Rant Valo's clone closed his eyes and breathed in before releasing it slowly. He then opened his eyes, and it was full of resolve to learn alchemy.

"I'll do this."

Rant Valo's clone murmured silently. It then heated the Pill Furnace much more seriously.

"By the way, Disciple. If your clone reaches the Foundation Establishment stage, it would be easier for it to control the flames."

Floriana Sabina suddenly said to him.

"Why didn't you tell me sooner??"

Rant Valo looked at her with a frown. His clone wouldn't have had to suffer if she only told it to him before.

"I forgot, Teehee."

Floriana Sabina knocked her head and let out her tongue.

"That's not gonna make me forget it."

Rant Valo replied to her with a cold face.

"Ehehehe, Disciple. You hadn't gotten that far, right?"

Floriana Sabina giggled and asked.

"I hadn't but I would have if you told that to me sooner!"

Rant Valo replied to her with feigned anger.

"Anyways, how do I even cultivate to the Foundation Establishment stage?"

Rant Valo asked her.

"That's easy. Just compress your mana into a ball. It was scattered around inside your Core, right?"

"Yes, it was."

Rant Valo nodded his head.

"Control your mana and spin it around then compress it into a ball in the center."

Floriana Sabina explained to him.

"I understand. I'll have my clone cultivate then. Oh, right, how did it even get cultivation?"

Rant Valo suddenly thought and asked. His clone had similar cultivation as his original body. Shouldn't it have none?

"That's the default cultivation stage when you make a clone with the Divine Cloning Orb. Pretty neat, right?"

Floriana Sabina replied.

"It is neat."

Rant Valo nodded his head at her words. If it didn't have any cultivation, then it would have taken him a lot longer to cultivate to the Foundation Establishment stage.

"What element is it even using?"

Rant Valo asked in thought. If it has the same cultivation stage as him, then it should have also used the same mana. His mana was very special, and he was curious if it was using the same mana.

"Let me check."

Floriana Sabina replied to him. She walked towards Rant Valo's clone and touched his head.

"Hmmmm…"

Floriana Sabina sensed the mana flowing inside Rant Valo's clone and analyzed it.

"It's a weird mana. I think it's similar to yours, Disciple."

Floriana Sabina said and explained to him.

"Really? Isn't my mana because of my Unique Talent?"

Rant Valo asked her in doubt. His mana was related to the Supreme Law of Luck. It wouldn't make sense for his clone without the same Unique Talent to have it too.

"I think it may have inherited some of your Unique Talent if that is the case."

Floriana Sabina answered his doubts.

"Wow."

Rant Valo exclaimed in amazement. That would mean that he could also cast his magic techniques using his clone. Wouldn't that mean that his combat prowess has increased?

"That's why I told you that clones are good."

Floriana Sabina smiled at him smugly.

"Alright, I'll have my clone cultivate now."

Rant Valo said to her. His clone looked inside his Core and focused on it.

Inside Rant Valo's clone, the Core was filled with white mana. It all glittered brightly like a starry sky densely packed with stars.

'Rotate.'

Rant Valo's clone thought to himself. The mana slowly moved and turned into a clockwise motion. It all slowly moved towards the center and accumulated there.

'Rotate!'

The rotation of the mana created a vortex that filled the center of Rant Valo's clone's Core with packed mana.

'Compress!'

Rant Valo's clone controlled the white mana and compressed it into a ball. It started with a small clump that slowly grew in size. It then grew into a ball inside the Core.

It floated there silently.

'Is it done?'

Rant Valo's clone thought. He observed the round white ball in the center silently.

Suddenly, the white ball shook and started to show signs of collapse.

'Oh no!'

Rant Valo's clone immediately controlled the ball and spun it harder and harder until it was compressed to the limit.

'Compress!'

The white ball slowly shrank in size and smoothed out. Before long, it was already a neat white ball in the center of Rant Valo's clone's Core.

'Finally…'

Rant Valo's clone sighed.

He then opened his eyes and looked around. At that moment, his soul was synced up with his original body and memories flooded his mind.

"Oh, I was cultivating for 4 days."

Rant Valo's clone said out loud.

"Disciple! Did you do it?"

Floriana Sabina asked him with a face full of curiosity.

"I did. But what stage am I?'

Rant Valo nodded his head and asked with puzzlement on his face. How would he determine his stage if he reached the Mid Foundation Establishment stage in the future?

"Your core was pure in color, right?"

Floriana Sabina asked him.

"Yes. It was like a small pearl."

Rant Valo nodded his head. His clone has a pearl inside his Core now instead of the cloud of mana that was inside his Core before.

"You now need to make small balls of mana to revolve around it. 100 balls and you're a Mid Foundation Establishment stage cultivator, and for every hundred you add, you increase in stages."

Floriana Sabina explained to him.

"That's hard!"

Rant Valo said to her in exclamation. How would he even compress his mana into a small ball if there were already a big ball in the center? It would be really hard to do so.

"Of course it's hard. Why do you think many struggles to cultivate?"

Floriana Sabina retorted. That's what makes cultivation special. If everyone could do it, then it would just be nothing special.

"I see. Thank you for your guidance, Master Floriana."

Rant Valo bowed to her. He thought that he should be thankful that she was even teaching him. The best he can do is to cultivate hard.