Chapter 183: Azure Flame Selects Disciples

Qin Ming walked into the City Lord's Manor. The entire manor was preparing for a banquet. It seemed his father's gathering of the small families of Liu City would take place tonight.

"Young Master Qin!" A Servant saw Qin Ming and hurriedly walked over. "The spirit plants you asked me to prepare are ready. They are placed in the Alchemy Room."

There was a dedicated area in the Alchemy Room for storing spirit plants, which helped keep them fresh.

Qin Ming nodded and said, "Thank you for your hard work."

"It is no trouble at all to work for Young Master Qin," the Servant said respectfully.

Qin Ming smiled and strode toward the Alchemy Room.

"How can you be so foolish? I've taught you three times already, yet you still can't distinguish the main differences between these two spirit plants."

Qin Ming looked over and saw Elder Qing holding two spirit plants, lecturing several young boys.

Among these youths, most were descendants of the Qin Family's Servants. One was a concubine-born Disciple of the Qin Family whom Qin Ming recognized; this concubine-born Disciple was named Qin Shaojun.

In truth, he was quite incompetent as the Young Master of the Qin Family, as he didn't know most of the Family's Disciples. He only had some impression of Qin Shaojun because they had shared a toast at a banquet once.

"Greetings, Young Master Qin!" everyone said in unison upon seeing Qin Ming approach.

Elder Qing turned around and said happily, "Qin Ming, you're back?"

"Master, are you selecting a Junior Brother for me?" Qin Ming asked with a smile.

Elder Qing rubbed his head and said, "Yes, it's just… they are truly too foolish and slow to learn. They are still a long way from becoming my Disciple."

Qin Ming rubbed his nose, feeling a bit embarrassed.

In his past life, he remembered being scolded mercilessly when he first learned to identify spirit plants from his Master, Azure Flame. Fortunately, with the help of his top-tier fire-attribute Spiritual Root and his passion for Alchemy, he successfully inherited his Master's skills.

Ultimately, the student surpassed the Master, and he became the world-renowned 'Emperor Ming'.

Recalling the process of learning Alchemy in his past life, Qin Ming said:

"Master, actually, things like talent are secondary when it comes to Alchemy. The most important thing is passion."

"Passion?" Elder Qing mused thoughtfully.

If anyone else had said this to him, he certainly wouldn't have cared. But who was Qin Ming? His Alchemy skills were miles ahead of his own. If he said passion was the most important, then there must be some truth to it.

Qin Ming smiled and pointed at Qin Shaojun and two other youths, saying, "These three fully meet the requirements to become Alchemists. I believe they will achieve great things."

Since Elder Qing had already begun teaching Alchemy, their talent must have already been tested and met at least the basic requirements for an Alchemist.

Thus, without asking about their Aptitude, Qin Ming directly selected the three of them.

"These three?" Elder Qing looked them over carefully and asked in confusion, "You haven't examined them, so how do you know they are suitable?"

"I believe Master has already examined their talent. Among these youths, these three are the ones with the deepest connection to spirit plants.

Only those who truly love spirit plants and Medicinal Pills from the bottom of their hearts have the potential to become a Great Master of the Alchemy Dao.

As for the other youths, most are enticed by the status of an Alchemist. They like the status and wealth, not Alchemy itself."

Qin Ming spoke bluntly. He could judge that these three had the strongest feelings for Alchemy simply by their attitude toward the spirit plants.

For him, the God of Medicinal Pills, it was incredibly simple to determine who truly loved Alchemy and who did not.

These selected Disciples were quite important to the development of the Qin Family, which was why Qin Ming spoke without reservation.

Furthermore, even if they couldn't follow the path of an Alchemist, they could still follow the path of a Martial Artist.

Forcing them to learn Alchemy without interest would only hold them back.