"Junior Sister Xu, your foundations are solid. You're sure to become an alchemist someday. Spend a little longer learning to identify herbs, and you can start making simple Blood-Energy Powder." Listening to the senior sister teaching her to identify herbs, Xu Qing hurriedly cupped her hands. "That's all thanks to your excellent teaching, Senior Sister."
She had been studying the introductory alchemy manual for almost a year and a half and knew the entire book backward and forward. All she lacked was practice.
With the knowledge already in her head, she picked up herb identification very quickly.
"Don't flatter me. I'm telling the truth. All right, it's about time. Head down the mountain, and come see me again tomorrow."
Xu Qing bowed before leaving.
"I'll definitely become an alchemist!"
Her elder brother Xu Yang's greatest wish was for her to become an alchemist, so she wouldn't have to fight and kill. That was why she would definitely become one. "You rotten Xu Yang! You've been back for days. Why haven't you come to see me?"
Soon, her thoughts shifted from her senior sister's assurance that she would become an alchemist to Xu Yang. Remembering that he had been back at the Violet Sun Gate for several days without visiting her, she immediately felt a little upset.
"Hm?"
Suddenly, she spotted a tall, straight figure standing like a towering mountain at the foot of Medicine King Peak. A smile as gentle as a spring breeze rested on his handsome face, and his gaze was soft as he watched her.
Who else could it be but Xu Yang?
"Brother?"
Delighted, Xu Qing burst astral qi beneath her feet and floated down Medicine King Peak like a nimble swallow, throwing herself at him.
Xu Yang let her cling to him. Only after a