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5.15% Cheat Cultivator's Ascension / Chapter 19: Practicing Alchemy

Chương 19: Practicing Alchemy

"Ahem…" a beautiful lady faked a cough as she plays around with her voluminous black hair, seemingly embarrassed to ask about something.

 

Seeing this, a young man that appears to be in his mid-teens shook his head as the dignified image of the lady gradually crumbles in his mind.

 

"So… Master don't know my name?" he asks just to make sure, but the lady was embarrassed, scratching the back of her head as she smiles awkwardly, unsure of what she should reply.

 

"Ahem… I forgot to ask about it yesterday as I have other things to deal with" she replied, trying to act proper to regain a bit of the dignity she lost.

 

"Haah… forget about it, Su Tian greets master!!" he sighs before cupping his fist, using his fake identity instead of addressing himself as disciple in order to save her a bit of face.

 

Seeing how he acts, the lady couldn't help but nod in satisfaction at this tactful disciple she picked up, praising herself in her mind, she drags him towards her study room, proceeding to test his knowledge of the book she gave him previously.

 

To be honest, the thing she did is more of a way to curb down the young man's pride, that is easily visible in his eyes. She had seen so many of such geniuses despite her mere two and a half decades of life, nearly all of them falling at a young age because they either ate more than they can chew, offending someone capable of annihilating them, or they let their guard down and encountered someone who can match them, completely catching them off guard.

 

Obviously, she doesn't want anything like this to happen to her first disciple, hence she decided to teach him the most important lesson first, and that is forbearance, and what more perfect way to teach him than comparisons? Making him comprehend something that she needs a couple of days just to memorize, isn't it basically asking for a mortal to pluck the stars in the sky?

 

However, her expectations are bound to be shattered as he answers each and every question she threw him with ease, each answer concise and direct to the point, with little to no problems that she could point out.

 

What even terrifies her more is that when she allowed him to ask her questions, the thing that he asks are far too advanced for his current level, asking about the things needed to neutralize this kind of reaction between two kinds of herbs, and even reaching a point where he was almost ninety percent accurate with his self-formulated pill formulas, and some of them even appears to be an improvement over the original.

 

'I observed him all night, and I'm completely sure he never gets out and only read the book in his room, doesn't that mean that he basically inferred this all by himself just by knowing the properties of the herbs?' the thought terrifies her, as if so, what she picks up is no genius, but a monster hiding in human clothing.

 

"Dear disciple, is it really your first time coming across alchemy?" the lady asked just to be sure, even though she already knew the answer.

 

"Yes, as this is this disciple's first time going out of home, and the elders at home are cultivators of the martial path, rather than the alchemical path" he replies simply, trying to avoid revealing any sort of information about his family.

 

"Doesn't that mean that you're also a martial artist?" the lady was surprised as she heard about his elders.

 

"Yes, how else can I roam freely and safely if not?" he said shrugging his shoulders, to him, nothing was special about what he does as people in this world also do the same thing as him.

 

"That's just amazing" she praised.

 

"I think there's nothing amazing about it" he said truthfully rather than humbly, if others heard him, they might think he's bragging but the message was properly conveyed to his master.

 

"Hahaha, that's just what you think" she laughs quite loudly, and while her voice is extremely pleasant, it is still quite weird seeing a lady laugh so free-spiritedly like that.

 

Gathering herself together, she starts talking once again as she stares over the distance.

 

"Back when I was your age, I was also at the peak of Qi Refining Realm" she said, completely convincing herself that Wu Xiaotian was a mid-teen at least, given his appearance.

 

'If she knows my true age, I wonder how she will react' he thought as he continues listening to her story.

 

"But different from you, I was never allowed nor do I dared to go outside until I reached the Pedestal Establishment Realm. It was not only me, everyone in the same generation was also raised like this, as the elders was worried due to the outside being too vicious, realms don't matter and your riches will be your downfall, especially when its plenty enough to attract enemies far more powerful than you" she pauses as she sighs recalling her teenage years outside. Recalling the times, she remembered that she also experienced quite a lot back then, cultivators stronger than her sometimes coveting her treasures, and more often than not, it was her beauty they covet.

 

Fortunately, she was skilled enough to escape, or even repel the people who tried doing all sort of things to her, and looking at the status and strength she currently has, only retard would dare to do such things to her now.

 

"Well, enough about me, let's turn you into a fine alchemist, disciple" she said as she stood up from her seat, dragging him towards the pill refinement room, where multiple cauldrons were set, making him sit in front of the largest one in the center.

