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"Absolutely top-notch!"

As someone who was once an Earthling, he couldn't help but glance at the girl's hair color, which perfectly matched the traditional aesthetic standards of Chinese people.

The girl remained calm in the face of Xiao Yan's gaze, only slightly frowning.

Upon seeing the old man and the girl, the two guards immediately burst into laughter again.

"President Frank, you and Miss Xue Mei are here too."

The silver-haired girl, known as Snow Fairy, glanced into the Alchemist Guild and, by the unique fragrance in the air, knew that Lin Fei had arrived.

"If she can come, I naturally have to come too, otherwise people will think I'm not as good as her."

Xue Mei spoke indifferently, her face devoid of strong expression, but the two guards knew very well that she was referring to Lin Fei.

In Blackrock City, there are two top alchemists: Master Otto and Master Frank.

The two were from the same school and had similar talents. They competed with each other their whole lives, but it was difficult to determine a winner.

Now that the two are getting old, they thought of conducting a different kind of competition by teaching disciples.

Otto chose Linfei, the daughter of the Blackrock City lord, while Frank chose Xue Mei, the only daughter of the Xue family, a prominent family in Blackrock City.

A year ago, the two took in Linfei and Xuemei respectively, originally planning to teach them for three years before they could try to become first-grade alchemists.

As a result, Linfei, who had only studied for a year, felt that she had a firm grasp on the control of pills, so she came here ahead of schedule.

Frank, upon hearing this, was not about to stand idly by. He was usually a figurehead, rarely seen, but today he brought Xue Mei to the Alchemist Guild for the assessment.

Although both of them knew that their student was still inexperienced and had only a 10% or 20% chance of successfully refining a first-grade pill.

But if the other person actually gets incredibly lucky and succeeds, the other person will probably be ridiculed for a long time.

The rivalry between the two veteran alchemists was common knowledge throughout Blackrock City, so the two guards were not surprised.

"I heard a commotion here so early in the morning, what happened?"

Frank spoke gently, questioning the two guards while also keeping his attention on Xiao Yan.

The boy in front of him was very young, even a year or two younger than his apprentice.

However, he found it difficult to see through the other's strength. He knew that he was not only a fourth-grade alchemist, but also a three-star Dou Ling.

Logically speaking, a teenager's cultivation level should at most be at the level of a Dou Zhe. Even if the other party is a genius who has reached the level of a Dou Shi, they shouldn't be so mysterious.

That's why Frank deliberately stopped, believing that Xiao Yan possessed some unique treasure that concealed his aura.

"President Frank, this young man wants to join the Alchemists' Guild, but he has neither an alchemist's badge nor a mentor's recommendation letter, so it's really inconvenient for us to let him go."

Frank nodded, then said to Xiao Yan, "Young man, are you also here to participate in the alchemist assessment?"

Xiao Yan nodded. Although the other party was the president of the Alchemist Guild, his tone remained neither humble nor arrogant: "That's right, senior. I am Xiao Yan. I happened to pass by Black Rock City and thought I would take the opportunity to come to the Alchemist Guild to take the first-grade alchemist exam. However, I was stopped at the door because I did not have a letter of recommendation from my mentor."

"Young friend Xiao Yan, I wonder who your mentor is? To take the Alchemist Association's exam, you need at least a third-grade or higher alchemist to vouch for and recommend you."

Otherwise, if many incompetent people were allowed to infiltrate, even the wealthiest alchemist guild couldn't withstand the losses from failed trials. I hope you can understand.

Xiao Yan was quite helpless about this. He had only been learning from the notes for a little over a month, so where did he get a mentor?

"Senior, I have no mentor. I just happened to obtain a copy of a medicine-making manual. I have been studying on my own for several months and feel that I have made some progress. That's why I wanted to come and take the test to become a first-grade medicine-maker."

Xiao Yan was speaking the truth, but as soon as he said that, the expressions of the people present changed immediately.

"Teach yourself for several months? Are you kidding me? If alchemy were that easy to learn on your own, wouldn't everyone be an alchemist?"

However, Xue Mei had been studying under Frank, a fourth-grade alchemist, for a year.

Only occasionally can they refine a complete pill.

Xiao Yan, however, claimed that he dared to take the first-grade alchemist exam after only a few months of self-study. Aside from having monstrous talent, this only shows that he completely misunderstands the situation and is purely there to make a fool of himself.

Even Frank himself couldn't hold back: "Kid, alchemists are not doctors. The refining of pills is extremely complicated and cannot be done simply by self-study. You should go back and study for a few more years. Perhaps you can pass the first-grade alchemist exam."

Frank's statement was already quite generous. In the entire Gama Empire, no one had ever been known to become an alchemist through self-study, not even the Pill King Guhe.

"But I have already successfully refined a first-grade pill, which is why I dared to come here. Senior, could you please do me a favor?"

Upon hearing Xiao Yan's words, Frank completely lost face.

"Young friend Xiao Yan, I have been an alchemist for over forty years and have never seen anyone become an alchemist through self-study in just a few months, let alone be able to refine first-grade pills."

"So, if you can prove you can refine pills, I'll recommend you for the Alchemist Guild's assessment. If not, you'd better leave now."

It's fortunate that Frank has a good temper; if it were any other hot-tempered alchemist, he would probably have thought Xiao Yan was playing a trick on him and would have had the guards kick him out long ago.

Xiao Yan's eyes lit up, and he immediately had an idea: "In that case, I'll prove it to you, senior."

After he finished speaking, he slowly extended one hand. This action startled the two guards, who immediately drew their weapons, thinking that Xiao Yan was about to pull out some kind of weapon.

However, when the palm was opened, there was nothing on it.

"Young friend Xiao Yan, what do you mean by this?"

Frank's last bit of patience was completely worn away. He actually started to believe that there was even a sliver of possibility that this young man was talking about. He realized that he was indeed getting senile.

However, in the next moment, a cluster of blood-red flames suddenly rose from Xiao Yan's hand.

This scene immediately widened the eyes of everyone present.

"Flame materialization—that's a skill only fourth-grade alchemists possess! You're already fourth-grade?"

Even Frank was taken aback. He knew that only he and Otto could do it in the entire Blackrock City, but the boy in front of him was at most seventeen or eighteen years old!

"Senior, you misunderstand. I am not a fourth-grade alchemist."

Xiao Yan's explanation relieved everyone slightly; a fourth-grade alchemist in his teens was a bit too exaggerated.

"The kid was just lucky; he managed to subdue a strange fire by sheer chance."