238 Rico Guli (2/2)

\”You guys know this person?\”

Palo sighed and then answered.

\”It isn't even a problem of knowing him. In fact, we know him way too well. He is Amark Guli's son, after all. As for who Amark is, he is none other than the head of our Solar System Alchemist Organization Headquarters.\”

Krune was taken aback by that. If he really had that identity, then why exactly would he need to put a Divine Sense mark on him? Couldn't he just use his connection with the headquarters to probe his identity? Of course, Krune understood that the situation wasn't that simple.

Palo knew that if Krune researched it later, he would definitely find out the truth since it isn't a secret. So he decided to tell Krune everything.

\”You see, Rico Guli left our Solar System Alchemist Organization behind and joined another one. He is very talented, so it was quite a blow for his father when he found out. But the problems didn't stop there. For some reason, this idiot comes by every now and then to try to steal our Solar System talents. We lost quite a few geniuses because of him already.\”

Krune understood that the story had a lot more behind it. But since it wasn't his problem, he decided to not ask anymore. As long as they keep the secrecy part, he is okay with it.

Elder Lagan turned to Palo and Krune and then said.

\”I will bring this failure away to be dealt with.\”

He then opened two spatial gates, one for him and Rico, and the other for Krune and Palo.

\”You two go back and finish whatever you had to do.\”

Rico had a very gloomy expression. Until now, he didn't understand how they found his Divine Sense Mark. He had made a through and through research and knew that there wasn't a single elder above the Divine View Realm in the alchemist competition. In theory, no one should have found his mark.

Krune and Palo looked at each other and nodded. They entered the spatial gate that was opened for them, and soon, they appeared back into the private room back in the Junior Alchemist Competition site.

Palo then turned to Krune and said.

\”Alright, now that it is over, let's go back to the main topic. You said before how you do your extraction of the herbs. How come you can control your energy so well at your cultivation realm?\”

Krune shrugged his shoulders and said.

\”Do you believe that until today, I didn't know that what I was doing was something amazing? When I first tried it, I felt like it was a lot easier to get more from the herb if I did it that way. It was that simple.\”

Palo looked deeply at Krune, but in the end, he didn't force the issue. Everyone had their secrets, after all.

\”Anyway, just change your appearance so that I can send you out. Also, remember that you are going to be in the middle of the spotlight tomorrow in the final phase. Do you think you can repeat what you did today?\”

Krune shook his head.

\”Six Silver Stars is really my level at the moment, so there is no way I can bring a pill to the Golden Star Level. First of all, I probably will be placed at the very end since there is a lot of Seven Silver Stars and higher alchemists competing tomorrow too.\”

Palo didn't seem surprised since the information that they got from Ramon's branch really stated that Krune was at the Six Silver Stars level.

\”Well, whatever. The fact that you can control spiritual and elemental source energy to this level is something to be very proud of. But I have bad news for you. As you probably know, the Junior Alchemist Competition happens so that we can find good talents to invest in. Unfortunately, although your talent is at the very top, your life span is way too small. Because of that, we won't be able to help you since it wouldn't have a good return.\”

Krune didn't mind that at all. He wasn't expecting anything from this competition to start with. The fact that it went out of control like this was totally out of his expectations to start with. Not to mention that he is confident in raising his Alchemist Rank with or without the Headquarters help. Lastly, it would mean that he won't be bound to them unnecessarily.

\”Not a problem, I prefer it to be like that too. I'm taking my leave, then.\”

Palo nodded and helped Krune leave through another passage where he wouldn't be noticed. Krune also returned to his normal appearance, so other than his rainbow hair being catchy, no one else paid attention to him.

Once Krune returned to the hotel, he found out that Yilio and Ramon were waiting for him already. Yilio then gave him a strong pat on the back.

\”Alright! I understand why you can do that well in the knowledge phase, but how the hell did you do that in the extraction part?\”

Krune then told him the same thing as he told Palo.

\”What?!\”

Yilio's eyes lit up!

\”Tell me more about that.\”

Ramon noticed Yilio's excitement and decided to intervene.

\”Your energy control is far from enough to do that, so forget it.\”

Yilio then smiled and said.

\”That's where you are wrong. Do you think that Krune is the only one with secrets? Anyway, Krune, if you don't want to talk about it or if it is some secret, you don't need to tell me.\”

Krune shook his head and said.

\”It's not a secret, so I can tell how I do it.\”

Of course, Krune wouldn't include the Myriad Energies Technique in the explanation. But since Yilio seems to be confident, he had no issue in explaining everything else related to the alchemy part.