 

She started by teaching him the basics, how to properly handle the materials, how to extract the necessary essence out of them, controlling the fire, the most optimal temperature, how to deal with the materials once they're already inside the cauldron, and how to condense the completely refined materials into a pill. While the process is long and complex, as well as requires a massive amount of focus, Wu Xiaotian enjoys every second of it as he absorbs all the knowledge his master teaches him, almost like a bottomless pit.

 

"What a monster…" she mutters to herself as he witnesses him completely controlling the flow of the pill refinement like a maestro conducting in front of an orchestra. Every wave of his hand, materials were refined and added to the cauldron, fire was increasing and decreasing completely through his command, and the materials inside completely harmonizing, forcing out the best quality of each other as he controls it with his intent masterfully.

 

It was only his first solo try after following her examples three times in a row. While following her, he never messed up even once and now that he was no longer guided, the no mess up streak continues.

 

Eventually, he condensed the seven pills out of the mixture of materials in the cauldron, surprising his master when he saw it.

 

"Is it hard to condense seven pills from that?"

 

"What hard? It's almost impossible given its your first try, don't you know how much of a hard work this lady had gone through just to condense seven pills at will? I'm twenty-five!!" she said with pride and indignation in her voice. Pride due to her eyes being good enough to pick up such gem as her disciple, and indignation due to this said disciple being oblivious enough to not know the implication of his achievements.

 

"Well, I've been focused with martial arts since I was a child so I've never really had an idea" he said as he scratched the back of his head, clear that his master is quite annoyed despite this being only their second meeting.

 

"Haah… forget it, let's refine some more set of materials and rest for a while" she said as she comforts herself by thinking that at least he's her disciple, before starting to refine pills with him occasionally pointing out his mistakes and sometimes she seeks out and ask him when she find something interesting in his refining process.

 

If outsiders were to see what's happening, they would rather incline believing that the two of them are peers of the same level exploring alchemy together.


Chương 20: Goddess Ranking

"Damn, you're one hell of a lucky guy brother!! Who would've guessed that the alchemy genius Master Hua was also the same person as Hua Xian'er, the peerless beauty of heavenly talent, the Heavenly Phoenix Master of the Ten Rising Stars!!!" a young man's voice was heard all across a certain large shop in the Thousand Roads City, causing the other shopkeepers around to stare at him, as well as the young man beside him with jealousy.

 

It has been a month since he arrives here. Doing a repetitive schedule, he had done nothing but practice alchemy, roam around in hopes of finding inspiration for his breakthrough to Pedestal Establishment Realm, occasionally bantering with his sloppy master, exchanging ideas regarding their comprehension of alchemy.

 

Due to this, he managed to amass a fair bit of spirit stone, which while useful to other cultivators as a spirit qi source for cultivation, was completely useless as a cultivation tool to him, who has an Infinite Qi System. Fortunately, this fortune can still do its job as currency for him.

 

This brings him trouble though as news of a 'young powerless' new alchemist reaches the ears of the underground, their greed rising into an all-time high trying to capture him to refine pills for them for free.

 

That plan completely backfired when they encountered him with his master, who revealed her identity out of anger, telling everyone that whoever dares to touch him, no matter what kind of power they are will be trampled by her.

 

This thing happened a week ago yet whenever he meets this good brother, he would go on and complain how lucky he was to be the disciple of one of the most beautiful ladies in all of the continent, not having an idea just what kind of personality this so called 'beauty' has.

 

"You've always been telling me about this top beauty of the continent, what's the deal with that anyways?" Wu Xiaotian asks as he had been hearing it so much from Ling Feng every day.

 

"Tsk tsk tsk… Look at you brother, like a worm hiding under a rock" he said as he tried to dodge a fist directly coming for his head elegantly but failed miserably in doing so.

 

Holding a head with relatively huge bump, he started his blabbering, "You remember when I tell you one time about Heavenly Seers right? Well, not only that intelligence organization gathers and organize information and publish ranking of talented martial artists for each realm, they also have other rankings, ranging from something pretty normal such as the Goddess Ranking, the one I mentioned to you, to completely weird one like the Artistic Killing Ranking, well let's focus on the crux of the issue" he paused before finding a comfortable place to sit on, leaning in before starting again.

