Chapter 115 - 110: Selling the Disciple...

Chapter 115: Chapter 110: Selling the Disciple...

In the Alchemy Room.

Yun Buliu reached out his hand, and the red glazed elixir, radiating a brilliant luster, flew into his palm.

His gaze was vacant, as if he were lost in a trance.

"It succeeded?"

He could hardly believe it, even though he had refined this elixir with his own two hands.

"I actually refined the Red Fire Glaze Pill?" Yun Buliu muttered to himself.

He closed his eyes, reliving every scene of the alchemy process he had just performed, comprehending the deconstruction and evolution of the perfect medicinal liquid...

In less than a day, the problem that had plagued him for over a decade had been solved. It was so easy, resolved without a hitch!

In the past, he could never refine the Red Fire Glaze Pill properly because he couldn’t grasp the mutual fusion of the medicinal liquid’s various attributes. But after witnessing the evolution of the perfect medicinal liquid, Yun Buliu caught a glimpse of the bigger picture. He learned a fraction of the Perfect Alchemy Skill, understanding how to guide the attributes and make them generate and overcome each other to achieve the optimal effect.

Using the mutually generating and overcoming attributes of the medicinal liquid was like taming wild beasts. If a certain attribute in the medicine was too violent, another attribute could be guided to suppress it. If a certain attribute was too weak, one could guide an attribute that nourished it to promote its growth. Mutual generation and mutual overcoming, an endless cycle... the refinement of a tiny elixir was like shaping a Small World.

"Congratulations, Master. Congratulations on mastering the Perfect Alchemy Skill. You really refined the Red Fire Glaze Pill!" Shangguan Xiu’Er said. "Not only did you refine it, but its quality is absolutely top-tier among similar elixirs!"

Yun Buliu snapped back to reality and quietly observed the elixir in front of him.

Indeed, the quality of the elixir was not low. It had reached an upper-middle grade.

Elixir quality was divided into waste pills, ordinary, Middle Grade, high grade, Top Grade, transcendent, and Perfect!

Waste pills were also known as Poison Pills. Their toxicity outweighed their medicinal properties, making them absolutely unusable.

Ordinary elixirs could be used, but as the proverb goes, "all medicines are seventy percent poison." This referred to ordinary elixirs—they were usable, but their side effects were quite severe.

Middle Grade elixirs were a fifty-fifty split. Half poison, half medicine. Their side effects were somewhat smaller than those of ordinary elixirs.

High-grade elixirs were a sixty-forty split. Sixty percent medicinal properties, forty percent toxicity.

Top Grade elixirs were a seventy-thirty split.

Transcendent elixirs were an eighty-twenty split.

Perfect elixirs had absolutely no side effects. Even their medicinal properties reached perfection and were fully stimulated.

However, Perfect-level elixirs were far too outrageous; in the history of alchemy, they only existed in legends.

This was also why, upon seeing Su Tan’s vial of medicinal liquid, Yun Buliu—despite being the Celestial Fragrance Medicine King—would kneel and ask to become his disciple without hesitation.

Just thinking about it... an Alchemy Skill that only existed in legends had actually appeared right before his eyes. How could he not be ecstatic? How could he not be tempted? How could he not want to learn it?

As for whether Su Tan might be a fraud or just playing the fool? How could that be? Didn’t everyone see how respectful Young Master Yun was to him? An existence capable of curing Young Master Yun being a fraud? He wouldn’t believe it even if you told him!

When ordinary Alchemy Masters refined elixirs, purifying them to a Middle Grade was already considered excellent, and an upper-middle grade made them elites. As for high-grade elixirs... those could only be refined occasionally through sheer luck.

In the past, if Yun Buliu saw that he had refined a Red Fire Glaze Pill of upper-middle grade, he would undoubtedly be wild with joy. He might even feel an exhilarating sense of unmatched supremacy in the world.

But now... thinking of Su Tan’s perfect medicinal liquid... everything else felt incredibly dull. He even felt that these elixirs he refined were nothing but garbage.

Refining an elixir of this quality was simply embarrassing... He was too ashamed to even call himself an Alchemist.

Comparison is the thief of joy. Yun Buliu was currently suffering from it.

The more he looked at the elixir in his hand, the more displeased and dissatisfied he became... until he finally felt a bit of disgust.

After a long while... he couldn’t even bear to look at the elixir anymore. With complete indifference, as if discarding a worn-out shoe, he tossed it to Shangguan Xiu’Er.

Having seen the absolute best, his mindset had completely changed. He was no longer satisfied with the status quo.

"M-Master... this... this is a Red Fire Glaze Pill! It’s an elixir that can increase the chances of someone in the Grandmaster Realm breaking through to the King’s Dao realm... Who knows how many people would beg for a single pill like this, yet you..."

