Chapter 39: 39
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Julies and Go Gao were amazed with such sight, Julies then said.
"So, the rumors were true, his control over the elements is out of the charts, I can't imagine how he will become once he steps into the Core Formation Realm now that he already has the same ability of one, at least for alchemy."
Go Gao agreed with her.
"Indeed, this is not something we can ignore anymore, as long as our alchemist guild gets him any price will be worth it, even if he fails, make sure that he is accepted as an alchemist, with that talent it will only be a question of time before he surpasses both of us."
Julies then asked
"How are you going to deal with the mercenary guild?"
Go Gao shook his head.
"I don't know, they aren't weaker than our alchemist guild, I will have to talk directly with supervisor Lu Ganan of the main branch here in Kaley City to see if we can reach an agreement."
Julies didn't say anything anymore, she is an Alchemist after all, things related to management are not her problem.
---
At Krune's side, he was having some difficulties to manipulate the elements inside the medicinal liquid made from the herbs.
'It's harder than I thought, if I take too long, the medicinal properties will burn away, guess I will just try to put them in sync as much as possible until I can't wait anymore.'
It couldn't be said to be Krune's fault, this was his first time concocting a pill, he wasn't even sure if what he is doing is something good for the pill creation or not, without him knowing, he already spent more than one hour over this problem.
When it finally came the time to form the pill, less than 20% of the medicinal element properties were in sync, he could only sigh and go ahead with the pill formation. The pill formation part was quite easy, there was only a need to bring the medicinal liquid together and solidify it like a pill, depending on the quantity of herb that were used, you can make one or more pills at once, but to make things simple for the candidates, they were asked to make just a single one.
The pill took form and the process was finally finished, but now the practical exam was almost over, the majority had already finished their pills although they weren't sure if they succeed or not. When the two hour was finally over, Krune had made only a single pill, there was three lines around it but he had no idea what it meant.
The alchemists on the stage came down and started evaluate the contestants result.
"Haven't reached the level of a One Star pill, failed."
"Haven't reached the level of a One Star pill, failed."
"Haven't reached the level of a One Star pill, failed."
...
As one of the last ones to arrive, Krune's table was at the very end of the queue, so he was one of the last to get his pill evaluated.
"Oh, middle quality One Star pill, your name?"
A girl in a white robe close to Krune was very happy to hear that.
"My name is Shue Kalan."
The Alchemist then nodded.
"Congratulations, you are now a One Star Alchemist, you can go to the guilds office later to take your badge and register your guild ID."
Shue Kalan was almost jumping in joy, all the other contestants looked at her with jealousy, everyone except for one, Krune of course, he didn't think much about it, for him alchemy was just a way to gather spirit stones, if he fails, he will try something else, that's all.
Since her pill wasn't a Qi Gathering pill, the one who evaluated her was one of the two alchemists that came together with Julies, Julies only examined those who had concocted Qi Gathering pills, other than Shue Kalan, there wasn't any other contestant that passed the practical exam so far.
Julies approached Krune's table, she was sure he was able to make the pill, but she didn't use her Divine Sense to check, she anted to look at it with her own eyes.
She then took Krune's pill and it was just as she expected.
'Although he can perceive the elements well enough to put them in sync, it still wasn't perfect, only 20% more or less of the elemental properties are in sync at moment, it shows how inexperienced he is, but to do this while still in the foundation establishment could be said to be a miracle already, only those other monsters from the Head Quarters can do it without being at the Core Formation Realm, but even so the smallest realm person able to do it is already at the 7th stage of Foundation Establishment, but Krune is still at the 2nd stage, he is definitely the monster among the monsters.'
She then looked at Krune and smiled.
"Congratulations, Three Stars middle quality Qi Gathering pill, from now on you are a Three Stars alchemist."
Every single eye in the room moved at Krune at moment, even Shue Kalan jaw almost dropped. Not only the contestants, the two other alchemists that were helping with the exam felt it to be unbelievable, they themselves are still Two Stars Alchemists!
