Shen Mengyao

"Sister, he has lost his memory, and he's so pitiful. Sister, can we bring him home? Look, he's covered in blood, so someone must have beaten him up," Shen Menglu pleaded as she tugged on the young woman's arm.

Upon hearing this, Lin Han felt his heart warm up. Shen Menglu was a kind-hearted girl.

"You have lost your memory?" Shen Mengyao asked, her brows furrowing. She wasn't a child and couldn't be as kind-hearted as Shen Menglu. Sometimes, excessive kindness could lead to trouble. She also felt cautious upon seeing Lin Han's bloodstained and tattered clothes.

"Yes," Lin Han nodded, gazing at the beautiful girl before him. Now he understood what true beauty meant.

Lin Han couldn't help but think that perhaps only a world like this could produce such a beautiful girl.

"You're a martial warrior at the third stage of Body Refinement. Well, since Menglu is begging for your help, your strength might be useful. From now on, you'll follow me," the young woman said.

"Okay," Lin Han agreed.

He didn't want to reveal his true strength too early, so he deliberately suppressed his cultivation to the third stage of Body Refinement. He also learned that the young woman was a martial warrior at the fifth stage of Body Refinement.

Following Shen Mengyao, Lin Han asked some basic questions and learned about Yun City's situation. Yun City was divided into two major factions: the Shen family and the Zhang family, with the Zhang family being more powerful. The young woman he was with, Shen Mengyao, was the eldest daughter of the Shen family. Her little sister was Shen Menglu, and they shared similar names.

Lin Han also learned that Shen Mengyao's father, the head of the Shen family, was a martial warrior at the fifth stage of Mortal Martial Realm. This information shocked Lin Han.

In this world, such a level of cultivation was awe-inspiring. On Earth, this level of power could easily make someone the ruler of the entire planet.

"This is your room; you should freshen up. Do you need me to find a physician for you?" Shen Mengyao led Lin Han to a room. It was a simple room, and she seemed wary of Lin Han's blood-stained appearance.

"No need for a physician; my injuries are not severe. But Miss Shen, may I ask if the Shen family has a library?" Lin Han, seeing the spacious room, inquired.

Lin Han wanted to learn about this world as soon as possible, so he intended to visit the library and borrow some books to gain insights into the continent.

"We do have a library, but you can only access the first floor. The second floor is only available to those at the fifth stage of Body Refinement Realm. Let me tell you, the first floor contains mostly informational materials, while the second floor has martial techniques. If you want to learn martial techniques, you should probably give up," Shen Mengyao warned.

"It's alright; I just want to read some materials. I enjoy reading," Lin Han waved his hand, indicating he didn't have any ulterior motives for visiting the library.

"Really? I couldn't tell," Shen Mengyao teased with a pout.

Upon hearing that, Lin Han was dumbfounded. Did he look like a brute with no intellect?

Seeing Lin Han's stunned expression, Shen Mengyao gave a faint smile and said, "The library is at the end of the Shen family estate. Just keep going straight, and the cafeteria is next to the library."

With that, Shen Mengyao gracefully departed.

It wasn't entirely Shen Mengyao's fault for her initial judgment. With his impressive physique, Lin Han seemed like a warrior who relied on strength alone.

After taking a bath and changing into clean clothes, Lin Han proceeded to the library. He spent the entire night inside and continued his research as the first light of dawn graced the sky.

Time had passed, and Lin Han stretched lazily, causing his body to produce a series of cracking sounds.

After a night of exploration, Lin Han had gathered information about this world and was no longer ignorant.

This world was called the Divine Martial Continent, and Lin Han's current location was in a region called the Qing Prefecture, within the Great Yuan Dynasty. Yun City was one of the cities in Qing Prefecture.

Lin Han's first discovery was about alchemists. In the Divine Martial Continent, there were alchemists, but they were extremely rare. To become an alchemist, one needed to have a natural-born fire within their body, known as the innate alchemy fire. Without this fire, no matter how hard one tried, they couldn't become a proper alchemist. At best, they could be considered an apothecary.

Among ten thousand people, there was only one alchemist. This rarity made alchemists highly prized.

The quality of the innate alchemy fire was also crucial. An individual's talent as an alchemist depended on the quality of their innate alchemy fire.

According to what Lin Han had gathered, the innate alchemy fires were classified into four levels: Mortal, Profound, Earth, and Heaven. Beyond these four levels, there were even higher levels, but it wasn’t specified on the materials he read.

The quality of the innate alchemy fire was judged by its color. Generally, one could see one color in a Mortal alchemy fire , two colors in a Profound alchemy fire, three in an Earth alchemy fire, and four in a Heaven alchemy fire.

Lin Han's innate alchemy fire was currently a single color, making it a Mortal alchemy fire. However, Lin Han had a lingering question: Why was his alchemy fire white when, according to common knowledge, Mortal-level alchemy fires should be red?

This inconsistency puzzled him. He had tried to make sense of it, but it didn't fit the typical descriptions.

He knew that the alchemy fire's color was determined by its quality. A Mortal-level alchemy fire should be red, while a profound-grade alchemy fire should contain purple, an Earth-level alchemy fire should have black within its flame, and a Heaven-level alchemy fire should be tinged with blue. These facts were well-established in the alchemy world.

Lin Han had a white alchemy fire, and this deviated from the norm. He didn't understand why his innate alchemy fire was white.

Nonetheless, Lin Han had reached a conclusion. Unlike others whose innate alchemy fires developed naturally within their bodies, his had formed them through the cultivation of the "Danwu Heart Technique" from the Danwu Sect. His unique method of alchemy fire creation led to the atypical white alchemy fire.

Realizing this, Lin Han couldn't help but smile.