“Accept Xu Xiaoshou as an apprentice?”
The crowd went wild again. Everyone was exhilarated and worked up.
Following the promise of a favor, President Shi Ti spoke bold words again. ‘Pooh!’
How generous.
How could he be so generous?
Everyone was dumbfounded and could not believe their ears. Was this the President Shi Ti they knew?
What was the matter? Did he have a short fuse today?
How come he was so irritable?
Was it because he was at odds with that young man and could not control his emotions anymore? Or was he simply getting more and more worked up?
“The old president is going to accept an apprentice! My goodness, this is big news!”
“What are you thinking? Have you forgotten the conditions attached? He requires eighth-grade magic pills!”
“Eighth-grade… My dear mother! Is this how one becomes the president’s apprentice? If I knew that, I would have refrained from taking the examination and instantly sat for the third-grade assessment. That way, could I also be the president’s apprentice?”
“Hehe, wake up, it’s daytime now!”
“…”
Fu Yinhong glanced at Shi Ti with an inconceivable expression on her face.
Eighth-grade!
She was now an eighth-grade alchemist. If not for those two accidents, she would have been a seventh-grade alchemist now.
But Shi Ti could not possibly see something in her.
She knew that her abilities were far from enough.
Xu Xiaoshou…
Did he really have such prowess?
Fu Yinhong thought of that Red Gold Pill. Most of the people who watched the events unfurl were still on a high and did not give it much consideration.
If Xu Xiaoshou could protect and successfully condense the magic pill from the blast and was as exceptional as Yun He claimed…
Everything that happened in the meantime was extremely scary if one thought about it carefully.
She glanced at the old president. This old man seemed to be acting in the heat of the moment. In fact, Fu Yinhong could not guess what he was thinking in his heart.
“Xu Xiaoshou…”
She turned to look at the young man. To think that she almost imprisoned him when she saw him on the street that day.
She never expected that he would be such a character.
How would he respond in the face of the tempting promises made by the president?
“Accept an apprentice?”
Xu Xiaoshou murmured. To be honest, he was indeed captivated by the proposition.
He then thought of Elder Sang. Knowing the old man, he was sure that that old fellow would not set him free. He was a hundred percent sure of that.
Even if he escaped now, when the old straw hat-wearing man came looking for him, how could he not willingly go with him?
Shi Ti…
Was he capable of stopping Elder Sang?
Xu Xiaoshou was confident that he was not capable of that.
That old man’s true prowess was not in the art of alchemy at all. In fact, his alchemy skills were only a side benefit attained from the practice of Infernal Heavens.
“You flatter me, President. I know I am still not qualified to be your apprentice at the moment.”
Xu Xiaoshou spoke euphemistically and then steered the conversation away.
“However, it’s rare to catch the president’s eyes. I would be hard-pressed to shirk this bet.”
“How about this… If I succeed in refining the eighth-grade magic pill, will you add one more favor to the favors you promised earlier?”
Though Xu Xiaoshou sounded greedy, he did not have the guts to act on his words.
Two favors were enough.
Deep down, Shi Ti was surprised.
Could anyone refuse his invitation to be his apprentice?
Moreover, it was a young alchemist. How could that be possible?
His eyes narrowed slightly. It was evident that Xu Xiaoshou’s brazen actions triggered his anger again.
But he was not foolish.
This lad’s reaction was too unpredictable.
It was almost comparable to Old Man Sang, who created a big commotion in the Holy Palace in the past.