Krune noticed everyone looking at him and felt gloomy.
'I've done it again, why can't I control my curiosity? I should have left those elements out of sync the way they were.'
Julies didn't know what he was thinking and simply said.
"Go to the guild office to take your ID and Badge, then you can request access to the materials available for Three Stars Alchemists."
Krune just nodded and left, Shue Kalan, who was just behind him also followed, she might not have made a Three Stars pill but she also passed the exam nonetheless. She approached Krune and complimented him.
"Hello, I'm Shue Kalan, seems like we are fellow Alchemists from now on."
Krune looked at her, he could see that she wanted to befriend him because of his status as Three Stars Alchemist. She tried to act cute in front of him but Krune didn't notice that part though, as a wisp, he doesn't think much about the humans appearance, with exception of Feifei, of course.
Since that's the case he thought there wasn't a need to care about this Shue something, he simply nodded and kept walking.
Shue was taken aback for his reaction, she is pretty confident with her looks, but to be disregarded like that was a first, it was then that she noticed the spiritual energy coming from Krune.
'I see, he isn't human but a demon beast in human form, no wonder he had no reaction when I acted a second ago, in his eyes humans are probably just weird shaped.'
Soon they arrived at the application office, an attendant came forward to receive them.
"Miss Shue, you can enter that room to finish the process of getting your badge and ID, as for mister Krune, I will have to ask you to follow me, the process to apply for a Three Stars Badge is much more complicated so it will take some time."
Krune nodded and followed the man, he was asked to wait in an office while they applied for his Badge and ID. He couldn't help but feel it to be quite a familiar experience.
'Last time it happened I got a Four Stars Mercenary badge and my low key life was destroyed, it couldn't be the same again, right?'
---
At the same time, Go Gao was talking with the Head Quarters of the Alchemist Guild of the Yule Continent.
On the other side of the line was an old man with big white beard and short hair, he seemed to be around his seventies, of course, with the mans cultivation, chances are that he is already 500 years old or more.
He was Ediu Qixer, the supervisor of the applications office, just like the mercenary guild, the alchemist guild also has a reviews office for those who applied for Three Stars badges or higher, it's just that the number of applications made to this office was several times lower than the Mercenary one, alchemists are rare after all. Ediu Qixer felt like Go Gao was joking with him.
"Are you telling me that a 2nd stage Foundation Establishment can already sync the elements in pill making, and that it was his first time? Even here at the head quarters we don't have such a genius, are you sure you are not dreaming?"
Go Gao couldn't blame Ediu for that, he himself thought that it was impossible when he saw Krune doing that.
"As hard as it is for believe, that's the truth, I can put my position as the supervisor of Kaley City on the line for it."
Ediu understood that it wasn't a joke.
"In that case what are you waiting for? Go ahead and bring him in, I'm giving you the permission to bestow him the Three Stars Badge and ID, make sure that he stays with the Alchemist guild, such a talent can't be left wandering outside."
After saying that, Ediu noticed that Go Gao had a bitter smile on his face.
"What is it?"
Go Gao couldn't hide the truth after all.
"Did you perhaps hear about the new Mercenary Guild Rising Star, the one that got the Four Stars Badge before being a Core Formation Realm cultivator?"
Ediu nodded, the mercenary guild spread the news everywhere to ensure that no one would try to take him away.
"I know, if I'm not wrong, his name was Kru-"
Just as he was about to finish saying the name he noticed the problem out there, the application for that Three Stars badge was for someone called Krune as well.
"I see, so that's the problem, and a very annoying one at that."
Go Gao nodded.
"Exactly, the mercenary guild bestowed him the Four Star Mercenary Badge, this goes to show how highly they thing about him, I don't think it will be easy to convince them that Krune should be left with the Alchemist Guild alone, they don't stop any of their members from being part of another guild, so they definitely won't stop Krune from joining the Alchemist Guild, but it goes without saying that they hope to have Krune taking part of the martial gathering two years from now, of course, as long as his cultivation is good enough for that, at least that's what I think."
