"These two boys carry an unusual aura. Especially the masked one—he even gives me the faint feeling that I can only look up to him, as though he is beyond my reach. How strange."
"They should be even younger than Frank's and my prized disciples, yet they're already here to take the alchemist examination?"
"Hiss... They even have an Amethyst Winged Lion as a mount, and it has been tamed so obediently. This boy is no ordinary person!"
"If this Amethyst Winged Lion grows to maturity, it could reach the fifth tier or higher. In the future, it would at least rival a Dou Wang expert, making it equivalent to a force second only to the Three Great Clans in the empire. And this young man is also an alchemist—his future is limitless!"
"Go, summon that girl Lin Fei at once. Also notify old Frank and little Xue Mei. Let them open their eyes and reflect on themselves. They spend all day laughing and fooling around, holding their heads high with pride, yet neither has passed the alchemist examination. I hope these two boys pass the Grade 1 Alchemist examination and let those two girls understand that there is always someone greater!"
On the second floor of the Alchemist Guild, a slightly plump old man with a seemingly lazy air sat there. Within the ancient medicine cauldron emblazoned on his chest badge, four silver ripples had been meticulously engraved, signifying that he was a noble Grade 4 Alchemist—an absolute top figure in Black Rock City.
Even among the Three Great Clans of the Jia Ma Empire, a Grade 4 Alchemist would receive the treatment reserved for the most honored guests.
A quarter hour later.
A woman around twenty years old, dressed in purple, entered through the main doors. Her pretty