Chapter 1533 — Give Him an Inch and He Will Take a Mile: "Yes, Palace Master!" Wei Zhao Nodded. "Palace Master, Please Give Me a Fire Spirit Sacred Fruit. I Will Surely Help You Find a Third-Grade Alchemist Within Two Years!"
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 2
The Ice Palace Master lifted an eyebrow, clearly somewhat surprised as well, though her expression did not change much. "Condensing Dan fire is but the first step to becoming an alchemist. Yet an alchemist needs talent. To condense Dan fire does not guarantee one will become an alchemist. Far too many alchemists give up halfway!"
The Ice Palace Master's words struck straight at Wei Zhao's vital point! Little as Wei Zhao wished to admit it, he had to admit she was formidable. Young as she was, the insight of a Sky-level master was indeed a different thing altogether.
Wei Zhao could now be said to have just crossed the threshold of an alchemist, yet he remained stuck where the control of flame was concerned. If he made no progress, he would end up just like those halfway failures the Ice Palace Master spoke of!
If he could not raise the temperature of his Dan fire, he was no better than useless scrap. The Dan fire in his hand would be nothing but a toy, of no use at all in refining pills.
"I will work hard." That was all Wei Zhao could say.
"I will trust you this once and give you one Fire Spirit Sacred Fruit. Within two years, if you become an alchemist of the third grade or higher, you shall be a permanent ally of my Ice Palace. Otherwise you shall be its enemy. Think for yourself what becomes of those who deceive the Ice Palace." When the Ice Palace Master spoke of trusting Wei Zhao this once, it was only to give Elder Qing face. At any rate she still could not believe Wei Zhao could become a third-grade alchemist within two years!
Even if he were a genius in alchemy and had studied it since childhood, it would still take more than ten years to become a third-grade alchemist. How could a man who had only just touched upon alchemy turn into a third-grade alchemist within two years?
If alchemists were so easy to cultivate, the profession would long since have become common as dirt! In the Xuan Dan Sect, even the Young Sect Master, now already twenty years old, is still only a Yellow-level second-grade alchemist and has yet to break through to the third grade. Even in such a house of alchemists, none can raise his rank so swiftly, let alone Wei Zhao, a mere rogue cultivator!
Thus the Ice Palace Master did not believe at all that Wei Zhao could become an alchemist above the third grade. In saying what she did, she was only saving face for the Ice Palace, and in truth only giving Elder Qing face.
"Could you give me two...?" Wei Zhao asked weakly.
"Huh?" The Ice Palace Master thought she had misheard and cried out in surprise! Though she usually put on a stern front, when all was said she was only a girl in her teens. She simply could not imagine how any man could be so thick-skinned. She had agreed to give him one Fire Spirit Sacred Fruit only for Elder Qing's sake, and only after a great struggle, yet he had the gall to ask for two?
"What is wrong?" Wei Zhao also felt his request was somewhat excessive, but he had to try. Since he had come all this way, he could not save only Feng Xiaoxiao. His future mother-in-law was still waiting to be cured!
"What do you think a Fire Spirit Sacred Fruit is? Something sold on every street like dragon fruit?" The Ice Palace Master could at last no longer hold back her displeasure. "Giving you one is already generous. How many more do you want?"