Alchemies

Chapter 29: The Outer Sect

Luo Mei looked at the flower in her hand, tears began to flow. His hand that was holding the flower was slightly shivering.

Alex was shocked to see this, he never expected Lou Mei to cry when she got the flower.

"Are the Spiritual senses really good?"

Luo Mei wiped her tears and replied, "Of course it's good. It's something that you can only open up after reaching a true disciple."

“true disciple?” now it's his turn to be surprised.

Luo Mei took out a small jade box and stored the flowers there. She then keeps it in her storage bag and says thanks once again to Alex.

“I'll go now, Daoist Yu. I hope we can meet again.” she says goodbye and starts walking back towards the city.

"Wait, Daoist Luo." Alex immediately shouted.

Luo Mei stopped and looked back. "What's wrong, Daoist Yu, do you need something now"

Alex looked a little embarrassed and scared as he said, "This area is too difficult for me to handle. Can I come until I get out of the woods"

They walked back at Alex's request.

Along the way he discovered more alchemy ingredients.

Right now, he already had more than half the ingredients, for some of the recipes he knew, He couldn't wait to go back and do alchemy again.

On the way home, a monster appeared before them. Alex read his name, [Quick Wolf: Natural 4th Bone tempering]. The monster was at a higher level than him.

Luo Mei casually took out a sword and slashed at it. The fast wolf immediately jumped to the side but was still dragged away by the incoming slash. There was a long wound on his back and it was now seeping into his silver feathers.

When he was wounded, he ran away. It really lives up to its name and is very fast.

"Should we follow him?" Alex asked.

"no need. Unless that monster finds a monster core from a monster stronger than him, he will not survive my attack. The longest he can live at this time is 2 days." Luo Mei was very confident in her attack.

“What is the relationship of monster core with other monsters?” She asked.

“Monster cultivates very slowly, so one way to cultivate faster for them is to hunt down other monsters and eat their cores. Similarly, when they were injured, eating the cores of other monsters helped them heal as well. But the monster core must also come from a relatively high-level monster in order to function. Otherwise, he would have to eat a lot of monsters with low cultivation." Luo Mei replied

“So,” Alex is grateful because Lou Mei taught him different things.

After a while, they almost came out of the forest when the three stopped. There was a commotion in front of them.

Suddenly, a green-robed young man emerged from behind the trees. The young man was surprised to see the three of them as well.the young man saw an outer disciple between the two yellow-robed women.

“Male sister, do you need help?” this young man tried to see if Alex was forced by them or walked of his own accord.

He looked at Meng Yun's robe and was surprised to see a blue layer. 'The 'Murid inner sect of the Tiger Sect' He hesitates to be able to fight against him if his junior disciple really needs help.

He then turned to look at Luo Mei. As he looked at his red lines, his eyes widened.

Alex decided to answer, "Thank you, but I don't need any help, senior brother. These fellow Daoists took me out of the forest because it was dangerous for me."

"B-so-so. I-Then I have to go." He bowed towards Luo Mei slightly and ran away.

'What's wrong with him?' Alex confused. Meng Yun looked at the fleeing young man and was shocked.

He walked towards Luo Mei and slowly whispered in her ear, "Senior Brother, the man's robe is darker in color than this man's robe."

Luo Mei was shocked upon hearing this. He immediately compared his robe and realized Alex's robe was lighter in color. He knows what this means.

"Daois Yu, is that man the core disciple of your sect?" Lou Mei asked.

She was supposed to be a student in.”ucap Alex

Luo Mei's eyes widened, "Then why do you call her big brother?"

" I am an outer sect disciple, so I must be courteous to him ." Alex just answered.

Luo Mei was shocked. 'An outer sect disciple? Impossible. He's very talented. Even in our sect, a Bone Tempering Realm cultivator would automatically become an inner sect disciple. How could he still be an outer sect with an incredible ability to find materials? Should I try to tie it?' he thinks.

"Why haven't you become an inner sect disciple, Daoist Yu?" he decided to tread the water slowly.

"I have not completed the requirements to become an inner sect disciple."

Luo Mei was shocked.

“Oh, I just need to make 10 different mortal level pill recipes, that's it.”

