Eternal Cultivation of Alchemy

Alex took out the Blood Revitalizing Ginger and cut it up into 5 different pieces. He then used his Supreme Elemental Accord skill to put energy into the ginger to ready it up for when he was going to have to make the pill.

After the ginseng, he spent some time focusing on the other ingredients and once everything was done, he took out Memory and proceeded with making the True Rejuvenating pills.

The True Rejuvenating pill recipe was one of the many True rank pill recipes he had improved while he was still in the Western Continent. So, it was quite easy for him to make the pill that reached 100% without any effort.

However, when he did reach 100%, something weird happened inside the cauldron. The pills that had reached 100% harmony simply dissipated some of their energy to reach a lower level.

Alex sighed when he saw that happen. He had known about this for a long time, over a decade in fact, however, each time it happened, he couldn't help but sigh at the waste.

The truth of the matter was that True rank pills could not reach 100%, let alone have pill veins.

Alex had tried it with many different pills, both Common and True rank, but none seemed to stay in 100% at all. The pill clouds never formed for these pills at all and instead they simply lost a bit of energy.

There was no information in his mind as to why this was, only that he wasn't doing anything wrong. This was all natural.

"I should ask the senior about this too," he thought.

After finishing the pills, he stored them and spent a few minutes organizing his thoughts on what he was going to do now.

He wanted to spend some time trying to improve or change some of his techniques, but that would take quite a time, so he couldn't do that here.

"Sigh, why did I have to learn the dao right before I was going to leave?" he thought to himself. "I can't even make use of the Dao yet."

He shook his head and left the room. He only had a few days here, so he was going to spend it with his family.

Alex went and met with his family. After some time, he decided to go and check out the Forever Isles, which were a set of islands to the south of the Northern Continent.

The group went from island to island, checking out the scenery of the islands and the ocean. No one predicted the amount of shock Ronron would've felt when she saw the oceans.

She knew about them, hearing about them from her master. However, seeing the real thing was still the most incredible thing she had ever seen.

"How… just how is there so much water? And how deep does this go?" she couldn't help but ask.

"If master isn't wrong, then the ocean is at least a dozen kilometers deep," Hao Ya answered.

"Woah, is that so?" Even Alex was surprised. He knew it was deep, but not that deep. Due to his fear of the beasts that lurked on the sea floor, he had never actually tried to scan the ocean at all.

So, hearing the number came as quite a surprise to him as well.

After going from island to island the entire day, the group finally came to the end of the Forever Isles.

Alex pointed to the south in surprise and spoke, "Look, that's the Central Continent. It's about the same distance away as the Southern Continent huh?" he thought.

"Huh? Where?" everyone tried to look in the direction that Alex pointed to, but there was nothing they could see there at all.

"Can't you see?" he asked. "It's…"

He paused for a second. "Nevermind, your eyes aren't good enough to see those things yet," he said. "I will try and see if I can improve them. I will have to make a paste for that."

The others only nodded to Alex's words, not really understanding what he was talking about.

They returned back to the Blazing Earth sect a while later, just in time for Alex's massive alchemy lesson. The venue had been prepared outside of the Blazing Earth sect due to its closeness with the Teleportation formation, as well as the fact that Alex had been staying there for a while.

"You're back," Lady Xuan spoke from a group of elders that had been waiting for him restlessly. They were worried he wasn't going to make it in time, but he had.

"Is everything ready?" Alex asked.

"Yes, everyone had already arrived, and we can start the lesson in 2 hours," Tai Guan said.

Alex nodded. He thought for a bit and asked, "do they know who is giving the lesson?"

"Yes," Lady Xaun said. "We've mentioned that you are a player and have quite the knowledge of Alchemy."

"Do they know my name too? And what I look like?" Alex asked.

"We've mentioned your name, but we have mentioned nothing about what you look like. Should we?" someone asked.

"No, I would like to remain faceless if possible," Alex said. "I don't like the idea of being stopped by everyone wherever I go if they know who I am."

He brought out the white mask and wore it. "I shall give my lesson while wearing this," he said. "Let's go prepare for it."

* * * * *

Ronron clung to Hao Ya's arm as they walked around the many tents that had been prepared around the desolate landscape in preparation for everyone going back to their home.

"Even though we are apprentice sisters, we don't really get to spend some time together, do we?" she asked Hao Ya.

Hao Ya smiled. "Of course, I'm busy with master's tasks and you are busy cultivating. It's a miracle that you are even here at all," she said.

"Master gives you a lot of work, doesn't he?" Ronron asked. "You should complain. I will stand by you if you do."

Hao Ya nearly laughed out loud. "Stop it. It's my responsibility as his disciple to help him with his tasks," she said.

"Well, I am his disciple too, but he never really gives me any tasks," Ronron said. "He most likely won't give me any even after I get strong, will he?"

"You know how it is," Hao Ya said. "You are too important for master to send out on errands. Besides, I don't think he sees you as a disciple even though he treats you as one."

Ronron nodded her head. "I'm going to stop being his disciple soon, aren't I?" she asked.

"If all goes well, yes," Hao Ya said. "If master can go back to his master with you, then you will become a direct disciple of the Sky God. At that point, you will outrank master too. That's probably why he treats you so well too because he knows it's all bound to happen."

Ronron nodded. "Sky God, huh? I wonder what sort of person she is," she thought.

"Alright, stop thinking about all of that," Hao Ya said. "Look around and check the people. I can't recognize this half-sister of yours, can I?"

"Oh, right," Ronron said and started focusing on the people around her. She went around the camps with Hao Ya before coming across a group of people in which there was the little girl that she had been looking for.

Fan Yanshi looked at the two girls that had appeared before him. "Oh, aren't you brother Yu Ming's daughter?" he asked with a blank expression on his face. "What are you doing here?"

"Hello, senior. Are you doing alright?" Ronron asked before turning around to the little girl next to him. "Hello, Lilin, do you remember me?"

The little girl stepped behind her father, hiding from the two girls.

"I'm sorry, she's been seeing new faces these past couple of days, so she's a little afraid," Fan Yanshi said. "Anyway, where is brother Yu Ming?"

"Father is busy," Ronron said.

"Oh, then what are you doing here?" Fan Yanshi asked.

Ronron didn't know how to explain what she had to explain. Seeing her hesitate, Hao Ya took the lead.

"Your wife, her name was Emily, right?" she asked.

Fan Yanshi's eyes widened in shock before retreating a bit in fear. "How… do you know?" he asked.

"Do you know why you are so bad at cultivation?" Hao Ya asked. "Why you were born with such a bad body? I'm sorry to break it to you, but you are a clone of the Original you that has already died."

"What?" Fan Yanshi looked in shock.

"That's the truth," Hao Ya said. "I will be explaining this all to everyone in a few hours, but just know that both you and your wife were clones of the real people that died."

"What are you talking about?" Fan Yanshi couldn't understand.

"Your Emily was a clone, just like you," Hao Ya said. "This right here is the daughter of another Emily, that is also the clone of the one that died."

"… huh?"

"So, by relation, she is that girl's half-sister," Hao Ya explained. "She came here to meet her and explain it to you."

"No… what?"

Ronron squatted down next to them. "It's true, senior. I am Emily's daughter from the Central continent, the one you call home. I didn't know about it at all, but it seems my father realized that I might have family up north, which was why he brought me there a few days ago."

Ronron then looked at the little girl behind her father. "Lilin, do you want to come out and play with your big sister? Here, I have some treats for you."