Chapter 295: He is... (1/2)

The man was a little taken aback by the name and suddenly smiled, ”haha, Yu Ming. You are the person that make a 60% pill on the competition yesterday, aren't you?” the man asked.

”Yes, I am,” Alex said without a hint of arrogance on his face.

The man looked at his face with a slight smirk and said, ”You are quite talented, aren't you? What sect are you from?”

”We are from the Hong Wu sect,” Alex said.

”Hong Wu?” the man dropped his head into a thinking face and said, ”Ah, Little Ma's sect right? No wonder you guys are so talented.”

”You took a recipe and learned it in a single day to this level. That's worthy of compliments. Especially you little brother, I don't think even my disciple can do what you did in a single day,” the man said.

Alex and the rest felt a little awkward listening to his compliments. They didn't know how to react to a random man, albeit a great alchemist, complementing them.

”Ah, I am a little late now, so I must leave. I hope our paths cross in the future,” the man said as he handed the pill back and nodded to the group.

The four of them also bowed a little to show respect.

He started walking away, but as soon as he reached a little further away, he stopped. ”Oh, and another thing, a suggestion. Cut the Fire lizard's tail into 4 equal pieces before putting them in one after another with a 1-second interval and follow the rest of the recipe. ”

”I just discovered that a few days ago and didn't get to give the academy guys the updated recipe. Haha, my bad. Do that and you guys will have a much better pill come out. Goodbye,” the man said and quickly walked in.

The guy at the register saw him and quickly stood up to greet him with a deep bow. He did not stop the man at all.

Fan Ruogang was the first to come out of her shock as she said, ”D— Did that man just say he couldn't give the updated recipe?”

”Doesn't that mean— ” Zhou Mei didn't speak any further and waited for confirmation from the others.

”Yes,” Alex said. ”It seems… we just had our first meeting with the Royal Alchemist.” Even as the words came out of his mouth, he couldn't believe it. He had been hearing how good the man was and how talented he was, but never in his life did he expect him to look so… young.

”He looks younger than Master, doesn't he?” he asked.

”Yes,” Wan Li said. ”I— I wonder if it's some sort of pill or… his cultivation base is just that high.” The only way someone could stay young despite being old was if their cultivation base was high or if they ate some sort of heavenly ingredients or pills that gave that effect.

Alex was still in thought when he checked the top right of his vision and saw that it was already 5:45 pm.

”Oh no. It's late. We need to hurry back,” he said and immediately walked out of the Alchemy hall, with the rest following quickly behind.

They tried hurrying back to get before 6, but the streets were crowded in the evening, and they couldn't fly over the people. So, they ended up being a little late.

They quickly went up the stairs, but there were Ma Rong and the other elders with a frowning faces, waiting for them.