All Chapters of Alchemist In The Cultivator World: Chapter 21
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Chapter 21
A deep breath in, a deep breath out. Lightning Qi crackled in her core, her Dantian brimming with power as she channelled her Qi through her meridians. Her art thrummed in her mind, ready to be used at any moment.Yan Yun let a calm breath out. Calm was needed to tame thunder, and prevent it from lashing out at random. It was something all lightning and fire cultivators struggled with, the nature of their Qi making them more prone to impulsive and strong behaviours.“Come in Zu Ri,” Yan Yun said, opening her eyes, as her Qi began to settle down.A shadow flickered in her vision, as Zu Ri let her arts fade, her form turning visible. “I didn’t wish to disturb you, young mistress,” her handmaiden said, and Yan Yun nodded.“Just a brief meditation Zu Ri, I wouldn’t be cultivating in my chambers if it was any sort of prolonged cultivation,” Yan Yun replied, eyeing Zu Ri once. “Did you find anything?”“I did, young mistress. Extremely easily so. The sect archives had most of the details, an
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There were a few things that I needed to do before I could head outside the sect though. The very first was officially registering Flee as my spirit companion, now that he’d broken through to the first realm. I’d had to run rounds trying to find out what the procedures were because Yuan had never even considered acquiring anything but a pristine spirit beast. Having realised he didn’t have nearly enough luck, or Qi needed to get one, he’d never bothered learning more about the details needed. Thankfully all I really needed to do was go to one of the administrative halls, and mark him as my spirit. I also planned to ask where I could find more information on spirit rats, or if Flee was just an oddity. I picked up the list of items I’d set out for checking. The very first was a smaller cauldron. The one the old man gave me was nice, but also, far too large. It wasn’t meant to test and analyse small amounts, but to create batches of pills and elixirs instead. The second was spirit st
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The scenery started to change, as taller buildings began to approach. There were extremely few regular people in the sect anyways, and around these areas, all I saw were other cultivators that walked by. Many seniors, juniors, and even some elders moved about the pathways. Mostly other outer sect disciples. A plethora of Qi and Arts assailed my senses, as the world itself seemed to turn more vibrant with the many kinds of Qi spreading around. I continued on my path, not extremely surprised by any of it. It wasn’t any surprise to me that cultivators would fill the main halls, but Yuan’s memories still left some sense of surprise and awe left in me from his childhood nonetheless. Cultivators were rare, and heralded all the more so outside the bigger cities, even just a first realm cultivator would be a boon to a village like his. So Yuan was by all means, a gift for the people of his village. Yuan had scoffed at that, upon his arrival in the sect. The reality of having Qi, and being
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Lightning crackled and flashed and I felt my breath get stuck in my chest. I stared blankly as the electric current rushed towards the Elder… before it quickly vanished with a single Qi pulse.“Unruly spirit. You should teach it some manners,” the elder said, and I broke out of my trance, pulled Flee back as I bowed my head in apology.“No, it is alright. Your spirit seems to be a bit special,” the man spoke, and I heard a chime-like giggle sound once again.I felt Qi pulsing through the air around me, but if the Elder was talking to his spirit, or just staring at me blankly, then I couldn’t tell.I raised my head, as I nervously clutched Flee, who continued to sparkle and crackle with lightning. I needed to revisit some more discipline, but talking to Flee was extremely difficult, and I could only vaguely understand what he usually wanted to say.My eyes shifted to a book flying across the room as it flew to the Elder’s hands, flipping itself open.“A spirit rat. Common pest in the c
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Silver Qi thrummed in her hands, like a beacon of power, glowing with an inner light.Flee could feel her master’s displeasure with her, and she wished to tell him she hadn’t been able to stop her Qi from flaring up. The other spirit had poked around her Dantian with its spirit limbs and Flee had lost control of her lightning Qi for a moment.She felt frustrated at her inability to talk to her great Master, at her inability to make the great elixirs and pills he made, at her inability to learn the knowledge he wrote down in those books.She wasn’t good enough, she couldn’t even learn from her Great Master, couldn’t even make her thoughts known.Flee felt the familiar sense of frustration fill her. She’d been trying to understand him better, to tell him of her desires, yet she’d had no luck so far. Her thoughts soon shifted back to the pill in her hand.The spirit had gifted her this pill, in return for the prank it had pulled. And she’d asked for her choice.Qi thrummed in her Dantian