Alex said he was not hiding anything.

“So... and how much have you made so far?” Lou Mei asked

“Yes, until now only 1,” replied Alex

Luo Mei's eyes brightened as she thought of something. 'A Tempering Bone realm cultivator with only 1 pill made so far? His talent in the field of alchemy must be very bad.'

“Taois Yu, join the Tiger Sect. I can immediately make you a Core disciple and give you Heaven-level cultivation methods, techniques, and weapons, This Sect will also take care of all your other needs, too, all you have to do is adventure with our sect elders and help them find the alchemy ingredients from within the southern forest." He said, trying to tempt alex to join the Tiger Sect.

Alex was surprised by the offer that just came along. He smiled slightly and said, "Thank you for the offer, Daoist Yu. But I have to reject it. I want to learn alchemy.

"But look at you. You are already in the realm of Tempering Bone and have only managed to concoct one pill. I think you should stop making pills, Daoist Yu." Lou Mei tries to negotiate with Alex again.

"It's okay. So far I have only made one pill because earning contribution points in the first week as an outer sect disciple takes a lot of time." Alex tried to politely decline.

Luo Mei thought she heard wrongly. "Can you repeat it, Daoist Yu?"

"Oh, I said that my first week as an outer sect disciple took a lot of time to earn points. That's why I can only make one kind of pill." Alex repeated.

Luo Mei asked curiously, "Do you mean it has only been a week since you joined Hong Wu Sect?"

"Yes. Maybe 8 days, I already made my first pill 2 days ago." She said.

Luo Mei smiled wryly as she asked, "umm....How long have you been pursuing alchemy, Daoist Yu?"

"9 days ago. I took the entrance test for Hong Wu Sect on the day I learned about alchemy.”

Luo Mei's eyes were wide open. Even Meng Yun at the back could not maintain her stoic appearance anymore. ‘He entered the sect 9 days ago and managed to make pills in 7 days. What kind of alchemy monster is this?’ think.

“Now I should really ask you to join our Tiger Sect, Daoist – No, Brother Yu.” Lou Mei started tying alex even deeper.

“We will give you everything you ask for Brother Yu. Just join our sect.” I hope Alex changes his mind.

Alex frowned a little. "Please stop this Daoist Luo. I'm not going to join your sect. I joined the Hong Wu sect to study alchemy, and I will continue to do so. Please don't embarrass yourself any further."

Luo Mei stopped talking. Even Meng Yun did not say anything upon hearing this, she knew Luo Mei was wrong this time.

Alex took this opportunity and said, "Thank you for allowing me to walk with you up here, I should be able to go alone now. Therefore, I will part with you fellow Taoists. May we meet again." He started walking away.

Luo Mei and Meng Yun stood there not knowing what to do.

“Senior Brother, what should we do now?” Meng Yun asked

“There's nothing more we can do. So, we have to leave this task to someone expert.”ucap Lou Mie

Luo Mei looked at Alex's missing figure and said, "let's go. I need to tell my master about him. He should have convinced her." Both of them disappeared into the forest.

Alex was hunting for a few more hours. Although he did not need to hunt anymore, after what the two women had given him, but he still wanted to look for more alchemy ingredients.

He started ignoring the low realm monsters from him, He was only focused on searching for the ingredients, to the point that he forgot to log out for breakfast.

'It doesn't matter. During the day, I eat he thought.

After a few hours, he returned to his room at the tavern.

He saw that time, and it was 10 in the morning. He logged out and went to take a shower. She left the bathroom a while later and decided to wait for her two roommates.

Matt has morning class, so he's gone. After Logan and Eric came out, they went to the Cafeteria together and had lunch.

After that, they went to their own classes.

Alex enters his class, but business class is too boring for him.

Finally, after the class was over, he went to the cafeteria for lunch. After that, he did his job, and other work until it was time for dinner.

After dinner was over, Alex finally got into the game. He went into his room at the store.

'Am I going to hunt this place again?' he thinks

It took a while, though,

but he finally decided to hunt again. Since he took a 3-day leave from the sect, it was impossible to get another leave in the near future. So, he had to make the most of his last day.