My health recovery is incredibly fast.

Both are things that candidates are encountering for the first time and are very unfamiliar with them. They need extremely high alchemical potential to ensure that they do not make mistakes when using them for the first time.

The third round of testing is the culmination of this promotion assessment. It combines the test points from the first two rounds and uses a master-level compound test to examine whether the candidates are truly qualified.

---Aside---

Thank you Lucas for the 500 points.

Thank you everyone for your monthly tickets and recommendation votes.

Chapter 26 Promotion Benefits

Xia Zuo stood in the open corridor outside the alchemy room for a long time, lost in thought, when a warm breeze brought him back to his senses.

I entered the promotion assessment alchemy room at the beginning of January.

When it came out, it was already the end of January.

As the weather warms and the sun shines brightly, tender green buds sprout from the branches of trees outside the building. A visible sign of spring is spreading throughout the university. Seeing the outdoor scenery again after nearly a month evokes a sense of surreal wonder.

Hmm... I feel a bit hot; my winter clothes are a bit outdated.

Xia Zuo stroked his stubble-covered chin as he walked towards his temporary dormitory on the 17th floor, activating [Bloodline Sense].

Janice attends classes at Elite Academy.

Anjou meditated at her home in the St. York community.

Xia Zuo took out his pocket watch and checked the date and time.

January 25, 1914, Saturday, 10:1 AM.

It's the weekend, no need to go to work, no wonder Anru is meditating in her bedroom.

Janice, a poor student, can only officially start her weekend after school ends at noon.

However, due to her heavy academic workload and the example set by Xia Zuo, Janice no longer leaves the academy even on weekends, spending all her time conducting experiments in the alchemy area.

Occasionally, when Anruer went to visit her, she would reluctantly leave the school gates and stroll around the streets with her for a while.

Xia Zuo thought for a moment and left a secret message for An Ru'er, saying that he had finished his exams and was waiting for his admission notice. He said he might be able to go home today.

He went into the bathroom and took a nice, relaxing hot shower.

Just as he changed into his clean spring trench coat, he heard the sound of a mailbox being mailed at the door.

As expected, I passed the promotion assessment.

The moment Xia Zuo finished reading the notification, a message from his cheat system flashed through his mind:

"The host has successfully passed three rounds of promotion tests. Due to the [identity bonus 2] of the Poison Alchemist, 2120 experience points have been accumulated."

..

[Level] Lv.32

【experience】

4250+2120→6370/13000

..

"Host has been successfully promoted to Master-level Poison Alchemist. [Identity 2] has changed and the character template has been updated."

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[Identity 2] Poison Alchemist

【Status Level】Expert → Master

Promotion requirements: Unknown

【Identity Bonus 1】

Successfully drinking a homemade poison will increase your elemental resistance based on the type of poison and grant you a small amount of willpower.

【Identity Bonus 2】

Successfully developing compound toxins, poisons, antidotes, refined powders, and toxicity stripping formulas that have never been studied before will earn you a large amount of experience rewards.

【Identity Bonus 3】

Completing drug-making orders will earn you experience rewards according to the order details.

..

The Poison Alchemist's status bonus of 1 hasn't been effective for a long time.

One reason is that there aren't enough poisons available for testing.

There are a large number of toxin vials available on the third basement level of the Posing Building, but those are Category 3 Emergency Response Department assets, and misuse of public property will be punished.

Although the Academy of Excellence has bottles of poison available for exchange, those poisons cannot be taken out of the academy, and renting a dedicated poison alchemy lab for testing poisons is too extravagant…

This directly resulted in Xia Zuo's four elemental resistances not improving for a long time.

This problem will be improved once you become a master poison alchemist.

The elemental toxins used previously were only of the skilled level.

After creating its refined powder, Xia Zuo did not use expert-level elemental toxins to contain the elements.

To use expert-level elemental toxins, one must learn the advanced [Highly Toxic Crystal] meditation method.

One of the conditions for obtaining this meditation method is to become a master-level poison alchemist or have 20 years of experience as an expert-level poison alchemist.

Now, Xia Zuo can exchange his expert-level poison alchemist emblem for a master-level one within Boying Academy.

Once you return to Poseidon City and accumulate enough exchange points, go to the Elite Academy and use the Master-level Poison Alchemist's emblem to exchange for the Advanced [Poison Crystal] Meditation Method, or rent an alchemy room to refine Expert-level Elemental Toxins to contain the untamed elements.

The proficient level of elemental toxins can only increase the resistance to the four elements by 12%, while the expert level can increase it by 20%.

