Darkmoon City, a residential hall somewhere.
Allen listened to Gunk's report with a livid face, and asked, "Athena really said that the human is her friend?"
Gang Ke replied with lingering fear: "Yes, General! At that time, many soldiers saw it, and Lord Athena threw a sword at me in front of everyone. I almost lost my life."
"Damn human! What did Athena see in him?" Allen said through gritted teeth, feeling jealous. Athena never pretended to be the sheriff, and she didn't even look straight at her. , and now actually call that human being whom he has just met not long ago as a friend, and even stand up for him, it is simply intolerable.
"Okay, Gangk, you go down." Another faint voice sounded in the hall.
"Yes, Master Joseph." Gunk was no less in awe of this man than his immediate superior Allen, saluted, and bowed back.
"My friend, I really don't know what makes you so obsessed with that savage woman. If you want a woman, you can grab a lot of them. Do you want me to give you a few top-quality succubus slaves?" Joseph said. He drank a glass of wine and said slowly.
Joseph has the appearance of a human being. He should be of mutated blood. He looks elegant and calm, which is completely different from Alan's violent martial arts temperament.
"Hmph, no need." Allen snorted coldly, "Aren't you also interested in the eldest princess? It's just that His Highness Xi Ya is beautiful, but she is an iceberg with no interest at all. I don't understand why you like her?"
Stupid stuff, my favorite, different from yours! Joseph sneered in his heart, his face was still calm: "Just like you, everyone has different hobbies. I just returned to Dark Moon City, and I don't know the origin of that human named Chen Rui?"
"It's just a trash with amazing luck!" Allen gritted his teeth: "This human fell into the Demon Realm about ten days ago and was captured by soldiers. He was interrogated under the pseudonym Arthur, and he was a nobleman without combat power. At that time, He was taken away by Master Aldas as a test drug, but after a few days he miraculously became an apprentice of Aldas, and his identity was publicly recognized by His Royal Highness Shia. I don’t know what is so attractive about this guy, Ah Xena and the little princess go to see him almost every day."
Joseph thought for a while, and said: "In this way, his biggest reliance is the attention of the dark elf master. I know the little princess very well, but it's just out of curiosity. The eldest princess probably did this to win over Aldas. Do it. It's just that Aldas is in danger now, and he will leave Darkmoon City soon. At that time, this human being will lose its value. Even if you want to chop him into seven or eight pieces, the eldest princess will not stop you .”
"With the one from the imperial capital, Aldas will definitely lose." Allen turned his anger into joy, nodded, and raised his glass to Joseph: "You are right, come on, have a toast!"
In the Aldas laboratory in the outer courtyard of the palace, after Alice's three daughters left, only Aldas and Chen Rui were left in the laboratory. The little demon who was good at observing words and expressions saw that the master was in a bad mood, and retreated early in the morning.
Aldas took out thick books, "Essentials of Extraction", "Formulas of Common Medicines", "Supplement to Poisons"...
"Chen Rui, these books are for you." The dark elf sighed, "When I am not by your side in the future, you have to study hard. Although you carry the inheritance of a great master, there is no end to learning, and you must not learn something. Slacking off. As long as you keep working hard, one day your achievements will shock the entire devil world."
Chen Rui asked in shock: "Master, what happened? Where are you going?"
"I will probably leave Darkmoon City." Ardas shook his head, his expression darkened, and he explained the reason.
The demon world respects the strong, not only power, but also fierce competition in all fields. The rules in the world of pharmacy are quite unique. If you want to become a master of pharmacy, there are two ways. The first is to go to the pharmacist alliance in the imperial capital, pass a series of complex assessments, including accurately dispensing the highest level of white medicine within the specified time, and at least get the approval of at least two masters.
The second is to directly challenge the famous masters under the witness of the Pharmacist Alliance. If they succeed and directly advance to the master level, the failed masters will be deprived of their master status and exiled for three years. After three years, they can re-challenge or assess Master class. If the challenged person refuses to accept the challenge, it will be regarded as a failure directly.
However, the challenger is not without risk, and needs to bet a huge amount of wealth. Once the challenge fails, the wealth will belong to the master, and the challenge cannot be repeated within three years.
Chen Rui understood that it was like gambling. Aldas continued to explain that money is very important to a pharmacist, because alchemy is a subject that costs a lot of money, and both pharmacy and instrument making require a lot of money. financial support. Even to assess the level of an alchemist or learn from an alchemist, he still has to pay a high fee. Therefore, ordinary alchemists will seek the support of financial forces and work for them.
