There was an air of excitement in the silence that hung over the El Pahim Arena, like an invisible storm growing beneath the calm sea.

Fang Yu slowly opened his eyes, his dark eyes contained a warm luster, and he swiped his hand on the metal panel from left to right, and then staggered it from top to bottom.

With this most traditional ritual of alchemists, the test ended.

He took a step back and nodded in satisfaction before turning around and walking back, taking the glove from the tall lionman's hand.

"How?"

"It's great, Elpakhin's machine is much better than Kapka's."

That's just a very simple conversation—

But combined with the big boy's somewhat breezy smile, it was more like a signal, and a tsunami of applause swept over the El Pakhin Arena.

The audience stood up as if agreed, and the applause was like a storm, a sea of carnival, and it lasted for a long time.

The ceremonial flowers were shot into the air and bloomed in brilliant colors.

The airship above the arena began to throw flower petals downward, and amid the rain of flowers, the Guta people silently withdrew from the arena.

"Has the final expiration date been announced?" Ms. Aisha asked aloud, the only way to make a little noise from the applause of the mountain and the tsunami.

The wandering horses looked at their live broadcast room, and the community had already come out of the news before them.

Three and a fifth of a tharia scale, about fourteen minutes.

A new record was born.

Ms. Aisha's face was flushed and she was too excited to speak.

The wandering horse was also a little excited in his heart, and couldn't help clenching his fists and letting go. In the community, the official sent him congratulations, congratulating him on the complete success of his first live broadcast, which even far exceeded expectations-

But his heart was unusually calm.

It was as if a new landscape was slowly unfolding in front of him. Aitalia's super competition, standing in front of the stage of that era, under the shining starry sky, there was only an immature back.

It's simple and silent, but it's shocking.

He remembered that short ID—

Ed.

It was as if an ancient voice was knocking on his heart.

It was an ancient factor that slumbered in the blood, millions of years ago, when primate ancestors first left the forest; At the other end of the 60,000-year river is the first Homo sapiens looking back at the horizon of the Sinai Peninsula.

In the memory of 20 centuries ago, a young man from Chenggu County, Hanzhong County, was holding a festival charm and looking at the starry sky of the Makuno in the Hexi Corridor. Looking back, it's the sailor's ballad again, the shadow of a rickety sail seven hundred years ago slowly leaving the shores of Iberia.

It is the restless gaze that gazes into the unknown abyss, and it is the flame of curiosity that ignites the starry sky of wisdom.

It is a silent inspiration from the times, a brilliant poetic cloud written by civilization under the sky, and the pursuit of survival and dreams.

And above that vastness.

It is a name, like a star, lined up in the long night, and the gaze of the predecessors to the latecomers is as long as a book, recording the nobility and ideals of human courage and exploration spirit.

Many years later, the wandering horse can still recall the throbbing in his heart at that moment.

Like the torrent of the long river in the dark, it subtly changed the direction of his life choice.

The mountains roared and the tsunami applauded.

It's enduring.

In the VIP stands, Princess Brian watched this scene with gentle eyes.

She turned back and nodded to the dwarf in front of her, and stood up, saying, "Se'randu Aduri," it was an ancient greeting from the Noumerin Elves. "Say hello to Aksu on my behalf, I haven't seen him in years, tell my dwarven friend that the elves will always have a place for their companions in their long memories."

The dwarf saluted her respectfully and replied, "It is an honor, Your Highness the Princess. ”

Brianne bowed slightly, and she turned, leaving the scene under the arch of the Dawn Guard.

The dwarves watched her leave, then looked up at Fang Yu in the projection, and nodded one after another. Then they all got up and exited in the other direction.

Inside the Race Tunnel –

Rogetta rubbed the thick joints of her fingers, looking at the doorway with a rare nervousness. He'd been through a hundred and forty years of life, and he was a weathered old bone among the dwarves, and he didn't think he would easily act like the gruffy apprentices in Eldron's tunnels, but it turned out that it was just not time yet.

The young man in the competition room reminded him of the time when the Kaurin-Ihurian artisan craftsmen were thriving more than ten years ago. What a good time it was back then, and I miss it - Kaulin-Ishurian won the Continental League two times in a row, and Elpakhin and Kapka both had some good players.

But after that, everything changed.

