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"Alchemy...... It's amazing. The scene of Avery extinguishing the caravan fire came to his eyes, and there was no strong alchemy fluctuation, just a few simple gestures, catalyzing a little metal powder, and the fire that had almost engulfed half of the caravan suddenly disappeared.

What Ora, who is a molten gold warrior, can see, Satum Apothecary certainly can't see, but he is not good at alchemy. This kind of auxiliary technique is only suitable for alchemists from orthodox academies, and alchemists from the wild road are rarely able to learn alchemy, which can judge small differences in the quality of materials, due to their imperfect theoretical knowledge.

"Don't you think it's too late, young man?" Satum suppressed the irritation in his heart, and made his tone as condescending as possible, "Didn't your teacher tell you that alchemy is used to test the nuances of raw materials, and is only used before mixing potions?"

In the alchemy course at Brunfry College, alchemy is used exactly the same as Satum claims, but with Avery's refinement, alchemy can now be used as an aid to precise purification.

He ignored Satum's words, concentrated, and brought his hands closer to the reactor. Under the blue light, many tiny bubbles suddenly appeared around the raw materials that were about to melt, and the bubbles quickly exploded, and the color of the mist that lingered above the reactor slowly changed.

To be precise, it is from dark blue to light purple.

This time, even Satum couldn't hide his surprise. "Later refinement!" his eyes widened, revealing obvious greed and eagerness, "It's amazing, you can even master this technique!, young man, if you can add a mermaid's tear to the potion, the outcome of this competition will be difficult to say." ”

Satum's judgment was correct, and the transformation was terminated when the dark blue mist had already turned a distinct purple color. Although it was only a small margin, Merlin Avery did not make the alloy solution up to the highest grade.

"It seems that the result of this competition is that I won. Satum's gaze was no longer the arrogant attitude that had begun at the beginning, but the hostility in his eyes continued unabated. "Young man, you are a genius, but your accumulation is still shallow. ”

When the two bottles of alloy solution were placed side by side, the expressions of the people around them became complicated. Satum's showmanship was certainly amazing, but the actual effect was not as good as Avery's simple post-refinement, and if it weren't for the addition of two high-quality neutralizing materials, Satum would have obviously lost this crucial competition.

The leader of Victor nodded in satisfaction. It was the result he wanted most, Satum won face, and Avery showed his ability to be a genius. After a quick glance at Ola, the rebel leader smiled and said in a deliberately cheerful tone, "What a great contest, Mr. Avery's precision, Master Satum's wonderful skill, let's celebrate the excellent work of the two alchemists." ”

As he spoke, the leader of Victor began to applaud, and Taktatu the Swiftwalker responded almost immediately. After a few seconds, the alchemy apprentices joined in, and even Ora gave a symbolic slap in the face.

Everyone had a smile on their faces, real or fake, and only the two sides of the competition did not have the slightest expression of joy. Merlin Avery looked as calm as if he had just completed a test, and Master Satum's expression was indescribable.

"It's not a scoreless contest. Master Satum spoke slowly, and suddenly swept away the relaxed atmosphere that had been deliberately formed in the room, and the sunlight outside the window was briefly covered by clouds, adding a certain dangerous and gloomy atmosphere to the surroundings. "The quality of my potions is better, and that's the result of the competition. ”

Victor's brows furrowed, and Ola preempted him, and opened his mouth with a teasing voice, "There may be slight differences in the quality of these two alloy solutions, but the cost is completely different." ”

Ola's appearance was ordinary and honest, no different from those caravan drivers who had been baptized by wind and frost, but when he spoke, he had an awe-inspiring bearing, "The speed potion is expensive in the high-grade alloy solution, but if you use the mermaid's tears, it is too extravagant, not to mention the mermaid's pity, old man, I remember that the value of the latter should be the top ten high-quality speed potion, right?"

Victor Leader smiled wryly and nodded in agreement, "You're right, but ......"

"But that's the rule of the alchemy, any precious material can be used, any private technique can be tried, everything depends on the final result. Master Satum interrupted in a cold tone.

It's not that he doesn't want to give face to Victor's leader, and it's not that he doesn't want to be afraid of the mysterious old Ora, he just wants to keep his position as the chief apothecary of Scrap Iron Town, or he can get some secret knowledge of Broughfry College from Avery Ey.

