Chapter 50 – The True Purpose of the Organ Tempering Pill: Four Dishes from One Fish?

Su Xing saw this and clenched both fists, feeling an indescribable elation surge through him!

He had finally broken through to the Organ Tempering realm!

To successfully break through to Organ Tempering, he had already attempted multiple simulations, even dying several times within the simulator for this purpose.

Who would have thought that in the end, it was the improvement in talent that finally allowed him to become an Organ Tempering cultivator.

The Organ Tempering realm was equivalent to the Golden Core stage for Qi Refinement cultivators.

Although his spiritual energy and techniques couldn’t match a Golden Core stage cultivator, in terms of actual combat ability, he was even a notch above Golden Core cultivators.

“As expected, talent is everything… the boost from a blue talent is so much greater than green!”

“Besides, each simulation only lets me live fifteen years at most, so a blue talent is what allows me to raise my strength faster!”

Su Xing took a deep breath and turned his gaze to the simulation panel.

【After breaking through to the Organ Tempering realm, you feel an unprecedented confidence. But remembering that you’re still within the Advent Cult—an evil organization teeming with hidden masters—you choose to continue developing steadily.】

【In your daily routine, you continue helping the Advent Cult refine Organ Tempering Pills, Essence Nurturing Pills, and other medicines, but you withhold the vast majority of the ingredients for your own cultivation.】

【After breaking through to the Organ Tempering realm, you can consume one Organ Tempering Pill per day to strengthen your internal organs.】

【Year three: your cultivation breaks through to Organ Tempering, second level!】

【Year four: your cultivation breaks through to Organ Tempering, third level.】

【Year five: your cultivation breaks through to Organ Tempering, fourth level! Moreover, thanks to your years of “diligent and dedicated” service providing large quantities of pills to the Advent Cult, Protector Shadow applies for an Elder position within the Advent Cult on your behalf.】

【You become the eighteenth Elder of the Advent Cult, with the title Elder Medicine. You become Protector Shadow’s favored confidant, and he regards you as the most promising subordinate under his command.】

Sure enough, he had once again become an Elder-level figure.

“This Protector Shadow seems to treat me pretty well! Ask for ingredients and he gives them, ask for a promotion and he delivers. I’ve only been in the Advent Cult for a little over three years and I’ve already become an Elder.”

Su Xing stroked his chin and let out a soft sigh.

Perhaps compared to Grand Protector Zong and Protector Dragon, Protector Shadow really did treat him well—but it was also because he valued Su Xing’s potential.

Furthermore, these people were all traitors to humanity, and ultimately stood on the opposite side from him.

The only thing that surprised Su Xing was how his body tempering cultivation had shot up like a rocket!

Averaging one level per year—how long had it been, and he was already a mighty cultivator at the fourth level of Organ Tempering?

“Is it because of the boost from the blue talent Innate Divine Strength?”

Su Xing fell into deep thought, then noticed that in the simulator, he had been consuming one Organ Tempering Pill every day. Over three-plus years, that was probably over a thousand pills consumed.

“Perhaps it’s not just because of the talent… these Organ Tempering Pills seem to be tremendously useful for raising an Organ Tempering cultivator’s power!”

“Wait—Organ Tempering Pills… Organ Tempering realm! Could it be that these pills were specifically made for Organ Tempering cultivators?”

Su Xing had a sudden epiphany, then dark lines appeared on his forehead. The feeling of epiphany shifting to the realisation that you’re a dumbass wasn’t a great one.

Damn it, these pills were meant for Organ Tempering cultivators to raise their cultivation all along!

No wonder he kept dying whenever he took Organ Tempering Pills back when he was at the Bone Forging stage…

“It’s only because Innate Divine Strength gave me a stronger physique… otherwise I probably would have exploded and died again!” Su Xing felt some regret at his own recklessness, but at the same time felt grateful for having drawn a blue-quality body tempering talent.

Without a stronger body tempering talent, Su Xing might not have been able to break through to the Organ Tempering realm even after dozens of simulations.

“Sigh, this is the downside of having no proper master. That bargain-bin master of mine left me nothing but two cultivation manuals and a broken spirit field—he didn’t teach me a single thing!”

Su Xing sighed with emotion. Fortunately he had the simulator; otherwise, if he had to fumble his way through cultivation on his own, who knows how many times he would have died.

Then again, wasn’t the whole point of the simulator to fumble through things again and again, learning to avoid the pitfalls?

“Once I get the second half of the Eternal Spring Art and raise my strength a bit more, I should try visiting those cultivation dungeons.”

Su Xing still had the coordinates to several cultivation dungeons, but his current strength was insufficient. He planned to try them once he was a bit stronger.

Su Xing continued the simulation.

【Protector Shadow personally holds an Elder inauguration ceremony for you. Several Elders from the Transhuman Faction come in person to offer their congratulations and present you with generous welcoming gifts.】

【Even the other two factions each send an Elder to congratulate you.】

【After the inauguration ceremony ends, the Elders from the Zealot Faction and the Coexistence Faction approach you with a request: they hope you can supply them with a certain quantity of pills as well.】

【You don’t rashly agree, because in everyone’s eyes, you are Protector Shadow’s confidant. So you consult Protector Shadow about the matter.】

【Protector Shadow is pleased by your report, and tells you that although the three factions differ slightly in ideology, they all worship the great Heavenly Father and the Master Race. Therefore, one should help the other factions when possible.】

【Protector Shadow summons the Elders from the other two factions and tells them that pills can be provided, but they must pay the appropriate compensation.】

【The two Elders seem deeply fearful of Protector Shadow and nod in hasty agreement.】

【As a result, over the next month, the quantity of pills you refine triples. Each month you must deliver three hundred Organ Tempering Pills and three hundred Healing Pills. Of course, the amount of ingredients you receive also triples, and you additionally earn three thousand contribution points per month, plus the pill-refining fees from the other two factions.】

Su Xing’s eyes lit up when he saw this.

The pill-refining quantity had tripled, and so had the ingredients—meaning he could pocket nearly three hundred stalks of Yellow Immortal Essence and other spirit herbs every month.

Add in the tripled contribution points, plus the extra pill-refining fees…

Calling this “two dishes from one fish” wasn’t enough to describe it—this was four dishes from one fish!

With this arrangement, he could refine even more Organ Tempering Pills and Healing Pills for his own use.

But he could only consume thirty Organ Tempering Pills per month at most. The surplus pills seemed to have no real use.

“Why worry about that? I’m using the Advent Cult’s ingredients anyway—I wouldn’t even feel bad throwing them away!”

Su Xing chuckled to himself and continued the simulation.

【Year six: your cultivation breaks through to Organ Tempering, fifth level. As your cultivation rises, you feel that further advancement has become more difficult, so you begin consuming two Organ Tempering Pills daily for training.】

【Year seven: you consume three Organ Tempering Pills daily for training. Your cultivation breaks through to Organ Tempering, sixth level.】

【Year eight: you consume four Organ Tempering Pills daily for training. Your cultivation breaks through to Organ Tempering, seventh level.】

【Year nine: you sense that you have consumed too many pills over the years. The toxins contained within them have accumulated in your body, forming pill poison. You have no choice but to slow your body tempering progress and begin focusing on improving your Qi Refinement cultivation.】