? For an alchemist with an alchemy tower, the outside world is always dangerous, so alchemists rarely go out of the tower, in the alchemy tower, they are the masters of the world, even if they are legendary fighters, they have to be timid in front of the alchemy tower like a fighting monster.

Similarly, the Alchemy Pagoda is rarely open to the public, unless it is a disciple of the alchemist, or a friend, no one can enter or leave the alchemy pagoda, even if the alchemist trusts him, in the alchemy, he will be monitored everywhere.

But Mercado, in order to test these would-be apprentices to his knees, would definitely let these people enter the Alchemy Tower, and this was the opportunity Ami had been waiting for for a long time.

Twelve o'clock at noon.

The two large 'doors' of the alchemy tower silently slid open to both sides.

An alchemist apprentice dressed in a gray 'colored' cloth robe appeared at the main 'gate' of the alchemy pagoda and signaled to all those who had 'paid' the registration fee to let them enter the alchemy pagoda and start the test.

There was a sudden 'commotion' in the crowd, and more than a hundred people, although they were impatient, but they were patiently excited, and they lined up in the line, they did not want to affect their impression in Mercado's mind because they were too eager—everyone knows that smart people are always calm and quiet.

More than 100 people, lined up in a long snake-like procession, entered the alchemy pagoda.

Ding Huo listened to the excited breathing of several people before and after, understanding the desire of these people to gain power and status.

In the Nanban Continent, there are several people at the highest level of power, royalty, fighters and alchemists, in addition, merchants have great wealth and careless power, while other farmers and manual laborers are at the bottom of society.

In an era when a fighter could become a city lord, people who were born without the talent of the Force and did not have noble blood had no choice but to become alchemists if they wanted to gain status.

Merchants will also send their children to the Alchemist's Tower.

The same will be true for farmers.

The registration fee of 10,000 gold coins is not a small amount.

It takes about seven to ten years for the average farmer to save up this huge expense.

And this money only gives him a chance to win Mercado's favor, even if he becomes an alchemist apprentice, it is only the beginning, and there are still five to ten long years of study to come, after which it will be decided whether you can reap glory, status and money.

It's a long investment.

A 'girl' child in front of Ding Huo, about seventeen or eighteen years old, judging by her waist and demeanor, should be from a relatively wealthy family, because she was too nervous, she almost tripped at the moment she crossed the 'gate' of the alchemy tower.

Ding Huo held her.

"Thank you!" she hastily apologized, under the long golden 'color' hair, there were a pair of very beautiful eyes, and even more interestingly, her two eyes were different 'colors', one black and the other blue.

Ding Huo noticed her eyes and asked with great interest, "What's your name?"

“...... Tanya. "The 'girl' child replied, her voice calmed down, she had a scholarly temperament of knowing 'sex', and all kinds of emotions were very restrained.

"Interesting name. "Ding Huo 'revealed' a smile, he is now wearing a clown mask, playing the role of the horn 'Se', is an ordinary twenty-year-old young man, the Force is lurking in his body, no one knows that he came here to kill the poke.

Impolite guy.

Tanya glanced at Ding Huo, shouldn't she introduce herself after asking other people's names?

"Why don't you try to be a fighter?" Ding Huo accosted again.

They were walking in a line of more than 100 people at the moment, ranking in the middle and back of the stream, although there were many people, but no one spoke, so Ding Huo's low 'private' words were quite harsh, and the alchemist apprentice over there had already looked over several times.

Tanya frowned, although she didn't want to answer, she still whispered: "I don't want to be a stupid person full of muscles, besides, don't talk, we didn't 'spend' 10,000 gold coins here to chat." ”

A stupid man with a lot of muscles......

Ding Huo smiled.

At this time, they had already entered the main 'gate' of the alchemy tower.

It is as if entering a splendid palace, with carved gold columns raised high, and various gorgeous portraits painted on the ceiling, so that everything shows the luxury and luxury that belongs to the alchemist.

Although the main hall is beautiful, it is still a little crowded because it can accommodate more than 100 people.

Even so, it also attracted a lot of low exclamations, this place is comparable to the palace.