Since when? He still remembers the days when he was a master craftsman, who was the vice president in charge of the magic department-old Wright? Oh, that old Tasha guy has been dead for years.

'Click'.

The sound of the front door opening interrupted his train of thought.

The old dwarf seemed to remember that he hadn't asked about the identity of the Kapuka contestant, what was his status in the Kapuka Artisan, how many levels of alchemist, was he a Drafter or a native?

Who brought him over first, by the way, it was Jenny's little girl. But that little girl is not reliable, and she doesn't know what to ask, and Rogetta thought of another person, by the way, it's Arquette, what about Arquette? The old dwarf turned around, only to see Arquette sneaking up to the courtyard gate at some point, sneaking out of the way.

"Arquette!" The old dwarf's eyes widened and he exclaimed, "What are you doing?" ”

Arquette's face changed in that direction. "Ah, that's right!" He replied in the same loud voice. "Rogerta, you know, I have some other things...... Well, by the way, I'm on duty today, you know, it's important. ”

As he spoke, the old fellow disappeared in that direction, leaving the courtyard staring at each other and waiting.

Shame on you, Rogetta sighed, but that's what the old guy has always been. It's the kind of real jerk who doesn't do his job, and Merriffin is much more reliable than that. But fortunately, the people of Guta have already withdrawn first, otherwise this face will be lost.

He grabbed Jenny, who was also about to slip away, "It's none of my business! The little girl shuddered with fright, and cried unknowingly: "It was Master Arquette who asked me to send him here, I don't know anything, woo woo, please don't strangle me, I'm still young, and I finally found this job-"

She chattered on and on until she turned over every trivial thing of the week and repented.

"Shut up, no one wants to kill you." Rogetta couldn't take it anymore, so he said to her angrily.

Jenny, who was crying, suddenly retracted, and then looked at the old dwarf with wide eyes.

"Really?"

Fang Yuan, who pushed the door out, saw such a scene - the suddenly quiet courtyard, and everyone's eyes were focused on him. Jenny Pear Blossom was blinking at him with the rain.

And the old dwarf, looking at him as if he were looking at the gold buried in the ground, sparkled in his little eyes, and sparkled just as brightly.

What's wrong?

This seems to be a little different from Kapka's assessment, Fang Yu thought to himself.

He was even stunned, and couldn't help but look back at the doorknob in his hand - thinking that something was wrong with the way he opened it, and then looked at the others.

Then he turned around and slammed the door shut.

Rogetta suddenly glared at the dwarf's originally small eyes, what is this guy doing?

In a moment, the door of the competition room opened again, and Fang Yu walked out of it with the big cat and Parker in a daze. “…… I thought I was going wrong. ”

I thought I was going wrong?

The old dwarf almost fell to the ground in front of his eyes. Rotas was on top, he thought to himself, there was only a straight walkway to the competition room.

But instead of losing his temper, he had to squeeze out as kind a smile as possible.

The young man in front of him seemed to Rogetta to be a living treasure. With the power of one person against the entire Principality of Iron Oak, he even wondered how Ottoros had discovered such a young man, and why he had not been so lucky?

And more importantly, he saw a kind of hope in Fang Yuan.

A kind of hope called Master Craftsman, Great Alchemist.

Rotas is on top, how many years has it been since there has been a true great alchemist in Kaulin-Ishurian?

I'll have to let Rogerta do the math and think about it.

For about sixty years after Ox-Steelbrow, his successor, Anthony, was at the helm of the Cowling Craftsmen's Guild, and was probably the most eminent great alchemist ever made by Cowling-Eshurian.

It was he who contributed to the situation that the four major craftsmen of the Cloud Sea would stand on four legs.

After that, there were Braut-Graybeard and Rogen, the latter of whom was born about the generation after Nick Lemay, and although he did not belong to the Artisan Guild, it did not change the fact that he was born in the kingdom. What's more, he also left a valuable treasure for the kingdom - the Rose Workshop, and the legend of the strongest among the elves.

And that was the last great alchemist of Kaulin-Ishurian.

Since then, to this day, this ancient kingdom has not had a true great alchemist for almost a hundred and seventy years.

Rogetta carefully looked at the young man in front of him, but there was a faint premonition in his heart. Perhaps the era of more than a century of Kaulin-Ishurian with only master craftsmen and no great alchemists may be coming to an end.

