Alchemy

"so, the following exam changes energy 10 years. but I managed to find out what the exam would be, it would be a martial art tournament. this year, the total number of people taking the exam has reached 210,000. the sect will narrow them out, and only pick the top 1,000." Sora said calmly while looking outside the window at the busy streets.

although he was speaking, the words that left his mouth was not the same as what Berry and the others heard, this was him using the sense of hearing, making everyone within the room immediately hear what he wanted them to hear.

this was because the room was tapped with all types of things, they were being watched at all times, so they had to be careful. Sora could only sigh before they enter the sect, the sect would of course not trust them and use everything to make sure they were trustworthy.

"for the next few days, let's stay inside. it's common for those sect disciples to bully the newcomers and force them to join their powers." Sora said calmly to which everyone nodded, this was a good time for them to learn how to cultivate... by learning, meaning being taught by Sora. So, they sat down while Sora's voice entered their ears.

Sora sighed softly, he didn't need to put even 1% of his attention onto teaching them, although he was teaching all 7 of them, all 7 of them were hearing different things. [Multitasking] was a powerful skill that could easily allow Sora to do this.

Sora sighed softly, he looked at the storage in his hands for some time. he wanted to cultivate, but it wasn't the time for that. shaking his head, he closed his eyes and forced his senses on everything that was happening around him.

time passed, and in the blink of an eye, the 7-day mark arrived. as soon as it arrived, those who didn't arrive at the sect on time were locked out, even if they were a step away from entering.

from 210,000, the number of people had dropped to a little over 100,000 people. this was a shocking number, with such a huge number, the plan of the sect had changed. because the sea had become calm, due to Sora's actions, a sub-tournament would a held.

the goal of this sub-tournament was to drop the numbers to under 50 thousand. each match would be 5 minutes long and the sub-tournament would last week. this was enough time for at least the numbers to reach 50,000.

of course, there was a chance some talents might meet freaks, so to give them a chance, they were given the chance to challenge others. each person can be challenged a max of 3 times, and each person can at most challenge others at most 2 times

this would be the longest number of people that managed to make it this far, this, of course, was for the best. the purple lightning sect was still a new force within this region, in the past dozens of years, it had skyrocketed to fame. it was now reaching out further and further to take in more and more talents.

Elder Thunder told this to the crowd personally, the huge crowd of over 100,000 people listened closely to the numbers. and once done, they turned their attention to the 12 huge stages. a screen appeared above each stage and it began flashing with names,

Sora's attention was quickly caught on a screen that had Fu Qin VS Dan. everyone who was looking all over the screens froze when their eyes landed on this screen. what name was this? Fu Qin? who went around being called father? that had to be a fake name.

everyone's attention turned to the stage, they wanted to see just who had that interesting name, a young teen stepped onto the stage while looking around nervously. everyone had their attention turned toward him,

"M-my name is Dan." He said softly, when everyone heard this their eyes began moving around, searching for the other party. soon, their eyes landed on a masked man who was wearing weird clothing. standing on the stage, everyone looked at Sora.

{gained attention- gained 104,291 SP

you have been mocked- gained 48,902 SP

You have been pitied- Gained 60,910 SP}

"your Fu Qin?" Dan asked softly, Sora looked at this person before he smiled slightly

"my son, do you not recognize your father? sigh, I only left to get milk for 14 years now." Sora said with a sigh, stunning everyone. they all realized his name was a trap, but Dan was stunned at the fact that Sora knew his age.

{you have cursed- gained 105,340 SP

You have been suspected- gained 43,293}

Sora looked at the notification which was flashing on the screen, he rubbed his chin slightly, before realizing he didn't have a beard. shaking his head, Sora looked at Dan.

"My son, how have you been in the past years?" Sora asked with a smile while looking at Dan's face which had turned red in rage. he stepped forward and shot toward Sora with a fist, he was only a normal human, this was not a fair battle. Sora stepped backward while he stepped backward, easily dodging the blows.

"my son, you learned to throw a punch? the last I saw... of wait, you had destroyed your mouth," Sora said as if he just realized something, his voice was filled with deep emotions, enraging Dan, and making the crowd begin to cheer for Dan to defeat the hateful Sora.

Dan roared in rage as his fist flew across the sky, each time he missed Sora his rage only grew and grew. but no matter what, he couldn't touch even Sora's clothing.

"sigh, playing with children isn't my thing... from now on, I will not fight against my children like this. I will make things fair." Sora said as he pulled out a blindfold, which he used to cover the eyes holes on his mask.

