Story 9 - Nothing Bad Ever Happens at the Alchemy Convention (12)
Blazing Lion smiled. “While Fellow Alchemist White Lily did make so excellent points, I don’t agree with her.”
White Lily crossed her arms under her chest and wore an expression that sent so much shade toward the unorthodox cultivator that she’d be living under it for weeks.
“She knows Alchemist Lin well, but does she realize how difficult it is for most alchemists to grasp logical alchemy? According to so of my seniors here, back before Immortal Zhenren ascended, no one could understand his logic. His lectures were widely attended but not a single cultivator could improve their own Dao using anything he spoke about. Seeing that she shares her master’s way, why would anyone be able to learn Fairy Lin’s Alchemy when they couldn’t figure out her master’s? It’s too divergent.”
Ah, this foolish side character decided to aim at Sword Within the Light of Virtue’s alchemy. Sothing even Noxious Fangstrike barely touched on. Dumb move on her part.
Little Spring crossed his arms. “My sister’s lecture isn’t about our master’s Dao! I don’t see what relevance this has. You’re supposed to judge who gave the most useful lesson, not who might give the worse one later.”
“You’re right. Maybe it’s because I’m from an unorthodox sect, but I just can’t help but consider the future.” She paused. “For instance, while Lin’s lecture was able to help Blazing Fla now, I don’t believe it will benefit him much after today.”
“Actually.” The child took a step forward to bring everyone’s attention to him. “I think Senior Lin’s lesson on the Yin and Yang levels in each spiritual plant will be sothing I’ll use constantly.”
Would you look at that. Young Bright Fla appreciated what I did for him enough to interrupt this senior alchemist.
Blazing Lion, to her credit, didn’t get angry at him. But she did wave her hand at him as if dismissing what he said. Her lips twisted into a knowing half-smile. “You would have naturally figured sothing like that out eventually. Nearly everyone does. anwhile, Little Spring here learned about a serious flaw in his understanding that could have caused him to create massive explosions later. Possibly killing off one of the most talented young alchemists I’ve ever seen.”
Little Spring scowled. “My sister already taught how to avoid explosions!”
She smirked. “Your sister who is not much older than you? Listen here, learning how to solve mistakes without blowing yourself up takes a lot of trial and error. I’ve spent more years than she’s been alive studying how to mitigate alchemy disasters and I can tell that you dangerously lack practice.” She placed one hand on her hip. “Tell , how many batches of pills do you waste when trying to create a simple Healing Dan?”
“Maybe one out of every one hundred?”
She coughed and stared at the brat in disbelief.
Actually, everyone in the area, besides myself, had similar expressions, even Pill Otaku.
He shrugged. “It’s probably less than that.” The crowd seed to sigh in relief. Most of these guys trashed one set of ingredients for every three or five successful ones.
The kid smiled sheepishly. “I rarely waste a batch, so I forget to keep track.” This sounded like he was bragging, but he was actually being very humble and low-key. A few people even rolled their eyes. They did not understand the horrors of this little protagonist’s skill.
If he wouldn’t brag about his accomplishnts, I’d do it for him. I smirked. “If you want the actual statistics, it’s about one every three hundred batches. Which are rookie numbers for logical alchemy.”
Several coughs of disbelief ca from the crowd. The unorthodox cultivator stared at him, along with everyone else. People whispered, asking where this unparalleled genius originated from. So others said that it was no wonder he was Immortal Zhenren’s disciple. The complints continued, but this was normal in the dumbass original author’s universe. At least, when it ca to its protagonist. It was so bad, the kid’s ears turned red.
Blazing Lion smiled. “You’ve proved my point for . How is this child supposed to practice fixing mistakes if he hardly makes any?”
“If I don’t make errors, why should I practice fixing them?”
I barely stopped myself from facepalming.
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