At this time, the white-haired alchemist Marshall McLean also stared at Richard who was making the potion quickly with his eyes piercing, looking at Richard as if he had discovered a treasure! "Alehan, Nasaruddin, where did you find such a good alchemist!"

"No! He is no longer a seedling. He is already capable of being on his own at this level. As for this thick scale potion, even I can't be as efficient as Levi!"

After hearing Marshall's words, Alehan and Naseeruddin came to two completely different conclusions.

Alehan felt as sweet as if he had eaten honey. With Grandmaster Marshall's words, he would definitely not be affected by the special recruitment. Instead, he might get praise from the Minister of Alchemy.

But Naseerudin was carefully pondering the second half of Grandmaster Marshall's words, "Even I can't be as efficient as Levi!"

"This sentence is very meaningful. Even an alchemy master couldn't do it, but Levi did it! Does that mean Levi is more powerful than Grandmaster Marshall? Obviously not!"

"The most likely scenario is that this alchemist named Levi has spent quite a long time researching the Thick Scale Potion. Otherwise, it would be impossible to explain his superb proficiency. So it seems that my previous judgment was correct. The fish-man prophet of Lake Tokar really had bad luck."

"They actually chose a formula that their opponent had been researching for a long time!"

Nasaruddin couldn't help but shake his head, expressing regret! "However, it's not that there is no chance of a comeback. I have to help them myself."

Naseeruddin turned his head slightly, and his lips moved slightly, as if he was performing a telepathic spell to quietly contact several alchemists in the venue.

These alchemists have long been official members of the Alchemy Department of the Gray Dwarf Brotherhood. They came here this time to take the promotion assessment. If they pass, their treatment will naturally be improved.

After they received the message from Nasaruddin, the Deputy Minister of the Alchemy Department, they all nodded slightly to show that they understood.

The Deputy Minister of the Alchemy Department is in a high position and has great power, so naturally they have to maintain a good relationship with him. Besides, it's just a matter of saying a few words, which is not a difficult thing.

After a while, Richard completed the production of the Thick Scale Potion, and at this time, the Murloc Prophet had just completed half of the production progress.

A few minutes later, the murloc prophet with a livid face also completed the preparation of the thick scale potion.

After both bottles of potion were handed over to the alchemist Marshall McLean, the master's voice soon rang out, saying:

"The effects of the potions of both sides are comparable, but in terms of production speed, Lord Levi is far superior. This time, young Lord Levi wins!"

As soon as Grandmaster Marshall finished speaking, the alchemists around him couldn't help but talk about it:

"It's amazing! You're so young and have such strong abilities!"

"Alas! I am nearly twenty years older than Levi, but I am only an intermediate alchemist. The gap is too big!"

"However, this Thick Scale Potion is only an intermediate-level potion. Even if it is completed very quickly, can we conclude that Levi is a master alchemist?" An alchemist who had just received a message from Nasaruddin jumped out and questioned.

".What you said seems to make sense!" The alchemist who was sighing seemed a lot happier.

After a while, the direction of the entire discussion changed slightly.

From the initial admiration for Richard's alchemy skills, he gradually changed to the judgment that the Thick Scale Potion was only an intermediate potion and that no matter how fast it was made, it would not mean anything. After Grandmaster Marshall read out the verdict, Disol and Alehan came to Richard together.

Alehan said with a smile on his face: "Sir Levi, your strength is beyond imagination!"

"That's right. Don't you see who introduced Lord Levi here? If it weren't for me, the Gray Dwarf Brotherhood would have missed a master alchemist." Disol said proudly.

Seeing Disol's proud look, people who don't know him might think that Disol had just won the alchemy potion competition.

Nasaruddin looked at the Fishman Prophet from a distance with his lips slightly opened, while the Fishman Prophet kept nodding slightly, and his complexion looked much better.

At this moment, an alchemist suddenly started to challenge him, saying, "Sir Alehan, Sir Levi undoubtedly won the competition just now, but as we all know, the Thick Scale Potion is only an intermediate-level potion. Even if it is made faster, it doesn't mean that Sir Levi is a master alchemist, right?"

Another alchemist followed up and said, "Yes, Grandmaster Marshall is here too. Grandmaster Marshall, can you please judge whether the ability to make the Thick Scale Potion means that the other party is a master alchemist?"

