"Which corner of the world did you find him?"

Xian Bao looked at Floriana Sabina with disbelief still stuck on his face.

"This continent. A rural part of a kingdom."

Floriana Sabina replied to Xian Bao with a grin.

"It's both of your fortunes to meet each other, then."

Xian Bao nodded his head in praise.

"Fortune whatever. Are you testing my disciple or not?"

Floriana Sabina said to him, annoyed.

"Alright. Alright. You're too impatient."

Xian Bao replied to her a little bit annoyed too.

"Take this."

Xian Bao threw a red orb into Rant Valo's hand. Rant Valo examined it intently. It was the size of a small marble ball, and it glittered when shone against a light source.

"That's a new invention. Swallow it and you'll see."

Xian Bao said to Rant Valo.

Instead of listening to Xian Bao's words, Rant Valo threw the orb to his clone who promptly caught it.

"Oh, is that a clone of yours?"

Xian Bao saw Rant Valo throw the orb to another person before he realized that it was Rant Valo's clone.

"Yes. Master Floriana made it for me."

Rant Valo replied with a slight bow.

"Hohh. I thought you didn't like getting clones?"

Xian Bao turned to Floriana Sabina and asked.

"I don't! But that doesn't mean that I won't get my disciple one."

Floriana Sabina replied.

While Floriana Sabina and Xian Bao were chatting with each other, Rant Valo's clone swallowed the red orb. The moment he did so, he could feel the insides of his Core change.

The red orb moved to his Core and sat in the center of it. But there was a problem, there's already something sitting in his core.

BOOM

Rant Valo's clone felt the inside of his Core explode. He immediately sat down on the ground cross-legged. He focused all of his attention to the inside of his Core.

Rant Valo's clone saw the sphere of mana floating in the center of his Core turn to dust after being hit by the red orb. The red orb then took its place.

Suddenly, Rant Valo felt a huge wave of mana come from his surroundings. It entered into his skin's pores and traveled through his body before entering his core.

This mana was red in color, and it moved like a flame swaying in the wind. The mana mixed with Rant Valo's original mana in a 50/50 ratio. After that, the mixed mana deposited itself onto the red orb. Before long the red orb was fully covered, and it had turned into Rant Valo's new sphere of solid mana.

Rant Valo's clone calmed down his surging mana before consolidating his foundation.

After a few hours of silence, Rant Valo's clone opened his eyes.

…

When Rant Valo's clone swallowed the red orb, Rant Valo's original body listened to Floriana Sabina and Xian Bao's chat. Though, he quickly got bored. Instead, he pulled Veia to the side and chatted with her.

"Master, what's happening to your clone?"

Veia asked him.

"I'm not sure, but it's- AHHH!"

Rant Valo was just replying to Veia when he suddenly screamed in extreme pain. Floriana Sabina and Xian Bao couldn't help but look at him in alarm.

"Master!"

Veia supported Rant Valo as he fell to the floor powerlessly.

"Disciple, what happened!?"

Floriana Sabina went to Rant Valo's side in alarm. She also helped Rant Valo up.

"Don't worry. It's just the start of the process of his clone's transformation."

Xian Bao reassured them. He was the one who gave the red orb, so he was familiar with how it works.

"What's going on?"

Floriana Sabina furrowed her eyebrows and asked Xian Bao.

"His clone just swallowed a Fire Element Synthetic Core. It can give anyone without an affinity with the Fire Element the affinity for the Fire Element."

Xian Bao explained to them.

"Then, Master is…"

Veia said from the side.

"Yes. Are you his slave? Your Master's clone will also become a cultivator of the Fire Element."

Xian Bao nodded his words at Veia's words. He also noticed that she was a demon when he glanced at her.

"That's great!"

Veia exclaimed with happiness written on her face.

"Then, my disciple can also practice my magic techniques!?"

Floriana Sabina asked Xian Bao in disbelief.

"Of course. That's a given."

Xian Bao nodded his head at her.

"Fufufu! My disciple will be the best! No, he's the best!"

Floriana Sabina laughed excitedly after hearing Xian Bao's words. She was gonna become a master of a Fire Element cultivator! That means that Rant Valo can also use the same magic techniques that she does.

"Let's just wait patiently."

Xian Bao said to them.

As for Rant Valo's main body, he stood up and sat on the couch, tired.

"How is it, Disciple? Do you think that you can do it?"

Floriana Sabina asked Rant Valo with worry evident on her face. She won't let anything go wrong with Rant Valo's clone. After all, it was hers…

"I think I can do it."

Rant Valo replied to her with a smile.

"That's a relief."

Floriana Sabina smiled back at Rant Valo.

"Hmph. Master, pay attention to me too."

Veia snorted with a pout. She sat beside Rant Valo and hugged his arms between her twin melons.

"Ooooh. Interesting."

Xian Bao looked at the three of them with a knowing smile on his face. He certainly didn't expect this development at all.

After waiting for a few hours, Rant Valo's clone finally opened its eyes.

"Did it work!?"

Floriana Sabina looked at Rant Valo's main body and asked with excitement.

"It did."

Rant Valo scratched the back of his head awkwardly. His clone stood up and walked towards them.

"Ohhh! Certainly, I can feel the Fire Elements inside your clone's Core, Disciple."

Floriana Sabina nodded in amazement as she examined Rant Valo's clone with her eyes and divine sense.

"Disciple, practice this. Quick!"

Floriana Sabina threw a small booklet to Rant Valo's clone and urged him.