Chapter 122 Sixth-Rank Alchemist Di Qing

The next day.

The morning sun had just fallen on the ground, and Lu Yun left the martial arts academy early.

Lingwu County City.

Even though it was not the first time he came to Lingwu County City, Lu Yun was still shocked when he saw the busy streets and the bustling crowds.

Lu Yun walked down a street called Zhuque.

Zhuque Street was a little different from other streets. The shops on both sides of the street were decorated in a particularly luxurious and grand manner, and the plaques were all written with words like "such and such hall" or "such and such pavilion".

That's right, on the entire Zhuque Street, seven or eight out of ten shops sold elixirs, spiritual herbs, and other things that could help improve martial arts cultivation.

Lu Yun walked for a long time, and when he reached the end of Zhuque Street, he slowly stopped.

Looking up, a group of majestic buildings came into view.

This group of buildings stood in a row at the end of Zhuque Street. The green-red tiles looked particularly dazzling under the sunlight. Lu Yun's eyes fell on the tallest building.

A huge plaque was placed horizontally on the top of the building, engraved with a row of golden characters in a flamboyant style, shining with dazzling light.

'Alchemist Alliance-Lingwu County Branch! '

Muttering softly, Lu Yun stared at the group of buildings for a long time.

There were many people like him around, all looking at the tall building with envy and awe.

In Lingwu County, apart from Feiling Martial Arts Academy, only the Alchemist Alliance Branch was above the rest, and the identity of the alchemist was also sought after by many warriors and forces.

Those who could enter the tall building had a unified identity, that is, the alchemist.

Lu Yun touched the white-scaled purple-gold knife behind him, then took a deep breath and strode towards the Alchemist Alliance.

As soon as he arrived at the door, two sturdy men stopped him.

"Little guy, this is the Alchemist Alliance. Only alchemists can enter. Outsiders are not allowed to enter without important matters."

Lu Yun said lightly: "Why do you think I am not an alchemist?"

The big man said in a muffled voice: "It's very simple. You don't have an alchemist badge."

"Alchemist badge?" Lu Yun frowned slightly.

Just then, a sound of footsteps came from behind. The person seemed to be in a hurry and didn't seem to be ready to avoid him. Lu Yun had to slightly turn his body.

A quick glance showed that this was a young man in a white robe with gloomy eyes, but Lu Yun's eyes fell on a copper badge on the other's chest, on which two carefully carved alchemy patterns were painted.

After seeing this young man in a white robe, the two big men quickly stepped aside, and forced a smile on their faces, watching the other party enter the gate.

"That's Lin Feng, the genius alchemist of our Alchemist Alliance. He's already a second-grade alchemist at a young age and has a promising future."

"By the way, the copper badge on his chest is the badge of an alchemist. The two dan patterns carved on it represent his identity as a second-grade alchemist."

After Lin Feng left, the big man explained to Lu Yun.

Lu Yun said, "I don't have an alchemist badge for now, but I am indeed an alchemist. This time I'm here to verify my alchemist identity."

"To verify your alchemist identity?" The big man said in a muffled voice, "Then do you have a letter of introduction issued by an alchemist in the Alchemist Alliance? If not, you can't be certified as an alchemist."

"...Uh? Letter of introduction?" Hearing this, Lu Yun was stunned. To verify an alchemist's identity, he still needed a letter of introduction from an alchemist in the Alchemist Alliance? This was completely unexpected.

He shook his head helplessly. Just when Lu Yun was a little distressed and was about to go home to think of a new way, a vicissitudes of life suddenly sounded behind him.

"Little brother, don't you have an introducer?"

Lu Yun turned his head and saw an old man in black robe standing behind him.

This is a thin face with a slightly dark complexion. Under the light eyebrows, a pair of kind eyes are bright and energetic.

Lu Yun's eyes turned around and finally stopped at the badge on the other party's chest. There were six lines of Dan patterns engraved on a silver badge.

Lu Yun's heart was instantly stirred up. What is the identity of this old man? His alchemist badge looks high-level.

"Hello, Elder Di!"

The moment they saw the old man in black robe, the two burly men guarding the door immediately bowed and saluted.

The old man in black robe nodded slightly, and then his eyes that looked quite energetic stared at Lu Yun, and smiled kindly: "Little guy, how about I be your introducer."

Lu Yun's heart was slightly happy, and he quickly reacted, and immediately bowed and smiled: "Thank you, Elder Di!"

"Haha, then follow me in!"

Elder Di laughed and took Lu Yun into the gate.

The two big men guarding the gate naturally would not stop him. On the contrary, when Lu Yun passed by, they showed a flattering smile on their faces.

As soon as he entered the gate, he saw a young and beautiful girl waving to him in the distance. The white and crystal jade wrist looked like jade under the sunlight, which was quite eye-catching.

Lu Yun's eyes could not help but pause on her for a while. The girl was probably only about fifteen or sixteen years old. Her body was a little petite and her face was a little immature, but her figure was quite well developed. She was concave where it should be concave and convex where it should be convex. She was wearing a light purple dress on her plump and mature body.

His eyes lingered on his steep chest for a long time, but he did not find the badge representing his identity as an alchemist.

"Grandpa, why did you come just now and let me wait here for so long, hum!"

After Lu Yun and Elder Di walked in, the girl in purple snorted coldly.

Looking at the girl who gritted her teeth and wrinkled her straight nose, Elder Di's old face was full of a loving smile and said with a smile: "Hey, grandpa is already old, so naturally he can't keep up with your energy. Exuberant young man.”

"If you walk slowly, you walk slowly. You have to find so many excuses." The girl in purple squeaked, and her beautiful eyes like water fell on Lu Yun. She seemed to have seen something interesting and said with a smile:

"Why have I never seen this little brother before? Grandpa, where did you find him?"

"I just met him outside, so I brought him in by the way. By the way, even though he is younger than you, he is also here to be certified as an alchemist."

Immediately, Elder Di smiled at Lu Yun and said, "This is my little granddaughter, Di Ruoling. She has a jumpy personality, but she has a good mind."

"Brother Lu Yun, call Sister Ruoling to come and listen?" Di Ruoling stuck out her tongue at Lu Yun and said with a playful smile.

Lu Yun just smiled faintly and slightly cupped his hands: "Lu Yun, I have met Miss Ruo Ling."

"It's really boring to act like a grown-up at such a young age." Di Ruoling curled her lips and immediately lost interest in teasing Lu Yun.

"Hey, let's go, girl, you have to behave well today and don't embarrass me, or you won't be able to hold your head high in front of old man Deng in the future."

"Grandpa, don't worry. It's just a first-grade elixir. It can't stop me at all." Ji Ruolingjiao held Elder Di's arm and said with a smile, her crystal jade face filled with a confident smile.

"You can't be careless, especially as an alchemist, you have to be careful." He patted Ji Ruoling's little head fondly, and then showed a kind smile to Lu Yun.

"Brother Lu, let's go together!"

"Elder Di, please go first."

In this way, Elder Di led Lu Yun and Di Ruoling towards the interior of the Alchemist Alliance Hall.

As soon as you walk into the lobby on the first floor, you will be greeted by a faint medicinal fragrance, which makes people feel comfortable and relaxed.

In the hall, there were about a dozen workers, not many of whom seemed to have many things in their hands, chatting among themselves.

There were many people of different ages, each holding a piece of letterhead in their hands, which seemed to be a letter of introduction. They looked around suspiciously, as if they were consulting on the procedures for alchemist certification, but no relevant staff came out at this time. Responsible.

Lu Yun looked at this scene and shook his head slightly.

This kind of thing was already commonplace in the previous life. Unexpectedly, this phenomenon also exists in this Alchemy Master Alliance.

"Um...cough..."

Elder Di took Lu Yun and Ji Ruoling straight to a counter and coughed slightly, which was particularly harsh in the slightly cold hall.

When a group of office workers who were chatting raised their heads and saw Elder Di in black robes, a look of astonishment appeared on their faces. They quickly sat up straight and hurriedly dealt with the things in their hands.

Soon, a young man in gray robes hurriedly walked out of a backstage and hurried towards the counter.

"Di...Elder Di..." A trace of sweat appeared on the young man's forehead, and even his words became a little incoherent.

Obviously, he failed to stick to his post during working hours and let the elders catch him, which completely panicked him.

Elder Di raised his hand slightly and said with a smile: "Don't be nervous, just be more careful in the future. Well, let's go through the process of alchemist certification for them first."

Seeing that Elder Di had no intention of pursuing the matter, the young man breathed a sigh of relief and immediately agreed.

Immediately, he greeted everyone in the hall: "Please forgive me for being delayed for a while. I'm really sorry that everyone has been waiting for so long."

The others were naturally not interested in this, but they did not show any dissatisfaction. They all came over and lined up in a long queue in an orderly manner.

At the front of the team were Ji Ruoling and Lu Yun.

The young man took out a golden-covered book from the grid under the counter. His eyes immediately fell on Lu Yun and he smiled faintly: "Hello, please tell me your name, age and the name of the introducer so that I can help you register. After registration, the alchemist assessment and certification will be completed, and the alchemist badge will be issued.”

"Lu Yun, age thirteen, introducer..." Lu Yun pondered for a moment and looked at Elder Di aside, but where was the other person?

"You don't have an introducer?" The young man's hand holding the pen paused slightly, and his eyes looked at Lu Yun with a hint of sullenness.

"His introducer is my grandfather, Di Qing!" At this time, Di Ruoling, who was behind him, tilted his head slightly, frowned slightly, and said coldly.

"Hey, it turns out Miss Ruo Ling is here too." The young man laughed awkwardly, then continued to write, writing the word "Di Qing" on Lu Yun's introducer.

After the registration was completed, the young man smiled and said: "Please wait a moment. After all registrations are completed, someone will take you to the assessment shortly."

Lu Yun nodded, walked aside and gave up his position.

After registering, Di Ruoling came over and looked at Lu Yun with a smile, "Okay, I came here for the alchemist certification when I was only thirteen years old. Maybe I just came here to try it casually."

"Of course not." Lu Yun shook his head and smiled confidently.

"Haha, come on, we will know whether it is yes or no after the assessment."

…

About half an hour later, all the people who wanted to be certified as alchemists were registered, a total of thirty-six people.

The youngest ones are Lu Yun and Di Ruoling. The others, even the youngest ones, are around twenty years old.

Some of them are quite old, with gray hair on their heads, making them look very old.

After a while, a woman in blue with bright eyes and white teeth appeared in the hall and said to everyone: "Those who are participating in the alchemist assessment, please follow me."

He immediately took away everyone's registration books, turned around and walked out of the hall. Seeing this, everyone quickly quickened their pace to follow.

After a while, everyone came to a gate.

There are four warriors stationed here, uniformly dressed in purple robes with the words Alchemist Alliance on their chests.

Next to the gate, there is a pair of tables and chairs, with number plates placed on the table.

Lu Yun's eyes swept over the bodies of these four warriors, and he felt a little awe-inspiring. It was clear that these four people were all warriors in the True Qi Realm, and they had at least completed the Sixth Level of True Qi Refining.

"Good fellow, even a mere door must be guarded by warriors from the Sixth Level of True Qi. It is worthy of the Alchemist Alliance, rich and arrogant."

At this time, a middle-aged man walked out of the gate, still wearing a robe with the words Alchemist Alliance on it.

However, compared with the other four, this middle-aged man's breath was smoother and longer, and even Lu Yun couldn't tell the depth.

The one who can make the current Lu Yun unable to see the depth is at least close to the Yuan Liquid Realm.

"Commander Xiong, are the internal assessments over?" While speaking, the woman in green handed the golden registration book to the other party with a smile.

"Not yet, but it's almost there." The middle-aged warrior known as Commander Xiong glanced at everyone. When his eyes fell on Lu Yun, a touch of surprise suddenly rose in his heart. With his strength, he could go from a man who was more than ten years old. The 20-year-old boy felt a trace of danger in his body, which was very strange.

"Haha, this batch of newcomers is a bit uneven!" He chuckled and began to carefully check the golden registration book. After finding that there was no problem, he walked to the table and sat down, smiling: "The assessment fee is one soul. Jing, pay it here."

"Do you still need the assessment fee for a spiritual crystal?" Lu Yun frowned slightly, but after seeing that everyone was taking it for granted, his brows immediately relaxed.

"Huh? The first Lu Yun." Commander Xiong shouted.

Lu Yun stepped forward and handed over a spiritual crystal with great pain, and then received a black number plate with a red 'one' written on it.

