“Eh? Moli…” Ouyang Du chuckled ruefully when he saw the boy return to sword training. “I actually have another idea in mind. You can become Grandmaster Yang’s disciple and become an alchemist. Alchemists enjoy the same status as martial cultivators. It would bring honor and glory to Aurora City if you became an alchemist!”

“An alchemist?” Yushi Moli retracted his sword aura and turned back to Ouyang Du.

“That’s right, become an alchemist,” the young man nodded. “Of the four cities in Nebula Prefecture—Qingqiu City, Tianyi City, Cloudscape City, and Aurora City—only Aurora City lacks an alchemist. If you can become one, the help you can offer your father will be far greater than you being a martial cultivator.”

“But Grandmaster Yang is a celestial rank alchemist. The line of people who wish to take him for their master probably runs from Aurora City to the Nebula capital. It’ll never be my...