The good times didn't last long, and in just a few breaths, the old alchemist took him back to the surface.

Located in the northern part of Qingyang City, there are rows of green pines of the same color, and the stout green pines are full of vitality.

The pine tree, which can be said to be the embodiment of strength and vigor, maintains a tall and majestic posture all year round, and will not easily bow its head even if it encounters a great disaster. The pine trees planted here may also represent that the alchemist has a strong and persistent spirit.

In a relaxed road, there were some alchemists in black robes passing back and forth, Yu Hao roughly estimated that there were dozens of alchemists passing by at this time, and Yu Hao was really taken aback by the number of alchemists here.

When Yu Hao looked around, he also saw that there were many young people who were not wearing black robes coming in and out of here, their faces were either excited or depressed, but the endless stream of people showed a strong vitality and cohesion.

Following Yu Hao's gaze, the old alchemist said: "Most of these young people are here to participate in the alchemist assessment, and those who come every year are like carp crossing the river, but few successful ones are like morning stars. ”

Yu Hao sighed: "Even so, there are so many alchemists here, and I haven't seen an alchemist in Jinyang City." ”

The old alchemist smiled, with a proud tone, and said, "The number of alchemists is already scarce, half of the alchemists in the eighty-one cities of Qingyang County are in Qingyang City, but there are only less than a hundred. ”

Qingyang County has a population of tens of millions, but there are less than 100 alchemists, which shows the harsh conditions for becoming alchemists.

If you want to become an alchemist, you must first have your own attribute fire, and the fire elemental induction power must reach the super level, and secondly, the soul power must far exceed that of ordinary people by dozens of times, at least reaching the late stage of the human realm.

Only by meeting these two requirements can one be qualified to become an alchemist, and these two requirements are indispensable.

Under such harsh conditions, people who are qualified to become alchemists are of course rare. And there are fewer alchemists, and those magical pills are naturally very few, and they are scarce and expensive.

Moreover, even if you are qualified to become an alchemist, if you want to train a qualified alchemist, the cost is definitely not something that a small family can afford.

In Jinyang City, with the background of the three major families, no alchemist was invited, let alone spending money to cultivate a real alchemist.

However, here in the Alchemy Palace Branch, Yu Hao saw a large number of alchemists. From the black robes they were wearing, you could see their identities, although most of them were low-level alchemists, but the sheer number of them had already amazed Yu Hao.

He sighed deeply, the alchemist was like a nobleman with a veil of mystery in most people's hearts, and he didn't know how far the foundation of the Alchemy Palace had reached.

Inside the pine forest, there is a tower-shaped building, like a palace, although it is only four floors, but the shape is quite unique, and the appearance is magnificent.

Yu Hao said: "Is this the Alchemy Palace?"

The old alchemist shook his head: "This is just the Qingyang City branch of the Alchemy Palace, the real Alchemy Palace is in the Tianhuo Domain of Tianhuo County, I am the president of this branch, Hua Tiancheng, they all call me President Hua, you are not from the Alchemy Palace, you can call me Master Hua." ”

"Boy Yu Hao, I've seen Master Hua!" Yu Hao bent down slightly at Master Hua, arched his hand, and then followed Master Hua directly into the Alchemy Palace branch.

As soon as I entered the door, a faint smell of herbs rushed to my face, which made people feel a little relaxed. In the spacious and bright hall, there are more people coming and going, and only a few people are quietly doing their own things. As if hearing footsteps, some people raised their heads, and when they saw the comer, they all stopped what they were doing and saluted respectfully.

"Xia Ken, come on!" Master Hua beckoned to a young man.

The young man immediately ran over with small steps, and saluted Master Hua again, showing great respect: "Master!"

Master Hua groaned for a moment, took out a token from his arms, handed it over, pointed at Yu Hao, and said, "You take Yu Hao to the library first, and then take him to the medicine garden in the back for a walk, and you have to entertain him well." After saying that, Master Hua went upstairs alone.

"Yes, Master!" Xia Ken said with a deep salute to Master Hua's back.

After seeing Master Hua leave, the alchemist named Xia Ken looked at Yu Hao, although he was curious, he didn't dare to slack off, and said with a smile: "Hello, my name is Xia Ken, a third-grade alchemist." ”

Seeing that the other party was so polite, Yu Hao also said politely: "Hello, my name is Yu Hao, and I haven't learned alchemy yet, please take care of me." ”

"You're not an alchemist, then why did the master take you .....?" Xia Ken wondered.

After Yu Hao told him what had just happened, Xia Ken's face was even more surprised, he didn't expect that the soul power of the young man in front of him was actually a ground mirror, stronger than himself!

Along the way, Xia Ken took the initiative to chat with Yu Hao a lot, and even called him a brother, which made Yu Hao a little suspicious that the rumors that the alchemists were a little withdrawn were reliable.

"Brother Yu is from Jinyang? No wonder it sounds familiar, it turns out to be Jinyang Yu Hao!" Xia Ken said with a smile when he heard that Yu Hao was from Jinyang.

Yu Hao was stunned for a moment and said, "How does Brother Xia know?"

Xia Ken said with a smile: "I have a nephew who does business in the area of Jinyang City all the year round, and I only heard him tell about the strange things in the area of Jinyang City a few days ago, saying that there is a genius boy in Jinyang City who was promoted to the True Yuan Realm before the age of fifteen, known as Jinyang Yu Hao, but I didn't expect it to be Brother Yu." ”

Being praised by the other party in person, Yu Hao was a little embarrassed, and said immediately: "Brother Xia doesn't look big, he is already a third-grade alchemist, and his talent is even more extraordinary!"

Xia Ken was slightly stunned, and said with a wry smile at random: "Brother Yu is not making fun of me, I am only a third-grade alchemist in my hundred years old, and I feel insulted to my master." ”

Yu Hao was stunned: "Are you more than a hundred years old?"

Xia Ken said with a smile: "I am one hundred and twenty years old this year, and I can live to be two hundred years old at most, if I am lucky enough to step into the four-grade alchemy master before the age of two hundred, my lifespan can be extended to four hundred years old, which is similar to the Tianyuan Realm of a martial artist. ”

Yu Hao seemed to have 10,000 grass and mud horses galloping past in his heart, and along the way, he actually called a man in his 100s brothers, fuck, it's extremely embarrassing to think about it!

"Senior Xia......." Yu Hao didn't know what to say.

Xia Ken said with a smile: "You don't have to call me a senior, the strength of the Tianyu Continent is respected, the second-grade and third-grade alchemists are equivalent to the early and late stages of the True Yuan Realm of martial artists, you and I are considered peers, if I am lucky enough to be promoted to a fourth-grade alchemist, you should probably call me a senior." ”

"Okay, Brother Xia...... That Master Hua, he is Gui Geng this year?"

"The tutor is over five hundred years old this year!"

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