Ediu Qixer face changed.
"Unacceptable!"
The reason that Ediu got angry is because to ensure that only the strong will emerge victorious, the martial gathering happens inside of an earlier selected danger zone, that way every participant will have to sign the contract that no one will be responsible in case they die, also, all participants can go all out during the gathering, and if someone dies, no one will care. How could they let Krune, such a genius alchemist, take part of this dangerous competition?
Go Gao then said
"What about we give him a Four Stars Badge, just like the Mercenary Guild? If we give him a Three Stars Badge he will obviously think that the Mercenary Guild thoughts about his future are better than ours."
Ediu pondered a bit.
"I will talk to the Head of the guild, a Four Stars Badge can't be given this easy, but I agree that this would be the first step in bringing him over, wait for my call."
Ediu then went to talk to the Head of the Alchemist Guild Head Quarters, Calier Medgin, after an hour of discussion they agreed that it would be better if they can bring Krune to their side, so he accepted the request for the Four Stars Badge.
---
Back at the Alchemist Guild, Krune was sit while waiting for his Three Stars badge to come, he wants to check the alchemist list of requests and learn how to make the necessary pills for selling, his Rank Three spirit stones wont last much longer after all.
The door of the room opened and Supervisor Go Gao came in, he had a bright smile on his face.
"Hello, my name is Go Gao, the supervisor of the Kaley City Alchemist branch. Congratulations, Alchemist Krune, the guild decided to make an special exception and bestow you a Four Stars Badge, this is how much we value your talents as an alchemist, please accept it."
Go Gao then passed the Four Stars badge with Krune's name to him.
Krune had a foreboding feeling after seeing that.
"Supervisor Go, you perhaps haven't told anyone about it yet, right?"
Last time he received a 'special exception' and received a Four Stars badge, everyone in the continent came to know about him, and now he is receiving the same thing again, he doesn't want it, he doesn't want it at all!
Supervisor Go then said
"Don't worry, we don't like to make things big, the alchemist guilds name itself is more than enough."
Krune then let out a sigh of relief, in that case he doesn't mind receiving the Four Stars Alchemist Badge, that way he will have access to more resources and can accept better requests, all in all, he can make more money.
Supervisor Go then asked.
"Krune, wouldn't you leave the mercenary guild and stay with our Alchemist guild only? You have great talent, as for resources or whatever the mercenary guild has promised you, we can do the same or even better."
Krune was taken aback with such question.
"This..."
Supervisor Go then said.
"You can think it over and give me an answer later."
Supervisor Go had already decided to pay a visit to Lu Ganan of the Kaley City mercenary guild, he wants them to know that the alchemist guild wants Krune.
Poor Krune didn't know the storm that was coming his way.
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Julies and Go Gao were amazed with such sight, Julies then said.
"So, the rumors were true, his control over the elements is out of the charts, I can't imagine how he will become once he steps into the Core Formation Realm now that he already has the same ability of one, at least for alchemy."
Go Gao agreed with her.
"Indeed, this is not something we can ignore anymore, as long as our alchemist guild gets him any price will be worth it, even if he fails, make sure that he is accepted as an alchemist, with that talent it will only be a question of time before he surpasses both of us."
Julies then asked
"How are you going to deal with the mercenary guild?"
Go Gao shook his head.
"I don't know, they aren't weaker than our alchemist guild, I will have to talk directly with supervisor Lu Ganan of the main branch here in Kaley City to see if we can reach an agreement."
Julies didn't say anything anymore, she is an Alchemist after all, things related to management are not her problem.
---
At Krune's side, he was having some difficulties to manipulate the elements inside the medicinal liquid made from the herbs.
'It's harder than I thought, if I take too long, the medicinal properties will burn away, guess I will just try to put them in sync as much as possible until I can't wait anymore.'
It couldn't be said to be Krune's fault, this was his first time concocting a pill, he wasn't even sure if what he is doing is something good for the pill creation or not, without him knowing, he already spent more than one hour over this problem.