Shangguan Xiu’Er stood there with a blank expression, wondering why he had just tossed it to her as if he were utterly disgusted by it. She held it as carefully as if she were catching a fragile baby bird, terrified of damaging it even the slightest bit. Her demeanor was in stark contrast to Yun Buliu’s complete indifference and borderline disgust.

"I understand, Master. Now that you’ve learned the Perfect Alchemy Skill, an elixir like this poses no challenge to you whatsoever, which is why you care so little for it." Who would have thought that Shangguan Xiu’Er, who looked like an ethereal, well-bred lady, was also an expert flatterer.

"Mastered the Perfect Alchemy Skill?" Hearing this, Yun Buliu shook his head... and shook it again. He sighed.

"Alas... how could the Perfect Alchemy Skill be so easy to master?" he said, pausing for a moment before continuing. "I have merely comprehended a fraction of its surface. To reach the level of true mastery... is unimaginably difficult. Ah... perfection, perfection... Does the word ’perfect’ truly exist? Even if it does, how many people can grasp it? How deep is the Dao hidden within? It is unfathomable... Trying to master the Perfect Alchemy Skill based solely on a little bit of medicinal liquid... is simply impossible. I overestimated myself."

"What? Master... are you saying... you haven’t even fully mastered the Perfect Alchemy Skill, yet you can already... casually refine elixirs like the Red Fire Glaze Pill?" Shangguan Xiu’Er asked in astonishment.

"A fraction... your master has only grasped a mere fraction of it..." Yun Buliu repeated.

He truly felt that he had only scratched the surface. The Dao of perfection... was too difficult... too complex!

Alchemy Skills were universal. No matter what elixir you refined, you needed Alchemy Skill as a foundation. If your Alchemy Skill was strong, then no matter what elixir or what grade you refined... you would achieve twice the result with half the effort, and the quality would significantly improve.

"In that case, Master, why don’t we analyze it a few more times? That way, you can comprehend more and gather more secrets of the Perfect Alchemy Skill," Shangguan Xiu’Er suggested.

Yun Buliu waved his hand.

"I have already reached my limit for today. Just now, while analyzing the Perfect Alchemy Skill, I noticed a few key points that I haven’t fully figured out yet. I still need to study and ponder them more. Biting off more than one can chew is never good, so we will stop here. Besides, to truly master the Perfect Alchemy Skill, relying solely on a few vials of medicinal liquid is definitely not enough. Someone must teach it... and I believe that, other than Master Su, no one else is capable of guiding me.

"Therefore, we must find a way to beg Master Su to formally accept me as his disciple..." A bright gleam flashed in Yun Buliu’s eyes.

By "Master Su," he meant Su Tan. Before this, he had been a bit too embarrassed to call Su Tan his master. After all, he could only be considered half a disciple to him, and even that was a self-proclaimed title. Strictly speaking, Su Tan hadn’t actually agreed to it...

Yun Buliu pondered for a few seconds. Master Su hadn’t agreed, but he hadn’t refused either! And no refusal meant acceptance!

Now, Yun Buliu regarded Su Tan as his true master. He secretly swore to himself that he would formally acknowledge Su Tan as his master. No matter what, he had to get Su Tan to accept him as a disciple. That was the Perfect Alchemy Skill! With the Perfect Alchemy Skill, could he perhaps become a Medicine Saint in the future? Or even a Medicine Emperor? Just the thought of it thrilled him to the core.

"Xiu’Er, you also saw the perfect elixir just now. How much did you comprehend?" Yun Buliu asked.

"To answer Master, your disciple is dull-witted... I did not comprehend much..." Shangguan Xiu’Er said, her face flushing red.

Yun Buliu nodded.

"No matter, I don’t blame you. How difficult is the Perfect Alchemy Skill? Your realm is still too low, so it is only normal that you couldn’t see through it." He paused for a moment before continuing. "Let’s do this: tomorrow, you will accompany me to visit your grandmaster. Find a way to stay there... You must think of a way to make him agree to take in both of us, master and disciple!"

"Ah, Master... you’re selling out your own disciple!" Shangguan Xiu’Er pouted in dissatisfaction. "I won’t do it!"

"If your grandmaster actually ’buys’ you, that would be a blessing you’ve earned from your past lives. My biggest fear is that he won’t even spare you a glance... Yet here you are, saying you won’t do it," Yun Buliu retorted.

"I’m so well-behaved and adorable, how could anyone not like me?" Shangguan Xiu’Er patted her well-endowed chest, brimming with confidence.

"I hope so..."

A mere vial of medicinal liquid had allowed him to make such extraordinary progress. If he could actually follow Master Su and learn his Alchemy Skill... what kind of experience would that be? Yun Buliu greatly looked forward to the day Su Tan formally accepted him as a disciple!