Chapter 6 Elder Fire
The next day, Xiao Yun, who had just attended the entrance ceremony, could not wait to run to the building where the Department of Alchemy was located, ready to choose his course time and alchemy instructor, and to pick up the textbooks and teaching materials of the Department of Alchemy.
As soon as he walked into the Department of Alchemy, he saw the instructor who led him yesterday standing at the door. When the instructor saw Xiao Yun coming, his face was full of joy, "Hahaha, Xiao Yun, thanks to you, I have gained a lot of benefits this time."
"?" Xiao Yun's face was full of question marks, and he had no idea what he was talking about.
Seeing Xiao Yun's expression, the instructor was not surprised and began to explain: "Yesterday I gave your information to Elder Huo of our Alchemy Department. Elder Huo is very satisfied with you and asked me to wait here. When you come, I will take you to find him."
Oh...it turns out that he sold me for a positive amount of money, no wonder he is so happy.
Xiao Yun understood that Elder Huo was attracted by him, ahem, he was attracted by his talent and was ready to accept him as his apprentice. But Xiao Yun was also happy about this. It was really like someone gave him a pillow when he was sleepy. It was undoubtedly much better to have a master to teach than to grope around blindly by himself.
Don't think that Elder Huo only appeared in the early stage of the original work and was completely invisible in the later stage. He was a supporting role. But this is the real world. In the Northwest Continent, Elder Huo, a fifth-grade alchemist with the strength of a fighting king, is still a big boss. It is completely enough for Xiao Yun to teach him now. As long as Xiao Yun can become Elder Huo's disciple, at least he doesn't have to worry about the resources for alchemy in the early stage.
The instructor took Xiao Yun to an alchemy room and knocked on the door gently.
"Come in." An old voice came from the door. The instructor patted Xiao Yun on the back and motioned Xiao Yun to go in alone.
Xiao Yun pushed open the door, and before he entered the room, he felt a strong and fiery breath coming towards him. In the middle of the alchemy room, there was a medicine furnace, and an old man with white hair was sitting in front of the furnace, his eyes always looking at the flames in the furnace. Xiao Yun closed the door, and seeing that Elder Huo ignored him, he did not say anything, but stood aside and watched quietly.
After a long time, Elder Huo quickly formed a seal with his hands. Before Xiao Yun could see his movements clearly, he saw that all the flames in the medicine furnace were absorbed into his hands, and then his hands flipped down, and the flames immediately dissipated.
"You are so young, so talented, and so calm. Little kid, you will be great in the future." Elder Huo finally turned to look at Xiao Yun. Seeing that Xiao Yun was sweating from the heat, he did not show any impatience. He immediately felt a sense of recognition and appreciation.
"I thought you must be very proud of your achievements despite your young age. I wanted to take this opportunity to temper your temper, but I didn't expect that you don't have the common problem of those geniuses. I was wrong." Elder Huo explained and apologized for his behavior of ignoring Xiao Yun.
"I dare not. I have no complaints in my heart."
Elder Huo stood up and took a closer look at Xiao Yun. The more he looked, the more satisfied he became.
He could tell at a glance that Xiao Yun was not a one-star fighter as written in the admission information, but had already broken through to two stars, and also had the talent of a pharmacist. With such a high talent for cultivation, even if Xiao Yun's talent as a pharmacist was a little lower, his future achievements would far exceed his.
I didn't expect that this once-in-a-century monster would be encountered by me today. Hahaha, in that case, I will follow the will of heaven and accept this apprentice. Elder Huo thought happily in his heart.
"My name is Huo Lie, I am a fifth-grade alchemy master and also an elder of the alchemy department. Would you like to be my disciple?"
"Yes, Xiao Yun pays respect to the teacher." As Xiao Yun expected, Elder Huo really valued his talent, and this was exactly what Xiao Yun wanted, so he immediately became my disciple.
"Hahaha, good, disciple, I have no children and you are the only one in my school, so there are not many rules. There is only one rule, which is that you cannot rely on your high level of cultivation to commit crimes, otherwise I will have to clean up the school. Can you do it?" Elder Huo stroked his gray beard with satisfaction and said with a smile.
