Darkmoon City, a residential hall somewhere.
Alan listened to Gangke's report with a grim face and asked, "Did Athena really say that the human was her friend?"
Gangke replied with lingering fear, "Yes, General! Many soldiers saw it at the time. Lady Athena drew her sword against me in front of everyone. I almost lost my life."
"Damn human! What did Athena see in him?" Alan said with gritted teeth, feeling jealous. Athena usually never showed any color to him, the sheriff, and even didn't look at him directly. Now she actually called the human who had just met her a friend and stood up for him. It was simply unbearable.
"Okay, Gangke, you go down." Another faint voice sounded in the hall.
"Yes, Lord Joseph." Gangke's respect for this person was no less than that of his immediate boss, Allen. He bowed and retreated.
"My friend, I really don't know what makes you so obsessed with that wild woman. If you want women, you can grab a lot of them. Do you want me to give you a few top-quality succubus slaves?" Joseph poured a glass of wine and said slowly.
Joseph has a human appearance and should be a mutant bloodline. He looks elegant and calm, which is completely different from Allen's violent warrior temperament.
"Hmph, no need." Allen snorted coldly, "Aren't you also interested in the eldest princess? But although Her Highness Xia is beautiful, she is an iceberg and has no interest. I don't understand why you like her?"
Foolish thing, my likes are different from yours! Joseph sneered in his heart, but his face remained calm: "Just like you, everyone has different hobbies. I just returned to Dark Moon City, and I don't know the origin of the human named Chen Rui?"
"He's just a piece of trash with amazing luck!" Allen gritted his teeth and said, "This human fell into the demon world about ten days ago and was captured by the soldiers. During the interrogation, he used the alias Arthur. He was a noble with no fighting power. At that time, he was taken away by Master Aldass as a test drug, but a few days later, he miraculously became Aldass's apprentice, and his identity was publicly recognized by His Highness Xia. I don't know what's so attractive about this guy. Athena and the little princess go to see him almost every day."
Joseph thought for a while and said, "In this way, his biggest The reliance is the attention of the dark elf master. I know the little princess very well, it's just curiosity, the eldest princess should also do this to win over Aldass. But Aldass is in trouble now and will leave Dark Moon City soon. By then, this human will lose his value, even if you want to chop him into seven or eight pieces, the eldest princess will not stop you. "
"With the help of the one in the imperial capital, Aldass will definitely lose," Allen turned his anger into joy, nodded, and raised his glass to Joseph: "You are right, come on, cheers!"
In the Aldass laboratory in the outer courtyard of the palace, after Alice and the other two girls left, only Aldass and Chen Rui were left in the laboratory. The little inferior demon who was good at observing the master's mood saw that the master was in a bad mood and retreated early in the morning.
Aldass took out a thick book, "Essentials of Extraction", "Common Medicine Formulas", "Poison Supplement"...
"Chen Rui, these books are for you." The dark elf sighed, "When I am not with you in the future, you must study hard. Although you have the inheritance of a grandmaster, learning is endless and you must never slack off. As long as you work hard, one day, your achievements will shock the entire demon world."
Chen Rui was surprised and said: "Master, what happened? Where are you going?"
"I am likely to leave Dark Moon City." Aldass shook his head, his face was gloomy, and he told the reason.
The demon world advocates the strong as the master, not only power, but also fierce competition in all fields. The rules of the pharmacy world are relatively unique. If you want to become a pharmacy master, there are two ways. The first is to go to the pharmacist alliance in the imperial capital and pass a series of complex tests, including accurately preparing the highest level of white potion within the specified time, and also get the approval of at least two masters.
The second way is to challenge a famous master directly under the witness of the pharmacist alliance. If successful, he will be promoted to the master level directly. The failed master will be deprived of his master status and exiled for three years. He can challenge or assess the master level again after three years. If the challenged refuses to accept the challenge, it will be directly regarded as a failure.
However, the challenger is not without risk. He needs to bet a huge fortune. Once the challenge fails, the fortune belongs to the master, and he cannot challenge again within three years.
Chen Rui understood that it was like gambling. Aldass continued to explain that money is very important for pharmacists, because alchemy is a very expensive subject. Whether it is pharmacy or instrument making, it requires a lot of financial support. Even if you assess the level of an alchemist or learn from an alchemist, you have to pay a high fee. Therefore, ordinary alchemists will seek support from financially powerful forces and work for them.
Chen Rui thought to himself that compared with this, it was too easy for him to be a free apprentice.
