Taking a master? Absolutely. Faced with Old Medicine, I would drop to my knees, kowtow, and become his disciple.
Faced with Yu Xiao Gang, I would give him a backhand slap!
Heh heh heh.
Watching Lin Xiao let out that sinister laugh, Old Medicine had a bad feeling. Surely this little fellow was not someone from the Hall of Souls reincarnated?
But Old Medicine quickly dismissed the thought. If he were from the Hall of Souls, why would he not cultivate?
"Little fellow, don't make that sinister laugh again. It always makes me feel like you're about to attack me."
Old Medicine stroked his beard and spoke with a perfectly serious expression.
Pfft!
Lin Xiao hurriedly nodded. Indeed, that was the Hall of Souls' trademark laugh. As the great villains of Battle Through The Heavens, they positively coveted Old Medicine's soul body.
It would have been stranger if Old Medicine did not dislike hearing that sound.
"All right, Teacher."
"Teacher, can I become an Alchemist?"
Lin Xiao looked at Old Medicine and asked softly.
From what Lin Xiao remembered, becoming an Alchemist was no easy task.
Apparently, one's soul needed a fire attribute with a trace of wood mixed in. Most importantly, one also needed powerful soul perception.
Now that Lin Xiao possessed a Flame Martial Soul, he counted as having a fire attribute.
As for whether there was a trace of wood mixed in, or whether his soul perception was strong, Lin Xiao had no idea.
Still, it seemed that lacking a wood attribute did not make becoming an Alchemist impossible. It merely made it more difficult.
Generally, those who possessed only a fire attribute were not advised to become Alchemists. The cost was simply too high.
"You can!"
"In my world, Alchemists were as rare as phoenix feathers and qilin horns."
"The requirements for becoming an Alchemist are extremely demanding, and you, Lin Xiao, happen to meet them."
"Under normal circumstances, a soul body possesses only one attribute. Only through an exceptionally rare mutation will it develop two attributes, one strong and one weak."
"When you were born, I sensed that your soul body possessed those two attributes: strong fire and weak wood."
"And those two attributes are one of the requirements for becoming an Alchemist."
Hearing Old Medicine's words, Lin Xiao felt a faint stir in his heart. He knew he possessed a fire attribute, but how had that extra wood attribute come about through mutation?
Perhaps it was because he had reincarnated.
Soon, Lin Xiao stopped dwelling on it. In any case, it was good for him.
That alone was enough.
"However, Lin Xiao, becoming an Alchemist also requires powerful soul perception. Yours is not that strong."
"In your future cultivation, you must pay attention to cultivating your soul."
Old Medicine continued, but Lin Xiao did not mind. That could be improved later. If his soul had transmigrated into someone else's body, his soul perception would presumably have been stronger.
But his situation was effectively reincarnation. He had not devoured and merged with another person's soul.
Still, his soul perception was probably stronger than an ordinary person's, even if it did not meet Old Medicine's standards.
Being able to become an Alchemist was enough. Douluo's alchemy system could not compare with that of Battle Through The Heavens. A pill like the Mystic Water Pill might not even qualify as first-grade there.
Even if it did qualify, it probably would not be among the best.
With Old Medicine teaching him alchemy, his cultivation speed would surely soar.
Old Medicine truly lived up to his name. Taking such a teacher had been more than worth it.
Even in his previous life, Lin Xiao had longed for a teacher like Old Medicine. Someone like him was surely the teacher everyone wished for.
Sometimes, a good teacher could determine the course of a person's entire life.
And Old Medicine was just such a person.
May the world be free of illness and suffering, even if the medicines on the shelves gather dust!
Old Medicine, Yao Chen!
He truly lived up to his name!
"Thank you for clearing that up, Teacher. Given my current situation, should I begin by cultivating my soul?"
Soul Power? Right now, Lin Xiao only wanted to cultivate battle qi. It was on a much higher level than Soul Power, and not by a small margin.
Old Medicine nodded, then shook his head.
He said, "Over these forty years, I have observed this world's cultivation methods, its Soul Power and Martial Souls."
"Compared with the cultivation methods of my world, the difference is like that between a child and an adult."
"My world has all kinds of Dou Techniques and cultivation methods, with cultivation methods divided into four tiers: heaven, earth, black, and yellow."
"And Lin Xiao, if you wish to become an Alchemist, your best choice is to cultivate a fire-attribute method."
"Cultivating your soul is naturally indispensable as well, but you can pursue it alongside your main cultivation."
Lin Xiao understood. Fire was naturally the most important thing for an Alchemist, so it made sense that Old Medicine wanted him to focus on a fire-attribute cultivation method.
"Ahem, Teacher, heaven-tier methods must be the strongest, right?"
Old Medicine nodded. "Naturally. Even I don't have one at present."
Lin Xiao paused. He had been thinking of asking for a heaven-tier Dou Technique, of asking for the Flame Mantra.
No, no, I seem to have gotten something wrong. The Flame Mantra wasn't a heaven-tier cultivation method at the beginning.
It had risen step by step by devouring Heavenly Flames later on. It was a cultivation method capable of growth.
Seeing Lin Xiao's stunned expression, Old Medicine smiled and said, "I don't have a heaven-tier cultivation method at present, but I do have a rather wondrous one."
"It is called the Flame Mantra. I obtained it from a secret realm."
When he mentioned the Flame Mantra, Old Medicine's expression visibly shifted. Although the change was slight, Lin Xiao still noticed it.
The Flame Mantra. It was also the reason Old Medicine had ended up like this.
Yet without the Flame Mantra, Old Medicine would never have gained Xiao Yan as his disciple later on, and there would probably have been no Endless Fire Domain either.
It truly reflected that saying: within fortune, calamity lies hidden; upon calamity, fortune rests!
Old Medicine continued, "However, this is a low yellow-tier cultivation method. Lin Xiao, do you wish to learn it?"
Lin Xiao's eyes lit up. "Yes, I do!"
Only a fool would refuse.
Low yellow-tier?
Was this not practically a sovereign-tier, Emperor Tier cultivation method?
Whose low yellow-tier method could produce a Dou Emperor?
"What? You don't want a heaven-tier method anymore?" Old Medicine teased, looking at Lin Xiao with a smile.
Lin Xiao smiled awkwardly. "Teacher, you said yourself that this method is wondrous. Surely it can't be weak?"
"Hahaha, that is true. Its greatest marvel is that it can evolve."
"As for how far it can evolve, even I don't know. After obtaining it, I never cultivated it myself."
"I don't know what lies further along its path, either. Do you... still wish to cultivate it?"
Old Medicine explained both the drawbacks and the marvels of this cultivation method to Lin Xiao. The choice was his to make.
Without the slightest hesitation, Lin Xiao nodded and agreed. "Teacher, I'll learn it!"
Hesitating for even one more second would have been disrespectful to the Flame Mantra.
"As you said, Teacher, even a low yellow-tier cultivation method would probably be among the best in this world, right?"
"In that case, why wouldn't I learn it?"
Lin Xiao slowly explained his reasoning.
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