288 Array Master (1/2)

Alex continuously dodged the cat until he could get a perfect chance. The fire sparked on his hand, and he tried to grab the shadow.

”Fire Phoenix Art, Second Stage. Phoenix Claw.”

The moment Alex grabbed the shadow, it was scorched by his phoenix claw. The cat immediately disappeared.

Not long after, he proceeded in merging the pill.

The aroma of the pill started filling the room, and all of them knew it was the time to finish.

Alex merged the pill completely and burned it a little bit. He then opened the lid as his fire disappeared.

The yellow pill came out of his furnace. From normal people's perspective, Alex did it easily and flawlessly. But from the experts' perspective, he was insane.

There was no one dared to play along with the monster. One single misstep, the furnace would explode. But Alex did it flawlessly.

”Impressive.” The guild master was the first one who commented and applauded him.

The other two also applauded him while Filma was still dazed. She thought Alex was not refining a pill but dancing as his pill refinement was beautiful.

”Perfect Purity rank 3 Energy Pill with 10-Star Grandmaster Stage monster core. Impressive.” The guild master was one of the rank 5 alchemists in the continent. Although he could easily make this pill, he couldn't say he dared to confront the monster's will like what Alex did.

What Alex did was the hard but simple one, while the normal path was easier but more complicated and needed a longer time.

”I can only say how you treated the ingredients is perfect. I am wondering who taught you?”

Alex only shook his head.

In his eyes, Alex seemed didn't want to disclose his master's identity. But Alex shook his head because no one taught him. He learned Alchemist from books and experimented himself through trials and errors. It was the fruit of his hard work.

”Can I continue?”

”Of course.” The old man smiled.

Alex nodded. He refined the ingredients one by one. He didn't know if refining all of them simultaneously was a norm or not, so just in case, Alex refined them one by one.

After around twenty minutes, a blue pill came out of the furnace. It was the perfect purity Ocean Mind Pill.

”Great. It is indeed a Perfect Purity Ocean Mind Pill. I am impressed with your skills. Our Alchemist Guild is honored to have a younger generation Alchemist like you.” Even though the old man said 'younger generation.' In reality, he considered Alex as a middle-aged man, but because of cultivation, his aging was slower.

He was also too old for this and was not wrong to call a middle-aged man as a younger generation. If he knew Alex's actual age, he might die in shock.

The old man then patted Filma's shoulder, who was still in a daze. She snapped back to reality after the pats.

”Take the low rank 4 alchemist badge for him. After that, you can try to absorb everything you learned in this room. I'm sure no one objected to this result, right?” He asked the other elders who nodded their heads upon hearing the question.

”Ye-yes! I will immediately go.” Filma left hurriedly.

The other elders started approaching him. One of them asked, ”Truly a good seedling. What is your name?”

Alex thought a little bit but shook his head, refusing to tell his name.

”That's... too bad.”

The atmosphere became awkward.

”How about your pill? Do you want to sell it to us? For both pills, we can give you twenty thousand Spirit Stones. How about it?”

”I'm good. I have another use for the pill.”

”Alright. This old man won't force you.” The guild master said. He then recalled one matter, ”I heard your previous rank was high rank 2 Alchemist. Is that true?”

The other elders were shocked by his question. After all, it was rare for people to advance a test like that. They usually advanced step by step. They thought Alex was a high rank 3 Alchemist. But it turned out he was not.

”Yes. I didn't have time to take each test. So, I'm sorry if I created any misunderstanding.”

”No no. Although most Alchemists advanced step by step, there are people who took the same path as you.”

Alex nodded his head.

Not long after, Filma came back with the badge. The badge was a bronze badge with four stars on it. Alex thanked her and said goodbye to the elders before leaving the Alchemist Guild.

Filma was going to guide him to send him off, but Alex rejected her.

”I almost forgot. Didn't my daughter with you? Why is my daughter not here? It is such a shame to miss this opportunity as she will learn so much if she saw the refining process. After all, I can't teach her while I'm refining a pill. I can only explain it after I finish.” The third elder asked Filma.

”I...” Obviously, Filma didn't know how to explain this.

The guild master agreed with his statement. It was indeed hard to explain while refining. If they had someone like Alex just now, it would be easier for Filma and that girl to learn while they guided them.

The guild master immediately explained it to him. ”From my perspective, that person seemed didn't like her because she was rude or something. I think you should ask your daughter about the details.”

”What?” The third elder immediately flared up.

The guild master whispered to Filma. ”You better go back first.”