Black Bellied Belle: Demon Lord, Bite the Bait Please

Ch. 21-30

But, wasn't his luck a little too good? To be able to inherit those skills in Medicine, that was something that all alchemists would hope to get their entire lives.

And, there was one more thing that he was still a little curious about.

"Then, I wonder at what grade of alchemy are you at now?"

His level shouldn't be too low.

That was also something Bai Zhi Yan was curious about. He had not been able to decipher the lad's cultivation nor his grade as an alchemist. If the grade was did not far surpass his, it would then mean that the lad had employed some special method to conceal it.

Once that question was asked, Qing Yu was first taken aback a moment, before she blinked her eyes and then went on to ask: "Grade..... How are they gauged?"

The air grew heavy for a moment.

Was this kid making a joke out of all this?

Could it be that he was not from this world and that was why he did not even know what levels and grades were??

Bai Zhi Yan coughed twice to lend relief to the awkward atmosphere. "Young Master Qing..... err..... doesn't seem to understand it all that well. It works like this. As every single person possess a different level of gift, so at the moment of birth, infants undergo a test to ascertain how gifted they are. Some people possess prodigious gift in the area of alchemy while some others would be more gifted in martial cultivation."

"Regardless whether it is in alchemy or martial prowess, they are differentiated into high and low grades. Like for alchemists for example, their grades are Gold, Silver, Bronze and above that would be Platinum, White Silver and Green Bronze. The Bronze grade is the lowest level and they need to rely on Beast Fire or its equivalent as a source of fire when they practice alchemy. When one attains the Silver level, they would then be able to slowly garner their own Elixir Fire."

After that explanation, Qing Yu was finally able to understand.

So that was how the grading of alchemists worked in this world.

"Then, what grade are you at already?" Qing Yu asked as she looked at the man in front of her. She knew that the man was an alchemist.

Bai Zhi Yan smiled and a highly intense silver flame suddenly sprouted from his fingertip. "I have just advanced into White Silver."

"Then you would considered to be a very great alchemist already." Qing Yu said as she nodded her head.

"Young Master Qing's proficiency in Medicine is at a much higher level than mine and I think you must already be at the Platinum grade....." The smile on Bai Zhi Yan's face suddenly congealed. The blinding flickering red flame caused him to be stunned for a moment.

"Is that what Platinum grade fire..... looks like? But based on what you said earlier, it should be golden in colour....." Qing Yu said in puzzlement as she looked at the little golden red flame on her fingertip.

That fire had been with her all the way since her previous life and it had gained spirit consciousness. Having released it out like this, it was like a child who had been locked up for a long time, highly active and lively, moving around on her hand, and even bouncing a time or two intermittently.

Bai Zhi Yan was shocked beyond words, and he was unable to speak at all at that moment.

"Could that Elixir Fire possibly have gained its own spirit consciousness?" Although Lou Jun Yao was not an alchemist, but he had seen Bai Zhi Yan cultivate and refine medicines so many times. His Elixir Fire was not so lively and the colour in this one was..... really rarely seen.