Chapter 109: Teacher Returns! Is Little Brother Really That Freakish?

“Dedicated to the alchemist path? You’re not filming videos of killing ferocious beasts anymore?”

Xu Jingming blinked in slight surprise.

“After the last crisis, I realized the wilderness might not suit me.”

Jiang Chuxuan smoothed her skirt and sat beside Xu Jingming, her fair legs crossed beneath the black short skirt:

“Of course, I’ll still keep filming videos.

I’m just shifting to a daily style focused on crafting pills and potions.”

“Shift your video style? You’ll probably lose a huge chunk of followers,” Xu Jingming mused.

“Isn’t that the truth...”

A complex expression surfaced on Jiang Chuxuan’s lovely face.

She was an orphan; her parents had both perished in a beast surge when she was just a teenager.

She got into Magic City Institute of Abilities solely through her awakened A-rank Ice-type ability and her own efforts.

After entering university, with no family support, her financial situation was extremely tight.

It was only after she accidentally uploaded a video of killing a ferocious beast that she went viral.

She earned substantial income from endorsements of battle armor and weapons.

But in reality, she didn’t enjoy staying in the wilderness for long periods.

She especially disliked dealing with hired elite ability-user bodyguard teams.

On the contrary, she preferred quiet, solitary study of potion books and focused pill crafting.

The events in Source Water Wilderness had also made her realize her own weakness.

She couldn’t even properly control a single bodyguard team.

If she continued filming ferocious beast videos, such incidents would likely happen again.

Not every time would there be someone as formidable as Xu Jingming to save her.

So, after days of deep consideration, she finally made this choice.

Of course, she wouldn’t become a pure alchemist—she’d still maintain her daily training and conditioning.

“Keep it up. I wish you success in your transition,” Xu Jingming encouraged.

Judging by her high-capacity space ring and limited-edition sports car, she’d clearly earned a fortune from filming videos.

All under heaven bustle for profit; all under heaven rush for gain.

Before immense profit, even when danger is obvious,

not everyone can retreat as decisively as Jiang Chuxuan.

“But I’m curious—can an Ice-type ability user become an alchemist?”

Xu Jingming was intrigued.

According to his knowledge, shouldn’t only Fire-element ability users pursue the alchemist path?

After all, the higher the grade of pill or potion, the higher the flame temperature required for refining.

“Clearly, you know little about alchemy.”

Jiang Chuxuan had now recovered from her complex emotions and smiled warmly as she explained:

“There are specialized enchanted cauldrons or pill furnaces that can convert energy-type abilities into flame.

The stronger your ability, the higher the flame temperature—your Thunder ability can also be used for pill crafting.”

“I see.”

Xu Jingming nodded in understanding.

After a pause, he took nine wooden boxes from his space ring and placed them one by one on the sofa:

“All the rare herbs and flowers I have are here. Pick whatever you can use for pill crafting—take anything you need.”

“You really want me to help you?”

Jiang Chuxuan blinked slightly, then immediately smiled brightly:

“Since you trust me so much, I won’t be polite then.”

With that, she began selecting the rare herbs and flowers from the wooden boxes.

“C-rank Hypnosis Grass is one ingredient for Calming Pill; B-rank Clear Spirit Grass is used for Awakening Pill...”

As a second-rank alchemist, Jiang Chuxuan could craft only a limited number of pills.

Coincidentally, all these rare herbs and flowers were exactly what she needed.

“I can use all these materials. I’ll give you the finished pills in a week.”

The white-haired girl Jiang Chuxuan stored all the wooden boxes into her space ring.

Feeling trusted, her gaze toward Xu Jingming carried a faint gentleness.

Such an expression would shock anyone familiar with her icy beauty persona.

“Then I’ll wait for your good news, Senior Sister,” Xu Jingming smiled.

The most valuable A-rank Flame Flower among his herbs had already been submitted as a mission material upon returning to campus.

