Chapter 22：Alchemy Hall (1/2)

Alex made a fist with his hands and was shocked at how much strength he could feel in them. The pain he had just felt, the transformation of his normal Qi into Yang Qi, had also in some minor ways changed his physical body as well.

While he was still at Muscle Tempering 7th Realm, he could tell that he was ever so slightly stronger. He wanted to check what changes his new form of qi brought to his techniques.

But alas, there was no fire around to see if anything had changed.

Grrrrrr

His stomach cried out hunger. The inner transformation had left him feeling a little peckish.

”Now that I think about it, I'm surprised I have gone so long without feeling hungry or thirsty. Does being a cultivator make you no longer need a lot of sustenance?” he wondered.

He looked at the clock and realized it was only 4 PM. There were still 3 hours before dinner time. There was no homework, so he was free to do whatever he wanted today.

He decided to go eat something in the sect valley but stopped.

”Wait, doesn't food cost contribution points as well?” he quickly checked the rulebook and he could in fact not eat anything without contribution points.

Even the cheapest stuff cost about 2 contribution points. Also, he couldn't leave the sect without permission from an elder, so there was no way to go to the city to get something to eat.

'Sigh. I guess it's time to go work now.' He got out of his cottage. He walked back to the valley. This time, however, he needed to go to the Alchemy Hall.

He quickly checked the map and found it. He thought he would be jaded by now, seeing all the different massive halls, but, he was still surprised when he saw the Alchemy Hall. Perhaps more than everything else he had seen in the sect valley.

The Alchemy hall wasn't just a simple building. It was located at the very corner of the sect valley and seemed to be carved into the sect leader's mountain.

It was a simple one-story building, but he couldn't tell how far into the mountain the hall went. He looked at the entrance of the hall and saw a bunch of light green robe-wearing disciples standing side by side.

Once in a while, an inner sect disciple would come, and pick one of the outer sect disciples and take them inside.

'Were the outer sect disciples standing here to be chosen as aid?' he wondered.

He walked up to a small station outside the hall where an elder was staying.

”Good afternoon elder. I wish to work as an Alchemist's aid. Can you tell me what I have to do?” he asked politely.

”Hmm….” The elder looked towards Alex and asked, ”Is this your first time here?”

Alex was surprised. 'How did he know?' there shouldn't have been any clue yet the elder found out at once.

”Yes, elder. This is my first time.” He said honestly.