Chapter 85 Ch-85: Hall Master

Inside a luxurious room within the Alchemy Hall

Two men were chatting among themselves sitting across a table while sipping hot spiritual tea

" Yang Baihu, you brat congratulations, you have been finally promoted to a 3-star Alchemist, as expected of a man of your caliber" said an old man who had long white hair

" Thank you hall master Zhang Zhi but compared to a 4-star Alchemist such as yourself, my achievement pales in comparison to yours" Yang Baihu replied humbly as he took another sip from the cup

" Heh, you don't need flatter me, I am an old man but you on the other hand still have many years left to catch up to me or even surpass me, I am sure you can reach the level of 5-star Alchemist" Zhang Zhi said with a smile

" You overestimate Senior" Yang Baihu replied while scratching his head in embarrassment

" By the way have you taken in any personal disciples yet?" Zhang Zhi asked

" This..., no I did have my eyes on a particular young man but he refused me, so I am planning to take my granddaughter as my personal disciple after she passes the assessment exam today" Yang Baihu replied

" Oh, your granddaughter is participating in the assessment exam, that's good but I am more curious about the man who rejected you, it's not every day you see a 3-star Alchemist get rejected" Zhang Zhi inquired

Yang Baihi was about to speak about Wang Ming when the door of the room was abruptly slammed open and a man came rushing inside with a nervous expression written on his face

" Huff...Huff... Hall Master a Golden Stage Cultivator came to our establishment to partake in the exam" the man said with fear in his voice

"Golden stage Cultivator?" Zhang Zhi asked with a frown on his face, as it was very rare for such a powerful Cultivator to visit the Alchemy Hall in a small city like this

" Yes, he is currently taking the exam" the man informed

" Was he showing hostility towards us?" Zhang Zhi asked in a slightly nervous voice, as he heard stories and even saw some powerful cultivators would destroy and kill others if they were annoyed

" No" the man replied

" Then it's fine if he is not hostile, you can leave" Zhang Zhi said as the man left the place

" Oh, I might know who that Cultivator might be" Yang Baihu who was silently listening to the conversation chimed in

" Hmm, you know the person, who he is?" Zhang Zhi inquired in curiosity as to learn how he was acquainted with a Golden Realm Cultivator

" He is the person who I was talking about before the man barged in, his name is Wang Ming he came here to participate in the assessment exam, moreover Fu Jinglin was the one who recommended him for the exam" Yang Baihu informed slowly

" Oh, then he must have practiced Alchemy for many years that he got recommended by Fu Jingling" Zhang Zhi said to Yang Baihu who shook his head negatively

" No, from what I learned from him, he never practiced Alchemy before...but I could feel that he would be able to pass the exam with ease seeing how calm and composed he was about the whole thing" Yang Baihu explained when he saw Zhang Zhi's displeasure

" Well, let's see how he is doing, the elimination round should be taking place at this very moment" Zhang Zhi said as he brought out a bowl made up of silver which had some clear water contained in it, Yang Baihu moved closer to Zhang Zhi as an image started to appear on the surface of the water

" Hmm, isn't that the vice hall master...why is he conducting the elimination round in the hall?" Yang Baihu was confused when he saw Ning Chu inside the room because he knows how obsessed a person like Ning Chu is with Alchemy, even if the whole Alchemy hall caught fire he would rather concoct a pill than waste time escaping the hall to save his life, so he was very surprised to see him conducting the elimination round

When Zhang Zhi heard Yang Baihu's question his lips started twitching and he spoke in anger

" If I hadn't forced him to go conduct the test, the entire Alchemy hall of this city would have turned bankrupt from his antics and I would be forced to abdicate my position as the hall master if my seniors heard what he was doing " Zhang Zhi said with anger in his voice

" Hmm, what did he do to anger you so much??" Yang Baihu inquired when he heard the anger in his voice

" That stupid disciple of mine was trying to concoct a new kind of pill and almost emptied up the entire stock of herbs... I had to use my personal funds to cover up for the loss " Zhang Zhi said with venom in his words

" Hehe, that's one of the reasons I avoid taking in personal disciples but what kind of pill did he want to make?" Yang Baihu asked while Zhang Zhi glared at him when he heard him chuckling

" Normally, I would be happy, even if he wasted precious herbs on concocting a useful pill but that brat was trying to concoct a pill that increased the stamina and pleasure felt during sex..." Zhang Zhi said with embarrassment written on his face while Yang Baihu was trying his best to contain his laughter

" That kind of pill is also useful, even if you don't like it" Yang Baihu said as Zhang Zhi completely ignored his words and resumed watching

" Hmm, what an arrogant person, just because that guy's family had a few Alchemist in the past doesn't make them an Alchemist family if they just have a single Alchemist in their family presently.... he even dares to say that he will complain to me if he doesn't get on his knees" Zhang Zhi said with anger when he saw Su Lie arrogantly telling his disciple to beg for forgiveness, even though he is angry at Ning Chu he cannot bear to see someone insult his disciple

" Haha, serves him right for acting like he owns the place" Yang Baihu laughed when he saw the 2 bodyguards drag Su Lie and his lackeys out of the room

" Did you come up with the idea of the elimination round?" Yang Baihu asked as this was the first time he saw something like the elimination round

" No, it was decided by my seniors, for the past couple of years the stocked resources of Alchemist hall has depleted due to idiots who have no knowledge about Alchemy participating in the exam, so they decided to come up with this round to weed out the ones who have no knowledge about Alchemy at all" Zhang Zhi explained  as his eyes drifted towards Wang Ming

' Does truly have no experience in Alchemy, he is answering every question so swiftly, and judging by his look he seems confident that all his answers will be correct' Zhang Zhi thought to himself when he saw that Wang Ming answering the questions without any pause int he movement of his pen and unlike others who were panicking his expression was completely calm and composed

" Huh, did he finish already?" Zhang Zhi questioned when he saw Wang Ming putting his pen down with a confident smile

" Hmm, why is Vice Hall Master going towards Wang Ming" Yang Baihu mumbled to himself when he saw Ning Chu approaching Wang Ming with steady steps

" Why the hell did he snatch his paper?" Yang Baihu observed Ning Chu's expression change with each passing second

Yang Baihu's eyes bulged out when he saw the Vice Hall Master shaking Wang Ming's shoulder with a happy expression on his face

" Hall Master, what kind of question did you give in the test Hall Master Ning Chu looked so pleased with Wang Ming after he answered them" Yang Baihu asked Zhang Zhi when he saw Ning Chu shouting the word ' Genius' several times loudly

" I did make the question but the last ten questions which were difficult for even a 3-star Alchemist to answer correctly, were made by Ning Chu" Zhang Zhi said

" Difficult for a 3-star Alchemist to solve, surely you jest, if what you said is really true then he is truly talented in the Dao of Alchemy, I knew he was special but I did not know he was this talented" Ning Chu said with a disappointed look on his face as he knew it was impossible to convince Wang Ming to join his sect

" The excitement you see radiating from Ning Chu is due to the fact that he solved the last question which I refused to solve for him, he put that question in the exam and hoped that maybe a miracle would happen and someone would solve it" Zhang Zhi said

" Oh, what was the question about that you refused to help him with?" Yang Baihu asked

" The question asked the method by which he could create a pill that would increase the pleasure and stamina during Dual Cultiavtion" Zhang Zhi said with a red face

"......." Yang Baihu