Chapter 153: Chapter 121: Sixth-Rank Alchemist Di Qing_3
Translator: 549690339
“Of course not.” Lu Yun shook his head and confidently smiled.
“Hehe, we will see after the examination.”
About an hour later, everyone participating in the alchemist certification had registered, totaling thirty-six people.
The youngest were Lu Yun and Di Ruoling. The rest were at least twenty years old.
Some of them were even very old, with graying hair, appearing frail.
Soon after, a pretty young woman in a green dress appeared in the hall and said to the crowd, “Those participating in the Alchemist examination, please follow me.”
She then took everyone’s registration books, turned around, and walked out of the hall. The crowd hurried to catch up.
Within moments, they arrived at a large gate.
There were four martial artists guarding the gate, all wearing purple robes embroidered with the Alchemist League logo.
Next to the gate was a table and chair, with a number plate on top.
Lu Yun’s gaze swept over the four martial artists and felt a sense of awe. All of them were True Qi Realm Martial Artists, having completed at least True Qi Six Refinements.
“Wow, even the gate is guarded by martial artists who have completed True Qi Six Refinements. The Alchemist League sure is wealthy and impressive.”
At this moment, a middle-aged man walked out of the gate, also wearing a robe with the Alchemist League logo.
However, compared to the other four, this middle-aged man’s aura was more stable and profound. Even Lu Yun couldn’t tell his true depth.
For someone like Lu Yun to not be able to tell, this person must be at least close to the Origin Fluid Realm.
“Commander Xiong, is the examination inside over?” While speaking, the woman in green handed over the golden registration book with a smile.
“Not yet, but it’s almost done.” The middle-aged martial artist named Commander Xiong scanned the crowd, and when his gaze fell on Lu Yun, a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes. With his strength, he could feel a sense of danger from this teenager. How strange.
“Ha ha, these new recruits seem to be quite diverse.” He chuckled, meticulously checked the golden registration books, and after finding no issues, went to the table, sat down, and smiled, “The examination fee is one spirit crystal. Pay it here.”
“We need to pay an examination fee of one spirit crystal?” Lu Yun frowned slightly, but his frown eased when he saw that everyone else was acting as if this was perfectly normal.
“Hmm? First up, Lu Yun.” Commander Xiong called out.
Lu Yun stepped forward, reluctantly handed over a spirit crystal, received a black number plate with a red “one” written on it.
Di Ruoling patted Lu Yun’s shoulder and laughed, “It’s just a spirit crystal. It’s not that bad.”
“Of course, I’m poor. You better stay away from me.” Lu Yun replied irritably.
“Hehehe…” Seeing this, Di Ruoling couldn’t help but cover her mouth and giggle.
In about ten minutes,
“Alright, you can go in now. The number plates in your hands are your exam numbers, so keep them safe. If you lose them, your spirit crystal will go to waste.”
As soon as Commander Xiong finished speaking, the four True Qi Realm martial artists guarding the gate automatically stepped aside, leaving a passage open.
“Hehe, let’s go. My grandfather has probably been waiting inside for a long time.”
Di Ruoling chuckled and dragged Lu Yun into the hall.
Upon entering the gate, a bright and spacious hall came into view.
Lu Yun scanned the main hall, his gaze falling first on the panel of judges seated at the front. At the moment, there were seven alchemists of different ages.
He recognized them as Alchemists at a glance because each wore a silver badge on their chest.
On the silver badges, there were at least four pill patterns.
The female alchemist sitting in the middle was about thirty to forty years old, but her silver badge had five pill patterns.
Below the judges’ panel, a massive hourglass was placed.
Sand continuously flowed through the hourglass, which now had about one-quarter remaining.
In the center of the main hall, forty small compartments were carefully arranged.
Each small compartment contained a small alchemy furnace and other auxiliary alchemy tools.
At this moment, there were busy figures in each compartment, some with sparse smoke and others with fragrant pill odors wafting about.
Subsequently, Lu Yun’s gaze shifted to the representative seats on both sides of the hall.
There was a large sign in front of both sides’ representative seats, marked with the characters “Representatives.”
Each representative seat displayed a small sign, each inscribed with “Family X, X” “Commerce Association X, X” or “County Government, X” and so on.
On the left side of the representative seats, Lu Yun saw Elder Di Qing, who was chatting with two other elders.
One of the elders wore a silver badge on his chest, also engraved with six pill patterns.
In front of him, there was a small sign with the words “Elder of the Alchemist League, Deng He.”
“Hmm?” Lu Yun’s gaze suddenly fell on the small sign in front of the other elder.
“Elder of the Flying Spirit Martial Academy, Jiang Wen?”
Lu Yun rubbed his eyes, making sure that he hadn’t made a mistake. He was surprised that the academy also had an elder present.
The current hall seemed to gather the powerhouses of the entire Spirit Martial Prefecture, including the Martial Academy, Alchemist League, County Government, and major clans of the Spirit Martial Prefecture.
Thinking of this, Lu Yun couldn’t help but revisit his thoughts on the Alchemist League.
“According to the layout of this hall, almost every examination has judges who are representatives of various power structures. Is this all for fairness?”
Lu Yun shook his head slightly, knowing it couldn’t be that simple.
Just then, a gentle and calm voice sounded beside him.
“Everyone, please take a seat in the examination area. The examination will proceed according to your number.”
Following the guidance of a pretty young woman, Lu Yun and the others reached the back of the main hall, directly opposite the judges’ panel, separated by forty small compartments.
‘Old man Deng, where is your obedient grandson? I haven’t seen him yet, and the exam is about to begin.’ Seeing Di Ruoling seated in the examination area, Di Qing slightly smiled, glanced at the hourglass below the judges’ panel, turned his head, and asked Deng He, who was having a lively conversation with Jiang Wen.
‘Don’t worry, don’t worry, there’s still one-sixth of the sand left in the hourglass. Knowing Yun Hui’s character, he won’t appear until the last moment.’ Deng He responded unhurriedly while revealing a smile on his old face.
‘What about that little girl of yours? She’s always active and doesn’t like to sit still. I wonder what level her alchemy skills have reached.’
Mentioning Di Ruoling, Di Qing’s smile grew more pronounced, and he said somewhat proudly, “Rest assured, she’s definitely not weaker than Yun Hui.” “Hehe, that’s hard to say!”
“You two are old bones and still love to compete like always.” Seeing the two squabbling old men beside him, Jiang Wen smiled faintly..