Chapter 873 - The End Was Not Near! (2/2)

When Su Wuxian saw that Fang Qiong’er brought back a handsome young man, he knew that it must be Qin Haodong. He stepped forward and said, “Young man, I am Su Wuxian from the Alchemist Association.”

“We made a mistake just now and misjudged your result. Now I am apologizing to you.”

Qin Haodong said, “It doesn’t matter. Senior sister has apologized to me just now. Everyone makes mistakes. If you know your mistake, change it. Thus, you are a good person.”

Hearing these words, Fang Qiong’er was so angry that her eyes widened. “He’s acting like an elder. What’s the big deal?”

Just now, she had figured out that Qin Haodong must have gotten that method from another place and happened to get the question right. In terms of alchemy skills, he was definitely not as good as her.

“Everyone makes mistakes. Good point,” Su Wuxian said. “Little Qin, I just read your paper. Your thoughts are unique. Your attainments in alchemy are quite deep. May I know who your teacher was?”

He and Fang Qiong’er had the same idea. They thought that Qin Haodong must have an amazing teacher who happened to get the prescription.

How could Qin Haodong not know what he was thinking? However, this happened to help him hide his identity. As he had said to Zhao Xingyue before, he said, “My teacher is a strange person. He has been living in seclusion in the mountains and has passed away.”

“Oh!”

Su Wuxian nodded his head, finding nothing strange about this matter. After all, there were many hermits in this world.

He then added, “Little Qin, I have just corrected your paper. You got full marks in this exam and won the Level One Alchemist Medal.”

When they heard this, all the other students who were gathered around were envious. Their papers had not been marked yet but Qin Haodong had already passed with full marks.

Embarrassment flashed across Ma Yan’s face. He just said that Qin Haodong would definitely not pass the exam but now Qin Haodong got full marks all of a sudden, which made him feel hot and bothered.

To everyone’s surprise, Qin Haodong did not look happy at all. Instead, he continued, “President Su, I want to take the exam to become the Level Five Alchemist. Can I take the exam?”

Fang Qiong’er glared at him. This guy was insatiable. He actually wanted to take the exam for the Level Five Alchemist. He only obtained full marks for the exam of Level One Alchemist. Did he really think he was so great?

The others also talked about it. Although it was amazing for an Alchemist to get full marks, there was a huge gap between each level of Alchemists. There was no comparison at all between Level One Alchemist to Level Five Alchemist.

Including Zhang Dapeng, who had a good relationship with Qin Haodong, no one was optimistic about him passing the exam of the Level Five Alchemist.

Su Wuxian said, “Little Qin, you have just entered the academy. You still have a lot of time later. Don’t be in such a hurry.”

“There is a huge gap between each level of Alchemists. It is not so easy to pass the examination. I advise you to study in a down-to-earth way for a period of time before continuing the examination.”

Qin Haodong said, “President Su, that’s too troublesome. I think it’s better to pass the exam of Level Five all at once today.”

“Troublesome…what big words. Do you really think you’ve been possessed by the Medicine God?”

Although no one rebutted Qin Haodong, Ma Yan felt that he had lost his dignity just now. Now that he had the opportunity to regain his dignity, he couldn’t help but ridicule Qin Haodong.

Su Wuxian still wanted to persuade Qin Haodong, but Fang Qiong’er said, “Mr. Su, I want to compete with him in the alchemy exam. If he defeats me, he will pass the exam of the Level Five Alchemist, is that okay?”

This girl had always been an outstanding and proud girl. After apologizing to Qin Haodong today, she felt uncomfortable and wanted to find an opportunity to regain her dignity.

As her teacher, Su Wuxian naturally knew what his student was thinking. He thought for a moment and said, “Well, you can compete with him. Qin Haodong, what do you think of this idea?”

For Qin Haodong, as long as he could take the exam, it didn’t matter what the form the exam was. He said calmly, “Okay, but how do we do it?”

Su Wuxian said, “Open the furnace and refine pills. As long as you can successfully refine a furnace of Level Five pills, even if the quality is not as good as that of Qiong’er, you will pass the exam.”

In his opinion, Qin Haodong’s alchemy skills were certainly not as good as that of his disciple, so he lowered the standard.

Qin Haodong said indifferently, “Any kind of pills?”

Su Wuxian said, “As long as they are Level Five pills, you can choose any kind you like.”

Fang Qiong’er raised her head and said, “I’ll refine whatever pills you would like to refine, in case you lose, and say that I bully you in terms of difficulty.”

Qin Haodong smiled and said, “Then I choose to refine the Cultivation Pill.”

Among the Level Five pills, the Cultivation Pill was the best, which was generally difficult to refine. Once it was refined, the price would be relatively high, which was why he chose to refine the Cultivation Pill.

The expressions of Su Wuxian and the others changed after they heard what he said. Originally, they thought that he would choose a kind of pill that was not too difficult to refine. After all, the most important thing was to pass the exam. They did not expect that this young man would actually choose such a difficult Cultivation Pill.

A scornful smile flashed across Fang Qiong’er’s face. In her opinion, Qin Haodong chose the most difficult kind of pills so that neither of them could make it. Even if both of them lost in the end, he could save some face.

However, with her ability, even if it was a little difficult to refine the Cultivation Pill, she would still be able to do it with all her might.

When Su Wuxian saw that neither of them had any objections, he said, “Alright, then you two can refine the Cultivation Pill together.”

“Wait a minute.”

Qin Haodong stopped Su Wuxian.

Fang Qiong’er sneered, “What? Are you regretting it? Do you want to switch to a simpler kind of pill?”

“No, no, I just want to ask. What should we do about the ingredients used during the competition?”

Su Wuxian lightly smiled, “I already said your examination fees will be waived, so these ingredients will naturally be borne by our Alchemist Association.”

“In that case, I’m relieved.” Qin Haodong asked again, “What about the pills refined by me? Do they belong to me or to the Alchemist Association?”