Outside the Alchemist Service Hall.
Chen Mo bumped Lu Chuan's shoulder and teased with a grin, "Lu Chuan, not bad! You actually made even a Fourth-grade Pill Master covet you."
"Did you see the way that Pill Master looked at you? Like a starving man seeing a beauty—he practically wanted to swallow you whole."
Lu Chuan shot Chen Mo a glance. "What kind of comparison is that? He just appreciates talent. It's not as exaggerated as you make it sound."
As he spoke, Lu Chuan pinched the Potion Recipes in his hand.
Just moments ago, after Chu Liang had verified Lu Chuan's identity, he had gifted him Academic Credits and Potion Recipes.
Moreover, Chu Liang had said that as long as Lu Chuan learned one recipe within a month, the academy would reward him with ten Academic Credits.
In other words, if Lu Chuan could master all ten recipes within a month, he could obtain one hundred Academic Credits.
That left Lu Chuan's heart pounding!
One hundred Academic Credits—exchanged for spirit crystals, that was a full ten! Added to what he already had from the academy, it would be enough for Lu Chuan to break through to Fourth Rank.
Residential Area.
After returning from the Alchemist Service Hall, Lu Chuan declined Chen Mo's suggestion to go out for another stroll.
Rather than waste time on that, he might as well grind a few recipes to beginner level.
Inside the bedroom.
Using the Simplification System, Lu Chuan learned how many Simplification Points it would take to simplify the ten recipes.
Two hundred and thirty.
On average, each Potion Recipe required around twenty-three Simplification Points.
That was not expensive. With Lu Chuan's current wealth, gathering them would be easy.
Lu Chuan immediately got up and headed to Azure Dragon Academy's trading district.
For just three Academic Credits, Lu Chuan gathered enough Simplification Points.
Without another word, Lu Chuan directly simplified all the recipes.
As for the results of the simplification, they left Lu Chuan caught between laughter and tears.
Blood Qi Potion—Running!
Spirit Guiding Potion—Panting!
Iron Skin Potion—Swinging His Arms!
Swift Travel Potion—Hopping on One Leg!
The simplified methods were stranger than the last, but fortunately, they were all tied to running, so he could grind them all at once.
It was just that the process was rather socially suicidal.
"Phew!"
"Isn't it just embarrassing myself? It's not like this is the first time!"
Taking a deep breath and steeling himself, Lu Chuan silently found a black hood and completely covered his head.
Then, he deliberately found an unpopulated place and began sprinting with all his might.
As he ran, Lu Chuan would hop on one leg for a while. After hopping, he twisted his body like a zombie and ran forward again.
At the same time, he kept windmilling his arms, occasionally letting out strange cries.
Inside the bedroom.
The moment Lu Chuan recalled what he had just done, he could not help but blush.
"Luckily, nobody saw me. Otherwise, my image would have been ruined."
"But it was all worth it. At the very least, I've mastered all ten major potions."
Blood Qi Potion 12/1000 (Mastery), Spirit Guiding Potion 13/1000 (Mastery), Iron Skin Potion 15/1000 (Mastery)...
Upon detection, the host has learned ten potions. The panel will be optimized, and the host may hide certain information.
"Hide all the alchemy skills." After thinking for a long while, Lu Chuan chose to hide his alchemy skills.
After all, cultivation arts could still be fused, but Potion Recipes could not.
If they were all displayed, that would be far too padded.
Understood. Hidden. Host: Lu Chuan Cultivation Arts: Evergreen Spirit Art 1024/ (Complete) Sky Swallowing Art 1/100 (Beginner) Realm: Third Rank Martial Artist (101/) Martial Art: Eight Trigrams Swimming Dragon Palm 1067/ (Complete) Alchemy Skills: Hidden. Click to view. (Hidden specifically to avoid padding the text. Please forgive me.) Simplification Points: 12
"Mm, this looks much more comfortable."
Just as Lu Chuan was grinding potion proficiency.
Within a certain estate of the Alchemy Faction.
As a senior instructor of the Alchemy Faction, Li Hong rarely taught classes anymore. Most days, he remained in his estate researching advanced potions.
When he had free time, he would guide his students and see whether he could cultivate an alchemy master.
And among Li Hong's many students, Chu Liang was the one who satisfied him the most.
At only twenty-five, Chu Liang had become a Fourth-grade Alchemist. In the future, he was highly likely to reach Sixth-grade and become another alchemy master of the Alchemy Faction.
Thus, when he saw Chu Liang arrive, Li Hong set aside his potion research and cheerfully carried over a pot of tea to sit beside Chu Liang.
"Tell me, what do you need your master for? Is there some potion research you can't figure out?" Li Hong asked with a smile as he poured Chu Liang some tea.
"Master, I discovered a monster!"
Taking the teacup with both hands and placing it on the tea table, Chu Liang hurriedly got to the point. "Today, a seventeen-year-old new student certified as a First-grade Alchemist."
"Just a seventeen-year-old First-grade Alchemist. What's there to make such a fuss about?" Li Hong said indifferently.
As a renowned Seventh-grade Alchemist, Li Hong had seen far too many monsters, let alone a seventeen-year-old First-grade Alchemist.
He had even seen First-grade Alchemists who were sixteen or fifteen.
Not to mention Chu Liang himself. When he had become a First-grade Alchemist, he had only been fifteen.
In terms of talent, was he not superior to the monster Chu Liang was talking about?
"Teacher, that's not all!"
Chu Liang quickly explained, "That monster can already skillfully refine Spirit Gathering Potions while still at First-grade!"
"Master, you should know the difficulty of Spirit Gathering Potions. Even Second-grade Alchemists cannot guarantee that they can refine them."
"This kind of monster cannot be allowed to slip through our fingers!"
"Oh?"
Li Hong was intrigued. He set the teapot down on the tea table, then looked at Chu Liang. "What is that student's name? Has he taken a master yet?"
"His name is Lu Chuan. He's one of today's specially recruited students, and he has not yet taken a master," Chu Liang hurriedly said.
"Is that so?"
Delight surfaced on Li Hong's face. "It seems the people in charge of special recruitment this year have good eyes. They actually found such a genius."
"Do this: bring Lu Chuan to me. I'll test him, and if there are no problems, I'll accept him as my disciple."
"Teacher, he isn't from our faction." Chu Liang gave a bitter smile.
"What?"
Li Hong's expression changed. "Hmph! What were the people in charge of special recruitment doing with their eyes? Using them to breathe?"
"They could even miss such a monster!"
"Fine, then. It's not as if we can't poach someone from another faction. Which faction is Lu Chuan from?"
"The Combat Department," Chu Liang said.
"The Combat Department?"
Li Hong's face turned grave. "If it's the Combat Department, then I really can't pry loose their wall."
"People say the Beast Taming Faction is full of madmen, but when it comes to madness, who can compare to the Combat Department? We'd better not provoke them. Let's give up on this monster for now."
"Teacher!"
Chu Liang immediately grew anxious. "The Combat Department won't cultivate an alchemist. Wouldn't handing Lu Chuan over to them be ruining him?"
"You need not say any more."
Li Hong shook his head. "Lu Chuan's aptitude is indeed good, but it is not enough for me to offend the Combat Department. It's decided."
Seeing that Li Hong had made up his mind, Chu Liang could say nothing more and could only let out a deep sigh.
He only hoped his master would not regret this someday.
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