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Colors and scents flooded my senses, whispers of Qi drifting on the wind. People walked by in droves, of various statues wearing various different sorts of clothes. Most, with no shred of hint of Qi in them.I stared in surprise, as I walked by, watching the odd pedestrian moving by. Their movements felt slow, and sluggish, weighed down by the world around them. Their presence was faint, fainter than even Flee’s.I walked forward, trying to not gawk like a country bumpkin, which is exactly what I was. Yuan had been to the city before. Twice. In all the years he’d stayed at the sect, the only time he’d gone to the city had been to run some errand, and once when he’d been taken by some sect brothers, promising to have some fun, who’d then proceeded to run away without paying, leaving Yuan behind.The experience had been enough trouble to have Yuan remain in the sect for the entire time, and avoid visiting the city.I could feel surprise budding up in my chest. Yuan’s memories, and emoti
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I looked around, trying to see, and hoped that he was talking about someone else, but fate was a cruel mistress.I was about to shake my head, and nope the hell out of the show when I saw the kids looking at me with their eyes shining in anticipation. I sighed, a silent sigh of defeat in my mind, as I walked closer.“Ohoho! Very well! If you manage to break this ward disciple- what’s your name?” The man added in a quiet whisper, stopping.“Yuan,” I replied.“If you break this ward disciple Yuan, then the amulet shall be yours for free!” the man exclaimed. I held back a sigh. There was most likely some trick to the amulet, or the merchant would not be so proudly exclaiming these bold claims. Either that or he really didn’t think I could do it. Which, in all honesty, I didn’t think I could either. I’d never tried to use any combat techniques that Yuan knew even once.I closed my eyes, going through Yuan’s memories. The core art that he had learned was the Serene Mists Art. A neutral Qi
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Yan Yun felt her Qi churn in her dantian, reflecting the conflicted state of her mind. For the first time in many years, Yan Yun had decided to run away from her sparring sessions and escape to her little hideout.A part of her had been hoping, perhaps she’d find Yuan around, but much to her disappointment, the boy was nowhere to be seen and neither was his mysterious lover. Yan Yun wasn’t surprised, the two had only really been meeting every seven days, not visiting her little grove otherwise.She’d continued to stroll leisurely through the grove, feeling a defiant sense of pleasure at having skipped a lesson for the first time when her attention had been caught by a familiar Qi tinged with the smell of spirit herbs.A few moments of conflict later, Yan Yun had decided to follow the Qi, to try and see what Yuan was up to. She’d already ran away from her lessons, so she may as well have some fun while at it.And that was how Yan Yun had found herself smack in the middle of the city, a
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I felt a bit silly as I continued to follow behind Su Lin through the narrowing streets. The bustling city was turning more quiet as we walked away from the merchants and the carts and carriages and transitioned into quiet neighborhoods of people going about their daily lives with smaller shops that sat around watching the day pass.I maintained my distance from Su Lin, trying to stay outside his sight as he walked by, stopping occasionally here and there. A few minutes of stalking almost had me bored and about to turn around and go on my day when I felt a very faint pulse of Qi from up ahead.Returning my attention, I turned from the little corner I had been standing in to find Su Lin gone from my sight. I tried to sense for any cultivator with Qi nearby, but my senses showed nothing.“Well damn, wonder if he felt me walking behind him or something,” I muttered to myself. It was a miracle that Flee hadn’t busted me yet, and a small check at my pouch showed that Flee had somehow falle
Chapter 31
There was something about having a blade at your neck that made the difference in cultivation levels and relative strength meaningless. I hadn’t realised why people seemed to freeze up and become unable to think when someone started to threaten them with a knife, but I was starting to realise why.Having your life in someone else’s hand, was scary as fuck.“Why were ya following me?” Su Lin asked, keeping the knife to my neck.I gulped, trying to think of a suitable reply. “Thought I’d see where you were going, and if it was you indeed. Guess I was right,” I replied, my voice surprisingly not wavering in the slightest.Su Lin stared at me for a while, a frown covering his eyebrows. “Well, whatever. I’d thought it were them Zou’s lackeys following me.”I sighed internally as the knife was pulled away from my neck, trying not to show any distress in my expression.“Has anyone told ya that you've changed Yuan? I’d thought ye were a timid one, sticking to yourself and not mingling with ot