When it finally came the time to form the pill, less than 20% of the medicinal element properties were in sync, he could only sigh and go ahead with the pill formation. The pill formation part was quite easy, there was only a need to bring the medicinal liquid together and solidify it like a pill, depending on the quantity of herb that were used, you can make one or more pills at once, but to make things simple for the candidates, they were asked to make just a single one.
The pill took form and the process was finally finished, but now the practical exam was almost over, the majority had already finished their pills although they weren't sure if they succeed or not. When the two hour was finally over, Krune had made only a single pill, there was three lines around it but he had no idea what it meant.
The alchemists on the stage came down and started evaluate the contestants result.
"Haven't reached the level of a One Star pill, failed."
"Haven't reached the level of a One Star pill, failed."
"Haven't reached the level of a One Star pill, failed."
...
As one of the last ones to arrive, Krune's table was at the very end of the queue, so he was one of the last to get his pill evaluated.
"Oh, middle quality One Star pill, your name?"
A girl in a white robe close to Krune was very happy to hear that.
"My name is Shue Kalan."
The Alchemist then nodded.
"Congratulations, you are now a One Star Alchemist, you can go to the guilds office later to take your badge and register your guild ID."
Shue Kalan was almost jumping in joy, all the other contestants looked at her with jealousy, everyone except for one, Krune of course, he didn't think much about it, for him alchemy was just a way to gather spirit stones, if he fails, he will try something else, that's all.
Since her pill wasn't a Qi Gathering pill, the one who evaluated her was one of the two alchemists that came together with Julies, Julies only examined those who had concocted Qi Gathering pills, other than Shue Kalan, there wasn't any other contestant that passed the practical exam so far.
Julies approached Krune's table, she was sure he was able to make the pill, but she didn't use her Divine Sense to check, she anted to look at it with her own eyes.
She then took Krune's pill and it was just as she expected.
'Although he can perceive the elements well enough to put them in sync, it still wasn't perfect, only 20% more or less of the elemental properties are in sync at moment, it shows how inexperienced he is, but to do this while still in the foundation establishment could be said to be a miracle already, only those other monsters from the Head Quarters can do it without being at the Core Formation Realm, but even so the smallest realm person able to do it is already at the 7th stage of Foundation Establishment, but Krune is still at the 2nd stage, he is definitely the monster among the monsters.'
She then looked at Krune and smiled.
"Congratulations, Three Stars middle quality Qi Gathering pill, from now on you are a Three Stars alchemist."
Every single eye in the room moved at Krune at moment, even Shue Kalan jaw almost dropped. Not only the contestants, the two other alchemists that were helping with the exam felt it to be unbelievable, they themselves are still Two Stars Alchemists!
Krune noticed everyone looking at him and felt gloomy.
'I've done it again, why can't I control my curiosity? I should have left those elements out of sync the way they were.'
Julies didn't know what he was thinking and simply said.
"Go to the guild office to take your ID and Badge, then you can request access to the materials available for Three Stars Alchemists."
Krune just nodded and left, Shue Kalan, who was just behind him also followed, she might not have made a Three Stars pill but she also passed the exam nonetheless. She approached Krune and complimented him.
"Hello, I'm Shue Kalan, seems like we are fellow Alchemists from now on."
Krune looked at her, he could see that she wanted to befriend him because of his status as Three Stars Alchemist. She tried to act cute in front of him but Krune didn't notice that part though, as a wisp, he doesn't think much about the humans appearance, with exception of Feifei, of course.
Since that's the case he thought there wasn't a need to care about this Shue something, he simply nodded and kept walking.
Shue was taken aback for his reaction, she is pretty confident with her looks, but to be disregarded like that was a first, it was then that she noticed the spiritual energy coming from Krune.
'I see, he isn't human but a demon beast in human form, no wonder he had no reaction when I acted a second ago, in his eyes humans are probably just weird shaped.'
Soon they arrived at the application office, an attendant came forward to receive them.
