It seemed like Agalon wasn't here to humiliate me. He seemed to be very surprised. That damned fellow had been suppressing me for his entire life. Now, he had accepted a disciple and was actually suppressing my disciple as well. That idiot Sevy, could it be that he still couldn't tell that Agalon was giving me some face?
'Do you really want to tear apart that last bit of face? Do you want to throw your own face on the ground and trample on it?
Alonzo didn't want to investigate how he won, but now that Sevy asked, the other alchemists also asked. Everyone wanted to know the truth.
These alchemists wouldn't care if they were scolded, but they were the representatives of Noscent's peak forces. No one would be willing to lose inexplicably.
The atmosphere was becoming more and more stiff, and many people were looking at Lin Yun with anger. But Lin Yun was still crouching there, motionless, as if something on the ground was attracting his attention.
The Lionheart King frowned and finally spoke.
"Alonzo, what's going on?"
The Forest Elf King was suddenly startled, apparently noticing something. He glanced at Lin Yun and revealed a surprised smile.
"This competition was originally held because there was one less Saint Alchemist to be found, but there is no need to compete now. Truly an outstanding youth. "
Lin Yun sighed and stood up in disappointment. He shook his head and returned to Agalon's side.
Seeing Lin Yun return, Sevy couldn't help but excitedly rush out and point at Lin Yun.
"Mafa Merlin, do you think you can feel at ease after winning the quota like this? Are you worthy of your identity as an alchemist? On the path of pursuing the truth, the most intolerable thing is dirty and despicable methods.
"Where is your alchemy work? Do you think someone who doesn't even have any works can win this competition? "
With Sevy taking the lead, the others followed suit.
"Sirs, we can't accept this. How could someone without any work win this competition?"
"Right, how could he occupy the last spot without doing anything? This is too unfair, this is an insult to alchemy … "
Seeing this group of people not giving up, Agalon still had a faint smile on his face. He didn't say anything, but Alonzo's face was completely dark and his eyes were filled with anger.
"Idiot! You idiots! 'Their alchemy products are as stupid as dog shit. Is there something wrong with their heads?
'F * ck, I already said that if Mafa Merlin wins, then Mafa Merlin wins. Are you guys doubting my judgment?' A bunch of idiots who only know how to benefit themselves. It's already fate's blessing that you've made it this far, and you still want to take another step forward?
Forget it, you bunch of idiots. You don't even understand what I'm saying? Did you not understand what the Elven King said? You bunch of bastards, since you want to die, then I'll let you die thoroughly! "
Alonzo's sudden anger silenced the group of people.
The Forest Elf King softly shook his head and extended his finger. With a snap, all the grass within several hundred meters withered and turned into white ashes that scattered on the ground. The remaining materials where Lin Yun had been a moment ago all turned to ashes.
The area within a few hundred meters instantly turned into a barren desert. In the center of the desert, there was a very faint light flickering there.
In the center of all the ashes, there was a three-centimeter-tall grass. The grass was not an ordinary green, but four colors. The four colors were constantly alternating with each other. With a faint halo, the grass seemed to be covered with a layer of miniature rainbows.
Sevy's face instantly turned deathly pale when he saw that grass. Shock could be seen on his face as he absentmindedly pointed at that fragile grass.
"Impossible … How could this be? Impossible! It only took a few hours, how could this be …"
A few knowledgeable Artisans were also looking at that fragile grass in shock. One of them even threw away the Magic Tool in his hand and let out a startled cry.
"Void Creation! Heavens, he … He … He became a Saint Alchemist! "
In an instant, everyone understood why Alonzo's expression was unsightly, yet he unhesitantly changed the final victor. Why the Forest Elven King said that this competition had been held because they lacked a Saint Alchemist.
Now that there was already a Saint Alchemist, there was no meaning in this competition. There simply wasn't a need to choose. Even if Lin Yun didn't make any alchemy products, the final quota would still be his.
Then, the group of Artisans turned deathly pale as they understood what they had done.
Agalon didn't say it clearly because he wanted to give Alonzo some face in front of so many people. But that last fig leaf was completely torn down.
Alonzo and Agalon had been competing for many years. Strength and rank were secondary, the main competition between the two was in alchemy. Unfortunately, there hadn't been any results until now.
This kind of competition naturally shifted to the two's disciples. It would have been fine if there was only a small difference in victory or defeat. After all, the disciple couldn't completely represent the teacher.
But now, one was a Saint Alchemist, while the other wasn't. Everyone understood how big the gap between them was.
It was only one step, but it was two completely different realms. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to describe the gap between a Heaven Rank powerhouse and a Mage Apprentice.
How many Artisans were there in Noscent? No one had counted, because there definitely wasn't a small number. There were definitely twenty to thirty Artisans doing research within the Starry Sky College, and that didn't include those Artisans that weren't doing research within the Starry Sky College.
