Chapter 117 Fifth-Rank Alchemist Horton
When there was still one-third of the hourglass left, Liu Ling finally finished refining it. He glanced at Xiao Se with an unfriendly look. When he saw Xiao Se standing there with his eyes closed, he knew that he had already finished refining it. His face darkened again. Helplessly, he could only comfort himself in his heart: "This is a second-grade elixir. He must be faster than me because of his speed in refining medicinal materials. The real decision of victory or defeat depends on the grade and efficacy of the elixir. Wait, the final champion must be mine"
Liu Ling played with the newly refined round pill in her hand, smiled, and said to Xiao Se, "It seems that Mr. Xiao Huohuo has already refined it, but I don't know how good the quality is. I will have to test it later. I hope Mr. Xiao Huohuo will not be eliminated in the first round because he is too busy seeking success!"
Glancing at Liu Ling's weird look, Xiao Se shrugged slightly and said something that would make Liu Ling so angry that she would die: "Mind yourself, Miss Nalan is watching you from above. If you lose to me again, I'm afraid..."
As he spoke, Xiao Se glanced towards the right rear direction of the square. There, he sensed a powerful soul force that was not much inferior to his own. As expected, he was also a fifth-grade alchemist.
"You" When Liu Ling heard Xiao Se mention Nalan Yanran, the corners of her mouth couldn't help but twitch slightly. She snorted coldly, stopped talking, looked up at Fama on the VIP podium, and waited quietly for the end of the game.
At the VIP table, Otto and Falkland were overjoyed at the moment. Xiao Se was the first to succeed in making a pill, and his pill-making movements were much smoother than when they were in Black Rock City a year ago. As expected, it was another high-quality pill. They had no chance of being in the top three of the Black Rock City Alchemist Guild this time.
"Falkland, it seems that the Na Ling you gave was well worth it. Not only that, you also got a favor from that little guy. I'm beginning to envy you." Otto tilted his head to look at Fokland and said with a smile.
Falkland's old face also showed a gentle smile, and he said with a smile: "I am also very glad that I didn't make a mistake in choosing the right person."
Gradually, the competition time finally came to an end. In the first round alone, nearly half of the contestants were eliminated. The difficulty of the competition can be imagined. You should know that among these eliminated people, there are some third-grade alchemists.
Next, just like in the original novel, under the inspection of Fama, the pills were tested. In terms of quality, Xiao Se won first place without any surprise.
This can be said to have made Liu Ling very angry, because not only Nalan Yanran, Yafei, Yaoye, and others, but even his "ally" Yaoyue began to look at Xiao Se with a strange look.
On the high platform, Fama looked at Liu Ling who was pissed off by Xiao Se below, smiled, tilted his head to look at Gu He on the far left, and said with a smile: "Haha, Gu He boy, Liu Ling's character needs to be improved."
"President Fama is right," Gu He said with an apologetic smile.
Suddenly, Fama and Gu He's expressions became solemn at the same time because, in another corner of the square, the pill testing equipment detected a pill that was no less excellent than Xiao Se's.
"That's..." Fama narrowed his eyes, tapped the armrest of the chair with his dry hands, and murmured in a low voice: "That person is not simple..."
Gu He nodded solemnly, his eyes fixed on the gray-robed man in the right corner of the square, and continued: "In terms of soul power alone, he is at least a fourth-grade alchemist. If he hides his strength, he may have reached the fifth grade."
"Fourth grade? Or maybe fifth grade?" Upon hearing this, Hai Bodong, Jia Xingtian, and Yun Yun's expressions slightly stiffened.
Jia Xingtian was a little surprised and said, "I think that man is less than 20 years old, about the same age as Xiao Huohuo. How could he have such a strong soul power?"
"I don't know. Judging from his clothes, he seems to be an alchemist from the Izumo Empire. The situation is not good. Among the alchemists present, except for Xiao Huohuo, who I can't figure out, almost no other alchemist present can compare with him." Fama frowned, pondered for a moment, and waved to Qimier behind him: "Qmier, go and get that person's information for me to see."
Qimier nodded slowly, looked at the number of the stone platform where the alchemist of the Izumo Empire was, and searched in the ring. After a while, a profile of the alchemist was found. He was a young man with light blue pupils and short yellow hair. He looked no more than seventeen years old. His young age was a bit strange. Among those present, Xiao Se, who had changed his appearance, was probably about the same age as him.
"President, he is indeed from the Izumo Empire." After looking at the information, Chemir frowned and handed it to Fama.
"Horton, seventeen years old, a second-grade alchemist?" After taking the information and taking a look at it, Fama immediately frowned.
Gu He, who was standing by, heard this and continued, "If President Fama and I sensed correctly just now, this person called Horton has at least the soul power of a fourth-grade alchemist. Maybe even a fifth-grade one. It's suspicious... Could it be a disguise?"
Hai Bodong smiled calmly and said, "Why don't you just try to be suspicious? If it's a disguise, it will not escape the perception of the several Dou Huangs present here."
As he spoke, Jia Xingtian glanced at Xiao Se who was standing in the most conspicuous part of the square. He always felt that Xiao Se seemed to have changed his appearance, but whenever he wanted to investigate, he would be blocked by an invisible force and could not see clearly. But it didn't matter. No matter whether Xiao Se changed his appearance or not, as long as the championship still belonged to the Jia Ma Empire, it would be fine.
"In that case, Yun Yun will reveal the true identity of this mysterious man to everyone." Yun Yun, who had not spoken for a long time and was sitting aside, said in a cold tone.
Fama said solemnly: "Then I'll have to trouble Sect Master Yun. Just take off the gray hat on his head."
Yun Yun nodded slightly and quietly made a few strange hand seals in her hands.
Quietly, a cool breeze blew in the huge square, and the wind-attributed fighting spirit mixed with the faint cloud rhyme slowly floated above the gray-robed man's head.
At this time, the gray-robed man in the square was collecting the alchemy tools on the table. He suddenly felt something was wrong and retreated. Unfortunately, Yun Yun couldn't let him go. The air in the sky suddenly condensed and turned into a hurricane, rushing back to the ground, and then swirling to the top of the gray-robed man's head.
"blow"
The gray hat was lifted, revealing an extremely childish white face.
The gray-robed boy glanced at the hat that was blown away. After a moment, his gaze suddenly turned to Yun Yun and the other four people on the VIP platform, his face extremely cold.
"It's not simple. He was able to discover the romantic love I was secretly accumulating and find the source in the first place. Even Dou Wang can't do this perception." Yun Yun's beautiful eyes revealed a trace of surprise. After hesitating for a moment, she continued, "I once saw in an ancient book that there is a strange elixir called Fu Rong Dan. It can change a person's appearance and make them look younger, but to restore their original appearance, they need to take a specific elixir. If Yun Yun's guess is correct, this Holden must have taken the Fu Rong Dan."