Although Natasha did not quite understand why Lucien became so serious all of a sudden, his opinion on the law of causality and his firm attitude still made the terrible feelings in her heart melt like snow under the sunlight. A world where everything was predestined and unchangeable was a most desperate and lifeless one.
Sensing the warmth of his hand and hearing his solemn voice, Natasha soon regained her natural-born optimism. Not bothering with the subject anymore, she smiled, "Are you planning to create an opera for me?"
"How did you know?" Lucien was somewhat surprised.
Natasha chuckled and said, "My eyes are very keen. I saw a manuscript, Valkyrie, on your bookshelf in your library this afternoon, and I think it's for me."
She did not show any modesty about 'Valkyrie' and thought matter-of-factly that it was for her.
Lucien heaved a sigh. "I planned to hire a troupe to perform it for us in honor of the anniversary of our mutual confession of love on my birthday, but I didn't have the time of creation because of Sard and the incidents later. Also, the libretto is more difficult to create than I thought, and the music is even more so. I've only completed one third so far."
Although it was based on the work from Earth, it was basically a brand-new masterpiece, which made Lucien run into a lot of difficulties.
Natasha smiled, not bothered at all. "That's alright. We can wait until next year, or the next year, or the next, and so on. Speaking of opera, I'm planning to sponsor the Musicians' Association of Rentato and rebuild a capital of music."
She was a real lover of music. Now that she couldn't return to Aalto for now, she planned to make Rentato a holy land of music, too.
"If I have time, I'll offer guidance to the musicians of Rentato." Lucien was already confident enough to say so. While the creation of Valkyrie was difficult, it allowed him to fully make use of the music knowledge that he had learnt. He was almost as good as Victor now.
His rapid progress benefited from the avant-garde music knowledge in his spirit library, as well as his sharpened mind after his soul became stronger.
Natasha took a deep breath of the gentle breath on the street and said humorously, "Then, on behalf of the musicians of Holm, I thank you in advance, master. If you don't mind, I want your Uncle Joel to enter the association and bring the latest music trends and development of Aalto to this place."
The smuggled Music Review and Herald of Symphonies naturally could only reflect what was on the top and could not let the musicians learn the real fundamental knowledge.
"I certainly wouldn't mind as long as Uncle Joel is willing to." Lucien had already learnt from Natasha that, after the initial excitement of a noble life, Joel began his music learning again. He worked so hard that he did not look like a middle-aged man at all.
Natasha looked at Lucien and said with a vague smile, "In fact, I talked about Joel only because I wanted to ask you when you were going to meet him. There shouldn't be any danger now that the Church has retreated. According to the intelligence personnel who protected them, they had obviously changed their stance regarding sorcerers and clerics, thanks to Arcana Voice and the convenient alchemical items. They probably wouldn't overreact. Also, they must be missing you. To know more about you, they often stay late and listen to 'News of the World' that they do not understand at all."
Lucien's heart was suddenly filled with warmth after hearing Natasha's words. It had been only eight years since he came to this world, but it felt like an entire life. So, he answered in a low voice, "I'll visit them in a couple of days."
"Be happy. You should feel happy about that." Natasha made a gesture of encouragement and then changed the subject. "Mr. Great Musician, do you have any revolutionary music principles? You have always been best known for your creativity. I find it intolerable that you haven't produced any innovative works in years."
Lucien smiled at her. "Why not? I have associated music creations with mathematics."
"Huh? Music and mathematics? How can they be associated?" Asked Natasha in surprise. Music was a realm where the mind was absolutely free, while mathematics the most rigorous and suffocating. How could they be associated? It was not about the categorical, conceptual stuff like equal temperament but creation!
Lucien chuckled. "That's why it is revolutionary. I have abandoned the traditional structural factors, such as theme, logic, motive, sentences, verses, and sequenced the substantial elements, such as rhythm, pitch, density of notes and timbre, with the permutation and combination in mathematics. Then, I created according to such a rule."
"That sounds cold… but interesting. What's the result?" Natasha knew that it wouldn't be mainstream, but she had always been eager to try everything. Naturally, there wasn't any objection from her.
After that, she added in with mixed feelings, "This is so arcanist!"
"I'll show you some of my works after we are back." They were the sequential music works that Lucien created when he was relaxing his brain. Later, they could also be applied to electronic music.
"Okay. If they are good, you will teach me how to create them tonight!" Said Natasha with great interest.
Lucien intentionally twisted her meaning and made fun of her. "Tonight? You seem to be avoiding something, don't you?"
"Really? Do I look like an escapist to you?"
...
On the second day, after he saw Natasha off, Lucien returned to the Atom Institution in delight. There are many experiments he needed to confirm.
"Lucien, looking good!" Lazar was holding a journal, with a 'I-totally-get-it' look on his face.
"'Arcana' has been issued in advance?" Lucien recognized the cover, but the Highest Council only asked the journal to publish the news that he had been promoted to a grand arcanist on the cover and did not ask it to publish so many days in advance.
Heidi was still upset about the additional mission yesterday. She said gloomily, "Master, this is a special issue of 'Arcana'. The discovery of neutrons proved the new alchemy. To celebrate the paradigm-shifting theoretical system, they have published the special issue that contains the papers over the past year including the predictions in the new alchemy and part of the experiments."
"…There are also questions about the imperfect parts of the new alchemy." Said Annick after a brief silence.
Sprint, on the other hand, was a bit angry. "Master said that the new alchemy was just a framework, and that there were many unresolved problems. So, why did they collect all the problems on the special issue instead of publishing them next month? I feel that they are questioning your new alchemy, master."
"What's wrong about that? Every theory is perfected and fortified by suspicion. I would be uneasy if there isn't any suspicion. Besides, there are indeed many problems that the new alchemy hasn't resolved yet. For example, it cannot describe the atomic structures with multiple electrons, and it cannot predict the intensity and width of the spectral lines." Lucien understood the limitations of the new alchemy perfectly and replied without being disturbed at all.
Katrina nodded. "The problems you mentioned are all in the journal."
Lucien took over the journal, only to discover that the silver lines on the black over were constructed into several lines of words. On the top was 'Arcana', and below it was 'This issue is published in July of 824 to celebrate the establishment of the new alchemy and to congratulate Lucien Evans on becoming a grand arcanist."
On the next page, it was the comment that Douglas wrote. "The new alchemy has undoubtedly achieved a glorious triumph. It has changed our age and will forever be remembered by the arcanists. I suggest an additional reward of 15,000 arcana credits and 500,000 arcana points."
After him, it was the opinion of the two reviewers, Raventi and Prado, at the beginning. "Now, we can give all of our compliments in our previous review to Mr. Lucien Evans."
In the end, Drummond, the general editor of Arcana, wrote on behalf of the journal, "Recently, the new alchemy has swept across the Congress like an unstoppable flood. Every new phenomenon and every experiment result matches its 'prophecy' perfectly."
"It is now the highest law in the field of alchemy and elements and a key to open the gate of the Creator. Alchemy is no longer an illusion without theoretical guidance."
"Through the new alchemy and the general theory of relativity, I have envisioned the arrival of a golden age. It is not only an age when we can really create gold but also an age when arcana and magic thrive and talents emerge."
"500,000 arcana points… That's not bad." Lucien said satisfactorily. Arcana credits were useless for him now, but arcana points could be traded for legendary spells and legendary rituals (one million arcana points for one legendary spell'. That was an advantage that Thale did not have.
The first half of the journal was made of the published papers, such as Jurisian's discovery and explanation on the splitting of spectral lines under strong magnetic field, and the second half included questions about the new alchemy that nobody paid attention to before, such as Fernando's question about the distribution of external electrons, Hathaway's question about the energy level and orbits, and Klaus' question that the system could only explain the single-electron structure… Almost all the leaders of elements and alchemy, after expressing their support and appreciation of the new alchemy, cautiously raised their doubts.
Looking at the myriad of questions, Lucien smiled at Sprint who was rather angry at the beginning. "Does anger help you at all? What you should do is to come up with your own ideas to resolve the questions. I hope you begin your real study on Arcana by answering those questions. It doesn't matter if you make mistakes, but it will be terrible if you don't have the guts to join the discussion. Your minds are more active and less restrained. It's possible that you can fix the problems with ideas that never occurred to us before."
"Understood, mater!" Hearing their teacher's encouragement, Sprint replied first, his disobedient eyes full of fighting will.
Annick, Heidi and the other students also became excited. Joining the discussion and argument of the grand arcanists, legendary sorcerers and senior-rank sorcerers about the new alchemy was exhilarating enough when they just thought about it.
...
At night, Lucien arrived at the district of nobles in Rentato. Looking at John's villa that was ablaze with lights, he took a deep breath and walked to the gate.


