Artificial Fire

" John you follow me".

Just when the farce ended, John was pulled by Teacher Karla and taken away under the envious gaze of everyone.

Even Andrew looked at John twice as he didn't know that Teacher Karla would behave like this in public.

A few minutes later.

John looked at Teacher Karla and asked in some confusion," Teacher Karla why did you bring me back to my residence?"

Karla immediately said in a slightly excited tone," John have you refined the high-grade pill again? If not then can you refine some for me".

John was stunned and then he asked with a look of confusion," Teacher Karla is there any problem with my pill?".

Karla immediately shook her head and said," Nope, there is no problem. Instead, I want to tell you good news the pill you refined is the highest high-grade pill. If you improve it slightly then you can even refine super-grade pill".

After saying so there was a trace of excitement in her eyes.

John's eyes widened in surprise and he said," Really ".

Karla nodded her head and she said with a look of longing on her face," Every Alchemist's dream is to refine a super-grade pill. So of course, I am not an expectation. But to refine the super-grade pill requires super control over skills".

Saying so she stopped and sighed," Maybe I won't be able to refine it even in my lifetime. But you on the other hand have a good chance to refine it".

John didn't know what to say. He even felt a little guilty while hiding the information that he could already refine the super-grade pill and potion with ease not to mention the divine grade. But he didn't dare to say anything as he didn't know what kind of consequences he would face.

Suddenly John asked," Teacher Karla is there surveillance installed in every room?".

Karla shook her head and replied," Nope it's not installed but you can install one in the refining room after reaching tier 1. In this way, you can record your Alchemy Refining process in detail and you can also correct it later".

John felt relieved in his heart and he said," That's good".

Then he walked into his living room brought 50 pills handed them over to Teacher Karla and said," Here are the materials".

Karla was stunned to find there were another 50 high-grade pills. Seeing this she felt that maybe John might be able to refine the super-grade pills.

She also sent John another 25000 contribution points and added," John do you have any questions that you want to ask if not then I will take my leave".

John replied," Nope teacher Karla I don't have any questions for now".

Karla nodded her head and she left the room. She was going to study John's pill and then try to see if she could find a way to refine pills of better quality.

While John saw the funds he also decided that it was time for him to refine some pills.

But at this time Zolo's voice came," Master are you asleep?".

John opened the door and let Zolo in. Then he said," Nope. Also why are you here".

Zolo immediately took out the pill handed it over to him and said," Master please accept the pill. I have finally refined a high-grade one".

John said," Come in".

Then he closed the door.

He took out the pill from the glass bottle and he could see that even though the pill was high grade its purity wasn't comparable to his.

He put the pill back took out his iPad and gave Zolo 500 contribution points. Then he said," You can refine the pill yourself. But don't ignore the theory part".

Zolo immediately replied," Master I have already learned everything in the Basic Alchemy Encyclopedia by heart".

John was envious of Zolo and then he asked," Zolo, do you know if is there any way to install the Alchemist room in my house?".

Zolo thought for a while and he said," Master I don't think it's possible. Unless you become a certified tier 1 Alchemist. Then you can buy and fuse with Artificial Fire which can be used to refine pills".

Saying so he stopped and also added," But while fusing with the Artificial fire it's a very painful process, and most of the Alchemist Apprentice are burnt to death leaving only a few Alchemists possessing Artificial fire".

When he finished speaking he also displayed a trace of fear on his cold face.

John saw this and was stunned. He also saw the topic of Artificial fires.

He recalled and found the following information-

" Artificial fires are condensed from the cores of dead fire monsters. They are artificially bred and they can increase their grade by devouring another Artificial fire".

John sighed and felt this information would be very helpful. Then he asked," What is the minimum cost of 1 Artificial fire?".

Zolo thought for a while and then he replied," It costs 10000 contribution points to buy it".

John breathed a sigh of relief and said," Okay".

Zolo then asked," Master do you have any orders for me?"

John shook his head and said," Not for now. You can go and take a rest".

After Zolo left his room, John felt that there was too much going on that day. First of all the Dark cults. He didn't know anything about it but most people knew that anyone who joined them would be regarded as an enemy of every human organization.

Secondly, he saw the power of the Alchemist Association where you can't even have the power to refuse and he was also forcefully made to ask the question. He also answered it while feeling a trace of terror in his heart. He never expected that his secret was almost going to be leaked today.

Finally, he decided to increase his tier to Tier 1 and also refine a Tier 1 grade pill.

In this way, he would be able to gain access to Artificial Fire. He wanted to fuse with it and it might be helpful in the long run. Even in the book, it was mentioned without fussing about Artificial fire you can't be said to become a real Alchemist.