"Miss Shue, you can enter that room to finish the process of getting your badge and ID, as for mister Krune, I will have to ask you to follow me, the process to apply for a Three Stars Badge is much more complicated so it will take some time."
Krune nodded and followed the man, he was asked to wait in an office while they applied for his Badge and ID. He couldn't help but feel it to be quite a familiar experience.
'Last time it happened I got a Four Stars Mercenary badge and my low key life was destroyed, it couldn't be the same again, right?'
---
At the same time, Go Gao was talking with the Head Quarters of the Alchemist Guild of the Yule Continent.
On the other side of the line was an old man with big white beard and short hair, he seemed to be around his seventies, of course, with the mans cultivation, chances are that he is already 500 years old or more.
He was Ediu Qixer, the supervisor of the applications office, just like the mercenary guild, the alchemist guild also has a reviews office for those who applied for Three Stars badges or higher, it's just that the number of applications made to this office was several times lower than the Mercenary one, alchemists are rare after all. Ediu Qixer felt like Go Gao was joking with him.
"Are you telling me that a 2nd stage Foundation Establishment can already sync the elements in pill making, and that it was his first time? Even here at the head quarters we don't have such a genius, are you sure you are not dreaming?"
Go Gao couldn't blame Ediu for that, he himself thought that it was impossible when he saw Krune doing that.
"As hard as it is for believe, that's the truth, I can put my position as the supervisor of Kaley City on the line for it."
Ediu understood that it wasn't a joke.
"In that case what are you waiting for? Go ahead and bring him in, I'm giving you the permission to bestow him the Three Stars Badge and ID, make sure that he stays with the Alchemist guild, such a talent can't be left wandering outside."
After saying that, Ediu noticed that Go Gao had a bitter smile on his face.
"What is it?"
Go Gao couldn't hide the truth after all.
"Did you perhaps hear about the new Mercenary Guild Rising Star, the one that got the Four Stars Badge before being a Core Formation Realm cultivator?"
Ediu nodded, the mercenary guild spread the news everywhere to ensure that no one would try to take him away.
"I know, if I'm not wrong, his name was Kru-"
Just as he was about to finish saying the name he noticed the problem out there, the application for that Three Stars badge was for someone called Krune as well.
"I see, so that's the problem, and a very annoying one at that."
Go Gao nodded.
"Exactly, the mercenary guild bestowed him the Four Star Mercenary Badge, this goes to show how highly they thing about him, I don't think it will be easy to convince them that Krune should be left with the Alchemist Guild alone, they don't stop any of their members from being part of another guild, so they definitely won't stop Krune from joining the Alchemist Guild, but it goes without saying that they hope to have Krune taking part of the martial gathering two years from now, of course, as long as his cultivation is good enough for that, at least that's what I think."
Ediu Qixer face changed.
"Unacceptable!"
The reason that Ediu got angry is because to ensure that only the strong will emerge victorious, the martial gathering happens inside of an earlier selected danger zone, that way every participant will have to sign the contract that no one will be responsible in case they die, also, all participants can go all out during the gathering, and if someone dies, no one will care. How could they let Krune, such a genius alchemist, take part of this dangerous competition?
Go Gao then said
"What about we give him a Four Stars Badge, just like the Mercenary Guild? If we give him a Three Stars Badge he will obviously think that the Mercenary Guild thoughts about his future are better than ours."
Ediu pondered a bit.
"I will talk to the Head of the guild, a Four Stars Badge can't be given this easy, but I agree that this would be the first step in bringing him over, wait for my call."
Ediu then went to talk to the Head of the Alchemist Guild Head Quarters, Calier Medgin, after an hour of discussion they agreed that it would be better if they can bring Krune to their side, so he accepted the request for the Four Stars Badge.
---
Back at the Alchemist Guild, Krune was sit while waiting for his Three Stars badge to come, he wants to check the alchemist list of requests and learn how to make the necessary pills for selling, his Rank Three spirit stones wont last much longer after all.
