-Imai Taran, 73.52%-
"As expected."
"Surprises were bound to appear now that the type of test has changed."
"Hehe! Let's check the rest out."
-Saraif Lavil, 73.26%-
-Lusen Sasamil, 72.98%-
A lot of excellent results continued to appear. However, most of them ca from the Sasamil Family or the subordinate clans.
-Bludo Porem, 73.67%-
"Oh! Soone surpassed Imai."
"Well, that's Elder Suan's grandchild. Elder Suan already retired to focus on his cultivation, but that didn't an his descendants stayed still."
"This year's batch is really promising."
Werxa nodded as he looked at everything. However, deep down, he couldn't help but sigh.
'Not enough, not enough at all...'
Suddenly.
-Cluhe Sol, 76.71%-
While all of the elders were delighted to see that result...
"As expected."
"Look at Zanti. He's grinning from ear to ear."
"Hehe. Don't forget that it isn't over yet."
Werxa's brows only barely moved, though. He then looked at what kind of dicinal liquid Cluhe worked with. Following that, he used a Spiritual Sense ssage to question Zantis, who was watching from the sides with the other spectators.
'Zantis, I saw that Cluhe refined a vial of Goloia Dark Vine dicinal liquid. Did Cluhe work with this kind of plant before, or was it his first ti?'
Zanti was taken aback by that ssage. However, when he saw who asked it, he imdiately answered.
'This old man's disciple hasn't worked with that herb before. I've watched his whole training so far, so I'm sure he didn't. Even if he did touch it without knowing, it wasn't more than a few tis. He did that on his own, Guild Leader.'
Werxa narrowed his eyes after hearing that.
'Very well. That's a good seed. Take good care of him.'
Zanti imdiately nodded as he thanked Werxa for the complint.
Werxa, on the other hand, couldn't help but ponder.
'He's barely passable. Still, I need at least three.'
It was then that soone piqued his interest.
-Lita Xue, 83.67%-
Imdiately, the room went in an uproar!
"Oh! That girl smashed Cluhe's previous number.'
"Wait! What was the dicinal liquid she used? If she got the one she was good at, then it could be understandable."
"Let see... Her best result in the previous exam was using Ramalia Sun Flower. However, she got this result with a Tavarian Stalk dicinal liquid."
"Impressive. If Lita wasn't pretending in the first phase, she got this result with a herb she isn't familiar with. That's a great achievent."
Roan looked at that and didn't find the result strange. No one in the room had a better perception of Yin and Yang energies than him. Of course, his Yang Energy perception was because of his link with Rean. Roan had long noticed that girl and expected her to get this result in the purifying test.
'Her Blue Flas are made with Water and Fire. She used the Water Elent's soothing trait to protect the dicinal liquid while destroying the impurities with the Fire Elent. It's basically the sa thing I'm doing, but at a lower level. If I'm not wrong, she has an affinity for the Fire Elent while using a Yin Elent cultivation technique to manipulate the Water Elent at a similar level. Quite a clever way of manipulation. It's especially effective for the purifying stage of the concoction, just like .'
If Rean was here, his mouth would surely be agape. That was an incredibly huge complint when you considered who was saying that.
Roan wasn't the only one interested in her, though. Werxa had finally shown an expression of surprise.
'Now that's what I'm talking about! As long as she's properly taught how to do dicinal extractions, her purifying talent will reach even greater heights. I can use her.'
The tests continued until finally, the last vials began to be tested, including Roan's vial. Roan and Old Worm didn't seem to care too much about it, though. It was as if they already knew what to expect from it.
-Roan Larks, 90.35%-
The room that before had gone in an uproar now froze in silence. The only thing that moved was Old Worm's head as he thought.
'Pretty much what I expected. Sure enough, having a natural affinity for the Dark Elent instead of using a Yin Energy ability to control it is completely different.'
Roan acted the sa way as Old Worm, not surprised with that result at all. He and Old Worm had concocted together for a very long ti, so they knew that it would happen. One must rember that Old Worm comnted in the past that he doubted Roan would fail in the Alchemist Exam to start with. These results only confird what they already knew.
However, the others were different. This wasn't just a fantastic result for a low-quality dicinal liquid. This was already very good, even if Roan had refined with a high-quality liquid.
