Xiao Yan had always been accustomed to using the black Medicine Cauldron Lu Chang had left him, but its grade was too high, so he had been forbidden from using it in this examination.
Now, out of habit, he controlled his heavenly flame with the same force he used for that black cauldron, only to discover that this first-grade Medicine Cauldron could not withstand the flame's terrifying heat—not even a tenth of it.
Bang!
After a tremendous explosion, the cauldron before Xiao Yan finally shattered completely. Fragments scattered across the floor, nearly striking the other examinees.
"What a joke. He can't even control his flame, and he thinks he can take the alchemist examination?"
The other alchemists around him assumed Xiao Yan had lost control of his flame and cranked its power straight to the maximum. The Medicine Cauldron had been unable to withstand the continuously injected Dou Qi and intense heat, causing it to explode.
Only Otto and a few high-grade alchemists had noticed the blood-red flame that flashed briefly across Xiao Yan's hand.
"What was that flame? It destroyed the examination Medicine Cauldron in an instant!"
Even the first-grade examination cauldrons used by the Alchemist Guild could withstand temperatures of a thousand degrees. How could one have been destroyed so easily?
In fact, it had only exploded because its unusual material offered some resistance to fire. Otherwise, it would have melted in an instant.
"That was the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame, ranked twenty-second on the Heavenly Flame Ranking. The reason I paid so much attention to this boy earlier was that he had already mastered a heavenly flame at his age."
Having seen it before, Frank remained relatively calm. Otto, however, stared wide-eyed in disbelief. "A heavenly flame? A youngster like him actually managed to find a heavenly