Because there wasn't much meaning in counting the number, but how many Saint Alchemists were there in Noscent? Everyone knew about them. Even the Artisans present could casually call out the names of these Saint Alchemists.
This was the gap!
Although an Artisan was called an Artisan, the creation itself was something within the Laws of the World. The limit and peak of creation was the Magic Tool Incarnation. Everything created was inanimate.
Moreover, Artisans had to prepare materials in advance for anything they wanted to make. He was only a powerful alchemist.
The difference between a Saint Alchemist and an Artisan was like the difference between a mortal and an Extraordinary. This was an insurmountable chasm.
The most typical characteristic of a Saint Alchemist was that they could create things out of nothing. They were existences that had started to touch upon the truth of the world. They could create things that didn't exist in the world, and under normal circumstances, this referred to the creation of new life.
Only alchemists with this kind of power could become Saint Alchemists.
That small grass that had the power of earth, fire, water, and wind at the same time was as fragile as a weed. If it had been placed somewhere else, it might have been ignored. But here, everyone understood that this was a new life created by Lin Yun. Even though it was only a Four-Colored Grass with a weak fire of life that was no better than a weed and had no value.
This weed that only had a bit of symbolic meaning was the symbol of Lin Yun's Saint Alchemy.
In an instant, all the doubts disappeared. A Saint Alchemist simply didn't need to display his alchemy work. Just this identity alone would make all Artificers feel inferior to him. In the world of truth, one was one, and two was two. There was no such thing as luck.
The group of alchemists had complicated expressions. They might have been a bit unwilling to lose to Seve, but no one felt unwilling to lose to the Saint Alchemist Lin Yun, because this was the truth.
Alonzo stared at Lin Yun for a few seconds before softly sighing.
"Mafa Merlin, you are pretty good. Your strength might not have much to do with Agalon, it is purely due to your talent.
"Moreover, I noticed that you were hesitating at the start and didn't know what to do, so I believe that the prideful Agalon definitely didn't tell you anything about the competition in advance.
"If I'm not wrong, you weren't a Saint Alchemist before the competition, so you didn't have the power to create anything.
"Didn't you become a Saint Alchemist just now?"
Alonzo's words once again shocked the group of people.
'Saint Alchemist on the spot? Since when could a Saint Alchemist choose the time of the Saint Alchemist's ascension? Is this a joke? '
In the past, all alchemists had become Saint Alchemists unintentionally. They might have suddenly gained inspiration while working on some alchemy work, or they might have suddenly understood something. But no one dared to say when they became Saint Alchemists.
This was something that couldn't be controlled, because alchemists pursued the truth. Only by comprehending a trace of the truth could they suddenly obtain it. It wasn't like the meditation of mages. They didn't know how much mana they could accumulate, how many Laws they could comprehend, how much mana they could accumulate, and how many Laws they could comprehend.
A mage's breakthrough could be somewhat predicted, but an alchemist's breakthrough had never been like this.
The group stared at Lin Yun, looking forward to Lin Yun's answer. Seve looked like he was grasping at a life-saving straw as he looked at Lin Yun with red eyes.
A disciple with the same status as him, but Lin Yun had become a Saint Alchemist. This was a huge blow to him, but now, there was an even bigger blow. He might have become a Saint Alchemist on the spot.
In other words, the eerie ripples and actions from before were due to the other party trying to break through to the Sainthood Realm?
Facing Alonzo's question, Lin Yun hesitated for a bit before nodding and telling the truth.
"I am a bit hesitant because I want to compete on what I'm most proficient in. I don't know what I'm most proficient in. Potioneering, Magic Tools, puppeteering, arrays … They are all about the same, I'm not proficient in any of them.
"Since I have to compete, I can only try to advance to the Saint Alchemist realm. But it's a bit difficult. I barely managed to fuse four kinds of elements, so the plant I created could only maintain this size …"
Lin Yun regretfully sighed. After all, the plant he created only had a symbolic meaning, which made him feel a bit uncomfortable. Saint Alchemists were most powerful at creation. Although this ability would only be useful at a very high realm, he could at most create something as useless as weeds.
But there was nothing he could do about it. Becoming a Saint Alchemist was already very difficult. Reaching this step was already pretty good.
Just like the three deans of the Starry Sky College. They might have a more solid foundation and accumulated more experience, but they weren't much better than Lin Yun in terms of creation. Their creation ability didn't have much use at this stage.
There were no true Saint Alchemists in this era. There were only some powerhouses that had just stepped into the Saint Alchemist realm. Whether it was Gandaph or Agalon, there wasn't much difference.
There were ten thousand steps on the Saint Alchemist path. Lin Yun took one step, Gandaph took seven or eight steps at most, and Agalon took less than a hundred steps at most. There was still a long way to go.
