48: Sorry, I thought everyone did!

Tang Gao was even more bewildered: "This is very easy, not difficult at all. Why are you all so shocked? Everyone should know this trick."

Isn't this common knowledge for an Alchemist?

General Liu's mouth twitched violently, and he had no choice but to patiently explain to this Genius who lacked worldly common sense: "Normal fire control techniques are like this."

General Liu summoned a ball of flame.

A normal red flame, used for refining Medicinal Pills.

General Liu looked at the flame animal in Tang Gao's hand and still couldn't help but gasp, continuing to explain: "To achieve this, one needs Alchemy talent, and also needs to Revered Master Alchemy, fire control techniques, and a bit of fire Spiritual Root... Among a thousand low-level Alchemists, about half or more can reach this step."

Tang Gao nodded: "Exactly, it's very simple. I really don't understand what you're all so shocked about."

General Liu began to increase the flame's temperature and change its color, saying with a wince: "Those who can reach this step are Second-Tier Alchemists."

Tang Gao was silent for a moment, looking at the vivid, ever-changing flame in his hand, vaguely understanding why they were so shocked.

Sorry, I thought everyone could do it.

General Liu began to use flames to mimic animals, mostly powerful ones, and unlike Tang Gao's, they lacked the same spirituality.

General Liu was silent for a moment, explaining: "This is a level only a Third-Tier Alchemist can achieve... And my spirituality isn't as strong as yours, nor is my color variation as great. Where did you Cultivate your Alchemy?"

Yes, theoretically speaking, it's normal for an Alchemist to Revered Master this.

But your 'normal' is on par with a Fourth-Tier Alchemist?

Why are the standards you subconsciously set so high?

A First-Tier considering killing a Third-Tier as normal, and mastering fire control techniques on par with a Fourth-Tier Alchemist.

What kind of monstrous thinking is this?

Tang Gao's mouth twitched: "Didn't the Three-Leaf Clover Group's information become public?"

General Liu was stunned: "There was such a thing. What does that have to do with your Alchemy?"

"I saw it online, so I just practiced it casually. It didn't take much effort."

There was dead silence on the command platform.

In General Liu's big eyes, there was great confusion: "Huh?"

What do you mean, you learned it just by going online?

Do you know how many Alchemists, taught directly by powerful beings, still couldn't graduate?

Class Teacher Tian Qiang looked at him in a daze: "Huh?"

What do you mean, just practiced casually?

Your casual practice, your fire control level is comparable to a Fourth-Tier Alchemist?

The Principal looked at him dumbfounded: "Didn't take much effort?"

Do you know that the achievement you dismiss, the one that took you 'not much effort,' is the lifelong dream of countless Alchemy Geniuses?

Is this what you call something done with 'not much effort'?

The officers and teachers looked at Tang Gao in a daze.

Tang Gao felt a bit uncomfortable under their gaze and said apologetically: "High school didn't teach Alchemy, I taught myself. I thought this level was something everyone could learn with a little casual study."

General Liu looked at Tang Gao, utterly speechless: "Yes, everyone just practices a bit, and then they can kill a Third-Tier as a First-Tier."

Tang Gao winced for a moment, then remembered something.

His Alchemy skills had been personally praised by Old Mister Fang, a Fifth-Tier wood-attribute Dao expert in the industry.

He had a 105% all-attribute amplification.

He had +150% Alchemy speed, +100% Medicinal Pill effect, +60% Alchemy success rate, +100% Medicinal Pill quantity, +…

His Alchemist Avatar had also Cultivated many Alchemy skill enhancements.

With so many enhancements, even the simplest fire control had long been amplified to an incredibly terrifying degree.

Not to mention, the Alchemy he learned was a special internal version from the Three-Leaf Clover Group.

Purely in terms of Alchemy, this was just like fighting; he was completely unafraid of peers, and even far surpassed Second-Tier, Third-Tier, and even Fourth-Tier in certain Domains.

Tang Gao held the flame animal and said with slight embarrassment: "I'm sorry, I thought it was very simple."

He had been so focused on working hard that he had long forgotten that these things were not simple for others.

When working hard, who has time to think about this and that? His mind was only focused on how to do this thing well.

