Mortal To Immortal (Book 1)
MTI 016 - Get Rich Quickly

Yutian grumbled softly as Feng Xian defended Meirong by pointing to the Phoenix as Yao Han's second teacher.

"Meirong's sword ability was indeed great, but her swordsmanship as a female Sword Cultivator was no match for Yao Han. Moreover, most of them are not very proficient in magic..."

Yutian tried to persuade Yao Han not to be interested in swordsmanship. Meirong knew Yutian's intentions. He looked at the jade snake furiously.

"Basic stupid snake! You don't know anything about swordsmanship so you better shut up!"

He then looked at Yao Han, "Han'er, you take it easy... I will think of a way that you can learn swordsmanship easily. Don't listen to this stupid snake."

"Currently, you better become a Poison Cultivator like me, Han'er. The advantage is that you can defeat opponents whose level of practice is above yours."

"Ng... isn't it dangerous to learn poison, Teacher She?" Yao Han was a little hesitant and scared.

Yutian laughed for a long time, "That's a sentence spoken by people who don't understand poison, most of them are from the white school. Don't think naively and foolishly like them..."

The white stream and most of the neutral stream consider poison a taboo science and are forbidden to study, but if their thinking is more open, they will understand that poison is not as dangerous as they think.

"Alchemists and poisons are actually interconnected, your alchemy development will also increase as your knowledge of poisons increases."

A small example, Alchemists are able to make antidotes other than the poison maker itself.

"Meirong secretly also studied poison to unlock a wider knowledge of alchemy. Therefore he could become the number two Alchemist in this continent in no time."

"Ho. interesting. There are people of the white stream like you who learn poison." Feng Xian commented glancing at Meirong.

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One month later, in addition to cultivating, Yao Han spent the time to learn the basics of alchemy further, both in theory and practice.

He still ate honey grass as a snack, until his three teachers became accustomed to his strange hobby.

Yao Han also learned about poison from Yutian. The jade snake told him that the advantage that cultivators with pure spirit root poison element had was to become immune to a wide variety of poisons.

The special body that Yao Han possessed was not recognized by the three Yao Han masters, there was a possibility that this was a new type of Heavenly Body, given the special incident Yao Han experienced.

The advantages possessed by the Nine Star Body were not playful, namely being able to manipulate and be immune to the attacks of the nine elements.

"You don't have a spirit root that contains the poison element, nor do you have a special body called the Thousand Poison Body, but you can master poison science for two things..."

First, Yao Han's two pure spirit roots were wood and water elements. These two elements are the two basic elements that make up the mutating element of poison. Second, Yutian thought the excess Thousand Poisons Body was likely also part of the excess Nine Stars Body.

"As the greatest poison master ever, I managed to create the strongest poison technique since I entered the Core Realm." Yutian raised his head high, bragging.

Yao Han smiled faintly at Yutian's behavior, thinking that his third teacher was indeed great, it was only natural for him to boast. However Meirong's notice to her made Yao Han rethink.

"Master Hong must be one of the few survivors, right?"

"Yes, you're right. I too often almost died of Yutian poison. I can still survive because of my alchemy ability to make an antidote for poison..."

"Meirong can survive because he mastered alchemy, while some others can still survive because of the help of the precious poison-treating pill from Senior Feng," Yutian said.

Feng Xian then appeared. Not caring about Yao Han who was shrieking softly in surprise, he grumbled at Yutian, "Because it was you who made those people come to me asking for pills."

"Although that's the case, Senior is also making a profit, right? It is common knowledge that Senior obtains a lot of treasures from those who ask for your help." Yutian replied half-temptively.

Feng Xian snorted softly, "I won't dodge about that, even if their request is very troublesome."

Meirong and Yutian were both insistent, 'A truly hypocritical attitude from you, Senior...'

"Xiao Han, I'll tell you one thing. Apart from the difficulty of studying alchemy, besides being respected, alchemists were also very lucrative jobs. Being an alchemist is the quickest and best way to get rich. In a few more years, you can enjoy a rich life like me."

Yao Han did not really understand the concept of treasures and wealth, nor did he think too much about it. But he could only nod slowly with his teacher's words.

"Take this..." Feng Xian thrust out a few sheets of paper, which Yao Han read when it turned out to contain a prescription form of medicinal powder.

"True alchemists are those who can make pills, but this is too soon for you. You have to start by making medicinal powder first."

"Good, Teacher."

Yao Han had already told Meirong that to create a pill required a lot of Qi, at least achieving a level nine Basic Realm practice. An exception for Yao Han who could probably start making pills upon reaching the seventh level Basic Realm.

"You can use the materials in the storage shed as much as you need." Feng Xian pointed at the rather small building beside his house.

Yao Han walked towards the warehouse with Yutian wrapped around his left arm and Meirong perched on his right shoulder.

"Wider than it looks," commented Meirong. Not only him, Yutian and Yao Han were stunned as well.

This was the first time the three entered the storage warehouse and saw the contents. In addition to being wider than it looks, there are large cabinets that have many drawers, which number hundreds of pieces.

"I should have expected it already, a great alchemist like Senior Feng has a very neat and good spatial arrangement for his storage warehouse." Meirong commented again, after looking at each drawer was labeled the name of the magic plant.

Yao Han opened one of the drawers to check the contents. He and his two teachers found one of the drawers contained no magic plants, but rather a ring and a space bag. Both of these objects were stocking full of one type of magic plant.

The other drawers when examined were also in roughly the same condition, making Yao Han and his two teachers hold their breaths and be shocked for quite a while. It was obvious that the storage warehouse was storing far more magic plants than they had expected.

After regaining his composure, Yao Han started making medicinal powder.

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