zhu Wuwan was refining a medium-grade level-two spirit pill, her movements were very skilled, as if she had refined it many times. This was naturally the effect of the Freedom Breakthrough Stone.

The Golden Return Pill!

This was one of the best mid-grade second-level spirit pills. It was also one of the more difficult and widely used ones. It could help aurous core stage cultivators quickly increase their strength, even for golden core state peak stage cultivators.

Zhu Wuan methodically processed the medicinal herbs needed to refine the Golden Return Pill. His technique was as smooth as flowing water, making Wen Kui nod repeatedly.

Unfortunately, the refinement failed this time. After that, Zhu Wuwan summarized her experience and began the second refinement.

Then, the second failure, the third failure…It was not until the ninth time that Zhu Wuyang finally managed to refine the Golden Reversion Pill.

10% success rate?

Wen Kui only frowned slightly. Although he was considered qualified, at least he didn’t lose money and even made a small profit, it was quite different from his expectations.

Naturally, Zhu Wuan knew that his performance this time was average. After all, it was his first time refining a medium-grade Lv 2 spirit pill, and it was also his first time refining a Golden Recovery Pill. It was already very good to be able to succeed within ten times.

However, in Wen Kui’s eyes, the Jinhuan Pill was Zhu Wuwan’s best elixir, but he failed eight times before he succeeded. If he could even refine his best elixir like this, it was a little weak.

If this situation continued, Zhu Wuyan would probably be given a relatively poor C-grade or even a D-grade grotto. This was not what Zhu Wuyan wanted.

Each level of the Alchemy Grotto was divided into four levels, namely A, B, C, and D. A was naturally the best, followed by B, C, and D.

The Alchemy Grotto that Zhu Wanhao was currently using was a D-grade cave. Usually, only the weaker alchemists of a cave would be assigned to such an Alchemy Grotto.

Naturally, Zhu Wuwan was unwilling to see this happen. However, he couldn’t just leave and say that he would come back for the test next time. He wasn’t fully prepared this time.

That would be a joke. Even if he came again, Wen Kui’s impression of him would not be good. At that time, he would definitely not be assigned a high-quality Alchemy Grotto.

Since that was the case, he could only level up again and rely on his level to win.

As long as she could step into the ranks of a superior-grade second-level spirit pill master, it would be very easy for Zhu Wanhao to produce medium-grade second-level spirit pills. She would definitely be able to succeed within a few tries, and then she would naturally receive a good evaluation.

He could even cross realms to refine pills and obtain the highest evaluation. He would obtain the best Pill Refining Grotto and earn more resources in the future.