"Teacher, don't worry. I am definitely not the kind of person who would do evil."
"Yes." Elder Huo nodded and waved his hand. The lid of the medicine cauldron beside him flew up, and a red light burst out. In an instant, a strong fragrance of elixir floated out with the light, filling the whole room.
"This is a pill recipe I got in my early years. It's called Fire Worship Paste. In terms of grade, it should be a fourth-grade pill. It can assist people with cultivation below the level of Grand Fighter to improve their cultivation speed. The higher the grade, the worse its effect. But with your current cultivation level, it should be able to double your cultivation speed." Dark red liquid flowed in the medicine cauldron. Elder Huo flipped his hand and took out a dozen jade bottles specially used for pills, and poured all the liquid into them. Collect them and store them in the storage ring, then throw the storage ring to Xiao Yun, "Here, this ointment is for external use. When you want to practice, apply it on the upper body, once a day. There are also martial arts and fighting skills prepared for you in the storage ring, as well as my experience in refining medicine. In addition, there are some low-level medicinal materials, pill recipes and medicine cauldrons. I will give you four days to memorize the medicinal materials and other teaching materials. After four days, come to me again, and I will formally teach you to refine medicine."
"Thank you, teacher!" Xiao Yun's eyes lit up, and his face showed joy. He took the storage ring, bowed to Elder Huo, and then left the alchemy room.
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After returning to the single dormitory prepared by the academy, Xiao Yun couldn't wait to see what good treasures his teacher had given him.
Using his own spiritual power to sense the storage ring, Xiao Yun discovered that Elder Huo was truly wealthy and generous. He even gave him an intermediate storage ring, which contained dozens of cubic meters of space, which was far beyond the reach of a low-level storage ring.
In the ring, besides the fire worship ointment that Elder Huo had just put in, there were some books, a small fiery red tripod, and some medicinal herbs that Xiao Yun didn't recognize. Xiao Yun took out all the books, sorted them out, and flipped through them one by one. The
low-level earth-level skills "Jiuhua Fire Art", the advanced Xuan-level fighting skills "Liuhuo Flame Fist", the intermediate Xuan-level fighting skills "Chihuo Flame Palm", the intermediate Xuan-level body fighting skills "Yanyun Chasing the Sun", and three volumes of pill recipes, all of which were first-grade pill recipes, namely, Qi Enhancement Powder, Fire Condensation Pill, and Injury Recovery Pill.
Xiao Yun was drooling after just flipping through half of the books, and his heart was burning. Any of these treasures is stronger than the best of the Xiao family's techniques, and they are all suitable for Xiao Yun's fighting spirit. If he hadn't become the disciple of Elder Huo, how could Xiao Yun have gotten it now?
"Where can I find such a good teacher? He is indeed a fifth-grade alchemist. His family is so rich. Any of his books is above the intermediate level of Xuanjie. Let me see what other treasures he has!" Xiao Yun stretched his claws to the remaining books and flipped through them expectantly.
"Compendium of Medicinal Materials", "Basic Methods of Alchemy", "On Controlling Fire", "Identification of Pills"... Xiao Yun silently retracted his praise for Elder Huo.
After this, Xiao Yun was in no mood to read the rest of the books. He put all the books into his ring, leaving only a book called "Compendium of Medicinal Materials" to read carefully while lying on the bed.
In the following time, Xiao Yun kept reading books, and even missed several classes in the teaching department, which made Xu Ning go to Xiao Yun's residence to inquire about the situation. After learning that Xiao Yun was accepted as a disciple by Elder Huo, and had been memorizing for four days to complete Elder Huo's task, Old Xu was completely out of temper. He did not dare to ask Elder Huo for an explanation, and could only tell Xiao Yun that he could not come to class, but he must keep up with his cultivation. He still expected Xiao Yun to get first place in the final examination.
Four days later, after Xiao Yun finished his teaching course, he went straight to the building of the Department of Alchemy to prepare for his first class of alchemy.
After arriving at the building of the Department of Alchemy, Xiao Yun followed the route he took with his mentor last time and quickly found the alchemy room where Elder Huo was.
"Teacher, I, the disciple Xiao Yun, want to see you." Standing at the door, Xiao Yun bowed and saluted.
