Battle Through the Heavens: Heavenly comprehension

The little medicine fairy picked up the wet belly band beside the bath tub and tied it around her neck before saying, "Aren't you going to find your teacher?"

Xiao Yan shrugged. "It's just to deceive those two old men. Even if I find my teacher, he wouldn't bother with something like this."

"What about the things you need? I heard from the old man that Gu Te is not someone easy to deal with." The little medicine fairy said nervously.

"I'll have to figure it out myself. You should focus on your training here. If you're hungry, just get something to eat. I need to prepare for tomorrow's trade; otherwise, I'll end up being a son-in-law and selling myself." Xiao Yan said with a smile, shrugging his shoulders.

Looking at Xiao Yan's retreating back, the little medicine fairy pursed her lips. Xiao Yan was great in many aspects, but he was a bit too playful.

Back in his room, Yao Lao stared at Xiao Yan closely, the puppet bird's face showing a strange, human-like smile.

"Teacher, why are you staring at me like that?"

Yao Lao chuckled, "Take it easy, kid. If you mess things up in the future, none of these girls are going to let you off easy."

Xiao Yan sat at the table, tapping his fingers on the space ring, taking out three second-tier magic cores.

"Is this all you're going to trade with?" Yao Lao glanced at the items on the table. "Even though these magic cores, after being tempered by you, can unleash extraordinary power, compared to rare treasures like the Ice Spirit Cold Spring, it's far too lacking."

"Of course it's not just these things." Xiao Yan took out three small iron puppets and neatly arranged them.

"Just these?" Yao Lao swept his gaze over them. "I remember these are your childhood toys. If you manage to fool him with these, that will be a miracle."

Xiao Yan smiled slightly, "When trading with someone like Gu Te, it's not about how valuable the item is, but how valuable it seems in his eyes. Since he likes to collect things, I have to give him something unique."

"I hope you're right." Yao Lao had no experience with this. In the past, others had been begging him to take in rare treasures.

Gripping a second-tier fire attribute magic core, Xiao Yan focused and started drawing runes to craft a Fireball.

Once the Fireball was crafted, Xiao Yan sat quietly at the table, contemplating for a while.

After a while...

[Using the experience of crafting Fireball and magic core usage, you had an epiphany. You learned the method for crafting Magic Crystal Bombs.]

[Magic Crystal Bombs use Dou Qi to communicate with the energy inside the magic core, drawing out the core's violent energy by drawing runes. Crafting Magic Crystal Bombs requires a high level of soul power and Dou Qi quality, otherwise, you might hurt yourself before the enemy.]

[Note: Crafting Magic Crystal Bombs with cores of the same attribute is much easier.]

Xiao Yan exhaled a deep breath, then proceeded with further crafting.

Originally, due to his abilities, he could only use fire attribute magic cores.

But now, he was capable of crafting puppets strong enough for battle with magic cores, greatly improving his mastery over magic cores.

After some thought, his understanding of crafting with magic cores of other attributes came naturally.

The next morning, Xiao Yan packed the items he had prepared into his space ring and went to find Otto at the Alchemist Guild to inform him that he was ready for the trade with Gu Te.

After walking through many dizzying streets in Black Rock City, they finally stopped in front of a strange building in a secluded corner in the south of the city.

Xiao Yan rubbed his nose. This place would have been really hard to find without someone guiding him.

"Little guy, I must remind you once again, Gu Te is the brother of Pill King Gu He. That's why he has all these coveted treasures and is still safe. So, be prepared for some serious bargaining!" Otto warned.

Hearing this, Xiao Yan smiled and nodded. Otto had already told him a lot about Gu Te on the way here.

Otto waved at Xiao Yan, took a couple of steps forward, and opened the door.

However, before they even got close, a fierce gust of wind carrying clouds of black powder shot out from the room.

Otto was prepared and quickly waved his sleeve, creating a more powerful gust of wind to blow the black powder back.

After a quick look at the messy room, Otto clapped his hands. "This old guy loves these kinds of pranks. That black powder, while not poisonous, will make your skin itch terribly if it touches you."

After avoiding several traps, the two finally reached the top of the building and stopped in front of a wooden door.

Otto, filled with anger, kicked the door open.

With a loud bang, the door shattered into pieces.

"You old bastard, why don't you learn to properly make medicine and instead play with all these shady things?"

"My door!" A messy old man angrily ran out.

"You old rascal... and you brought someone else!" Gu Te's face immediately became cautious.

Entering Gu Te's room, Xiao Yan couldn't help but scan the rare treasures placed around.

"Fire Heart Seven-leaf Herb! At least a hundred years old!"

"Kid, what are you staring at!" Seeing Xiao Yan's gaze, Gu Te rushed over, his face vicious. "Don't think about making a move on my treasures!"

"Treasure?" Xiao Yan withdrew his gaze and said indifferently, "They're just dead things, not true treasures."

"What?!" Gu Te was so furious his face turned red. Even Pill King Gu He would covet these items, but this kid said they weren't treasures!

"Xiao Yan is right. No matter how good the things are, if they're in the hands of an old man like you, they're just ornaments. Stop calling them treasures," Otto rolled his eyes and then directly asked, "Do you have the Ice Spirit Cold Spring?"

Gu Te froze for a moment. He had only recently acquired a small bottle of Ice Spirit Cold Spring. Knowing his character, he wouldn't casually mention it without playing with it for two or three years first.

How did Otto manage to find it so quickly?

After a brief pause, Gu Te shook his head repeatedly. "What do you think I am? The Ice Spirit Cold Spring is so rare. Even if an ordinary person is lucky enough to see it, if they don't know how to preserve it properly, they can only stare at it helplessly."

"You brought this kid with eyes bigger than the sky. Do you have any rare treasure to sell to me?" Gu Te's eyes shone as he looked at Xiao Yan's alchemist robe.

A young second-tier alchemist, his talent seemed even greater than that of Pill King Gu He.

For a moment, Gu Te didn't underestimate Xiao Yan.

"If you can bring out something even better, I'll pretend I didn't hear that earlier."

(End of Chapter)

────────────────────────────────────

"If you're interested, please support me in my other novel [One Piece: General Blue]."

"If you're interested, please support me in my other novel [Naruto: Starting with Tsunade-san]."

"If you want an early access join my patreon:- patreon.com/BaDwYGaMeR"