Martial Master

Master Liu Guang's expression was peculiar, his mouth twitching as well.

Just now, when he saw Qin Chen's written answers, he was instantly amazed, although he knew that Qin Chen might not be strong in practical skills, he still had some expectations in his heart.

But who would have thought that Qin Chen's practical skills would be so terrible.

The Gathering Fire Array is the most basic fire system formation. Every alchemy apprentice's first task when learning alchemy is to activate the Gathering Fire Array and form the formation.

Unexpectedly, Qin Chen couldn't fully activate the Gathering Fire Array, which instantly left Master Liu Guang utterly disappointed.

“Haha, Qin Chen, is it? I advise you to just give up on the assessment. If you can't even activate the Gathering Fire Array, you definitely can't complete Master Liu Guang's assessment. It's completely impossible.”

Shaking his head, Zhou Tao appeared to be kindly advising, but inside he was overjoyed.

What if he scored full marks in the first round of assessments? Master Liu Guang was just praising this kid, huh, who is the only genius today? I suppose Master Liu Guang should know now.

“Qin Chen, you can step down. You only activated half of the Gathering Fire Array's flames; it's impossible to separate them into three flames, let alone do anything else!”

Chen Mu seized the opportunity and stepped forward, shaking his head as he spoke. Just as he finished half his sentence, he suddenly choked on his words, his eyes bulging as he stared at Qin Chen as if he had seen a ghost.

“Chen Mu, what did you say?”

Before him, the weak flames in Qin Chen's hand had already split into three, quietly burning and extremely stable.

“I-I said cough cough…”

Chen Mu had a mournful expression, completely unsure of what to say.

He had asked for it, wanting to mock someone, and now he was getting slapped in the face.

He had just said that the half-activated flames of the Gathering Fire Array couldn't separate into three flames, yet in the blink of an eye, the flames in Qin Chen's hand had split apart.

The slap on his face was stinging, and it was too harsh.

Could it be that this kid is my nemesis?

*Cough cough cough!* His eyes rolled around as he fought the urge to find a hole to hide in. Chen Mu coughed twice, “I meant that the flames formed from just activating half of the Gathering Fire Array are very weak. Even if they could be separated into three flames, they wouldn't be able to form a ladder shape, so…”

Before he could finish, he saw Qin Chen lightly urging his mental energy, and the three weak flames that had been separated began to move rapidly, forming a perfect triangular ladder.

“I…”

His throat suddenly choked up, and Chen Mu's eyes were wide open, almost about to cry.

“Brother, can you not play me like this?”

“My poor heart can't take it.”

He had just said that such weak flames couldn't separate into three flames, and in the blink of an eye, they had split into three flames. He had just claimed they couldn't form a ladder shape, and before he finished speaking, Qin Chen had already formed the flames into a ladder shape.

Chen Mu felt like he could impulsively smash his head against the wall; this was just too embarrassing.

“This is impossible! How did you do it? You must be cheating!”

Beside him, Zhou Tao looked furious.

Those flames that had been formed from activating only half of the Gathering Fire Array were very weak. The amount of flame contained was only half of the normal; how could it reach this level?

Zhou Tao looked left and right, suspicious that Qin Chen had done something to cheat.

“This completely defies common sense.”

“Who told you that the flames formed from activating half of the Gathering Fire Array couldn't achieve this step?” Qin Chen retorted.

“This…”

Zhou Tao was about to go crazy. Did he really need someone to tell him? This was basic knowledge!

Activating only half of the Gathering Fire Array means the flames formed couldn't stabilize, so naturally, they couldn't take shape. It goes without saying that they couldn't split or stack; this was common knowledge for any alchemist.