"The hell?"
"How did he do that?"
"Was that the sa herb as the first phase?"
"No, the herb he used in the first phase was a Tavarian Stalk, the one that Lita got her results just a mont ago."
"The dicinal liquid he got this ti was Vermillion Rak, completely different."
Werxa was also shocked by the result. He heard the talk by the sides, so he imdiately understood that Roan was Old Worm's disciple.
'Fauk, did Roan use to work with that flower before?'
Old Worm looked at Werxa behind the other elders on stage. Unlike Zanti, Old Worm didn't seem to care that the Guild Leader of the Alchemist Guild talked to him. Still, he shook his head.
'No.'
Well, he didn't say much either...
Werxa's mouth twitched after seeing Old Worm's reaction. Because he had to supervise the Alchemist Guilds' activities in the Sasamil Empire, he had little ti to interact with the mbers of the Main Branch. That being said, he didn't know Old Worm as well as the other alchemists around him.
Of course, those alchemists were also making Old Worm run out of patience with the torrent of questions after this last result. If not because he wanted to see Roan's performance until the end, he would have left just like he did back in the Shadow Reaper Organization.
Werxa then shook his head and looked at Roan with his eyes twinkling.
'That girl Xue was already good, but this guy is just perfect. As long as he performs this well in the rest of the exam, I'll use him. Anyway, I will need three to start with, so I better bring Lita as well. As for the last one, I still have a few good mbers to consider from previous examinations.'
'Now... it will depend on the other guilds.'
No one knew what Werxa was thinking, though.
Last but not least, all the young alchemists' attention shifted from Lita Xue to Roan. Lita's results were already incredible, but Roan's result was just too overwhelming. If not because Roan was participating under all the elders' eyes, they would even think he cheated.
Cluhe, who was feeling quite satisfied with his result before, felt like he didn't even exist now.
'Who's this fella? One Lita was already enough, but now this guy also appeared.'
Lita, on the other hand, looked intently at Roan. She could tell that Roan was using the sa technique as her. However, the level he reached with it was simply nothing she could compare with. Well... many alchemists also used that technique since it wasn't a secret to start with. It's just that only Roan caught her attention.
Obligan noticed that the commotion wouldn't die anyti soon, so he decided to intervene.
"Ahem... The rest of the results have been disclosed already. Now, I'm announcing the first 300 that are going to the next phase."
1st: Roan Larks;
2nd: Lita Xue;
3rd: Cluhe Sol;
4th: Bludo Porem;
5th: Imai Taran;
6th...
It was then that soone noticed sothing.
"Hey, can you see that? How long has it been since the first three positions didn't have a mber of the Imperial Family or the Subordinate Clans?"
"Oh! Now that you've said it, it's quite surprising indeed."
"It's not that they did bad. Look at their results. They have all the positions from 4th all the way to 13th. It's just that there were too many dark horses."
"Well, one of them is more like a Dark Dragon..."
Sister Orb had heard those people and couldn't help but comnt.
[Hahaha! Dark Horse is simply too fitting. You already have the Dark Elent. As long as you use a fur coat and neigh a little, it should be perfect!]
Roan's mouth twitched.
'You've been silent for so long. Why must you open your mouth now?'
[Because I'm bored.]
'Go to hell! First of all, aren't you helping Rean pass his test? What are you doing here? You should know that I probably won't need you.'
[Sigh... that son of mine has grown up already. He doesn't need Mommy Orb to help him anymore.]
Rean, who was preparing to draw his formation, heard that comnt as well.
'Who the hell is your son? Don't start inventing stories just because you didn't have a chance to help .'
'First of all, why am I treated as your son while the Ice Block over there isn't?'
[Because Roan is not cute.]
Rean cursed out loud.
'To hell with that. We are identical except for the color of our hair.'
Roan snorted in response.
'Fortunately, that's the only place we look the sa, little guy.'
[Roan's right! How can you compare with his 'I'm a zombie' attitude? It's just too sad to look at Roan.]
Rean finally nodded, satisfied.
'Well, that's true.'
Roan was the one to curse now.
'Who the hell's a zombie?'
While everyone was worried about their exams, those three argued in their own world.
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Note: Another two chapters. Gonna keep like this for a while.
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