Chapter 80: Two months later

As much as Kritos look at the Rewards, he can't help but imagine the use of it. 

Tier 3 magical stone and supreme qi recovery pill recipe are the things Kritos yearned for. 

Magical stone is one of the rare resources which could fasten the cultivation of a person. Not to mention, it was a tier 3 magical stone.

On the other hand, about the Supreme qi recovery pill recipe. Kritos doesn't know much about it. But he understands that without an Alchemist, this recipe is useless.

"I could create a talent for alchemy but from where I could learn the pill formation skills. In Rewa City, there is not a single alchemist."

"Moreover to buy Ingredients, it required a large amount of money. A single cauldron itself would cost him at least 1000 gold. Not to mention the prices of other alchemy materials."

Generally, alchemists would also need to consider the failure rate and other factors.

It will be worthless even if Kritos knows the process of making a supreme qi recovery pill. 

Without any experience, he was 99% sure that his first pill creation would be destined to fail. 

"I will think about it later. Anyway, I don't have enough SP for the creation of Alchemy talent."

Kritos pull out the pills which he had previously received from his grandfather. It was given by Captain Mitchell, so Kritos was sure its effect would be extraordinary.

Qi condensing pill!

Qi Condensing pill isn't something made by nature. Rather it was made by someone: Alchemist! 

'Maybe by joining a sect or army will be beneficial,' Kritos thought

After a few seconds, Kritos decided to cultivate his body.

At night he has to cultivate his body by absorbing moon essence, and mid-night time is perfect for it. 

On the other hand, he could cultivate qi anytime.

Kritos sat down with his legs crossed and started circulating Blue Crescent moon physique.

In Sincromas world, the sole professions that are more desirable than cultivation are Alchemists and Blacksmith.

As the name suggests, alchemists are able to create special pills that raise one's strengths. Every free-agent alchemist is sought after by many forces.

The reason as to why alchemists have such a high position is because of how rare alchemists are and how strict the requirements to become an alchemist are.

First of all, one must be of the fire attribute. And then, within the fire attribute to act as catalysis in pill-refining.

In the Sincrimas world, a person's attribute is determined by their soul. A soul since birth will only have one. So it's rare for a person to particularly have high fire aptitude.

Of course, nothing is impossible. Within a million people, there are many who had high fire aptitude. Among these people that have fire aptitude, some have the potential to become Alchemists!

However, a person that has the fire is not enough to become an Alchemist. That's because one must also have a strong Soul Perception.

In the refinement of pills, the three most important requirements are The material, the flame, and one's soul perception.

The Material. They would have to be natural treasures. After all, even the best alchemists can't create a god-tier pill from trash material. Therefore, good base materials are very important for good pills.

The flame. Or the fire that's required when refining pills. The fire used in refining pills can't be normal flames but rather, they must be cultivator flames. Of course, there are some extremely strong mutated flames in nature. Some strong alchemists would take these flames and use them to refine pills instead of their own flame. Not only do these mutated flames boost the success rate of the refinement, they also increase the effectiveness of the pills!

Because refining pills is a gruesome task, extended periods of refinement require a lot of Qi, and because of that, every brilliant alchemist is also a strong fire-type cultivator.

The final requirement is Soul Perception.

When refining a pill, the intensity of the flame needs to be controlled with ridiculous precision. If the flame is slightly too hot, the pill within the furnace would be burned to ashes, wasting time and effort of the alchemist. Therefore, controlling the intensity of the flame is a prerequisite to becoming an alchemist. But in order to have control over the flames, one must have an incredible Soul Perception; without Soul Perception, even if one meets or even exceeds the first two requirements, it would be pointless to try to refine pills.

Under these strict conditions, the ones who have the qualifications to become an alchemist are few and rare. Because there aren't that many alchemists, the magical pills that they refine are also few and sparse. Since rare things are valuable and pills can definitely be defined as rare, alchemists all have an honorable, to an exaggerated extent, position.

***

Two months later…

The water dispersed from the lake and Kritos appeared. His qi surged, and surprisingly enough, he had already reached the sixth rank of apprentice warrior realm. He was just a millimeter away from the seventh layer in the first place, and he basically spent every day cultivating since he had nothing else to do, making rapid progress as a result. With his extremely pure qi, he broke through naturally, almost without any obstacles.

The first three realms of cultivation are the same in warrior and magic paths. After that, if one wanted to become a mage, he would have to change his path.

In most of the cases, an individual already chooses one path from the start. But Kritos wanted to take time before choosing a path. 

However, now a problem arises. He has to cultivate two paths. One body and one soul. Now, he felt that after cultivating most of the time in a day, he didn't get enough time to practice most of the skill.

Kritos opened his eyes slowly. His eyes flickered brightly. Within these two months, he did not the only breakthrough in cultivation but also constantly practiced with weapons.

Kritos walked away from the lake and wore the clothes. This lake is the best place for cultivation.

If it wasn't because of practicing skills most of the time, I think I could have reached the ninth rank of the Apprentice Realm in two months.

If others were to hear Kritos's sign, they would probably die of shame. Kritos had raised four levels in two months, and he was still not satisfied. Furthermore, he never used any pill and magical stones.

Qi condensing pill, which Captain Mitchell gave, was still in the system space. Kritos was afraid that consuming it would drastically increase his ranks and affect his future potential.

His talent in cultivation is already enough to bring shame on the face of any genius. So, he thought to use it when he would break through to the Foundation realm.

Those warriors who had only risen to the first rank of the Apprentice Realm in two months would probably be in tears.

"High Humans really are talented in cultivation." Kritoa thought

However, Kritos doesn't know if his talent in cultivation is to compare with the High humans. Then he would only bring shame to himself. Even the worst talented individuals in the High Human race are better than Kritos.

"If it wasn't for the help of my new race, when would I be able to break through? "Indeed, it is worthy of being called a race superior to humans."

Nonetheless, High humans are also humans who have talent and physique superior to normal humans.

In contrast to soul cultivation, Kritos body cultivation was still at level one, but it drastically increased his strength and speeds each time he cultivated. In the same realm, his strength was invincible. Even those at ninth Rank could not catch up to his strength.

Thinking about his cultivation, Kritos thought about the promise he made to himself. To kill the demon king.

Although Kritos did not have a specific idea on how powerful the demon was, Lakhan said earlier that one wave of qi of demon king was enough to destroy a region. Kritos firmly remembered it. 

"In only five days, Challenger league will officially begin, and strongest should be in 8th or 9th rank of the Apprentice realm. With my full strength, I can defeat 8th rank apprentice but defeating 9th rank will be difficult." Kritos thought

"If only I realize how to use my enhanced power of eyes, I could easily win against anyone below the foundation realm." Kritoa sighs

When Kritos breakthrough in Body cultivation. His one part was enhanced, which was his left eyes. He could sense it is related to controlling moon essence and strong enough to kill anyone below the foundation realm cultivator, but even after two months, Kritos don't know how to control it.

Kritos decided to leave out from Rewa city and adventure in Sincromas world when he will reach the foundation Realm. 

Rewa city restricted his growth, and he couldn't actively use his powerful traits in a peaceful place.