Chapter 788: The Old Village Chief's Test

Why?

Because Alchemists were mostly guys with eccentric personalities and many rules.

You simply wouldn't know if you might offend the other party because of an unknown joke.

Moreover, these people had an endless stream of methods.

If you offended a Mage, you might be burned to death, or drowned to death.

If you offended a noble, you might be killed, or poisoned to death.

But if you offended an Alchemist, then you might not even know how you died.

"Hahaha..."

The originally serious-looking old village chief immediately burst into laughter after being asked.

"It is our honor that two Alchemists could come to our Fernweed Village. Go prepare delicacies and wine, tonight we banquet!"

The old village chief's sudden laughter successfully attracted the attention of both Lan Qingyou and Elisa.

Upon hearing that there would be a banquet tonight, they understood immediately.

The other party probably wanted to know the situation of themselves and others.

After all, appearing suddenly, even bombing the other party's village entrance with magic, plus not being locals, it was only natural to want to gather some intelligence.

Exactly.

The two of them also wanted to know the intelligence of this world.

To prepare for recovering the soul later.

Thus...

Under this situation where both sides wanted to get close to each other, this sudden banquet proceeded very smoothly.

It was even somewhat lively.

During the banquet, Lan Qingyou discovered that the civilization of this village, or rather the Sima Empire, was very developed.

This point could be seen from the food on the table.

Just the food at a village-level local banquet was so exquisite and delicious.

If it was in places like the imperial capital, wouldn't it be even more luxurious?

But this was completely nonsense.

After all, what Lan Qingyou and the others learned were exactly the things learned by these people from a thousand years ago.

If the civilization wasn't developed and the history wasn't strong enough, then nothing would have been left behind for them to learn.

"Have the two of you always lived in the mountains?"

"Yes, we've lived in the mountains since childhood, just in that mountain range further south from here."

"Further south... you mean that high mountain after crossing two mountains?"

The old village chief narrowed his eyes.

"No, it's a snow mountain."

Lan Qingyou smiled and shook her head.

"A snow mountain, I see. You're talking about the Selala Mountain Range, right."

"Correct, in the valley below the Selala Mountain Range."

This time Lan Qingyou nodded.

"It's said that Magic Beasts run rampant there, very few people would walk from the outside forest area into the valley."

"That's truly a pity, the snow scenery on the mountain is quite beautiful."

Lan Qingyou smiled.

Although she smiled, she had already started complaining in her heart.

The old guy asking this just now was clearly suspecting whether she came out from the mountains.

Although she didn't know the specific name from a thousand years ago.

But a thousand years later, Lan Qingyou and Elisa had indeed come from that snow mountain.

After all, there was a spike on the snow mountain.

While the old village chief here, after probing, finally set his mind at ease.

Recently, the barbarians on the northern plateau had been making a fuss.

He was deeply afraid that some problems would appear here.

Since these two came from the south, even if there was a slight difference in accent, they could at least be considered subjects of the empire.

Of course.

He certainly couldn't believe them this simply.

After all, there was still the most crucial step of verification to be done.

"Oh right, speaking of which, both of you are Alchemists, I wonder if you have heard of the title Twin Moons of the Empire."

Twin Moons of the Empire?

The old village chief's sentence stumped both of them.

After all, both of them had a very deep relationship with this Twin Moons of the Empire.

It would be better to say their alchemy skills were learned from the notes of the [Twin Moons].

"This..."

"Never heard of it, is it some important figure in alchemy?"

Just as Elisa was about to answer, Lan Qingyou interrupted her.

"What do you mean?"

Elisa glanced at Lan Qingyou.

"We are country bumpkins living in the mountains, how could country bumpkins know about heavyweight figures like the Twin Moons of the Empire?"

Lan Qingyou whispered softly in Elisa's ear.

"..."

Quite meticulous, quite good at deceiving people.

Elisa sighed in admiration.

Sometimes she would often have a deep gap with this Tower Witch in front of her due to not being tactful enough.

Their undisguised actions were naturally seen by the old village chief and remembered in his heart.

Although they said they didn't know.

But he kept feeling there was a problem with these two youngsters wearing black and white strange clothes.

So...

"Since you are Alchemists, I wonder if the two of you could do a favor and save the village?"

The old village chief said to Lan Qingyou and Elisa with a chuckle.

That's right.

It was to verify whether these two were Alchemists.

You should know that Alchemists in every country were extremely precious.

It was simply impossible for them to be taken out and used as spies.

As long as these two were truly Alchemists, then there would be nothing to say.

"What favor? If it's something related to alchemy that can be solved, then there's no problem at all."

Hearing this, Lan Qingyou immediately knew the other party wanted to test them, so she accepted this job directly without even thinking.

Hiss—

Listen, what kind of words are these?

'As long as it's something related to alchemy, it can be solved'?

Who do you think you are?

Twin Moons of the Empire?

Lan Qingyou's sentence not only made the old village chief gasp.

Even those important figures in the village accompanying them also looked at Lan Qingyou like looking at a fool.

Among these accompanying important figures were the blacksmith, the carpenter, the grocery store proprietress...

Although they hadn't seen much of the world.

But they had still heard of the resounding profession of Alchemist.

The cultivation of an Alchemist required a massive amount of materials.

Only by relying on the 'trial and error' and 'practice' with these materials could an Alchemist truly grow.

There was even a rumor saying that the gold coins required to cultivate an Alchemist were equivalent to three times their own weight.

There might be some exaggeration in these words.

But it also fully illustrated the preciousness of Alchemists.

"Hahaha, it's not a big deal, it's just that recently there have always been traces of magic beasts appearing around the village, so I hope the two of you can help us make some Repellent Potions."

"Originally, I planned to go directly to the town to buy them in a few days, but since the two Alchemists are here, I wonder if you could help make some."

"Rest assured, the village will be responsible for both the materials and the production fees."

The old village chief smiled.

Smiling a bit flatteringly.

But both of them could tell how fake this smile was.

"This old guy is like those NPCs in games specifically handing out quests to newly created accounts."

"Hehe, then isn't this Fernweed Village a newbie village?"

"It's not entirely wrong to say so, but this guy has quite good taste in his choice."

"Indeed, Repellent Potions are neither too high nor too low, just right for testing."

After hearing the old village chief's 'request', Lan Qingyou and Elisa once again whispered to each other...