Chapter 55 Comparison reveals the gap
Li Xiuchang originally thought that he could gain two inches in length after listening to Zhao Yuansi's lecture.
But in fact, it only increased by 0.05 inches...
Did something go wrong?
The increase of 0.05 inches is actually very good. It can increase so much after just one class. This is faster than Li Xiuchang's own liver proficiency.
But without comparison, you won’t know the difference.
He listened to a class given by the second-level alchemist Zhang Wanzhi last night, and his body rose by 0.2 inches, which was four times as much as in today's class!
The alchemy master's lectures are not as good as those of a second-level alchemist?
This is only compared with Zhang Wanzhi. Li Xiuchang had increased even more after listening to Mo Tu's lectures.
Li Xiuchang's talent in spiritual cultivation is outstanding, so we don't need to compare him with the spiritual cultivation class, but his talent in the soul control method is even slightly inferior to that in alchemy.
Motu gave him a soul control lesson, and he grew nearly 0.5 inches in length!
Li Xiuchang felt that there must be some problem that he had overlooked.
"There is no need to question Master's level of alchemy. It must be real. His teaching level... doesn't matter how good it is, it's not too bad."
Li Xiuchang looked at the senior brothers and sisters around him, all of them seemed to have some understanding and were still immersed in the lecture just now.
Moreover, he himself has gained something. He feels that if he goes back and digests it, he can gain some more length.
Li Xiuchang thought for a moment and probably knew what the problem was.
The increase in length value is based on the improvement of his own skill level.
It's a simple truth. No matter how good or advanced someone else's lecture is, it still depends on how much his own level has improved.
Two senior brothers, Mo Tu and Zhang Wanzhi, gave him lectures before. Although the things they taught were simple, he understood and understood them thoroughly on the spot, and completely mastered those basic things.
After listening to Senior Brother Motu's lessons, he truly learned how to plant spiritual plants and control ghosts.
After listening to Senior Brother Zhang Wanzhi's lesson, he actually refined the Bigu Pill.
This improvement is clearly visible.
But after listening to Zhao Yuansi's lectures, he only gained some insights into alchemy and understood some advanced theoretical knowledge.
If he really asked, he wouldn't be able to say anything.
"Maybe the content of Senior Brother Mo and Senior Brother Zhang's lectures, although simple, is just suitable for a beginner like me. The content of Master's lectures is too advanced for me, and I have indigestion."
"It may also have something to do with the big class. The two senior brothers taught me one-on-one before, and the effect is definitely better than taking a big class."
"Of course there is a possibility that the problem lies with the person teaching..."
Li Xiuchang had doubts about Zhang and Mo, but not much.
After all, if there was no length value as a reference, he would not be able to detect the gap at all, and would only think that Zhao Yuansi's lectures were more profound and high-level.
He gathered his thoughts and began to concentrate on understanding what he had just learned from the lecture.
After a cup of tea, Zhao Yuansi interrupted everyone's thinking and said, "Do you have any questions about the alchemy path recently?"
Immediately, several senior brothers and sisters raised their hands.
This is also the part they are most looking forward to. After the lecture, Zhao Yuansi will set aside some time to answer questions for the disciples.
Zhao Yuansi called on the disciples who raised their hands one by one to answer their questions.
Li Xiuchang listened quietly, even though he couldn't understand most of the content.
He didn't have any questions to ask. He just wanted to finish the process quickly and go back to do his own business.
Li Xiuchang originally had high expectations for today's class, but now he finds that the results are far less than expected. If he has the skills, he might as well ask Senior Brother Zhang or Senior Brother Mo for advice.
After finally waiting for Zhao Yuansi to answer all the disciples' questions, Li Xiuchang stood up and saluted, preparing to retire with other senior brothers and sisters.
But Zhao Yuansi said: "Xiuchang, please stay for a while."
Li Xiuchang could only respond and stay where he was.
The other senior brothers and sisters looked at Li Xiuchang with envy in their eyes, knowing that this was Zhao Yuansi who was going to start a small business for his young apprentice.
After all the senior brothers and sisters had left, Zhao Yuansi asked with a slightly serious tone: "How is the progress of the alchemy path these days?"
Li Xiuchang was secretly glad that he had temporarily held the Buddha's feet yesterday. At this time, he felt confident and replied:
"Disciples don't dare to slack off in alchemy practice. It's just that their qualifications are dull and they have just mastered the refining of Bigu Pill."
"Oh?" Zhao Yuansi was surprised.
Seeing that Li Xiuchang was already at the third level of Qi training, he thought that Li Xiuchang spent all his time practicing and made little progress in alchemy.
But he didn't expect that Li Xiuchang could refine the Bigu Pill.
As a rare pill-shaped elixir among low-level elixirs, Bigu Pill is still difficult to refine.
"You refine it and I'll take a look." Zhao Yuansi said.
In his opinion, Li Xiuchang's so-called "mastery" probably meant just barely refining the Bigu Pill. The rate of pill formation and the amount of pills produced may not be high, so he planned to give some guidance himself.
Li Xiuchang quickly took out the alchemy furnace and started refining it.
He also wanted to see if it would be better if Zhao Yuansi guided him one-on-one.
Soon, Li Xiuchang skillfully refined a batch of Bigu Pills, which were made into eight pills. Each pill was round and full, with sufficient medicinal power.
Zhao Yuansi was stunned for a few seconds. He did not expect that Li Xiuchang's words had no meaning at all. If he said he had mastered it, then he had really mastered it, and he had mastered it proficiently. He could even add more medicinal materials to produce more elixirs.
One furnace produced the number of pills that others had in two furnaces.
He watched the entire refining process, and there were almost no flaws!
In the refining of the Bigu Pill, Li Xiuchang has reached the limit of his current alchemy level.
Zhao Yuansi also realized that he had nothing to teach.
He was calm on the surface, but his heart was shaken.
Could it be that... I found an alchemy genius?
It has only been a few months, and Li Xiuchang has not only practiced from the first level of Qi training to the third level of Qi training, but also improved his alchemy level to this level.
If this is not a genius, what is it?
Maybe not the top alchemy genius, but not bad.
Zhao Yuansi coughed: "You have made a good Bigu Pill. Have you encountered any problems in the alchemy recently?"
Li Xiuchang thought about it and immediately replied: "Disciple has been learning how to refine Huiyuan Pill recently, but I have never gotten the point."
Huiyuan Pill is a pill of the same level as Bigu Pill, and the effect is to restore a little mana.
Li Xiuchang has never refined Huiyuan Pill before, and he also wants to see if he can master the refining of Huiyuan Pill under the guidance of Zhao Yuansi.
At least, Li Xiuchang learned how to make the Bigu Pill after Zhang Wanzhi taught him.
He wanted to compare and verify his guess.
To see if Zhao Yuansi, the master of alchemy, could teach better than Zhang Wanzhi in the same one-on-one teaching environment and the same type of knowledge.
Zhao Yuansi smiled slightly. For him, refining a pill of the Huiyuan Pill level was not much more difficult than rolling a mud ball. He immediately taught Li Xiuchang how to refine the Huiyuan Pill.
But after this instruction, both of them had a huge psychological gap.