Hearing Fane's words, the white-robed man slowly started to relax. If Fane wanted to refine pills in front of him, he could keep an eye out for any irregularities.Mark narrowed his eyes and snorted, "Earlier, the stall owner had been resting and didn't see your initial expression. My fellow student did."He was observing you for a moment after he found you before he turned to let me know. Before the stall owner opened his eyes, you had zeroed in on the stones!"Mark immediately knelt and put the stones in his palm, looking at them closely. At the same time, he looked up at Fane in a challenging manner.Fane's lips twitched as he cursed himself for being too careless. The stall owner had been napping and ignoring everything else that was happening, so Fane had not bothered to hide his thoughts.He had been fully focused on the Shattered Soul Stones, but he never thought that someone had been observing him even though the stall owner had not seen him.Rudy cursed internally. Mark
Fane took a deep breath as his hands started to tremble. He knew that talking no longer counted in this matter.Rudy could finally not hold back anymore.He looked at the white-robed man. "You've already agreed to the deal, and you can't go back on your promise. If you do, you'll be punished by the laws of Prosper City! Lightning will strike you!"The white-robed man frowned, but Mark interrupted it with a laugh. "The laws of Prosper City are very clear. The laws go in line with the requests on the pill request. Things that aren't on it don't count."Earlier, you just had a verbal agreement. The pill request slip never stated that you'd exchange ten thousand spirit crystals for those stones. Since that's the case, you wouldn't be going against the rules, and you won't be struck by lightning!"As he said that, Mark had a pleased smile on his face.Gritting his teeth, Rudy wanted nothing more than to punch that pleased smile out of Mark's face and beat him up.He had controlled hi
Fane actually claimed that he would become a ninth-grade alchemist in the future. He had lost his mind!The white-robed man did not even bother to hide his laughter when he heard Fane's bold proclamation. "You should at least think about your words before you try to brag, you brat. A ninth-grade alchemist isn't something you can become just because you said so!"Fane let out a cold laugh, having foreseen this happening. Their cackles did not affect Fane at all as he pointed at the center of the outer city."If you don't believe me, just follow me there. If you have the finances, you can make another deal with me!"Fane's words confused some of them. Even Mark raised an eyebrow as he looked at Fane warily.Fane took a deep breath and said, his tone as cold as ice, "I'm giving you one last chance. If you take it back, I won't let you back out without suffering the consequences. No matter what kind of background you have, there'll only be one ending!"The white-robed man frowned as
Fane raised an eyebrow as he turned to look at Rudy, whispering, "You might think it's absurd, but it's completely reasonable since the rules have been written here. They have to be there for a reason, so you don't have to question them."Rudy clamped his mouth shut. Even though he was displeased about it, he had nothing else to say.When Fane saw that high-tier stalls were worth 500000 spirit crystals, Fane suddenly felt more spirited."What are you trying to do?" Mark frowned when Fane ignored his question.Instead, Fane turned to the white-robed man, pointed at the stone plate, and said, "If I get you a high-tier stall, can you give me five hundred thousand spirit crystals?"The moment he said that, the white-robed man's lips twitched, feeling like Fane was messed up in the head. Fane had just said that he would become a ninth-grade alchemist, and at this very second, Fane said that he would get a high-tier stall. Did he think that anyone could get a high-tier stall?That was
"That's because as long as you help someone cheat the system once, the condensing plate will remember it. When you try it again, the condensing plate's question will become more difficult."So, the two of them only managed to get two high-tier stalls each. After that, they couldn't continue because it became too hard. In the end, they only managed to earn a million each."After that was said, Fane frowned as various thoughts surfaced in his mind.He was impressed by Prosper City's various rules. It ensured that warriors could set up stalls and tested the alchemists as well. It even restricted alchemists from doing so and not stopping. It was different from what he had thought earlier. Fane had thought that being able to cheat the system like that was a huge flaw in Prosper City's design.At this moment, it seemed like he was the flawed one. He was the one who failed to see that it was not a flaw but a design choice instead.After thinking about it, he looked up at the blue sky.T
Right after these alchemists bragged about themselves, Fane's prowess humiliated them entirely.Even worse was that Fane had been right. Out of 20 among them who took the test, only two passed. The others might have been just a little bit off or a lot, but not one of them had a perfect score.Mark's prideful expression was wiped away in an instant.Rudy's words blatantly put them in an awkward spot, just as he planned on harassing Fane with his fellow disciples to expose Fane to the white-robed man.Not wanting Rudy to be satisfied with himself, Samuel snorted as he raised his voice, saying, "Fane merely made a blind guess, is all. The others don't know, but you do. The twenty alchemists who took part in the test were all stellar alchemists from the Unbreaking Pavilion, and they wouldn't lose to anyone."I saw that a few of them were just a sliver away from passing the test perfectly. Heh! Fane was just lucky to be right."Samuel raised his chin, sounding sure of himself when he
Gent felt like he was losing himself due to the anger raging within him.That jerk, Rudy called them dogs! No one could bear an insult like that.Mark and Samuel both stepped forward at that moment, but as compared to Gent, the two of them seemed much calmer. Mark said coldly, "Do you know what you're doing? You're declaring war against the Unbreaking Pavilion and the Compass Pavilion. Who do you think you are? Do you think that the combined might of two eighth-grade clans won't be able to do anything to you?"The white-robed man was completely stunned as his eyes widened. The man speechlessly looked at Rudy, lamenting that he must have been insane. Otherwise, Rudy would not have dared to say something so disrespectful.It was already at the point where things could never be mended. Did Rudy plan on declaring war on two eighth-grade clans? Was he from such an incredible background that he did not care about two eighth-grade clans?Unless Rudy was from a ninth-grade clan, even gods
The worst alchemists would be awarded a gray token meant for low-tier stalls. Even though low-tier stalls were still worth a sum of money, they were not worth as much as higher-tier ones.Those who did slightly better would be able to get bronze tokens meant for middle-tier stalls. Even higher up were golden tokens for high-tier stalls.From the start, only two people had gotten golden tokens. When Fane stepped into the test area, the same thing from the entry test happened. A barrier separated him from the outside world, and no one could interfere or affect him at all.Fane looked up at the glowing condensing plate in front of him. All of the pill runes that were either complete or incomplete from before disappeared as new questions appeared.All of the pill runes totalled up to 90, the same amount during the entry test. Fane took a deep breath, earnestly looking at the pill runes he needed to complete.What shocked Fane was the fact that those pill runes had not just been seen b