Chen Rui's calm attitude reassured Diou, and he said quickly: "I have already arranged the room, please go to rest first, sir, if you need anything, please tell the maid."
Although Dio is not capable enough, he is by no means a fool. He naturally knows that Dark Moon's support for him is not that simple, but right now he just uses Dark Moon's power to help him win the position of heir.
Once the family is in power, even if they want to change their minds and turn against Dark Moon, the little lord who is far away in the Fallen Angel Empire will have nothing to do with him.
"There's no rush to rest, I'm going to go to the Artifact Maker Alliance first," Chen Rui asked Ji Ya, "Jiya, do you know the location of the Artifact Maker Alliance?"
"kindness."
"It's not too late, let's go now, I have to pass the certification of the craftsman first, and then observe the situation."
"Thank you for your hard work, my lord." Dio quickly took out a space ring, "There is a little meaning here, please accept it, my lord, and please take care of the following things."
Chen Rui took the interspatial ring, and with a sweep of his mind, there were black crystal coins inside, estimated to be as much as 100,000. As expected of the young master of the No. 1 business family, he made a very generous move, and nodded: "Thank you, Mr. Diou, for your kindness." , I’m not being polite.”
Leaving the other courtyard, Chen Rui followed Ji Ya out, boarded a light carriage, and headed towards the Artisan Alliance.
The Artisan Alliance is a well-known organization that has been recognized by the three empires. It is collectively called the Alchemist Alliance together with the Apothecary Alliance. It does not directly belong to any country. affairs, especially division and master certifications.
The Artisan Alliance of the Shadow Empire is located in the northern part of the outer city. It is a large building with a large area. Back then, the Artifact Alliance was affected by the war during the Rebellion of Kings. After Emperor Catherine came to the throne, it was specially renovated. And reconstruction, now is a thriving scene.
Due to the relationship between the tool maker competition, it is extremely lively here, and everyone is discussing the lace news of the competition.
"This time is different from the past. The top three winners will not only get the rare alchemy materials rewarded by the alliance, but also have the qualification to become senior master disciples!"
"Robert, the winner of the competition ten years ago, seems to be participating again this time."
"The last champion? Why hasn't he become a master yet?"
"You know what a fart, do you think that there is only one word difference between a craftsman and a master craftsman? Countless craftsmen have never been able to touch the threshold of a master in their lifetime! To be able to become a master from a senior craftsman in ten years is already a big deal Genius."
"I heard that Robert's strength has almost reached the master level. He definitely wants to use this competition to become famous in one fell swoop, and then certify the master level."
"Master Leo's disciple, Savage, is a rising talent in the imperial capital. This time, Master Leo himself is one of the judges. I think Savich has great hopes."
"I'm still optimistic about Robert. Savage looks like he thinks he's the best in the world. I hate seeing him. I heard that this guy usually behaves badly and offended many people."
"Speak softly! I just saw Savage walk in. This man has a small mind, and it will be troublesome if he hears it."
"..."
There are diagrams in the lobby on the first floor, the alchemy material store on the second floor, the exchange on the third floor, the certification of toolmakers on the fourth floor, and the fifth floor is a special place where only internal personnel can enter, and many masters are there.
Chen Rui and Ji Ya went all the way up to the fourth floor. There were very few people on the fourth floor. A succubus who received the reception asked, "Are both of you going to be certified as craftsmen?"
Chen Rui looked at him and asked, "I want to be certified as a craftsman, how can I get certified?"
"Go to the passage on the left and go straight in. Master Xhosa is in the furthest room. After paying fifty black crystal coins, he will give you a certification test," the succubus glanced jealously. The same family: "As for this lady, if you are not a certified person, please wait in the lounge where you enter from the right passage."
Fifty black crystal coins are required to certify a craftsman? so expensive! Chen Rui muttered "black merchant" secretly, asked Ji Ya to wait in the lounge, and walked straight to the passage on the left.
Master Xhosa is an old demon, reeking of alcohol, lazily dozing off, and beside him are two young big demons who look like assistants.
