Chapter 29 – Gaining Alchemy Insights, First Refinement of the Sugar Mama Bliss Pill!
by spirapira【Lu Yuanwu escorted you back. Looking at his calm face, you understood that the shocking scene you just witnessed was likely something that happened every single day.】
【You knew there was only so much you could do—nothing more than refining even more Fasting Pills to help these soldiers in battle.】
【You threw yourself wholeheartedly into refining Fasting Pills, and your skill grew ever more refined.】
【Half a year later, you could already produce eighty Fasting Pills per day.】
【Year Fourteen. One day, Lu Yuanwu came to find you and told you it was time to leave Demon-Sealing Pass.】
【Understanding dawned in your heart. You opened your mouth, but no words came out.】
【You followed a small group of Class Users in retreating from Demon-Sealing Pass. You understood that the pass had fallen, and the invasion of the real world by the foreign races was only a matter of time.】
【You returned to the Capital City and continued your painstaking research into alchemy.】
【You attempted to refine the Organ-Tempering Pill. Unsurprisingly, you failed, but you did not give up.】
【Year Fifteen. One day, after countless failures, you finally refined a single completed Organ-Tempering Pill.】
【You were overjoyed, and carefully swallowed the Organ-Tempering Pill.】
【Your blood and qi surged violently throughout your body. You felt every inch of your meridians, your five organs and six viscera, and your skin screaming in agony… BOOM—your entire body exploded on the spot.】
【You died!】
【This simulation has ended!】
【You may select two of the following rewards: Lucky Streak (Talent), Bone-Forging Great Perfection (Cultivation), Rudimentary Separation Fire Alchemy Art (Insight)】
【Lucky Streak】: Green talent. Price: 10,000 energy points.
【Bone-Forging Great Perfection】: Cultivation. Price: 11,000 energy points.
【Rudimentary Separation Fire Alchemy Art】: Pre-beginner level alchemy experience, containing refinement insights for Fasting Pill (Mastery-level), Beauty-Preserving Pill (Mastery-level), Qi-Gathering Powder (Minor Mastery-level), and Organ-Tempering Pill (Beginner-level). Price: 130,000 energy points.
Su Xing stared blankly for a long time before snapping out of the simulation. He finally understood what Demon-Sealing Pass truly meant, and why fifteen years from now that colossal beast would descend upon the real world and annihilate humanity.
The truth was, the giant beasts had always existed—they were simply held beyond Demon-Sealing Pass. Once the pass fell, those beasts would pour into reality and destroy everything.
Su Xing drew a deep breath and murmured:
“Good thing there’s still fifteen years. There’s still time… Damn it, if I can’t save the world in fifteen years and hundreds of simulations, I might as well just be a useless lump!”
But then Su Xing realized the cause of his death and couldn’t help but gripe:
“Holy crap, an alchemist killed by his own pill—now that’s really something!”
Su Xing felt rather helpless. He didn’t know why the Organ-Tempering Pill he’d refined had caused his body to explode. It was probably because he hadn’t controlled the medicinal potency properly?
“But the simulator shows my Organ-Tempering Pill already reached the beginner level, so it must be a potency control issue, right?”
Su Xing estimated that the Organ-Tempering Pill would need to reach at least Minor Mastery-level before the refined pills could avoid the body-exploding outcome.
Adjusting his mindset, Su Xing began deliberating over this simulation’s rewards.
Without question, the alchemy art had to be brought back. The remaining two choices were cultivation and the Lucky Streak talent.
After some deliberation, Su Xing still chose the Lucky Streak talent. After all, this thing could increase his success rate for refining top-grade pills, which was effectively the same as giving him another means to earn energy.
Once he had enough energy, bringing back cultivation would be effortless.
Besides, Su Xing was currently at Capital Vocational Academy, where he was unlikely to encounter anything dangerous. His current cultivation of Foundation Establishment Great Perfection was more than sufficient.
“I choose the Lucky Streak talent and the Separation Fire Alchemy Art!”
At that same moment, a notification sounded in Su Xing’s mind.
【Ding! You have chosen to bring out the green talent “Lucky Streak.” Remaining energy: 139,200 points.】
【Ding! You have chosen to bring out Rudimentary Separation Fire Alchemy Art insights. Remaining energy: 9,200 points.】
As the notifications faded, Su Xing felt an instant flood of knowledge and images pour into his mind.
