Chapter 87 – Divine Sense at the Five Senses Realm, Pill Furnaces Acquired
by spirapiraChapter 87: Divine Sense at the Five Senses Realm, Pill Furnaces Acquired
The rewards from this simulation were nothing short of generous. Su Xing wanted to choose two from the six available rewards, but found himself torn for a moment.
Su Xing looked at the simulation rewards and murmured:
“First, I’ll eliminate the Buddhist Dharma Mastery talent—it doesn’t seem to have much use for me… And that Condensing Wood at the end really is a good item, but it’s just too expensive. Ten million energy points—can’t afford it, absolutely can’t afford it…”
With those eliminated, Su Xing was left with only four choices: Nascent Soul Third Layer cultivation, alchemy experience, Spirit-Gathering Flowers, and divine sense realm.
The alchemy experience was a must-pick for Su Xing. After all, his alchemy skills had improved dramatically during this simulation—not only had he mastered the Dual Focus technique, but he’d also learned how to refine two new types of pills: the Dragon Spirit Pill and the Mind-Condensing Pill.
Most critically, according to the prompt attached to this option, after absorbing the alchemy experience from the simulation, Su Xing’s alchemy skills would advance to the minor accomplishment level. That was an enormous improvement.
As for the remaining three options, Su Xing hesitated briefly before declaring:
“I choose alchemy experience and divine sense realm!”
The Nascent Soul Stage, Third Layer cultivation was tempting, but the price was a bit steep—a full two million energy points. Recently, all of Su Xing’s funds were going toward acquiring the Lingyun Merchant Association’s assets, so he was genuinely tight on energy. He needed to keep some in reserve for future simulations.
The Spirit-Gathering Flowers were certainly attractive in the long run, but three plants were still too few to make a fundamental difference.
Only the divine sense realm had a moderate price while also being able to enhance Su Xing’s alchemy skills—a solid choice overall.
After making his selection, a notification chimed in Su Xing’s ears.
【Ding! You have chosen to bring out alchemy experience. Cost: 1,000,000 energy points. Remaining energy: 1,523,333 points.】
【Ding! You have chosen to bring out divine sense realm (Five Senses Realm). Cost: 500,000 energy points. Remaining energy: 1,023,333 points.】
As the notifications faded, Su Xing felt a flood of memory fragments surge into his mind—scenes of himself painstakingly refining pills during the simulation.
Attempt after attempt, refining pills day and night without rest, twenty years of continuous improvement without a single day’s pause…
Several seconds later, Su Xing opened his eyes. Two new pill formulas had been added to his mind, and he could feel that he had mastered a new alchemy technique—Dual Focus. With this, Su Xing could now refine two furnaces of pills simultaneously, instantly doubling his alchemy speed!
“However, this Dual Focus seems to only work with pills I’m extremely familiar with. For ones like the Dragon Spirit Pill and Mind-Condensing Pill that I haven’t fully mastered yet, I still can’t manage to refine two furnaces at once with my current ability.”
Su Xing rubbed his temples. The massive influx of memories just now had left him feeling somewhat fatigued.
“Now then, the divine sense realm… Let me see just what’s so mysterious about this divine sense!”
With a thought, Su Xing released his divine sense. It spread like a tide, instantly covering the entire Blessed Spirit Field.
Within the Blessed Spirit Field, every movement of every flower, blade of grass, and tree was crystal clear to Su Xing. Even the hushed whispering of the dozens of chickens in the distant coop reached him with perfect clarity.
Standing inside the thatched hut, Su Xing didn’t need to use his eyes at all—he could sense everything outside. This was something ordinary vision could never achieve.
Not only that, Su Xing’s divine sense could even penetrate dozens of zhang deep into the earth, revealing the spirit vein and the spirit-gathering formation hidden within the mountain with perfect clarity.
Fist-sized spirit stones gleamed with crystalline light, continuously supplying spiritual energy to the spirit-gathering formation, which then distributed it throughout the entire Blessed Spirit Field.
“Whew… Once divine sense is fully released, nothing within a fifty-zhang radius can escape my perception. This divine sense truly is extraordinary…”
The corners of Su Xing’s mouth curved upward slightly. The divine sense realm had truly been the right choice.
With this, Su Xing would have far better control over fine details when refining pills…
“But what exactly is this Five Senses Realm?”
