Chapter 64 – Harvesting Massive Energy, Spirit Root Advancement!
by spirapiraChapter 64 – Harvesting Massive Energy, Spirit Root Advancement!
As a sub-Beginner-level pill, the Healing Pill was not difficult to refine.
With Su Xing’s current alchemy skills, he could refine one furnace in an hour, producing ten pills per batch with a one hundred percent success rate—effortlessly.
Moreover, the medicinal ingredients for Healing Pills were quite common and could be purchased at any decent-sized herb shop.
Su Xing first contacted Jin Congxue, hoping she could provide him with a hundred thousand white-grade equipment pieces ahead of schedule this week.
“Congxue, can the white equipment be delivered earlier this week? I need them urgently!” Su Xing sent a message.
Jin Congxue replied instantly as always.
“Bro, you think white equipment grows on trees? On such short notice, how am I supposed to get my hands on that many?”
Su Xing: “Please, I really need them urgently! You’re our all-powerful president—could a little equipment like this possibly stump you?”
Jin Congxue: “Tch! (contempt.jpg) I’ll see what I can do! By the way, what do you need so much equipment for every week—are you eating it?”
Su Xing: “Exactly! I have a special ability that lets me grow stronger by eating equipment. But since my family’s poor, I can only afford to eat white-grade stuff! (drooling.jpg)”
Jin Congxue: “…”
Su Xing: “Alright, jokes aside—I’ve developed a new type of Healing Pill. Its effects are roughly comparable to mid-grade healing potions on the market. When you come to deliver the equipment in a few days, swing by and take a look.”
Jin Congxue: “You’ve refined another new pill? That’s incredible! Rich man, please take me in! (playful.jpg)”
After chatting briefly, Su Xing took a Disguise Pill and headed alone to an herb shop in downtown Capital City, purchasing enough ingredients to refine five hundred batches of Healing Pills.
The ingredient cost for one batch of Healing Pills was roughly fifty thousand yuan, while the finished pills could sell for five hundred thousand yuan.
A tenfold profit margin—not exceptionally high, but for Su Xing who was desperately short on energy, it would replenish a considerable amount.
Over the next five days, Su Xing experienced what it truly felt like to be a grinding addict.
Each day he spent ten hours refining ten furnaces of Healing Pills, then another six hours refining six furnaces of Beauty-Preserving Pills. Only then did he barely manage to produce the required three hundred Beauty-Preserving Pills and five hundred Healing Pills.
Once the pills were prepared, Su Xing arranged a meeting time and place with Jin Congxue.
When they met, Jin Congxue froze for a moment upon seeing Su Xing’s appearance. After studying him carefully, she asked with a puzzled expression:
“How come you seem even more handsome after just a few days apart? Hmm, there’s this indescribable aura about you…”
Su Xing smiled faintly at her words. After his Qi Refinement cultivation had entered the Golden Core stage, the shedding impurities and cleansing marrow of the body was no joke. Combined with the ethereal temperament that Golden Core cultivators naturally exuded, Su Xing was indeed looking increasingly extraordinary.
Jin Congxue eyed him suspiciously. “You haven’t been secretly hoarding some better pills and keeping them all for yourself, have you?”
Su Xing let out a wry laugh.
“My lady, how would I dare? Haven’t you already squeezed every last bit of my stock dry?”
“I haven’t begun to squeeze you dry yet…” she said.
Coughing. “Here—this week’s pills. Three hundred Beauty-Preserving Pills, five hundred Healing Pills… and this bottle of Essence Nurturing Pills is a gift for you.”
Su Xing handed several bottles of pills to Jin Congxue and instructed:
“The appearance of the Healing Pills might cause some ripples in the market. If anyone asks, just say they’re items obtained from a certain dungeon. You absolutely must not expose the truth… And this bottle of Essence Nurturing Pills—take them yourself and don’t let anyone find out.”
Seeing the serious tone in Su Xing’s voice, Jin Congxue nodded.
