Although there are quite a few people taking the Danta assessment, the pace is still quite fast.
After all, it was just an assessment for alchemists below the sixth rank, so there was no need for Xiao Yan to go and find the Danta deacon to preside over it like in the original novel.
At noon that day, Ye Chen and Hu Tian had already walked out of the stone tower.
Ye Chen casually flipped over the alchemist badge in his hand. The badge was dark gold in color, with flames swirling around it. In the flames, there was a giant tower piercing the sky. On the tower, five dazzling purple-gold stars were shining.
This is the alchemist badge awarded by Danta himself, and it is also the universal alchemist certificate recognized by the entire Zhongzhou continent.
When Ye Chen walked out of the stone tower with the badge on his chest, the alchemists he met couldn't help but show surprise in their eyes when they saw the five purple-gold stars representing their levels.
There was no way. Although Ye Chen's face was obviously more mature than his actual age, he was only a young man in his twenties...
A fifth-grade alchemist who is about twenty years old is a remarkable and talented alchemist in the Central Plains.
Inevitably, Ye Chen also received a lot of envious and jealous looks.
"Let's go. No need to go back to Yeyuan. Let's go directly back to Yecheng..."
Originally, this trip to Shengdan City was just a stopover. After all, it was the only way back to Yecheng, so Ye Chen had no intention of staying any longer.
There is no space passage directly leading to the Ye family from Shengdan City, so Ye Chen plans to take the route that Ye Zhong took with Xiao Yan to Shengdan City in the original book, which is also the fastest route.
The two arrived safely in Qingling City. After a short rest, they rushed to the space passage of Qingling City and headed straight for Yecheng.
This is also the standard means of traveling on the Zhongzhou continent, just like the airplanes in later generations.
However, there was another point. When Xiao Yan first came to Zhongzhou via the space wormhole, he encountered a space storm and was even nearly swept into the turbulent void...
But in fact, this situation is very rare in space wormholes. It is mainly in those wormhole channels that have not been maintained for many years and have unstable space that such a situation is more likely to occur.
At their peak, the Ye family even had Dou Zun-level warriors helping them maintain the space wormhole. But after the Ye family's decline, the elders of the Ye family often had to take action themselves...
This is not because the Ye family can't find a stronger Dou Zong to take action, but in order to save resources... If they want to ask a Dou Zong above five stars to take action, the price they have to pay is not small!
Another three days passed. When Hu Tian controlled the spaceship to rush out of the space node, looking at the familiar city in front of him, Ye Chen couldn't help feeling a little nostalgic for a moment.
"A year, I wonder how things are going at home now..."
Next to him, Hu Tian understood his son's feelings very well. After all, this was his first time traveling far away in more than ten years, and he had been away for more than a year.
"Haha, sir, let's hurry into the city. We've been away for over a year, and I'm sure the Patriarch, his wife, and the Great Elder are all waiting impatiently."
After hearing Hu Tian's words, Ye Chen came back to his senses, sorted himself out, and said with a smile: "Not bad. Then let's go home quickly!"
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Ye Chen's return to the family caused a small sensation for the Ye family.
However, the most excited person was Ye Chen's mother, Song Chun'er. She was so excited that she didn't even care about the dignity of the wife of the clan leader. She just ran out with her skirt lifted up...
Looking at her eldest son whom she hadn't seen for a year, Song Chun'er was stunned at first.
There is no way, my son has changed so much in the past year!
It wasn't until Ye Chen smiled and called out "Mother" that Song Chun'er was sure she hadn't recognized the wrong person. Then she grabbed her son's ears and turned his head like a steering wheel...
"You little brat, you still remember me, your mother? I've been gone for over a year, and there's not even a single message from you..."
Although Ye Chen felt a little embarrassed to have his mother shaking his head like that, listening to his mother's worried nagging made him feel peaceful in his heart.
At this moment, all the plans and calculations have disappeared. In Ye Chen's heart, there is only the warmth of his parents' love...
"Mom, I'm back..." After gently patting his mother's back, Ye Chen whispered again in his mother's ear who was obviously overly excited.
Song Chun'er paused for a moment, feeling the broad chest of her grown-up son, and her eyes couldn't help but turn red.
After speaking softly to his mother for a few words, Ye Chen persuaded her to go back.
At this moment, his father and grandfather were still waiting in the family hall, and he still needed to go and meet them.
Song Chun'er naturally knew this. She just missed her son too much before, so she couldn't help but run out early.
This is just because Song Chun'er has a carefree personality and can't hide her emotions.
Arriving in the hall, Ye Chen discovered that there were quite a few people here...
In addition to his father Ye Lan and grandfather Ye Chong, there are also the elders of the family and several deacons who hold real power.
Ye Chen's expression remained unchanged as he greeted everyone.
However, Ye Chong, who was sitting at the top, and the second and fourth elders of the remaining family members looked at Ye Chen in shock, and then an expression of ecstasy instantly appeared on their faces.
"Chen'er, you are already a fifth-grade alchemist?" Looking at the shining alchemist badge on the former's chest, Ye Chong spoke directly.
Before, Ye Chen had always been dressed as an alchemist, but Song Chun'er was only paying attention to her son, so she didn't care at all about his badge representing a fifth-grade alchemist.
But in the eyes of everyone present at this moment, the first thing they saw was this!
Ye Chen didn't care about these things. Facing the gazes of the crowd, he smiled slightly and said softly: "It's not the fifth rank, it's the sixth rank! It's just that I didn't take the sixth rank assessment..."
As soon as these words were spoken, the reactions of everyone present were similar to those of the Third Elder. Even the reactions of the young family leaders were even stronger. They all did not understand Ye Chen's choice.
Of course, Ye Chen also repeated what he had said to the third elder before. As for whether they could be convinced or not, Ye Chen didn't care.
Anyway, his next plan has been decided, and even Ye Chong cannot change it, so he is too lazy to say more.
In the end, Ye Zhong chose to believe his grandson and spoke to calm everyone, which made the hall quiet again.
Ye Chen then went on to describe his itinerary for the past year in detail, especially what happened in Qingyue City and Xuantian City.