Chapter 32: Guiding the Source of Fire

Feng Ling escorted Luo Bi home. Checking the time, Luo Bi invited him to stay for lunch.

"I have other matters to attend to." Feng Ling handed Luo Bi a recipe for Heat Dissipation Powder and said, "This is a low-tier recipe I bought from a medicinal contract practitioner. I originally intended for you to use it for practice, but I didn't expect the pharmacy to include a recipe as well. Take it and have a look."

For those pursuing the path of a medicinal contract practitioner, recipes were naturally better the more they had. Luo Bi took the recipe, her heart filled with mixed emotions. "Thank you." She had only tested positive for her awakening yesterday afternoon; the fact that Feng Ling had managed to obtain a low-tier spiritual medicine recipe in just over a dozen hours showed how much he cared about her situation.

Feng Ling brushed it off, turned, and boarded a hovercar, which vanished in an instant.

After seeing Feng Ling off, Guan Zhuting was still cooking in the kitchen. Luo Bi hurried back to her room to examine the recipe. After reviewing it several times, she used her optical computer to search for instructional videos on alchemy. There was no other way; with her current conditions, she was not qualified to enter a practitioner academy and could only learn through the optical computer.

Though called instructional videos, they were actually just combat videos of different medicinal contract practitioners competing. Every practitioner had their own unique techniques and exclusive skills; no one was foolish enough to reveal them publicly.

Luo Bi watched video after video, but she couldn't make sense of anything even as night fell. The main issue was that aside from recognizing spiritual plants, she knew nothing about alchemy; it would be strange if she could understand them. At this moment, Luo Bi couldn't help but regret choosing the alchemy track. Without a mentor's guidance, relying solely on combat videos on an optical computer meant that forget about alchemy—she wasn't even confident in her fire-control abilities.

Thinking of this, Luo Bi panicked. The next morning, she skipped class entirely, moved her cauldron, spiritual plants, and other tools into the study, and left the optical computer playing the combat videos. She first carefully processed the spiritual plants, then cleaned the cauldron, and finally took out the Grade-1 Red Jade Stone to attempt to control the fire using her fire-type ability.

As expected, due to improper control of her ability, she couldn't draw out the fire source from the Red Jade Stone at all. In her clumsiness, she accidentally triggered her water-type ability instead, soaking the Red Jade Stone completely. She hurriedly wiped it dry and calmed herself to continue guiding the fire source within the stone.

During this time, the supervisor, Wu Yue, called her several times, but Luo Bi had no time to answer. It wasn't until the afternoon that she finally managed to draw out a fire source. It wasn't large, but it was better than nothing. For Luo Bi, this was a major breakthrough. She stood up with her fire-type ability, cracking her neck from a stiff muscle and feeling the ache in her legs; damn it, guiding a single fire source had exhausted her.

Luo Bi didn't plan to continue. She hadn't even eaten breakfast or lunch yet, so she went downstairs to eat.

To wait for Luo Bi, the others had already finished eating. As Guan Zhuting was clearing the table, Luo Hang and Hua Ran moved to the living room.

"No matter how busy you are, you shouldn't skip meals," Luo Hang scolded. Seeing his daughter's exhausted expression, he softened his tone. "Your mother made braised green crucian carp for you. Go eat quickly."

Green crucian carp was a nutritious ingredient that Luo Bi loved. Guan Zhuting had made it specifically for her, and the rest of the family had refrained from touching it.

As the fragrant, whole braised green crucian carp was placed on the table, Luo Bi was originally hungry, but as she ate, she felt a bit uneasy. Her family had all eaten plain, difficult-to-swallow ingredients while she was the only one receiving a special meal; the feeling was hard to describe.

After eating, Luo Bi walked out of the kitchen with a glass of water and glanced at Hua Ran's complexion. "Brother, how are you feeling?"

Hua Ran was in a good mood. "My physical stamina is fine. Although my strong gene level dropped by one grade, the manic gene has stabilized."

(End of Chapter)