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Su Yun felt stumped. In the original story, Xiao Yan tested his attributes at the Xiao Family's Martial Qi Pavilion.
As a commoner, he had no means to test his attributes.
Just as he was troubled, Su Yun thought of the System.
"Why not give it a try?" Su Yun was a man of action, and once he decided, he acted immediately.
"System, scan me." Su Yun thought to himself.
"Ding, scan successful."
Name: Su Yun
Gender: Male
Cultivation: One-star Fighter
Martial Arts: None
Combat Techniques: None
Items: None
"System, display Martial Qi attributes." Su Yun thought again.
"Ding, attributes displayed."
Name: Su Yun
Gender: Male
Cultivation: One-star Fighter
Attributes: Fire, Ice, Wood
Martial Arts: None
Combat Techniques: None
Items: None
"Really works." Su Yun marveled at the information displayed, which was different from before.
It seemed that some information on the System panel needed to be triggered by himself.
"Fire and Ice, and Wood attributes, …"
"Then I meet the conditions to become an Alchemist!"
A spark of joy flashed in Su Yun's heart.
Although he could use the System to synthesize pills, each synthesis required a corresponding rank of Beast Core. For low-rank pills, it was still manageable, but as it progressed …
Su Yun shook his head. Since he met the conditions to become an Alchemist and had Old Medicine's memories, it was necessary for him to learn alchemy.
The System's fusion function was indeed amazing, but the cost was too high.
With this thought, Su Yun focused on his Ice attribute.
In the Martial Qi continent, a person's attributes were determined by their soul. A soul possessed only one attribute, and generally, there were no other attributes present.
Of course, there were exceptions. Among billions of people, there were always some whose souls had undergone mutations. These people with mutated souls would have two different attributes, one strong and one weak. Alchemists were a good example.
Looking at the System's display, Su Yun found that he had three attributes.
Su Yun, who had read the original story thoroughly, knew that only Feng Qing'er had a similar situation.
But his case was even more special.
Feng Qing'er had the non-conflicting attributes of Wind and Lightning, while Su Yun had the conflicting attributes of Fire and Ice, and even Wood.
However, Fire and Wood were also conflicting. There shouldn't be any incompatibility issues, right …
After all, every Alchemist had the attributes of Fire and Wood. It's just that the Wood attribute was almost negligible.
This brought up the choice of martial arts …
Su Yun felt a headache.
He originally planned to cultivate the Burning Decree if he had the Fire attribute, and choose the highest-ranked martial arts for other attributes.
Who knew he had an Ice attribute as well …
"Speaking of which, can I fuse the Burning Decree with other Ice attribute martial arts?"
Su Yun's imagination ran wild, and his eyes lit up. He could give it a try; after all, the martial arts wouldn't disappear.
He then focused on the Burning Decree and the lowest-rank Ice attribute martial arts in Old Medicine's collection, the Nine Nether Frost Decision, and initiated the System's fusion function.
"Ding, fusion plan detected. Do you wish to spend one fifth-rank Beast Core to fuse?"
"Fifth-rank!" Su Yun's eyes nearly popped out.
A fifth-rank Beast Core! How could someone who hadn't even seen a third-rank Beast Core bear this?
Su Yun didn't feel discouraged. The fact that a fusion plan was detected meant that this path was feasible.
Su Yun tried to fuse the lowest Yellow Rank Ice attribute martial arts with the Burning Decree.
"Ding, fusion plan detected. Do you wish to spend one first-rank Beast Core to fuse?"
"First-rank …"
Su Yun tried again.
He fused the Middle Yellow Rank Ice attribute martial arts.
"Ding, fusion plan detected. Do you wish to spend one first-rank Beast Core to fuse?"
"Still first-rank …"
Su Yun was taken aback.
He searched through Old Medicine's memories again.
This time, it was the High Yellow Rank.
"Ding, fusion plan detected. Do you wish to spend one second-rank Beast Core to fuse?"
Su Yun didn't stop at the System's prompt and tried to fuse the Low Black Rank Ice attribute martial arts with the Burning Decree.
"Ding, fusion plan detected. Do you wish to spend one third-rank Beast Core to fuse?"
"Third-rank …"
Su Yun stopped his attempts.
Although he still didn't understand the System's requirements for Beast Cores in martial arts fusion, he had no intention of trying further.
He currently only had second-rank Beast Cores, so understanding the requirements wouldn't help.
He could wait until he had higher-rank Beast Cores.
"Fusion." Su Yun thought silently.
"Ding, fusion complete. Congratulations, host, you have obtained a High Yellow Rank martial arts."
A strange wave of energy surged in Su Yun's mind.
He shook his head and immersed his mind in his thoughts.
"Is this the new martial arts?"
After a while, Su Yun frowned. The new martial arts didn't quite meet his expectations.
The new martial arts retained the Burning Decree's ability to devour异火 and evolve, and it possessed both Fire and Ice attributes.
However, these dual attributes didn't mean he could fuse them like Feng Qing'er's Wind and Lightning attributes, which combined to form a Martial Qi with the characteristics of both, greatly enhancing combat power.
The new martial arts had dual Fire and Ice attributes, allowing him to use them separately or together, but not to fuse them.
While it made his combat methods more flexible, it still fell short of Su Yun's expectations.
"It's still pretty good." Su Yun consoled himself.
He had been too optimistic.
In the Martial Qi continent, cultivating dual attributes was extremely rare, with only Feng Qing'er in the original story.
The new martial arts not only had dual Fire and Ice attributes but also retained the Burning Decree's ability to devour异火 and evolve, making it a top-tier martial arts.
"According to the original story, the Burning Decree seems to be able to transcend ranks, just like the Eight Extreme Collapse."
Su Yun fell into deep thought.
Old Medicine had commented that even at the Low Yellow Rank, the Burning Decree's special nature made it comparable to a Middle Yellow Rank martial arts.
Later, when the Burning Decree devoured the Purple Flame and evolved to Middle Yellow Rank, it was again deemed comparable to a High Yellow Rank martial arts.
The new martial arts also had this transcendent quality.
It could be compared to a Low Black Rank martial arts.
Thinking about this, Su Yun felt much more satisfied.
In the Martial Qi continent, martial arts and combat techniques that could transcend ranks were extremely rare.
A Low Black Rank martial arts was already near the ceiling in Wu Tan City.
Among the three major families, only the Xiao Family's Raging Fury of the Master was at the Middle Black Rank, while the other two families only had Low Black Rank martial arts.
"Wait, what if I can use this martial arts to devour the Bonespirit Cold Fire?"
Su Yun's eyes lit up.
The Bonespirit Cold Fire could potentially solve the problem of conflicting Fire and Ice attributes!
It had the characteristics of both Fire and Ice, making it feasible!
The more Su Yun thought, the brighter his eyes became.
Old Medicine was truly a treasure!
"Haha, looks like I'll be taking advantage again."
Su Yun grinned.
"Let's give it a name."
"Since it has both Fire and Ice attributes, um …
Let's call it the Burning Cold Decree."
(End of Chapter)