Ding Huo didn't feel anything about this, and after feeling crowded, all he thought was that there was no space folding technology here.

It seems that Mercado is not very rich either.

If Merktor knew what Ding Huo was thinking, he would definitely be furious, space folding is an ancient magic technique, and the reason why the floating island is used a lot is because the floating island itself is a relic of an ancient magic guide.

In the last three hundred years, it is impossible for any newly built alchemist tower to use the space folding technique, and modern alchemists cannot master this technique.

However, in the main hall of the Alchemy Tower, the defense force is still very strong.

Ding Huo's voice sounded in his ears.

"Four lightning ball generators are arranged in the four corners of the main hall, and one lightning ball can evaporate ten people. ”

"There's a flame under the floor, about forty points of fire, and when it detonates, it only takes three seconds for all of you to turn to ash. ”

"The dome also has Kane's Poison Hook, a kind of net, made entirely of venom, and you wouldn't want to know what it could do to a living person. ”

"All the existing magic guide defenses, probably so many, when Merktor appears, he will definitely carry some magic guides with him, this is not something I can find, if the True Eye is still there...... , Ding Huo, you are such a loser. ”

Ami observed the scene through the silent guard carried by Ding Huo, and through the communicator in Ding Huo's ear, he informed Ding Huo of the arrangement of the magic guide on the scene he observed, and at the same time, Ami also complained about the true eye that Ding Huo had 'broken' before.

It was a genuine primeval magician, and in the war of the alchemists, it was able to discover everything, which was equivalent to stripping away all the disguises of the opponent's alchemists, and could ensure that it was invincible.

but it was destroyed by the fire.

All right.

Ding Huo tapped his ear, which was stuffed with a miniature communication crystal, which could provide short-range communication within a kilometer, the main principle was what kind of coordination and resonance, Ding Huo didn't understand, only knew that he knocked on the crystal, which meant that he heard clearly.

At this time, the large 'door' leading from the main hall to the inner hall opened.

An alchemist, three alchemist apprentices walked in.

When the 'door' of the inner hall opened, Ding Huo had an urge to make a move, but he immediately suppressed it, because he found that the alchemist was just wearing the silver-rimmed gray robe of a high-level alchemist.

There is a strict hierarchy among alchemists, and what kind of alchemist wears what kind of clothes, and if he dares to transgress it, he will be punished.

The senior alchemist was a middle-aged man in his forties and fifties, with a majestic beard.

He stood in the depths of the main hall, frowning at these applicants, probably thinking about how many would become his senior brothers.

"The test begins. An alchemist apprentice said.

Ding Huo couldn't help but be a little disappointed, if the tests were all completed by this senior alchemist, then he wouldn't be able to see Mercado, and all the plans would be in vain, could it be that 'spending' 10,000 gold coins would be regarded as a day trip to the Murdoch Alchemy Tower?

Speaking of which, they don't have much gold in reserve.

A sea boat that Ami and Ding Huo are satisfied with is also because they are too poor to afford it.

The goal of robbing the Alchemist Tower, in addition to dealing with the Alchemist Association and cracking the armillary sphere with the help of the Alchemy Tower, is also to have a little income.

Ding Huo was struggling with his plan.

The alchemist apprentice over there has already announced the test method.

Since alchemists are not like fighters, they can test whether they have Force talent with some kind of Force resonance ball, and if they want to dig out the talent in the brain of the person being tested, they must pass the ...... Written.

More than 100 test takers received an exam paper, a piece of cardboard, and a magic pen with infinite ink from the alchemist apprentice in order.

In this way, when I didn't even have a desk, I started the exam.

Ding Huo sat cross-legged on the smooth ground like everyone else, tucked the cardboard under the exam papers, and pretended to read the exam.

However, what is the difference between seeing and not seeing for Ding Huo when it comes to questions such as 'using gold and adding a certain reagent to make steel soft, please write the recipe for this reagent'?

Ding Huo knew every word on this exam paper, but when they were connected, it became a combination that Ding Huo couldn't 'get'.

What Ding Huo is thinking about now is what the success rate will be if he suddenly breaks out, and then rushes all the way into the alchemy tower, finds Mercado, and controls it?