"A falling star has brought the chaos. The throne of fate has lost its master. The nonbeliever who walks in light and darkness will make his debut."
In this magic world, knowledge is power.

"Lars Brown, you've been admitted to the Crafts Department!" an admissions staff member said.
"But, I applied for the Department of Alchemy, and I got great results on my written test!" Lars couldn't believe what he had just heard.
"I am sorry to tell you that you don't have the gifts needed to be an alchemist!" The reply was cold.
Lars stood outside Wisteria Alchemy College, stunned. He did not leave until late that night. Although he was successfully enrolled in Wisteria Alchemy College, Lars was upset by the fact that he could not become an alchemist.
Ever since his childhood, Lars had been deeply influenced by his father and had aspired to become an alchemist. He became familiar with the existence of alchemists early on, and he showed great talent for designing various alchemy props in particular.
When Lars was twelve or thirteen years old, he manufactured small hot air balloons that flew hundreds of meters high. He also made exquisite clocks and watches. He could even understand the designs of various complex alchemy items and props!
At the age of fourteen, Lars personally designed and built a windmill in the suburbs, the same model which was now springing up everywhere in the Sean City-State Alliance!
This idea of Lars' had been birthed from nature's great inspiration. In fact, he believed that as long as he could borrow the power of nature, he could do anything he wanted!
Just when he decided to enter Wisteria Alchemy College in Finnlitt and become an alchemist, he found himself unable to cross the threshold.
This was because he suffered one of the greatest blows of his life. Though he was young and ambitious, he was told that he was not gifted enough to become an alchemist.　　
After he journeyed back home in defeat, his father met him at the door. After a long time of silence, Lars' father clapped his son on the back and said, "The Crafts Department is also good. Later, you can take over my workshop and become its owner."
Lars shook off his father's hand and shouted angrily at him, "But that's not what I want. I have a different dream than you, father! I will be an alchemist! Certainly!"　
His father slapped Lars hard across the face and said, "Wake up, you don't have that kind of talent! Do you think I never had that same dream? No talent is no talent!"
Lars' father, who also graduated from the Department of Crafts, had opened a small watch workshop in Finnlit, becoming a businessman and earning some wealth and fame. According to his father's plan, Lars would become a wealthy second-generation watchmaker in Finnlitt, eventually taking over his father's workshop. But, Lars refused to follow in his father's same footsteps.
The next day, Lars snuck away quietly with his suitcase. On the bank of the Pegasus River, he took a boat to Tephis, where the legendary Akkad Alchemy College was located.
When he arrived, Lars was shocked by everything in Tephis! Outside the city, he saw all kinds of windmills, and there were various hydraulic spinning workshops, all of which opened Lars' eyes to new and exciting possibilities.
After entering the city, Lars saw so many alchemists! He also saw fantastic alchemy workshops that produced all kinds of alchemy props and tools. Seeing the vast collection of the latest guns, alchemy cannons, mechanical pulley crossbows, music boxes, hot-air balloon airships in the manufacturing stages, new shipyards and so on, were truly overwhelming!
There were also a lot of water towers in Tephis. So, if the residents wanted water, they only needed a water pipe to get it!
The layout of the city was also very modern and trendy, and there were several horse-drawn carriages in use on the streets. Lars could clearly see how these alchemy items, which looked very simple in design, were changing the world bit by bit!
Alchemists can really change the world!
Only once he arrived here did Lars really begin to understand and fall in love with the city. Although the city did not have the artistic atmosphere and romance of Finnlit, Lars was deeply moved by it, especially because it seemed to promote innovation and growth!
At the square at the entrance of Akkad Alchemy College stood a statue of the great alchemist Akkad. A line of letters was carved on the stone at the foot of the statue, which read: Knowledge changes the world!
As Lars stood in front of the statue, his eyes grew brighter. "Knowledge changes the world!" he read aloud.
Lars then entered Akkad Alchemy College, attended an open class, and met his childhood idol, Ms. Marina. His greatest dream was to become one of her students.
Here he saw what a real alchemist should be. He also learned about the highest attainments in alchemy, the mechanical alchemical lifeform, Archimonde, and the second generation alchemy table.
Lars passed the entrance examination again, but was still told that he was not gifted enough to become an alchemist, so he was admitted to the Mechanical Manufacturing Department instead. Machinery was a tool that was used to help people reduce the difficulty of work, thus saving on labor.
Chopsticks, brooms, and tweezers were all good examples of this. These were simple machines, while complex machines consisted of two or more simple machines operating together.
Lars eventually decided to study here. So, instead of becoming a great alchemist, he would become a mechanical apprentice.
Although he acquired the most advanced knowledge in Akkad Alchemy College, he could only learn how to make machinery, glass, clocks and watches, how to smelt iron and how to design ships. His studies were also limited to some basic disciplines such as mathematics, geometry, and so on.
When it came to the specific knowledge that was related to alchemy, Lars could only touch lightly on it via public lectures. As for the specifics regarding how the alchemists meditate, the study of witchcraft, and the manufacturing of witchcraft materials, that was only circulated within the alchemists' inner circle.
Thus, even if Lars graduated from Akkad Alchemy College after several years of study, he still could only enter some workshops as a manufacturer. Even though he had a salary that ordinary people envied, he still could only teach ordinary workers all day long, as well as make some tools, like ordinary glass crafts, spinning machines, new carriages and so on.
This was because advanced crafts like the production of special metals, new guns, alchemy cannons and special materials would need alchemists' expertise. Especially when it came to the design of various alchemy products, a lot of money and time must be spent.
As such, expert designers were recruited by these big workshops, all of whom must be alchemists or apprentices. Moreover, only alchemists could enter state and city research institutes.


By accident, Lu Zhiyu found the entrance to a low-dimensional world, and thus began a totally different journey!

Free to control everything in the low-dimensional game, Lu Zhiyu felt like a gamemaster, and even God.


Alchemy Association, Council Hall
Huyan Ming-Alex, wait here. The President and Director Yang will be here soon
Alex-ok
 He began to look around. This Council Hall is still quite big. At the center area, there is a roundtable with some chairs, and the walls were covered with papers. he remembered that from the original story that Alchemy Masters write down the problems that they encountered during their refining, seeking answers from all the other Alchemy Masters
he walked closer and started reading them
seeing Alex interested in the wall Huyan Ming decided to explain what it was.
Huyan Ming-This is the place where all the Alchemy Masters exchange their ideas and thoughts. Alchemy Masters write down the problems that they encountered during their refining, seeking answers from all the other Alchemy Masters. Occasionally, the President and other elders would help those Alchemy Masters to answer their questions. If you know the answer, you can then write it on the paper, and someone will verify it Through this method, Alchemy Masters can enhance each other's alchemy skills
 Alex continued stroll over to the walls. 

