106 God of Alchemy (1/2)

When Bai Yun came to, he found himself standing in a large room. In front of him were dozens of rows of plants and medicinal herbs. Barely had Bai Yun found his footing when a voice sounded out inside the hall.

”You have to identify every plant and medical ingredient in this room and write three uses for each of them. Some of them are made by grafting various plants. You need to identify each plant that makes up the drafted plant. The answers should be written into the jade placed in front of the plant. You have half an hour. The more materials you identify, the higher your final score will be.”

Ba Yun took a look around the hall after he heard this. He saw that there were hundreds of plants in this hall. And among them, Bai Yun recognized maybe five of them. And if he was asked to identify them, Bai Yun would not be able to do so. This was only the first test, and Bai Yun had already failed miserably.

”Uncle Qin, I know you can hear me. Its Little Tian. Long Tian. I need your help. Would you come out and see me.” Bai Yun shouted.

But even after he shouted there was no change in the air. Bai Yun stared ahead for a while. He then smiled lightly. He knew that if the God of Alchemy had left behind a soul portion in his legacy site he would be able to communicate with hi. If he hadn't, well then he was out of luck. So Bai Yun decided to continue and test his luck.

”You know I can prove who I am.” Bai Yun continued. ”You were there on the day I tried to condense the nameless star. You saved my life that day.”

Bai Yun then continued to tell stories about the two of them, and the times that they had met. But even after ten minutes, there was no response from the God of Alchemy.

Bai Yun sighed. ”I was hoping it wouldn't come to this.” Bai Yun said. ”You know there is a story I know about you that I have kept hidden. This is a story that maybe you wouldn't mind if I told everyone. There was a day when you came to our mansion when father was out in order to meet mother. You had come in order to the infinitude heavenly thought technique. But mom wouldn't hand it over. So you did something.”

Bai Yun stood and stared for a while. Not seeing any reaction, he continued.

”You know I can tell this story to everyone in the outside world.” Bai Yu said. ”So should I continue or-”

Just as he was about to continue a sigh rang through the hall. Then the entire hall started to transform and slowly fade. ”There's no need to go any further, I believe you.” Then the voice rang out one more time.

Bai Yun stood there and watched as the hall slowly disappeared. After a moment the entire hall changed into a small room. Of course, it was only small from the perspective of the earlier hall. It was over a hundred meters in each of the three directions. There was a small table in the center of the room, and a young man was sitting at the table. He glanced at Bai Yun as he appeared in the good.

”It's been a while uncle Qin.” Bai Yun greeted the God of Alchemy.

”You were such a good kid.” The God of Alchemy said. ”Now you have even learned to blackmail people. What happened? How did you come in here? Why did your looks change? And why is your cultivation base so low?”

”It's a long story.” Bai Yun said as he sat down opposite to the God of Alchemy. Bai Yun then spend the next half an hour explaining what happened to him. The God of Alchemy was quite surprised that Bai Yun was able to kill the devil emperor. This piece of the God of Alchemy was from just before the final battle and knew the strength of the devil emperor well.

He was also surprised by the fact that Bai Yun had managed to reincarnate. After Bai Yun explained everything that had happened to him since his reincarnation as well as the reason he came to find the God of Alchemy, he fell silent.

The God of Alchemy stared at Bai Yun for a while. Just as Bai Yun was wondering what he was going t do, the God of Alchemy finally asked him ”What are you going to do with your life?”

Bai Yun was confused by the question. He stared at the God of Alchemy questioningly before answering ”Just live normally I guess. Cultivate and become a titled god once again.”

”Don't you have any other desires?” The God of Alchemy asked.

”What else is there?” Bai Yun replied.

”Let me ask you in another way. In your entire life other than fighting and training what have you done.” the God of Alchemy asked.

Bai Yun was confused by the question. ”What else is there?”

The God of Alchemy was exasperated with his answer.

”I meant have you ever loved.” The God of Alchemy asked. ”Have you ever lost anything. Have you ever wanted to desperately hold on to something, yet had to watch as it slipped through your fingers.”

”No.” Bai Yun said. ”But why does it matter? All of that sounds quite horrible. Shouldn't you try to avoid such incidents?”

”You said that the people who are your family in this life have less experience than you.” The God of Alchemy said. ”But that is only with respect to your fighting experience. When it comes to life I am sure that they have much greater experience than you. That is why you should listen to them and not be dismissive as you currently are.”