Chapter 104:
In the B hall, as Vice President Chemir activated the mechanism, the bluestone floor slowly opened. Under the gaze of everyone in the hall, a precision instrument specially used to detect the purity of the liquid medicine rose from it. In the center of the instrument, there was an ellipse, surrounded by twelve numbers from one to twelve, with a pointer embedded in the middle. Wherever the pointer pointed represented the purity of the liquid medicine.
At Qimier's signal, one of the third-grade alchemists standing in the front took out the jade bottle containing the refined medicine liquid from his ring with trepidation, "Vice President Qimier, with my ability, I can only refine the ironwood spirit liquid three times."
"Three times? Not bad, at least six points." Hearing this, Qiemi stroked his gray beard and nodded to signal the third-grade alchemist to put the jade bottle into the hole under the instrument.
As expected, after the third-grade alchemist placed the jade bottle into the hole of the testing instrument, the instrument burst into a strong light, and the pointer began to rotate, finally stopping on the word six.
"Six points passed." Chemir nodded with satisfaction. Although the result was not too outstanding, it was still a good start.
"Next one, five points, pass."
"Next one, six points, pass."
"Four points, unqualified." After several qualified candidates appeared in succession, an unlucky second-grade alchemist finally retreated with a dejected look.
As the test continued, only Xiao Se and Liu Ling had not taken the test.
Seeing the expectant expressions of the people in the hall, Liu Ling nodded secretly. He deliberately put himself at the end this time just to attract Nalan Yanran's attention.
As a disciple of the Gama Empire's number one alchemist, Dan Wang Gu He, Liu Ling not only possesses outstanding alchemist talent, but is also extremely handsome, and is admired by countless young girls in the Gama Empire.
Liu Ling was dismissive of this.
Until Nalan Yanran appeared.
The two first met at the Yunlan Sect Nalan Yanran's apprenticeship ceremony four years ago. At that time, Liu Ling had already worshipped Gu He as his master. When they first met, Liu Ling only thought that she was a ten-year-old little sister. Under the instruction of his teacher, Dan Wang Gu He, he established a good relationship with Nalan Yanran. As time passed, Liu Ling gradually discovered that Nalan Yanran was not only getting more and more beautiful but also had a talent beyond his imagination. At the age of twelve, she reached the eighth level of Dou Qi, and at the age of thirteen, she broke through to Douzhe, breaking the record of Yunlan Sect for decades. She was simply a perfect partner. Most importantly, Nalan Yanran was the only person in the Yunlan Sect who was not interested in him.
This made Liu Ling gradually become addicted and unable to extricate herself.
After all, what you can't get is often the best
"next one." Listening to Qimier's voice, Liu Ling smiled indifferently and said to Xiao Se beside him: "Brother, you go first."
Xiao Se nodded indifferently, took out the jade bottle from his ring, and walked slowly toward the testing equipment. As a three-good young man in the 21st generation, what he hated most was red tape. The reason why he didn't do the test first was that he was too lazy to queue up.
Glancing at the jade bottle in Xiao Se's hand, Qie Mier turned his gaze to Xiao Se's still-calm face. Seeing that the latter seemed to have no intention of speaking, he frowned and immediately asked, "Xiao Huohuo, how many times have you refined it?"
Xiao Se did not answer directly, but put the jade bottle into the instrument and replied: "Ten times."
As soon as these words fell, the whole hall fell into deathly silence.
Then came the ridicule.
"Fool, do you think you can just report the number of times you refine?" The little princess, who had been humiliated by Xiao Se before, sneered and mocked him when she heard Xiao Se report ten times. She didn't believe that Xiao Se, a mere second-grade alchemist, could refine the extremely fire-resistant medicinal material such as the ironwood spirit leaf ten times. You know, even his teacher, the vice president of the Alchemist Guild Headquarters, didn't dare to guarantee that he could refine it ten times.
Liu Ling, who was standing behind Xiao Se, also showed a disdainful expression and a sneer on his lips.
That's it? He was praised as a genius by Sect Master Yun. He is a complete liar. He is just telling lies without thinking.
In the whole room, only Otto and Nalan Yanran did not show doubtful eyes. The former knew some of Xiao Se's strengths and had great confidence in him. The latter believed in her teacher, Yun Yun, the leader of the Yunlan Sect. She could not use common sense to infer the genius of alchemy who could subdue strange fire and possess flying fighting skills.
Sure enough, before the sneers on Liu Ling, the little princess and others' faces faded, the next second, a strong red light suddenly burst out from the testing instrument. After the red light dissipated, in the astonished eyes of everyone, the pointer vibrated violently, but it did not move, but the number representing twelve points suddenly lit up.
"Twelve points, how is this possible?"
The mocking voices in the audience suddenly stopped, and the place fell into dead silence again.
Looking at the red number. At this moment, including Chemiel, the pupils of everyone in the room suddenly shrank.
Looking at the red flashing number "twelve" on the test instrument in astonishment, Chemiel felt complicated. It seems that he is still shortsighted after all.
Nalan Yanran was also very shocked, her narrow and long beautiful eyes stared at Xiao Se. Although she didn't know how to refine medicine, she knew what it meant to be able to refine a very difficult medicinal material into a liquid medicine of the highest purity. It meant that this person's alchemy skills had reached an extremely high level. Surpassing all the participating alchemists and even most of the fourth-grade alchemists. It was not until this moment that Nalan Yanran knew why her teacher praised this young man who was only a few years older than her so much. The alchemist who could control the strange fire was indeed extraordinary.
The little princess bit her red lips with her silver teeth, and the shock on her face did not fade for a long time. She glanced at Xiao Se and thought of her previous attitude, and regretted it in her heart. This time, in addition to coming here to gain experience, she also shouldered the important task of attracting outstanding alchemists to the royal family. As a result, she just acted arrogantly to an alchemist with a promising future and even said something hurtful. Now it would be extremely difficult to make friends with him and attract him into the royal family.
Compared to the changes in the expressions of Qimier, Nalan Yanran, Yaoyue, and others, Liu Ling's expression was much gloomier. At this moment, he was shocked and angry. He wanted to use the other party as a stepping stone, but he never expected that he would become a clown in the end. His eyes suddenly turned to Nalan Yanran, and as expected, he found that Nalan Yanran's eyes looked at Xiao Se differently at this moment, and there seemed to be something more in her eyes.
"Old friend, you have a very sharp vision. I can't compare to you." Tilting his head and patting Otto's shoulder, who was still in shock, Chemir cleared his throat and was about to announce Xiao Se's results.
Suddenly, Liu Ling's questioning voice rang out in the hall, "Vice President Qimier, please wait a moment."