It seems that alex is interested in Alchemy Knowledge,' Huyan Ming thought, smiling as he followed Alex. He honestly did think that Alex would be able to solve the questions on the walls. he saw how Gu Yan reacted after reading Alex notes he, in fact, wanted to hurry and leave so he can read the test papers and try to enhance his knowledge of alchemy.
Alex walked to the walls. There were lots of papers on it, all were problems that were encountered during refinement. On the table beside the walls, lies a horned pen.

Alex took up the horned pen from the table.
Alex swiftly moved his hand, writing down the answers after taking a glimpse at the problems.
"How should the ratio of Snow Grass, Nine Immortal Grass, and Dragon Gall Grass be? According to the alchemy theory, combining these three herbs would definitely be able to refine an extremely strong antidote medicine. However, how should the ratio of these herbs be? Up till today, there is still no answer to it," Huyan Ming murmured.
And Alex's answer to it is: 'No matter what the ratio, it's impossible to succeed. Dragon Gall Grass should be changed to Solani Grass. The ratio would be 3:1:2.'
Solani Grass is very similar to the Dragon Gall Grass, both have detoxification effects. However, the Dragon Gall Grass is violent, whereas the Solani Grass is much calmer. Furthermore, this ratio for the herb is perfect.

"Brilliant!" Huyan Ming shouted with praise. He already couldn't wait to try refining it, verifying the ratio.

Huyan Ming continued looking at the papers on the walls, Alex's answers are extremely brilliant. Although he does not know if they're correct or not, it's worth testing. Although the solution to those problems could not be verified, there are a few that Huyan Ming can verify. For example, questions about the refining process, the answers that Alex gave are correct.

The look of Huyan Ming to Alex changed, it was filled with admiration. 
Could Alex's knowledge have already surpassed the Senior Alchemy Master level? Reaching the legendary Alchemy Grandmaster level?

Just what kind of monster is he? Alex is only a thirteen-year-old kid!

As a Primary Alchemy Master, Huyan Ming has been very prideful. After all, the amount of Primary Alchemy Masters in the Alchemist Association doesn't even amount to a hundred. And now, seeing such a young teen with such frightening knowledge, Huyan Ming had the thought of killing himself by the wall.

In just a moment, Alex had already answered a hundred questions. After he finished the hundredth he placed the pen down and murmured, "These questions, ain't that difficult after all."
Hearing Alex's words, Huyan Ming simply wanted to vomit blood. These problems have been accumulated over the years with no one able to solve them, and Alex actually said that it's not that difficult?!

Huyan Ming realized that the appearance of Alex might no he Will bring the Alchemist Association to a whole new era. Just these questions on the wall alone, once they are verified, would be more than enough to let the Alchemist Association rise to a whole new level!

Just when Alex finished answering those questions, an old man with both a beard and hair snow white and a sexy, tall beauty were standing behind him.

When both of them saw Alex's pen swiftly going through across the problems, in the beginning, they felt that it was funny. These questions weren't things that Alex can solve at his age. However, when they saw what Alex had written, they were shocked beyond words.

Gu Yan and Yang Xin both looked at Alex and thought, 'Just what kind of monster is he?'

Is Alex really just a thirteen-year-old kid? Although Alex's face is still immature, Gu Yan and Yang Xin both thought that Alex is an old monster that has lived for hundreds of years.

Without several decades of studies, it's totally impossible to become a Primary Alchemy Master.

Alex is just thirteen years old, but his knowledge and understanding towards Alchemy have already surpassed the Primary, and Intermediate Alchemy Masters. He is even ahead of Senior Alchemy Master Gu Yan!

Gu Yan's glance towards Alex suddenly became excited. In recent years, the Alchemist Association was not like it was in the past. In just a few more years, the Alchemist Association would start to gradually decline. The several attacks from the demon beasts caused the Alchemist Association to suffer many losses. Many books were lost, many effects of the elixirs had been greatly reduced, causing many alchemists to leave. Many of them preferred to focus on the martial path instead. Very few were still willing to join the path of alchemy.

Gu Yan understood that this is wrong. The aid of elixirs to cultivation is very huge. If there is no one left to refine elixirs in the future, then the martial path would also gradually decline.

It's been a long time since the Alchemist Association had any new generations, but they never thought that the day would come when they would have such a monster like Alex who was already at the grandmaster realm joining them. Watching Alex's back, Gu Yan suddenly felt that from today onwards, the Alchemist Association will rise to a new height by the hands of Alex!

Yang Xin eyes were filled with disbelief. Those sexy red lips slightly opened and closed, her perky chest rising up and down. She couldn't believe that the questions that left so many Alchemy Masters helpless were actually solved by Alex.

Alex suddenly turned his head, looking at Gu Yan and Yang Xin.

Alex-President Gu Yan, Director Yang Xin, nice to meet you!
Yang Xin-hello Alex, we are wondering how are you so knowledgeable
Alex-well hahaha it's a funny story I once met an old hermit whom I left a good impression on him and he taught me many things 
everyone, there was surprised after hearing that but then thought that was the only logical way for 13-14 years old to be in the grandmasters rank

"Mhmm… I guess there's only so much one can do with just fighting and training," I mutter to myself after another day's grind at the dungeon. A total of three days have gone by and I've found the limits of even my Primal Body. Training-wise it's still a miracle to behold my progress, but compared to my first two days, I can't help but feel myself start to stagnate.

Magic and Light Manipulation have hit a wall of sorts and all my parameters — be they physical or spiritual — have yet to move a letter in grade; though they have increased with each status update Hestia performs at least daily. Only my Chain Sickle Mastery has moved on from Level "I" to "H." My Gold Star Killer Constitution technique will simply not move past 90% completion and with Bell metaphorically holding me back as the difference in our strengths has become overwhelming, it will be nigh-impossible to achieve anything remarkable by sticking around with him.

Sighing as I walked alongside Bell, I thought, 'Perhaps we should separate after all… Even I can see the guilt in his eyes every time he asks for a break from fighting in the third or fourth floor. Moreover, he has his own story to develop and sticking with me — an anomaly to this world — would more than likely stunt his growth.'

'And then there's...' Ending my stream of conscious thought, I addressed Bell, "Say… For now, let's split up." Miraculously, even though it's only been four days, my Japanese has reached the point of half fluency. Though still a long way away from sounding like a native speaker, I can freely express myself now! Albeit, at the cost of still sounding half-retarded; literally.

Sucking in a deep breath, Bell turned to me with pale-stricken faced, asking, "Y-y-you d-d-d-don't want t-t-to pa-pa-party w-with m-m-m-me?!"

"It's… not like you think," I reassured him, "I want to start learning Alchemy! It'd be bad if we just get in each other's ways, right? You focus on training and getting stronger as an adventurer and I'll start learning Alchemy to support and bolster our Familia's overall worth." 

It was a half-lie saying that I would focus on Alchemy and leave getting stronger solely on Bell's shoulders. But knowing Bell to be a naive young man… "Oh, ok then~" It was exactly the response I expected. Bell was totally oblivious to the point of not even questioning me for even a second.

"Anyways," I added, "Focus on improving your Magic and train to get me some drops! I'll need to procure a lot of resources from the dungeon to make any headway as an Alchemist."

…

[New Mission Alert!
Side Mission 1: First Step In The Path Of Alchemy!
Objective: Attain the rank of Novice Alchemist
Description: Practice, concoct and research your way to reach the lowest rank of Alchemist there is. You'll know you've made it when concocting "Bad Quality" medicines becomes commonplace; to be specific you need a 70% success rate when concocting the aforementioned quality alchemical products...
Deadline: 1 Week

Skill Conjured: Alchemy (Unlocking)

Alchemy Unlocked!
New Skill

Name: Alchemy
Level: Null
Description: A technique that grants the user the ability to process and synergize base components to make potions, pills, and other apparitions of medicine. Along with this technique, basic recipes for alchemy are granted to the user. The higher the proficiency of the technique the more potent the product of your concoction.
Effect: Null; success rate and potency of alchemical products rise with practice... 

