As it turned out, the Alchemy Association didn't mind testing a young alchemist who had been introduced by the Eren family and was now favored by Master Gosai, who was now in the limelight in the association.

The Royal Alchemy Society in the Fourth Floor has a very old history, and it was lucky not to be destroyed in the Dark Moon Turmoil, so it has become one of the top ten oldest buildings in the Imperial Capital, and it is not as majestic as the Stargazing Tower of the Lonely Mountain, and it is even a little narrow.

The corridors that can only accommodate three people walking side by side, the passages that are about two meters and four meters high, and the ones that are too elaborate are completely obvious that they are designed to maximize the use of space.

Everything is a microcosm of the architectural style of the Gusertal city-state seven hundred years ago.

At that time, the imperial capital had not yet been fully developed and rebuilt, and there were even many wild labyrinth beasts rampant in the major layers - yes, the imperial capital at that time had just been transformed from a labyrinth into a human city, and the ancient Setars were expelling monsters while building their own homes.

With a hint of warmth in the orange light, Ian, as a participant in the assessment, temporarily said goodbye to Isengard and followed a middle-aged alchemist to his own separate examination room.

"This assessment lasts for seven days, and 100 people are limited to participate every day, and today is the sixth day."

The alchemist knew Isengard, so he was also quite attentive to Ian who was brought by the blonde boy, and was now answering Ian's question: "You said the reward for the ranking?" If it were someone else, I would tempt them and push them to do their best. ”

"But if it's a friend of the Ellen family, then I'll tell you the truth—it's nothing more than a few collector's edition alchemy machines, and some rare alchemy materials...... Maybe there are still masters who are optimistic? But for you, these are probably not attractive, you just need to play normally, and it is estimated that you can get better. ”

When the middle-aged alchemist talked about these rewards, the envious expression on his face couldn't be hidden.

Obviously, for an ordinary alchemist, it is completely worth the effort to get so many good things just by assessing the ranking, and showing his highest level...... In the final analysis, this assessment materials do not have to spend their own money, which is really a rare opportunity to prostitute in vain.

But for Ian, it's a bit of a no-brainer.

"Not an attractive reward."

Ian thought so. It seems that what Isengard gave him was a full set of collector's edition alchemy equipment, and the combined value is probably more than the sum of the one to three people rewarded by the Alchemy Association in this assessment.

In that case, there is no need to be too showy...... That's pretty much it.

"Other than that."

The middle-aged alchemist was still reminiscing, and he said with some uncertainty: "It seems that there is still a reading card that allows you to go to the Great Royal Library...... It is mainly a proof of glory, after all, it is not a library card, but only a proof that the holder is qualified enough to go to the supreme temple of knowledge. If you catch the opportunity, you may be able to see the rare book area! ”

"It's all about honor over reality."

"Good."

Ian nodded slightly, he made up his mind in his heart: "I have won this first place." ”

Reading? What is the difference between reading and permanent lending? It doesn't matter what others think, he can't miss it!

Although Master Gosai's business card can also be read, he can't enter the treasure book area, and the two are superimposed, so maybe he can stay in the treasure area for a while?

Moreover, maybe you can take a look at the commission from the Dragon Worship Sect by the way...... The Book of Silver and the Rare Book Collection...... Although he shouldn't be able to get close, with the help of his psionic perspective and silver chips, he can be regarded as able to explain to Elder Manya.

The assessment is divided into time batches, with 20 candidates each time, and the time limit is one hour.

Ian was in the fifth batch, which happened to be the last shift of the afternoon, and the other alchemists were entering their closed examination rooms, and they could still be faintly heard talking.

"In the last session of the afternoon, the materials used won't be bad, right?"

"How can the association be so poor, don't scare yourself, play hard."

"This time, almost all the qualified alchemists around the plains have come, and the competition is quite fierce."

"But the really good ones won't come to the test, it's all young people like us...... In general, it is also an opportunity to prove yourself, and if you can get the ranking, it will be convenient to go to the big workshop to find a job in the future. ”

Several people said goodbye while talking, and entered the examination room separately, and Ian saw that there was a complete set of alchemy equipment in the room, although it was only ordinary standard equipment, but it was very complete.

The Alchemy Association really took a lot of effort to suppress the turmoil of an alchemy master being stripped of his title.

Ian also entered a spare assessment room, although the competition was fierce in theory, but in fact, most people didn't think they could get the top few, so the atmosphere between them was relatively harmonious.

Entering the compartment, it was a small room no more than fifteen square meters in total, with a fairly clean iron flat table, on which were placed a row of commonly used alchemy instruments, and another row of cabinets with other instruments and tools.

The materials hadn't been delivered yet, and so had the exam questions, and Ian couldn't help but feel a little nostalgic for his workplace in Port Harrison as he looked at the equipment...... I still have a lot of experimental materials and notes there.

He looked around and used his prophetic horizon to observe these same alchemists of his own assessment.

Most of them are in their twenties and thirties, and they are supposed to be already working in some workshops, and none of them are 'apprentices'...... Also, the formal alchemist assessment does not need to come to the imperial capital at all, and the graduates of the Alchemy Academy can directly advance to the formal, and only the formal to the elite need to go to the big city for the formal assessment.

Like myself, I'm afraid there are not many people who go directly from apprenticeship to elite.

Ian will not be blindly arrogant, feeling that his alchemy level is far beyond these ordinary looking experienced alchemists, and he will definitely do his best to compete with these new generation of alchemists around the Imperial Capital Circle, who may be able to represent the younger generation of the Settar Empire!

"Silver chip, ready to deduce!"

That being said, in order to get a library card from the Grand Royal Library, Ian would not be afraid to use any means.

The silver chip and the prophet are also his strength, they should be used, all of this is his hard work and struggle!

Soon, the materials and exam questions came.

Meanwhile.

On the second floor, in a medium-sized conference hall, a total of eight alchemists, led by two old men wearing gold-edged alchemist robes, sat in their respective seats, observing the movements of the candidates on the twenty-one screens around them.

After seeing Ian, two people looked slightly moved and reported upwards.

"Huh? The guy who Gosai favored was also here? ”

The gray-haired old man raised his eyes to look at the light curtain, his eyes were far younger than his appearance, flashing with a golden-orange sparkle of wisdom: "Ha, I'll take a look...... This is too young, I seem to be at least seventeen or eighteen years old, isn't this still a child? ”

"That fool of Bavar did what he saw?"

The other old woman, with black and white hair and a rather serious expression, narrowed her eyes, her purple-red eyes flickered for a moment, and then said thoughtfully: "Although I am very annoyed that Bavar is old and does dirty work for money, his inscriptions and alchemy are very well combined, and he can't see it at all without careful inspection." ”

"As a result, the hidden hand in the bracelet was seen by this kid - if this is spiritual energy, then how strong should his observation spiritual energy be?"

Lewen