Chapter 14 Entering the Medicine Refining Department

Chapter 14 Entering the Medicine Refining Department
Not long after, the two of them came to a quiet courtyard. The courtyard was very simple, without any luxurious decorations. If you didn't know, you would think it was just an ordinary civilian family.

Ruolin went forward and knocked on the door first, then said, "Principal Hu Qian, I have brought Xiao Ling here."

"Okay, let him in. I'm very curious about him." A powerful voice came from inside the house. Although it sounded a little old, its voice was very penetrating and should not be underestimated.

Xiao Ling pushed open the door and walked into the room. He bowed to Hu Qian and said, "I am Xiao Ling, your student, and I am honored to meet you, Principal Hu Qian." He looked up and sized Hu Qian up.

He was wearing a black and white robe, a big hat with white and gold patterns on his head, a pair of gold-rimmed glasses on his somewhat old face, and a tuft of white beard on his chin, which gave him a very friendly feeling.

Hu Qian stopped writing and looked up at Xiao Ling, not caring at all about the way he looked at him. He smiled kindly and said, "Kid, how old are you this year? Why do you want to come to Canaan College? What is your current cultivation level?"

"Dean, I'm eight years old and already a fighter." Xiao Ling said calmly, his eyes flashing with a maturity far beyond that of an ordinary child. "I want to quickly increase my strength, and I'm also interested in alchemy, so I chose to join Canaan College."

As he finished speaking, Xiao Ling exuded the unique aura of a fighter. Although he was still very immature, it was enough for people to feel his potential.

When Hu Qian heard this, he felt Xiao Ling's aura, stepped forward and touched Xiao Ling's hand, his eyes became brighter and brighter. He was already very happy.

He has a solid foundation in cultivation, and his physical fitness is stronger than some fighting masters. He also has a strong beast fire in his body. His fighting spirit is also fire mixed with a trace of wood. His soul power is also quite strong. He is a natural alchemist. Haha, with such a genius, my Canaan Academy will surely become great again.

Seeing Hu Qian's eyes that seemed to want to eat him up, Xiao Ling broke out in a cold sweat and quickly asked, "Dean Hu Qian, is there anything else?"

Realizing that he had lost his composure, Hu Qian's face turned red. He coughed twice and then said, "I won't beat around the bush with you. Your talent is the best in Canaan College in the past hundred years. You can also be considered a top genius in Zhongzhou Continent. We plan to do our best to cultivate your growth, but the benefits are not free. After you graduate from the college, you will serve as an elder in the college. I also know that Canaan College will not be your end. You can also go out for training. As long as Canaan College is in danger, you can help. When you are old, it is also a good choice to retire here. Moreover, our Canaan College has a profound foundation. Although the principal is not in the college, he has left behind many precious treasures. It is definitely the best place to train you at this stage. If you don't want to be an elder of the college, we will also train you well. Although there are not so many resources allocated, it will be better than the treatment of S-level freshmen. You just need to remember this incense in the future. So what is your answer?" After speaking, he stared at Xiao Ling, and the smile on his face disappeared.

Seeing Hu Qian's serious look, Xiao Ling did not hesitate too much and said, "I am willing to become an elder of the academy after graduation. The academy has helped me to become a talent. I will definitely protect the peace of the academy and contribute to its development. I will not let the academy down in cultivating me."

Hearing the satisfactory answer, Hu Qian laughed, "Okay, then you can go back to your dormitory and rest first. If you want to learn alchemy, go to the Alchemy Department tomorrow. The instructor there will teach you alchemy." After that, he took out a storage ring and handed it to Xiao Ling, "There are medicinal materials for refining first-grade to third-grade elixirs in it, which are enough for your early practice. If the medicinal materials are not enough, you can come to me again."

Reaching out to take the ring and nodded, Xiao Ling thanked him, turned around and walked out of the room. He asked Professor Ruolin about the location of his dormitory, told her that he would go to the Alchemy Department tomorrow, and then walked away alone.

Xiao Ling looked at the ring in his hand and felt a little touched. Although Xiao Yan in the original novel found it so easy to refine medicine, apart from his talent, he had a close teacher beside him, Yao Zun, who was known as the best alchemist in Douqi Continent. Even so, Xiao Yan spent a lot of medicinal materials. In all the years of Jia Ma Empire, there was only one sixth-grade alchemist, Gu He, who was cultivated by Yun Lan Zong with countless resources. It can be seen how much resources alchemists consume.