Skill Conjured: Appraisal (Unlocking)

Appraisal Unlocked!
New Skill

Name: Appraisal 
Level: Null
Description: A technique that grants the user the ability to appraise minerals, metals, herbs, and practically all other resources under the sun. The higher the proficiency of the technique the more accurate your appraisals become.
Effect: Null; You have no foundation to derive insights from… Read a book or something on resources before you even attempt appraising items.

Skill Conjured: Harvesting (Unlocking)

Harvesting Unlocked!
New Skill

Name: Harvesting
Level: Null
Description: A technique that grants the user the ability to better collect resources. The higher the proficiency of the technique the more resources a harvest will yield. With technique, everything from ore and herb collection to monster drop rates can increase with this skill.
Effect: Null; You have no practice.]

"Oh how broken you are, my system..." I unconsciously spoke upon leaving the state of pain my mind had been put in whilst getting all the information for applying in improving three new skills.

"Call me Destiny!" The depressed Goldfinger within me cried.

"Tsk, whatever… Anyway," I took this chance to ask, "Are there any products I can make with alchemy to gather potential for you?"

Conducting a complete one-eighty, Destiny instantly cheered up as she said, "Of course! And you won't just be helping me, but yourself as well! You just need to make soul medicines, pills, potions. But that'll only come much later down the road as you're still far from being able to procure the required resources. Never mind the fact that your current nonexistent skills would instantly destroy those fragile resources at the moment..."

"Che," Shutting her out of my stream of consciousness, I stood up and turned to Hestia, "I'm going out to Babel." With the bit of money I'd earned after helping pay for the familia's debt to the Guild, I should have enough Vali to buy or at least borrow some books to enter the world of Alchemy.

"Take care..." Hestia gave me a pat on the shoulder before giving me a light push towards the church's exit. She almost looked… melancholic? I couldn't be sure as it didn't really look like she had a reason to feel that way. Only after waving goodbye, did I leave with an extra bit of money in my pockets; it's about time I got new clothes, armor, and a couple other necessities a solo adventurer would need.

The MC gets Thanos'd after "stealing" a Goldfinger from a high-level deity and is forced to get stronger so said deity may one day take back the stolen Goldfinger. As a result, the MC is booped into the world of Danmachi with nothing more than a couple rags and three cheats he didn't even get to pick. From nothing, he will become hilariously overpowered and potentially traverse the anime-verse with the power of his system; Destiny's System

P.S. Don't be fooled by my powers of clickbait, that creepy Majora's Mask moon will NOT be in the story. I just thought it looked cool while thinking of things to photoshop for the cover. If you leave a review, please state if the clickbait got you. Hahaha...