Di Ruoling touched Lu Yun's shoulder and said with a smile: "No way, just one spiritual crystal can make you feel so uncomfortable."

"Of course, I'm a poor guy, you'd better stay away from me." Lu Yun said angrily.

"Giggle..." Seeing this, Di Ruoling couldn't help but cover her mouth and chuckle.

After half a cup of tea.

"Okay, you can go in. The number plate in your hand is your exam number. Be sure to keep it safe. If you lose it, your spiritual crystal will be wasted."

As soon as Commander Xiong finished speaking, the four Zhenqi realm warriors guarding the gate automatically stood aside, leaving a passage immediately open.

"Hehe, let's go in. Grandpa must have been waiting inside for a long time."

Di Ruoling chuckled and dragged Lu Yun in.

Entering the door quite awkwardly, a bright and clear hall came into view.

Lu Yun's eyes swept across the hall, and his eyes first fell on the front desk that looked like a judges' seat right in front. At this time, seven alchemists of different ages were sitting on it.

As for why he recognized them as alchemists at a glance, it was because Lu Yun saw that they all had a silver badge on their chests.

There are at least four pill lines on the silver badge.

Sitting in the middle is a female alchemist who looks to be only about thirty or forty years old, but there are five alchemy lines on the silver badge on her chest.

Under the judges' seat, there is a huge hourglass.

There was a constant flow of sand in the hourglass, and there was about a quarter of the sand left.

Below the judges' bench, in the center of the hall, there are forty cubicles carefully arranged.

Each cubicle contains a small alchemy furnace and other equipment to assist in alchemy.

At this time, there is a busy figure in each cubicle, or there are few fireworks, or there are bursts of elixir.

Immediately afterwards, Lu Yun's eyes fell on the representative seats on both sides of the judges' table in the hall.

In front of the representatives' seats on both sides, there is a large sign with the two characters "representative" on it.

Above each representative seat, there is a small sign with the words "So-and-so family, so-and-so", "So-and-so Chamber of Commerce, so-and-so" and 'County, so-and-so'

At the representative seat on the left, Lu Yun saw Elder Di Qing, who was chatting with two other old men.

One of the old men wore a silver badge on his chest. The badge was also engraved with six lines of pill patterns.

In front of him, there was a small sign with the words 'Elder of the Alchemist Alliance, Deng He' on it.

"Huh?" Lu Yun's eyes suddenly fell on the small sign in front of another old man.

"Elder of Feiling Martial Arts Academy, Jiang Wen?"

Lu Yun wiped his eyes to make sure that he had read correctly. An elder from the martial arts academy was also present, which was beyond his expectation.

This hall now gathers almost all the forces of Lingwu County, including the Martial Academy, the Alchemist Alliance, the county government, and the big families of Lingwu County.

Thinking of this, Lu Yun couldn't help but rethink the Alchemist Alliance.

"According to the layout of this hall, almost every assessment has talented judges, representatives from various forces. Is this just for fairness?"

Lu Yun shook his head slightly, it must not be that simple.

At this moment, a soft and quiet voice sounded beside him.

"Everyone, please go to the assessment area first and take a seat. The assessment will be conducted based on the number later."

Led by a very pretty woman, Lu Yun and others came to the back of the hall, which was directly opposite the judges' seats, separated by forty small compartments.

"Old man Deng, where is your good grandson? Why haven't you seen him yet? The assessment is about to begin?" After seeing Di Ruoling who was already sitting in the assessment seat, Di Qing smiled slightly, and then glanced at the hourglass under the judges' seat, turned his head, and said to Deng He who was chatting and laughing with Jiang Wen.

"Don't worry, don't worry, there is still one-sixth of sand in the hourglass. With Yunhui's character, he won't show up until the last moment." Deng He said calmly, with a smile on his old face.

"Your little girl has always been active and not quiet, and I don't know what level of alchemy she has reached now."

When mentioning Di Ruoling, Di Qing's smile became even more intense, and he said rather arrogantly: "Don't worry, she is definitely not weaker than Yunhui."

"Haha, it's hard to say!"

"You two are both old bones, but you still like to fight as always." Seeing the two old guys next to him quarreling again, Jiang Wen smiled faintly.