225 Alchemis (2/2)
”Well, at least we have a plan for the future now,” Bai Tianyi said with a smirk. ”Let us move towards a new world! But first, let us go to the center of the continent and get our hands on that phony prophet, Lan. He should have quite some answers for you.”
Xue Wei nodded his head and smiled. His body felt much lighter than before. He rose from the bed and started checking it. His Qi level was at the seventh layer of the Ordinary Knight rank while his physical strength had already reached the first layer of the Earth Knight rank.
When Xue Wei clenched his fist, a popping sound could be heard as the air in his palm exploded from how fast he had closed it. He could feel his body bursting with energy. There was also a new energy that had not been there before; the Azure Dragon Spirit in his dantian had grown in size, and the many strands of Dragon Qi in his meridians had also grown in size and quantity, and the color of their scales had deepened. In fact, they had changed drastically from how they used to be.
”My biggest issue right now is my Spiritual Energy,” Xue Wei muttered to himself as he felt the Golden Dragon Spirit within his mind. This Golden Dragon Spirit was only at the fifth layer of the Ordinary Knight rank, so he would be at a great disadvantage if he encountered someone at his own level with proper spiritual energy training.
Bai Tianyi seemed to understand his problem. ”I have a way to solve this problem,” he said hesitatingly, ”but the price I have to pay is quite substantial.”
”What is it?” Xue Wei also hesitated, and he had a frown on his face.
”I can transfer my energy to others,” he explained. ”We have a soul contract, so for me to hand Spiritual Energy over to you is no big deal, but for each layer of Spiritual Energy I give you, I will go one and a half layer down in strength.”
”I am currently a ninth layer Ordinary Knight, so for me to get you to the seventh layer of the Ordinary Knight rank with your spiritual energy will end with me falling to the sixth layer.”
”Let us not do that then,” Xue Wei was not willing to sacrifice his friend's cultivation base for himself.
”We have a few other options,” Bai Tianyi continued hesitatingly. ”Well, first of all you can just stay here and slowly cultivate. You can also make inscriptions and raise your cultivation base that way, or we can go look for a two colored rainbow pill and hope your luck is good.”
”A third option is that you learn alchemy.”
”Me learning alchemy? I never planned on doing that,” Xue Wei said, dumbfounded. ”Why should I learn alchemy?”
”Alchemy is not exactly like inscription-writing,” Bai Tianyi explained. ”Inscriptions are fully dependent on the runes and the Spiritual Energy to be created, whereas alchemy requires materials.”
”Still, to refine and concoct pills and pastes you need an immense control over your spiritual energy.”
”You also require control over your spiritual energy when you make inscriptions, but that is nothing compared to pill-making. I will suggest that you go this route!”
Xue Wei looked at him with narrowed eyes and sighed. ”Tell me the real reason you want me to become an alchemist,” he said after a bit of thought. Although the reasons that Bai Tianyi had listed made sense, it was clear that he had held some information back.
”We are leaving the continent, which means we might not be able to get our hands on more rainbow pills,” Bai Tianyi finally came clean with a pitiful expression on his young face.
”Without Rainbow Pills, I am very useless. My cultivation base will slowly drop. I will become withered, rust, and slowly fall apart; I will become a sword no one will ever use again,” Bai Tianyi spoke with such grief and dejection, but Xue Wei had long since seen through his act.
Although the growth of his cultivation base would lessen over time, it would never go the other way and make his cultivation regress.
”Okay then,” Xue Wei said after spending a moment to mull it over. Although he had never planned on becoming an alchemist, he had to admit that an unlimited supply of Rainbow Pills was tempting, which was why he decided that it was not that bad an idea.
”But how does one start to become an alchemist?” Xue Wei had no idea where to start or where to stop. He was as clueless as a little child.
”Don't worry!” Bai Tianyi beamed when he spoke. He waved his hand, and suddenly thousands of herbs appeared in the room. All of them had various quality; some were Earth Warrior-ranked, others were meant for the Sky Warrior stage, and yet some were Heavenly Warrior-ranked.
All these herbs were of the best quality in their respective categories, but they were still nonetheless low-ranking herbs.
”You bought these?” Xue Wei asked, to which Bai Tianyi nodded. ”I have waited to make you into an alchemist for some time now,” he admitted.
Looking around, Xue Wei spotted a large cauldron underneath the big mountain of herbs, and next to the cauldron were jade slips, all of which contained formulas for various pills.
”Don't worry too much, just have fun and start concocting!” Bai Tianyi said as he took Hei Gou's arm and dragged him out of the room. When they finally exited, Xue Wei could not help but sigh again. He felt that he had sighed a whole lot after waking up, but he had no other option. Seeing how adamant Bai Tianyi had been, he understood that he had no other option than to simply do it. Since it mattered so much to Bai Tianyi, he would do his very best. Still, he was not so stupid as to believe Bai Tianyi's reasons.