The rest were merely B-rank and C-rank materials—ordinary second- and third-rank alchemists could handle them easily.

Since that was the case, entrusting them to Jiang Chuxuan felt safer.

At least he wouldn’t have to worry about false reports of material loss.

“By the way, here’s the queue number I got half an hour ago. Take it.”

With no more rare herbs to handle, Xu Jingming naturally didn’t need to wait in line—he handed the queue number directly to Jiang Chuxuan.

“I’ll go upstairs and take a look.”

Xu Jingming rose to leave, but Jiang Chuxuan followed him with her long, shapely legs:

“I’ve still got to wait a bit here—I’ll come up with you.”

“Fine.”

The two walked up to the fifth floor together.

The fifth floor was the pill sales area, filled with a dazzling array of pills and potions that made Xu Jingming’s eyes spin.

If he’d come alone, he truly wouldn’t have known what to buy.

Luckily, Jiang Chuxuan, the second-rank alchemist, was beside him.

Following her advice, Xu Jingming spent nearly 600 credits on a batch of pills to aid his strength growth.

He then parted ways with Jiang Chuxuan and walked out of the Alchemy Department building alone.

Just as he was about to return to his villa, he received a call from his teacher, Yang Zhentian:

“Jingming, we’re back. Can you come over now?”

“Yes, I’m on my way.”

After hanging up, Xu Jingming hurried toward the faculty villa area.

His teacher’s return meant Senior Brother Liu Ming’s injuries had fully healed.

Moreover, he could finally let his teacher test the maximum strength of his S-rank battle technique, Mingyuleikai .

Faculty Villa District, Building 23.

In the villa’s main hall, besides Teacher Yang Zhentian and Senior Brother Liu Ming, there were two others: a man and a woman.

Yang Zhentian, after hanging up the phone, smiled at the pair:

“Jingming will be here soon.”

He had four disciples at the school:

Liu Ming, a senior; Xu Wei, a junior; Tong Yue, a sophomore; and Xu Jingming, a freshman.

These two were Xu Wei and Tong Yue.

Since Xu Jingming had never met these two senior disciples,

Yang Zhentian had seized the opportunity of Liu Ming’s recovery to gather everyone together.

“While I was away from school, I saw plenty of buzz on the school forum about my little brother,”

said Xu Wei, a junior.

He was a tall, slender young man with a friendly face, messy bangs, and a calm aura.

“I saw them too.”

Tong Yue, a sophomore, nodded with a smile.

She was the only girl among them—tall, with a beautiful face and healthy, sun-kissed skin.

“By the way, Senior Brother Liu, is my little brother really as freakish as you said?”

Tong Yue looked curiously at Senior Brother Liu Ming.

Over a month ago, she’d heard from Liu Ming over the phone about Xu Jingming:

how his blood essence compatibility reached 98%, how he broke from Awakened to First-Rank Upper Tier in a month, how he mastered four A-rank battle techniques in one go.

It sounded almost mythical—freakish beyond belief.

Unfortunately, she and Senior Brother Xu Wei had only returned to campus last night.

So they’d missed the Freshman Competition and couldn’t verify Xu Jingming’s actual abilities.

“You’ll see for yourself soon—it’ll shock you,”

said Senior Brother Liu Ming, still seated in his wheelchair, though his legs and right arm had regrown.

His complexion was still slightly pale.

His temper seemed calmer now; he responded to Tong Yue’s question with a faint smile.

"Is that so? Then I’ll have to check it out carefully later," said Tong Yue, her eyes sparkling with interest.

The relationships among her and her fellow senior and junior disciples were very good.

Before Xu Jingming arrived, as the youngest junior sister, she was often the target of teasing from her senior brothers.

This also made her inclined to doubt many of the things her senior brothers said.

"The junior brother must indeed be formidable, but my senior brother might have exaggerated a bit."

Tong Yue thought to herself.

This was the most reasonable inference.

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