Hey, Lao Ao, did you bring someone here too? "When the atmosphere in the hall was slightly \, an old laughter broke it.
Moving his eyes along the voice, Xiao Yan found that on a high platform on the left side of the hall, some old men in pharmacist robes were standing on it with a smile, and the previous voice was one of them. The white head of the old man's place.
"That's the vice president of the guild, Chemir, who is also the teacher of the little princess." Smiling and raising his hand with the old man, Otto tilted his head and whispered to Xiao Yan.
"Yeah." Xiao Yan nodded slightly.
"Don't worry about the eyes of those guys. To be able to become a third-rank alchemist at this age is naturally an extremely talented generation. Some arrogance is natural. They don't reach their level. They don't pay too much attention to young people with a little 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 and did not speak.
"Come and meet those old guys with me. They are people with great energy in the Gama Empire." Otto said, as he took the lead on the high platform on the side, Xiao Yan hesitated for a while. Had to follow up.
Otto quickly walked up to the high platform, and these old people about the same age laughed and talked with each other for a while, while Xiao Yan stood quietly behind him, and did not take the initiative to greet him.
"Old Ao, is this your strong player in Black Rock City this time?" After a while, the snow-white old man looked at Xiao Yan aside with a smile and asked.
Raising his gaze slightly, Xiao Yan glanced at this old man who was obviously not low in the pharmacist’s guild. He was dressed in an extremely exquisitely-worked pharmacist robe, with a smile on his wrinkled face, and a slight turbidity. In his eyes, he was calm and gentle. At a glance, he looked like an ordinary old man, except for the identity robe on his body and the four silver ripples on his chest that shone strangely. The momentum, however, is this ordinary old man who controls nearly half of the power of the Alchemist Guild.
When Xiao Yan was looking at Chemir. Later, he was also looking at him up and down. Ordinary appearance. There is also nothing outstanding. The only thing that made Chemil a little surprised was the quiet look of the other party. Being able to maintain this pampering and insulting under the watchful eyes of a Grade Four Alchemist. This concentration. Among young people. Still relatively rare.
"Yeah. His name is Yanxiao. The potential is very good." Otto nodded with a smile. Then he turned his head and introduced Xiao Yan again: "This is the vice president of the guild. Master Chemir."
"Hello. Vice President Chemir." Xiao Yan smiled slightly. Bend politely towards Chemir.
"Haha. Little guy. I hope you won't let Otto's recommendation become invalid. Otherwise. That would really make him lose his old face." He glanced at the second-grade badge on Xiao Yan's chest. Chemir shook his head helplessly at Otto. In this level of competition. The second-tier pharmacist is difficult to enter even the first twenty.
"I believe that at least this test can pass." Xiao Yan shrugged. road.
"It's good if you have confidence. Because the local people recommended by the president of each branch are strong. So our internal test. It will be a bit difficult." Chemir nodded. Said with a smile.
"I try my best."
"Hehe, the time is almost here, I won't be nonsense, you go down first, the test will begin soon." Chemir smiled.
Nodded, Xiao Yan turned and walked off the high platform, and then under the gaze of a group of young people in the hall below, he walked quietly to a corner and stood with his hands hanging down.
"Oh, old Ao, how can you say that Black Rock City is also a big city? It's impossible to find a younger Tier 3 pharmacist, right?" Looking at Xiao Yan's figure, Chemir pointed at Otto. Helpless way.
"I believe him." Otto said with a smile with his hands between his wide sleeves.
"Oh, you old guy...If none of you performed well at the conference this time, don't blame the reduction in funding next year. I have to do these things in business, no matter how good the relationship is." Shake Shaking his head, Chemir said.
Otto nodded with a smile, and stopped struggling on this topic, saying: "The time is up, let's start the test."
Hearing this, Chemir didn’t say much anymore. He turned his gaze to the people below, pointed his finger at the left side of the hall, where many black curtains hung down on the wall: “Behind every curtain, there is a separate small room. , That is your examination room..."
"As we all know, the extraction of medicinal materials is an extremely important step in the refining of pill. Our test this time is about your extraction of medicinal materials..."
"On the table in each small room, the medicinal materials used for the test have been prepared, and what you need to do is to refine the medicinal materials to the ultimate purity that you can achieve in the shortest time."
"Before the hourglass is completely dripped, if the refinement is not completed, it will fail. Moreover, even if it succeeds, we old guys will serve as judges. If the medicinal materials you refine do not meet our requirements, the same is true. Will be considered a failure, and the outcome of failure is to lose the qualification to participate." Chemir pointed to an hourglass on the table, glanced at the young people below, and smiled faintly.
