"Hey, Lao Ao, have you brought someone here too?" When the atmosphere in the hall was slightly quiet, an old laughter broke it.
Following the voice, Xiao Yan found that on a high platform on the left side of the hall, some old men wearing alchemist robes were standing on it with a smile, and the previous voice was from one of them.
An old man with snow-white hair.
"That is the vice-president of the guild, Chemir, who is also the teacher of the little princess." He smiled and raised his hand with the old man, and Otto tilted his head and whispered to Xiao Yan.
"Yeah." Xiao Yan nodded slightly.
"Don't worry about the vision of those guys. Those who can become a third-grade alchemist at this age are naturally extremely talented people. Some arrogance is natural. If they don't reach their level, they won't pay too much attention to young people who have some ability.
, most of them are like this." Otto glanced at the young people in the hall, patted Xiao Yan on the shoulder, and comforted.
Xiao Yan smiled but said nothing.
"Come with me to meet those old guys, they are very powerful people in the Jia Ma Empire." Otto said, taking the lead to go up to the high platform nearby. Xiao Yan hesitated for a while, and then
I had no choice but to follow him.
Otto quickly walked up to the high platform and laughed and chatted with each other for a while with these old people of similar age, while Xiao Yan stood quietly behind him and did not take the initiative to say hello.
"Old Ao, is this your strong player in Black Rock City this time?" After joking for a while, the snow-white old man looked at Xiao Yan beside him with a smile and asked.
Raising his gaze slightly, Xiao Yan took a look at this old man who obviously had a high status in the Alchemist Guild. He was wearing an extremely finely crafted Alchemist robe. There was a slight smile on his wrinkled face, and he was slightly squinting.
His eyes were calm and gentle. At first glance, except for the robe that represented his identity and the four silver ripples on his chest that shone with strange light, he looked like an ordinary old man. There was nothing too special about him.
Momentum, however, this ordinary old man controls nearly half of the power of the Alchemist Guild.
When Xiao Yan was looking at Chemier, the latter was also looking at him up and down. There was nothing outstanding about his ordinary appearance. The only thing that surprised Chemier was the calm look on his face.
Under the gaze of a group of fourth-grade alchemists, he still maintained his composure. This kind of concentration is still relatively rare among young people.
"Well, his name is Yan Xiao, and he has great potential." Otto smiled and nodded, then turned his head and introduced Xiao Yan again: "This is the vice president of the guild, Master Chemir."
"Hello, Vice President Chemil." Xiao Yan smiled slightly and bowed politely to Chemil.
"Haha, little guy, I hope you won't invalidate Otto's recommendation, otherwise, he will really lose his face." He glanced at the second-grade badge on Xiao Yan's chest, Chemier.
Otto shook his head helplessly at the side. In a competition of this level, it would be difficult for a second-grade alchemist to even enter the top twenty.
"I believe that at least I can pass this test." Xiao Yan shrugged and said.
"It's good to have confidence, because the people recommended by the president of each branch are relatively strong, so our internal test will be a little difficult." Chemir nodded and said with a smile.
"I try my best."
"Haha, the time is almost up, so I won't talk nonsense. You go down first, the test will start soon." Chemir said with a smile.
Nodding, Xiao Yan turned around and walked down the high platform. Then, under the gaze of a group of young people in the hall below, he quietly walked to a corner and stood with his hands down.
"Hey, Old Ao, your Black Rock City is a big city after all, right? It's impossible that you can't even find a younger third-level alchemist, right?" Looking at Xiao Yan's figure, Chemir pointed at Otto who was standing aside.
He said helplessly.
"I believe him." Otto said with a smile, putting his hands between his wide sleeves.
"Oh, you old guy... If no one of you performs well at the conference this time, don't blame the funding reduction next year. I have to handle these matters in a business-like manner, and it doesn't matter how good our relationship is."
Chemir shook his head and said.
Otto smiled and nodded, not continuing to dwell on this topic, and said: "It's time, let's start the test."
Hearing this, Chemir said no more, and turned his gaze to the people below, pointing to the left side of the hall, where many black curtains hung on the wall: "Behind each curtain, there is a separate small room.
, that is your examination room..."
"As we all know, the refining of medicinal materials is an extremely important step in refining elixirs, and our test this time is about your refining of medicinal materials..."
"On the table in each small room, the medicinal materials used for the test have been prepared, and all you need to do is to refine the medicinal materials to the ultimate purity that you can achieve in the shortest possible time."
"Before the hourglass drips completely, those who have not yet completed the refining will fail. Moreover, even if they are successful, we old guys will serve as judges. If the medicinal materials you refine do not meet our requirements, the same will happen.
It will be considered a failure, and the result of failure is disqualification from the competition." Chemir pointed to an hourglass on the table, glanced at the young people below, and said with a faint smile.
Hearing such a severe punishment for failure, the young people below looked at each other in shock. Except for a few people, their expressions changed slightly.
His eyes slowly swept downwards, and Chemir's eyes suddenly stopped on Xiao Yan standing in the corner with his hands hanging down. Looking at his plain face, he couldn't help but be slightly stunned, and secretly murmured in his heart: "Is this little guy really a little bit...
ability?"