They were memories of himself in the simulation—working day and night, diligently studying alchemy every single day. As this knowledge entered his mind, Su Xing’s alchemical comprehension soared at breakneck speed.
Moments later, Su Xing felt as though he had truly refined pills countless times with his own hands, and he knew all 360 pill formulas within the Separation Fire Alchemy Art like the back of his hand. Of course, the ones he could actually refine successfully were still just those four types of pills.
Looking at the mere 9,200 energy points remaining in the simulator, Su Xing rubbed his temples and murmured:
“Next step is still making money!”
And what was the fastest way to make money? For Su Xing right now, it was undoubtedly refining the budget version of the “Sugar Mama Bliss Pill”!
After all, Fasting Pills weren’t suitable for sale just yet—they’d attract too much unwanted attention.
Beauty-Preserving Pills were different. They could earn money without drawing too many eyes.
More importantly, the ingredients for the budget version of Beauty-Preserving Pills were all commercially available.
Ginseng, peach kernel, Szechuan lovage, rehmannia root, angelica root—these were all common herbs found in any traditional medicine shop.
Having set his goal, Su Xing immediately sprang into action. He took the 500,000 yuan he had left and headed to an herbal medicine shop in the Capital City.
That evening, Su Xing returned to the dormitory. Taking advantage of his roommate’s absence, he entered his personal Blessed Spirit Field.
Su Xing took out the battered old alchemy furnace and placed it on the open ground in front of the thatched hut.
“These herbs should be enough for five or six batches, right?”
Su Xing estimated, then precisely divided the purchased herbs into six portions, as if he had rehearsed it countless times.
He then began refining pills. The order in which each herb was added was crucial—even being two or three seconds too slow could result in a failed batch.
Su Xing first placed the primary ingredient, ginseng, into the alchemy furnace, then began channeling the Separation Fire Alchemy Art.
Scorching flames appeared in Su Xing’s palms. He controlled the Separation Fire beneath the furnace, letting it rise and fall, regulating the blaze.
At a certain moment, inspiration struck, and he added another herb into the mix.
After all the herbs were added, Su Xing continued controlling the Separation Fire, occasionally extinguishing the flames entirely to regulate the temperature inside the furnace.
Two hours later, Su Xing successfully refined his first batch of budget Beauty-Preserving Pills.
Those two hours of refining were an immense test of mental fortitude. Beyond the order and timing of each herb addition, control over the Separation Fire was equally critical.
Sometimes a roaring blaze was needed, sometimes a medium flame, sometimes a gentle simmer—the key was maintaining a balanced temperature within the alchemy furnace throughout the entire process.
When the refining was done, Su Xing couldn’t wait to open the furnace and check whether the Beauty-Preserving Pills had been successfully refined.
Sure enough, inside the alchemy furnace sat eight or nine round, lustrous Beauty-Preserving Pills. Another one or two were slightly damaged.
“Ten Beauty-Preserving Pills per batch, and getting eight or nine successful ones isn’t bad at all…”
Su Xing nodded with satisfaction.
At the same time, he looked at the battered old alchemy furnace with astonishment. His Separation Fire could melt even metal and stone, yet this unassuming furnace was completely unscathed.
“Looks like this alchemy furnace is quite the treasure!”
A grin spread across Su Xing’s face. After a brief rest, he continued refining.
Over the following week, Su Xing refined one batch of Beauty-Preserving Pills and one batch of Fasting Pills every day.
Seven days later, the number of budget Beauty-Preserving Pills in Su Xing’s possession had reached a full fifty, with three of them being exceptionally potent—capable of maintaining a youthful appearance for three months.
Su Xing did some mental math and murmured:
“Fifty-three Sugar Mama Bliss Pills—that’s worth at least 53 million!”
Just as Su Xing was reveling in his joy, a message from Jin Congxue appeared on his phone.
“I’m at the gate of Capital Vocational Academy. Want to meet up? Weren’t you going to give me that spirit rice?”
Su Xing realized that Jin Congxue must be in the Capital City on business—the perfect chance to sell the Sugar Mama Bliss Pills to her!
So Su Xing quickly replied:
“Where are you? I’m coming right now! Besides the spirit rice, I’ve got something good for you!”