Hearing such a severe punishment of failure, a bunch of young people below looked at each other, except for a few people, their expressions changed slightly.
Slowly sweeping his gaze below, Chemir's gaze suddenly stopped on Xiao Yan, who was standing in the corner.
With his plain face, he couldn't help being stunned, and muttered in his heart: "T guy is really capable?"
"Okay, let's start, pay attention to the hourglass time." Clapped his hands, Chemir shifted his gaze away from Xiao Yan, and said with a smile.
Hearing that, everyone in the hall began to walk towards the left in twos and threes, then each looked for the black curtain and walked in.
Xiao Yan also looked for a remote black curtain. Just as he was about to enter, the laughter coming from behind made him stop his steps, and his face turned his head calmly.
"Hehe, I didn't expect that Brother Yan Xiao could also participate in this kind of internal test. We really have some fate." Liu Ling approached Xiao Yan and smiled, but the feminine smile made Xiao Yan frown slightly. .
Xiao Yan glanced at him faintly, and said, "I was pulled over to make up the number."
"Brother Yan Xiao is really good at talking and laughing. Although your rank is not good, but you have a strange thing like a strange fire, you probably won't have too low grades." Liu Ling's eyes turned on Xiao Yan's face, to be honest. He still had a lot of doubt about whether Xiao Yan had a different fire. After all, this kind of thing was just his guess. Although he had also asked Nalan Yanran privately, Nalan had something secretive. Yan Ran did not tell him the exact answer.
Xiao Yan shrugged noncommittal and did not answer. After a casual response, he lifted the black curtain and walked in, leaving Liu Ling frowning on the spot.
"Brother Liu, aren't you going in yet?" A crisp voice sounded behind Liu Ling, and the pretty little princess walked over with a smile, glanced at the curtain where Xiao Yan disappeared, and smiled.
"I met an acquaintance, if the little princess is interested, I can introduce it to you." Liu Ling said softly with a soft smile at the little princess.
"Forget it, a second-tier pharmacist...I am not in the same 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 and strength , Appearance and so on, Liu Ling far surpassed before.
"Haha, do it with you." Liu Ling smiled slightly. The little princess's attitude of ignoring Xiao Yan made him feel a little bit happy. In the Nalan family, Father Nalan values Xiao Yan. Liu Ling, who has always been regarded as a genius, felt very upset in her heart.
"I'm going in, Brother Liu, don't lose to me." He blinked playfully at Liu Ling, and then the little princess flashed into a dark curtain lightly.
He smiled and nodded, looking at the empty hall, Liu Ling did not delay anymore. After walking unhurriedly through the black curtain, his calm attitude made Chemir on the high platform admire everyone. Nodded.
"This time the test questions are pretty good. Refining medicinal materials is not only a necessary measure when refining medicine, but also the ability to control fire. This small item is able to roughly measure these little guys. Some abilities." Looking at the empty hall, Otto turned his head and smiled at Chemir.
Chemir smiled and nodded, sat down on a chair beside him, took a sip from the teacup, and said with a smile: "Next, let's see who can bring out the purest refined medicinal materials."
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When the black curtain was moving, a small room appeared in Xiao Yan’s line of sight. The room was not spacious, but it was quite elegant and tidy. On 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, and there was a clear flash of surprise in his eyes. It is very exhausting to refine things. These old guys are really not worrying."
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, squeezed it in his hand, and then frowned slightly. Distressed whether to use Qinglian's heart fire...
After pondering for a moment, Xiao Yan shook his head. He didn't want to use his hole cards under this kind of preliminary test. This kind of simple test, using Qinglian's heart and fire, is undoubtedly a sledgehammer.
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 out. Suddenly, a cloud of purple flame burst out, and Xiao Yan Yan held it in his palm.
Holding this purple flame, Xiao Yan smiled lightly. Because he had swallowed the purple flame before, he can also control this kind of flame with great skill now, although it is still not as good as when he controlled the blue flame. The strength can be used to refine the Black Iron Spirit Leaf, but it doesn't matter much.
The soul power slowly protruded out of the body, and then controlled the purple flame, slowly poured into the cauldron. Suddenly, the cold medicine cauldron began to heat up, and the purple flame rose and lingered in it.
Looking at the bright purple flame faintly, Xiao Yan raised his palm, and the iron wood spirit leaf in his hand was thrown out and projected into the medicine cauldron. The purple flame surged upward, enveloping it, and it started. Fierce calcination.
Ten fingers were beating flexibly in front of him. After a while, Xiao Yan, who became more and more comfortable, closed his eyes gradually, relying entirely on perception to control the burning of the flame...
In the refining room, the hourglass on the tabletop is slowly falling.
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