"Thank you, Master Floriana."

Rant Valo bowed to her. He was grateful that she was willing to help him this much.

"Mhm."

Floriana Sabina nodded her head lightly.

Rant Valo's clone carried the Pill Furnace and walked to the side. He sat down cross-legged in front of the Pill Furnace.

"Use this, Disciple. It will change to the color red if the temperature is exactly at 500 Celcius. Otherwise, it will turn black. Your goal is to keep it red for 3 hours."

Floriana Sabina passed a black fabric to Rant Valo's clone.

"I understand, Master Floriana."

Rant Valo's clone nodded his head solemnly to Floriana Sabina. He will do his best at this task. He placed the fabric inside the pill furnace before pouring mana into the black rod.

The rod changed to the color orange and a small orange flame appeared on the other side. It was like a large burning match.

Rant Valo's clone placed it under the Pill Furnace and heated it.

As for Rant Valo's main body, he looked at his clone in interest.

"I can multitask fairly easily."

Rant Valo thought out loud.

"Cool, right?"

Floriana Sabina held her hips smugly.

"Yes, but it was painful."

Rant Valo smiled wryly. He didn't even dare remember the pain that he felt back then. It was traumatizing.

"Fufufu. At least you have a clone now."

Floriana Sabina laughed. Clones are very useful as they can be used in a variety of ways. From scouting to a backup body, etc.

"Does it have the same blood as this body?"

Rant Valo asked her in curiosity.

"It doesn't. It cannot replicate your Unique Talent. Though it has a similar grade of talent to yours."

Floriana Sabina explained to him. It is impossible to copy a Unique Talent as those are bestowed by the Heavenly Judge. The Heavenly Judge would rain down punishment if it was ever attempted.

"So it also has a Grade 9 Talent?"

Rant Valo asked her in surprise. That is so busted to have a clone with a similar talent.

"Yes. Your grade of talent stems from your body anyway. By using your hair, the Divine Cloning Orb was able to recreate an exact copy of your body."

Floriana Sabina nodded her head at his words and explained them to him.

"Can my clone also reproduce?"

Rant Valo asked her as he held his chin in thought.

"W-What are you saying!?"

Floriana Sabina exclaimed in a fluster. Her face turned red in embarrassment.

"W-What? Is that a weird question?"

Rant Valo looked at her weirdly. She was acting so flustered from his question.

"Stupid disciple!"

A fan appeared in Floriana Sabina's hands and she smacked Rant Valo with it.

"Ow! Why are you hitting me again?"

Rant Valo cried out in pain.

"Hmph! You're annoying."

Floriana Sabina snorted and turned her head away.

"What?"

Rant Valo blinked his eyes repeatedly. What just happened? She suddenly got angry at him all of a sudden.

"Master, are we gonna hunt another Rubble Moose?"

Veia asked him curiously. It was already the next day and they hadn't gotten anything to eat yet.

"We're already cultivators, Veia. We can survive a few days without eating. For now, my clone will focus on practicing alchemy."

Rant Valo said to her. Cultivators can survive a long time without eating anything. Then there's a point when they wouldn't have to eat anything.

"Then we're not gonna eat? I understand, Master."

Veia slumped her shoulders, downcast. She was looking forward to eating her master's cooking today.

"Do you want to drink my blood again?"

Rant Valo felt bad seeing her act like that so he offered to her.

"Yes!"

Veia immediately nodded her head. She would gladly drink her master's blood overeating food.

Rant Valo grabbed the wooden bowl on the ground and filled it with his blood before passing it to her.

"Delicious as always…"

Veia's eyes flickered with a lustful light as she looked at Rant Valo.

"Hey, Veia. Control yourself."

Rant Valo reminded her with a wry smile on his face.

"I-I will, Master."

Veia nodded her head solemnly. She sat down on the ground and slowly calmed her lust by waiting for it to pass.

"Hmm… It's much harder than I thought."

Rant Valo murmured. His clone was still not capable of keeping the fabric color red for more than a few seconds. This was much harder than he thought.

Rant Valo's clone was moving the flame farther and nearer under the Pill Furnace, but the temperature change was not instantaneous so it was hard for him to accurately control it.

"Master Floriana, isn't 3 hours too long?"

Rant Valo's original body turned to Floriana Sabina and asked. If just a few seconds was this hard enough, how would he be able to keep it for 3 hours? It would be 1000 times harder!

"It's not. That's what you need to do if you want to concoct a pill."

Floriana Sabina shook her head and said to him.

"Alchemy is that hard!?"

Rant Valo exclaimed in shock. Doesn't that mean that he would have to concentrate really hard when he's doing alchemy?

"Of course it is. Why do you think there are only so few Alchemists out there?"

Floriana Sabina retorted.

"How many alchemists are there?"

Rant Valo asked her curiously. He never thought about it, but he never heard of them before.

"About 1 for every 10000 cultivators in the world."

Floriana Sabina explained to him.

"I see. So there's not much."

Rant Valo finally understood why he hadn't seen or even heard about alchemists before.

"Which is also why pills are very expensive. An alchemist can only concoct so many pills a day."

Floriana Sabina added.

"I'm gonna work even harder!"

Rant Valo said to her solemnly. It would be their way of getting money.

"Mm. Do your best, Disciple! Your master believes in you."

Floriana Sabina said to him with a warm smile on her face. She would feel more proud if her disciple could become an alchemist, so she was particularly excited about his future.