Chapter 97: The Strange Old Man and the Little Monster
When everyone entered the city, Han Xuan proposed to break up with Huchen. Huchen was very anxious. Han Xuan explained that time was tight and he was about to leave here and go to the imperial capital of the Middle Earth Empire. However, he had promised Ella to help the Angry Lion Mercenary Group advance, so he took advantage of this time to apply for the formation talisman qualification at the Alchemy Alliance Guild, and then the two made an appointment to meet at the Mercenary Guild.
After Han Xuan asked Hu Chen in detail about the address of the Alchemy Alliance Trade Union, he went alone. The Alchemy Alliance Trade Union, like the Mercenary Guild, did not belong to any empire. It was originally just an alliance organization spontaneously established on the mainland for the sake of these rare special professions to seek benefits.
As the alliance has generous treatment for various professions, more and more people joining it. Although these special professions may not be very strong, they have absolute say on the mainland, because whether it is good elixirs or array talismans, they are dreamt of cultivators. Therefore, although the Alchemy Alliance Trade Union does not have super-strong masters, there are countless masters willing to help them.
Sometimes a senior alchemist, weapon refiner or formation talisman master can cause a killing, not to mention that there are higher levels of master level and grandmaster level, so the Alchemy Alliance Guild must have the strength to shake any empire, but the Alchemy Alliance is only an alliance nature. The alchemist (alchemist, weapon refiner, formation talisman master later collectively referred to as alchemist) in each country also has the right to protect its own empire. However, the alliance stipulates that when alchemist fights for the empire, it shall not mobilize any materials unique to the alliance in the name of the alliance, otherwise it will be severely punished by the Alchemist Alliance Guild.
Han Xuan was standing in front of the Alchemy Alliance Guild in Soli City at this time. Looking at the ordinary three-story building in front of him, he did not expect that the famous Alchemy Alliance Guild on the mainland could only use such an inconspicuous ordinary three-story building in Soli City. A gray-haired old man in front of the small building was like an ordinary old man sitting on a rocking chair and napping.
Han Xuan walked closer, and the old man seemed to have no feeling at all. He still closed his eyes and his body swayed up and down with the rocking chair.
Han Xuan waited for a while, but when he saw that the old man had no reaction, he just bowed and said, "Old man, can you participate in the assessment of the formation talisman master here?"
After saying it three times, the old man opened his sleepy eyes and looked at Han Xuan, then stretched his waist and said, "I have finally had a rest, so I have disturbed Qingjing, hey."
Han Xuan didn't care and said, "That's really sorry for you. I have to continue rushing after the assessment, so I have no choice but to disturb you."
"Young people are not good for being impatient. You are so confident that you can pass the assessment when you are not old? I am very strict." As he said that, the old man had already stood up from the rocking chair and showed a majestic expression.
"I have practiced hard for a long time, I believe I can pass it." At this time, Han Xuan had already followed the old man and entered the small building.
The space in the small building is quite spacious, but it is empty at this time. There are all kinds of things in the huge hall, but there is no one. Han Xuan was a little surprised and said to the old man walking in front: "Old man, why is there no one here?"
The old man seemed to be a little angry and said, "Hmph, young people are not only impatient but also rude. What does it mean to be without people? Am I not a human?"
"I mean there is no one else except you?" Han Xuan felt that the old man was a little weird and liked to argue with others.
"This city of Sori is a place where birds do not shit. Apart from the big-headed soldiers and barbaric mercenaries, I have never seen an alchemist come here for a few years. If there are so many people, who do you want to support me?" The old man seemed to be a little dissatisfied with this matter.
"Then I need your help to do this, my assessment?" Han Xuan was a little puzzled in his heart if the old man really had this ability. He didn't feel any soul fluctuations from the old man, so he asked in a slight way.
"If you want to say that alchemy and weapon refining may not work, but if you want to say that the formation talisman master is still possible, because I am a formation talisman master." The old man said that he seemed to have changed his mind here, and he suddenly became much more energetic, with a smug look on his face.
"Then it's a blessing for the old man. I don't know what the old man calls him. It seems inappropriate for me to be a senior man, right?"
"I have asked a lot of questions at such a young age. My name is Sima Zhuo. You can call me old Sima. People who know me call me that." He said that, and handed Han Xuan a piece of paper, and then said, "Fill in your information on this piece of paper before you can accept the assessment."
When Han Xuan heard the old man call Sima Zhuo, some strange thoughts popped up in his mind, but he quickly recovered and looked on the paper. It turned out that this was a form to record his identity, but Han Xuan had no pen in his hand. He looked up at the old man and saw that the old man looked at him with a smile. Han Xuan thought to himself: "It seems that he didn't give me a pen on purpose. Is there any reason here?"
He looked down at the seemingly simple piece of paper again and thought to himself: "Since it is in the Alchemy Alliance, even if there is any special reason, it is naturally related to soul power, so let me try it."
Han Xuan closed his eyes and passed his soul power through the paper. Not long after, Han Xuan's mouth curled up slightly, and thought to himself: "As it turns out, there is a small formation here. It is useless to write with a pen. Only with soul power can the information be recorded on the paper. This old man must have done this if he wanted to see my joke."
Han Xuan guessed well. Sima Zhuo did not tell Han Xuan the mystery on purpose, but Sima Zhuo did not want to read him to joke, but he had not seen any newcomers for too long, wanting to see if this young boy could find the problem himself.
Han Xuan didn't say much, and then the soul power began to be written in the formation on the paper. He only felt that with each word he wrote, the soul power would be lost. When all the information was filled in, the consumption of soul power actually reached the point where it was made so much. Sima Zhuo saw that Han Xuan had discovered the mystery so quickly and had already started to record the information on the paper. He nodded unconsciously, and now he looked at the boy with some appreciation.
When Han Xuan handed the paper back to Sima Zhuo, Sima Zhuo no longer had the lazy look he had just now, and his eyes were full of wisdom. Han Xuan was a little puzzled by Sima Zhuo's changes, but he couldn't blame him, because what he didn't know was that the soul record work in other Alchemy Alliance Guild branches was filled out by the person in charge of the assessment, which means that the record that should have been made by Sima Zhuo is now completed by Han Xuan himself.
Sima Zhuo initially just wanted to teach this boy who disturbed his rest, but unexpectedly, this boy completed it like this, and it seemed that he had no reaction after finishing it. You should know that if you fill out such a record, a junior formation talisman master may not be able to use all his soul power.
Now Han Xuan can easily do it at least to show how powerful this kid's soul power is. How can Sima Zhuo not pay attention to it? It is not that there are people born with powerful souls on the mainland. It is just the first time Sima Zhuo, who has the qualifications like Han Xuan, has seen it. Now he is just repeating a sentence in his heart.