"My dear disciple, come in."
Xiao Yun pushed the door open and saw Elder Huo sitting in the middle of the alchemy room. "Teacher, I have memorized all the books you gave me." Xiao Yun saluted Elder Huo as soon as he entered the door, and then said that he had finished reading the textbooks. He looked at Elder Huo eagerly, expecting Elder Huo to teach him the art of alchemy.
Elder Huo looked at Xiao Yun and couldn't help but smile, "Since you are already familiar with the textbook, I will definitely teach you the art of refining medicine. But before that, I have to tell you some common sense about refining medicine." Xiao Yun was embarrassed to be seen through by the teacher.
"If you want to refine medicine, you must first have a medicine cauldron. The medicine cauldron of a pharmacist is like a weapon in the hands of a warrior, which is indispensable."
"And there are also different levels between medicine cauldrons. Generally speaking, the more fire mouths a cauldron has, the higher the level of the cauldron. Take out the medicine cauldron in the ring."
Xiao Yun quickly took out the red medicine cauldron given to him by Elder Huo and placed it in front of the two of them.
"Look, your medicine cauldron is a cauldron with three mouths. For you, a cauldron with three mouths is enough for you to use for a long time." Elder Huo pointed to the three vents of the red medicine cauldron and said to Xiao Yun.
"Don't think that this fire mouth is just a hole. The mystery is difficult for laymen to detect. The fire mouth is the essence of the medicine cauldron. Each fire mouth needs to be polished with high precision. If there is any mistake, the whole medicine cauldron will be scrapped. The more fire mouths there are, the greater the auxiliary effect on the medicine refining process. Of course, this also requires strong spiritual power to control. It is estimated that you can only control two fire mouths now." Seeing Xiao Yun's puzzled expression, Elder Huo knocked on his head with some dissatisfaction and explained.
"In addition to the medicine cauldron, flame is also crucial to the pharmacist. Ordinary pharmacists use flames catalyzed by fighting spirit to refine medicine. The higher the level of the refined medicine, the higher the fighting spirit cultivation required. Even the lowest level of ungraded pills requires the cultivation of a fighter. But you are already a fighter, so you don't need to worry about this problem." Elder Huo smiled when he said this. After all, Xiao Yun's talent for cultivation was really high.
"Of course, some medicinal materials are so hard that the flame catalyzed by Dou Qi alone cannot melt them. At this time, we can borrow fire from the heaven and earth."
"Borrow fire? Teacher, do you mean the exotic fire?"
"Yes! In this vast world, there are some exotic fires of heaven and earth. Perhaps it is the cluster of flames carried by the center of the meteorite that fell from the sky, or perhaps it is the lava fire deep in the volcano that has been burned for thousands of years... These exotic fires are more powerful than the flames catalyzed by Dou Qi. When used to refine medicine, they can also enhance the medicinal power of the pill. However, these exotic fires of heaven and earth are extremely violent. It is rare to see them on weekdays, and even if you see them, it is extremely difficult to use them for your own benefit."
"Many alchemists have searched for strange fires throughout their lives, but in the end they have never found what they wanted. After all, in order to control strange fires, they need to draw the flames into their own bodies, and strange fires are all violent and destructive. Even the magic diamond, a metal material known for its strength, cannot withstand the calcination of strange fires, not to mention the fragile human body. Such behavior is undoubtedly self-immolation. Therefore, only a very small number of lucky people, by chance, can refine a small cluster of strange fire and cultivate it into their own fire. And these people, without exception, are the best in the alchemy world..." Elder Huo's eyes revealed a desire for strange fires.
"But even if we can't borrow the strange fire, there are other fires that can be substituted, such as the beast fire, which is equally effective." Elder Huo stretched out his palm, and a ball of purple flame appeared in his palm. The air around the flame became distorted, and Xiao Yun, who was sitting next to him, felt a terrifying heat in it.
"See, this is the beast fire, don't envy the teacher, when you become a pharmacist, the teacher will find you a high-level beast fire." Seeing Xiao Yun staring at his flame, Elder Huo said unhappily. "Okay, I've told you everything I need to say. Put away the medicine cauldron and follow me to the alchemy room to practice."