Fight to break the sky

At the intersection of several streets, an extremely large building that is shrouded in light red smoke all year round stands on it. Above the towering gate, the five simple characters of the Alchemist Guild are shining with light silver, making people feel The passers-by couldn't help but cast their awe-inspiring eyes over him.

As the alchemist headquarters of the Jia Ma Empire, even the emperors of the imperial royal family must be courteous when they come here. After all, the energy that the residents in this building can generate is enough to The entire empire was shocked. They were the most noble profession on Dou Qi Continent.

Outside the gate of the huge Alchemist Guild, alchemists who are rarely seen on weekdays are all coming and going in a hurry. The alchemist robes of different colors on their bodies proudly declare their status. grade.

Standing outside the gate, Xiao Yan looked up at the majestic alchemist headquarters and couldn't help but shake his head in admiration. This kind of momentum was worthy of being the leading alchemist in the Gama Empire.

"Are you planning to attend the Alchemist's Guild?" Standing next to Xiao Yan, Hai Bodong looked up at the Alchemist's Guild, which was more crowded and lively than usual, and asked with a tilted head.

"Let's see. If there is a reward that can impress me, maybe I will participate. If not..." At this point, Xiao Yan spread his hands. Obviously, if there is no reward, he naturally does not want to go through this trouble.

"It's up to you. This kind of conference is an indispensable event for you alchemists. Many alchemists from other countries have also come here." Hai Bodong nodded, and then patted Xiao Yan's hand. Shoulder, said: "In this case, you can go in by yourself, I want to do something, and I will let you go."

"Are you going to the Mittel family?" Xiao Yan glanced at Hai Bodong and said with a smile.

Haibodong smiled, did not answer directly, waved to Xiao Yan, then turned around and walked slowly to the street on the left.

Looking at the old figure slowly joining the crowd, Xiao Yan murmured in a low voice: "It seems that he has a close relationship with the Miter family..."

After thinking for a while, Xiao Yan shook his head slightly and threw these questions out of his mind. Regardless of whether Haibodong had an old relationship with the Miter family or not, it had nothing to do with him. He glanced at the place above his head again. There was a plaque with a somewhat primitive atmosphere, and he raised his legs and squeezed in towards the Alchemist Guild.

Xiao Yan's face is still covered with ice silkworm skin. He is wearing a set of second-grade alchemist professional robes. His ordinary appearance is extremely unnoticeable.

Stepping into the alchemist's door, a strong scent of red pepper hits your face, making people take a deep breath and look around with a relaxed and happy look.

The area within the Alchemist Guild is extremely vast, and is roughly divided into three areas: southeast, southeast, and west. In the east hall, there are many square tables made of green granite neatly built. Behind those tables, some people are sitting. There is an alchemist in a robe, and on the table, there are many various medicinal materials, as well as jade bottles, scrolls, etc., looking at it, it seems to be an area for trading and Taobao.

In the south hall, there are many cauldrons burning blazingly. Some alchemists are behind the cauldrons, controlling the fire with serious faces. Around them, there are low-level alchemists surrounding them, pointing at each other and whispering. Exchange experiences in alchemy.

The west hall is undoubtedly much quieter than the other two halls. There are even guards standing in the corridor. It seems that only certain alchemists who have reached a certain level are qualified to enter. Some low-level alchemists occasionally When you pass by there, you will cast your eyes in awe and envy.

Standing at the door, Xiao Yan looked at the extremely lively hall and couldn't help but feel a little dazed. After a while, he gradually came back to his senses and shook his head with a wry smile.

Slowly walking into the hall, Xiao Yan looked around, hesitated for a moment, then raised his feet and walked towards the area where Taobao was traded. After fighting skills, he became very interested in searching for treasures in the vast waste pile.

Traveling to the eastern area, Xiao Yan walked slowly among the square platforms everywhere, looking curiously at these many rare medicinal materials and other items that even he had never seen before.

