Fight to break the sky

As they walked out of the assessment hall, Otto caught up with him, walking side by side with Xiao Yan. Occasionally he turned his head and looked at the young man with a calm smile on his face, his eyes a little strange.

"Why are you staring at me?" Xiao Yan couldn't stand Otto's gaze after walking a certain distance, and shook his head helplessly and said.

"Haha, I'm just looking to see how many things you, the little guy, have hidden, how surprising you are..." Otto laughed.

Hearing this, Xiao Yan could only shrug helplessly.

"But you performed so eye-catching this time. I'm afraid that old guy Chemir will come to me to find out your identity soon. Although he doesn't know your exact strength, you are only about 20 years old. It can refine the iron wood leaf eight times, which is one of the few times since the establishment of the guild." Otto said.

"I know..." Xiao Yan walked slowly and nodded. This was what he thought of when refining the iron wood leaf. However, the conference was about to begin, and it was only a matter of time before his strength was revealed, so there was no need for him. He deliberately acted extremely poorly at this juncture. Although it was good to be low-key, he was too low-key. Those disdainful and mocking glances were quite confusing and helpless.

"As for my identity, I have to ask Master Otto to help me conceal it." Xiao Yan pursed his lips slightly and said softly: "For some reasons, if my identity is exposed, I'm afraid I won't participate in this conference again. Therefore, Master, please try your best to help."

Hearing the serious consequences Xiao Yan said, Otto was stunned and immediately frowned. If Xiao Yan withdrew from the competition, wouldn't the Black Rock City Alchemist Guild lose an opportunity to achieve good results this time? This is really a significant threat to Otto, who has never made much achievements since taking office.

After frowning and pondering for a long time, Otto nodded and said with a wry smile: "Okay, I'll try my best to hide it for you. Fortunately, the membership information of this batch has not been uploaded yet, so I can modify it."

"Haha, thank you Master Otto." Hearing this, Xiao Yan breathed a sigh of relief and smiled.

"There is no way, I don't want such an excellent player that I finally found to run away." Otto said helplessly.

Xiao Yan smiled and was about to speak when Frank's loud laughter suddenly sounded from in front: "Hey, Lao Ao, how are you? Is the test over? How is this little guy?"

At this time, Xiao Yan and the two had already walked out of the corridor. Since it was an intersection, there were quite a lot of people here. When they heard Frank's laughter, many curious people suddenly slowed down and turned their attention. Xiao Yan, who was walking with Otto, because the previous test was an internal test, these alchemists did not know the exact results of the competition, but they also knew that most of the people who could participate in that kind of internal test were He is a seed player belonging to this conference, and his strength is extremely extraordinary.

Hearing the laughter, Xiao Yan raised his head and looked at Frank, who was striding over with a smile. Beside him, Xue Mei and Na Linfei, who were dressed in silver dresses and looked extremely cold, were also following. Their somewhat curious eyes were also cast on Xiao Yan. Obviously, they were also curious about what kind of results Xiao Yan could achieve in this level of test.

"It's okay, I passed it..." Looking at the three people who came in front of him, Xiao Yan said with a smile.

Hearing this, Otto on the side rolled his eyes. If his results were acceptable, wouldn't everyone else be unqualified?

"Haha, passed? That's good. I was a little worried at first. After all, those guys who participated in the internal test are not fuel-efficient." Frank smiled.

"Hey, you guy, you are representing our Black Rock City this time. Although I don't expect you to be a genius of Liu Ling's level, you must at least get in the top ten in this kind of internal test before you can be in the conference. Achieving a good result, right? Just making do is not enough..." Linfei muttered. Obviously, she seemed to think that Xiao Yan's "make do" should be the kind of score that barely passes the test.

"Although Liu Ling is a genius, he is a disciple of King Alchemy after all, and he is older than Xiao...Yan Xiao. It is already very good to have such achievements, at least we are not even qualified to achieve such achievements. "It seems that it was because Xiao Yan helped to say something nice because of Peach Blossom Fire last time. Xuemei glanced at Linfei and said lightly: "I know you admire Liu Ling, but Yan Xiao is on our side. If he loses, our Black Rock City will not look good."

"I just said that from the position that he is our representative of Black Rock City...I didn't say anything to him...this has nothing to do with Liu Ling." Linfei said angrily.

"Oh, okay, you two, please be quiet." Seeing this pair of enemies, Otto shook his head helplessly and smiled at Falkland: "This time, I'm afraid your jaw will drop in surprise. Come down."

"Oh? What's wrong?" Frank was stunned and asked doubtfully.

Otto chuckled and was about to speak, but there was a commotion in the corridor behind him. Several people looked back and saw that the contestants taking the test were coming out one after another, and the two people in the front happened to be the little princess and the Liu Ling looked a little gloomy.

"Is that Liu Ling? A disciple of Master Dan Wang Furukawa? His aura is indeed extraordinary."

"To be a third-grade alchemist at such a young age, it's really disappointing..."

"I think he must be the best in this test."