So Master Satum must win, even at the cost of losing face, he must ensure the outcome of this victory.

Aura narrowed his eyes, and the aura of contempt for life resurfaced from his eyes, causing the leader of Victor to smile bitterly, "Alas, my lord, I beg your pardon. The rebel leader said, leaning sideways in front of Master Satum, his outstretched arms glowing with metallic sheen.

"There is some truth in Master Satum's words, you see, the rules of the alchemy competition are like this, it's not easy to violate it too obviously, right?" Victor put his attitude very low, "Of course, we can all see who the real genius is. Please calm your anger, and I will persuade Master Satum to give up his bet. ”

"Can't do it!"

"No, you don't. ”

Two voices in response sounded almost simultaneously behind the leader of Victor, the former from Master Satum and the latter from Merlin Avery, and he continued to add in a reasonable tone, "The bet must be made, and it is not me who loses, so why give up?"

Master Satum's face turned blue with anger, and there was some unease in the eyes of the leader of Victor. "I beg your pardon, I think I misheard. The leader of the rebels said in as conciliatory a tone as he could, "Mr. Avery, you say...... Are you the winner?"

"Yes, Chief Victor. Avery lifted his chin and pointed to the vials side by side with a slight look of pride on his face. "I don't want to say anything in terms of quality, Satum's predecessor is indeed slightly better, but what I have concocted is a real speed potion, the senior's share...... Are some of the necessary steps missing?"

As soon as Avery finished speaking, silence enveloped all around, and the atmosphere was so tense that it was almost difficult to breathe. This is a very blunt and serious accusation, accusing Master Satum of deliberately taking advantage of the alchemy contest and passing off low-grade potions with similar effects as high-grade potions.

The unsettling silence lasted for a full minute before it was broken by a burst of laughter. Master Satum's face turned from blue to red, and a laugh came out of his mouth, but his expression could only be described as hideous.

"It's astonishing, young man. Master Satum's voice seemed to be squeezed out of his teeth, and the hostility was completely unignorant, "Your talent is very good, I originally wanted to save you some face, but I didn't expect you to make false accusations against a senior pharmacist!

"I know, senior, that the consequences of your fraud are just as serious. Avery replied quietly.

Master Satum gritted his teeth, as if he was trying his best to restrain the anger in his heart, "I'll give you one last chance, young man, it's still too late to take back the accusation!"

Avery replied by shaking his head, then walked over to the bench and picked up the two bottles of alloy solution. "Maybe you haven't been told about it, but every high-quality neutralizing material has its own properties, and it can't be used in all alloy solution formulations, especially mermaid tears......"

He paused slightly, shaking the bottle of the Extreme Elixir with a purple mist, "Mermaid Tears cannot be added directly to any alloy solution formulation, because the result of the catalysis is to make the potion extremely unstable, and explosion, evaporation, or violent boiling are all possible consequences. ”

"I hope you haven't forgotten that I've added Motigugu's mercy to my potion, young man. Satum refused to admit defeat, clasped his hands to his chest, and pursed his lips arrogantly, "That's the best stabilizer, it can completely alleviate the instability caused by mermaid tears." ”

"That's exactly why I'm able to determine that you're cheating, sam. A look of satisfaction quickly flashed across Avery's face, "There is a key ingredient in the real speed potion recipe that is quite special, and there is a degradation reaction with Motigugu's pity, unless the potion you concocted is not a speed potion, we can only see a mess now." ”

Satum's face became more and more ugly, but it was not so easy to refute. As he racked his brains to organize his words, the leader of Victor interjected with a gloomy face, "How are you going to prove your words?" Mr. Avery has provided us with many speedy potions, and Taktatu can testify to this. ”

The sallow-faced Swiftwalker Tuktatu nodded, and was about to testify, but Avery handed over the two bottles of potion together.

"Mr. Taktatu, you can smell it or taste it for a while. Avery said to him in a solemn tone, "And tell us, what's the difference between the purple bottle and the blue one?"

Takattu hesitated, dipped his fingers in each of the two bottles, and then brought it to the tip of his tongue to taste the taste. After a few seconds, he opened his eyes, which gleamed with excitement and his tone was very affirmative.

"The purple potion tastes close to the one I've ever taken, and it's much purer. He exclaimed, "But the blue potion makes me feel more comfortable and more likely to activate the alchemization skill, O gods, I feel like my level bottleneck is loosening!"