Although this place is called the trading Taobao area, the sellers here do not shout loudly like the vendors in those markets. They sit leisurely on soft chairs one by one, and occasionally glance at those standing on the counter. If outsiders feel that the other person may have some knowledge, some of the alchemists selling them will stand up and talk to them, but most of them will still lazily huddle in their chairs and pay little attention to the viewers. With their leisurely and lazy appearance, they don't look like merchants selling things. Of course, they are indeed not. What they need is not the gold coins and property coveted by merchants, but barter.

If you want to get the necessary medicinal materials or elixirs from them, you must come up with rare treasures that are attractive to them.

Walking slowly along the way, Xiao Yan was feasted on all kinds of rare medicinal materials and elixirs. Among those medicinal materials, he even saw several materials for refining the Resurrection Purple Pill. Driven by curiosity, he He went up to ask, but he didn't expect that the old man selling the medicine just glanced sideways at him and spit out a fourth-grade elixir. So, Xiao Yan had no choice but to retreat. Although the medicinal materials were indeed very rare, he wanted Xiao Yan. It was obviously impossible for Yan to exchange the fourth-grade elixirs. Anyway, he didn't have to worry too much about these medicinal materials. When he returned, he told Hai Bodong to let him figure it out on his own.

Walking slowly in the Taobao area, Xiao Yan looked around and found a lot of gains. The most popular place in the Taobao area was undoubtedly a kind of pink fire brought out by an old man with a pale face. , the fire was contained in a rather large transparent jade bottle, churning slightly, with a hint of peach color.

This kind of fire is called Peach Blossom Fire. It only exists in the body of a rather rare fifth-level wood-type magic beast, Kuimu Beast. Compared with the purple fire of the Amethyst Winged Lion King, its level may be similar, but it is higher. It is much docile and easier to tame. Of course, in terms of the temperature and destructive power of the flame, it is inferior to the purple fire. However, even so, the fire of this peach blossom fire has also made some alchemists in the Taobao area With jealousy, some people with some knowledge came forward to inquire one after another. However, the old man seemed to ask for a high price, so no one has been able to successfully get the bottle of Peach Blossom Fire.

Standing outside the crowd, Xiao Yan touched his chin and looked at the peach blossom fire on the stone platform. He frowned and pondered for a moment, but chose to give up this thing. The current kind of flame is not suitable for possessing the strange fire and the purple fire. For Xiao Yan, it no longer has much use, so he doesn't have to spend a lot of money to get it.

While pondering like this, Xiao Yan also gave up the idea of ​​exchange and stood outside just to watch the excitement.

After some people failed to trade one after another, many people also chose to give up very self-consciously, but they did not leave immediately. They still stood there, looking longingly at the enchanting pink flame.

Seeing the funny expressions of these people, Xiao Yan couldn't help but laugh. He smiled and shook his head. Just as he was about to turn around and leave, a silver figure suddenly squeezed out of the crowd and quickly came to the stone platform in full view of everyone. Her beautiful eyes stared at the pink flame.

"Is it her?" Looking at the woman in the silver dress, Xiao Yan was stunned and whispered: "She is also here to participate in the Alchemist Conference?"

The silver-robed woman who squeezed out from the crowd was the woman named Xuemei that Xiao Yan had met in Black Rock City. She was also the direct descendant of Falklan, the president of the Alchemist Branch of Black Rock City.

This woman, who was usually a bit cold, seemed to like the pink flame very much. She held the transparent jade bottle in her jade hands and couldn't put it down. Xiao Yan shook his head helplessly. This silly woman, now exposed like this With such an appearance, isn’t it obvious that others are going to open their mouths and slaughter them?

Sure enough, seeing Xuemei's appearance, the old man had a smile on his face, and said in a calm voice: "Miss, do you want to exchange for this peach blossom fire seed?"

"Well, what do you want?" Xuemei nodded and asked casually.

"A volume of fourth-grade elixir prescriptions with clear soul traces." The old man said with a smile.

