The pharmacist tells the manager that the exam is for the "pill alchemist" , and that if he wants to pass, he's going to have to pass it. The pharmacist reminds the manager not to pretend that he doesn't know about the exam, because he'll get beaten up if he tries to pass. The manager tells the customer that he brought the young man to the exam because he wanted to pass the exam. The young man is confused and says that the manager must have gotten it wrong because he looks like a teenager. He says that before becoming a student of pill alchemy , the student needs to know how to use medicinal herbs, how to control the fire, and how to understand the principles of pill-alchemy.