Emerald Forest, Purple Heart Treehouse.
Three friends of different races sat around a table, savoring fine wine as they discussed matters—the three Grandmasters.
"Ha ha! Who would have thought that Bernd, a forest dwarf, would live to witness such a miracle with his own eyes!" The braids in the old dwarf's beard trembled excitedly, flinging droplets of wine everywhere.
"An unbelievable talent, an unbelievable human!" Even the usually unhurried elven Grandmaster revealed undisguised excitement.
After Chen Rui had grasped the true essence of alchemy in his moment of enlightenment, he successively concocted two Black Potions: the True. Strengthening God Potion and Eternal Strength. This signified that he had entered the ranks of potion Grandmasters, and was already at a level second only to the highest tier, that of Grandmaster. Not only that, he then created three masterwork equipment pieces, nearly blinding the two Grandmasters.
A genuine dual-specialty alchemy Grandmaster!
When one art was mastered, all arts connected. Though his advancement in potion-making had come as something of a surprise, this breakthrough had not been accidental, but the result of long accumulation finally bursting forth.
There had been the careful guidance of two Grandmasters and one quasi-Grandmaster, the precious materials of the ancient Alchemical Civilization, the memory effects of Deep Analysis, and vast amounts of time—calculated by the Super System's research time, Chen Rui had spent at least a hundred years on alchemy.
The seeming accident of success was, in truth, the inevitable result of countless accumulations.
"No words can express my gratitude toward the two Grandmasters." Chen Rui raised his wine cup. "No—my two friends."
The old dwarf and the elf exchanged a glance, then smiled knowingly as the three cups clinked together.
"What do you plan to do next?" Fenoya took an unhurried sip of wine and reached his