"This..." Grandmaster Marshall hesitated. Indeed, the Thick Scale Potion was only an intermediate-level potion. Even if it was made perfectly or quickly, it did not mean that the maker had master-level alchemical skills.

Although, from a personal point of view, Grand Master Marshall fully believes that the young Lord Levi in ​​front of him has the strength of a master alchemist.

Just as Grandmaster Marshall was hesitating, the fish-man prophet interrupted and said, "Sir Levi, these are ten high-level magic stones. Your attainments in thick-scale potions are amazing."

The strong fishman apprentice at the side took out a small black bag and handed it to Richard respectfully.

Richard took it, opened it and saw that it was indeed ten high-level magic stones. He nodded and put them away.

"Although Lord Levi undoubtedly won the competition just now, the Thick Scale Potion is, as everyone said, only an intermediate-level potion."

"I think Sir Levi might as well show off his strength once again. Although the master-level potion formula is very precious, this time the Tokar Lake Fishman Tribe is willing to offer the tribe's treasure, the golden horned frog eggs, one of the only two master-level alchemy formulas, to Sir Levi."

"As long as you can make it successfully, these doubts from everyone will naturally disappear. And to ensure that everyone can supervise it properly, I will make the formula of the golden horned frog eggs public to everyone." The fishman prophet looked around and said slowly.

The middle and senior alchemists around were so excited that their faces flushed when they heard that the Murloc Prophet was willing to make a master-level formula public.

You know, this is a master-level alchemy formula! Even if you just take a look at it, it is likely to be a great inspiration for mid-level and high-level alchemists.

Generally speaking, primary and intermediate alchemical formulas are available on the market, and many of them are well-known, unless they are those that have been improved by the alchemist himself.

But when it comes to advanced alchemical formulas, the rarity increases suddenly, and it is often necessary to pay a high price to purchase it. In addition, some transactions are accompanied by the signing of a contract, and it generally cannot be sold a second time.

Not to mention the master-level alchemy formulas. Each formula is very valuable. Once it appears on the market, it will often be bought up by big forces. Ordinary mid- to high-level alchemists will hardly have the opportunity to get their hands on them.

Nasaruddin couldn't help but admire the courage of the fish-man prophet at this time, and immediately struck while the iron was hot: "Sir Levi, it is true. After all, the Thick Scale Potion is only an intermediate potion, and it cannot fully demonstrate your outstanding strength. If you want everyone to really believe that you have master-level alchemy skills, I'm afraid you still have to make a real..."

"No, no, Lord Levi has already won the competition just now, and his strength has been proven." Disol quickly interrupted Nasaruddin.

He was worried that Richard, being young and impetuous, would easily agree to the deal and fall into Naseeruddin's trap.

Richard took a look at the old gray dwarf, Disol. Although he had various problems, such as being lustful and alcoholic, he was still quite nice to his friends.

Perhaps, it is for this reason that Alehan, the deputy director of the Alchemy Department of the Gray Dwarf Brotherhood, became good friends with him.

"Sir Levi has fully demonstrated his strength. I don't think there is any need for subsequent competitions." Alehan also said.

For Alehan, Lord Levi had already won, and the pressure on him was completely gone. Instead, he changed from using favoritism and backdoor tactics to having a keen eye for talent and found such a young and promising alchemist master for the Gray Dwarf Brotherhood.

But what the two of them didn't know was that when Richard heard the fishman prophet talking about the golden horned frog eggs, he had already calmed down.

What he has to do now is to maximize the benefits as much as possible!

But if you want to catch big fish you need to have enough patience, so Richard continued to keep a calm face and remained silent, as if to say, "I just don't agree, what can you do to me?"

At this time, Richard was thinking about the secret formula in the blind fishman's notebook. Why did the Tokar Lake fishman prophet also know it? Could it be that there was some secret connection between the two fishman tribes that were far apart?

It seems that I can ask Fingate about this matter after I return.

Looking at the still silent Levi, it seemed that the old fish-man prophet also knew that you can't catch a wolf without sacrificing a lamb.

At this time, if there was nothing that could impress Richard, the other party could simply refuse to agree. At least, if it were him, he would not easily agree. After all, the doubts of the people around him would not make him lose a piece of meat.

"If Lord Levi can win again, the fishmen of Lake Tokar are willing to become his vassals!" The fishman prophet gritted his teeth and made the decision.

