Chapter 63 Passing the Assessment

In a wide space, there were more than a dozen people sitting around, with a young man standing in the middle. In front of the young man was a table, and around it were a large number of medicinal herbs.

"Uncle, do you think he can pass the exam?" Die asked cautiously.

Hai Bodong shook his head and said helplessly: "You ask me, who should I ask? I'm not a pharmacist, and I don't know what level this kid is at."

Li Ming asked: "My friend, are you ready?"

Xiao Zhen directly exchanged for a small yellow tripod. This tripod was called the brass tripod. It was a gift from his teacher Fa Ma when he became a first-grade alchemist. The quality was quite good, and it should have no problem refining pills below the fifth grade.

Xiao Zhen nodded silently. The medicinal herbs around him were quite complete. As long as the test questions were not too difficult, he should be able to pass!

Li Ming directly took out a prescription from the storage ring and said gently: "This is the formula of the second-grade elixir, Qi-enhancing Powder. It is an elixir specially used to restore fighting spirit. All the medicinal materials are here. As long as you can successfully refine the Qi-enhancing Powder, you will pass!"

"Is it that simple? I thought there would be several test questions?" Xiao Zhen muttered to himself.

Hearing him mumbling, Li Ming couldn't help but roll his eyes at him. If you were not the president's apprentice, how could you be assessed so easily? Even the prescription given to you was one of the easier second-grade elixirs to refine.

Xiao Zhen was afraid that he had become a little rusty since he hadn't made medicine for several months. If something went wrong, failing the test would be a small problem, but failing the mission would be a big loss.

Now he doesn't have any points at all. Looking at the dazzling array of goods in the system, he can only stare longingly and shed tears of poverty. This damn broken system doesn't even have a novice gift package. It's not considerate at all!

While Xiao Zhen was refining the herbs into powder, he was looking at the task time on the system. He always felt that the time was not enough, so he was a little anxious about his technique.

"Old Li, why do I feel a little anxious when I see this young man's method? Have you urged him before?" The vice president sitting next to Li Ming, the third-grade alchemist Huang Sheng asked puzzledly.

Li Ming shook his head and explained, "Old Huang, please don't talk nonsense. If it is a formal assessment, there must be a time limit, but I have given this kid a lot of slack and did not give him a time limit."

Huang Sheng carefully looked at Xiao Zhen again, pointed at his face and said, "Look at his face, how anxious he is, could it be that he is in a hurry to go to the bathroom?"

One of the old ladies nodded and said, "I think so too. What if this kid gets upset?"

Li Ming said hesitantly: "Why don't we suspend the exam and let him take a rest!"

Since the water has already been added, it doesn’t matter if you add a little more.

Finally, with three minutes left before the time limit set by the system task, Xiao Zhen completed the refining of the Qi-enhancing Powder.

Xiao Zhen also breathed a sigh of relief. He had finally refined the pill. If half of the time had not been consumed before, he wouldn't have to be so anxious.

"Ding! Congratulations to the host for completing the task, the reward of 500 points has been received!"

Xiao Zhen put away the brass tripod, leaving only five green pills in his hand. He walked confidently in front of the judges and said with a smile: "Seniors, please take a look at the quality of the pills I made."

After hearing Xiao Zhen's words, several old men immediately took a pill each and began to carefully study it in their hands.

Li Ming said seriously: "This Qi-enhancing powder has a round appearance and bright color. It is of high quality at first glance."

Several other judges also nodded, and their comments were the same as Li Ming's.

The old woman asked again, "My dear, I would like to ask you a question. How old are you this year?"

Xiao Zhen scratched his hair with one hand and said shyly, "Senior, I will be 14 years old in a few months!"

Suddenly, the old woman's eyes sparkled with gold. She grabbed Xiao Zhen's body and said excitedly, "Young man, you are young and promising. I have a granddaughter who is about the same age as you. Why don't you..."