After a short time of consolidating my experience, I broke through with my herblore. Dryads were truly blessed by nature. I would see her again if I came to a bottleneck with my herb lore.
I felt I was ready to attempt to craft Indigo pill-cores after I was done meditating. I used my Aphalla to order 'Basic Tier-2 herbs for learning alchemy', leaving me with 1000 phallic points. It was time for me to take my new experiences and dive wholeheartedly back into alchemy!
On the way to the lab, I saw Seji heading off to the alchemy lab. Was he looking for me?
"Hey, Seji. What brings you around my part of the Castle?" I said.
"No time for talk, mon. A new trial taker is heading to the alchemy lab," said Seji, as he rushed off to the lab before me.
I hurried my steps to catch up with the troll, this was good information. Someone else would be sharing the alchemy lab with me. I had to assert my dominance, this new trial taker couldn't be getting any ideas about 'The Champ', at least not while I'm around.
When we got to the lab, Seji hid himself in a corner.
"Hey, mon. His first 500 points are mine," said Seji as he disappeared into the shadows.
I shook my head watching Seji work his troll magic. This must have been how he got me before. If only I had swept the area with my <Soul Eyes> I would have noticed him camouflaged in the corner.
I had no thoughts of separating Seji from his precious 500 points, working on alchemy was a good source of phallic points for me. That didn't mean I couldn't troll the new trial taker as well though, ensuring that he didn't have any designs on 'The Champ'.
Seji's web of information was top class, it didn't take long for a fresh face to adorn the alchemy lab. It was a young human male sporting a dark blue robe, with jet black hair, and an ordinate sword on his waist. I stood to the side and watched him walk around the lab in interest.
He didn't speak one word to me, only looking at the descriptions of the various furnaces and cauldrons within the alchemy lab. It didn't take long before he found his way to 'The Champ', she was a beauty after all. 'The Champ' was the largest furnace in the entire lab, anyone with knowledge of alchemy would want to use her. As soon as I saw he had designs on my furnace I made my move!
"Hey, there buddy take two steps back. That furnace belongs to this young devil lord!" I yelled at the black-haired human.
He looked up with me with questioning eyes. As if he didn't take my comment seriously.
"It says these furnaces are for all trial takers," said the black-haired human nonchalantly. 
"You can have whatever furnace or cauldron you want, but 'The Champ' belongs to this young devil lord. If you don't know your place yet pitiful human, I'll be happy to teach you the pecking order. We can settle this dispute in the arena," I said.
"Arrogant devil, you think you can take on this vulnerable one, Shi Da, with your paltry skills," said the black-haired man as he pulled out his ordinate sword.
"There's no need for a strappingly handsome devil lord such as myself to me to even lift my hands for an insect such as you. This young devil lord has garnered the respect and fame of the masses. My bodyguard will be more than enough for a lightweight like you. Though his skills can't match this young devil lord's, you pale in comparison," I said.
"He doesn't entertain just any challenger for free though, you need to put up 500 phallic points if you want to fight this young devil lords bodyguard in the arena,"
"Sounds like you are just inching to donate 500 phallic points to me, Shi Da. Good, I'll be more than happy to rob you of all your phallic points," said the arrogant human as he waved around his sword.
"Seji, this young devil lord has important alchemy to attend to. Please, handle this lightweight for me," I said loudly.
Seji stepped out of the shadows after I called him. I was laughing internally watching the troll step out from the shadows attempting to look like some hidden defender. I was glad he decided to play along with my story.
"Hey, mon. You should be proud Soulless is even letting you into the alchemy lab. How dare you have eyes on 'The Champ'!" said Seji as he came to my side.
"Come face me in the arena if you are so bold. Soulless doesn't have time to deal with your shenanigans, mon! 500 phallic points are at stake."
"Another one who doesn't know the height of the stars and the moon," said Shi Da with a hint of surprise upon seeing the green troll appear from the shadows.
"I, Shi Da, have never backed down from a challenge. Show me to this arena you guys keep speaking about. I'll show you a true display of swordsmanship," said Shi Da as he waved around his sword.
"Ok, mon. Follow me to the arena," said Seji as he motioned for Shi Da to follow.
Once Shi Da was out of earshot I had a hearty laugh. What a moron, I can't wait until he comes back defeated after losing 500 phallic points and his opportunity to use 'The Champ'. That troll saved me a lot of effort defending my rights.
I put the thoughts about the silly human to the back of my head. His fate was sealed as soon as he decided to follow Seji to the arena. I brushed up on my alchemy skills crafting a few Orchid cultivation assistance pill-cores. Afterward, I transformed them into Qi-Gathering pills.
After about an hour, I finished up my practice crafting when in walked a distraught black-haired human. He looked like he had been in an accident, his robe was torn and his hair was a mess. Seji didn't go easy on the poor fool.
"Vile fiend, you tricked me! How dare you say that beast was your bodyguard," said Shi Da upon seeing me working at 'The Champ'.
I laughed to his face, "Donating your first 500 phallic points to Seji is a rite of passage for every new trial taker in Satyr Castle. Even this young devil lord had to give him 500 phallic points, get over it. I just used the damn trolls ambitions to my advantage to keep what is rightfully mine," I said.
Shi Da eyed me with fury, as he stormed off to work with another furnace. He was already plotting his revenge against this shameless devil!
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Angor decided to let Chloe Brothers go in the end.
Before doing so, Angor warned them as well as asking them about what exactly happened on the day of the assault. Also, he asked White Chloe to give him some blood.
The blood of a wizard basically held everything about the wizard himself. A wizard who learned blood-related art could use someone's blood to curse or even kill people. Angor would not do anything like that, but he could still track down the current whereabouts of White Chloe by using the blood as a tool.
The blood was his final warning for the twins.
After the brothers left, Angor went toward Dave's shop instead of heading home.
When he reached the shop, he saw Dave crafting some kind of machine part on his working table.
Dave asked Angor to wait a bit. He was melting down a piece of metal using Thaw spell and carefully shaping it with his Hands of Spell.
In order not to disturb Dave, Angor quietly sat down and watched.
Dave already knew that Angor had more alchemy skills than him now, so he did not hide his work and kept going.
Angor looked at Dave's crafting and quickly learned something new.
He had to admit that Dave gained some serious experience during his five years of studying alchemy. The way Dave used Thaw looked very similar to him, yet there were many simple details that helped Dave to conserve mana.
Angor did not show it. However, deep inside, he diligently tried to "steal" the tricks displayed by Dave.
A quarter of an hour later, Dave completed creating the part—a strange-shaped gear used in some kind of alchemy machine.
"Expecting something better, huh? Well sorry, I can only make these little trinkets," Dave mocked himself.
Angor shook his head. "Actually, it looks nice. I learned a lot from you."
Believing that Angor was simply comforting him, Dave let out a hollow chuckle, "So what do you need? More materials? It's only several days, and you already made something else?"
Angor waved his hands in denial. "Nah, haven't been doing alchemy for days. I've been checking the participant data you gave me, and I got some questions."
Dave removed his goggles and wiped some sweat off his face. He looked at Angor in a doubtful manner. "Don't tell me you're going to the Sky Tower for real?"
Angor only smiled.
"You can try. That Trigger Crossbow of yours should have no problem getting you through the first few levels."
Dave began to analyze Angor's chances in all seriousness, about which level he could reach, or how many merit points he could earn.
When Dave thought he reached a reliable conclusion, he stared at Angor with an innocent look. "So, what did you want to ask exactly?"
"Do you know anything about 'Starsoul' Saka?" Angor cut to the point quickly, so Dave would not think about random things again.
"Him?" Dave took some time to think about how to describe Saka. "Not much, but I'd say that when fighting on the arena, Saka is a mad… and also a good guy."
By "mad", Dave was referring to Saka's terrible character. He said Saka was actually good because this individual almost never killed anyone in Sky Tower, which was pretty "good", considering how the tower was home to a good number of bloodthirsty murderers.
However, Angor had a different opinion. He did not think that Saka was trying to avoid killing people. That lunatic just did not run into anyone he wanted to kill. For example… Baron Milk.
"Your data said so too. Can you tell me something about the 'three stars' he uses?"
Again, Dave only explained something already recorded in his data. According to Saka himself, the man had three stars on him. But in reality, people only saw 'Virgo' Silvia and 'Venus' Herrington before. As for the third star… no one ever witnessed it.
"Do you know how Silvia's Soul Howling and Soul Absorption worked?" Angor asked.
Dave looked surprised at this question. "Why? Are you planning to fight Saka?"
Angor looked away and muttered. "Who knows? Maybe."
Dave grew doubtful again. "Angor… you're not serious, right? Saka became a supernatural ten years ago and always grew in strength smoothly. He's now at his bottleneck as a Level-2 apprentice. It's only a matter of time for him to become a Level-3."
So what? I knocked him out for good. Angor thought in his mind.
"Well, I just wanted to know about Silvia's skills, just in case, really."
Dave was unconvinced, but he proceeded to answer Angor's question anyway.
Angor remained silent after hearing Dave. What Dave said about Silvia's skills was exactly what he saw during his battle against Saka.
The problem was, anyone who was affected by Soul Howling looked miserable in the end. Even if they managed to survive, Silvia's Soul Absorption would definitely go for the win, unlike Angor's case in which Angor was not affected in the slightest.
This meant that Silvia did not have any problem. He was safe because of something on him.
Angor had a feeling that he was losing control of his own body. Whatever happened inside him?
Instead of feeling lucky about how he resisted Silvia's soul attacks, Angor was more afraid of something unknown lurking in him.
"I think I need to ask Sunders about this," he mumbled. He would never sleep well again if he did not get a clear answer.
Outside the market, gentle moonlight had illuminated the sky, decorating the apprentice town like a calm, deep ocean. Angor stayed at Dave's shop late into the night to exchange some alchemy experience with him.
For many times, Dave tried to ask why Angor wanted to know about Saka, but Angor only diverted the topic every time. Dave gave up in the end and asked about something else instead.
"You sure you don't want me to sell your weapons right now? There are many quests in the questing hall that ask to buy alchemy weapons. They would pay double price than average. A tiered long-range weapon may probably sell for twenty thousand merit points or more."
"Not now, I can wait." 
The message about the garden of purification had not been announced yet. Angor already decided to wait until then. To him, whether the information could raise his profit was unimportant—he was going to earn anyway.
"Why would the questing hall buy weapons though? There are alchemists in the organization, right?" Angor asked.
Dave glared at him. "You've been in here for half a year now. How could you not know something so basic?"
"Um, so… why?" Angor blinked innocently and acted as if he was only an eager student.
Dave answered in a somewhat impatient tone, "Who told you the quests are all from the organization?"
"They're not?"
"No, duh! Brute Cavern only put up a really small number of quests for people. Most of them are published by other wizards or apprentices. The quests looking for alchemy weapons are initiated by Level-3 apprentices. I think they learned some kind of secret, so they are all preparing for something to come. There are many teams looking for new members."
"I see…" Angor was not interested in their secret. He was still thinking about how the quests were published. "So, I can put a quest there too, right? Say, if I need someone to help me find a potion or an alchemy material?"
Dave nodded. "Of course you can. Although finding a potion might be a little…" He glanced at Angor and continued, "You can't find alchemy potions in the underground market or from quests. We've too few alchemists in Brute Cavern.
"But, you can try accepting quests which ask for custom weapons. There are always such quests with great payment, and sometimes they give you rare materials in return. Keep in mind though, you should avoid quests which don't provide blueprints. No alchemist will ever accept them because creating a correct blueprint takes too much time. You also have to find proper materials for the new blueprint on yourself. If I had that kind of time, I'd rather spend it on improving my skills."
Dave's suggestion provided Angor with a new idea. Angor did not really want the extra merit points because he could always earn points by making more weapons. He was, however, interested in the rare materials.
However, he was busy with his tower challenge now. Any new idea would have to wait until he reached the top level.
"Are you going to make something new recently? You know, I can always help you with your plan," said Dave as he revealed an intrigued look.
Apart from being a bit jealous about Angor's skills, Dave also developed respect toward Angor. He believed that he could learn something really good if he followed Angor's steps.
Even if there was no alchemy knowledge to learn, he could still gain innovations from Angor's creations. Those alchemy weapons he saw last time all had wild, yet great designs, especially the Tang… Tang Dao? And Emei Piercers. Their names sounded weird, yet the simple shapes held great potential, which meant Angor possessed some unique and viable alchemy ideas.
For alchemists, having their own inspirations was always more important than having great alchemy skills.
"Plans?" Angor considered. "There's one. But it's not a weapon."
"Oh! Can you tell me?" Dave really wanted to know. It was not polite to ask for someone's alchemy plans so boldly, but Dave could not really hold back his urge to learn.
Angor did not seem offended in the least. "It's a music box."
"Music box?" Dave rolled his eyes. He knew what that was. Some kind of plaything in noble families, completely useless.
"Why music box? Try something else maybe? Another weapon will do. You just began to study alchemy, there's no need to go for different stuff so early."
Angor shook his head and insisted. "I'm not really overdoing myself. It's just a simple toy for Toby. Toby loves music, so I want to make something using Echo Flowers."
This was what Dave thought: 
To make a toy for a familiar pet… how much time and money does he have?!