The words of the fish-man prophet immediately shocked the people around him! "Hiss! This is too big a deal!"

“This is putting the entire tribe under pressure!”

But how could they know the wisdom of the old murloc. The murloc prophet thought very clearly that if the other party could really make the master-level formula - golden horned frog eggs at this age, even if he bet the entire tribe on such a person, he was still afraid that the other party would not accept it!

You don't always have a chance to hug the thighs of the strong! But if Levi can't make this, I'm sorry. The suggestion of Mr. Nasaruddin is still very tempting. After hearing what the other party said, Richard couldn't help but raise his eyebrows and thought to himself that the strength of the Tokar Lake Fishman Tribe is obviously stronger than the Blind Fishman Tribe that Fingart originally belonged to.

This can be seen from the strength of the fish-man prophet. The old fish-man is a formal wizard, although it is only the beginning of the first-level wizard, it is also very good, while Fingart is only a third-level wizard apprentice.

If the Tokar Lake Murloc Tribe becomes his vassal, not only the mid- and high-level magic stones in the tribe, but also this old Murloc prophet will become his helpers.

From this point of view, it seems that he can make another move with difficulty! Nasaruddin, who was standing aside, looked at Richard who was still silent, and while he admired the courage of the old fish man, he also figured it out in his heart.

If we don't throw out some heavyweight bait now, it will obviously not impress Levi who has already won once.

So, he immediately followed up and said: "If Sir Levi can show his strength again and win, I am willing to give this flame essence to Sir Levi as a first meeting gift and an apology for my cloudy eyes before."

Nasaruddin took off the fist-sized flaming gem inlaid on the top of his staff.

After it was taken off, it seemed as if some kind of concealing magic array was missing, and the flame gem showed its true appearance.

The flame gem was nearly round, shining brightly, and contained tremendous fire element energy. Both in appearance and energy flow, it was much larger than the thumb-sized flame crystal that Richard had exchanged from Disor before.

If it weren't for the fact that some kind of forbidden magic seemed to have been cast on the surface of the flame gem, the degree of burning would be comparable to that of molten iron. Even a wizard would be unable to touch it directly!

Even just by getting close, you can feel the waves of heat coming.

"Hiss!! It's so big. Is this the essence of fire that can only be produced in the body of a giant fire element?" an alchemist asked the person next to him.

"I don't know. This flame essence is the first time I've seen it." The person next to him shook his head. Although he was also an alchemist and was much more familiar with alchemical materials than ordinary wizards, ordinary alchemists naturally had no chance to see such precious alchemical materials.

"It is indeed the essence of fire. I have seen it at an auction before. This essence of fire is even slightly larger than the one I saw last time." A senior alchemist nearby said with a serious face.

"Tsk tsk, I'm so envious. Now it all depends on whether this young Lord Levi dares to accept the second challenge!"

"Flame Essence!! Isn't this what is needed to stimulate the second-level source blood? And what do they mean by giant fire elementals being generated in the body? Could it be that this flame essence comes from elemental creatures?"

Richard's pupils shrank when he heard what the alchemists around him were discussing. It seemed that he was slowly beginning to get to know some secrets.

"If the master-level formula proposed by the Murloc Prophet just now was not the golden horned frog eggs but some other unfamiliar formula, I might still hesitate whether to accept the second competition. But now it seems that if I don't accept it, it would be a waste of talent."

"If you don't accept this great gift that has been delivered to your door, you will be punished by God!"

"And the old fox is indeed an old fox. His words are so well said that it makes people feel no hatred at all!"

"He used the essence of fire to entice me to participate. If I lose, the essence of fire will naturally return to his staff. At the same time, he can still attack me. Unfortunately, the old fox is destined to miscalculate."

At this moment, Richard's heart was filled with joy, but he remained calm on the surface and even pretended to be extremely embarrassed.

Originally, he thought that being able to bring the Tokar Lake Fishman Tribe under his command was already a great achievement, but he didn't expect that he would encounter such a good thing here in Nasaruddin!

Moreover, if the flame crystal and the flame essence are both derived from elemental creatures, then the role of the fishman tribe may be even greater. With an expression of having gone through a "tough decision", Richard gritted his teeth and said, "Okay! If I lose, I will give up the mithril treatment and start with the gray iron treatment."