Xiao Zhen saw that this was a gift for his granddaughter, so he couldn't just accept it.

"I'm sorry, old lady, I already have a lover. Your granddaughter is a good person!" Xiao Zhen sighed.

The old woman was speechless. They hadn't even met yet, but this guy had already given his granddaughter a good guy card.

Li Ming looked at the young Xiao Zhen, put his hands behind his back, and sighed helplessly.

"It's true that the waves behind push the waves ahead, and the waves ahead die on the beach. It seems that we are really old!"

Xiao Zhen pretended to be humble on the surface, but he felt relieved inside.

The sighs from several old seniors satisfied Xiao Zhen's vanity.

Hai Bodong was the only one present who saw through Xiao Zhen's mind. He thought to himself: He is indeed a young man who cannot stand being praised. Although he appears modest on the surface, his tail is probably already sticking up in the air. It seems that I have to tell Fa Ma about this and ask him to discipline this kid strictly.

Xiao Zhen didn't know yet that the old man Hai Bodong next to him was already preparing to trick him.

After the assessment, Xiao Zhen also obtained the badge and certificate of the second-grade alchemist. Next, he planned to find a quiet place and have a good sleep.

Hai Bodong went to see President Li Ming and asked him to help him make some detoxifying pills and take care of his body at the same time.

The next morning, Xiao Zhen got up from the bed in a daze, only to be told that the old man Hai Bodong had left early in the morning, as if someone had entrusted him with a task.

"Uncle Hai is really unreliable. He said he would send me back to the capital, but now he's run away again!" Xiao Zhen said helplessly.

“Hahaha!” President Li Ming patted Xiao Zhen on the shoulder and consoled him, “My dear friend, don’t worry. Before leaving, His Excellency the Ice Emperor asked us to take you back to the imperial capital. Don’t worry, we are all family. I will find you a few great fighting masters to ensure your safety.”

After Li Ming finished speaking, he looked at Die next to him and asked in confusion: "I wonder who this person is?"

Li Ming is a fourth-rank alchemist, and his spiritual power is not weak. He discovered that there is a large amount of fighting spirit in Die's body. She is probably at a very high level of cultivation and is definitely not an ordinary snake slave girl.

Die found that the problem was hers. She was now homeless. The uncle had already run away, so she could focus her attention on Xiao Zhen who was next to her.

Die grabbed Xiao Zhen's arm and said with pretended sadness: "I am the slave girl of the young master, of course I have to follow the young master and serve him."

Xiao Zhen was a little confused. When did this elder sister become his slave? How come he didn't know about it?

However, after Xiao Zhen saw the cunning in Die's eyes, he realized that this was her conspiracy. This woman was relying on him. It was all because of her damn charm that she always got him into trouble.

After being narcissistic for a while, Xiao Zhen felt a little overwhelmed. If he brought this elder sister back home, he estimated that his parents would definitely educate him well and teach him how to be a good child.

But if he didn't take her back, Xiao Zhen secretly glanced at Die's plump figure and the softness on his arm, which made him feel reluctant.

Suddenly, Xiao Zhen had an idea, which was to hide it from his parents. After returning to the imperial capital, he would send Die into the world of mechanical beasts and release her when he was free.

Xiao Zhen also remembered the experience of many wealthy men keeping mistresses in his previous life. He never thought that one day he would have to use this trick.

Xiao Zhen hugged Die and kissed her hard on the face, comforting her: "Don't worry, Sister Die, my family doesn't need another mouth like yours, how could I not want you?"

Die didn't expect that Xiao Zhen was so bold that he would kiss her directly, and she accidentally let him take advantage of her.

Li Ming glanced at Xiao Zhen and sighed in his heart. This kid came all the way from the imperial capital to this desert. Could it be that he came here just to find a beautiful snake girl? He had heard that the young masters in the imperial capital were very good at having fun. Now he saw that it was indeed true!