"Black..." Hearing what the old man said, Xiao Yan couldn't help but shook his head and cursed in his heart. The fourth-grade elixir alone was even more rare than this peach blossom fire, let alone what he asked for. The soul traces of prescriptions must be clear. You must know that every elixir prescription is written using the power of the soul. Every time it is read, the soul traces in it will become blurred. Basically, a volume of prescriptions can be written after five readings. More than once, it will gradually become blurry. If you read at this time, you have to rely on your own ability to figure out some vague places. This will undoubtedly waste a lot of time and energy.

Making a prescription scroll requires the strength of a fourth-grade alchemist, and the failure rate is extremely high. Therefore, elixir prescriptions cannot be written down casually with a pen and paper. Some of them are about The temperature of the fire, the refining concentration of the materials, the reflection of the fusion of various materials, etc. These are almost like chemical formulas, extremely complex, listed on a piece of paper, enough to make anyone dizzy, so these prescriptions are all It is written using soul power. As long as whoever gets the prescription only needs to use soul power to scan it once, everything needed for the prescription can be deeply imprinted in the mind, like a brand.

After hearing the old man's request, Xuemei's cheeks changed obviously. Obviously, the other party's request made her a little embarrassed, but she didn't seem to be good at bargaining, and she loved the pink fire too much, so in After pondering for a while, he actually nodded under Xiao Yan's stunned eyes.

"This stupid woman is willing to give out a fourth-grade prescription? Well, I'm afraid that Falkland will be very distressed this time..." Xiao Yan shook his head with a wry smile. Xiao Yan was really stunned by the generosity of this woman.

Seeing Xuemei nodding so easily, the old man was also stunned, and then said dubiously: "You agreed?"

Xuemei didn't talk too much, and took out a scroll from the ring, threw it to the old man, and then held the transparent jade bottle, as if she had regarded it as hers.

Taking the scroll hurriedly, the old man quickly inspected it, and then used his soul power to quickly make a preliminary detection. Joy suddenly appeared on his old face.

Seeing the expressions of the two of them, Xiao Yan sighed and shook his head, glanced sideways at Xue Mei, who was holding the peach blossom fire seeds and couldn't put them down, curled his lips, and had no intention of going over to say hello to her, and turned to face the outside of the Taobao area. go.

When he was about to leave the Taobao area, Xiao Yan suddenly stopped in the corner near the door. He turned his head and looked at a somewhat broken stone platform next to the corner. He frowned slightly, hesitated for a moment, and walked slowly up. .

Behind the stone platform is a skinny man with a rather wretched face. Since the medicinal materials placed on the table are not too rare, few people come to look at them, so there is a slight bitterness on his face, but he looks so slowly. Xiao Yan, who slowly walked over, was stunned for a moment. After his eyes glanced at the second-grade alchemist badge on his chest, his eyes brightened a lot. He quickly stood up and looked at Xiao Yan flatteringly.

"Master, what do you need?" The man asked hurriedly when Xiao Yan stopped in front of the stone platform.

Glancing at the man in front of him, Xiao Yan smiled and said, "You are still an alchemist apprentice, right?"

Seeing the details at a glance, the man nodded awkwardly, looked at Xiao Yan's young face with some envy, and said with a wry smile: "Yes, my talent for refining medicine is not good. After practicing for so many years, I still have no talent. At the level of an alchemist’s apprentice.”

He smiled casually and looked at the man who seemed to have entered middle age. Xiao Yan felt a little touched in his heart. With the support of the Yao Lao, he was walking extremely smoothly on the road of alchemist, with almost no encounters. After many setbacks, because of the experience of his predecessors, he avoided many detours. But now that he saw the person in front of him, Xiao Yan understood that it turned out that the advancement of the alchemist was not what he imagined. So easy.

Clearly sensing the man's envious gaze, Xiao Yan sighed with some joy in his heart. He lowered his gaze and scanned the stone platform. Those medicinal materials in jade bottles that looked even withered were naturally impossible. It caught Xiao Yan's eye, so he automatically ignored them. His palms slowly moved on various items on the stone platform, and finally stopped in the corner under the slightly disappointed look of the thin man. On top of an inconspicuous piece of broken black jade...