"But if I succeed in making the golden horned frog eggs, the Tokar Lake Murloc Tribe will become my vassal, and Lord Nasaruddin's Flame Essence will belong to me, right?"

“That’s right!”

"Yes, Lord Levi!"

Naseeruddin and the fish-man prophet both agreed.

"Then please have Grandmaster Marshall witness it. At the same time, I hope that the above contents can be written down in the form of a contract before production to avoid unnecessary disputes. Do you have any objections to this?"

Nasaruddin and the Fishman Prophet looked at each other. Although they were slightly surprised at "Levi's" confidence, they did not have time to think about it and both expressed that they were willing to sign the contract.

Soon, the contract was signed! "Hehe, it's greed after all. Young people are probably too confident." Nasaruddin still looked kind, but a gleam of self-satisfaction flashed in his narrowed eyes, and he thought to himself.

However, he said compliments: "Sir Levi, you are indeed a rare alchemy genius with extraordinary bearing!"

Richard's promise again made Disol and Alehan look at each other. They both saw worry in each other's eyes. The content of this competition was a very secret master-level alchemical formula of the fishman tribe - golden horned frog eggs.

The general materials are in stock here in the examination hall, but the raw materials for this alchemical formula are not in stock in the entire Gray Dwarf Brotherhood.

The raw materials were just urgently gathered from outside, which shows how rare and infrequently available they are.

Lord Levi's strength is unquestionable, but was he a little too arrogant this time? Or is Lord Levi still too young to withstand the temptation of treasures? In the assessment hall.

This time, the old Murloc Prophet had absolute confidence! You know, the production of golden horned frog eggs is very complicated, and one mistake will lead to failure. Even after decades of immersion in Murloc pharmacy, he has never succeeded in making it once.

This even made the Murloc Prophet doubt whether the potion formula of the golden horned frog eggs was not just a master-level one, or in other words, this formula was also the most difficult to make among the master-level formulas.

For example, the first step in the production process is to extract the highly toxic egg fluid from the devil horned frog eggs, which is not something that an ordinary senior pharmacist can do.

The egg fluid of the devil horned frog contains a highly toxic substance. If it is not cleaned up, this rare potion that enhances mental strength will instantly turn into a highly toxic potion, so this places high demands on the pharmacist.

According to the tradition of the Tokar Lake Fishman Tribe, the first golden horned frog egg needs to be taken personally by the pharmacist to ensure it is non-toxic. Unfortunately, no one in the tribe has been able to make it for nearly a hundred years.

Although Levi is very capable, even if he is a true master of medicine, he is likely to make mistakes when he first encounters this golden horned frog egg formula. At that time, if he takes the first golden horned frog egg, hehe!

If he doesn’t die, he will be disabled! The old fishman seemed to have thought of that scene, with a strange smile on his face.

If the other party is lucky enough to get past the first pit, there is a second pit waiting for him.

The second pitfall is over-processing. Over-processing for the sake of cleaning will cause damage to the embryos inside the devil horned frog. The golden horned frog eggs produced in that way will have their medicinal properties greatly reduced.

In that case, I will definitely win!

The old fishman clenched his fists, indicating that he was absolutely sure this time.

The most important thing is that there are third and fourth traps waiting for him. Can the other party avoid them one by one? It is impossible!

Although this time, the top-secret formula of their family was leaked, but the difficulty of making it is so high that most potion masters probably can't handle it, and there are not many alchemy masters in the whole of Tug City, so the impact should not be that great.

After receiving the master-level formula for the golden horned frog eggs, the middle and senior alchemists at the scene were amazed and shocked! "Hiss! This is so difficult!" said an alchemist with his eyes wide open.

"Yeah! This is too difficult. As a senior alchemist, I am not even sure about the first step!"

"Is this the difficulty of a master-level formula? Compared to an advanced formula I saw before, this one is several levels more difficult!"

"Tsk tsk. This is difficult."

"Sir Levi is too rash," Disol frowned. Although he was not an alchemy master, he could basically see the difficulty of an alchemy formula.

"Yes, this difficulty is so great that even an average alchemist can't handle it!" Alehan shook his head and sighed, thinking that he should have been more resolute in his dissuasion just now.

Grandmaster Marshall also stared intently at the master-level alchemical formula for the golden-horned frog eggs, as if he was judging the difficulty of the formula.

At this moment, Richard has calmly walked onto the alchemy platform in full view of everyone. (End of this chapter)