Chapter 23：The Task of an Aid (1/2)

”What was your name again junior brother? Yu Ming?” Kong Yuhan asked.

Alex was surprised. He didn't remember ever telling him his name. He replied with a shocked expression, ”That's right, brother Kong.”

Kong Yuhan saw his shocked expression, and asked, ”why do you look, shocked junior brother? Did you think I wouldn't recognize you just because I only saw you once? You brought me a very important ingredient. You are a benefactor to me, and this Kong always remembers his benefactors.”

”Ah, no brother Kong. I was just surprised you somehow figured out my name. Even though I didn't remember you asking for my name.” He replied honestly.

”Hmm. You didn't? Then I must've read it in your nameplate. Anyway, that doesn't matter right now. Are you working as an aid right now, junior brother Yu?” he asked.

'Oh! The nameplate. Of course.' Alex felt stupid for not realizing that.

”Yes. I am waiting for someone to pick me as an aid.”

”Do you want to come with me?” Kong Yuhan asked.

Alex's eyes brightened. 'Finally' he thought.

”Yes, brother Kong. I would love to.”

Kong Yuhan walked into the hall and brought Alex along with him. The inside of the Alchemy Hall was not what he had been expecting.

The inside of the hall looked like catacombs. It had a relatively narrow path that went straight for a dozen or more meters before splitting into 3 paths. Each of the paths had multiple rooms on each side of the path. The doors themselves were made of stone, similar to the walls.

Lanterns hung on the wall to light up the pathway. At the very entrance of the hall, there was a big white rock embedded into the walls. There were many small boxes that either lit up with red lights or green lights.

Alex looked at the carvings and immediately realized that this was the internal map of the Alchemy hall. Similar to all the other stones, and boards he had seen around the sect, this was also constantly changing forms, going from red to green, or green to red.

Kong Yuhan looked at the map once and saw a clump of green lights in an area. ”Come on junior brother Yu. Let's go find ourselves an open room.”

Kong Yuhan knew the path very well, so he simply walked straight through the maze-like the hallway and reached an open room. He walked into the room and waited for Alex to enter.

Alex walked in and was surprised to see the room. The room was bigger than his cottage and had a giant hole in the middle. A steady fire was burning inside the hole, and on top of it was a black cauldron, ready to be used.

Kong Yuhan took out his nameplate and placed it in a carving on the wall next to the open door. Suddenly, a massive block of stone came down from the open door and blocked it entirely.