Chapter 432: Alchemist Association (1/2)
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It didn't take that long for Leo and the others to find the branch headquarters of the Alchemist Association in the Emerald Tree Kingdom. It was located in the far southwest area of the Emerald City, specifically at the corner beside the city wall.
Along the way, they passed by a lot of Alchemist stores, selling potions, medicines, elixirs, supplements, and many more other items that Alchemist can create.
They have also found a lot of people wearing robes of various different colors. The majority of them were wearing white and yellow, while the minority others were wearing green and blue.
It was very easy to guess from this sight alone that those colors represent different levels for Alchemist.
”The white represents a Novice Alchemist, the yellow for Elite Alchemist, green for Professional Alchemist, and blue for Master Alchemist,” Ash explained. She continued, ”There also exist three more other colors, specifically red, purple, and gold, which respectively means, Lord Alchemist, Grandmaster Alchemist, and Arch Alchemist. These three levels of Alchemist directly represent the most powerful people, or otherwise called as pillars, of the Alchemist Association, so it's really hard to see them. But according to what I've heard in the past, every branch headquarters of Alchemist Association of Kingdom territory will have a Lord Alchemist in the position of the President.”
Leo immediately understood the reason why Emperor Yuta wanted to make Ash, who has the potential to become a Grandmaster Alchemist, one of his concubines.
A Grandmaster Alchemist is basically second only in level in the entire Alchemist Association. Meaning to say, she would be able to hold a lot of power in the Alchemist Association once she becomes a Grandmaster Alchemist, which will also make the Dragon Horn Empire more powerful.
Now he realized just how correct his decision was to register Ash to officially become an Alchemist. Through the help of the Alchemist Association, she would be able to develop fast. And once she finally proves her potential and officially becomes a Grandmaster Alchemist, then he would be the one to benefit out from it. But of course, he won't be using it purely for his own self-interest, but mostly to fight against the Gods.
”Each color also has three different levels, which is being represented by the symbol of lotus on their Alchemist robes, specifically its located on their sleeves. It shows the difference in the strength of each Alchemist despite being of the same level. This also allows the people to identify what level of Alchemist they needed whenever they want to hire one.”
”You've seen small, medium, and large potions being sold in Alchemist stores, right?” Ash paused and asked.
”Yes!” Leo and the others nodded their head in acknowledgment.
”You see, the small potions are actually the work of an Alchemist with one lotus, medium potions are the work of an Alchemist with two lotuses, and large potions are likewise the work of an Alchemist with three lotuses.” Ash explained.
”But how can an Alchemist be promoted to the next level?” Cassandra can't help herself from asking. She was really curious about it. Despite being a princess of the Crimson Rose Kingdom in the past, she was mostly focused on learning how to manage a territory, not on the different Associations like Alchemist Association and others.
”Hmm,” Ash nodded her head before explaining, ”What I know is, an Alchemist should complete two things to be promoted to the next level. First, an Alchemist should have three lotuses in their current level before they can try to ask for a challenge for promotion. For an Alchemist to do this, they should be able to improve one of their products from small to large. Like, for example, from being able to simply concoct a small Healing Potion to being able to concoct a medium Healing Potion and then to a large Healing Potion. And they should also be able to sell a required quota of their product. Like, for example, selling one hundred vials of potions. And second, an Alchemist should be able to concoct a potion, medicine, Elixir, supplement, or other products of Alchemist that are of the next level. For example, a Novice Alchemist being able to make a product of an Elite Alchemist.
”Only through this could an Alchemist be promoted to the next level.” Ash finished explaining.
”But how would they determine how many products an Alchemist was able to sell?” Elizabeth quickly raised another question. With how many Alchemists are registered to an Alchemist Association, even if they have a lot of people working for them, it should still be extremely difficult to investigate the truth behind how many products exactly an Alchemist was able to sell. Not to mention, because of that, it would also be possible for an Alchemist to lie about their required quota.