The door of the room opened and Supervisor Go Gao came in, he had a bright smile on his face.
"Hello, my name is Go Gao, the supervisor of the Kaley City Alchemist branch. Congratulations, Alchemist Krune, the guild decided to make an special exception and bestow you a Four Stars Badge, this is how much we value your talents as an alchemist, please accept it."
Go Gao then passed the Four Stars badge with Krune's name to him.
Krune had a foreboding feeling after seeing that.
"Supervisor Go, you perhaps haven't told anyone about it yet, right?"
Last time he received a 'special exception' and received a Four Stars badge, everyone in the continent came to know about him, and now he is receiving the same thing again, he doesn't want it, he doesn't want it at all!
Supervisor Go then said
"Don't worry, we don't like to make things big, the alchemist guilds name itself is more than enough."
Krune then let out a sigh of relief, in that case he doesn't mind receiving the Four Stars Alchemist Badge, that way he will have access to more resources and can accept better requests, all in all, he can make more money.
Supervisor Go then asked.
"Krune, wouldn't you leave the mercenary guild and stay with our Alchemist guild only? You have great talent, as for resources or whatever the mercenary guild has promised you, we can do the same or even better."
Krune was taken aback with such question.
"This..."
Supervisor Go then said.
"You can think it over and give me an answer later."
Supervisor Go had already decided to pay a visit to Lu Ganan of the Kaley City mercenary guild, he wants them to know that the alchemist guild wants Krune.
Poor Krune didn't know the storm that was coming his way.
Julies and Go Gao were amazed with such sight, Julies then said. "So, the rumors were true, his control over the elements is out of the charts, I can't imagine how he will become once he steps into the Core Formation Realm now that he already has the same ability of one, at least for alchemy." Go Gao agreed with her. "Indeed, this is not something we can ignore anymore, as long as our alchemist guild gets him any price will be worth it, even if he fails, make sure that he is accepted as an alchemist, with that talent it will only be a question of time before he surpasses both of us." Julies then asked "How are you going to deal with the mercenary guild?" Go Gao shook his head. "I don't know, they aren't weaker than our alchemist guild, I will have to talk directly with supervisor Lu Ganan of the main branch here in Kaley City to see if we can reach an agreement." Julies didn't say anything anymore, she is an Alchemist after all, things related to management are not her problem. --- At Krune's side, he was having some difficulties to manipulate the elements inside the medicinal liquid made from the herbs. 'It's harder than I thought, if I take too long, the medicinal properties will burn away, guess I will just try to put them in sync as much as possible until I can't wait anymore.' It couldn't be said to be Krune's fault, this was his first time concocting a pill, he wasn't even sure if what he is doing is something good for the pill creation or not, without him knowing, he already spent more than one hour over this problem. When it finally came the time to form the pill, less than 20% of the medicinal element properties were in sync, he could only sigh and go ahead with the pill formation. The pill formation part was quite easy, there was only a need to bring the medicinal liquid together and solidify it like a pill, depending on the quantity of herb that were used, you can make one or more pills at once, but to make things simple for the candidates, they were asked to make just a single one. The pill took form and the process was finally finished, but now the practical exam was almost over, the majority had already finished their pills although they weren't sure if they succeed or not. When the two hour was finally over, Krune had made only a single pill, there was three lines around it but he had no idea what it meant. The alchemists on the stage came down and started evaluate the contestants result. "Haven't reached the level of a One Star pill, failed." "Haven't reached the level of a One Star pill, failed." "Haven't reached the level of a One Star pill, failed." ... As one of the last ones to arrive, Krune's table was at the very end of the queue, so he was one of the last to get his pill evaluated. "Oh, middle quality One Star pill, your name?" A girl in a white robe close to Krune was very happy to hear that. "My name is Shue Kalan." The Alchemist then nodded. "Congratulations, you are now a One Star Alchemist, you can go to the guilds office later to take your badge and register your guild ID." Shue Kalan was almost jumping in joy, all the other contestants