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The Alchemists' Guild conducts a public assessment every month.

Branches like Blackrock City can only conduct assessments of rank one to three at most.

Only the grand headquarters in the capital of the Gama Empire are qualified to conduct assessments for ranks four and above.

The specifications and levels of each examination room are different. In front of the examination room for first-grade alchemists, there are four nine-star warriors guarding it.

Furthermore, these people possess solid fighting spirit, and there is always the possibility of them breaking through to the Dou Shi level.

As for the second-grade examination hall, it is located on the second floor of the Alchemist Guild. The second-grade examination hall does not have fixed opening hours.

To be eligible for the assessment, you must make an appointment in advance and invite two alchemists of rank three or above to supervise the assessment.

As for the third-grade examination hall, the rules are similar to those of the second-grade examination hall. The only difference is that two alchemists of the fourth grade or above are required to supervise the examination.

Looking across the entire Blackrock City, only Frank and Otto have this qualification.

However, Otto and Frank rarely appear together unless they are their own disciples whom they need to assess or secretly compete with.

It's extremely rare for two high-level alchemists to meet at the same time.

Therefore, in reality, Blackrock City has only conducted assessments for first-rank and second-rank individuals over the years.

"Uncle Teya, has the assessment started inside?" Ya Han asked with a smile.

The leader was a bald, burly man. Both were members of the Alchemist Guild and knew each other well: "Not yet, but it'll be soon. You've brought new recruits again this time."

"That's right, this Mr. Xiao Yan is also going to take the first-grade alchemist exam. Here is his information."

Ya Han handed the parchment to the burly man named Te Ya, who took the parchment and subconsciously glanced at the boy in front of him.

The boy's aura was deep and heavy; even just looking at him made one feel a terrifying sense of suffocation.

This greatly surprised Teya. She knew she was only half a step away from becoming a Battle Master, so the fact that this young man could do this meant he had already reached the Battle Master level.

"Young people these days are all so promising."

Teya carefully examined the parchment scroll, and after confirming that there were no problems with the documents, he took out a black armband and handed it to Xiao Yan: "This is your admission certificate, and the number on it is your examination number."

Xiao Yan took the armband, which had a large number seven written on it, indicating that there were already six alchemists ahead of him.

Thank you.

Xiao Yan took the armband and slowly walked inside.

"Mr. Xiao Yan, my access is limited to this point. I'm sorry I cannot accompany you inside."

Ya Han bowed slightly and slowly took her leave.

Xiao Yan nodded and quickly walked into the examination hall for the first-grade alchemist assessment.

Stepping through the gate, one is immediately struck by the openness and spaciousness of the examination hall, illuminated by bright crystal lamps hanging overhead.

Inside the examination hall, there were a total of twenty examination seats, each spaced ten meters apart, and equipped with a standard Grade One medicine cauldron from the Alchemist Association.

As an alchemist, the medicine cauldron is also a very important item. Alchemists below the fourth rank cannot ignite flames on their own, so they need to inject their battle qi into the medicine cauldron to transform it into flames.

Different medicine cauldrons also have different effects, and they are basically the tools that alchemists use to make a living.

Even high-level alchemists, who can catalyze flames themselves, will still use more powerful cauldrons to increase their success rate.

However, these standard medicine cauldrons have no special effects other than catalyzing flames.

Even such an ordinary medicine cauldron has a market price starting at least at 100,000.

Of course, not all alchemists value such ordinary medicine cauldrons.

Some alchemists who participate in the assessment often bring their own medicine cauldrons, and the Alchemist Guild allows them to use them as long as they do not exceed the prescribed grade.

Inside the examination hall for first-grade alchemists, there were many people, most of whom were formal alchemists.

Most of them were just there for the fun of it; only a small number of alchemists were planning to discover promising newcomers and recruit them into their own faction.

"Hmph, this time I'm determined to win, so don't even think about beating me."

Linfei was full of confidence and took out a fiery red medicine cauldron from her storage ring.

The moment this medicine cauldron appeared, it immediately attracted the attention of many alchemists: "It's actually the Crimson Fire Cauldron! It's the highest grade of first-grade medicine cauldrons. In terms of flame temperature, it's even comparable to a second-grade medicine cauldron. This thing can't be bought for less than 500,000 gold coins!"

Many alchemists cast envious glances at the medicine cauldron that Lin Fei had taken out. They knew that even many second-grade alchemists might not be able to afford such a fine medicine cauldron.

"Hmph, do you think you're the only one who's prepared?" Xue Mei retorted, pulling out another medicine cauldron from her storage ring.

The medicine cauldron in her hand was pure white, and even its body exuded a slight chill.

"This is... the Cold Flame Cauldron! A medicine cauldron that can release low-temperature cold flames. It is said to be a medicine cauldron made in imitation of the Bone Spirit Cold Flame, which is ranked eleventh on the legendary list of strange flames. Its flames have extremely long-lasting power and are in no way inferior to the Crimson Flame Cauldron."

This medicine cauldron is estimated to be worth at least 500,000. As expected of the Black Rock City Lord and the Xue family, only these two families could obtain such a powerful medicine cauldron.

The fact that the two of them displayed their medicine cauldrons already made the other alchemists feel ashamed.

Before the assessment even started, we were already far behind the competition.

Xiao Yan remained calm and went to his examination seat.

The two people in front of him were Linfei and Xuemei.

"Hmph, you're quite the actor. Do you think you can get my attention this way?"

Watching Xiao Yan walk past her without even glancing at her, she was extremely annoyed.

Xiao Yan's calm demeanor was mistaken by Lin Fei and Xue Mei as feigning profundity.

It wasn't that Xiao Yan was deliberately showing off; rather, he was just starting out and didn't recognize these fancy medicine cauldrons at all, so of course there was no reaction.

Xiao Yan does have a medicine cauldron that he frequently uses, but it is a third-grade medicine cauldron, which is far beyond the requirements of the first-grade alchemist assessment. Using it would definitely be considered cheating, so he can only use the ordinary medicine cauldron here.

There was still some time before the official start of the assessment, and several more young alchemists entered the examination room, bringing the total number to eleven, including Xiao Yan.

Originally, only a second-grade alchemist was needed to preside over the assessment of a first-grade alchemist.

However, this time, because of Linfei and Xuemei, the president Frank personally presided over the examination.

"Time's up. Candidates who don't arrive later will also be prohibited from entering. This time, the test question is about first-grade pills."

Within a one-hour time limit, each person will randomly draw a recipe for a first-grade elixir. The guild will provide three sets of medicinal materials for everyone. As long as there is one success, it counts as passing the test.

"Then, starting in order, all the alchemists will come up on stage one by one to draw a first-grade pill formula."