Deduct 1 for merit. I am really not a child of luck.

Chapter 69: Conditions for changing career to Dan Xiu! (Please read on)

It was not until Lin Mo arrived at Zhuang Weiwan's villa that he realized that he had overthought.

As soon as I opened the combination lock at the entrance of the courtyard and pushed the door open, I saw a half-human-high ancient tripod placed in the attic courtyard.

The ancient tripod has a majestic shape, smooth lines, and exquisite patterns engraved on the surface. There are also runes full of Taoist meanings that make people want to take a few more glances.

The most important thing is that this half-human-high tripod is burning hot. From time to time, wisps of flames and steam emerge from the holes in the tripod, raising the temperature of the entire courtyard by at least ten degrees.

Above the ancient tripod, there was smoke, as if a small thundercloud was floating in the air.

Zhuang Weiwan was wearing the Qingshan Taoist robe with his sleeves rolled up to his shoulders, revealing a pair of strong white arms, with his hands constantly making Taoist gestures.

I saw wisps of flames floating out from her fingertips and slowly drilled into the hole of the ancient tripod.

Every entry of flame can cause a cloud of mist to rise.

After seeing Lin Mo coming in, Zhuang Weiwan, with two big dark circles under his eyes, turned his head and looked at him:
"Junior Brother Lin, you're here? Just find a place to sit down first. I'll be here in another quarter of an hour."

Lin Mo responded casually while observing Zhuang Weiwan's operation with curiosity.

Is this the legendary alchemy?
Make elixirs and take medicine to achieve immortality.

From ancient times to the present, alchemy has always been a mysterious yet popular thing on Diyuan Star.

In the era of great cultivation, even ordinary pharmacies can prescribe some basic healing pills for you, but strictly speaking, those are so-called "fake pills".

The reason is very simple. To truly practice alchemy, one must first build a foundation, study under a master in a Taoist temple, and successfully switch to the alchemy profession before one can practice it.

The so-called alchemy in the secular world is to process the medicine through some special means, which is somewhat similar to the traditional Chinese medicine in Lin Mo's previous life.

It’s just that this world is rich in spiritual energy, with a wide variety of medicinal materials and extraordinary medicinal properties, so even the “fake pills” have good effects.

For colds, fevers and the like, just three or two fake pills can cure the disease.

Even more serious injuries, such as ruptured internal organs and broken ribs, are not untreatable.

Of course, these "fake pills" cannot be compared with the effects of real pills.

For example, the first-level Qi-refining powder that Lin Mo had only obtained once was a rare item that could never be replicated by ordinary Qi-refining practitioners in the mortal world.

Senior Sister Zhuang is actually an alchemy practitioner! ?
Lin Mo looked at the sweaty Zhuang Weiwan, and the curiosity in his eyes became more and more obvious.

If there is any other profession of cultivator that he is interested in besides sword cultivators, alchemy cultivators must be one of them.

The reason is simple. Those ordinary fake pills in the secular world are extremely valuable, let alone the pills made by alchemists?
By then, I can just make an aphrodisiac pill and sell it in the mortal world, making a fortune!

Half an hour passed quickly as Lin Mo was lost in his thoughts.

After Senior Sister Zhuang sent the last wisp of Dao fire into the ancient cauldron, she pinched her hands and made a Dao gesture. The holes that were still emitting steam seemed to be covered with a layer of something and immediately stopped emitting steam and flames.

Lin Mo waited until she was done before speaking:
"Senior Sister Zhuang is actually an alchemy practitioner!"

The main major of Qingshan Sect is sword cultivation, just like Senior Brother Feng before, so Lin Mo subconsciously thought that the senior brothers and sisters leading the team were also sword cultivators.

Zhuang Weiwan wiped the sweat from his forehead and replied with a smile: "With fire spiritual roots, there is no way for me to choose sword cultivation. It was because of my fire spiritual roots that I was recommended to Qingshan Sect."

Another recommendation?
Lin Mo was surprised and said, "Senior Sister Zhuang doesn't seem to be a simple person either."

It is difficult to be admitted into one of the nine academies, and it is even more difficult to be recommended by one of the nine academies.

Only geniuses like Chu Wange, Chen Xuanzhi, or Long A are qualified to be admitted in advance.

Zhuang Weiwan smiled modestly and said:
"I was lucky to get the second place on the Immortal Ranking, but the quality of our class is far less than yours. If it were this year, I might not even be able to make it into the top five."

Can it still make it into the top ten?

Lin Mo silently judged Zhuang Weiwan's qualifications in his heart. Anyone who could enter the top ten must have at least a natural spiritual root. He suddenly remembered something and asked curiously, "What about Senior Brother He? What was his ranking back then?"

Zhuang Weiwan shook his head and said:

"I think he was two years later than me. I don't know his ranking, but he shouldn't have been in the top ten of the Immortal Ranking, otherwise I would have remembered him."

Lin Mo's eyes suddenly became a little strange, which means that Zhuang Weiwan not only has better qualifications than Senior Brother He, but also started learning earlier than the latter.

Since he is your junior fellow apprentice, why are you still letting him manipulate you around? Aren't you too much of a pushover?

He thought to himself.

Zhuang Weiwan seemed to see what he was thinking, and explained with a wry smile:

"We can't help it. The Sword Academy is like this, not to mention that this is the Qingshan Sect."

Lin Mo subconsciously thought of Chu Wange, and then thought of Senior Brother Feng...

Comparing these two, Brother He’s attitude seems to be okay?
Lin Mo thought for a moment and then asked, "Senior Sister Zhuang, if I want to change my profession to become an alchemist in Qingshan Sect, what are the requirements for joining the Alchemy Academy?"

"Junior Brother Lin, do you want to apply for the Dan Xiu exam?"

“That’s the idea.”

Seeing him nod, Zhuang Weiwan hesitated for a moment, and then said:

"First of all, the purity ratio of the fire element spirit root cannot be too low. It must be at least 69%."

"If you have dual spiritual roots, fire and wood are the best, and both cannot be lower than 65%."

Lin Mo: “…”

In fact, he had calculated the increase ratio of the heavenly spiritual object [True Flame] in his mind. After it was completely refined, it might be possible for the purity of the fire spiritual root to reach more than 50%.

It will definitely not exceed 60%!

This level cannot even meet the minimum requirement of dual spiritual roots.

Lin Mo still unwillingly asked again: "What if it is a five-element spiritual root? Will the requirements be lowered?"

As the team leader, Zhuang Weiwan had naturally heard that his qualifications were ordinary, so he gave him an apologetic look:

"Qingshan Sect is one of the Nine Great Daoist Academies after all, and the inheritance requirements are higher than those of other ordinary Daoist academies."

Alas, the alchemy practice failed again... Lin Mo sighed in his heart, but saw that Zhuang Weiwan had thought of something and spoke again:

"Oh, if you have a strange fire, you can also become my disciple through the hidden job transfer tasks related to the strange fire."

"Strange fire?"

"That's right. Alchemists who possess strange fires will have extra bonuses when refining medicine. Even if their spiritual root qualifications are slightly lower, they can still achieve good results in the future."

I only heard Zhuang Weiwan answer like this.

Lin Mo thought about it, slowly extended his index finger in front of her, and then lightly snapped his fingers——

With a "pop", a cluster of small flames popped out from his fingertips.

The warm flames illuminated Lin Mo's face in the dim light of the courtyard, and he asked:

"Senior Sister Zhuang, is this considered a strange fire?"

(End of this chapter)