Xiao Yi Xian started to say something but was cut off by Xiao Xue waving her hand.
"This Netherworld Poison Flame is useless to me. Even if you gave it to me, I couldn't refine it. But it is absolutely the most suitable Different Flame for you."
"After you tame this cat, both your strength and alchemy skills will improve by leaps and bounds."
Having a Fire Spirit with intelligence to assist in alchemy could definitely greatly enhance an Alchemist's control over Different Flames.
Xiao Yi Xian knew refusing was useless, and everything her teacher said was true, so she finally accepted the storage ring.
At the same time, she resolved to repay her teacher properly in the future.
Xiao Xue also gave Qing Lin a storage ring containing some methods for controlling poison and driving snakes that she had obtained from Medusa.
In the art of driving snakes, the Snake-People Clan were professionals.
With these things, Qing Lin could more easily control Snake-type Magical Beasts and could even command groups of poisonous snakes in battle in the future.
By then, Qing Lin alone would be an army.
After receiving the storage ring, Qing Lin naturally expressed her gratitude and carefully put it on her finger.
Then, Xiao Xue turned her head, a faint, teasing smile on her face, and looked at Zi Yan beside her.
She had noticed earlier that this little fellow seemed to want to say something but hadn't spoken up.
Zi Yan was indeed shocked by Xiao Xue's extravagance.
What had she just heard?
Xiao Yi Xian's teacher had gifted her a Different Flame?!
Although she had always stayed in the Inner Academy, that didn't mean she knew little.
How precious were Different Flames? Some people traveled across the entire continent in search of one, yet failed to obtain it.
What kind of teacher just gifts a Different Flame to their Disciple?!
This wasn't a teacher; this was practically a birth mother!!
Just as she was still reeling from the shock, Xiao Xue took out a refined sixth-Rank fire attribute Demonic Beast core from her storage ring and handed it to Zi Yan:
"Here, little one. I don't have anything particularly good, so consider this a meeting gift."
Xiao Xue knew that the current Zi Yan was just a gluttonous little loli.
Moreover, the future Zi Yan, after Awakening her Dragon Phoenix Bloodline, was guaranteed to reach Dou Sheng at the very least.
Even Medusa, if she didn't have the Opportunity to evolve further to Nine Colors, couldn't claim to steadily become a Dou Sheng.
After devouring the other Dragon Kings, Zi Yan directly soared to the level of Five-Star Dou Sheng, which was simply beyond exaggerated.
Xiao Xue had originally planned to win Zi Yan over. Since Xiao Yi Xian had already made contact with her, it saved her a lot of effort.
In fact, Xiao Xue had the intention of taking Zi Yan as a Disciple.
After all, each of her first three [Disciples] could give her 50% of their experience points as feedback every time they leveled up.
In other words, if she had two Disciples who consistently leveled up faster than her, then the experience points she needed for leveling up would always be more than enough, no matter when.
Of course, this requirement was somewhat too stringent.
Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin, with their two bug-like Physiques, currently couldn't match her in terms of leveling up.
However, the experience points fed back to her by Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin were already a considerable amount.
And the later the stage, the more experience points were required for each level up.
So, a good Disciple could make things much easier for her in the later stages.
But those who could meet the conditions for becoming a Disciple and could reach the eighth Rank, or even the ninth Rank, in the later stages were far too few.
In the original story, those who could Breakthrough to Dou Sheng, whom she could come into contact with, weren't many to begin with.
Moreover, the Protagonist couldn't be chosen, and those whose level was within ten levels lower than hers couldn't be chosen either.
After such screening, very few people remained.
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Therefore, Xiao Xue set her sights on Zi Yan.
Although Zi Yan was already a Dou Wang and did not meet the condition of being "one major Realm apart."
But she was currently a Seven-Star Dou Wang, and it wouldn't be long before she reached Dou Huang.
And while Demonic Beasts had varying levels of strength, there was no accurate star-ranking system for them.
In other words, once she broke through to Dou Huang, the conditions for taking her as a Disciple would be met, even if Zi Yan was currently at the Peak Dou Wang level.
Zi Yan hesitated for a moment, but still accepted the Magical Core that Xiao Xue had refined.
For Ali, the sixth-Rank fire attribute Magical Core refined by Xiao Xue using the Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Fire was a good snack.
As a child, Zi Yan naturally could not resist such temptation.
In the Inner Academy, she could only steal a few fifth-grade herbs, or occasionally one or two sixth-grade herbs to eat; she had never even eaten a fifth-grade Medicinal Pill.
A sixth-Rank Magical Core could only be produced with a certain probability by a sixth-Rank Demonic Beast, which was comparable to a Dou Huang; it was absolutely considered a rare item.
Its rarity was even higher than some of the herbs used to refine sixth-grade Medicinal Pills.
To the current Zi Yan, a sixth-Rank Magical Core was more attractive than those Medicinal Pills with their soft, refined medicinal power.
"Tha... thank you. I won't take yours for free. In the future..."
After taking the Magical Core, Zi Yan tried to say something in a feigned mature manner, but realized she didn't seem to have anything to say.
She had originally wanted to say, "If anyone bullies you in the future, just come to me. I'll stand up for you. There's no one in this Inner Academy I wouldn't dare provoke."
This trick worked every time, but against the person in front of her, this bargaining chip seemed to have no value.
Xiao Yi Xian was already a Dou Wang, and now almost everyone had requests for her; in the Inner Academy, no one dared to come here looking for trouble.
Xiao Yi Xian's teacher even gave Heavenly Flames to her Disciple casually; would they be afraid of a bunch of people whose strongest were only Dou Ling?
However, looking at the Magical Core in her hand, Zi Yan swallowed her saliva somewhat helplessly.
In the original story, Xiao Yan, who processed herbs for Zi Yan, was labeled a "good person" by her.
And since they met, Xiao Xue had given her a sixth-Rank Magical Core; in the eyes of the current Zi Yan, Xiao Xue was practically glowing.
— She kind of wanted to get on good terms with this generous sister.
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