I Became the Alchemy Master by Picking Up Trash-Chapter 66 - 65: Qi Ming

The two of them concentrated from morning till dark, during which Yang Dawei delivered food twice, but neither of them ate, and they didn’t even know when Ye Qingting and Cui Tianxiao arrived.

With the last line drawn, Li Xing finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"It’s done!"

"Phew—"

Although the boy only spoke throughout without lifting a hand, he wasn’t any less tense than Li Xing.

His spiritual power drifted along with Li Xing’s lines, making it more exhausting than drawing talismans himself, and even his muscles had been tense because of it, only now relaxing.

Qi Ming looked up and twisted his neck, only to inadvertently meet the gaze of the two people opposite him, startling him.

"Who are you?" Seeing the two finally come to their senses, Cui Tianxiao frowned and approached, eyeing this pretty boy with bad intentions.

"Hello, I’m, I’m Qi Ming."

Qi Ming leaned back hard, trying to stay away from Cui Tianxiao’s face. Unfortunately, Cui Tianxiao followed his lead; the more he retreated, the more Cui Tianxiao advanced, their noses always an inch apart, making Qi Ming nervous and embarrassed.

"Speak! What’s your relationship with our Xing? I’ll warn you, if you’re looking to woo someone, you’ve come to the wrong place!" Just a while ago, their heads were nearly touching, and even he hadn’t been so close to Li Xing!

"Uh, uh..." Qi Ming’s face turned redder, stuttering and unable to articulate his words.

"Ah Xiao, he’s a customer who asked for a repair at the shop for a pocket watch; don’t trouble him."

Cui Tianxiao’s change of face was faster than flipping a book; one second, he was hostile, the next, enthusiastically sitting Qi Ming down with his arm around him.

"Oh, turns out you’re our dear patron! I’m also one of the shop owners, a pleasure to meet you! Come, come, let’s eat something. Xing, you too, Yang Dawei mentioned you haven’t eaten all day, don’t starve!"

Unhesitatingly, Li Xing drank the hot soup Ye Qingting handed over, feeling as though all her fatigue had been healed.

"I forgot to introduce myself. I’m Li Xing, and these two are Ye Qingting and Cui Tianxiao. We’re all students at Harssas Academy."

Qi Ming’s eyes widened, "I, I, I am too!"

"You’re also from Harssas? A first-year freshman?" Cui Tianxiao held Qi Ming’s arm, being a bit gentler than before.

Qi Ming nodded.

"What’s your major?"

"Tal, talisman master."

"You’re a talisman master? Doesn’t seem like it. Those who qualify as talisman masters are usually promising and inevitably arrogant; few are as shy as Qi Ming."

"What’s your Primordial Spirit level?" Cui Tianxiao was practically a gossip enthusiast, asking about everything.

"Gold, Golden Elemental Spirit, Heaven...Alpha, spiritual power, power, power, Alpha... "

Cui Tianxiao exclaimed in surprise, "Whoa—!"

Even Li Xing hadn’t expected this shy big boy to have a higher overall talent than Cui Tianxiao and Ye Qingting.

The Golden Elemental Spirit is the most offensive attribute, combined with spiritual power and talismans, making him formidable enough that Cui Tianxiao might not even win against him.

"Ahem! Not bad, not bad..." Cui Tianxiao tried to smooth out the wrinkles in Qi Ming’s clothes, withdrawing his hand embarrassedly.

Damn, Golden Elemental Spirit, no wonder he didn’t even call out in pain when I used my strength earlier.

"Li Xing, you... which year are you?"

"Same as you, a freshman."

Qi Ming’s eyes noticeably brightened, "Can I, I apply to be in the same class with you? I want to discuss talismans with...you."

Li Xing shook her head, "I’m afraid not."

Seeing Qi Ming like a wronged puppy, Li Xing kindly explained, "I’m in the martial master major; the school can’t possibly arrange for the two of us to be in the same class across majors."

"W-what?" Qi Ming could hardly believe his ears, Li Xing had just fixed his grandfather’s pocket watch, yet she claimed she was a martial master?

Cui Tianxiao gave Qi Ming a hard punch, saying, "Confused, aren’t you? Studying talismans is Xing Er’s personal hobby; her major is combat."

This seemingly delicate and cute girl, a martial master? Qi Ming really couldn’t accept this setting for a moment.

Just then, the pocket watch on the coffee table suddenly popped open, a three-inch-high holographic figure appeared above the dial, speaking cheerfully:

"Hi hi hi—! An inch of time is an inch of gold, but you can’t buy this inch of time with an inch of gold! It’s eight o’clock, hurry and start reading! If you don’t work hard, the person you dislike will surpass you!"

After finishing the announcement, the little figure shook its robe, quickly shrank back into the dial, closed the lid with a snap, the timing just right, looking as if the little figure forcefully closed the lid to rush back to learning, quite amusing.

"Fix, it’s fixed—! Thank you, thank you!" Not having seen this image for years, Qi Ming was moved to tears, holding the pocket watch and thanking Li Xing repeatedly.

Ye Qingting, having frowned silently for a while, suddenly exclaimed:

"You’re Qi Lang’s descendant!"

"Qi Lang?" "Great Rune Master Qi Lang?" Li Xing and Cui Tianxiao were equally surprised.

Qi Lang was the most formidable talisman master on the Qianyuan Continent in the past century, but he mysteriously disappeared sixteen years ago, even his family and disciples did not know his whereabouts.

At that time, the entire Qianyuan Continent was speculating about what happened to Master Qi Lang; whether he was dead or alive, almost every TV station had a documentary about solving Qi Lang’s mystery.

Only when the even more phenomenal Chu Yunyi appeared, did the topic of Qi Lang cool down and slowly fade from the public eye.

Ye Qingting always felt Qi Ming’s appearance was inexplicably familiar, as if he had seen it somewhere, only realizing when he saw the holographic figure.

Qi Ming looks exactly like the young Qi Lang.

"You knew my great-grandfather?"

Ye Qingting shook his head, saying, "I haven’t met your great-grandfather, but my grandfather was friends with him; his study had a photo with Master Qi Lang. You look just like your great-grandfather, it’s not hard to guess."

Qi Ming scratched his head sheepishly, saying, "Everyone says, says so..."

Since he was a descendant from a familiar relationship and a fellow student at the same school, Ye Qingting and Cui Tianxiao’s attitude towards Qi Ming immediately became more cordial, inviting him to join a sumptuous dinner.

After a satisfying meal, Cui Tianxiao came up with another idea.

"Qingtian, let’s form a team of four! You and I are martial masters, Xiao Ming is a talisman master, Xing is a Healing Master, our team covers all professions, it could be called a Dream Team, there’s hardly any at Harssas, it’s only right to form a team!"

Qi Ming dropped the half-eaten Fire Crown Chicken leg, dumbfoundedly looking at Cui Tianxiao. Hadn’t he just said Li Xing was a martial master? How did she become a Healing Master? Li Xing’s identity was truly something!

Ye Qingting pondered for a while, looking towards Li Xing, asking: "Ah Xing, what do you think?"

"I have no problem, what does Xiao Ming think?"

"I do!" Qi Ming raised his hand, saying: "As long as you, you tell me what Li Xing’s profession is clearly, I’ll completely follow...your lead!"

"Hahahaha—!"

"It’s a deal!"