looked at her with jealousy, everyone except for one, Krune of course, he didn't think much about it, for him alchemy was just a way to gather spirit stones, if he fails, he will try something else, that's all. Since her pill wasn't a Qi Gathering pill, the one who evaluated her was one of the two alchemists that came together with Julies, Julies only examined those who had concocted Qi Gathering pills, other than Shue Kalan, there wasn't any other contestant that passed the practical exam so far. Julies approached Krune's table, she was sure he was able to make the pill, but she didn't use her Divine Sense to check, she anted to look at it with her own eyes. She then took Krune's pill and it was just as she expected. 'Although he can perceive the elements well enough to put them in sync, it still wasn't perfect, only 20% more or less of the elemental properties are in sync at moment, it shows how inexperienced he is, but to do this while still in the foundation establishment could be said to be a miracle already, only those other monsters from the Head Quarters can do it without being at the Core Formation Realm, but even so the smallest realm person able to do it is already at the 7th stage of Foundation Establishment, but Krune is still at the 2nd stage, he is definitely the monster among the monsters.' She then looked at Krune and smiled. "Congratulations, Three Stars middle quality Qi Gathering pill, from now on you are a Three Stars alchemist." Every single eye in the room moved at Krune at moment, even Shue Kalan jaw almost dropped. Not only the contestants, the two other alchemists that were helping with the exam felt it to be unbelievable, they themselves are still Two Stars Alchemists! Krune noticed everyone looking at him and felt gloomy. 'I've done it again, why can't I control my curiosity? I should have left those elements out of sync the way they were.' Julies didn't know what he was thinking and simply said. "Go to the guild office to take your ID and Badge, then you can request access to the materials available for Three Stars Alchemists." Krune just nodded and left, Shue Kalan, who was just behind him also followed, she might not have made a Three Stars pill but she also passed the exam nonetheless. She approached Krune and complimented him. "Hello, I'm Shue Kalan, seems like we are fellow Alchemists from now on." Krune looked at her, he could see that she wanted to befriend him because of his status as Three Stars Alchemist. She tried to act cute in front of him but Krune didn't notice that part though, as a wisp, he doesn't think much about the humans appearance, with exception of Feifei, of course. Since that's the case he thought there wasn't a need to care about this Shue something, he simply nodded and kept walking. Shue was taken aback for his reaction, she is pretty confident with her looks, but to be disregarded like that was a first, it was then that she noticed the spiritual energy coming from Krune. 'I see, he isn't human but a demon beast in human form, no wonder he had no reaction when I acted a second ago, in his eyes humans are probably just weird shaped.' Soon they arrived at the application office, an attendant came forward to receive them. "Miss Shue, you can enter that room to finish the process of getting your badge and ID, as for mister Krune, I will have to ask you to follow me, the process to apply for a Three Stars Badge is much more complicated so it will take some time." Krune nodded and followed the man, he was asked to wait in an office while they applied for his Badge and ID. He couldn't help but feel it to be quite a familiar experience. 'Last time it happened I got a Four Stars Mercenary badge and my low key life was destroyed, it couldn't be the same again, right?' --- At the same time, Go Gao was talking with the Head Quarters of the Alchemist Guild of the Yule Continent. On the other side of the line was an old man with big white beard and short hair, he seemed to be around his seventies, of course, with the mans cultivation, chances are that he is already 500 years old or more. He was Ediu Qixer, the supervisor of the applications office, just like the mercenary guild, the alchemist guild also has a reviews office for those who applied for Three Stars badges or higher, it's just that the number of applications made to this office was several times lower than the Mercenary one, alchemists are rare after all. Ediu Qixer felt like Go Gao was joking with him. "Are you telling me that a 2nd stage Foundation Establishment can already sync the elements in pill making, and that it was his first time? Even here at the head quarters we don't have such a genius, are you sure you are not dreaming?" Go Gao couldn't blame Ediu for that, he himself thought that it was impossible when he