An assistant saw Chen Rui in an apprentice outfit, and immediately asked, "Are you here to pass the tool maker certification? First pay the certification fee of fifty black crystal coins."
Chen Rui nodded, took out the prepared black crystal coins and handed them in. After the assistant checked them correctly, he said: "You fill out this form now, and Master Xhosa will give you the certification content later. If you pass, you will be awarded I will give you the clothing and badge of the craftsman. If you fail, you will not be allowed to participate in the assessment again within one year."
Chen Rui took the form and looked at it. It was nothing more than name, race, age, expertise, etc. This reminded him of the countless resumes he had filled out when applying for a job in another world. After filling out the form with Arthur's information, The assistant woke Master Xhosa.
"Are you here to participate in the certification?" The awakened Demon Master seemed a little dissatisfied, and squinted at the big demon in front of him with sleepy eyes.
Chen Rui, who was a little nervous about the exams in college, was unavoidably a little apprehensive, and nodded: "This is my first time participating in the certification. If there is something I don't understand the rules, please forgive me, master."
"Let's talk nonsense," Master Xhosa yawned: "First answer my three questions. The first question, what methods can remove the impurities in amethyst?"
Chen Rui thought for a while and replied, "There are two ways."
The two assistants behind him shook their heads in unison. The first question is the easiest one. There are many blue crystals on the surface of the amethyst that affect the purity. There are three ways to get rid of them. The standard answers are: 1. Use tools to remove directly, 2. Soak in stone acid solution, 3. Use a rare crystal-eating ant to eat.
Chen Rui's answer is completely different from the above three methods. One method is to use flame flux combined with stone agent, and the second method is to place it in a low temperature environment and then use separation liquid and oxalic acid to purify.
Master Xhosa's lazy eyes flickered slightly, and he nodded: "That's right."
The two assistants at the back all showed surprise. Although the two of them are not top-notch senior tool makers, they are also certified official tool makers. How could they answer wrong? Is there something wrong with the standard answer
Master Xhosa asked a few more questions, some were okay, some even the two assistants of the craftsman were in the dark, and one of them actually had three enchanting attributes, how to avoid negative attributes, listen Have two assistants break out in a cold sweat, and have no negative three enchanting attributes? Is this still a craftsman
Chen Rui noticed that he had surpassed the three questions earlier, and had a long-term mind. He said that he didn't know. Master Xhosa gave him a half-smile and asked, "Which master is your teacher?"
Only then did the two assistants behind it suddenly realize that some difficult or even unknown methods can only be used by master craftsmen! This apprentice must have studied with a master, so he knew those advanced methods.
"My teacher is just an old man who doesn't want to reveal his name, and I don't know if he is a master." Chen Rui replied vaguely with a skillful lie.
"Okay, I passed the oral test with a score of A, and the second is the written test." Master Xhosa didn't ask any further, and motioned his assistant to take out a pen and paper to Chen Rui, "Draw me a magic circle enchanted by fire, the higher the level of enchantment , the more accurate, the higher the score."
Chen Rui couldn't be bothered by this. Using the in-depth analysis data, he quickly completed a magic circle with additional fire damage and handed it over to Xhosa.
"So fast?" Xhosa took the paper and took a look, it turned out not to be the easiest bright flame as imagined, but a complicated flame addition! Not only is it accurate, but the important parts are also marked, just like a textbook. If I hadn't been staring at this apprentice just now, and the paper and pen were provided by myself, I would have thought that some cheating tool was used.
In fact, Chen Rui still has some reservations. If he draws the improved magic circle learned from Master Zidada, it is estimated that Master Xhosa's eyes will protrude.
Is this still an apprentice? Even Xhosa himself can't draw so fast, maybe his teacher has specially trained for it... Xhosa glanced at the apprentice badge on the front of Chen Rui's robe, felt it was too dazzling, and threw the paper and pen to the assistant , Said: "Eh... you will pass this written test with an A grade."
