He is...

The man was a little taken aback by the name and suddenly smiled, "haha, Yu Ming. You are the person that make a 60% pill on the competition yesterday, aren't you?" the man asked. 

"Yes, I am," Alex said without a hint of arrogance on his face. 

The man looked at his face with a slight smirk and said, "You are quite talented, aren't you? What sect are you from?" 

"We are from the Hong Wu sect," Alex said. 

"Hong Wu?" the man dropped his head into a thinking face and said, "Ah, Little Ma's sect right? No wonder you guys are so talented."

"You took a recipe and learned it in a single day to this level. That's worthy of compliments. Especially you little brother, I don't think even my disciple can do what you did in a single day," the man said. 

Alex and the rest felt a little awkward listening to his compliments. They didn't know how to react to a random man, albeit a great alchemist, complementing them.