Chapter 190: Second Best (2/2)

'Are we supposed to make alchemy out in the open?' he wondered.

The entire floor was about a hundred meters long and 50 meters wide. There were about 60 fire pits on the ground and a section had been separated for the spectators.

”Wait here for the other elders to arrive,” The elder said and left. Alex took the time to send away his spiritual sense into the crowd to see who was here.

'Oh, it's the core disciple from yesterday,' he thought when he noticed the core disciple that was with Zhou Mi, the one that had bumped into him the day before yesterday.

He found Zhou Mi right next to her as well. He then found a man next to him, another core disciple, and he was looking directly at him. He started walking and came up right next to him.

Alex looked at him in surprise and he hadn't expected to see a core disciple's robe on the man's shoulders this soon. He smiled and said, ”Congratulations, brother Kong. I see I missed your actual ascension.”

”Thank you, Brother Yu. You could've come watched me pass it as well. I did it last week,” he said.

”I was out of sect for the last two weeks, so I couldn't have even if I knew it,” he said.

”It's alright. Why are you here? To spectate?” he asked.

”Oh no, I'm taking part in the exams as well,” he said. ”What about you? It can't be you are already going to take your examinations for the elder role, right?” he asked.

”Oh, you know about that? I'm quite surprised. Also, No. I'm actually here to cheer for sister Mi who is going to take part in the core disciple exam today,” he said.

”Oh,” he said as he looked towards Zhou Mi. He also saw the core disciple with her and asked, ”by the way, brother Kong. Who is that senior with Sister Zhou Mi? They look so similar,” he asked.

Kong Yuhan didn't even have to look back to know who he was talking about. He looked at Alex with a small shocked expression on his face.

”You don't know who that is?” he asked as if not knowing who she was unheard of.

Alex started to get more curious. 'Just who is she to garner such a reaction from a core disciple?' he wondered.

”Brother Kong, you seem to forget that I am quite new around here,” he said.

”Yeah, but it's still unusual for anyone to not know who she is. Although, I guess outer sect disciples might have only heard her name and never really seen her.”

He then turned to Alex and started whispering as he said, ” That is Zhou Mei, the second highest-ranking disciple of the sect.”