Master Yao!
"Alchemist ?"
Upon hearing this , Xiao Yan gets stunned, and then he frowns: "On battle Qi continent everyone wants to become an alchemist , but being an alchemist isn't that easy. Those harsh requirements..." He suddenly stops, and raises his face up, his mouth wide open: "I have met the requirements?"
Appreciating Xiao Yan's shocked look with expectancy and ecstasy, the old man stroks his beard for a moment and looks him up and down before sighing diffidently: "Although you are barely qualified, I owe you one after all, alas, you can consider it as paying back on old debt of thankfulness... ..."
Glancing at the reluctant old man, Xiao Yan feels that what this old man says, especially that he is barely qualified is only his lie, but at this moment he doesn't want to inquiry in detail, but though delighted, he still has a few doubts: "Even if I meet the requirements, an alchemist is generally taught by his personal tutor, so are you also an alchemist? "
Looking at Xiao Yan's small face, which is full of suspicion, the old man smiles and holds his heads high. There is a touch of pride in his voice: "Yes, I am an alchemist!"
Blinking, Xiao Yan's eyes suddenly twinkle with excitement, an alchemist is really rare on this continent...
"Old Gentleman , may I ask, which rank of alchemist have you achieved…before?" Xiao Yan licks his lips, and his childish voice sounds more polite.
On battle Qi continent, alchemists are rare, but because of their noble status, they also have a clear rank system, which from low to high can be divided into nine ranks, and the owner of the elixir:Qi cohesioner showed by Nalan Yanran in the hall earlier this day, the Elixir King, Gu He , is a sixth-ranked alchemist. In the alchemist circle of Gamma Empire, he can be called the top one.
"Which rank? Hey hey, I can't remember ... hey, boy , just tell me will you learn or not?" Shaking his head, the old man suddenly asked a little impatiently.
"I will, I will!"
Xiao Yan no longer hesitates, and his small head hurriedly nods, an alchemist is precious even to huge powers like the Sect of Cloud and Mist, and they are all willing to invite these alchemists as their guests.
"Hey hey, you are willing to learn? If you are willing to learn then put apprentices to me." The old man crossing his legs, sits on top of a green stone and laughs treacherously.
"Why I need to put apprentices to you?"
"Nonsense, you want me to teach you everything without reservation but you don't take me as your tutor? Are you dreaming?" the old man rolls his eyes, obviously, the old man, who is a little pedantic, values mentorship very much.
Helplessly pursing his lips, in order to become an honored alchemist, Xiao Yan is forced to perform the ceremony of establishing mentorship respectfully to old man.
Looking at Xiao Yan complete the ceremony in a scrupulous way, the old man satisfactorily nods, and his voice gets kind: "You can call me Master Yao, as for my origin, you don't need to know about it now, otherwise you may be distracted, the only thing you need to know is that the man who is called the Elixir King is… is in fact only a fart."
The corners of Xiao Yan's mouth twitchs, but looking at the old man's casual expression, he abruptly swallows the words he is just about say: "What is the background of this old man? The famous elixir king Gu He of the Gamma Empire, is only a fart ...? If this is heard by others, I'm afraid he will be ridiculed by the whole Gamma Empire as an idiot."
Taking a breath and suppressing the shock in his heart, Xiao Yan twinkles in his eyes and asks shamelessly, "My good tutor, I wonder how you plan to make me reach the seventh-ranked battle Qi in one year's time?"
"Although your battle Qi has been regressing during these three years, it also makes your foundation more solid than common people. You know in battle Qi cultivation, foundation is the most important! In the future you will know how many benefits these three years' regression will bring you!" Master Yao is no longer smiling, and he says.
Xiao Yan is stunned, because he doesn't really know what regression could do for him.
"So when will you teach me the art of alchemy?" Rolling his eyes, Xiao Yan remembers the most important thing.
"To become an alchemist, you must need fire battle Qi support, so before you can learn the art of alchemy, you must first become at least a battle as well as cultivating a fire attribute battle Qi method!" .
"A fire attribute method? Hey, teacher, since I'm your disciple now, why don't you give me a heaven-ranked fire attribute method for cultivation?" Xiao Yan throw up his hand, smiles and asks.
"Nonsense, do you think the heaven-ranked method are potatoes selling by the roadside? How can you say that!" upon hearing this, Master Yao's face shivers, and he gets dumbfounded.
"Old man, since I'm under your tutelage, you can't still let me go to my clan to seek for a method , right? The best fire attribute method in our clan , as I remember, is only a Huang-ranked high-level one, which is too shabby, right?" Xiao Yan's small face turns depressed.
"Little bastard , I'm your tutor, not your old man!"
Annoyed by the Xiao Yan's address, Master Yao rolls his eyes, not expecting that this boy dares to push his luck just after putting apprentices to him.
"Hmph, since you are under my tutelage, naturally you will not be so shabby. But I really don't have a heaven-ranked method! But I do have a kind of method more weird even than a heaven-ranked method , do you want to learn it?" Snorting, slyness flashes through Master Yao's cloudy old eyes.
"More weird than a heaven-ranked method?"
Heart pounding furiously, Xiao Yan gulps, and his eyesight turns firey: "Which rank is that method of?"
"Huang-ranked low-level." Master Yao's smile make Xiao Yan 's small face stiffen.
"Old man, are you kidding me?"
A few moments later, the angry roar of a young man bursts out from the top of the hill.
Looking at the young boy whose face is twisted with anger, Master Yao smiles smugly. Being able to make Xiao Yan, who is so calm that feels not like a boy, respond like this, he feels quite a sense of achievement.
"So why is this method weird?" Staring at Master Yao's teasing face, Xiao Yan suddenly quiets down and frowns inquiringly.