The assistant took a look at the magic circle, and was also dumbfounded, secretly despising Xhosa in his heart: What do you mean by "counting" you pass
"The last item is equipment manufacturing," Xhosa picked up the resume and looked at it, "Isn't it Arthur, let me see... Your specialties are filled with jewelry proficiency and metal proficiency, which are actually two types, young man , You must know the truth that you can’t chew too much... Let’s go to the manufacturing room next to it now, you have three chances, and if you make advanced equipment once, you can become an official tool maker.”
Advanced equipment? Chen Rui was in a bit of a dilemma. After mastering the basic and advanced knowledge on the road, coupled with the function of the refining room, he had already made a qualitative breakthrough in his crafting skills, and he could freely manufacture excellent-level equipment. In other words , He is already at the master level, and the high-level equipment should not be a problem.
Chen Rui followed Xhosa and the others to the manufacturing room. This is a jewelry manufacturing room with complete equipment. Xhosa motioned his assistant to take out a bunch of materials, and said, "Don't think that fifty black crystal coins you handed over are very expensive. , in fact, the materials required for the assessment and certification account for a considerable part. If you succeed once, ten black crystal coins will be refunded to you in a while. Of course, if you have extra money, you can apply for more advanced materials and make It is more likely to produce advanced equipment."
"No need, I managed to save that money." Chen Rui rejected Xhosa's suggestion. Of course, this is pure nonsense. Even higher, the key is that he doesn't want to create an excellent or quasi-excellent equipment to make it shocking.
After Chen Rui finished speaking, he selected the required parts from the materials and started the production. As soon as he got started, the two assistants showed strange colors. Both of them were inferior. It seemed that there was no problem for Arthur to pass the certification this time.
What these two people saw was only the superficial level. Master Xhosa saw more things. He remained calm on the surface, but turbulent waves surged in his heart: This kind of feeling, this kind of bearing, let alone an apprentice, even an apprentice. Even a senior instrument maker is hard to beat, could it be...
What Chen Rui made was a magic ring that enhanced the power of the water system. The main body of the front was made smoothly, but there were some mistakes in the engraving of the magic circle. Fortunately, the inlaid gems barely made up for this shortcoming.
The attribute of this ring is to increase the casting speed of water magic by 5%, and the power of water magic to increase by 12%. It is a standard high-level equipment.
"Master, I'm done." Chen Rui wiped the sweat off his brow. It was really not easy. Originally, this could at least be a quasi-excellent piece of equipment.
Master Xhosa carefully looked at the ring in his hand, feeling an indescribably awkward feeling, as if a rat dropping was thrown into a pot of delicious soup, and he snorted quietly: "Advanced equipment production Done, grade A, Arthur, certified as a crafter!"
Triple A's! The two assistants couldn't help but look at the newly promoted craftsman differently. Master Xhosa took a deep look at Chen Rui, and suddenly added: "This time, you can also participate in the craftsman competition."
The assistants were stunned: No matter how good you are, you are just a newly promoted tool maker, so why can you participate in the tool maker competition? And it was hand-picked by Master Xhosa!
An assistant thought of something and reminded: "Master... the preliminary competition will start in three days, and the registration period seems to be over."
Master Xhosa glanced at the assistant, and threw something to Chen Rui: "This is for you, and the ten black crystal coins will not be refunded. You can directly participate in the competition with this!"
Chen Rui saw that it was a badge, which was exactly the same as the one given by Master Rummenigge. Master Rummenigge has a lot of style, so he gave it away for free. This Master Xhosa is lucky, and he blackened ten more black crystal coins. Could it be that they are filling their own pockets to buy wine
But the two assistants looked straight at it. This badge represents the recommendation of the master of the alliance, and they can skip the first round of preliminaries directly! Each master can only recommend one person! If you want to throw it outside, even a thousand black crystal coins will fight for your brains. Master Xhosa actually gave ten black crystal coins to this new craftsman!
"You two, take him to complete the formalities! I'm going to drink!"
After Master Xhosa finished speaking, he took out a wine bottle from the interspatial ring, took a sip, ignored the three of them, staggered straight away, walked out of the manufacturing room, and muttered in a dissatisfied voice: "This guy can at least make quasi-excellent equipment. He is deliberately wasting materials. I don't know which old monster taught him..."