Su Yun was feeling stymied. In the original novel, Xiao Yan's attributes were checked in the Xiao family's Dou Qi Pavilion. As
a commoner, he had no means of testing.
Confused, Su Yun thought of the system.
"How about giving it a try?" Su Yun was a man of action, and he acted immediately.
"System, scan me," Su Yun chanted in his mind.
"Ding, scan successful."
Name: Su Yun
Gender: Male
Cultivation: One-Star Douzi
Cultivation: None
Dou Skills: None
Items: None
"System, display Dou Qi attributes," Su Yun chanted again in his mind.
"Ding, attributes displayed."
Name: Su Yun
Gender: Male
Cultivation: One-Star Douzi
Attributes: Fire, Ice, Wood
Cultivation: None
Dou Skills: None
Items: None
"Really impressive," Su Yun exclaimed, looking at the different information displayed before.
It seemed that some of the information on this system panel required manual activation.
"Fire, ice, and wood attributes..."
"Then I meet the requirements to become an alchemist!"
Su Yun felt a flicker of surprise.
While he could use the system to synthesize elixirs, each synthesis required Magic Cores of the corresponding grade. Low-grade elixirs were manageable, but later on…
Su Yun shook his head at the thought. Since he met the requirements to become an alchemist, and had Yao Lao's memories as a foundation, refining his own elixirs was essential.
The system's fusion capabilities were indeed incredible, but the cost was prohibitive.
With this thought in mind, Su Yun shifted his gaze to his own Ice attribute.
In the Dou Qi Continent, a person's attributes were determined by their soul. A soul possessed only one attribute, generally without other attributes.
Of course, nothing was absolute. Among billions of people, there were always some whose souls mutated, and those with these mutated souls would possess two distinct attributes, one strong and one weak. Alchemists were a prime example.
And judging by the system's display, he surprisingly had three attributes.
Su Yun, a familiar reader of the original novel, only knew that Feng Qing'er's situation was similar to his own.
His own, however, was far more unique.
Feng Qing'er possessed the dual attributes of wind and thunder, which didn't counteract each other, while his own attributes of fire and ice conflicted with each other, not to mention the wood attribute.
But then again, fire and wood also conflicted with each other. So there shouldn't be a problem of incompatibility, right?
After all, every alchemist possessed both fire and wood attributes. It was just that the wood attribute was almost negligible.
So, choosing this technique...
Su Yun was feeling overwhelmed.
Originally, he'd planned to cultivate the Burning Technique if it was fire-attributed, and the highest-ranked technique for any other attribute.
Who knew he also had an ice attribute...
"Speaking of which, could the Burning Technique be fused with other ice-attributed techniques?"
Su Yun's mind sparked, and then his eyes lit up. He could give it a try; the techniques wouldn't disappear after all.
Immediately, his mind clicked on the Burning Technique, then on the low-level, Earth-ranked Nine Nether Frost Technique, the highest-ranking ice-attribute technique in Yao Lao's collection. He
then activated the system's fusion function.
"Ding, fusion-capable options detected. Do you want to spend a fifth-tier magic core to fuse?"
"Fifth-tier!" Su Yun's eyes nearly popped out.
Fifth-tier magic core! How embarrassing for someone who had never seen a third-order magic core!
Su Yun was not discouraged by this. Since a fusion solution had appeared, it meant that this path was feasible.
Su Yun tried to fuse the low-level Yellow-grade ice-attribute technique with the Burning Decree.
"Ding, a fusion solution was detected. Do you want to spend a first-order magic core to fuse it?"
"First-order..."
Su Yun tried again.
Fusing the intermediate Yellow-grade ice-attribute technique.
"Ding, a fusion solution was detected. Do you want to spend a first-order magic core to fuse it?"
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"Still first-grade..."
Su Yun was stunned.
He searched Yao Lao's memories again for a technique.
This time, it was a high-level Yellow-grade technique.
"Ding, a fusion solution detected. Do you want to spend a second-grade magic core to fuse it?"
Su Yun didn't stop after hearing the system's notification. He then tried to fuse the low-level Xuan-grade ice-attributed technique with the "Burning Technique.
" "Ding, a fusion solution detected. Do you want to spend a third-grade magic core to fuse it?"
"Third-grade... "
Su Yun paused.
Although he hadn't yet figured out the system's magic core requirements for technique fusion, he hadn't decided to try.
The highest he had right now was a second-grade magic core, so understanding it wouldn't be helpful.
It wouldn't be too late to wait until he had a higher-grade magic core.
"Fusion," Su Yun muttered silently.
"Ding, fusion completed. Congratulations to the host for obtaining a high-level Yellow-grade technique."
An inexplicable wave of emotion washed over Su Yun's mind.
He shook his head, concentrating on his thoughts.
"Is this the new technique?"
After a moment, Su Yun frowned. This new technique didn't quite meet his expectations.
This new technique retained the Burning Technique's ability to devour and evolve alien fire, and also possessed dual fire and ice attributes.
However, this dual fire and ice attribute didn't mean he could possess a blend of wind and thunder Dou Qi like Feng Qing'er in the original novel.
Such Dou Qi possessed the characteristics of both wind and thunder, greatly increasing one's combat power.
This new technique, while possessing both ice and fire attributes, only allowed him to wield them simultaneously or independently; it couldn't fuse them.
While it offered more flexibility in his tactics, it still fell short of Su Yun's expectations.
"Not bad," Su Yun consoled himself.
He'd been assuming things.
Dual-attribute fighters were undoubtedly rare in this Dou Qi continent; only Feng Qing'er appeared in the original novel.
This new technique, possessing both ice and fire attributes and retaining the Burning Technique's ability to devour and evolve alien fire, was already the pinnacle of the best.
"According to the original novel, the Burning Technique, like the Eight Extreme Collapse, seems to allow for leapfrogging..."
Su Yun fell into deep thought.
When Xiao Yan's "Burning Technique" was still a low-level Yellow-grade technique, Yao Lao had already commented that its unique properties rivaled those of mid-level Yellow-grade techniques.
Later, when it evolved into a mid-level Yellow-grade technique by absorbing purple fire, he again commented that it rivaled those of high-level Yellow-grade techniques.
This new technique also possessed this same ability to leapfrog levels.
It was comparable to low-level Profound-grade techniques.
Thinking of this, Su Yun felt much more satisfied.
Techniques capable of leapfrogging levels in the Dou Qi Continent were rare. Techniques equivalent to
the low-level Profound-grade were practically the limit in Wutan City .
Of the three major families, only the Xiao family's "Mad Master's Fury" was mid-level Profound-grade, while the other two families were only at the low-level Profound-grade.
"Wait, what if I could use this technique to absorb the Bone Spirit Cold Fire?"
Su Yun's eyes lit up.
Bone Spirit Cold Fire could completely solve the problem of Dou Qi's ice and fire properties!
It possessed the properties of fire and the chill of ice. It worked!
The more Su Yun thought about it, the brighter his eyes grew.
Yao Lao is truly a treasure boy!
"Hehe, looks like I'm going to get some money again."
Su Yun grinned.
"Let's pick a name first."
"Since it has both ice and fire attributes, well...
let's call it "Burning Cold Art."
(End of this chapter)