Chen Rui thought to himself, compared to this, it was too easy for him to be a free apprentice.
Ardas himself was once deeply in debt due to financial problems, and he was treated with cold eyes. After he failed in the master assessment in a desperate attempt, he almost lost his confidence in life after going bankrupt. At this most desolate time, Ardas met the eldest princess Xia. She was only sixteen years old at the time, and she had just taken over Dark Moon City not long ago, but she had a good eye for people and provided Aldas with valuable funds. After Aldas became a master, he reciprocated the favor and resolutely rejected the invitation from the imperial capital, and stayed in Dark Moon City to serve Shia.
Chen Rui showed a clear look, no wonder the dark elf master has a heartfelt respect for Princess Xia.
Ardas sighed: "A few months ago, I received letters one after another from Master Zola and Master Kemp in the imperial capital. The letters promised me great benefits, persuading me to serve as Regent Black Yao, but I flatly refused. Today, the pharmacist The imperial capital branch of the alliance suddenly sent a magical message, and the pharmacist Sandru of the imperial capital formally challenged me, and now the two master pharmacists and Sandru are already on their way to Darkmoon City, and they will arrive in two days."
If you don't eat the toast, the fine wine really came.
Ardas is Shia's right-hand man. If he is defeated and exiled, the reputation of the Dark Moon Territory and Shia's strength will be greatly damaged. Obviously, this was a means by that Prince Obsidian to weaken Princess Xia's power. The imperial capital is far away from Darkmoon City. Even if you take the fastest flying beast tamer, it will take nearly a month's journey, but the magic message has only arrived at Aldas now. It seems that the other party intends to kill you by surprise.
"Master, no matter what the opponent's plan is, in the end it takes strength to explain everything," Chen Rui thought for a while, and said: "As long as you defeat that Sandru, the opponent's conspiracy will come to nothing, and you will lose a lot of money .”
"I understand this naturally. The problem is that I am not Sandro's opponent." Aldas smiled bitterly: "Sandro is the most outstanding pharmacy genius in the empire. When I was assessing the pharmacist, he already had the empire The title of pharmacist was born on the first day. Moreover, this person had the strength of a master early on, and even many masters respected him. It is said that he once made an oath that if he did not develop the strongest poison, he would never participate in the master class. Now he is challenging me, on the one hand, he has received the order of the regent, on the other hand, he may have made a major breakthrough in the development of new poisons, and intends to use me as a victim to advance to the master. The princess has been discussing for a long time, but she has not come up with a countermeasure."
Chen Rui tried to ask: "Master, if you contact Sandro immediately and say that you are willing to serve Prince Obsidian, can you avoid this challenge?"
Aldas shook his head resolutely and said: "Since I rejected Prince Obsidian's invitation at the beginning, I will not accept it now. Although we dark elves don't talk about integrity and tolerance, but we remember the most kindness, I will never accept it. Even if I am exiled for three years, I will try my best to become a master again and continue to serve His Highness."
However, since Prince Obsidian intends to deal with Shia, it is hard to say whether Ardas can keep his life during the exile. Even if the dark elves can survive by chance and regain the glory of the master, will the already precarious Dark Moon City still be under the control of Xi Ya in three years
Even Chen Rui had thought of this point, and Ardas must have known it well.
Ardas didn't continue talking, and continued to clean up the potions and books, ready to leave at any time.
Chen Rui didn't help Aldas clean up, but frowned and said nothing. Aldas was very rigorous about academics. Although he was a bit cunning like a dark elf, he had no reservations when instructing him on pharmacy, and there was no so-called racial discrimination. At the same time, this master is also Chen Rui's best protection from the outside world, no matter for others or himself, we must try to give him a hand.
Also, the start-up progress of the super system is now stagnant, and Sandro's new poison may not be an opportunity...
In meditation, a bold plan gradually took shape in Chen Rui's mind.
"Master, wait! Don't be too pessimistic, we may not lose, if my plan is successful..." Chen Rui thought carefully, and smiled: "Perhaps, we can discuss the reasons for that huge fortune first. distribution problem."
These words made Ardas pause, and his gloomy eyes suddenly widened.
At this time, in the Dark Moon Territory, under the circumstance that people with good intentions let out the rumors, the news that Sandru, the imperial pharmacy genius, formally challenged Master Ardas spread like wildfire two days later, and the entire Dark Moon was discussing this important event.
Two days passed quickly, just like the time of the magic message, a group of people from the imperial capital appeared outside Dark Moon City on time.