Chapter 3266
Chapter 3266
Maheen coughed at this moment and made a confirmation. "The academy does have this clause, and the age limit that Master Lu mentioned does exist."
In the beginning, the academy made this rule to attract young geniuses outside the school.
After all, the person who was able to become number one in South Van Academy was definitely a genius.
The challenger had to be younger than him. If he was able to succeed and obtain victory in the end, then it meant that the challenger was even more of a genius and was worth attracting by the academy.
For such a genius, he paid a very low price for a chance to cultivate in the training room.
If he could successfully draw the other party over to his side, that would be an incomparably great harvest. Even if he hadn't succeeded, he'd be able to win the other party's favor with just one opportunity in the training room. This was a good thing for South Van Academy.
However, for the past few hundred years.
South Van Academy had taken in almost all the geniuses from South Van City and even from the surrounding small cities. Not many ordinary geniuses could challenge them.
Moreover, among the big families, the younger generation who had the strength to challenge the geniuses wouldn't lack an opportunity to cultivate in the training room, so they wouldn't come to challenge them at all.
In this way, this clause had never been used. Thus, it was forgotten by the students of this generation. Until Fade found it again, everyone finally knew.
For a moment, discussions broke out and everyone started pointing fingers.
Some were discussing the legitimacy of this rule.
Others were discussing which department would Fade challenge.
Of course, there were two candidates on the spot.
One was naturally the other person who stirred up the matter, Eshaan's grandson, the first genius of the Martial Arts School, Tyreece.
The other one was Russell, Natalia's student who ranked first in the Alchemy School.
Just as everyone was discussing, Eshaan looked at Fade and asked, "Who do you want to challenge?"
As he spoke, he crossed his arms and looked at Fade with confidence.
As for Russell, his expression changed but he was still filled with confidence.
Fade looked at the two of them and was considering who to challenge.
In terms of the difficulty, challenging Russell wasn't a bad choice. After all, after studying during this period of time, Fade's alchemy skills had already reached the level of a two star alchemist. Hence, surpassing him wasn't a problem.
However, Russell was Natalia's student in the Alchemy School.
Therefore, after some consideration, he decided to go against Tyreece.
However, just as Fade was about to speak, Natalia pointed to Russell and said to Fade, "Challenge him!"
"Ah..." Fade was a little surprised. "Master, he is your student. This..."
She snorted and said, "He betrayed me. He doesn't deserve to be my student."
Obviously, she was dissatisfied with Russell's words.
Russell's expression darkened and he looked terrible.
However, since that was the case, there was no way for him to retreat. He could only glare at Fade and grit his teeth, saying, "I also want to see what kind of brilliant plan you have to be able to become Madam Tu's disciple!"
Since his master had decided, Fade no longer hesitated. He looked at Russell and approached him. "I, Fade, as Madam Tu's disciple, challenge you, Russell, the top student of South Van Academy's Alchemy School. Do you dare to accept my challenge?" Russell's expression was filled with hatred. He clenched his teeth and said, "Why wouldn't I dare!"
However, after he finished, he seemed to have thought of something and added, "You're competing with me in alchemy, not other skills."
He was ranked first in the Alchemy School, but he was only mediocre in martial arts.
Thus, he deliberately added that because he was worried that Fade would take advantage of this chance to compete with him in martial arts. That would be terrible.
Hearing this, Fade coldly smiled and said, "You are a student of the Alchemy School. Obviously, we're competing in alchemy."
"Alright, since both parties have agreed, let's go to the Alchemy School to begin!" Maheen hurriedly spoke as he didn't want the matter to blow up again.
Thus, a large group of people walked towards the Alchemy School.
Soon, an alchemy room was ready.
Inside, there were two sets of identical instruments for alchemy, such as the Magic Furnace, herbal medicines, gems, and so on.
Besides Natalia, the teachers of the Alchemy School also came to the scene to judge together.
Maheen personally served as the referee and announced the rules of the competition. "The rules are very simple. You can use the materials provided on the spot to refine the highest level of medicinal pills that you can refine."
"The party with the highest level of a pill is the victor. If both are of the same level, all the judges will judge the effects of the pill together. In the end, the party who can produce the greater effect wins. Do you O understand?" Content (C) Nôv/elDra/ma.Org.
"Got it!"
The two men spoke at the same time.
"Okay, let's begin!" Maheen announced the beginning of the competition.
Instantly, the atmosphere at the scene became tense.
Russell moved first.
Obviously, he was very familiar with this alchemy room. After thinking for a while, he quickly picked up more than a dozen items among the hundreds of materials he had prepared.
Then, he skillfully chopped, grinded, and boiled. The whole procedure was natural and smooth, and it was pleasing to the eye.
Quite a number of students who had been watching the scene around them let out gasps of amazement.
"In the past, I thought that the Alchemy School was just like cooking rice with no technical requirements. Now, it seems that it's still very powerful!" A student from the Martial Arts School pointed out.
"The Alchemy School is even harder
than the Martial Arts School. Tens of
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thousands of materials have to be appraised by memory. Even the slightest amount of impurity can affect the quality of the finished product. Any slight improvement is incomparably difficult," a student from the Alchemy SchooPexplained.
Some teachers even nodded and praised at this moment.
"As expected of the top student in the Alchemy School. Russell's movements are very practiced!"
"Some of you don't know about it yet. Not long ago, Russell passed the test of a two star alchemist. He is already a true two star alchemist."
As soon as he finished, the audience burst into an uproar.
"A two star alchemist; what is there to compete with? That fellow will definitely lose!"
"That's right! Even if his potential isn't bad and he's accepted as Natalia's disciple, he's only been learning for less than half a month. How much can he learn? Perhaps he hasn't even crossed the threshold yet!"
"I think that since he dares to take the initiative to challenge, he must have his own trump card."
"In the face of the absolute strength gap, whatever trump card he has isn't worth mentioning."
While the crowd was discussing, Russell had already dealt with a dozen materials in an orderly manner.
By this time, the Magic Furnace had been heated up. He placed the ingredients into the furnace in a specific order and started to refine them.