Chapter 59: The Alchemy Master

  The newcomer was none other than Duke Rosé, who had been in seclusion for several months. "My daughter's coming-of-age ceremony, how could I not attend?" Duke Rosé said loudly.

  Then, the Grand Duchess of Camellia brought Alice before Emperor Wisteria III and said, "Your Majesty, I've brought Alice to see you. She's been a bit naughty, please forgive her."

  "It doesn't matter, this is the real Alice after all." Violet 3rd smiled.

  "Rose Grand Duke, you've broken through." The nearby Tulip Grand Duke exclaimed in surprise after seeing Rose Grand Duke.

  "Luckily, compared to Tulip Grand Duke, there is still a big difference." Rose Grand Duke said calmly.

  "If it were 30 years ago, perhaps the champion of this benefit-sharing competition would be yours." said Tulip Duke with a smile.

  The implication is that they are mocking the Duke of Rosenthal's lack of talent.

  Upon hearing this, the Camellia Grand Duke also ignored him and said, "Today, the Tulip Grand Duke came to attend my little girl's coming-of-age ceremony. I don't know if there's anything worthy of being given as a gift. If it's not good enough, it would damage the reputation of the Tulip family." The Camellia Grand Duke was openly asking for something, and once he said this, the Tulip family had to give in or else they would lose face.

  "That's natural." The Tulip Duke muttered under his breath, but on his face was an expression of it being a matter of course.

  "Very well, in that case I declare the coming-of-age ceremony of my dear daughter to be officially underway." The Grand Duke of Thistle appeared and naturally took over from Elena as the host of Alice's coming-of-age ceremony.

  "Father!!" Alice exclaimed, looking around frantically for Lin Wu who was nowhere to be seen.

  "Don't be absurd!!" The Grand Duke of Thorns glared at Alice and said in a low voice.

  Hearing what Rose said, Alice felt a pang of resentment and also hated Lin Wu, who had yet to appear.

  "Sorry I'm late." A voice echoed through the hall at this time.

  Alice's face lit up with a smile at the words, "Little..." but before she could finish speaking, she was glared back by Duke Roselia.

  The people in the hall heard the voice and looked towards its source, only to see a young man standing at the entrance of the hall. However, upon seeing this young man, everyone couldn't help but furrow their brows.

  Because Lin Wu was in a hurry to come, he didn't even have time to dress up, and his body still wore the same guard uniform. Moreover, because of Alice's things, he had been tinkering in the old man's alchemy room for a long time, looking very disheveled.

  "Lord Hawthorne, is this how the Hawthorne family guards its people? To let a lowly guard like him run amok here, doesn't that mean the Hawthorne family doesn't care about our safety at all?" Upon seeing Lin Wu, Bosie's eyes flashed with a hint of panic as he hastily spoke up.

  The Duke of Hawthorn frowned upon hearing this, this crime cannot be taken lightly, otherwise it would offend all the nobles. Seeing this, the Duke of Hawthorn shouted: "Who are you, a guard? This is not a place you should come to, now get out of here immediately!!"

  After finally rushing to Linwu, I heard such words as soon as I arrived, and suddenly my lungs exploded with anger.

  "I've come to congratulate Miss Alice." Lin Wu said coldly.

  "Blessings, ridiculous! You're just a guard and you have such ridiculous thoughts. I'd like to ask you what kind of thing you are!!" Bossy hurriedly suppressed Lin Wu.

  Lin Wu was so angry he could have killed Bo Xi at that moment, but his rationality told him that he absolutely couldn't make a move now.

  "Hmph, the Tulip family is quite impressive indeed. What's wrong with my disciple?" Just then, a hoarse voice came from afar.

  Upon hearing this voice, Lin Wu was taken aback and immediately turned around. A familiar face suddenly appeared before his eyes. "Old..." Lin Wu's words were cut off before he could finish speaking.

  "Alright, no need to call me teacher anymore." The old man, wearing a long robe with mysterious patterns, waved his hand at Lin Wu.

  "Master Norton!!" Everyone exclaimed in surprise at the sight of the old man.

  "Listen, kid, I'm helping you out here. Don't forget the crystal." The old man whispered. Lin Wu nodded in response, and at this moment, he was filled with curiosity about this old man.

  "No, no, no. As a disciple of Master Norton, it's only natural that I have the qualifications to bless Miss Alice." Boci saw Norton and was shocked in his heart, although he had heard rumors that this alchemy master was hiding in Zijin City, but did not expect that he would actually be Lin Wu's teacher.

  Considering Norton's powerful influence, even the tulip family couldn't afford to offend him. Upon seeing this, Posey hurriedly apologized.

  "Unexpectedly, Master Norton can actually come, it's really a blessing in three lives." Lady Hawthorn stepped forward with big strides at this moment, her face full of joy.

  Norton Master, this title is extremely famous on the mainland. Although he is only a master, he is in no way inferior to the Grandmasters or even the Great Grandmasters. Those Grandmasters and Great Grandmasters have only achieved such accomplishments in one aspect, but Norton has mastered all aspects of alchemy, including enchanting, potion-making, scroll-making, and magical weapon forging, and has reached the level of a master in all of them.

  It's hard to become a master, let alone excel in so many areas. The levels of alchemists are divided into: apprentice, beginner, ordinary, advanced, expert, master, grandmaster and the highest level of great grandmaster.

  Even an alchemist of expert level would be worth the frantic pursuit of various forces, let alone Norton, this great master.

  The entire hall became lively with Norton's arrival, and now that he was not affiliated with any force, all parties wanted to establish a relationship with this master.

  Lilac's third generation was enthusiastically chatting with Norton, while the tulip family looked ugly and glared at Posey with a difficult expression after offending the master's disciple earlier, but it wasn't good to go over and make amends.

  At this moment, the protagonist of the hall unknowingly became Norton, and Alice also came to Lin Wu's side, panting: "Little Lin, you're late, hum, if you don't take out something that satisfies me, I won't let you off."

  Having said that, he didn't wait for Lin Wu's response and hastily ran over to Irina.

  "And now Norton spoke up, 'Everyone, today I mustn't steal the spotlight from little Alice's coming-of-age ceremony, so let's begin.'"

  "Alright, alright, everyone bring out the gifts!" As the head of the Rose Chamber of Commerce, Duke Rosenthal's mercantile nature remained unabated despite his noble status. Now that he could openly extort them, why would he give up the opportunity?

  Moreover, each gift-giving Duke of the Rose would personally open the gift box in front of everyone. This was a great opportunity for the noble families with deep roots to show off their wealth and power, not only pleasing the Rose family but also revealing their own family's prosperity.

  But for some families, it was a bit of a hardship. However, Grand Duke Rosier was very astute and gave gifts according to the actual strength of each noble family, avoiding many awkward situations and gaining their goodwill, truly a multi-beneficial move.

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