"Okay, let's get started, pay attention to the hourglass time." Clapping his hands, Chemir turned his eyes away from Xiao Yan and said with a smile.
Hearing this, everyone in the hall began to walk towards the left in twos and threes, then each of them opened the black curtain and walked in.
Xiao Yan also found a remote black curtain, and just as he was about to go in, the laughter coming from behind made him stop and turn his head calmly.
"Haha, I didn't expect Brother Yan Xiao to be able to participate in this kind of internal test. We are really destined." Liu Ling approached Xiao Yan and smiled, but that feminine smile made Xiao Yan frown slightly.
.
Xiao Yan glanced at him lightly and said, "I was just dragged over to make up the numbers."
"Brother Yan Xiao is really good at joking. Although your level is not good, you have a rare thing like the strange fire. I think your grades will not be too low." Liu Ling's eyes turned to Xiao Yan's face. To be honest,
He still has great doubts about whether Xiao Yan possesses strange fire. After all, this kind of thing is just his guess. Although he has also asked Nalan Yanran in private, Nalan Yanran still has a lot of doubts about this kind of secret matter.
Yanran did not tell him the exact answer.
Xiao Yan shrugged noncommittally and did not answer. After saying something casually, he opened the black curtain and walked in, leaving Liu Ling standing there with a slight frown on her face.
"Brother Liu, why don't you go in?" A clear voice sounded behind Liu Ling. The pretty little princess walked over with a smile, glanced at the curtain where Xiao Yan disappeared, and said with a smile.
"I met an acquaintance. If the little princess is interested, I can introduce him to you." Liu Ling smiled softly at the little princess and said softly.
"Forget it, a second-grade alchemist...I'm not in as good a mood as you." The little princess shook her head lazily. It was obvious that her interest in Xiao Yan was not as strong as that of Liu Ling. After all, regardless of status, strength
, appearance, etc., Liu Ling far surpasses the former.
"Haha, it's up to you." Liu Ling smiled slightly. The little princess's attitude of ignoring Xiao Yan made him feel a little happy. In the Nalan family, Mr. Nalan's regard for Xiao Yan made him feel happy.
Liu Ling, who had always been regarded as a genius, felt quite unhappy.
"I'll go in first, brother Liu, don't lose to me." She winked playfully at Liu Ling, and then the little princess nimbly dodged behind a black curtain.
Smiling and nodding, Liu Ling looked at the already empty hall. She stopped delaying and walked behind the black curtain in a hurry. Her calm attitude made Chemir and the others on the high platform admire.
He nodded.
"The test questions this time are good. Refining medicinal materials is not only a necessary measure when refining medicine, but also requires the ability to control the heat. This small item can roughly measure the strength of these little guys.
I have some abilities." Looking at the empty hall, Otto turned to Chemir and smiled.
Chemir nodded with a smile, sat down on a chair nearby, took a sip from the tea cup, and said with a smile: "Next, let's see who can come out with the purest refined medicinal materials."
…
Walking through the black curtain, a small room appeared in Xiao Yan's sight. The room was not spacious, but it was quite elegant and tidy. Against the wall of the small room, there was a bluestone platform. On the stone platform, there was a
Hourglass, and several neatly stacked medicinal materials.
Walking to the stone platform, Xiao Yan glanced at the medicinal materials that were like pieces of black charcoal. There was a clear flash of surprise in his eyes, and he murmured in a low voice: "It turns out to be the black iron spirit leaf that is the most resistant to burning. This
Refining things takes a lot of effort, these old guys really don't make people worry."
Shaking his head, Xiao Yan flicked his fingers on the ring, and a dark red medicine cauldron appeared on the table. He picked up a black iron spirit leaf, put it in his hand and squeezed it, then frowned slightly, he was
Worrying about whether to use Qinglian's inner fire...
After pondering for a moment, Xiao Yan shook his head. He did not want to use his trump card in this preliminary test. This simple test, using Qinglian's Earth Core Fire, was undoubtedly a overkill.
With a flick of his fingers, a purple pill appeared between his fingers. Xiao Yan threw it into his mouth, chewed it slightly, and then spit it out. Suddenly, a ball of purple flames burst out, and then Xiao Yan was
The fire is held in the palm of the hand.
Holding the purple flame, Xiao Yan smiled lightly. Because he had swallowed the purple fire, he was now able to control this flame very skillfully, although it was still not as good as when he controlled the green fire.
The strength can be used to refine the Black Iron Spirit Leaf, which is not a big problem.
The soul power slowly came out of the body, and then controlled the purple flame and slowly poured it into the cauldron. Suddenly, the cold medicine cauldron began to heat up, and the purple flames rose and swirled in it.
Faintly looking at the bright purple flame, Xiao Yan raised his palm, and the iron wood leaf in his hand came out and was projected into the medicine cauldron. The purple flame surged up and wrapped it, and began.
Violent calcination.
His fingers danced flexibly in front of him. After a while, Xiao Yan, who had become more and more controllable, gradually closed his eyes and relied entirely on his senses to control the burning of the flames...
In the refining room, the hourglass on the table was slowly falling.