Aldass himself had been in debt due to financial problems and suffered from cold eyes. After failing the master level assessment, he almost lost confidence in life. At this most desperate time, Aldass met the eldest princess Xia, who was only sixteen years old at the time and had just taken over Dark Moon City. However, she had a keen eye for talent and provided Aldass with valuable funds. After Aldass became a master, he returned the favor and resolutely rejected the invitation of the imperial capital and stayed in Dark Moon City to serve Xia.
Chen Rui showed a look of understanding. No wonder the dark elf master had a sincere respect for Princess Xia.
Aldass sighed, "A few months ago, I received letters from Master Zola and Master Kemp of the Imperial Capital, promising great benefits and persuading me to join the Regent King Obsidian, but I flatly refused. Today, the Imperial Capital branch of the Pharmacist Alliance suddenly sent a magic message, saying that the Imperial Capital Pharmacist Sandru formally challenged me. Now the two Pharmacist Masters and Sandru are on their way to Dark Moon City and will arrive in two days."
If you don't accept the toast, the penalty wine will come.
Aldass is Xia's right-hand man. If he is defeated and exiled, the reputation of the Dark Moon Territory and the strength of Xia will be greatly damaged. Obviously, this is a means for the Obsidian Prince to weaken the power of Princess Xia. The Imperial Capital is far away from Dark Moon City. Even if you take the fastest flying beast, it will take nearly a month to travel. The magic message has only reached Aldass now. It seems that the other party deliberately wants to kill him by surprise.
"Master, no matter what the opponent's plan is, in the end, strength is needed to explain everything," Chen Rui thought for a while and said, "As long as you defeat that Sandru, the opponent's conspiracy will fail, and he will also lose a lot of wealth." "I understand this, but the problem is that I am not Sandru's opponent." Aldas smiled bitterly and said, "Sandru is the most outstanding pharmacy genius in the empire. When I was assessing pharmacists, he already had the title of the empire's first genius pharmacist. Moreover, this person has master-level strength from an early age, and even many masters respect him. It is said that he once swore that if he did not develop the strongest poison, he would never participate in the master's assessment. Now he comes to challenge me, on the one hand, he received the order of the regent, and on the other hand, he is likely to be in the development of new poisons. There has been a major breakthrough, and he plans to use me as a sacrifice to advance to the master level. I have been discussing with the princess in the meeting hall for a long time, but I have not come up with a solution. "
Chen Rui tried to ask: "Master, if you contact Sandru now and say that you are willing to serve Prince Obsidian, can this challenge be avoided?"
Aldass shook his head firmly and said: "Since I rejected Prince Obsidian's recruitment at the beginning, I will not accept it now. Although we dark elves do not talk about hypocrisy such as integrity and tolerance, we remember the favor the most. I will never betray His Highness Xia. Even if I am exiled for three years, I will do my best to become a master again and continue to serve His Highness. "
However, since Prince Obsidian is determined to deal with Xia, it is hard to say whether Aldass can save his life during the exile. Even if the dark elves can survive by chance and regain the glory of the master, in three years, will the already precarious Dark Moon City still be in Xia's control?
Even Chen Rui thought of this, and Aldass must have known it.
Aldass did not say anything more, and continued to clean up the potions and books, ready to leave at any time.
Chen Rui did not help Aldass clean up, but frowned and said nothing. Aldass was very rigorous in academics. Although he was a bit cunning like a dark elf, he was unreserved when teaching him about pharmacy, and there was no so-called racial discrimination. At the same time, this master was also Chen Rui's best external protection umbrella. Whether for others or for himself, he had to try to help him.
Also, now that the progress of the super system's startup has stagnated, that Sandru's new poison may not be an opportunity...
While thinking, a bold plan gradually took shape in Chen Rui's mind.
"Master, wait! Don't be pessimistic too early. We may not lose. If my plan succeeds..." After careful consideration, Chen Rui smiled and said, "Perhaps, we can first discuss the distribution of that huge fortune in a relaxed manner."
This sentence made Aldass pause, and his eyes, which were originally gloomy, suddenly widened.
At this time in the Dark Moon Territory, with the news spread by someone with ulterior motives, the news that the Imperial Capital's potion genius Sandru would officially challenge Master Aldas in two days spread like wildfire, and the entire Dark Moon was discussing this major event.
Two days passed quickly, and just as the time for the magic transmission, a group of people from the Imperial Capital appeared outside the Dark Moon City on time.