saw Krune doing that. "As hard as it is for believe, that's the truth, I can put my position as the supervisor of Kaley City on the line for it." Ediu understood that it wasn't a joke. "In that case what are you waiting for? Go ahead and bring him in, I'm giving you the permission to bestow him the Three Stars Badge and ID, make sure that he stays with the Alchemist guild, such a talent can't be left wandering outside." After saying that, Ediu noticed that Go Gao had a bitter smile on his face. "What is it?" Go Gao couldn't hide the truth after all. "Did you perhaps hear about the new Mercenary Guild Rising Star, the one that got the Four Stars Badge before being a Core Formation Realm cultivator?" Ediu nodded, the mercenary guild spread the news everywhere to ensure that no one would try to take him away. "I know, if I'm not wrong, his name was Kru-" Just as he was about to finish saying the name he noticed the problem out there, the application for that Three Stars badge was for someone called Krune as well. "I see, so that's the problem, and a very annoying one at that." Go Gao nodded. "Exactly, the mercenary guild bestowed him the Four Star Mercenary Badge, this goes to show how highly they thing about him, I don't think it will be easy to convince them that Krune should be left with the Alchemist Guild alone, they don't stop any of their members from being part of another guild, so they definitely won't stop Krune from joining the Alchemist Guild, but it goes without saying that they hope to have Krune taking part of the martial gathering two years from now, of course, as long as his cultivation is good enough for that, at least that's what I think." Ediu Qixer face changed. "Unacceptable!" The reason that Ediu got angry is because to ensure that only the strong will emerge victorious, the martial gathering happens inside of an earlier selected danger zone, that way every participant will have to sign the contract that no one will be responsible in case they die, also, all participants can go all out during the gathering, and if someone dies, no one will care. How could they let Krune, such a genius alchemist, take part of this dangerous competition? Go Gao then said "What about we give him a Four Stars Badge, just like the Mercenary Guild? If we give him a Three Stars Badge he will obviously think that the Mercenary Guild thoughts about his future are better than ours." Ediu pondered a bit. "I will talk to the Head of the guild, a Four Stars Badge can't be given this easy, but I agree that this would be the first step in bringing him over, wait for my call." Ediu then went to talk to the Head of the Alchemist Guild Head Quarters, Calier Medgin, after an hour of discussion they agreed that it would be better if they can bring Krune to their side, so he accepted the request for the Four Stars Badge. --- Back at the Alchemist Guild, Krune was sit while waiting for his Three Stars badge to come, he wants to check the alchemist list of requests and learn how to make the necessary pills for selling, his Rank Three spirit stones wont last much longer after all. The door of the room opened and Supervisor Go Gao came in, he had a bright smile on his face. "Hello, my name is Go Gao, the supervisor of the Kaley City Alchemist branch. Congratulations, Alchemist Krune, the guild decided to make an special exception and bestow you a Four Stars Badge, this is how much we value your talents as an alchemist, please accept it." Go Gao then passed the Four Stars badge with Krune's name to him. Krune had a foreboding feeling after seeing that. "Supervisor Go, you perhaps haven't told anyone about it yet, right?" Last time he received a 'special exception' and received a Four Stars badge, everyone in the continent came to know about him, and now he is receiving the same thing again, he doesn't want it, he doesn't want it at all! Supervisor Go then said "Don't worry, we don't like to make things big, the alchemist guilds name itself is more than enough." Krune then let out a sigh of relief, in that case he doesn't mind receiving the Four Stars Alchemist Badge, that way he will have access to more resources and can accept better requests, all in all, he can make more money. Supervisor Go then asked. "Krune, wouldn't you leave the mercenary guild and stay with our Alchemist guild only? You have great talent, as for resources or whatever the mercenary guild has promised you, we can do the same or even better." Krune was taken aback with such question. "This..." Supervisor Go then said. "You can think it over and give me an answer later." Supervisor Go had already decided to pay a visit to Lu Ganan of the Kaley City mercenary guild, he wants them to know that the alchemist guild wants Krune. Poor Krune didn't know the storm that was coming his way.