And what is the Great Alchemist?

He knew that the ancient title could be traced back to the first generation of great alchemist Lorin Ed.

Because before this genius of the past and the present, the ranks of alchemists were only five ranks. And after that. It is only then that people have begun to use this title to refer to master craftsmen who have achieved extraordinary achievements in a particular field and clearly surpassed other contemporaries.

Great Alchemist.

While there has often been more than one great alchemist in every era since, the title is usually not too many.

Even in the era when alchemy flourished after Rollin Eddard, the end of the Heroic Age, the birth of Nick Lemay, the era when Aitalia had the most great alchemists at the same time, only seven great alchemists were born one after another.

From Brought Greybeard to Rogen's disappearance, it lasted one hundred and forty-two years. The coexistence of the seven alchemists in the same era is also the most glorious history of Aitaria since the death of Lorraine-Eddard, which is why it is also known as the 'Year of the Seven Sages'.

After that, history does not repeat itself. As for Aitalia of this era, only three great alchemists still exist.

Not the worst, but not too good either.

As the president of the Elpahin Artisan Association, Rogetta looked at the young man and looked at him carefully for a moment before he spoke, "Ed, don't you want to say something?" ”

Fang Yu also froze slightly, he was still waiting for the old dwarf who looked a little amiable to tell him the results of the assessment. "Say what?"

He really didn't think about saying something after the craftsman assessment, and it seems that there is no such rule in Kapka?

And at the same moment—

In the El Pahim Arena, the shadow of the square plover appeared once again in the projection in the sky.

The audience had been waiting for this moment for a long time to hear what the young hero of Kaulin-Ishurian had to say about helping them defeat the Gutas.

There was only Fang Yu on the projection, and Rogerta's voice came from outside the painting: "Say whatever you want, you have set a new record, don't you have anything to say to everyone?" ”

"I set a new record?" Fang Yu asked in surprise: "Is there still a record of this thing in the craftsman assessment?" ”

There was a slight silence outside the screen.

Rogetta stared at the young man with wide eyes, he even thought that he had heard it wrong, and couldn't help but ask again: "What, what kind of assessment did you say?" ”

"Craftsman assessment."

The voice of the plover came from the whole sky, and after being amplified, the thunder rolled and reached everyone's ears.

"Didn't Arquette tell you?" Fang Yu was also confused: "My craftsman assessment, I am a trainee alchemist from Kapka, and I hope to participate in the official craftsman exam here-"

"I'm a trainee alchemist from Kapka, and I'd like to sit for the official craftsman exam here—"

"I'm a trainee alchemist from Kapka, and I'm hoping to take the official craftsman exam here......"

Huge echoes echoed throughout the arena.

Let everyone look at each other.

After a moment of dead silence, Rogetta laughed heartily from outside the painting. "Lotas above, you must be one of the most witty young people I've ever met, hahaha, do you want to defeat the Guta people as a trainee alchemist? I'll relay it to them for you—"

He turned his head with a serious face and waved his hand, and the staff understood what he meant.

Then there was a click, and the projection in the sky suddenly disappeared.

In the stands, Ms. Aisha also laughed loudly when she heard this, and her tears were flashing with laughter. "Haha, did you hear that?" She said loudly to the wandering horses, "This little fellow is really interesting, and he has not forgotten to respond to our 'guests' who have come from afar. But some unconscionable fellows may think that this little creature is not polite because of this—but I don't think so, this little creature is like us dwarves, stubborn, principled, and humans are always a little bit of that kind of character—oh, I don't mean you, Mr. Ma, just that this little guy is just right. ”

The wandering horse smiled and shook his head, not agreeing with that. But he could also see that the dwarf lady was on the rise, so why should he bother to make people unhappy?

Not only Ms. Elsa, but the entire arena, and even the entire virtual network that was watching the match, many people couldn't help but laugh.

"Haha, this guy is really interesting."

Tang Xin watched her best friend lying on the table and smiled.

yes, she thought, it's funny—you square pigeon, my dear brother, who has gone to this place by himself.

What could be more interesting than that?

And Al Pahin, the Craftsmen's General Association outside the competition room.

Rogetta was looking at Fang Plover with a serious expression. "Ed, what you said is true?"

Before Fang Yu could reply, a voice had already come in from outside the courtyard.

"Rogerta, what he said is true-"

……