All Chapters of Alchemist In The Cultivator World: Chapter 321
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Chapter 321
Lei had left for the sect the next morning, with my letter in hand. Mo Chen had taken a cart to leave him at the sect, leaving me with the rest of the day to worry over things. I had about a week or so prepare for the duel at best, and ensure things continued to run smoothly.Qiao Ying stood next to me, holding a registry with all the details, as I grimaced watching over the village.“How’s progress?” I asked.“My lord—”I gave him a look.“Err… sir. We’ve successfully managed to create the first batch of Qi crystals. There were some issues with the workers being unused to the equipment, but after some guidance the batch was successful. Yield was… it was quite good, we had 77% of the herbs being converted successfully based on the mass conversion formula that you had taught me. We have successfully created a batch of roughly two hundred standard Qi crystals within one run,” Qiao Ying’s face flushed, a proud expression on his face.I did not blame him, a first run with such a high yiel
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I heard gasps and murmurs coming from the younger boys and some men as they looked at me in shock. My recent displays had gained me a reputation greater than I had cared for. The association with the Divine tree, and the knowledge I brought had made some of the villagers believe I was a Divine messenger of some sort, and my efforts to dissuade them had only deepened their own beliefs.“Yup. Yan Yun’s still settling into her regained cultivation, and you’re the best fighter I know,” I said to Zhang, ignoring the whispers.I saw Yin’s brother, Hei Jun, shout at them as they quieted down, before he gave me a nod. I returned the nod, smiling. The boy I’d saved, who had been so helpless in the mines, had now grown a fair bit more muscular and confident. The training with Zhang had clearly been showing results.“Sure brother. Are there any rules?” Zhang asked.“We’ll spar till one of us concedes. Sounds good?” I asked.Zhang nodded, about to put his training spear away. “Keep it,” I told hi
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Zhang looked at me, and then gave me an uncharacteristic smile unlike anything I had seen from him.“Come Brother, let us fight!” Zhang said, as he stepped into the skies.I watched him go, but did not move. I tried to move my body but a creeping sensation of horror began to dawn upon me as my body turned without my command. With a step I felt my body step into the skies, and I watched almost like a passenger in my own shell as I walked towards the skies.Chi was flowing through me in an endless storm. So much power, so much strength, it was like an ocean that was drowning me. A hundred voices calling out to me all at once, tugging me in all directions.Zhang remained in the air, clearly confused as he began to chase after me, but I was faster as I began to fly outside of the village.There was a tingle as I felt my tie to the world cut off. The law of the world changed here and I realized I was under the rule of the Heavens again.I tried to stop my body, realizing what it wanted to
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Just because the world hated me and everything I do, I managed to get a fatal new problem sent into my lap as well. As I’d been walking on my way back, I’d noticed that my core had somehow returned. That was not the bad part, though I would’ve liked to have an understanding of how that worked. The part was when I realized that something was eating through my Chi inside my body, and tearing at my spirit itself. It didn’t take me long to figure out that it was the poison which had so conveniently just disappeared. Of course nothing would solve itself so quickly.To my relief, the poison stopped once again when I entered the village, which is precisely when my core seemed to vanish again. With my already annoyed mood, this was enough to make me pissed off. I didn’t notice it at the time, but the very wind, earth, and air seemed to be howling around me in anger and every creature, and person in the village was giving a wide berth as I walked past them.I opened Granny Lang’s workshop, fin
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Elder Yan slammed his fist onto the table, the Qi enforced wood shattering into splinters from his strike, anger and fury boiling forth in him. “That good-for-nothing Shadow.”Lightning flared around him, his anger making his Qi flare as the world around him shook.“A method needs to be found. If that boy is not eliminated soon, then there’s no telling what else he’ll do. To have freed a Shadow… just what other power has he obtained from the Divine Tree?”Elder Yan paced around his room, his mind racing through thoughts. He needed a weapon to strike with, if he truly intended to become Lord of the Seventh Peak, something like the Divine Tree would be perfect. He had been at the peak of the Eight realm for over a decade now. But with that tree, he could break through and match the Lord in strength.A knock sounded out at the gate and Elder Yan turned, wondering who would dare disturb him with his mood so sour. A moment later, a terrified servant opened the gates, looking in and bowed d
