Chapter 244 Rukia's Past
The bounty for Kagaya En is 3,000 gold coins.
The bounty for Frost Embroidery is 3,000 gold coins plus three bottles of epic potions personally crafted by the Moon Emperor of Mist Blade.
Kirby's bounty is 5,000 gold coins plus three bottles of epic potions personally crafted by Mistblade Moon Emperor.
Mist Blade... Don't love it too much!
Tu Lan: "Are there people you know up there?"
Yu Xunge: "Yes, I have four sisters."
Tulan: "Should we go to rescue them?"
Yu Xunge said sadly, "It's hopeless."
Tulan: "What bad luck. Were they wronged?"
Yu Xun Ge:
Look at you, you've killed the conversation again!
After taking Tu Lan on a trip, Yu Xunge transformed into a black-skinned minotaur, changed into equipment he had stolen from Yu Xunhuan and the Han siblings, and entered the city. This time, the inspection process was noticeably stricter than the last. The minotaur, along with his pet, sneaked into Hufflepuff's alchemy shop.
Hufflepuff was still sitting by the window reading, with desserts and beer beside him. When he caught a glimpse of a bull's head rising by the window, he instinctively wanted to slap it, but then he saw the name of the person—[Hufflepuff].
Hedgehog: ?
After greeting Hufflepuff, Yu Xunge entered the store through the main entrance and sat down next to Hufflepuff—Tu Lan had already retreated into the pet space after seeing Hufflepuff.
Hufflepuff didn't banter with Yu Xunge. Lately, her mind was filled with Moonfox's alchemy, many of which contradicted mainstream alchemy. She had vaguely sensed this when she saw the book "Brewing Potions? Isn't it just about having a tail?" that Mistblade gave to Yu Xunge.
She asked, "How's your learning of [Melting Time] going?"
Yu Xunge immediately took out her notebook and began asking questions. After receiving Hedgehog's answer, she asked, "Teacher, if I simplify the brewing process and methods, or even replace some of the herbs with others, can I teach the failed version I developed to others?"
Hedgehog didn't laugh at Yu Xunge's wild idea. She took out a second notebook about [Melting Time] and handed it to Yu Xunge: "Okay, as long as the similarity rate is less than 10%, the rule won't be triggered."
Moreover, she felt that Yu Xunge was not far from successfully brewing the [Melting Time].
Hufflepuff turned a page in his book and suddenly asked, "Do you think that by getting your face dirty and dressing ugly, you can hide your maximum charm?"
Is he trying to give me pointers again? Yu Xunge immediately sat up straight: "Teacher, please be sure to say more!"
Hedgehog: "Do me a favor, and I'll teach you."
Yu Xunge: "What is it?" Are we going to go to the Moon Fox Library again?
Hedgehog took out three white notebooks and pushed them in front of Yu Xunge: "These are your recent lessons, and there are final requirements."
Before Yu Xunge could thank her, she took out three dark blue notebooks: "Take these three notebooks and go to Polar City to find Lucia. She spends most of her time there. Find her and give her these three notebooks. If she's not there, then go to Polar Night City to look for her."
Yu Xunge didn't ask Heppa why he didn't go by himself. She put away the book and said, "I promise to complete the mission. Teacher, could you lend me some [Melting Time] first? I'll return it to you once I know how to refine it."
She didn't shamelessly ask for it directly. Even if the ingredients for a master-level potion weren't expensive, the value of a potion of this level was undeniable, and she couldn't pretend to be naive.
Hufflepuff took out 5 bottles of Melting Time and handed them to her. After thinking for a moment, he took out another 5 bottles: "Hmm, that should be enough. Remember to give me back 12 bottles."
Yu Xunge: ...The longer I know him, the less I feel that Hechpa is a good person. He sends students to steal from homes and he lends money at exorbitant rates.
After making clear arrangements for Yu Xunge, Hufflepuff began to get down to business: "Charm, like luck, cannot be hidden unless it is truly modified. However, I don't know much about this. You can ask Lucia when you go to her this time. She created a potion called 'Golden Assassin' that can temporarily modify charm."
After leaving, Yu Xunge planned to go to the auction house to see if they had any of this potion in stock. She asked, "Is Rukia a good person?"
Hedgehog smiled and said, "She also wrote an autobiography. You can read it and you'll understand. She's very easy to understand."
Yu Xunge only asked this question because he had seen it.
If Hedgehog's autobiography is a female slave's rise to power in a wish-fulfillment novel, then Rukia's autobiography is about constantly teaching children, teaching children, and teaching children.
She started teaching children when she was just a master alchemist, and she continued teaching them even after she reached legendary level. And when she reached epic level, yes, she was still teaching children...
Yu Xunge even suspected that she had a system that could make students stronger by teaching them alchemy.
She doesn't like teaching exceptionally talented children; she only teaches children with average talent. Rukia believes that true geniuses don't need teachers, but rather children with average talent who love alchemy need teachers more.
Because of her innate skills that allow her to travel the world, and because she treats all races equally, she can take on several students at the same time. In the morning, she might teach noble ladies in a noble's castle, in the afternoon she might teach minotaurs on the grasslands, and in the evening she might teach sirens in the ocean. Even intelligent beasts can become her students.
It sounds like a very loving spirit.
But she also said she was ruthless. She would only teach each student for a maximum of 5 years. After 5 years, regardless of whether the student had actually grasped the concepts, she would leave directly because she needed to dedicate her time to more children.
Yu Xunge thought of the noble lady in Hufflepuff's autobiography. According to Hufflepuff's story, Lucia taught that noble lady in that castle for eight years, which obviously contradicted Lucia's principles.
Anyone who sees this would think that Lucia stayed there for 8 years because of Hufflepuff.
Yu Xunge asked, "Is she your mentor?"
Hufflepuff hesitated for a moment before answering, "No."
Hedgehog warned, "You should be careful about this. She doesn't formally take on students anymore, and she doesn't like being called 'teacher'."
Yu Xunge couldn't help but be curious now: "Why?"
The autobiography only describes Rukia's experiences of finding and teaching students throughout Zellander. She writes about those students, their love for alchemy, and their struggles on the path of alchemy without giving up, but she doesn't write about what happened afterward.
For example, why did Lucia used to travel around teaching children, but now Hufflepuff says she spends most of her time in the City of the Midnight Sun?
Hufflepuff sighed, "Because of a student she taught 23 years ago, a little oak owl. Even after she left, the little oak owl didn't give up alchemy. But she could never find a teacher as patient and kind to all students as Rukia, and this teacher was an epic alchemist..."
"After struggling for three years, she made a deal with the devil, exchanging alchemical talent for the devil by constantly killing children and offering them to him. In less than 10 years, she became a high-level alchemist."
"That day, she stood at the entrance of the Alchemist's Guild and shouted Lucia's name, questioning her that now that she had become a true genius, she was qualified to make Lucia break her principles for her, just as she had stayed in one place for eight years for Hufflepuff, and now Lucia would also stop and stay for her!"
"...From that year on, Rukia stopped teaching children alchemy."
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