"Pfft, hahaha! He actually said you needed protection. That's killing me."
On the way back to First Pavilion Under Heaven, Xin Gugu laughed nonstop.
Even Mo Mo and the others could barely hold back their laughter at Xiao Lian's final remarks.
But Xiao Lian had indeed brought them one useful piece of information.
Among the people Holy Palace wanted, alchemists seemed to be the most sought-after.
Once one entered the Royal City Trial as an alchemist, they could bring along two hired fighters below the Master stage. Moreover, neither of those two protectors needed a trial jade pendant.
"What a pity. It'd be great if I could bring along a Throne-level hired fighter."
Xu Xiaoshou pondered that if he could bring Xin Gugu in as well, the man would not have to cheat from the shadows inside the Origin Mansion. He could openly go around crushing people instead.
He had also looked into the situation afterward.
The alchemist assessment was unlike the Heavenly Net Battles. They would be holding a major competition soon.
In all of East Heavenly King City, only ten slots would be given for alchemists to enter the trial.
One could imagine just how fierce the competition would be then.
Xu Xiaoshou was not quite so confident about the alchemy assessment.
At present, the best he could refine was, at most, a seventh-grade pill like the Yuan Ting Pill.
Any higher, and the stability of those Master-grade pills became highly uncertain.
Who knew whether everyone participating in the competition would be Master-level alchemists...
If that were really the case, he might as well place his hopes on the Heavenly Net Arena, or simply snatch a trial jade pendant. That would be more convenient.
After all, a Connate-level protector was neither here nor there to Xu Xiaoshou.