A young traveler who receives enlightenment from another civilization is on a mission to save his beloved mentor. In his journey to seek the ultimate truth, he travels extensively and along the way, he experiences some unpredictable encounters. Will he be able to save his mentor or will his path be derailed?

"Dream?"
Fang Yuan smiled and showed a mysterious look.
This unpredictable attitude of his worried Ling Yin.
"That's alright…"
He smiled and was rather gentlemanly. "I initially wanted to trade with you, your knowledge in alchemy for your freedom… But since you are not willing, then…"
"Pa!"
Fang Yuan snapped his fingers.
"Whooo! Whooo!"
A layer of Ecstasy Fog appeared and covered Ling Yin.
"You…"
Ling Yin stared at him and said a word before falling asleep.
Even if her miniature elemental force was not sealed, she would still succumb to Fang Yuan's Ecstasy Spell, not to mention the state she was in now.
"My lady… Let's meet in your dream…"
Fang Yuan placed his palm on Ling Yin's forehead and initiated the dream accessing process.
…
It was daytime with a slight drizzle. A thick fog was all around.
In the Secluded Mountain Prefecture, within a large manor, Ling Yin stood up and yawned as she rubbed her eyes.
She had the look of a 12-year-old with two hair buns. She was in a pink robe and wore silk shoes, with two yellow flowers at the side. She was like a mini sculpture, adorable.
"This is… My home…"
Ling Yin was confused. "Why do I feel like I have forgotten something important…"
"Ling Yin!"
A voice travelled from the front of the manor, and Ling Yin threw all her thoughts aside. She stuck out her little tongue and said, "Oh no, I've woken up late today, will Master scold me?"
She ran all the way and arrived at the alchemy room.
In the middle of the alchemy room stood a large cauldron, and beneath it was Beast Charcoals burning. There was no smoke, only red flames, and anyone who stood near it would sweat profusely.
"You've missed the morning lesson, why are you so late today?"
Lu Renjia was wearing a brown robe in front of the cauldron, looking much younger than before.
"Don't be angry master… I… I was working late last night, and slept a little later than usual!"
Ling Yin kneeled down and begged for forgiveness, and was worried that she would be beaten by the bamboo rods.
"Hmm, I'll remember this… I will test you today. You will start reciting the alchemy technique and alchemy song, then I'll test your medicine identification… If there are any errors, hehe…"
Lu Renjia displayed a strict master face and continued, "Let's start with the Nine Transformation Alchemy Formula, then the Fire Hand Palm! Recite!"
"Yes, Master!"
Ling Yin obediently agreed and without hesitation started to recite. "Nine Transformation Alchemy Formula starts with the elements, first with ancient fire, then with wood…"
She was smart, to begin with, and now she could feel her thoughts rushing through her mind, as she grew suspicious. 'How did I learnt so much of Master's alchemy techniques?'
As she smelled the concoction, she could immediately identify the pill being made. It was the usual Hundred Grass Pellet, which she could make it herself too.
'Wait… When did I learn the recipe for Hundred Grass Pellet?'
The young Ling Yin was suspicious, then heard Lu Renjia's voice again. "Hmm, you are familiar with the techniques which means you are hardworking. However, it is not enough to just know them, you still need to understand!"
Lu Renjia showed a fierce expression, and Ling Yin did not dare to think any further as she shivered.
"Let me ask you, what is the difference between Three Yang Fire and Three Yin Fire?"
"Their difference lies in the type of flame. The Three Yang Fire is charcoal flame, while the Three Yin Flame is…"
Ling Yin answered without hesitation.
"Then what is the Settling Jade Liquid and Rising Sun?"
"Jade Liquid refers to pill essence. When the pill essence settles, it is a sign of the pill condensing. The Rising Sun refers to the method of extracting the pill, generally speaking…"
…
Time passed quickly as the exchange went by, and the young Ling Yin became increasingly suspicious.
Master's questions were obviously those that she had not learnt, but unknowingly, she would be able to answer them, as though she had ten years of experience in alchemy.
'I seem to… forget something… Could it be that I've learnt alchemy before?'
Suddenly, there was an excruciating pain in her brain as she hugged her head with her hands, and squatted down in pain.
"Mm, you've done well in today's test, go and rest!"
As 'Lu Renjia' witnessed this scene, he had a weird expression and waved his hands. A fog emerged from a corner of the alchemy room, and slowly entered Ling Yin's body.
"Yes, Master! I will take my leave!"
Ling Yin heaved as the pain in her head subsided. She did not think about it anymore and left.
"Whooo…"
As the door closes, Lu Renjia sighed, and suddenly transformed into Fang Yuan, with pity on his face. "Even though I am in the dream building stage, I am still too inexperienced. While trying to retrieve the secrets and stimulating her, I might even accidentally make the real Ling Yin lucid, and might be at a disadvantage!"
"I have gained quite a lot today, so I'll just come back tomorrow!"
He smiled and the entire dream world collapsed.
…
"What a good dream!"
In the cell, Fang Yuan gazed at Ling Yin, who was soundly asleep and left the cell.
One would be innocent if he thought that he could conceal any secrets from a dream master!
Although he did not know any alchemy, this direct disciple of Lu Renjie must know, Furthermore, she was personally taught by him, which made her even more valuable.
"What a pity my dream-building skill was only elementary, otherwise I could just flip through her memories while she was awake, and could even reproduce the exact scene where Lu Renjia taught her…"
Fang Yuan only reached the stage where he could edit a spiritual beast's memories. To do the same to a spiritual disciple, he would need more skill.
"With my new knowledge, I can still manage Lanruo!"
"Furthermore, it would also be good to gain more alchemy experience. After the holy stage, I might even follow the path of a dream alchemy master…"
With this to play cheat, what else could he say?
On the next day, Fang Yuan called for Lanruo and answered her queries.
Huang Fu Renhe was listening at one side, surprised.
He thought that Fang Yuan was only skilled in martial arts, and not in alchemy.
However, it seems that his Master's alchemy skills was even better than his, which made Fang Yuan even more mysterious in the eyes of Huang Fu Renhe, as his respect for him grew.
…
Unknowingly, half a year went by, and the new year has begun.
In Xia Country, the new year was an extremely important festival. In the Secluded Mountain Prefecture, every household was decorated with colourful lanterns and there were hustle and bustle all around.
Furthermore, many people spent a lot of money after surviving the battle. Even the normal household bought many new clothes and tons of meat to celebrate life after the war, and the entire city centre became much more prosperous.
In Qingye City.
"Master look… This is the Blood Clotting Powder which Lanruo personally made!"
Lanruo wore a leopard print coat, and her face was glowing with happiness as she showed off her achievement to Fang Yuan.
"Oh?"
After hearing her, Fang Yuan diverted his attention from the festivities outside to the packet of powder in Lanruo's hands.
Fang Yuan grew a year older, but there wasn't any drastic change to him. He wasn't scared of the cold anymore and wore a thin clothing despite the snowfall outside, which made him special.
He took the packet of powder form Lanruo's hands and sniffed it. "That's right, this is good quality Blood Clotting Powder. Good job Lanruo, you are now a qualified pharmacist!"
A pharmacist is not an alchemy master; not even an alchemy disciple, but at least she was making progress.
Based on theory, she only had two more steps. The first being fusing her miniature elemental force to become an alchemy disciple, and the next would be to break through to elemental force to become an alchemy master and able to harness spiritual fire!
Only two steps for Lanruo to become the likes of Lu Renjia, like how in a blink of an eye, a chicken would become a duck.
In reality, Fang Yuan knew that it would be almost impossible.
Although it might seem that a normal person could become an alchemy master in two steps, and even looked much simpler than the 12 Golden Gates, the difficulty of it was immense.
Unlike martial arts where one can advance step by step, the way of a spiritual knight is to reach for the Heavens in one single step!
It was obvious that those without gifts or potential should give up. Only those with gifts, a strong foundation, and luck might have a chance.
Why luck?
This was a problem related to finding a master.
Take Lanruo for an example. If she did not meet Fang Yuan, she had to wait for ages before 'someone worthy sees potential in her', before a spiritual knight would take her in as a disciple.
The scariest possibility would be while waiting for the right master to come along, she might be abducted by the Wild Wolves Faction like the previous time, or even worse, taken in by an evil spiritual knight, who would use her a sacrifice.
Fang Yuan would be satisfied if Lanruo could break through the bottleneck and become a qualified alchemy disciple before she turns 20.
"Master… Is there something bothering you?"
Lanruo raised her head and could sense that something was not right.
"Oh?"
Fang Yuan was surprised. "To detect this you must have a strong magical energy. I'm glad my spiritual food cultivation for you did not go to waste… You're right, Master is a little vexed."
"Lanruo wants to grow up and quickly mature so that I can help out Master and Brother!"
Lanruo exclaimed.
"Haha… Just some small matters, I won't need Lanruo's help for this one!"
Fang Yuan laughed and pinched Lanruo's cheeks.
"Master, don't"
While playing a fool with her, his had forgotten his worries.
"Master!"
When Lanruo left, Zhou Wenwu approached Fang Yuan and greeted him.
As the city master, he now had a beard and looked rather composed. "The Chen Family brought news. The people from the royal family are here…"
"Alright!"
Fang Yuan looked at the heavy snow outside and waved his hands. "Such urgency… They must be here because of Liu Yan. After all, this city master of ours is rather high-profile!"


