Chapter 782

"After all, it is my first pill furnace, and I truly hope it finds a good home."

"If it can serve as your introductory pill furnace for alchemy, Junior Brother, then that is its destiny."

As he spoke, Bai Zhu beckoned with his hand, and a small, exquisite pill furnace flew to Otto's side.

Otto was deeply moved.

"This is too precious, Senior Brother Bai Zhu..."

"It's no matter, just accept it."

Bai Zhu looked at Otto with a smile, always feeling as if he were seeing the shadow of his own early days of cultivation.

Otto found it difficult to refuse further and could only accept Bai Zhu's gift.

However, he had never liked owing others, and once he learned alchemy in the future, it was not as if he wouldn't repay Bai Zhu's favor.

For now, the most important thing was to accumulate resources as quickly as possible.

"Regarding different fires, do you have any suggestions, Senior Brother Bai Zhu?"

Otto pondered for a moment, then asked Bai Zhu with some curiosity.

"That depends on which direction you intend to focus your development."

Bai Zhu spread his hand, and a cluster of purple flames danced in his palm.

"My Purple Lotus Heart Flame is a type of flame of vitality, similar to something that is endlessly regenerating."

"Influenced by the Purple Lotus Heart Flame, the pills I refine are richer in vitality, especially healing pills, which are even easier to refine to perfection."

"The Karma Fire from Lisa's world is essentially an extension of the power of the demonic cultivation technique, Karma Soul-Burning Art."

"Stained with the aura of the soul and demonic flames, the medicinal power of the pills is more explosive, but at the same time, the effects are also stronger."

"However, taking such pills also carries some risks."

"As for Senior Brother Lishui..."

As he spoke, Bai Zhu fell silent for a moment.

Otto nodded in complete understanding.

Lishui's talent for alchemy was, in a sense, unparalleled in the world.

But his ability to cultivate spiritual herbs was very strong, ranking him among the best in Shushan.

In other words...

Lishui was the strongest farmer in Shushan.

"Besides these, there is Keli's South Bright Separation Flame, the Luo'e Immortal Fire, the Grand Diviner Bai Lai Flame..."

"And Keli's innate divine fire, the Red Emperor Burning Heaven Flame."

"These are all supreme different fires with outstanding specialties in alchemy, but since Keli is the Sect Master's true disciple, she naturally doesn't need to learn alchemy."

"Even if she were to learn, that would be a matter for the future; it's a pity..."

Bai Zhu shook his head helplessly.

He felt from the bottom of his heart that with Keli's talent for fire, if she were to study alchemy, she would definitely be the best alchemist in Shushan, second only to Jiang Yan.

But to have that little one sit motionless in front of a pill furnace for days on end...

It was unlikely Keli would ever accept that.

509. Kallen: Let that bastard Otto roll in here.

For the rest of the time, Bai Zhu and Otto exchanged more information regarding alchemy.

During the exchange, Bai Zhu finally gained a clear understanding of Otto's talent.

He had clearly never systematically studied alchemy.

But...

During their conversation, it went from Bai Zhu speaking and Otto listening, to Otto being able to interject with a few points.

By the end, Otto was even able to offer his own insights on basic alchemy.

This made Bai Zhu even more delighted; he had certainly not invested in the wrong person.

But at the same time, he was also marveling at the capability of a genius.

With the Nine-Fold Heart-Questioning and the Posa Body, Otto's talent was catching up to Furina's.

Strictly speaking, it was likely second only to the six great divine bodies of Shushan.

But divine bodies were not something ordinary people could reach; they were more like the protagonists of heaven and earth.

That was not something one could ask for.

Otto had already reached the limit of talent that an ordinary person could pursue.

But Bai Zhu was not saddened; he was already preparing various materials.

As long as the final materials and cultivation techniques were gathered, he could create the Body-Cultivation Furnace with Ying.

At that time...

He would also have the opportunity to possess a special constitution.

As for the technique for the Two-Fold Hands, Bai Zhu was confident he could find it.

After all, he still had one opportunity to choose a technique from the third to fourth floors.

The Two-Fold Hands was likely on the third floor.

Although it wasted an opportunity to search for a Heaven-tier technique, but...

As long as he could create the Body-Cultivation Furnace, nothing else mattered.

Throughout the entire day, Otto and Bai Zhu could be considered to have gained a great deal.

Bai Zhu had successfully refined his first batch of fourth-grade pills in his life and was able to keep four of them.

These pills were meant to enhance the power of cultivators in the Qi-to-Spirit Transformation stage.

Otto had also made initial contact with alchemy, learned many basic pill formulas, and secured angel investment.

The rest was just a matter of continuous study.

It was a pity that Jiang Yan had gone into seclusion to stabilize his cultivation after bringing them into Shushan; otherwise, Otto could have gone to find Jiang Yan to learn the true, foundational alchemy essence.

It was unknown how long Jiang Yan would need to be in seclusion.

According to Otto's understanding, at Jiang Yan's level, a single seclusion lasting hundreds or thousands of years was normal.

The lifespan of a Void-Refining and Dao-Integrating cultivator was calculated in millions of years.

However, it was highly likely Jiang Yan would not need that long.

For one, his talent was too high, and for another, Jiang Yan himself had many things to do.

Over the next few days, nothing major happened in Shushan.

It was nothing more than Lady Ningguang and the others taking advantage of the times when no one was around to go to the Scripture Library to choose Heaven-tier techniques.

But what exactly they were, no one knew except for them.

This was their trump card for the Seven-Pulse Martial Arts Tournament in a month and a half.

Naturally, they couldn't let anyone see them.

The people from the Honkai world, even Kiana and Durandal, were mostly just bystanders.

But they were genuinely going to compete for rankings.

Until the third day after Otto and the others joined Shushan...

On this day, Otto, Theresa, and the others were not practicing.

Instead, they gathered early at Himeko's cave dwelling.

Today was the day Jiang Yan had said Kallen and Fu Hua would awaken.

Otto had changed into his most exquisite attire early in the morning, groomed himself until he was spotless, and even had his hair meticulously arranged.

Yet, he stopped right in front of Himeko's cave dwelling.

"Grandfather?"

Theresa looked at Otto with some confusion. The latter took a deep breath, his fists clenching and then relaxing.

After a long while, he gave a bitter smile and said in a somewhat decadent tone:

"Go in, Theresa... I... I'll just wait outside."

In the end, Otto still dared not face Kallen directly.

He understood that, as someone who had yet to wash away his status as a sinner, he was not worthy of standing by Kallen's side.

Theresa also understood Otto's thoughts.

She looked at Otto with some helplessness and said: