“Mm. The Heaven’s Flame is said to be powerful enough to destroy the world. After you assimilated its power, the increase in your ability and strength is probably still less than one per cent of the Heaven’s Flame power.879Please respect copyright.PENANA9OuCIa7vt9
“Thus, the remaining energy can only go elsewhere, like your burning hair. When energliph enters your heart, the Heaven’s Flame will be activated, but not to the point where it burns you. 879Please respect copyright.PENANA2ihMq72pyg
“The hair is just a growing process because it fused with your heart, equivalent to growing within your body. So, the remainder that couldn’t be absorbed would turn into hair for you. That’s the reasoning behind it.”879Please respect copyright.PENANACns42PhXdv
Chui Yim nodded, deep in thought.879Please respect copyright.PENANAfyNqCtpJVe
“However, the Heaven’s Flame is a double-edged sword. Learning to control it is important, or you might burn yourself before the world burns under your hands.” Ping Chi said, looking worried.879Please respect copyright.PENANASc5lluhsn1
“How would I burn the world if I don’t even know how to light a spark?” Chui Yim rolled his eyes, earning him a smack on the head. 879Please respect copyright.PENANARoXPu2oodQ
“Are you an idiot? Draw a gliph!”879Please respect copyright.PENANAhpOzY3WYFe
“Gliph?” Chui Yim looked at him, stunned.879Please respect copyright.PENANA811lsNhzhr
“You have a terrifying flame that will strengthen any fire-attributed gliphs. Even if it’s not enough to release Heaven’s Flame, it's powerful enough as your gliphs will contain the flame's energy.”879Please respect copyright.PENANAXhiYEzVCny
“But my body is currently as strong as a three-chambered glipher, isn’t becoming a glipher better?” Chui Yim frowned and asked the question he had been nursing for a long time.879Please respect copyright.PENANAocPStQepI5
“You’re no different from those who wonder if you should become a glipheon or alchemist.” Ping Chi shook his head.879Please respect copyright.PENANA4ORv5FgGBr
Hearing Ping Chi, Chui Yim was stunned.879Please respect copyright.PENANAxkRlaQZ1Ol
“I might focus on gliphism, but to me, the most important skill is medicine. It works well with alchemy, so why can’t this be true for gliphists and gliphers?” This was Ping Chi’s understanding.879Please respect copyright.PENANApHu8JSazZe
“If one had the speed and strength of a glipher plus the ability to draw gliphs, leaving your personal gliph aside, even some simple gliphs that boost your physical capabilities would increase your strength. Moreover, it will still benefit you to charge enemy gliphists!” 879Please respect copyright.PENANAipdv8WlDIH
What Ping Chi said currently was obviously unconventional.879Please respect copyright.PENANAwLOYTY3Hl3
But Ping Chi was honest only because it was Chui Yim. Chui Yim was a thirteen-year-old teenager dual great master, after all.879Please respect copyright.PENANAawMO0TCGwr
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Ping Chi wasn’t a gliphist that specialised in battle but had his own unique understanding. Thus, Ping Chi didn’t intervene much for Chui Yim. He only checked on his disciple’s progress in medicine and alchemy for any major misconceptions. He was willing to answer all of Chui Yim’s doubts too.879Please respect copyright.PENANAglaWGcWGka
With Ping Chi’s robust knowledge of medicine, he was able to clarify any doubts that Chui Yim had.879Please respect copyright.PENANA5YbFooL0Ha
When the night fell, Chui Yim returned to his room to cultivate and ponder his future. His time was limited as it would soon be the group competition for the interschool exchange.879Please respect copyright.PENANA2lkXJX5fKh
The number of participants for the group competition was unlimited, but the hosting institution could decide the competition format and it was compulsory for every disciple of the participating institutions to take part in it.879Please respect copyright.PENANAvsjFD0tDrm
Also, it would definately be a battle.879Please respect copyright.PENANAamYDsOEmrw
Forging, alchemy and other skills wouldn’t help much in the competition, and one’s strength was the only important factor. After breaking through his innate chamber, Chui Yim could draw gliphs in the air, but his competitors were all geniuses, many of whom had already created their personal gliphs! Mung Si and Lee Bak were great examples of those he would be going up against.879Please respect copyright.PENANAMomIt0mRxp
Even though Chui Yim seemed unconcerned by Lee Bak, it was his attitude towards his client as a blacksmith. Chui Yim would likely not survive three attacks from Lee Bak in an actual battle, but defeating Lee Bak was not what he cared about….879Please respect copyright.PENANAWwkSqNnFiF
What he really wanted was the absolute strength to control his life!879Please respect copyright.PENANAYZ66ERUU2w
Now, Chui Yim had a rough answer….It would be too late to create his personal gliph now, so he could only start as a glipher.
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The sun poured down on South Imperial City, and the streets were even more crowded than yesterday.879Please respect copyright.PENANAtMtu99iZHX
Today was the final of the alchemy segment. Of course, the alchemists weren’t as good as those from Southern Ping, but this was the capital of the South, and the talented youths here were still similarly qualified as Southern Ping’s new generation. This is a chance for them to gain fame and fortune!879Please respect copyright.PENANAf60pPZ82eR
Thus, it was a chance Woo Hung wouldn’t give up. He was confident of the alchemy he had learnt from Doctor Kuen.879Please respect copyright.PENANA2kSFTJEFEG
As spectators filled the arena, the few participants left in the finals went on stage, ready to start.879Please respect copyright.PENANAcpPLVA7pvs
Ping Chi, who was on the platform, called Chui Yim again. “Come here, kid.”879Please respect copyright.PENANAGPNcnl1ahf
“No!” Chui Yim replied unwillingly. “I want to watch from over here! It’s clearer!” He looked so upset that Kam Chin Kee was shocked; it seemed like everything in the world had something or someone they feared.879Please respect copyright.PENANAZRpHJFCeti
“Nonsense. There’s nowhere in the arena that will provide you with a clearer view than the grandstand!”879Please respect copyright.PENANA8zxIt2FNYu
Chui Yim was left speechless. Ping Chi was right; even though the Cloud Palace Outer Sect seats were closest to the arena—along the arena and right in front of common spectators, the grandstand where judges sat undoubtedly provided a better view. The grandstand was a few meters above the arena and judges were watching the competition directly from above! 879Please respect copyright.PENANAguQ4G8JwLv
“Cut the nonsense. I didn’t call you up for fun. Hurry up.” With that, Chui Yim went up the steps unwillingly, with Sze Fung looking at him admiringly, Old Star Reacher gritting his teeth, Fa Siu Siu trying to seduce him, and Lui Pak Lok smiling at him thinly. The other important figures didn’t care, as Ping Chi was an important figure in both medicine and alchemy. It was their honour to be able to invite him to host this segment.879Please respect copyright.PENANAHpckLcsts4
Thus, none would reject his small wish to watch the competition with his disciple.879Please respect copyright.PENANA9qHwjXRa6c
After Chui Yim climbed up the grandstand, he nodded and turned to the participants below. “I will not waste any more time. Today’s theme is speed!”879Please respect copyright.PENANA6IBaoCUH0k
Some of them frowned, waiting for Ping Chi to explain.879Please respect copyright.PENANAkNWI4IITcI
“Normally, alchemists work without a time limit, and the time spent depends on the grade of the elixir made. The higher the grade, the more time is needed. However, time isn’t always free. What if your peers need urgent treatment?879Please respect copyright.PENANARrlWHwJJVS
“Of course, this is just an example. The thing we are going to test is your basics.879Please respect copyright.PENANAtdPgkNRowH
“I only need you to refine a grade-one returning spirit elixir.” Ping Chi announced slowly.879Please respect copyright.PENANARsN2P71cT0
The returning spirit elixir again?
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