After they exited the Soul Gem Dimensional Realm, Roan went to the Alchemist Hall while Rean went back to the Blacksmith one. In Rean's case, he was already close to complete the High-Level Swords. He only needed some more practice, and that's why he got that mission. Of course, he would need to call Roan over later to help forge his Dark Element Sword.
While Rean got occupied forging, Roan arrived in the Alchemist Hall. He hasn't tried it in the past, but he thought it was worth a try. He went to the counter and talked with the disciple there.
"I wish to become an alchemist. What would be the procedures for that?"
The disciples looked at Roan. Due to his body age, he still looked like a child, so the disciple didn't take him very seriously. Still, he had to comply with the rules, so he told Roan about the process regardless.
"Not everyone can become an alchemist. First, you will need to gain the rights to take the test. Only then will you be given the studying materials necessary."
"To gain the rights, you will need to memorize enough herbs and their effects. Once you have committed two thousand herbs to memory, you will be able to take the Alchemist's Studying materials. At the same time, you will be able to participate in the alchemist test. Of course, you will need to practice your alchemy before taking the test. After all, only when you concoct a pill successfully will you be given the title."
Roan nodded.
"Very well, where can I get the book with the herbs' descriptions?"
The disciple thought that Roan would give up the moment he said he needed to memorize two thousand herbs. Too bad, though. Roan knew much more than two thousand herbs. It's just that they were from the other half of the Universe. Still, he could use those as a base to memorize similar ones.
"First, you need to pay 300 Sect Points. Then you will be given access to the Alchemy Books Repository for a week. You can not copy and bring the books out. Once the time is over, you will need to pay another 300 Sect Points if you want to enter again."
Roan didn't waste time and immediately passed his badge over. After the conclusion of the Bandits Group Mission, his sect points jumped to 1244. He had no problem affording just 300 of them.
"Are you sure you want to do this? Sect Points usually take time to get. You can use it for cultivation in the Tower, for example. I would suggest not to waste your points just because you think it's fun."
Roan's expression didn't change after hearing that.
"Don't worry, I'm very serious about it. Take my points and give me access to the repository."
The disciple sighed but nodded in the end. As long as the points are paid, he had no right to stop anyone.
After retracting 300 points, the disciple came out of the counter and guided Roan to the repository. The building where the information was available had several floors. There were also restrictions in place to prevent those without authorization from accessing the higher levels.
They soon entered and arrived at another counter where an old man was overseeing the entrance.
"Old Worm, here's a new applicant. He paid the 300 Sect Points, so you can allow him to check the first floor."
Old Worm was how everyone called him the old man. As far as the disciples remembered, he had always been here. However, they didn't call him Old Worm to make fun of him. It's just that he was often reading the building's alchemy books, so people considered him an Old Book Worm's Man. In the end, everyone simply abbreviated it to Old Worm.
He looked at Roan and nodded. Right after, he took out a blue token and passed it to him.
"Keep this token with you. At the moment, it's blue. Once a week passes, it will change into a dark color, that means your time is over. Don't try to stay around, or you will be punished and will also have to pay more Sect Points. You only have access to the first floor, so don't waste your time trying to go up since the restrictions won't allow you."
After saying that, Old Worm returned his attention to the book and ignored the Disciple and Roan.
"Well, you heard him. I'm going back, good luck with your research."
Roan nodded and strode inside. He immediately stopped in from of a bookshelf read their titles.
-Myriad Herbs of Kaluta Swamp-
-High Altitude Type of Herbs-
-The Two Hundred Most Common Herbs For Earth Low-Level Alchemists-
-Water Element Herbs, Their Effects, and Their cultivation Process-...
Roan ignored the books about alchemy itself and took just those that listed the herbs and their effects. After pilling up ten books at once, he moved to one of the free tables and sat down. A few disciples that were also there studying noticed his presence. Some found it funny that a kid wanted to study alchemy. Others simply shook their heads and sighed about the sect points Roan wasted to be here.
Roan, of course, ignored everyone. He opened the first book and began to look into it. Noticing his little regard for everyone else, the onlookers also eventually ignored him. After all, they paid sect points to be here too.
Roan looked at the herbs and thought about their effects. Soon, he related the herbs to some similar ones back in the other half of the Universe. Of course, the cultivation world's herbs were several times more potent or had effects that would be impossible to be seen in his previous life (or death). Still, at least it was easy to correlate them through their looks.
Time passed, and two hours later, Roan closed the last book and returned them to the shelves. He went ahead, grabbed another ten books, and sat down again.
The books he got this time had even more examples, so he took three hours to finish committing them to memory. Nonetheless, he put them back into the shelves and once more took out another ten. Just like that, he kept reading.