Coming back to his senses, he stopped thinking about these things. He came to his dormitory and opened the door. He sat on the bed, and the fatigue from the turbulent flight and training in the past few days surged over his body. He stretched and fell into a deep sleep.

next morning
Xiao Ling woke up from his bed in the college dormitory. After washing up, he put on the school uniform on the bedside table, looked at himself in the mirror, and was very satisfied with his outfit.

After leaving the hut, he couldn't wait to run towards the alchemy department.

Walking on the bluestone path on campus, watching the boys and girls in school uniforms coming and going and interacting with each other, Xiao Ling looked a little dazed, as if he had returned to the familiar university life in his previous life. He smiled and shook his head, "It's impossible to go back to the past."

After a while, they arrived at the gate of the Alchemy Department. Xiao Ling found a middle-aged man who looked like a tutor and expressed to him his desire to join the Alchemy Department.

The instructor first asked Xiao Ling whether he had the talent to be a pharmacist and whether he had ever learned the art of alchemy before.

After explaining that he only had the attributes of an alchemist but had never learned the art of alchemy, and after confirming that what he said was true by testing his fighting spirit attributes, the instructor first told Xiao Ling about the common knowledge of alchemy.

"First, in our Alchemy Department, there are regular instructors who are fourth-grade alchemists or above who come to give lectures. The courses are open to the public, and anyone can come and listen. After class, you can ask the instructor questions."

"Of course, if a student has outstanding alchemy talent and is accepted as a disciple by the instructor, and the instructor is willing to spend time and teach his students everything, then that is another matter."

"Secondly, in our Alchemy Department, every time you advance to the first-grade alchemist level, you can get three elixir recipes as a reward, and you can choose the type of recipe. If you want to get more recipes, you need to exchange them with contribution points, and contribution points can be exchanged for helping the academy to make medicine. Remember, the recipes obtained from the academy must not be passed on to others at will."

"Of course, the academy will provide the medicinal materials that help the academy refine medicine, but the success rate must be guaranteed. In addition, alchemists of different grades can apply to the academy for a certain amount of medicinal materials to practice every month. Regardless of success or failure, if the pill is successful, the pill will belong to the academy, and if it fails, the medicinal materials will also be provided by the academy."

"However, you are still a novice, so you don't need to think too much for now. Just study hard first. Remember my advice. The growth of an alchemist consumes a huge amount of resources. You should buy more medicinal materials to practice first. After you have mastered the skills, you can help the academy refine medicine to obtain subsequent resources."

Xiao Ling nodded to show his understanding, and looked down at the storage ring in his hand. If there was no medicinal material support from the academy, he might need to work hard to earn resources in order to improve his alchemy skills.

Suddenly, an old man came out from the Alchemy Department. When he saw Xiao Ling, his eyes lit up immediately and he said, "Boy, you are the new student, Xiao Ling, right? I am the fifth-rank alchemist in charge of the Alchemy Department. You can call me Elder Huo."

The fact that the academy had recruited an eight-year-old fighter was already known to everyone in the academy's top management. An eight-year-old fighter, how exaggerated! He had never seen such a person in his life.

With time, when he grows up, he will definitely become a Dou Zun strongman.

She is countless times stronger than Hu Qian's so-called evil granddaughter.

When Elder Huo first learned about Xiao Ling, he realized that in addition to his outstanding talent in cultivation, he also had a talent as an alchemist. He planned to quickly accept him as a disciple so that when Xiao Ling grew up, he could brag about him to his old friends.

As a result, just when he was about to go out to look for Xiao Ling, the old man Hu Qian came to his door first and told him that the child needed guidance from the elders of Canaan College, and that if he wanted to become a disciple, he had to have several teachers, so he rejected his idea.

Out of curiosity, he came today to see what this child's talent as an alchemist is.

Although he could not accept him as a disciple, he had to teach him personally about alchemy. In this way, even if he became a high-level alchemist in the future, it was all because of his personal teaching.

"Hi, student, greets Elder Huo. I am Xiao Ling." Xiao Ling stepped forward, bowed, and replied.

"I heard that you have an outstanding talent in cultivation, but I don't know how about your talent in alchemy? Come in with me, I will teach you some basic knowledge of alchemy first." After saying this, Elder Huo walked towards the alchemy department.

Seeing this, Xiao Ling first thanked the middle-aged mentor and quickly followed.