"Who can let me have a good teacher... I can't envy you." Looking at the group of people walking out of the corridor, the people around them suddenly started whispering.

Xiao Yan turned his head slightly, looked at Liu Ling who was walking slowly over, and smiled.

Walking out of the corridor with a gloomy face, Liu Ling saw the familiar figure at a glance. The corner of his mouth twitched slightly, and then he took a deep breath. Suddenly, the concealment on his face quickly faded away, replaced by that feminine look. smile.

"Mr. Yan Xiao, congratulations." Coming forward, Liu Ling first bowed and saluted Otto Frank, then turned to Xiao Yan and smiled.

Xiao Yan smiled and shook his head: "It's a fluke."

"I have something else to do, so I won't talk more. Mr. Yan Xiao, let's meet at the conference tomorrow." Liu Ling obviously had no intention of chatting at this time. After saying hello, he moved away from Xiao Yan and others. , then passed through the crowd and disappeared from everyone's sight.

"Mr. Yan Xiao." After Liu Ling took a few steps forward, the little princess suddenly stopped, hesitated, turned around and smiled at Xiao Yan and said: "There is a party tonight, and many alchemists from the conference will attend. ,you…"

"Haha, I'm sorry, I have something else to do tonight, I'm afraid I don't have time..." Xiao Yan was slightly startled by the little princess's sudden olive branch, but then he was relieved, shook his head, and said with a smile.

Xiao Yan's refusal did not surprise the little princess. She moved her lips slightly, and after staring at Xiao Yan for a while, she said with a smile: "In that case, I won't force it. In the future, Mr. Yan Xiao If you need help, you can come to me and say goodbye."

Looking at the little princess who slowly disappeared from the end of his sight, Xiao Yan pursed his lips slightly, remembering her attitude towards him before the test results came out. Looking at it now, he couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart: "As expected of someone from the royal family. , in her eyes, the difference in treatment between useful people and useless people is so huge."

Watching Liu Ling disappear with stars in her eyes, Lin Fei turned her head and looked at Xiao Yan, wondering: "By the way, why is he congratulating you?"

"nothing."

Xiao Yan smiled. He didn't think that winning against Liu Ling was a big deal. Although he was a disciple of Furukawa, this reputation was not enough for someone who once dared to treat Furukawa and Queen Medusa as fish and clams, while he himself was For Xiao Yan, who was once a fisherman, he had almost no intimidating effect.

"Everyone, I have something to do. I'll take my leave first. I'll see you at the conference tomorrow." Without giving Lin Fei a chance to continue asking, Xiao Yan smiled and bowed his hands to Otto and others, and then quickly walked towards the outsiders of the guild. go.

"The internal test just now was about refining the iron wood leaf." Looking at Xiao Yan's back as he walked out in a hurry, Otto stroked his gray beard and said suddenly after a moment.

"It's difficult to refine iron wood spirit. That thing is almost the most difficult material to refine among the medium materials. With my current strength, I can only refine it eight or nine times." Hearing this, Frank Startled, he turned around and said.

"Haha, yes." Otto smiled and nodded, raising his chin towards the place where Liu Ling disappeared: "That little guy was refined six times."

"Six times?" Hearing Otto's words, Frank's face was suddenly full of surprise, and he praised: "It's amazing. At such an age, he can reach this point. He is worthy of being a disciple of Furukawa."

"That thing... I can only refine it twice, it seems. Lin Fei is about the same as me. Liu Ling's talent in refining medicine is indeed extraordinary." Xue Mei sighed lightly and said.

"Hehe, that's natural. He is the leader among the younger generation of alchemists in the Jiama Empire." Lin Fei said with a smile. Looking at her appearance, she really admired Liu Ling.

"Haha, that's not necessarily the case."

Otto laughed and shook his head, making Linfei glare angrily and said with a smile: "Although Liu Ling is extremely excellent, Yan Xiao is not weaker than him at all. In the test just now, Liu Ling refined it six times, and Yan Xiao Xiao, but eight times!”

Otto's words were undoubtedly like thunder, causing the expressions on the faces of the three people from De Verkeland to freeze instantly. Eight times? This is something that requires a fourth-grade alchemist to achieve, but Xiao Yan, a second-grade alchemist, can actually do it? How is this possible?

"Teacher, are you kidding me?" After recovering from the shock, Lin Fei said sarcastically. It was extremely hard for her to believe that Xiao Yan was even more awesome than Liu Ling.

On the side, Xue Mei also slightly opened her red lips, her cold expression was a bit stunned at this time. Although she did not look down on Xiao Yan, she never thought that he could achieve such dazzling results.

"Old Ao, are you telling the truth?" Frank stared at Otto closely, with an expression of ecstasy. The better Xiao Yan's performance, the greater the benefit to the Black Rock City branch.

"This little guy is hiding very deep. Now I am suddenly looking forward to this conference." Looking at the place where Xiao Yan disappeared with a smile, Otto said with a smile: "In this conference, Yan Xiao will probably He is the biggest dark horse!"