General Liu clutched his chest, feeling a heart attack coming on, and extended his hand to stop him from speaking, his face filled with pain: "Enough, don't say another word."

Is this what a Super Genius is like?

What was I doing when I was eighteen?

I was still trying to climb trees to dig out bird nests.

His combat prowess is already so strong, how can his Alchemy be so outrageous too!

General Liu was intensely envious. Is this the benefit of talent?

Class Teacher Tian Qiang said urgently: "...Jianguo, I suggest it's best to first have him become a disciple of Na Zunzhe."

General Liu immediately nodded, his expression subtly changing: "That's true, let him become a disciple first, then the direct admission process can follow."

Tang Gao was dumbfounded: "No, I don't need to take the college entrance exam anymore?"

At least let me take the college entrance exam!

I worked hard for four days, and you won't even let me show off a bit?

No matter what, I'm a young man. If you don't let me stand out on such a big occasion, I'll be really upset!

General Liu stood up, ignoring Tang Gao's words, and quickly waved his hand: "Prepare the Formation! I'll go and ask Revered Master Na for instructions first!"

Tang Gao: "Huh?"

Did I show off too much?

...

Soon, Tang Gao was brought to the base's highest command room. The center of the command room had been cleared and an Advanced Formation had been set up. It was clearly something ordinary people wouldn't use.

Tang Gao sat to the side, watching them busy setting up the Formation, feeling a bit regretful: "It's a pity, I didn't even finish watching the sparring matches."

General Liu stood to the side, personally inscribing spatial secret runes on the Formation Plate, not even turning his head: "You're already so strong, why bother watching those little newbies peck at each other?"

Tang Gao chuckled: "General Liu, don't you ever feel like showing off?"

General Liu placed the Formation Plate in the center of the Formation, motioned for the others to disperse, and paused slightly: "When I was young, I had a strong desire to show off. But after showing off too much, I got tired of it and stopped doing such things.

Oh, and because my Formation Plate studies are a bit lacking, the image will be very blurry later, and the sound will be distorted. Just bear with it."

Tang Gao clicked his tongue: "Why not use a phone? Video calls are very high-definition now."

General Liu activated the Formation with a wry smile: "Such a big secret, and you'd use a public network?

When we encounter major issues, we always use internally customized Formations for communication."

Soon, a very blurry, pixelated red figure appeared in the center of the Formation, so blurry it was like someone with 800-degree myopia looking at the world without glasses.

The sound was initially very strange, almost like an uncanny cry that no human could make.

General Liu's expression was slightly awkward. He motioned for the others to leave and personally adjusted the Formation. After a while, the voice became barely audible, but it was impossible to distinguish whether it was male or female; it was simply a human voice.

...Hello, hello, can you hear me?"

General Liu quickly responded: "I can hear you, I can hear you, Revered Master, I can hear you."

The red figure shifted, seeming to change posture in a chair, and the voice, filled with a sense of disappointment, said: "So many years have passed, can't you use your brain a bit to study your terrible Formation Plate studies?

Every time you use this Formation video call with me, with an effect comparable to 1G network communication, it's simply an Advanced hybrid torture of light and sound pollution, Hell-level.

If this were in a public place, you'd definitely be arrested by the judicial bureau and charged with disgracing Cultivation."

Tang Gao watched, dumbfounded, completely unprepared for General Liu's Revered Master to be such an aggressive person.

General Liu's face was filled with relief: "Hearing your foul mouth, Revered Master, I know you will definitely bring ruin and infamy for ten thousand years, living more spiritedly than a bastard. Your disciple is greatly relieved."

Very good, very spirited. It seems Revered Master has been living quite comfortably recently.

The red figure tutted twice, waving its heavily pixelated arm: "Speak quickly, say what you have to say, I'm going fishing later."

"Revered Master Na, I'm about to tell you something. Please don't be surprised."

The red figure laughed heartily, slapping the armrest: "Joke! I've lived for hundreds of years, what haven't I seen!

Of course, if you tell me you wet the bed last night and had frequent, incomplete urination, then I might be surprised.

Perhaps I'd even mail you a set of Dragon Tiger Essence Pills.

Oh, and a pair of pants that won't get wet."