"Oh, what's the matter? Brother Wu Hao?"

Xiao Xue was also sitting on a stool nearby, eating breakfast.

Wu Hao swallowed the food in his mouth and said, "Do you remember the last time you defeated Qin Lang in the arena?"

Xiao Xue was a little puzzled: "I remember, what's wrong?"

"Qin Lang was originally on the strong list. Now that you have defeated him, many people are not convinced and want to challenge you. They are looking for you everywhere in the arena."

When this was mentioned, Hu Jia put down the bowl of porridge in his hand, as if he had something special to say.

"Speaking of this, I also remembered that someone came to Panmen to inquire about you during this period."

“It’s not good to be too famous.”

Xiao Xun'er covered her mouth and laughed, and Xiao Xue sighed softly. It was indeed a bit bad. It felt like she had poked a hornet's nest.

Just when Xiao Xue was getting extremely anxious, a man rushed in from outside the door, gasping for breath and supporting himself with his hands on his knees.

"Is there a problem?"

Xiao Xue heard the footsteps and stood up to look at the person who was coming, silently thinking to herself that it was a good thing.

"Hahaha, Xue'er, what you said is really true. I think there is probably someone who wants to challenge you."

Hu Jia, on the other hand, looked as if he was gloating over someone else's misfortune. He laughed so hard that he almost rolled over on the ground.

Xiao Xue looked at Hu Jia very seriously. Hu Jia straightened his waist which was bent due to laughing. Looking at Xiao Xue's serious face and the urge to beat him up, Hu Jia grinned awkwardly and waved his hands.

Then he jumped down and asked seriously, "Ah Man, what makes you so nervous?"

Ah Man's breathing became steady, and he stood up and reported, "There is someone outside our freshman class looking for Senior Sister Xiao Xue."

Hu Jia laughed again when he heard it, but when he saw Xiao Xue's serious expression, he shut his mouth immediately.

"Do you know what happened?" Xiao Xue walked out of the hall.

Ah Man cupped his hands and said, "I don't know either. It was an old man who said he was in the alchemy department."

An old man? An alchemist? Could it be Old Man Huo? That shouldn't be the case. The alchemy department is independent of the inner and outer courtyards. What is he doing here?
Xiao Xue asked tentatively: "Did he tell me what he wanted to see me about?"

Ah Man just shook his head, indicating that he didn't know.

"Okay, I'll go take a look." Xiao Xue walked out.

Hu Jia looked at Xiao Xue's back, then turned to look at Wu Hao and Xiao Xun'er, his brows furrowed, as if he was a little worried about Xiao Xue.

"Is Xue'er going to be okay?"

Xiao Xun'er responded: "It should be fine. The Alchemy Department must have noticed Sister Xue'er's talent in alchemy. I guess they want Sister Xue'er to join the Alchemy Department."

Listening to Xiao Xun'er's analysis, Hu Jia nodded slightly, agreeing with Xiao Xun'er's analysis, and felt relieved.

Xiao Xue followed Ah Man to the new student area and saw from afar a somewhat sloppy old man in red clothes, with messy beard and gray hair but a clump of red hair. To be honest, he looked quite fashionable.

Ah Man had already run over, and Old Man Huo watched Xiao Xue slowly coming over.

Xiao Xue bowed politely: "Hello, Senior. What do you want to talk to me about?"

Old Man Huo did not answer Xiao Xue's question, but walked around Xiao Xue first.

Finally, it stopped in front of Xiao Xue. Xiao Xue didn't know what the old man was doing and could only stand there awkwardly.

"Not bad, not bad. Compared to the previous time in the outer courtyard, your strength has improved a lot. Hey, little girl, can you come with me to the Alchemy Department? I, an old man, have something to ask you."

In the end, the old man even leaned close to her with a filthy look on his face, which made Xiao Xue a little uncomfortable.

"Senior, you are kidding me, right? My strength is nothing compared to yours. If you have a problem that you can't solve, how can I solve it?"

Xiao Xue was not being modest. This old man must have had no good intentions by coming to her. Maybe he wanted to use her as a test subject.

Old Man Huo seemed to have seen through Xiao Xue's thoughts, and said with a smile: "Little girl, don't worry, as long as you help me, you can choose any herbs in the alchemy department, how about it?"

Xiao Xue had never expected that Old Man Huo would have such a side to him. To describe him as despicable was the most appropriate way to describe him.

"Of course, as long as you help me, an old man, you will be the honorary elder of the Alchemy Department in the future. I don't want to see which bastard dares to bully you in the inner courtyard."

Xiao Xue couldn't help but wonder if you, old man, have the full strength to do this?
It seems that he has to board this pirate ship even if he doesn't want to. Looking at this old man, he knows that he will not leave easily. It happens that the Alchemy Department is in the outer courtyard, so he can avoid those who come to challenge him.

Xiao Xue agreed, which made Old Man Huo very happy.

"Little girl, let's go."

"Senior please."

Old Man Huo laughed and led Xiao Xue away from the freshmen's residence. Xiao Xue left a message for Xiao Xun'er and the others and asked A'man to convey it.

Riding on the griffin, Old Man Huo opened up his mouth, from the first time he met Xiao Xue to the news that Xiao Xue was refining pills in the inner courtyard later, Old Man Huo kept praising Xiao Xue.

He used almost all the words of praise that could be used. Xiao Xue was quite embarrassed for a moment and could only respond to Old Man Huo with a smile.

The griffin slowly descended and finally stopped at the Alchemy Department. It was really unique. There was a reason why it was independent from the inner and outer courtyards.

The building complex built against the mountain can be called the outer courtyard. Although I didn't stay in the outer courtyard for a long time, the architectural layout of this alchemy department is truly unique to alchemists.

A giant alchemy cauldron stands on the roof of the main hall, and there is a gourd-shaped sign above each small alchemy room.

It's telling the world that the people living here are alchemists.

"Senior Huo, where are you taking me?"

Old Man Huo looked as if his conspiracy had succeeded. At this moment, Old Man Huo seemed like a different person, no longer looking as despicable as he did at the beginning.

The person who came back was a serious and stern old man.

Xiao Xue couldn't help but complain in her heart, she had gotten on board this old man's pirate ship.

After turning a few corners, we walked into a large courtyard.

As soon as Old Man Huo opened the door, Xiao Xue found someone she knew.

When Lu Mu saw Old Man Huo, he immediately came up to him with a smile and said, "Department Chief, you're back?"

"how is the situation?"

Lu Mu just shook his head, but his eyes lit up when he saw Xiao Xue. He leaned close to Old Man Huo's ear and whispered, "Department Chief, did you really bring her back?"

Old Man Huo seemed a little dissatisfied with Lu Mu's disdain for his efficiency, and said gloomily: "Am I bad?"

Lu Mu immediately put on a smile and fanned Old Man Huo with the fan in his hand.

Xiao Xue was like an outsider at this moment. Two people from the Alchemy Department called her here, and just left her alone? Xiao Xue was very embarrassed. What were these two people plotting?

"Captain, look at what you said. You are worth two. No, three."

Lu Mu stretched out three fingers and kept praising the old man.

Xiao Xue rolled her eyes. Why did she feel like she was really redundant?

I am so old, but no one noticed me? If you ignore me, I will just walk away.

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