Treasure-hunting: Into the Unknown

"By the way, son. I don't know your name yet," Alcuin said.

"Oh, you can just call me Hodge," Zachary quickly answered.

"Hodge... That's not your real name. Am I right?" Alcuin suddenly said as his eyes flashed with sharpness.

Hearing this, Zachary was stunned. He didn't expect that Alcuin would easily see through him even though he didn't say anything doubtful.

"Ha-ha! You don't need to be so tense. Well, I guess that only a few warriors in the Dignified Supernal Sect use their real names. Besides, based on your story, if you had suffered serious injuries, you must have offended some dangerous people, right? I'll understand if you want to hide your real identity," Alcuin said.

"Well, sort of," Zachary answered as he shrugged his shoulders.

"I've heard that you're going to take part in the assessment?" Alcuin asked as he continued gulping down from a wine jar.

"Yes, that's right, sir. After all, I can only formally become my master's disciple once I pass the assessment," Zachary replied with a nod.

"Yeah. That's because the Dignified Supernal Sect has always been a stickler to the rules. Even though Tania is the Holy Maiden, she still isn't entitled to some privileged treatments. But if she’s willing to teach you, there is not much difference whether you become an inner disciple or not. You won't be able to learn such amazing alchemy skills aside from her. Her skills are unparalleled in the entire Dignified Supernal Sect," Alcuin remarked.

"I know, but my master ha

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't know if I'm actually doing it right," Zachary asked as soon as he saw Alcuin come back.

"Ahem! Yes, you're doing it right, but that's just the beginning." Alcuin made it sound that Zachary just did something basic in order to cover up his embarrassment. Now that Zachary was able to release two different martial energies at the same time and achieve two different effects, he could now move on to the next step. In fact, the next step was actually the final one. He just needed to learn how to freely control the martial energies that he would release.

This step would also allow him to determine the power of the martial skill that he could generate.

However, this step would actually be much easier for Zachary to master, because he had already reached the Sage Level before. It meant that his ability to control his martial energy had long exceeded that of an Imperial Level warrior. Therefore, even though his strength was currently back to the Imperial Level, he was still very much skilled in controlling his strength.

Realizing that Zachary's learning ability was way beyond what he had expected, Alcuin panicked slightly, not knowing what to do next. He was actually planning to keep Zachary busy for a few more days by making him learn this unique self-created skill. He thought that while the young man was gradually learning, he could also make the young man do his best to raise the wine spirit. However, he didn't expect that Zachary was such a fast learner that it was almost scary.