High Above

"The materials in the exam room can weaken psychic powers."

Master Gosei did not answer, but Master Wana spoke. She narrowed her eyes: "And the rules do not say that you cannot see other people's choices - if he can see it, then this is also part of his ability."

"Being able to see other candidates through psychic isolation materials, his observation-type psychic ability... is a bit too strong."

of course. Master Gesai said in his heart. Back then, this kid could even find out the core of the Hive Mother, which was equivalent to being able to withstand the second-level Hive psychic network suppression and forcefully see through its weaknesses - mere psychic isolation of materials was nothing.

But the strange thing is that based on Master Gosei's understanding of Ian, he feels that the other person is not someone who would watch what others do and follow what he does.

As expected, Master Alexei, who initially said he was cheating, also frowned. He shook his head and said, "No - he had prepared the material classification from the beginning, and was obviously preparing to make a full-scale amplification potion... Then he looked at other people. What are you doing? Although there is no standard answer to this assessment, the optimal solution to the general formula is it."

None of the three alchemist masters quite understood what Ian was doing, but after thinking for a while, Ian started to take action.

"This is not the starting point for a comprehensive amplification potion."

Master Goser frowned. He patted Isengard and motioned for him to say, "Did you see any clues?"

"I……"

Isengard was confused. Although he was familiar with Ian, he had not yet started cooperating with the boy on the alchemy project. How did he know what skills Ian had?

But Ethan is also a genuine elite alchemist after all. He carefully observed Ian's every move in the light curtain, and immediately discovered: "Ian is... preparing to make an anti-damage potion? He is dealing with demon hunting insect shells. , and use 'crystallization' to purify the material structure, perform a primary precipitation, facilitate subsequent processing, and use it as the main material."

After saying this, he blinked, somewhat puzzled by Ian's choice.

Anti-damage medicine is also a valuable medicine among elite medicines. As the name suggests, it can make the user's body, from the inside out, including blood vessels, lymphatics and other structures, have strong resistance to mechanical damage.

To put it simply, it can be regarded as comprehensive damage reduction - there have been cases of soldiers who took anti-damage agents and survived a frontal covering bombardment by the enemy, whether it was shock waves, flames, cutting or bludgeoning, or even suffocation and High fever and smoldering, none of which killed him.

Although this is an extremely lucky exception, it is enough to illustrate the power of anti-damage potions.

It's just that... the comprehensive amplification potion also has the effect of some anti-damage potions. Although it is not strong, the comprehensive amplification potion can also enhance physical fitness, which is undoubtedly more useful and valuable.

"Do you want to make a perfect quality anti-damage potion? This is also an idea, the value is quite high, and under certain circumstances, the effect may be more appropriate than a full-scale increase with shortcomings."

Master Vana is also observing. This old woman has the best eyesight. She can see that Ian's handling of all materials is extremely skillful. He doesn't look like a fourteen-year-old novice in alchemy at all... The opponent has at least five More than three years of experience is really terrifying. Doesn't this mean that the other person has already started alchemy before he was ten years old?

While others are still learning common language and basic mathematics, this guy is already familiar with alchemy classics?

Thinking of this, Master Wana looked at Gosei with a slightly envious expression - this hunchbacked old man really wasn't bragging, he had really found a genius.

But it was at this time that Ian made a choice that surprised everyone.

"Why did he start making it?!"

The material has not been completely analyzed and the matrix has not been prepared. Why would Ian start now?

The other twenty candidates are all still in the preliminary preparation stage of alchemy potions - this is also the purpose of the one hour.

Otherwise, it would take seven or eight hours for an alchemist to concentrate on making a bottle of 'Ultimate Ferocity Potion'. Wouldn't it be four to five times more powerful than the comprehensive amplification potion? The materials are the same, but the requirements for time, technique, and attention are higher.

Of course, the side effects of extreme ferocity are also very scary, but the increase in combat power it brings is also completely terrifying.

That is the Little Superman potion that allows an ordinary person to directly fight against several monsters.

The light in Master Alexei's eyes became brighter. He carefully observed Ian's actions, then stretched out his hand and patted Carancil: "Tell me the secret."

——No, it’s all about comparison?

The black-haired young alchemist showed a strange expression, but he had indeed been prepared for it, so he said seriously: "Well... according to my observation, Ian's choice should not be simply 'high value' but 'Value for money'…”

"He chose to make multiple bottles of mid-to-high-quality anti-damage potions. The value brought by quantity is more stable than one bottle of comprehensive increase potions. This is indeed an idea, but it takes a lot of time, so he chose to wait for the materials to be slow. Precipitate the matrix and use the processed matrix to make it."

This was indeed an idea, and everyone present nodded slightly.

But Carancil changed the topic and began to criticize mercilessly: "But doing so is essentially a mistake. Even a defective full-amplification potion that lacks healing ingredients requires high or even perfect quality. Only anti-damage potions can compare, and generally, at least four bottles of medium- to high-quality potions can be compared."

"Ian chose to make multiple bottles of ordinary potions. Essentially, he lost confidence in operational accuracy. He did not want to gamble on whether he could make a perfect potion and circumvent his weakness in potion making experience - after all, with his Judging from the remoteness of his hometown, I'm afraid he has never made the perfect potion in the past."

“It wasn’t the wrong choice, but it was ultimately mediocre.”

Having said this, Carancil said quite proudly: "Judging from the completion of the comprehensive amplification potion I made, Ian would need at least five bottles to barely be able to compare with me. But in terms of performance, he is definitely lower. "

His comments are harsh, but they are actually what most people think.

Ian's choice to make multiple bottles of ordinary potions essentially turns the pursuit of excellence in alchemy into a shortcut to winning with more.

Is this wrong? Yes, multiple bottles of potion are worth more than one...but what about technology? What about knowledge? What about techniques?

Also, what about the tireless pursuit of the peak of alchemy?

All this is invisible, changing from the realm of the alchemist to the realm of the alchemist.

This is why Carancil feels that Ian's skills cannot be put on the stage.