This is the story of a boy who lived a secluded life in the mountains, tending his farm, rearing his fish, and dreaming his dreams. Eh? Did I suddenly conquer all worlds and become the big boss? Or am I still in a dream?

At this moment, the square of the Alchemist Union was crammed with alchemists and mages from nearby cities, mercenaries, and knights who were interested in this new mystical realm, and even some high-level officials of the Canglan City Branch of the Alchemist Union.
"Mr. Leo." In the Spiritual Spell Visual Projection, the black-robed alchemist wearing a union badge said, "I'm pleased to work with you again. I heard that you've invited the famous Master Lam, the well-known master in forging swords in Canglan City, to demonstrate this brand-new comprehensive mystical realm."
"Yes." Leo nodded casually and said, "Master Lam will use the unique blacksmith and alchemy equipment in the mystical realm to make a battle sword swiftly. Then, I'll refine some excellent extra material with alchemy and attach magic effects onto this battle sword. You'll see how well-equipped our mystical realm is for the training of alchemy and blacksmith skills."
"Excellent," The alchemist of the Alchemist Union said, "I'm full of anticipation! I believe everyone here are also eager to watch it."
"But I think our Master Lam is here right now, right?" The mage continued, "Can we ask Master Lam to come up and say hello to the people here? Let's call out to Master Lam louder, okay?"
"Master Lam! Master Lam!" Ear-deafening shouts rose from the hall of the Alchemist Union.
Having just finished the application process, Mr. Fang walked past them with his hands covering his ears, looking a little frustrated. "What are they doing here…?"
While muttering, he walked out of the door.
"I think we should begin as soon as possible." A brawny middle-aged man walked up, his grey tank top revealing his bulging muscles.
"Master Lam looks eager to try this new mystical realm," The alchemist of the Alchemist Union said in a loud voice, "Then, let's begin!"
…
"Now, we come to the ore warehouse following Master Lam."
"These categorized materials are top-quality metal ores including black iron, mountain copper, and some rare materials such as purified gold and mystical silver," Lam said proudly as if he had come into his own huge treasure chamber, "But our destination is not this place but the warehouse of refined materials in the front."
"To forge a good battle sword swiftly, we can't waste time on smelting and refining ores."
…
"Now, we've arrived at Mr. Leo's alchemy room." The alchemist of the Alchemist Union soon came into Leo's alchemy room. Right now, Leo was concocting a black potion with a transparent crystal bottle.
"Mr. Leo, I wonder if your work will be affected in such a situation." The alchemist from the Alchemist Union said, "As everyone knows, alchemy is a meticulous process."
"I can't make high-end magic items in such a situation," Leo said while measuring the potion, "But today, this is an easy job for me."
"Excellent. It seems that Master Leo is very confident in his skills."
…
The whole hall was crammed with people.
The spacious hall in the Alchemist Union was crowded as more people came in to watch the demonstration.
"Hahaha!" At this moment, hearty laughter sounded from outside the Alchemist Union.
"This way, please!" The speaker was a female mage in a moon-white alchemist robe. 
Walking in with her was a white-haired and white bearded old man in a moon-white mage's robe, and a few short and stocky figures were trailing beside him.
"Elder Sauk came here to watch the demonstration of the Lava Workshop's new mystical realm?" The female mage asked with a smile. She was an intellectual and graceful female mage. With her light brown long hair coiled up into a bun behind her head, she looked like a royal aristocrat.
Beside her was a stocky figure with a hearty and resonant voice which could be heard clearly over the noisy crowd.
"I think this old man came to drink my black wine!" The white-bearded old man laughed.
"Hahahaha…"
The dwarf's height only reached the female mage's shoulder. With his beard trimmed neatly and hair tied into braids, he looked wild but not ugly in his clean, thick leather armor with black scale patterns. He looked like a rough-looking human with a stocky and short build.
Several other stocky dwarves followed him.
Sauk Stonehammer was an elder of the Stone Hammer Dwarf Tribe from Black Iron Castle. Looking at the enthusiastic atmosphere in the big hall, he laughed heartily and said, "Are these people here to watch the new mystical realm?"
"Of course!" The female mage gestured forward and said, "This way, please."
These people moved away from the crowd and walked toward the back of the great hall.
At this moment, the dwarf elder suddenly paused his steps when he saw a Spiritual Spell Visual Projection in one corner of the great hall. On it was written, [Dashing Sword Immortal, and Making Artifacts Online]
??? What's that?!
A few people are actually watching it with great interest?!
The female mage's face twitched as she thought, Come one… why are you here watching this stuff instead of watching the alchemy demonstration in the center of the hall!
She also noticed that a girl in the grey mage's robe at the counter of the material store was also watching the [Dashing Sword Immortal, and Making Artifact Online] without blinking.
Do you want to keep your job or not?!
Adolf was the vice president of the Royal Alchemy Association of the Morning Light Empire and one of the white-robed elders in the headquarters of the Alchemist Union. His position was much higher than the president of the Alchemist Union of Canglan City, and this female mage named Dicas was his disciple.
"I'll go and see what's happening." With a dark expression, the old man walked over with his disciple.
"Ugh…" Elder Sauk exchanged a look with th eother dwarves. "…"
-A while later-
"What's going on?" The dwarves who were forgotten on the side began to wonder.
"Didn't they say that they would just take a look…"
At this moment, an old man in a blue mage's robe hurried toward them with a group of alchemists.