Lin Yun knew this and naturally wasn't proud of stepping into the Saint Alchemist realm. Of the 108,000 truth runes in the Demiplane, he had only comprehended ten thousand. The further he went, the more difficult it would be. If he wanted to thoroughly comprehend these 108,000 truth runes, he would have to wait until he ignited his Godfire.
After some calculations, the Saint Alchemist's creation ability would have some effect after comprehending at least fifty to sixty thousand truth runes. Before that, this ability would have no effect on Heaven Rank powerhouses.
What was the use of creating weeds? At most, they would be placed there as ornaments. Moreover, they would wither within a few days and wouldn't even have the ability to reproduce.
Lin Yun didn't think much of it, but Seve had a bitter expression as if he had just eaten a pile of dog shit. He really didn't know what to say. He had lost in a complete mess, there was no challenge at all.
The competition was over here and the group of alchemists decisively left. They had seen many things they shouldn't have seen or known today. Who knew if the hot-tempered Alonzo would hold a grudge if they kept looking.
The other alchemists rapidly left, and Alonzo took Seve and left without looking back. The Lionheart King also seemed to be looking at Lin Yun. He even nodded at Lin Yun before leaving.
Agalon's disciple naturally wasn't worth his attention, but he was a 5th Rank Heaven Mage that had just become a Saint Alchemist within a hundred years of age. He had to be given enough respect.
The Forest Elf King seemed to be even more friendly towards Lin Yun. He smiled and nodded at Lin Yun.
"H.e. Mafa Merlin, if you have time, I hope you can come to our tribe as a guest. I'll use the Mother Tree's Tree of Life Sap to entertain you."
The Forest Elf King turned into a breeze and dissipated, leaving behind a startled Lin Yun.
The Forest Elf King actually used honorifics? Using honorifics to treat powerhouses of the same rank as him, inviting him to the Forest Elf Tribe as a guest? Lin Yun felt that he had misheard.
Agalon was also somewhat surprised.
"This fellow who has the inherent pride of an elf in his bones actually invited you to be his guest? In such a long time, he only invited me once when he had a request … "Agalon sighed and didn't ask anything else.
Agalon only sighed, but didn't ask anything else. The Forest Elf King's invitation definitely wasn't just out of courtesy. But Lin Yun didn't know why the Forest Elf King had invited him. The Forest Elf King's attitude had been a bit too good, it didn't match the rumors.
Everyone had left, and the three deans of the Starry Sky College also went back to prepare. Only Agalon and Lin Yun remained.
Agalon put his hand on Lin Yun 'shoulder and the surroundings instantly transformed into a starry sky. Countless starlight instantly transformed into flowing lights, and in an instant, Agalon and Lin Yun appeared on that hill.
"I know what you want to ask. There was an accident when I went to the Starry Sky Battlefield. By the time I killed that Star Behemoth, you had already disappeared, but I wasn't worried about your safety.
But it was also because of this that I discovered something unusual. That level of Star Behemoth wouldn't appear at the edge of the Starry Sky Battlefield, and there would be more than one at a time.
I went to search for the truth, but I encountered a terrifying Void Storm. When I got out of danger, I was already lost in the Starry Sky, and it was here that I discovered something strange. "
Lin Yun frowned and suddenly understood what Agalon was talking about.
"The Undead Plane and the Leviathan Plane?"
Agalon nodded.
"That's right. It's impossible for the Undead Plane and the Leviathan Plane to collide, but it happened. I think it might be related to the changes that occurred in the Starry Sky Battlefield, or rather, it was because of this that the changes occurred in the Starry Sky Battlefield.
When I found out the truth, the Undead Plane and the Leviathan Plane had already collided. At that time, Undead creatures had already appeared in the Leviathan Plane, but there weren't many places where the two planes overlapped, and the overlapping locations weren't stable either. Only a few Undead creatures would appear.
But this matter couldn't be avoided, and we could only start a war.
Next, I'm going to the Undead Plane to find out the truth of this matter. You can handle the counterattack. "
Lin Yun understood the counterattack. After all, there were many places where the two worlds overlapped, and the Leviathan Plane was like a huge door that opened for the Undead Plane. Any Undead could pass through this door and appear in the Leviathan Plane, so they had to first drive the Undead creatures out of the overlapping spaces.
But what did this have to do with the previous competition?
"Teacher, after we drive the Undead away, we have to build the Hexagram Array there, right? This doesn't seem to be a particularly easy task. Is there a need to fight for this slot?"
This was what Lin Yun didn't understand. Building a huge Hexagram Array was simply a thankless task. The time needed to build such a huge array wasn't short, it would take at least a month or two to complete. Construction, debugging, materials …
The Hexagram Array didn't just need six Saint Alchemists, it needed six alchemist teams to complete the six crucial parts. During the construction process, the array's range had to be guarded, and that range might be a few hundred kilometers. If it was destroyed, everything would have to be recalculated.
This was the most troublesome part …
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