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Time passed, and my nervousness regarding the situation only began to grow more and more. A part of me was worried whether my plan for the duel would even work or not. I had felt fairly confident before, it was unprecedented for a duel to be refused, the amount of face it would lose a sect would be too enormous. But uncertainty had slowly but surely crept into my thoughts, doubts and what-ifs filling my mind.But today, at last the Lord had sent a message to me. Apparently the Alchemy Hall Elder had already arrived and had agreed to the terms, with a date set as well in a week’s time. It felt like barely enough, even a month would’ve felt short, but it was what I had, so I’d just have to make do with it.The second good news came a little later, as Granny Lang told me she may have found a way. The “may” part was a bit worrisome, but at this point I was ready to take whatever I got.“There’s a way to effectively hold the poison within you for a small time without any harmful effects,”
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Eventually the rhythms began to settle in. The moved through the stances easily as Zhang and I sparred, and slowly but surely I began gaining the ability to react more and more to his moves. Physically, I was both faster and stronger, but Zhang had substantially more skill. But now that I was finally training, I was quickly starting to fill that lacking element.A part of me also felt a little satisfied with my progress. It was validating to think that all those painful years spent in the sect had not been a waste. All the memories of painful, grueling spars and hours training now seemed to be paying off, and I was seeing rapid, visible improvements.Eventually, I was sparring with Zhang at his full strength, and doing a bunch of physical exercises afterwards as well. I’d decided to mix the standard training exercises with the exercises I’d done in my past life as well.It was surprising to see just how different the physique of a cultivator was. I was far from muscular; I had a decen
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I could not sleep at all, which mattered a lot less to a cultivator than it would a normal person. After the first few hours when I’d realized that sleep was a far off dream, I’d set off to roaming the village premises. Turns out I had not been the only one who’d been struggling with that problem. I noticed Yan Yun seated on a boulder outside. “Can’t sleep either?” I asked. “Not today,” she replied, before she scooted over, patting the boulder next to her for me to sit on. I accepted her invitation, letting myself sit next to Yan Yun, as we both spent some time simply gazing at the beautiful star and the moon shining above. The autumn clouds floated in the sky, causing rays of moonlight to peer through them in intervals, almost like a dance happening within the skies. Knowing the Lunar court’s existence, perhaps that was exactly what was happening? Flee would know more than me about that. “Hey Yuan.” “Hmm?” “Do you ever wonder what it might be like to go to the moon?” I l
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“I don’t think it’s a stupid thought,” Yan Yun said. “My world felt understood to me. Like it was always this way and would remain that way forever. Then you came and changed the entire foundation of everything I knew, and are continuing to do that with every step on your Path,” Yan Yun said, smiling as she looked at me. “Sometimes all you need is an outsider’s perspective, to finally look up from the dark grass within your shadow, and at everything else around you.” I watched the clouds slowly move out of way, revealing a brilliant full moon hanging above me in the sky glowing brightly. I watched the stars twinkle around it, trying to outshine its light, even if momentarily, and I wondered if one of them was my home. “If I can ever go back home. I think I will try again. To study science,” I said, looking at Yan Yun. “To understand the laws of the world.” “I’m sure you’ll succeed, Yuan.” I raised my head, as I saw the skies starting to lighten over the horizon, and as the birds
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For all my nerves making the ride feel longer, it barely took a few minutes before we’d arrived. The poison had already started working the moment we’d left Taizhou and I’d promptly taken the pill granny Lang had given me, taking it within the carriage. I could feel the working, the poison now swirling in my Dantian, slowed down to a crawl for its effects.Without much fanfare or word, I stepped outside alongside Zhang and Yan Yun. The carriage moved past us, as the three of us walked into the Lord’s chamber. The Lord was waiting for us, which made me concerned. Almost every time I had walked into his chamber, he had been working on something or other, but now he simply stood at the window, looking outside.“Greeting, Lord Zhou,” I said, bowing my head. Yan Yun and Zhang followed.“Raise your head,” Lord Zhou replied, regarding me. “We have been hearing reports from Qiao Ying. It seems your work has been showing results.”“Yes, the initial steps at least. Although we definitely can’t