Dan who was breathing heavily was stunned seeing this before he smiled slightly, his arrogance was going to be Sora's downfall. but just as Dan was about to move, Sora pulled out a book and began reading. Sora used his hands to feel the words, completely ignoring him

"don't worry about me, you do your thing," Sora said as if he was indeed talking to his son who he was playing with, but was bored, so he pulled out his phone while playing with him. Dan gritted his teeth before he shot toward Sora,

yet to his shock, even when Sora was reading the book, and with his eyes covered,d he dodged all of his attacks. everyone was shocked seeing Sora's smooth movement, but Sora soon did something which made everyone almost fall over.

"oh? it's backward. Sora said softly as he flicked the book over. everyone at this point already knew the type of person Sora was. some hated him, some thought he was interesting, and others thought he was a clown. the truly skilled people here realized that Sora was not normal, the sharp senses, and the fact he could play with someone like this, showing just how much Sora outclassed him.

when the 5 minutes was about to run up, Sora smoothly moved behind the young man, his back trapped the young man back slightly, and the young man was sent stumbling off the stage,

"sigh, give him special treatment and have him go straight to the finals," Elder Thunder said speechless while seeing this fight. in his eyes, Sora didn't take any of this seriously, he was just here clowning around

Sora could be an inner sect disciple with just the stuff he had shown. be it his strength, power, spear intent, or the senses. Sora could be an inner sect disciple. Sora was like a grown playing fighting a group of babies. why was a grown man beating up babies that couldn't even walk?

So, Sora had to be removed. as Sora stepped off the stage, someone came to report to him what Elder thunder had said, Sora frowned slightly hearing this. he, of course, didn't leave, he just got over a million SP from these few 5 minutes, in a week he would have 10s of millions of SP.

but what could he do? he nodded slightly and went to sit and watch things from afar. Sora got more attention from this moment, but slowly everyone began to ignore him as they turned their attention to the stage.

"your spear... you have a good spear." a young man walked up to Sora while looking at the Spear on Sora's back, his eyes landed on the sword, but he didn't care for the sword. Sora looked up at this person. he was a young man with long black air, his eyes were sharp like a spear, and he held a stick in his hands, but within his hands, one had the illusion of seeing a spear.

"I know, that's because a personally made it," Sora said as he pulled out the wooden spear on his back, he threw the spear towards the young man who caught it and studied it carefully. he looked at the spear for some time, before he looked at Sora.

"Follow me, your talent would be wasted anywhere else. you have the heart for the spear, but you are walking on a path that would limit your future." Sora said with a smile, the young man was stunned for a moment before his eyes narrowed slightly.

"if you walk a path that has already been walked, then you're wasting your talent. if the path you are walking followed your teacher who hasn't reached the peak, then you're wasting your talent," Sora said softly before he pointed at the young man's chest.

"the way of the spear, it's a straightforward path. close your eyes and follow your heart. what others teach you shouldn't become your path, but support for you to lay out your own path. that's where you made the mistake." Sora said stunning the young man, the young man's eyes widened as he looked at Sora, not knowing what to say.

"... y-your right." He said softly, Sora smiled slightly, this guy was only 11 or 12 years old, and he was indeed talented for his young age. he was already at level 2 body tempering, he had a huge background as he was the son of a powerful elder within the sect.

"so, will you become my follower?" Sora asked with a smile, the young man looked at Sora for a moment before he nodded. Sora smiled slightly as he patted the seat next to him, the young man sat down and the two began talking.

the young man was known as Ao Zhao, Sora went on to help him remove his flaws within the way of the sword.

meanwhile, Elder Thunder was watching this scene happen. with his sharp senses, he could easily hear everything that had happened. he of course was stunned at how easily Sora took in Ao Zhao, but he was more stunned at how easily Sora could find Sora's flaws.

although he had been watching Sora, he didn't know how well Sora's teaching skills were. the flies didn't record the voices. So, he couldn't hear Sora. Sora was not masking his voice at the moment and was allowing him to listen in.

'he is also a wise teacher, with goals and an ambition above many people.' Elder thunder's eyes brightened while looking at Sora, but he suddenly remembered something Elder Mo told him to do, to truly see Sora's talent.

thinking this, he summoned Sora. Sora hearing he was stunned was confused, but he said goodbye to Ao Zhao who was disappointed that Sora had to leave. Elder Thunder smiled slightly while looking at Sora before he had him follow him to the alchemist's room.

