What Xiao Chen said was no secret.
Of course Xu Potian knew.
Otherwise, he would not have panicked so badly just now.
But on second thought—
Every time they had been driven to the brink before, Xiao Chen had always managed to call someone in.
This time should be no exception either.
"No one." Xiao Chen shook his head helplessly.
"No one? Then we're finished!" Xu Potian's face darkened.
"Senior Jin Dan, may I ask whether, as long as one of us passes the assessment, you will allow us all to leave safely?" Thunderstorm spoke up.
"Of course." Jin Dan sneered.
Over the past tens of thousands of years, countless Alchemy Dao prodigies had failed to pass the assessment.
How could this bunch of Alchemy Dao novices, without so much as a wisp of pill aura on them, possibly pass?
"Why do I feel like he's looking at us as if we're platter after platter of food? Am I imagining it?"
"You're not imagining it. It wants to eat us. Before even testing us, it's already decided that none of us can pass the assessment!"
"I seem to recall that when the president was young, he studied the Alchemy Dao under an expert. That expert said he had considerable talent. Will he step forward today?"
The Blade and Sword Brotherhood youths whispered among themselves.
"Heaven Brother, you're actually an Alchemy Dao prodigy?" Xiao Chen asked in surprise.
Xu Potian lowered his head, his face flushed red. "Prodigy my ass. I was bragging!"
When he was little, he had indeed studied the Alchemy Dao under an alchemy master for several months. Alchemists were highly sought after. If their skills were refined enough, they would be treated like hotcakes wherever they went, fought over by every major faction.
At the time, Xu