Published: December 25, 2024
Not long after, the confidant he sent out returned.
However, after coming back, his confidant had a strange expression on his face.
"What happened? Where did that kid and the group with Xuan Yi Yaowang go?"
The head of Xuan Sheng Pavilion and Huang Fu Nan looked curious.
"Back to the pavilion master, that Qin Chen separated from Xuan Yi Yaowang and went to our Alchemy Pavilion's library to browse books," the confidant said, but the strangeness on his face seemed to deepen.
"Oh?" The head of Xuan Sheng Pavilion raised an eyebrow, "He went to the library?"
He began to laugh, "This child must have heard about the content of the Alchemy Room's assessment, so he went to the high-level library to look at some obscure alchemy recipes and various rare spiritual herbs, wanting to cram at the last minute. But in the Martial Domain, there’s no such assessment as the Alchemy Room."
"Not that," the confidant said, a little incredulously, "That Qin Chen did not go to the high-level library, but to the primary library."
"Primary library?"
Both the head of Xuan Sheng Pavilion and Huang Fu Nan were stunned.
The primary library housed only the most basic alchemical theories, and there was hardly anything profound. How could Qin Chen, a Yaowang, prepare for the Alchemy Room assessment by going to the primary library? What was he doing there?
"I understand now." Suddenly, the head of Xuan Sheng Pavilion's expression changed to one of realization, smiling as he said, "In the primary library, although it contains basic materials, there are also some relatively obscure knowledge. He might want to consolidate his understanding to prevent any mistakes on simple knowledge points during the Alchemy Room assessment."
Upon hearing this, Huang Fu Nan nodded in agreement, praising in admiration, "Pavilion master, you are wise."
However, the confidant standing beside them had an even stranger expression, hesitantly saying, "Pavilion master, when I went there, it seemed that Qin Chen was not looking at obscure knowledge, but rather some other books."
"Other books? What kind of books?" The head of Xuan Sheng Pavilion asked, puzzled.
Did he not guess correctly? What was Qin Chen actually looking at in the primary library?
"I saw a few books, such as 'Basic Alchemy Techniques', 'Compilation of Common Spiritual Herbs on the Continent', 'Complete Basic Recipes', 'Thousands of Basic Spiritual Herbs in Low-Level Refinement', 'Forty-Eight Basic Fire Control Techniques', and 'How to Conduct Preliminary Heating in a Cauldron', etc. I saw many people secretly watching Qin Chen, so I didn’t dare to approach, but I absolutely did not misread these few books!" the confidant replied after thinking.
"Basic Alchemy Techniques? Complete Basic Recipes?"
"Forty-Eight Basic Fire Control Techniques, and How to Conduct Preliminary Heating in a Cauldron? He, a Yaowang, is looking at these?"
Pfft!
Almost spitting out blood, the head of Xuan Sheng Pavilion and Huang Fu Nan exchanged glances, both of them completely stunned.
These are the simplest theory books that an alchemy apprentice needs to learn... It’s like walking and eating; every alchemy apprentice must master them. Even if an assessment occurs in the Alchemy Room, it would only appear in the first or second rounds. This guy is about to compete with the vice pavilion masters, and the Alchemy Room requires passing seven rounds to succeed, and he is reading this kind of book?
Are you kidding me?
This is like a martial artist about to engage in a life-and-death duel with a Nineth Level Martial God and suddenly thinking of buying a weapon and learning basic martial techniques…
Is this real?
"Are you certain he is looking at these books?"
Unable to hold back, the head of Xuan Sheng Pavilion asked suspiciously.
"Indeed, he is reading these books. I secretly observed for half a day, and he was indeed focused, turning pages one by one. Oh, I also saw him take a book titled 'Basic Alchemy Recipes of the Past Century', and it seemed he was memorizing its contents..." the confidant was nearly in tears.