In addition, Xia Zuo will also be able to enjoy many of the social benefits of a master-level poison alchemist in the future.

The primary benefit is in citizenship level – an upgrade from the current A20 to A30, which means receiving 9000 citizenship points per year and one month of paid vacation annually.

The process for upgrading his citizenship status needs to be handled at the Civic Center in Poseidon, as that is where he has his permanent residence.

Secondly, Shazo has the right to change his permanent residence within the federal government.

Simply put, he can now move between cities and states, a very rare right in an alchemical nation where population movement is strictly controlled.

The last benefit is the opportunity to study at the Temple of the Mage.

Every alchemist who advances to the master level will have the opportunity to study the corresponding alchemy for one month.

If Xia Zuo were an ordinary poison alchemist, he could only study poison alchemy now.

However, he had an opportunity to further his studies while he was at Xingye Academy.

That makes two now.

He could choose to study another branch of alchemy, or double the duration of his study of poison alchemy to two months.

A typical master-level poison alchemist would undoubtedly devote themselves entirely to the study of poison alchemy. This is because they wouldn't understand, let alone memorize, the knowledge of other alchemical disciplines…

But Xia Zuo has a cheat code to help him.

He could easily memorize other alchemical knowledge and input it into his [knowledge reserve], then study it slowly later when he had time.

Therefore, the specific arrangements for these two training opportunities need to be discussed with others before a decision can be made.

Xia Zuo returned to his dormitory, locked the door, activated the Blood Magic talent [Blood Element Servant], and created a Blood Element Servant with 5 points of Spirit attribute value - Servant No. 7.

Considering the presence of numerous mages and tools for detecting spiritual oceans within the academy's grounds, he placed the blood-element servant near the academy's walls, intending to control it to fly over the wall when needed.

After settling his Blood Element Servant No. 7, Xia Zuo first went to the Mage Guild at Boying Academy to obtain the emblem of a Master-level Poison Alchemist. Then, he went to the adjacent Civic Center and bought an airship ticket.

The flight departed on the morning of the day and arrived in Poseidon in the evening.

Xia Zuo sent a blood-related message to Anruer, who was still in a meditative state, telling her that he was about to take the airship back.

We arrived at the airport by horse-drawn carriage, underwent inspection, and queued to board the airship.

Xia Zuo settled into the comfortable, spacious first-class seat, leaning back against the soft, plush backrest, watching the airport outside the window gradually shrink...

Only then did I realize that I had left in a bit too hastily and hadn't bought any local specialties in Silvermoon City.

Oh...no, no.

There isn't much difference between cities in the Silvermoon Federation. Whether it's clothing styles, eating habits, or entertainment and leisure activities, each place is pretty much the same. There are almost no regional characteristics like local accents, so there's no such thing as a local specialty.

Xia Zuo thought for a moment and decided it would be better to take something back with him. It was a habit he had developed in his previous life, and it was hard to break...

After the airship had settled into a stable flight at high altitude, he went to the restaurant located in the middle of the gondola and ordered two small cakes, which he would pick up when he left the airship.

One is a yogurt mousse cake decorated with strawberries, and the other is a silky chocolate mousse cake.

As for how to allocate the resources... let Anjou and Janice handle that.

Xia Zuo sat back down in his chair, gazing at the scenery outside the window, quietly admiring the leisurely drifting white clouds…

As noon approached, the sun rose high overhead, and outside the porthole were fluffy white clouds floating in the sky, with lush forests and small towns below.

After the airship flew eastward for two hours, the forest gradually turned into a desert, and the terrain gradually changed from mountains to plains.

There's been some activity on the [Bloodline Intuition] screen.

Anru awoke from deep meditation and received a bloodline message from Xia Zuo.

She immediately jumped out of bed, shouting in her mind:

"You've finally finished your exams! How did they go? I've been meditating, meditating, meditating every day, I'm so bored. I can only go see Janice on weekends. If you hadn't come back soon, I was planning to take a leave of absence and stay home to meditate for half a month straight."

"I'm already on the airship."

Hearing Anru'er's voice, Xia Zuo felt a little better. "I should be home by evening. I've already got the Master-level Poison Alchemist's emblem. Once I get back to Poseidon City, I just need to go to the Civic Center and finish the rest of the paperwork."

Anruer entered the washroom, adjusted the water temperature, and prepared to shower. She was initially happy that Xia Zuo had passed the promotion assessment, but then frowned and asked:

"When are you going to the temple for further studies? How long will this trip take?"

"Hmm... I now have two opportunities for further education, which can be used together or separately."

Shazo paused for a moment, then took out Rexor's Message Ring.