Su Xing furrowed his brow slightly. It seemed divine sense was also divided into multiple realms, though Su Xing didn’t know the detailed classifications.
Thinking about this, Su Xing felt even more urgency about obtaining a cultivation world inheritance.
“It all comes down to having no master. Exploring everything alone is just too difficult…”
Su Xing let out a soft sigh.
He gathered a few eggs from the chicken coop, plucked a handful of wild greens from the field, and cooked some spirit rice. A simple but delicious immortal meal was ready.
After eating, Su Xing resumed his pill refining as usual.
The budget version Beauty-Preserving Pill and Healing Pill—Su Xing had long since mastered these two pills inside and out. Saying he could refine them with his eyes closed wouldn’t be an exaggeration.
The bad news was that although Su Xing had mastered the Dual Focus technique, his new pill furnaces hadn’t been completed yet. For the coming week, he would still have to make do with a single furnace.
The good news was that after his divine sense had improved, Su Xing had gained new insights into refining both the Beauty-Preserving Pill and the Healing Pill.
“Sigh, I need to refine more pills so I can acquire the Lingyun Merchant Association as soon as possible!”
And so, for the next week, Su Xing maintained at least twenty hours of pill refining each day. To say he forgot to eat and sleep would not be an overstatement.
A week passed quickly. Su Xing looked at the three thousand Sugar Mama Bliss Pills and Healing Pills laid out before him and smiled with satisfaction.
Though the quantity was still three thousand—not much faster than before—the quality had improved by leaps and bounds.
Of the three thousand pills, supreme-grade pills accounted for over thirty percent. Nearly one thousand pills were supreme-grade. This was the benefit of enhanced divine sense!
Of course, with Su Xing’s current skill level, he could only guarantee such an impressive supreme-grade rate when refining low-level pills.
Su Xing turned his gaze to his Class User panel.
【Name: Su Xing】
【Age: 21】
【Class: Immortal Cultivator (Unique Hidden Class)】
【Cultivation: Nascent Soul Stage, First Layer / Organ Refining Realm, Ninth Layer】
【Techniques: Eternal Spring Art, Core Condensation Technique Secret Method】
【Talents: Wood-Fire Dual True Spirit Root, Innate Divine Strength, Lucky Streak, Peerless Adonis, Fortune in Commerce, Plant Affinity (abbreviated)…】
【Skills: Separation Fire (Beginner), Alchemy (Minor Accomplishment), Spirit Burst (Minor Accomplishment), Shennong Spirit Cultivation Technique (Not Yet Learned), Fifty-Zhang Divine Sense (Five Senses Realm)】
Su Xing’s current realm hadn’t changed compared to before, and his talents still numbered ten. However, in the skills section, one could clearly see that Su Xing’s alchemy had reached the minor accomplishment level, indicating his alchemy skills had reached a new tier.
Not only that, Su Xing’s Spirit Burst had also advanced to minor accomplishment level, and a new skill—divine sense—had appeared in his skill list.
Su Xing nodded slightly, unsurprised:
“As expected, divine sense is categorized under the skills section…”
The moment Su Xing left the Blessed Spirit Field, a text message from Jin Congxue chimed on his phone.
“Big boss, come by earlier today for lunch. I’ve already ordered the food. I’ll give you an update on the Lingyun Merchant Association acquisition, and also, the pill furnaces you wanted are finished.”
The corners of Su Xing’s mouth turned up. With Jin Congxue handling things, Su Xing could rest easy. He quickly replied:
“As you command! I’m on my way right now, my dear lady!”
The moment Su Xing sent it, Jin Congxue replied instantly: “(eye-roll.jpg)”
Su Xing tidied up briefly and headed toward the Tarot Society’s villa.
In the private dining room, only Su Xing and Jin Congxue were present.
Jin Congxue was wearing a white dress today, with light makeup on her face. She looked like a girl of eighteen or nineteen.
“Hmm, going for the pure and innocent look today…”
Su Xing mentally offered a brief assessment.
After finishing the lavish lunch spread, Su Xing got down to business.
“My dear lady, weren’t you going to report on the Lingyun Merchant Association acquisition? How’s it going?”
Su Xing asked with a teasing smile.
Jin Congxue rolled her eyes and said:
“My dear boss, do you have any idea what time it is? And you’re still smiling?”
“Do you know that right now several first-rate merchant associations in the Capital City have their eyes on the Lingyun Merchant Association? The Aotian Trading Company, the Ali Trading Company—they’re all looking to acquire parts of its assets!”
