Chapter 6 Fire ElderThe next day, Xiao Yun, who had just attended the entrance ceremony, couldn't wait to run to the building where the Alchemy Department was located, to choose his course time and alchemy instructor, and to pick up the textbooks and teaching materials of the Alchemy Department. As soon as he walked to the Alchemy Department, he saw the instructor who had led him yesterday standing at the door. The instructor was delighted to see Xiao Yun coming, "Hahaha, Xiao Yun, thanks to you, I got a lot of benefits this time." "?" Xiao Yun's face was full of question marks, and he had no idea what nonsense he was talking about. Seeing Xiao Yun's expression, the instructor was not surprised and explained, "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 was counting the money after selling me. No wonder he was so happy. Xiao Yun understood. This was because Elder Huo liked him. Ahem, he liked his talent and was ready to accept him as his apprentice. But Xiao Yun was also happy about this. It was like someone was sending you a pillow when you were sleepy. Having a master to teach you was undoubtedly much better than groping around on your own. Although Elder Huo only appeared in the early part of the original novel and completely disappeared in the later part, he was just a minor role. But now it is a real world. In the Northwest Continent, Elder Huo, who is a fifth-rank alchemist and has the strength of a Dou Wang, is still considered a big shot. It is completely sufficient for him to teach Xiao Yun now. As long as Xiao Yun can become Elder Huo's disciple, at least he won't have to worry about his alchemy resources in the early stages. The instructor brought Xiao Yun to an alchemy room and knocked on the door gently. "Come in." An old voice came from inside the door. The instructor patted Xiao Yun on the back, motioning Xiao Yun to go in alone.
Xiao Yun pushed open the door and felt a surging fiery breath coming towards him before he entered the room. In the middle of the alchemy room, there was a medicine furnace. A white-haired old man was sitting in front of the furnace, his eyes fixed on the flames in the furnace. Xiao Yun closed the door and saw that Elder Huo ignored him. He did not say anything and just stood aside and watched quietly. After a long time, Elder Huo quickly formed seals with his hands. Before Xiao Yun could see his movements clearly, he saw that all the flames in the medicine furnace were absorbed by his hands. Then, his hands flipped downwards, and the flames dissipated instantly. "You are so young, yet so talented and 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 profusely from the heat, there was no sign of impatience on his face, he immediately felt a sense of recognition and appreciation in his heart. "I originally thought that since you have achieved such great results at such a young age, you must be extremely arrogant and look down on people in the world. I wanted to take this opportunity to temper your temper, but I didn't expect that you don't have the common problem of geniuses. I was wrong in this." Elder Huo explained and apologized for his behavior of ignoring Xiao Yun just now. "I dare not. The students have no complaints in their hearts." Elder Huo stood up, took a closer look at Xiao Yun, and became more and more satisfied the more he looked. He could tell at a glance that Xiao Yun was not the one-star fighter written on the admission information, but had already broken through to two stars and also possessed the talent of an alchemist. With such a high talent for cultivation, even if Xiao Yun's talent as an alchemist was a little low, his future achievements would far exceed his. I didn't expect that I would run into this once-in-a-century monster today. Hahaha, if that's the case, then I'll follow the will of heaven and accept this apprentice. Elder Huo thought happily. "My name is Huo Lie, and I am a fifth-rank alchemist and also the elder of the alchemy department. Are you willing to become my disciple?" "I am willing. Xiao Yun greets his teacher." As Xiao Yun expected, Elder Huo really valued his talent, which was exactly what Xiao Yun wanted, so he immediately became his disciple. "Hahaha, very good, disciple. I have no children, and you are the only disciple. So there are not many rules. There is only one, that is, you must not rely on your high level of cultivation to commit crimes, otherwise I will clean up the family. Can you do it?" Elder Huo stroked his gray beard with satisfaction and said with a smile. "Teacher, rest assured, 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 rich elixir fragrance floated out with the light and filled the entire room. "This is a pill recipe I got in my early years. It's called Fire Worship Paste. It should be a fourth-level pill. It can help people with cultivation levels below the Great Fighting Master level to increase their cultivation speed. The higher the level, the worse its effect. However, with your current level, it should be able to double your cultivation speed." Dark red liquid was flowing in the medicine cauldron. Elder Huo took out a dozen jade bottles specially used to hold elixirs, collected all the liquid, and stored them in a storage ring, which he then threw to Xiao Yun. "Here, this ointment is for external use. When you want to practice, apply it on your upper body, once a day. Inside the ring there are martial arts skills prepared for you and my experience in alchemy, in addition to that there are some low-level medicinal materials, pill recipes and medicine cauldrons. I will give you four days to memorize the herbal medicine encyclopedia and other teaching materials. After four days, come back to me and I will formally teach you how to make medicine."