Walking into a study room of the Alchemy Department, Elder Huo first handed Xiao Ling a storage ring and said, "This storage ring contains some techniques and fighting skills suitable for alchemists, as well as some books, prescriptions, and medicine cauldrons. Take it back and read it yourself. You have a special status in Canaan College. If you don't understand something, just ask me."

Seeing Elder Huo paying his respects in this way, Xiao Ling bowed and said, "Thank you for the training from the academy and the elders."

Elder Huo saw that Xiao Ling was sincere and respectful to his elders, without the arrogance of other young geniuses. He stroked his gray beard and smiled, appreciating Xiao Ling's attitude.

"You have never been exposed to alchemy before, so let me tell you some basic knowledge about alchemy. If you want to make medicine, you must first have a medicine cauldron. An alchemist's medicine cauldron is like a warrior's weapon, it is indispensable."

"Medicine cauldrons have different levels. The more fire holes a cauldron has, the higher the level and the rarer it is. This kind of fire hole is not made by just making a few holes. The mystery inside is difficult for laymen to discover. The fire hole is the essence of the medicine cauldron and requires high-precision polishing. During the manufacturing process, if there is even a slight mistake, the entire medicine cauldron will become a failure. Therefore, the more fire holes a medicine cauldron has, the stronger its auxiliary effect on medicine refining. Of course, if you want to control multiple fire holes, you need a strong soul perception."

"In addition to the medicine cauldron, the flames we use to refine medicine are generally catalyzed by our fighting spirit. Therefore, to refine high-quality pills, you need a deep fighting spirit cultivation. Even the lowest-level pills require fighting spirit cultivation. Fortunately, you have already reached that level a long time ago."

"For us alchemists, the best flames are of course the divine fires that are naturally nurtured between heaven and earth. They are born in the most dangerous and difficult places in the world, so they are hard to come by." Elder Huo's eyes also revealed his desire for strange fires. "And we have a strange fire in Canaan Academy."

"There are more than one, there are two!" Xiao Ling muttered inwardly. He knew the details of Canaan College. One was a mature form, and the other was a juvenile form. They were all Fallen Heart Flame. Whoever saw them would be confused. It was a pity that the top management of Canaan College didn't know about this. Otherwise, the Fallen Heart Flame that had been making so much noise would have been refined by someone long ago.

Elder Huo saw that Xiao Ling's eyes became more heated as he spoke, and thought that he was planning to take over the academy's Fallen Heart Flame, so he shook his head nonchalantly.

"Don't even think about taking this strange fire. This strange fire is the foundation of the academy. Whoever dares to take it is the enemy of Canaan Academy. You will know the details when you get to the inner courtyard. Don't tell others about the academy's strange fire. Although the academy is not afraid of others causing trouble, don't cause trouble."

After hearing Elder Huo's warning, Xiao Ling nodded solemnly and said, "I understand, Elder. I won't tell anyone."

"Don't feel disappointed because you don't have the strange fire. In addition to the strange fire, you can also find other fires to replace it, such as beast fire, which has the same good effect."

As he spoke, Elder Huo stretched out his right palm, and a dark flame emerged from his palm. The space around the flame was slightly distorted, and Xiao Ling, who was not far from Elder Huo, could feel a terrifying heat.

Hearing this, Xiao Ling also summoned his own fusion beast fire, spread out his palm, and a ball of blue-pink flame emerged, looking very agile. Then he said: "In fact, I have also refined a beast fire. What do you think of the quality of my beast fire, elder?"

Seeing this scene, Elder Huo also became interested. He looked at the beast fire in Xiao Ling's hand with great interest and gave his own evaluation.

"Your beast fire is a bit like the beast fire of the Fiery Wolf, but it is a little softer. Although I haven't seen it yet, the quality should be quite high, higher than the ordinary sixth-level beast fire. Although the energy is not strong, it is very compatible with your current cultivation. As your strength increases, the beast fire will also become stronger, and it is very suitable to be used until Dou Zong."

Retracting his gaze, Elder Huo continued, "I have almost finished explaining the theoretical knowledge. Now it's time to get started. Come with me to the alchemy room. I will demonstrate it to you first, and then you can practice on your own. I will watch you from the side. You can ask me any questions at any time." After finishing his words, Elder Huo turned around and left the study.

Xiao Ling also quickly followed, feeling very happy, as his journey to becoming a pharmacist was finally about to begin.

(End of this chapter)