Su Xing’s heart tightened at once. The Lingyun Merchant Association was crucial to his future simulation energy—there was absolutely no room for mishaps.
“What happened? Didn’t we already pay? How can there be problems at this stage?” Su Xing’s voice carried a note of urgency.
Seeing Su Xing’s anxious expression, Jin Congxue felt a wave of satisfaction. She burst out laughing:
“That’s business for you! Until the very last moment, unexpected competitors always pop up… What else could it be? Those merchant associations offered more money.”
“But this lady is no pushover either. I dropped ten billion straight up and basically locked down the acquisition. If nothing goes wrong, we should be able to start taking over the Lingyun Merchant Association’s assets by next week. That’s actually faster than I originally expected!”
After a pause, Jin Congxue put on a pitiful act:
“Boo-hoo, my poor little savings… Now this lady is completely broke. I might even have to come to you for meal money from now on.”
A “little savings” of ten billion…
Su Xing raised an eyebrow and quickly said:
“Don’t worry, Congxue. Just cover for me for now—I’ll pay you back as soon as I can!”
Jin Congxue rolled her eyes at that. “Tch, who’s asking you to pay me back? What, am I not part of the Tarot Trading Company? Something as big as acquiring the Lingyun Merchant Association—you can’t be expected to foot the entire bill yourself, can you?”
Su Xing felt another surge of gratitude. Jin Congxue was contributing both money and effort, yet in the end, nearly all the benefits went to him.
After thinking for a moment, Su Xing handed over the pills he had prepared in advance.
“Here are this week’s pills. Still three thousand, but the quality is considerably better than before. I’d estimate they’ll sell for five billion without a problem…”
Jin Congxue was once again taken aback. Five billion from a single week of pill refining—Su Xing’s money-making ability was practically on par with a first-rate merchant association.
“Good heavens, your ability to make money is insane. Boo-hoo, please adopt me~”
Jin Congxue took the pills and started acting cute again.
After they bantered back and forth for a while, Jin Congxue produced two pill furnaces from her storage ring.
“Here—the pill furnaces you wanted, forged from second-order exotic metal. To get these two furnaces, I had to pull quite a few strings and hired the top forging master in all of Great Xia!”
“Thanks!”
Su Xing expressed his gratitude and eagerly took the pill furnaces to examine them.
The pill furnaces were just under two chi tall, similar in shape to Su Xing’s existing furnace, though the texture felt different to the touch.
Beyond that, they were extremely heavy. Su Xing estimated that each one weighed close to two tons. Forged entirely from second-order exotic metal, a single furnace was worth several billion!
Delight spread across Su Xing’s face. With these two pill furnaces, his Dual Focus technique could finally be put to full use—his pill refining speed would double again in the future!
After handing over the pill furnaces, Jin Congxue also gave Su Xing several chunks of second-order exotic metal, saying they were leftover materials from the furnace forging.
The several chunks of exotic metal provided Su Xing with close to five hundred thousand energy points.
With that, Su Xing’s energy climbed back to 1.5 million points. It wasn’t a lot, but it was enough to get by.
They were currently at a critical juncture in the merchant association acquisition, so funds were tight, and there wasn’t much money available to purchase energy materials. Su Xing understood this.
However, Jin Congxue did give Su Xing a pleasant surprise—she mentioned that once they took over part of the Lingyun Merchant Association’s assets next week, there would be a quantity of white-grade equipment that would astonish him.
Su Xing was quite looking forward to that.
After finishing their business discussion and flirting for a while longer, Su Xing returned to the dormitory, entered the Blessed Spirit Field, and prepared to start a new round of simulation.
On the afternoon of February 25th, New Era 2024, Su Xing started the simulation on schedule.
“Begin simulation!”
Su Xing silently chanted the command.
【Ding! This simulation costs 2,500 energy points. Remaining energy: 1,511,888 points. Remaining simulation attempts: unlimited.】
【Simulation begins!】
【Drawing a white talent costs 100 energy points, a green talent costs 1,000 energy points, a blue talent costs 10,000 energy points. Would you like to draw?】
“Draw a blue-quality talent!”
Su Xing didn’t hesitate. Although money was tight at the moment, drawing a single blue-quality talent was still well within his means.
【Ding! Congratulations, you have obtained the blue talent: King of Gluttons!】