 

"The Goddess Ranking, as the name suggests is a record of outstanding female geniuses with attractive appearance, the kind that would have followers wherever they go. Well, apparently, your master, nicknamed Ice Phoenix Empress in the ranking, sits on the fourth seat back then but the third place died, and now she's firmly sat on the third spot, never ousted by the ones behind her yet never entering the territory of the two in front of her"

 

"To surpass even master in terms of overall attractiveness and strength, just who are the other two?" Wu Xiaotian still asked, although he have an idea who the two women was.

 

"They're part of the previous generations, the first place the generation before ours and the second before the first place's generation, the second place, Immortal Sword Fairy, Jiang Xinyue, and firmly sitting at the first place since her first public appearance, Peerless Heavenly Goddess, Su Meiyao" he said with reverence in his eyes, not purely because of the rumor of their beauty but mainly because of their irrefutable might.

 

This is because back when the two roams the continent, none among their peers can match them, with the Immortal Sword Fairy being known to only have one equal, one from the Valley of Harmony, a sect that has already starting to amass animosity back then, while the Peerless Heavenly Goddess rise was quite the cometic one, with her aloof character suppressing all the geniuses of her generation, but before she was crowned an era defining genius, she fall into becoming a prisoner of the Extreme Martial Sect, her own sect destroyed causing her to fade into obscurity.

 

Hearing the story, Wu Xiaotian gain another perspective to look at his mother. Who would've guessed that her easygoing personality was something she only show him, as his brother told him that even back when Wu Xiaolong travels with her, they were often observed as a young man chasing after a beauty, rather than lovers who care for each other.

 

"Thanks for the story Brother Feng, I'll go now, or else my master will kill me for being late" Wu Xiaotian said before leaving, not realizing that he let out a bit of an expression when Ling Feng was telling him the story.

 

Beside the now alone Ling Feng, a middle-aged man donned in a butler like outfit appeared, the young man not even surprised as he seemed already too used to it.

 

"I won the bet Uncle Xing" he smiled as he looks towards the middle-aged man.

 

"Your eyes for people are really good little guy, fine here's the thing" the middle-aged man replied as he handed a scroll to the young man before asking "You're going to hand it to him, don't you?"

 

"Of course! Otherwise, how can I call myself a good brother" Ling Feng said making the middle-aged man shake his head and laugh.

 

"How did you know he will rise up and grow like that within just a month though?" Uncle Xing asked, his eyes filled with curiosity towards the young man's method.

 

"Feelings"

 

"Feelings?"

 

"I have this feeling whenever I face him Uncle Xing, If I feel like I am in front of a huge chasm that is vast and overwhelming when I'm facing my old man, then brother Tian gave of the feeling of being in front of a spatial tear, mysterious and terrifying, as if it could destroy me any second"

 

Hearing Ling Feng's statement, the middle-aged man was surprised as the sense of the young man's lineage is extremely accurate, even to the point that if talented enough, an Early State Qi Refining Realm can point out who the strongest in the crowd is ninety-five percent of the time.

 

"That young man is destined for greatness" he said while sighing in relief that such monster is a friend.

 

"Indeed he is, and his destiny will change the entire continent, hopefully for the better" Ling Feng replied as he recalls Wu Xiaotian's face when he told him about the Sword Immortal Fairy and the Peerless Heavenly Goddess.

 

'He should be related to them in some way given his reaction to the information' he said pausing for a second as he remembers something.

 

'Come to think of it, the Heavenly Goddess was spared from execution because she's bearing the Extreme Martial Sect's current sect leader's child back when the Valley's extermination ended right? Doesn't that mean that he's… No, that was just a little bit more than thirteen years ago, and he's definitely sixteen or seventeen already, it doesn't make sense...' giving up analyzing his good brother's identity, Ling Feng just sighs as he murmured 'Just who are you, Brother Tian'

 

Meanwhile, the young man the two was talking about is currently displaying a serious face, as he firmly threads the shop's hall towards a certain place, his pace steady and his steps as if prepared for battle.

 

Arriving in front of a door, he deeply inhaled first before exhaling, doing it again and again as if to calm his nerves before entering, but even this does nothing as what he saw still caused the vein on his temple to bulge due to anger.

 

Laying atop a soft round bed while draped with the bed's sheets, a beautiful woman with her dress half removed was deeply asleep. This would have been a beautiful sight enough to make Wu Xiaotian's heart skip a beat if not for the bottle the lady is holding in her hand, along with the reeking scent of alcohol all over her, not to mention the silly smile on her face as she mumbles 'my disciple this, my disciple that', all while scratching her tummy with her free hand.

 

If Ling Feng were to see this lady given the title of an empress behaving like this, he will definitely be devastated and run away from the scene.


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