“You can rest easy with how I handle things. I won’t expose you.”
Su Xing nodded slightly. He trusted Jin Congxue completely, so he ventured further:
“Could you see about increasing the number of white-grade equipment pieces you send me each week? Ideally, two hundred to three hundred thousand pieces would be best.”
Jin Congxue rolled her eyes at this.
“Young master, you’re not really eating the equipment, are you? These things don’t just fall from the sky. With the Tarot Society’s current size, we can only farm about ten thousand white-grade equipment pieces per week at most. The rest I have to buy at low prices from the Jin Commerce Group… You know that the Jin Commerce Group barely breaks even at those prices. If the numbers go up any more, the Elders there will probably start objecting.”
Su Xing understood that although Jin Congxue was the young mistress of the Jin Commerce Group, such a large enterprise couldn’t possibly be run by one person’s word alone—there were bound to be dissenters.
After thinking it over, Su Xing said:
“Try to buy white equipment at the lowest price you can. If you really can’t find enough, it’s fine to pay a slight premium, but I need at least two hundred thousand pieces of white equipment per week. Three hundred thousand would be even better.”
Su Xing estimated that two hundred thousand white-grade equipment pieces could be acquired for around two hundred million yuan.
But three hundred thousand pieces was harder to predict—it might cost as much as three hundred and fifty million yuan to secure that quantity.
Though Jin Congxue was somewhat surprised by why Su Xing needed so much equipment, she still nodded.
“Alright! I’ll do my best to gather three hundred thousand pieces of white equipment for you… The Tarot Society has been growing steadily, so I’ll inject the remaining four hundred million yuan in weekly funds into the commerce group.”
Su Xing nodded in agreement with Jin Congxue’s plan.
Jin Congxue also handed a storage ring to Su Xing, saying:
“Time was tight, so I only managed to gather a hundred and fifty thousand pieces of white-grade equipment this week. Take them and ‘eat’ up! Can’t let the child go hungry!”
Jin Congxue deliberately emphasized the word “eat,” her tone playfully teasing.
Su Xing accepted the storage ring with an awkward laugh.
“Ahem, I’ve been eating so much equipment lately that my teeth aren’t doing so well. I’d like to improve my diet a bit… Would the young lady do me the honor of joining me for a meal?”
Jin Congxue burst out laughing, extending her fair, delicate right hand. “Sure, I suppose I can graciously give you that honor!”
After the meal came tender intimacy, and the two grew even closer.
The next day, Su Xing returned to the Dormitory feeling refreshed and invigorated. When no one was around, he entered the Blessed Spirit Field dungeon.
Su Xing first converted all two hundred thousand pieces of white-grade equipment into simulation energy, yielding close to 1.1 million energy points.
Adding the 800,000 energy points he had left over from before, Su Xing’s simulation energy reached a staggering 1.9 million.
With enough energy in hand, Su Xing didn’t hesitate to redeem his rewards.
“I choose to redeem the blue talent Wood-Fire Dual True Spirit Root and the Golden Core Stage, Grand Perfection cultivation!”
As Su Xing’s words fell, the simulator’s notification chimed in his ears.
【Ding. You have chosen to bring out the blue talent Wood-Fire Dual True Spirit Root. Cost: 100,000 energy points. Remaining energy: 1,804,396 points.】
【Ding. You have chosen to bring out Golden Core Stage, Grand Perfection cultivation. Cost: 1,000,000 energy points. Remaining energy: 804,396 points.】
As his words faded, a mysterious energy enveloped Su Xing’s body.
The first change was to his spirit root talent, evolving from a Dual Pseudo Spirit Root into a Dual True Spirit Root. Su Xing felt his five senses grow sharper, and he could even sense the spiritual energy permeating the air being involuntarily absorbed by his body.
“A blue-quality True Spirit Root truly lives up to its name!”
Su Xing exclaimed in admiration, then his expression shifted slightly as the aura of his cultivation began surging explosively.