Beginning the Transmigration

At dawn, just as the sun rose, a carriage stopped outside the Alchemist Guild.

A lavishly dressed middle-aged woman stepped down from the carriage, holding a child by the hand.

The woman and child were Xiao Zhen and his mother, Guan Xue.

As the clan leader, Xiao Lin had countless matters awaiting him every day. He also had to keep a close eye on his cultivation, for in this world where strength reigned supreme, fists were the only hard truth.

Since he was truly too busy, matters such as taking Xiao Zhen to the Alchemist Guild could only be left to the household servants.

However, Guan Xue, Xiao Zhen's mother, was rather worried. After all, her eldest son had grown up and was about to take a wife.

As a mother, Guan Xue naturally devoted most of her attention to her young son.

After getting out of the carriage, Guan Xue began chattering away, fully demonstrating a mother's concern for her child.

Xiao Zhen looked at the three layers of clothing on his body and said speechlessly, "Mother! It doesn't seem cold at all. It actually feels a little hot. Is it really appropriate for you to make me wear so much?"

Guan Xue said indifferently, "What's wrong with that? If you really feel hot, Xiao Zhen, you can take some off later."

Next, Guan Xue began listing all sorts of things he needed to keep in mind, telling him to respect his elders, maintain good relations with others, and not look down on people just because he was the guild president's disciple.

Xiao Zhen's head buzzed from listening. How had he never noticed before that his mother had the potential to be Tang Sanzang? Her mouth was like it was chanting the Golden Hoop Curse.

Growing somewhat impatient, Xiao Zhen quickly ran into the Alchemist Guild, not forgetting to call out, "Mother, I'm going in. You should head back."

Watching her child run off so quickly, Guan Xue sighed. Her son had grown up. In the end, he liked to run around outside; home could no longer keep him.

From that day onward, Xiao Zhen officially began studying alchemy, and it felt no different from going to school in his previous life.

Although Fa Ma was Xiao Zhen's teacher, he was the esteemed president of the Alchemist Guild and was occupied with countless affairs every day. Naturally, he did not have much time to personally teach Xiao Zhen alchemy.

Fa Ma specifically assigned his assistant, Chemier, a peak third-grade alchemist, to teach Xiao Zhen the classifications of medicinal ingredients and other basic knowledge.

As they grew acquainted day by day, Xiao Zhen finally remembered Chemier, this character from the original work.

Chemier was no simple figure. Twenty years later, he would become a Fifth-grade Alchemist and the vice president of the Alchemist Guild.

Not only that, Chemier seemed to have connected himself with the imperial family and become the teacher of the little Princess Yao Yue.

However, all that was still far away. According to Chemier himself, he was currently only a peak third-grade alchemist, still some distance away from becoming a Fourth-grade Alchemist, let alone a Fifth-grade Alchemist.

Besides, not to mention the future adorable little Princess Yao Yue, even her sexy and bewitching older sister, Yao Ye, had not yet been born.

Soon, as time continued to pass, a year slipped by in a blur.

Xiao Zhen had also grown from a twelve-year-old brat into a thirteen-year-old brat. He had grown a little taller too, reaching around 1.55 meters, which was normal for a child his age.

Compared to the freaks on a certain continent who could grow over 1.7 meters tall at twelve, his height was completely normal.

Over the past year, Xiao Zhen had been somewhat lax in his Dou Qi cultivation. Since he had to study alchemy, his cultivation progressed rather slowly for the time being, and he was now only a three-star Dou Zhe.

However, Xiao Zhen had made tremendous progress in alchemy. In merely one year, he had memorized the classifications of most medicinal ingredients. As long as they existed within the Jia Ma Empire, he recognized almost all of them.

After cultivating the Seven Revolutions True Flame Art, he could control flames at will. It truly deserved to be called an Earth-tier Cultivation Technique.

During this time, Xiao Zhen had also obtained a flame of his own. Of course, the flame he controlled could not possibly be one of the Heavenly Flames. It had been formed by combining the Beast Flame of a third-tier magical beast with a flame generated by his cultivation technique.

On the Dou Qi Continent, one had to reach the level of a Fourth-grade Alchemist before they could condense a tangible flame.

Flames were essential for an alchemist. If Xiao Zhen's cultivation had not been somewhat low and his father had not been worried, even if he wanted the Beast Flame of a fourth-tier magical beast, his father could have obtained it for him. Never underestimate the influence of a Dou Wang in the Jia Ma Empire.

Under Fa Ma's vigorous tutelage, Xiao Zhen's talent for alchemy had been fully brought out. Last month, Xiao Zhen had already passed the First-grade Alchemist examination and officially become a First-grade Alchemist.

A thirteen-year-old First-grade Alchemist—Xiao Zhen had not only broken the record for the youngest alchemist in the Jia Ma Empire, but his talent in cultivation had also become widely known, making him a famous genius.

After news of Xiao Zhen's genius spread, countless prestigious families nearly wore down the threshold of the Xiao Clan. Many of them wanted to form marriage alliances with the great genius Xiao Zhen, including the Jia Ma Empire's imperial family. Their goal was simply to use this method to win over this future genius.

If Xiao Zhen had not promptly stopped the impulsive Xiao Lin, this impulsive father of his might have found him more than a dozen fiancées in one go.

Do not doubt it. If Xiao Zhen had not promptly brought in First Elder Xiao Feng, there would have been no stopping Xiao Lin's determination to find fiancées for his son.

Xiao Zhen's reason was very simple. He was still young and did not want to be tied down by women. He only wanted to focus wholeheartedly on cultivation and learning alchemy.

As for the argument that a fiancée would not immediately marry into the family, Xiao Zhen had an explanation for that as well. If he had a fiancée, there would be pressure, and that might affect his cultivation.

With these unreasonable excuses, Xiao Zhen actually managed to convince First Elder Xiao Feng. In the end, the First Elder used his status as an elder to successfully restrain Xiao Lin, the clan leader.

As for why Xiao Zhen was so resistant to having a fiancée, it was because he was not worried about being unable to find women.

In his previous life, Xiao Zhen had not only been an orphan but also a bachelor. Women were hard to find, and no woman would have taken a liking to a poor, powerless loser like him. If he had had a fiancée back then, as long as she was not hideously ugly, he definitely would not have refused.

But things were different now. Xiao Zhen had become handsome, wealthy, and talented. He was not worried about whether he would be able to marry a wife in the future. Even setting aside his talent, with this handsome face alone, was he really supposed to worry about not being able to pick up girls?

That day, Xiao Zhen shut himself in his room. He packed a large pile of luggage, stored it all in his Storage Ring, and left behind a letter.

The letter roughly informed his family that the world was vast and he wanted to go out and see it. He would return in a few months, so they should not worry.

Xiao Zhen had already delayed for a year. Although he was only a three-star Dou Zhe during that time, he had trained several Xuan-tier Dou Techniques to a highly proficient level.

The current Xiao Zhen could be said to possess some ability to protect himself. Now, he intended to transmigrate and carry out a mission. After all, he had a system, and if he did not transmigrate to complete missions, he would receive no rewards.

Wouldn't it be far too wasteful to use such a good system solely for reconnaissance?

After carefully looking over the room, Xiao Zhen silently said in his heart, System, begin the transmigration!

"Ding! Beginning transmigration..."

A strange black hole suddenly appeared silently before him, emitting a powerful pulling force. Xiao Zhen did not even have time to react before he was sucked inside.