Bai Xiang woke up sweating from head to toe and shivering, the dream he had just awake from was not only terrifying but also amazing in many ways, it would most likely be a very long time before he saw a fight of those proportions if he ever did.
As he remembered the last booming voice that sounded strikingly similar to Elenora from his dream he realized that he might have a fate greater than what he thought. Sure being reincarnated with a system meant he was not destined to be ordinary but now it seemed like there was some big cosmic event taking place in the relatively near future.
In the past, Bai Xiang wanted to get stronger and become immortal, but he never had any designs to be the strongest or rule anything, it was just the kind of thing that seemed obvious. If you become immortal it would be difficult to die and you could live a pretty good life, what more could he want, seeing how Elenora slaughtered those people in the divine realm terrified him though.
If she could slaughter 7 divine realm masters who had a higher cultivation than her then how easy would he die in a war? As much as he did not want to hear it the answer was obvious, if he was only immortal or even lower level of the divine realm then he would be cannon fodder in a heavenly war.
The question was, how should he get stronger, at his estimated rate of growth it is likely he would take much longer than a thousand years to become as strong as he wanted to be, the only solution was to increase his strength drastically to get to a higher level world as soon as possible since then he would get stronger at a faster rate.
That might seem easy but from what Miss Amanda said it would be best to be at least a soul manipulation realm to go to a higher world, which would take a minimum of a few years if he strictly cultivated, that is also assuming there would be no interruptions.
The only conclusion he could come to was that he needed to join a sect in this world so he could get resources and fight for lucky chances.
'Joining a sect sounds like a pain in the butt, it would be much easier to just stay with Miss Amanda and my parents.'
In truth Bai Xiang did not want to make many relationships since he knew he would leave them behind soon, it's the same thing with a girlfriend or wife, it was almost impossible to find someone with a growth speed comparable to him and he would have to leave them sooner or later to advance.
When he was done thinking he realized that as Miss Amanda assumed, he did not increase a minor realm last night, it would most likely take a few days to a week per realm in the core strengthening realm.
After he calmed down and got ready he went back to Aquae Vitae to ask her for advice, although it might affect his ability to pay back his debt he had to do something.
'If I need to get to a place called the Divine Heaven in 1,000 years I should try to become immortal in the next 200 years so I can gain strength before my time is up.'
As he walked through the streets he could feel the way he looked at the world changed, it was almost as if everything was much less interesting than before. It seemed that as a result of needing to grow stronger, his vision became more focused on strength than beauty.
After he arrived at the pill store he walked in like usual, unlike the usual empty store today there was a middle-aged man with a rather handsome appearance, he personified the rogue appearance perfectly. His long hair and five o'clock shadow gave him an unkept appearance but his angular face and calm demeanor made him seem impressive.
When Bai Xiang saw him he was surprised but was not sure what exactly to do, should he wait outside, or wait in line, well he was not really a customer so waiting in line would be strange.
After a few seconds of thinking he decided to look at the wall as he counted the bricks to seem busy, even if he knew Miss Amanda fairly well he understood that one mistake could get him in trouble while in the store, she viewed it all as the property of the Alchemy God and any kind of misbehaving as a direct insult to him.
Thinking about it, the Alchemy God in his dreams was not weak, assumingly he was also lower cultivation than their attackers but he held three of them off for a pretty long time, only in comparison to his wife did he look somewhat simple. It could be assumed that by now the Alchemy God was significantly more powerful than everyone that took place in that fight. From the time of that dream to now the Alchemy God went from someone who was seemingly on the run from various groups to being the highest authority in the land other than the Heavenly Emperor.
While he was thinking about various things the two other people in the room were talking.
"I would also like a nine-spirit meridian cleansing pill and sea-serpents water affinity pill."
"Of course, that will be two low-rank magic crystals and 800 gold coins."
Suddenly a dim light flashed and items appeared on the table, it seemed to be the payment for the pills, it was most likely more than almost anyone in this world would see in their entire lifetimes but this guy pulled it out like nothing.
When Miss Amanda handed the man two pill bottles she spoke in a more serious tone than when she was chatting with Bai Xiang.
"For the nine-spirit meridian cleansing pill we recommend putting yourself to sleep before consumption, it will greatly reduce the pain and prevent you from mistakenly doing something to injure yourself. For the sea-serpents water affinity pill the effects will be enhanced if taken under the full moon while at least 12 feet underwater."
The man bowed low and spoke in a respectful tone.
"Thank you for the advice miss, I will definitely follow your instructions!"
"Thank you for coming to Aquae Vitae and come again if you need any alchemical pills, we have branches in every major city."
After she finished speaking the man left the store with an excited expression, he most likely did in fact save money for a long time to buy those pills even if he tried to be nonchalant.
After he left Bai Xiang walked up to the counter and greeted her.
"Good morning Miss Amanda, it is uncommon to see customers here."
Bai Xiang was a little confused because she had a strange smile on her face as she spoke.
"Sometimes people come through who have enough money to buy stuff, that guy is pretty strong for this world but nothing special, he will max out in a small medium world. You will probably be stronger than him in a decade."
All of a sudden he remembered her strange instructions to the man and suddenly came to a conclusion.
"That advice you gave him was complete crap, wasn't it? You just want that guy to sit at the bottom of a lake under a full moon trying to eat a pill like an idiot."
Instantly he remembered that apparently she was sent to work at this store because of disciplinary issues, it seems like she was a troll who liked making people do stupid things.
She just looked at him and laughed.
"You catch on pretty quickly, in a few days he will be trying to swallow a pill while underwater at night, that is pretty funny but when he tries to absorb the pill and he needs to circulate energy he will probably swallow a bunch of water trying to breathe underwater. Isn't that pretty funny? It's not like he will be in danger with his cultivation but it will be hilarious."
Bai Xiang just looked at her dumbly, it seems like she was really a villain who terrorizes her customers, she made him her slave and made that guy clown himself, suddenly he felt good that she was here instead of somewhere else. Having such a villain performing acts of evil on even more people would be terrible.
Ignoring what she said he suddenly looked at her completely seriously.
"Miss Amanda please help me get strong as fast as possible, I will do anything!"