We’ve had systems that help the MCs make pills, steal skills from legendary masters, and even be forced to show off to earn points, but what about a system that allows one to run a virtual reality internet cafe, featuring all the classic games?

Our MC awakens in a new world (Truck-kun strikes again) and finds himself with a mysterious system that allows him to run a fully self-sufficient virtual reality internet cafe! What? Opening an internet cafe in a cultivator world? You can now surf the internet, watch dramas, and play video games?!

One Emperor Warrior cried after visiting MC’s shop, “Damn, Blizzard completes my life!”
Another Yuan River Realm cultivator gasped after drinking Sprite, “What is this sorcery?” 

What else did the MC bring to the cultivator world? Come join us on this adventure as Fang Qi faces off against cultivation sects and major forces with his collection of modern treasures.

Alex was a solitary person, he had spent a month in the hall of Convocation, but he had not even made a single friend. He had kept to his schedule as he drowned himself in books and study. Alex envisioned that people who actually just decided to focus on their education and went on to universities lived like this. It was just study upon study upon study. 

The first things he needed understanding of was the basics of the three topics, which most of the time had to be just the identification of the raw materials that was required for them. In just the first week alone, Alex had memorized thousands upon thousands of individual plants, herbs, fruits, moss, leaves, grass, trees and sea weeds that had a multitude of different effects. Alchemy had the most information to be absorbed, but it was mainly just a matter era of being able to cram and identifying everything he's had to learn. 

Alex had two cultivation paths, and if not just for the normal cultivation of Qi alone, his spirit cultivation would afford him great advancements and evolution to his mental faculties, acuity, and versatility. Which is to say all cultivators and spirit kings were geniuses by virtue of their Cultivation. 

There were three volumes of biology that Alex had to memorize, the first had to deal with plants, the second had to deal with beasts of all kind. And the third had to deal with what the book had labeled as the treasures of heaven and earth. This were materials that were not naturally in existence like plants or even demonic beasts, but rather were Born as a result of a plethora of natural phenomenon. More often than not this treasures of heaven an earth would be found on other worlds or pocket dimensions that overlooked with earth, heck some were even listed as being inky capable of existing beyond the boundaries of life, which is to say you can only find it in the land of the dead. 

But that was just alchemy, before going into the understanding of the techniques behind it, what you needed to do was be capable of recognizing it's materials and their effects. But even with the sheer amount of knowledge he had to master and digest, Alex had only taken a week to have a light memorization of them down, and used another three days to fully comprehend everything.  With that done, the next would have been him moving on to practical applications, but he got greedy, rather than just focusing on one alone, Alex wanted to dabble with the others, so he went after Blacksmith next.
 
The amount of information he needed to assimilate and digest from blacksmithing wasn't as much as alchemy or arrays, in fact it had the shortest amount of information to be memorized. There were thousands of metallic ores, but not up to the dozens of thousands that was for plants. 

And just like with alchemy, it taught him how to identify them, how to find them, the kind of environment one needed to pay attention to know there was an ore vein beneath them. It only had two volumes, and both were not as much as those from alchemy, but just like alchemy; it had him memorize the natural metallic ores, and then the natural beasts whose bones, tusks, claws and fangs can be in forging weapons or other sort of effects.

 And then next he memorized about the treasures of heaven and earth that had to do with blacksmithing. Funny enough, many of the information Alex had learnt  correlated with most of the info from alchemy, so it was quite easy for him to remember those animals and plants that could actually provide multiple profession materials in both alchemy and blacksmithing. 

Of the three professions, Blacksmithing was the most physically demanding, alchemy demanded lot's of resources and a great deal of talent, and arrays required both talent, resources, and a shit load of mental strength. Which was why there were less array masters than blacksmiths and alchemists, and less alchemists than blacksmiths.

After mastering the basic knowledge from blacksmithing, something that Alex knew Anya had studied a bit in the past on the behest of his dad,  he turned his attention to arrays. Alex had more patience than Anya, even though Alex was not allowed to cultivate which was stupid no matter how many times he thought about it, his father knew Alex was more suited to arrays than Anya. According to what his dad had said, most arrays worked best in the hands of blacksmiths. 

The blacksmith vocation was a whole lot more complicated and important than the other two. Another name for blacksmiths were Qi engineers. Basically they built modern technology as it is, and it was in tandem with array masters that they were able to incorporate great effects into the creations, like forging a ship that could travel and tear through space, traveling through spatial tunnels to arrive in another location. It was a symbiotic operation that has been going for s very long time. 

After digesting the basic blacksmith knowledge that had to do memorizing, he jumped to arrays. He already had a basic foundation on arrays, but when he saw the basic knowledge in front of him, he realized that his knowledge would barely be considered a drop in the ocean. You can compare the simple text books found in a village library to what the Wudang sect had to offer. So had he had to scrap everything he had learnt and started from the bottom, building a proper foundation.

Arrays also required memorization, there were twelve basic arrays, and nine elemental arrays that served as the foundation blocks for the beginner knowledge. 

The twelve basic arrays were the: [PUSH, PULL, HIDE, REVEAL, DEFEND, ATTACK, SLEEP, AWAKE, SPEED, SLOW, GROW, DECAY] Each of this basic arrays had simple strokes that they were formed from, however once you begin to move those strokes and symbols, even perfectly incorporating the other basic arrays, you can create new combinations and new arrays, causing a variety of new effects. For example the push, pull, speed and a couple of elemental combination arrays formed the basis for the arrays that made it possible for a spatial gate to exist and connect from one tunnel to another.

The nine element arrays included: [FIRE, WATER, EARTH, AIR, LIGHTNING, DARK, LIGHT, LIFE, DEATH] the elemental arrays can be combined too, and in the process new elements can be born. Fire and water gave you steam, dark, light, and earth combined gave you gravity, whilst fire, air and lightening gave you plasma. Alex was sure he would have lots of time to experiment in the future. 

He had to thoroughly study the basic and elemental arrays until he could actual draw them in his sleep, and that alone took him a while two weeks. When combined with the time he used in learning alchemy and blacksmithing knowledge, obviously arrays were a lot harder. As it stands he only had two weeks before he had to go back and refine his martial arts for the competition that was six weeks away. He wanted to get started on getting some resources, but to do that he would contribution points. 

There were some sect missions and tasks he could carry out to be able to get the points he needed, however those will be time consuming and he would not have as much time as needed to experiment. So instead he would focus on the advance basic knowledge, especially on blacksmithing, since blacksmithing would provide him some of the materials he would need for his arrays, and even help him forge a furnace for his alchemy. 

It wasn't too bad of an idea, knowledge is power after all, and after the competition regardless of whatever rank he gets, he would be able to at least get a few contribution points for participating. With that out of the way, he would be able to focus on his vocations.

Besides Alex didn't think he would lose, after he just advanced to the ninth stage of the open Meridian realm yesterday, and he didn't have to do anything other than just living his life. Besides how dangerous or hard can a competition between a few kids be.

The Earth has changed, having a different history than we know. Two massive empires hold sway over her destiny. The Empire of Heaven and the Albion Empire;
It is an era of great technological advancements, and the mysterious power of Qi. The six great powers of the heavens empire lead and pioneer advancement in martial arts the likes which has never been seen. Bringing about great prosperity and peace as the world thrived under the shadow of the great knights and mages of Albion, and the protection given by

The Shaolin temple, the Emei sect, the Beggars sect, The Tang sect, the Imperial guards, and the Wudang sect. 

A young man prepares to live his destiny and find his path in this world of cultivation. The halls and temples of the wudang sect call to him as he goes there in search of power and for his future. But war and darkness hangs on the Horizon, threatening everything he has come to love and cherish, and even though he tries to be strong, there's always something or someone aiming to bring him down.

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