"what do you know about alchemy?" He asked with a smile, Sora was hit with understanding. behind his mask, he frowned slightly. this was a bit risky, he barely knew this old man, but he could tell the old man had no ill will. the thing was that he couldn't see into the old man's mind, so he had to read the old man's heart, movements, and many other things.

he smelled no ill will, darkness, and evil from him. So, this person was someone who should be just. this old man didn't give him a bad feeling, or a snake-like feeling, so he was an honest straight forwards type of person. he saw no darkness within the old man's heart, so he was not the type of person who went around doing evil, or doing evil in the name of good.

this old man was a straightforward person, of course, there was some darkness, but it was not to the point he was a greedy type of person who would ignore right and wrong without meaning. Sora can pretty much lay out this old man's personality through this

"Nothing, I haven't had a chance to get into alchemy," Sora said calmly, the old man's eyes twitched slightly. did this brat think he could master just about anything he wants? shaking his head slightly, he had one of the alchemists at the side get to work to show Sora the basics.

"This pill is a basic pill. It's called the body refinement pill," a young sect disciple said as he showed Sora the herbs needed to refine the pills. he then went on to show Sora how to refine pills. there were a number of herbs one must need to put in, put too many in and one could cause the cauldron to explode, if the flames are too hot then the cauldron could explode.

getting the number of herbs needed and getting the flames to the right level was only part of the thing. while doing alchemy, one needed to control the flame at all times, while adding new herbs at the right time. it took time and a lot of contraction to form pills, just this pill took 30 minutes to complete.

in there would there are many paths alchemists could take, the first being the most common being the pill path. the second was the potion/elixir path, this path was similar to the pill path but the effect of elixirs was stronger but they had a shorter window in which they could be used,

the last path was the Conversion/Transmutation type alchemist. these alchemists walked a path that allowed them to turn shit into gold. they walked a path known as Equivalent Exchange. Equivalent Exchange is the principle that limits alchemy's infinite potential. It's a simple concept, something cannot be created from nothing, and so in order to obtain something, something else of equal value must be lost.

{new ability has been unlocked [Alchemy]}

Sora seeing this new ability bought it for 100,000 SP. Sora looked at the cauldron before he stepped forward to try. the disciple seeing Sora's action wanted to stop him, but Elder Thunder stopped him.

'alchemy... interesting, alchemy is just magical science. pills, they make them on earth. those liquid basic medicines, it's also on earth. the only magical thing here is the ability to turn something into something else.' Sora thought as he copied the young man's movement, they didn't just copy he improved upon them.

Sora's control of the flames was pretty much perfect. thanks to [Craftsman] Sora's control of flames was high. Elder Thunder and the young man were in shock while looking at Sora in shock, it made them question if this was Sora's first time,

but they could see Sora improving as he went on, each movement Sora made improved and improved as if he realized something was off. [Alchemy] quickly leveled up, reaching level 5, after some time, Sora opened the cauldron. with his action, everyone came forward to see Sora's action.

within the cauldron there laid 8 pills, stunning all of them. Sora looked at the pill with a deep frown, he had wasted 86% of the herbs, if he could have used each and every bit of the energy within the herbs then Sora could have created more than 10 pills.

but there was a state above that, wasting no energy, and going on to use all that energy to strengthen each other. one would be able to make something more than 100% higher, the pill would go past 100%.

'Elder Mo was right... this kid is something else.' Elder Thunder thought while looking at Sora, he had done his background check on Sora. and in need, Sora was nothing more than a trashy young master, but he turned his life around after that day he almost died.

Sora became a new person once he felt the city with his father, it was unknown what they did within the forest, but Elder Thunder found that the mayor had tried to attack Sora. through the latter sent to his son, Elder Thunder found that Sora's father was a powerful expert.

it was unknown why such a powerful expert moved to a backwater city after the past 13 years, of living among normal people, but from what he could tell from the information on Sora's father, Sora's father was not a bad person.

he was just a father who didn't know how to be a father, most likely Sora's background was not normal, Sora's father was forced to fall into that city. it would explain why his father would join a clan, and have the best maids take care of his son.

he was a father who was forced to become a father, but with Sora's death, he should have realized he was being a bad father. which is why he up and disappeared, letting his son's talent bloom,

because of Sora's talent, Elder Thunder already guessed that Sora's background was something that could rival the sect or even surpass it. the talent of this level will not be born in a trashy city, they would be born within places rich in energy.

there even normal people would be in body tempering realm, even if they ever cultivated. the energy was so quick, that every breath they took was more than what people in white cloud city could gather in their lifetime.

'i wonder if this would be a blessing or not... the kid has a good heart, or else Elder Mo would not like him so much,' Elder Thunder thought