Regretful Li Hong, Simplifying the Grand Profound Art

In the Alchemy Faction's Li Hong Manor.

"Master, something terrible has happened!"

Seeing Chu Liang rush in, Li Hong frowned, "Why are you so flustered? Where is your composure as an alchemist?"

"Speak, what is it?"

Chu Liang took a deep breath, calming himself, and then said, "Master, do you remember Lu Chuan, the one I told you about?"

"Lu Chuan?"

Li Hong thought for a moment, then said, "The genius you mentioned, what about him?"

"Master, I misjudged him."

Chu Liang's face was filled with excitement, "Lu Chuan isn't just a genius, he's an unparalleled prodigy who has emerged from seclusion!"

"Is he really as exaggerated as you say?" Li Hong looked skeptical.

"Master, I dare to ask, how long would it take you to learn ten Tier 1 potion formulas?"

Seeing Li Hong's doubt, Chu Liang changed his approach.

"Ten Tier 1 formulas?"

Li Hong stroked his beard and said with a smile, "With my current attainments, as long as they aren't ancient secret formulas, I can learn all of them within a week."

Chu Liang nodded. He understood his master quite well.

Learning them within a week was even a modest statement.

With Li Hong's cultivation as a Seventh-Rank Alchemist, it would probably only take him three to four days to learn ten Tier 1 formulas.

"Master, do you know how long Lu Chuan took to learn those ten Tier 1 potion formulas?" Chu Liang asked again.

"Lu Chuan?"

Li Hong sized up Chu Liang. It seemed Lu Chuan's talent exceeded his imagination, otherwise Chu Liang wouldn't have asked such a question.

Since that was the case, he might as well guess boldly.

"A month?"

Normally, a Fourth-Rank Alchemist might not even be able to learn ten Tier 1 potion formulas within a month.

However, since Chu Liang praised him so highly, Lu Chuan must indeed have some extraordinary qualities.

A month should be about right.

Unexpectedly, Chu Liang shook his head, "Master, Lu Chuan learned those ten Tier 1 potion formulas within a week."

"What?"

Li Hong's face showed shock, "Are you kidding me? Lu Chuan's rank is only First-Rank, how could he possibly learn ten potion formulas within a week?"

"I don't believe it either," Chu Liang said with a wry smile, "But I saw it with my own eyes, there's no deception involved."

"If it weren't for this, I wouldn't be this panicked."

"Hiss!"

Li Hong gasped, "Is there truly such a monstrous genius in this world?"

Li Hong knew that Chu Liang would never deceive him about something like this.

This meant that Lu Chuan had indeed learned ten Tier 1 potion formulas within a week.

Such a monstrous talent was far beyond Li Hong's imagination!

Let alone the geniuses Li Hong had seen, even Li Hong himself, when he was at the First-Rank level, couldn't compare to Lu Chuan.

No, he couldn't even see the taillights of Lu Chuan's car.

Thinking of this, Li Hong slapped himself.

Good heavens, what had he missed!

"Master, now is not the time for self-recrimination," Chu Liang quickly advised, seeing Li Hong's regret. "The priority now is to quickly snatch Lu Chuan away from the Combat Department."

"Don't let a gem be covered in dust!"

"That's right! That's right!" Li Hong nodded repeatedly. "If such a genius is placed in the Combat Department, at most he'll become a Sixth-Rank or even Seventh-Rank Alchemist in the future."

"If he's placed with us, I'm confident I can cultivate him into a Ninth-Rank Alchemist!"

"It's even possible for him to become an Alchemist above Ninth-Rank!"

"I'll go find Lin Lei right now!"

With that, Li Hong suddenly rushed out of the manor.

"Master, speak politely."

"Sigh! Forget it! I'll go with you!"

Chu Liang followed closely behind.

The two figures disappeared not long after.

A conflict between the Alchemy Faction and the Combat Department had quietly begun at this moment.

As the origin of this conflict, Lu Chuan was currently leisurely strolling through the trading area.

"This time, I'm going to spend big, at least simplify the Grand Profound Art and the Yellow Spirit Potion together!"

Looking at the balance of over six thousand Academic Credits in his identity card, Lu Chuan's confidence was unusually high!

[Simplifying Grand Profound Art requires 13,000 Simplification Points.]

[Simplifying Yellow Spirit Potion requires 1,200 Simplification Points.]

These two combined were only 14,200 Simplification Points, which roughly converted to academic credits was more like over 400 Academic Credits.

A small amount of money!

After spending lavishly, Lu Chuan spent a total of 430 Academic Credits, exchanging them for 14,312 Simplification Points.

Host: Lu Chuan
Cultivation Method: Evergreen Spirit Art (Sublime), Sky Swallowing Art 1/1000 (Proficient)
Realm: Fifth-Rank Martial Artist (943,803/1,000,000)
Martial Arts: Eight Trigrams Swimming Dragon Palm 1067/(Perfect)
Alchemy Skill: Hidden, Click to view.
Simplification Points:

Looking at the Simplification Points on the panel, Lu Chuan didn't hesitate and started simplifying immediately.

[Simplifying Grand Profound Art... Simplification successful!]

[Grand Profound Art - Breathe Air (Only between 5 AM and 7 AM)]

[Yellow Spirit Potion - Eat Yellow Fruits!]

Lu Chuan wasn't surprised about the Yellow Spirit Potion becoming "Eat Yellow Fruits" since they both had the character "Yellow" in them.

But why did the Grand Profound Art become about breathing?

And why was it restricted to between 5 AM and 7 AM?

"In some legends, when the sun first rises, the world is filled with primordial violet qi, which ancient Taoist sages could absorb to cultivate."

"But that's usually recorded in legends of immortals and gods."

"Could it be that this world has immortals?"

Thinking of this, Lu Chuan felt a chill down his spine, a great sense of dread washing over him, as if he were being watched by some terrifying entity.

"Hoo!"

"Can't think about it, can't think about it!"

He shook his head, suppressing the terrifying thought in the depths of his heart.

[Detected compatible cultivation methods, do you wish to merge them for free?]

[Note: The Grand Profound Art is special, thus merging it does not consume Simplification Points and maintains the simplification of the Grand Profound Art.]

"Special cultivation method?"

Lu Chuan became even more convinced of his previous judgment.

This world likely truly had...

No.

Can't think about it anymore!

"Merge."

[Merging... Merge successful!]

[Congratulations Host on obtaining the High-Grade Cultivation Method - Profound Azure Spirit Art!]

[Profound Azure Spirit Art 1634/(Perfect)]

"It directly reached Perfect!"

Lu Chuan's eyes lit up, it was worth all the hardship he endured to level up the Evergreen Spirit Art to Sublime, the reward was indeed generous!

Not only did it grant him auxiliary cultivation traits, but after merging the cultivation methods, it had also directly raised the proficiency of the new cultivation method to the Perfect realm!

This saved him a lot of trouble.

"When I get back, I must try the power of the Perfect-level Profound Azure Spirit Art!" Lu Chuan said excitedly.

Despite saying that, Lu Chuan didn't rush back. He planned to buy some Spirit Crystals.

Although the Profound Azure Spirit Art was good, with the Sky Swallowing Art as an artificial cheat, any normal person knew how to choose.

No, that's not right.

A normal person could only choose one cultivation method, they wouldn't have this dilemma.

But for Lu Chuan, it wasn't a difficult choice.

The Sky Swallowing Art would definitely be primary, with the Profound Azure Spirit Art as a supplement.

He could only put the Profound Azure Spirit Art aside for now until his Academic Credits ran out.