"Oh my, if it isn't Liu Ling, our Jia Ma Empire's handsome heartthrob and supremely gifted alchemist! Are you here to scout out the enemy, or provoke your rival?"
Princess Yao Yue covered her little mouth with one hand, a mischievous gleam in her eyes.
At Princess Yao Yue's words, Liu Ling's expression stiffened.
"Little Princess Yao Yue, you've wronged me there. I only came to say hello to Brother Xiao Yan."
Liu Ling spread his hands helplessly.
He and Princess Yao Yue were good friends, and they often competed in alchemy.
That was why he knew his "little demon" princess friend's temperament all too well!
As for her skill in alchemy, she was about on par with him.
Overall, his odds of winning were roughly sixty to her forty.
Being a few years older, he still held a certain advantage in their usual contests.
"She's another gifted alchemist! She's about your age, Xiao Yan, and should have only just become a tier 4 alchemist. She's a little behind that Liu Ling, but her youth gives her a chance to surpass the boy in the future!"
Yao Lao's voice rang in Xiao Lin's ears once more.
"So either of them could have won any of the previous Alchemist Grand Tournaments? Looks like this year's tournament has quite a strong field."
Only now did Xiao Yan finally take some interest in this Alchemist Grand Tournament.
After all, he didn't want to win too easily!
Where was the fun in that?
Still, that was all the interest he could muster.
After all, even without using heavenly flames, Xiao Yan was already a late-stage tier 4 alchemist!
How could Liu Ling and Yao Yue compare to him, when one was at the early stage of tier 4 and the other had only just