"Thank you, teacher!" Xiao Yun's eyes lit up and a look of joy appeared on his face. He took the ring, bowed to Elder Huo, and then left the alchemy room. …… After returning to the single dormitory prepared by the college, Xiao Yun couldn't wait to see what treasures his teacher had given him. Using his own soul power to sense the storage ring, Xiao Yun discovered that Elder Huo was truly wealthy and powerful. Even the storage ring he gave him was an intermediate-level storage ring, with a space of dozens of cubic meters inside, 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. Ignoring the others, Xiao Yun took out all the books, sorted them out, and began to read them one by one. The low-level earth-level skills "Jiuhua Fire Skills", the advanced Xuan-level fighting skills "Liuhuo Flame Fist", the intermediate Xuan-level fighting skills "Red Fire Palm", the intermediate Xuan-level fighting skills "Yanyun Chasing the Sun", and three volumes of pill recipes, all of which are first-grade pill recipes, namely, Qi Enhancement Powder, Fire Condensation Pill, and Recovery Pill. Xiao Yun drooled after just flipping through half of the books, and his heart was burning. Any of these treasures is stronger than the best skills of the Xiao family, and they are all suitable for Xiao Yun's fighting spirit attributes. If he hadn't become a disciple of Elder Huo, how could Xiao Yun have the chance now? "Where can I find such a good teacher? He is worthy of being a fifth-rank alchemist. His family background is really rich. Any book he has is above the intermediate level of Xuan grade. Let me see what other treasures are left!" Xiao Yun stretched out his claws to the remaining books and began to flip through them with great anticipation. "Compendium of Medicinal Materials", "Basic Techniques of Alchemy", "On Controlling Fire", "Identification of Pills"... Xiao Yun silently withdrew the words of praise he had just said to Elder Huo. After this, Xiao Yun lost the mood to look at the rest of the things. He put all the books into the ring and only left a copy of "Comprehensive Collection of Medicinal Materials" which he read carefully while lying on the bed. In the following time, Xiao Yun kept studying and even missed several classes in the teaching department, which forced Xu Ning to run 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 books to complete Elder Huo's tasks for the past four days, Old Xu completely lost his temper. He didn't dare to ask Elder Huo for an explanation, so he could only tell Xiao Yun that he didn't have to attend classes, 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 Alchemy Department building to prepare for his first alchemy course. Arriving at the Alchemy Department building, Xiao Yun followed the route he took with his instructor last time and quickly found the alchemy room where Elder Huo was. "Teacher, disciple Xiao Yun requests to see you." Standing at the door, Xiao Yun bowed. "My dear disciple, come in." Xiao Yun pushed the door open and went in, only to see 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 room, 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 textbooks, I will definitely teach you the art of alchemy. But before that, I have to tell you some common sense about alchemy." Xiao Yun scratched his head embarrassedly as his teacher saw through his little thoughts. "If you want to refine medicine, you first need a medicine cauldron. The medicine cauldron of a pharmacist is like a weapon in the hands of a warrior. It is indispensable." "And medicine cauldrons are also divided into different levels. Generally speaking, the more fire holes a cauldron has, the higher the level of the cauldron. Take out the medicine cauldron from the storage 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 three-mouth cauldron. For you, the three-mouth cauldron 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 the crater is just a random hole. The mystery is so subtle that laymen can hardly detect it. The crater is the essence of the medicine cauldron. Each crater needs to be polished with high precision. If there is any mistake, the entire medicine cauldron will be scrapped. The more fire holes there are, the greater the auxiliary effect on the medicine refining process. Of course, this also requires a strong soul force to control it. I guess the current control of two fire holes is the limit for you. "Seeing Xiao Yun's puzzled expression, Elder Huo knocked on his head with some dissatisfaction and explained. “In addition to the medicine cauldron, flames are also extremely important to alchemists. Most alchemists use flames catalyzed by fighting spirit to refine medicine. The higher the level of the medicine, the higher the fighting spirit required. Even the lowest-grade, ungraded pills require the cultivation of a fighter, but you are already a fighter, so you don’t need to worry about this.” Speaking of this, Elder Huo also had a smile on his face. After all, Xiao Yun's talent for cultivation was really high. "Of course, some medicinal herbs are so hard that they cannot be melted by the flame catalyzed by Dou Qi alone. At this time, we can borrow fire from the heaven and earth." "Borrow fire? Teacher, do you mean strange fire?"
"Yes! In this vast world, there are some strange fires. Perhaps it is the flame carried by the center of the meteorite that fell from the sky, or perhaps it is the lava fire that has been burning for thousands of years in the depths of the volcano... These strange fires are more powerful than the flames catalyzed by fighting spirit. When refining medicine, it can also enhance the medicinal power of the elixir. However, these heavenly and earthly strange fires are extremely violent, and it is rare to see them on weekdays. And even if you see them, it is very difficult to use them for your own benefit. " “Many alchemists have spent their entire lives searching for strange fire, but in the end they have never achieved what they wished for. After all, if you want to control strange fire, you need to introduce the fire into your body. All strange fires are violent and destructive. Even metal materials such as magic gold diamond, which are famous for their strength, cannot withstand the burning of strange fire, not to mention the fragile human body. Such behavior is undoubtedly courting self-destruction, so only a very few 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 fire. "But even if we can't borrow the strange fire, there are still other fires that can be substituted, such as beast fire, which is equally effective." As Elder Huo spoke, he stretched out his hand, 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 me. When you become an alchemist, I will find you a high-level beast fire." Seeing Xiao Yun staring at his flames, 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." (End of this chapter)