The Lightning Ball, Flame Horn, and Kane Poison Horn shouldn't be able to take out a fighter who is close to legend, right?

After tapping the communication crystal in his ear and telling Ami about the plan, Ami replied, "You must give up this idea of looking for death." ”

"The alchemy tower built by a master-level alchemist's 'essence' heart can definitely make a legendary fighter come and go, and the triple arrangement of the main hall can't hurt you, but if there is a big killing weapon like the Dark Ball of Death, you will also be injured. ”

"In addition, Merktor is good at making magic guides, he invented a magic guide called the escape dagger, which is said to be able to ignore any obstacles and do short-distance spatial teleportation, if you are alerted by him, you will never be able to catch him. ”

So what to do?

Ding Huo felt helpless now.

He can't read out the exam paper now, let Ami answer, once the exam results are completed, he will definitely be the one who fails, he will be invited out of the alchemy tower, and he will never have a chance to see Merktor again.

"You put the Silent Guard on the exam paper, and I'll answer the questions for you. Ami said.

The Silent Guard still has ...... This use?

Ding Huo took out the pendant-type silent guard hanging around his neck from his collar and placed it on the exam paper.

The initial use of the Silent Guardian is to reduce all the energy within a certain range to zero, including four elements, that is, it can limit the use of the Force by the fighters, which is a great invention for alchemists to use the magic guide to declare war on the fighters.

However, the idea is good, and the reality is cruel.

After many experiments, the Silent Guardian was unable to control the flow of Force in the environment at all, but was able to detect all kinds of information, information, energy transmission, Force 'waves', etc.

As a result, the Silent Guard became popular among alchemists as a kind of magic guide for listening and monitoring.

This one by Ami to Ding Huo is a miniature version.

"The exam paper written with magic ink, every note, there is a 'wave' of information, after many scans and verification, the exam paper can be perfectly restored on my side......"

Ami muttered as she did the work.

Before Ami finished preparing for cheating, Ding Huo had nothing to do, he looked left and right, and a few people who were very close immediately turned around and hid the exam papers.

The senior alchemist who presided over the exam did not say any warnings such as 'plagiarism is not allowed', because everyone knew very well that no one was willing to give the test paper to others for plagiarism.

It took each other 10,000 gold coins to enter this exam, why should I tell you the answer?

Moreover, between the alchemist apprentices, the competition is also very 'fierce', if I can become an alchemist apprentice, every time there is one more opponent, my chances of success are even smaller, this kind of arithmetic, fools understand, let alone more than a hundred smart people.

Only Tanya glanced at Ding Huo.

Ding Huo saw her double 'colored' eyes again.

...... If that's the case, it's a lot of fun.

For Ding Huo's staring, Tanya frowned, probably thinking that Ding Huo was a rich man who still had leisure and 'lust' at this moment, so she turned her head away in disgust and continued to concentrate on answering the questionnaire.

That's when it happened.

Ami's voice came from Ding Huo's ears: "Okay, now whatever I say, you can write whatever you want." ”

In addition, Ami commented: "Brother Mo uses this kind of idiotic question to take the exam, do you want to receive a group of stupid people?"

Ding Huo: "......"

Under Ami's dedicated guidance, Ding Huo began to write hard, and the speed at which he wrote surprised everyone around him, Tanya also looked at Ding Huo a few times strangely, and felt that Ding Huo might have given up, so he began to answer randomly.

With Ami's talent in alchemy, Ding Huo felt that even if he didn't have a master, he would definitely be a high-level alchemist, and it would definitely be very easy to deal with this kind of alchemy exam paper at the 'door' level.

About twenty minutes later, Ding Huo finished answering according to Ami's instructions.

In order to attract the attention of the high-ranking alchemist examiner, this exam paper was as perfect as possible.

And, Ding Huo was the first to 'hand' in.

An alchemist apprentice took Ding Huo's exam paper and 'handed it over' the senior alchemist who presided over the exam, the senior alchemist took the exam paper, glanced at it, and raised his head in surprise and stared at Ding Huo.

“...... You're qualified. The senior alchemist said, "Now go to the side and wait for the second round of testing." ”~