The location of this alchemist assessment is the Zhaodan Pavilion under Zhaoxuyuan.
As usual, a networking dinner will be held before the assessment begins.
However, only the Pavilion Master and Deputy Pavilion Master who are the judges, the alchemist who is the subject of the assessment, and a few other invited people can attend this dinner.
Zhao Ling was qualified for the dinner thanks to the fact that her third uncle was the deputy master of Zhaodan Pavilion.
The dinner was buffet style, with hundreds of delicacies placed in rows in a huge hall measuring tens of thousands of square meters.
Things that run on the ground, swim in the water, fly in the sky, all kinds of rare birds and beasts, exotic flowers and fruits, are transformed into mouth-watering delicacies on the dining table after being cooked by the master.
Even though she is well-informed, most of the dishes at this moment are things she has never seen before.
However, facing a room full of delicious food, she had no appetite.
Because, her cousin Zhao Qi was supposed to return to the sect half a month ago. But until today, he still hasn't seen anyone.
Naturally, she had no appetite due to her worries and thoughts.
At this moment, out of the corner of her eye, she suddenly spotted a man in Tsing Yi arriving at the dinner party.
"Junior brother Lin? How could he get in here?"
With questions in her mind, she was just about to step forward to ask, when she saw Fan Zhiyi, dressed in gauze, come out from the way and immediately got ahead of her.
Fan Zhiyi chuckled and said: "Ouch! Isn't this Lin Fan, the youngest alchemy master of our Xueyang Sect?"
Lin Fan naturally heard the sarcasm in the other party's words, and said without changing his expression: "Senior Sister Fan deserves a lot of credit for my ability to become an alchemist. But why did Senior Sister Fan appear here? Didn't I know you were an alchemist?
Or the judges?”
"You——!" Fan Zhiyi was about to get angry, but suddenly said with relief: "Let me let you, Alchemist Lin, be proud for a while, and wait until the Alchemist assessment begins to see if you can still be so arrogant!"
"Humph!" After giving Lin Fan a roll of her eyes, she turned around and went elsewhere.
"This woman is so vengeful!" Lin Fan shook his head as he looked at the other person's leaving figure.
Zhao Ling was a quick-thinking person, and after hearing the entire conversation between Lin Fan and Fan Zhiyi, he instantly understood that it was probably Fan Zhiyi who had figured out Junior Brother Lin's identity as an alchemist.
As for Senior Sister Fan's purpose, she had guessed it. It was nothing more than wanting Junior Brother Lin to be humiliated in front of all the pavilion masters during the alchemy examination.
"But Junior Brother Lin is not stupid. He must have thought of this. Why do he still insist on taking the Alchemist Examination? Even if he can't give up voluntarily, it's always okay to complain about illness, right?"
What she didn't know was that her so-called claim of illness and voluntary giving up had already been taken into account by Fan Zhiyi. As long as Lin Fan dared to do this, there were many backup plans waiting for him.
However, what made Fan Zhiyi a little confused was that Lin Fan had no intention of escaping. Not only did he plan to take part in the alchemist assessment, he even attended today's dinner.
In this way, the back-up plan arranged by Fan Zhiyi in advance seems a bit redundant.
Just when Zhao Ling was lost in thought, Lin Fan walked up and said, "I have met Senior Sister Zhao."
"Hello, Junior Brother Lin." Zhao Ling had many things to ask, but when the other party arrived, she didn't know where to start.
Seeing that the other party was hesitant to speak, Lin Fan took the initiative to break the embarrassment and said: "Senior Sister Zhao, I first came to the Upper Court not long ago, and many people don't know me yet. It's rare that so many alchemists and masters of the Alchemy Pavilion are gathered here today.
, If it’s not too much trouble, senior sister, please introduce me to me.”
"No trouble, Junior Brother Lin, please come with me." Zhao Ling said, leading Lin Fan around during the dinner. By the way, he introduced the people he met along the way to Lin Fan one by one.
While the various alchemists and special guests were socializing in the lobby on the first floor, the slightly smaller hall on the second floor was a dinner place that belonged exclusively to the masters and deputy masters of each alchemy pavilion.
"There are a total of ninety-seven alchemists taking part in the assessment this year. Which one do you like most?"
"Does that need to be said? Alchemist Sima Dong has won the first place in the alchemist assessment for two consecutive years. The championship this time must be within his grasp."
"That's not necessarily true. After all, this assessment is different from the past, and many assessment contents have been adjusted. Although Sima Dong has the most experience, his advantages this time are very limited."
"I think that no matter how the assessment content is changed, the main body still revolves around the art of elixirs. And this Sima Dong has an extremely strong accumulation in the art of elixirs. He has a faint tendency to become a great alchemist, so he must still be like this.
world champion."
"Speaking of Sima Dong, the one I admire the most is Pavilion Master Qiu Yun. If Pavilion Master Qiu hadn't been quick to recruit Sima Dong as the son-in-law of the Qiu family, how could Sima Dong leave Master Fan's Lidan Pavilion and switch to Lidan Pavilion?
A disciple of Pavilion Master Qiu?"
Fan Mo, the master of Lidan Pavilion on the side, suddenly looked extremely ugly when he saw someone exposing his old background again.
These old guys always used Sima Dong's incident to ridicule him, but he refused to respond.
When talking about Sima Dong, we have to start from forty years ago.
At that time, Sima Dong was just an ordinary inner disciple, working as an alchemy disciple in Li Dan Pavilion.
In this way, Sima Dong spent ten years in obscurity as the alchemy disciple of Li Dan Pavilion. Until one day, Pavilion Master Qiu Yun met Sima Dong by chance and discovered that Sima Dong was quite talented in the art of alchemy.
However, Sima Dong had always been exploring on his own in the past. Most of his energy was wasted on the daily trivial matters of the alchemy disciple, so that he made slow progress in the art of alchemy.
As for why Sima Dong has so many daily chores, it is because when he was an alchemist disciple in Lidan Pavilion, he was also a subordinate of alchemist Guangcheng.
As a result, Pavilion Master Qiu Yun patiently taught Sima Dong for a period of time and taught him some alchemy techniques.
Sima Dong also lived up to the high expectations of Pavilion Master Qiu Yun, and soon showed his amazing talent, making rapid progress along the way to Alchemy!
Later, Pavilion Master Qiu Yun married one of his granddaughters to Sima Dong. In order to repay his kindness, Sima Dong left Li Dan Pavilion and joined Master Qiu Pavilion.
Whenever he thinks about this matter, Pavilion Master Fan also feels a little regretful.
Why couldn't he discover Sima Dong's talent?
After that incident, he also criticized the alchemist Guangcheng and asked him to change his style. Don't use the alchemy disciples as livestock, but also consider the development of the alchemy disciples themselves.
However, Guangcheng only agreed verbally. In fact, he still maintained his original style.
For this reason, he was also a little helpless.
After all, Guangcheng is the oldest alchemist under him. He has been working in Lidan Pavilion for a hundred years.
Over the years, he has devoted a lot of effort to Dan Pavilion.
At least judging from the alchemist's own actions, Guangcheng is definitely a qualified alchemist.
He can't treat Guang Chengzhen just because of such a trivial matter as teaching his alchemy disciple, right?