“A lot, but as an alchemist, you just need to know twelve divine fires: Slow Intense Sacred Fire, Samadhi True Fire, Pure Yang Red Flame, Pure Yin Cold Flame, Death Dark Flame, All Creation Spiritual Fire, Heavenly Punishment Extermination Fire, Samsara Heavenly Fire, Chaos Ancient Fire, Life Divine Fire, Eternal Light Demon Fire, and Fierce Destruction Flame!”
Yang Dailin continued: “I need to remind you that it is impossible to completely master these flames because each is a kind of martial soul. No one can possess all twelve, so most alchemists borrow these flames.”
“Moreover, you can only borrow Slow Intense Sacred Fire and Samadhi True Fire. As for the other ten flames, honestly speaking, even I have never seen the real one. I have just seen them in books.”
In the next two days, Ling Xiao had already memorized the books recommended by Yang Danlin, including <Fire Manipulation Technique>. Moreover, he had already begun to digest and understand them.
However, there was a problem. Even though he could understand the <Fire Manipulation Technique>, he still needed to practice using it to control a flame.
Yang Danlin’s advice was to start from an ordinary flame.
In fact, ordinary flames could also refine pills and medicines. However, they could only be used for materials less than a hundred years old. The process of controlling ordinary flames was almost identical to controlling those twelve sacred flames.
Merely, it was simpler.
Moreover, controlling ordinary flames didn’t need the cooperation of martial souls.
Ling Xiao just spent an hour to condense a ‘flame seed’ within his body.
The flame seed looked like a small tongue of flame and was located in a martial artist’s dantian. Normally, only alchemists had one.
As for what the flame seed would grow into, it depended on the alchemist’s final achievements.
Generally speaking, the larger the flame seed, the higher the achievements of the alchemist. Allegedly, in immemorial times, there were first-rate alchemists whose flame seeds grew into sun seeds. Their flames resembled red suns.
Naturally, this was still not the strongest. A seed, after all, was just a seed. In the records left behind by some alchemists, they guessed that a sun seed could eventually become a real sun.
Although it was just a guess, it adhered to a certain pattern and wasn’t random.
Ling Xiao eagerly looked forward to his flame seed. Now, his flame seed was just one inch, like it might extinguish at any time. It wasn’t even as bright as a candle.
However, with this flame seed, he could get twice the results with half the effort in alchemy.
Upon hearing Ling Xiao had actually condensed a flame seed in two days, Yang Danlin was both happy and shocked.
“Since you have already condensed the flame seed, starting from tomorrow, you will learn alchemy with Lan girl. Remember: closely watch her every movement. Although Lan girl is not as skilled as this old man in alchemy, she is very talented. Her foundation is also very solid. There is no disadvantage if you learn from her.”
Usually, Yang Danlin was too busy, and the alchemy techniques he used now were very complicated; therefore, they were obviously not suitable for someone who had just begun to learn alchemy.
Even Lan Yu’er was already excessive. Ling Xiao naturally understood the reason behind such arrangements.
Lan Yu’er also didn’t complain about or refuse upon Yang Danlin’s request.
This, however, surprised Yang Danlin. After all, one should know that alchemy techniques and medicine techniques were true secrets.
There were many things that must not be leaked to outsiders. Even while teaching one’s own disciples, most alchemists would hold back a trick or two.
After all, it was a common matter for ungrateful disciples to starve a Master to death.
However, Lan Yu’er had no reservations about Ling Xiao.
According to her thoughts, since Ling Xiao’s aptitude in alchemy was obviously higher than hers, she naturally wanted to nurture him with all her strength.
However, Yang Danlin was an experienced old fox; he could see a hint of a different meaning in her eyes.
However, since Lan Yu’er said nothing, he also didn’t point it out.
Like that, in the next few days, Ling Xiao followed Lan Yu’er to learn alchemy techniques during the day.
At night, he continued to cultivate.
Naturally, what other people didn’t know was that there were two clones in his cave dwelling that continuously cultivated. Although their cultivation speed was inferior to the main body’s, time was not wasted.
His Martial Soul Clone also practiced and perfected the alchemy techniques he learned from Lan Yu’er in the Landscape World, gradually absorbing them, then completely turning them into his own techniques.
Although Dai Yuling was Lan Yu’er’s disciple, she couldn’t get such attention from her.
Naturally, Dai Yuling’s main focus was not alchemy or medicine but rather cultivating medicinal herbs.
Dai Yuling’s martial soul was very special. Every time she successfully cultivated a medicinal herb, her cultivation would improve. The more unique and outstanding the medicinal herb she cultivated, the faster her cultivation improved.
This completely made up for her lack of martial arts aptitude, surprising even Lan Yu’er.
Now, Dai Yuling’s cultivation had already reached Initial Rank Nine Martial Vein, and her cultivation was still improving.
Ling Xiao occupied most of Lan Yu’er’s time every day. He didn’t actually need to attempt any alchemy techniques because his Martial Soul Clone had already attempted them, so he didn’t waste time on refining.
Whatever the Martial Soul Clone learned belonged to him.
While learning, Ling Xiao often asked some questions that surprised Lan Yu’er.
Even she had not noticed many of those problems before or couldn’t solve them.
In the end, Lan Yu’er was surprised to find that these ordinary alchemy techniques had already been perfected by Ling Xiao. Thus, she became the one who asked questions and was being taught.
After this, she began to teach Ling Xiao her unique alchemy techniques.
Her unique alchemy techniques weren’t any simpler than Yang Danlin’s alchemy techniques. Some were even more creative than his.
However, even like that, Ling Xiao was still able to easily learn them in Enter Soul State.
Moreover, it was not just memorization. Many things were already practiced many times by his Martial Soul Clone for him.
Even if they were unique techniques, there were some oversights. Lan Yu’er could do nothing about these matters. Since she relied on her own ability to reduce errors, this method was very limited.
Therefore, Ling Xiao listed these oversights one by one. Moreover, he expressed his own opinions, shocking Lan Yu’er.
It could even be said that she was frustrated, but she quickly discarded this feeling.
Because while mutually learning with Ling Xiao, her alchemy techniques as well as medical knowledge soared.
She suddenly understood many things she hadn’t understand after Ling Xiao inadvertently pointed them out.
Now, she didn’t know who the teacher and the student was.
Lan Yu’er sincerely felt that her choice to teach Ling Xiao without any reservations was truly the right choice. Not only had Ling Xiao lived up to her expectations, but she had also benefited tremendously.
Now, she even found a way to refine pills she had failed at before.
She felt that, if this continued, apart from lacking a bit of experience, she might even surpass Yang Danlin.