"It can evolve itself!" Silent for a while, Master Yao smiles.
Pupils fiercely shrinking, Xiao Yan forgets even to blink, only staring at the Master Yao in front of him. A few moments later he shakes his head, "Impossible! I've never heard of any method that has the ability to evolve!"
"Ch, how would a young boy like you know about methods, battle Qi continent is immense, and there are countless strange people on this continent. For a boy who has never gone out of the Gamma Empire, there are too many impossible things." Master Yao satirizes with disdain.
Xiao Yan pauses, then defiantly says, "Have you heard of other methods that can evolve?"
Master Yao's smile slightly stiffens, a moment later he forces a hollow laugh and shakes his head "It is just because there is no other method that can evolve that this method is precious!"
"Can it really evolve?" Looking at Master Yao 's serious face, Xiao Yan couldn't help but ask again.
"It can really evolve!" Master Yao nods with great certainty.
"Have you cultivated it?" Xiao Yan asks again.
"Uh ... no." Master Yao makes a forced laugh and shakes his head.
"So has any other people cultivated it?"
"Uh ... no."
The veins on his forehead swelling, Xiao Yan's fists clench together, choking back the impulse to beat this old man, Xiao Yan can't help showing anger in his voice: "Since no one has ever cultivated it, how do you know it can evolve?"
"That's how it is introduced." Master Yao laughed sarcastically.
"There's really such a method?" Brows furrowing tightly, Xiao Yan hesitates for a moment, then rolls his dark eyes and says, "Can I see it?"
"Hey ..." glancing at Xiao Yan, whose face is full of cuiosity , a faint smile flickers across Master Yao' lips , and denies: "Forget it, it is not useful fo you now, I won't pass it on to you until you become a battler."
Xiao Yan's palm stiffening in the air, and the corners of Xiao Yan's mouth twitching viciously a few moments later, and he forces out two words through his gritted teeth, "Fine, you win!"
Laughing for a while, Master Yao ignoring Xiao Yan's eyes filled with anger, and says: "The task for you now is still to cultivate your battle Qi to the seventh-rank within a year."
"What approach do you have?" Xiao Yan forces down the curiosity about the mysterious method and asks through gritted teeth.
"In the primary stage of battle Qi cultivation, the main task is about enlarging the Qi path and strengthening the body, lying foundation for absorbing battle Qi in the future, because at this stage in the human body the Qi path is the fragile and of high plasticity, so in this stage cultivation must advance step by step, without seeking help from outside, otherwise when the battle Qi inside body becomes gradually strong, Qi path may not be able to sustain that power, ultimately leading to Qi path breaking, in which case people will die! Master Yao says with a grave face.
Xiao Yan is also clear about this matter. During these three years of being a waste, his father has tried to forcibly pour battle Qi into his body several times because he was anxious, but every time he doesn't dare to push too hard and stops before Xiao Yan will get in danger, so Xiao Yan knows very well about how dangerous it can be.
Master Yao glanced at the calm face of Xiao Yan , nodding with satisfaction and smiles: "For others, that's ture, but you are different, the foundation of you has been solid and reliable since three years ago, and in these years you also never gives up cultivation, not even a day, so now your foundation, I can say without hesitation, is very great!"
"Are you trying to strengthen me with external help? For example, eating lixir?" Xiao Yan roll his eyes.
"Right, but with your current Qi path intensity, you can't sustain any kind of energy impact cause by elixir, even the basic elixir:Qi cohesioner!" Master Yao faintly laughs.
"Elixir: Qi cohesioner ..." Fingers trembling, Xiao Yan almost wants to roll his eyes, this elixir is sold at a sky-high price in Gamma Empire, but in this mysterious tutor's word, it is only a basic elixir. The gap between his tutor and other people is really disconcerting to Xiao Yan.
"Then do you have a solution?" Taking a deep breath, Xiao Yan returns to calm, frowning and whispers.
"Oh, if the elixir potency is too fierce, it can easily hurt the Qi path, so we must find a more mild way!" Master Yao smiles faintly and says, "Tomorrow, you prepare three complete purple-leaf orchids, the older the better, and two bone-washing flower, no matter how old they are, oh yes, you also need a one-level wood monster core, these are all for low-level materials, I think you can get them without problems... Someone comes, I'm going back to the ring! By the way, don't let anyone know about my existence, including your closest family." After saying that, Master Yao ignores Xiao Yan , whose mouth is getting bigger and bigger, and goes straight into the black ring, and the ring micro a slight tremor , accurately fits on Xiao Yan's finger.
"Three complete purple-leaf orchids? Two bone-washing flowers? One wood one monster core? Old man , are you kidding me? Do you think I'm a prince from a royal family? These items can amount to at least one thousand gold coins! I've been frugal for so many years, and have only four hundred gold coins in savings. This is at most enough for a one-level monster core!" Xiao Yan holding the ring, curses and glares at it.
"That's your business, hey, a recuperate elixir liquid configured by me is unavailable for others even if they have money, and now you only to pay for the raw materials, don't be so mean..." Master Yao's teasing laughter rings out in the heart of Xiao Yan.
″... Damn, things configured by alchemists, are really luxury that only rich people can afford." Xiao Yan helplessly laughs with bitterness, though he gets not a few pocket money monthly in the clan of Xiao , which, amounting to 20 gold coins, is enough to support a civilian family for one year without starvation, but these money are only a drop in the bucket for those materials said by Master Yao. This, exactly, is the gap between civilians and alchemists!
"Alas, I have to turn to someone to borrow money..." Depressedly sighing, Xiao Yan smooths his mind, with his small face returning to its previous calmness, and suddenly he turns his head to look at the hill road, where a purple-dressed girl, is walking to him like an elf.