Chapter 24: Learning Alchemy, Rich Lady’s Joy Pill!
Translator: 549690339
Su Xing felt a surge of excitement.
It had been more than ten times since he started the simulation, and now, at last, he had mastered an offensive technique.
The flames that could instantly melt gold surely would cause significant damage!
Su Xing continued with the simulation.
[One day, Wang Qingxuan sought you out, bringing with her the first half of the Changchun Technique.]
[You did not accept the Changchun Technique; instead, you proposed to join the organization she belonged to.]
[Upon your request, Wang Qingxuan agreed and took you to meet an elder.]
[Learning from your past lessons, you chose a cautious approach; you only completed one or two missions per month and dedicated the rest of your time to studying alchemy.]
[You realized that your Li Fire was still too weak, and the elixirs you produced were only half-finished products.]
[Therefore, you immersed yourself in the study of the Li Fire technique, and your mastery of it gradually improved.]
[In the seventh year, you attended your sister’s funeral, and after the funeral, you contained your emotions and continued studying the Li Fire technique.]
[In the eighth year, with your relentless effort, you had a basic grasp of the Li Fire technique, and the power of your Li Fire doubled.]
[Feeling that your mastery over the Li Fire was sufficient, you decided to start crafting Fasting Pills officially.]
[Initially, you could produce only one or two finished pills per batch of elixirs.]
[But, having plenty of Spirit Rice for experimentation, your proficiency in crafting Fasting Pills soared.]
[By the tenth year, you had mastered the Fasting Pill to the extent that you could produce seven or eight finished pills from a batch of ten, and occasionally, you would create an exceptionally potent Fasting Pill that allowed the user to go three months without food, yet remain full of energy.]
[That same year, you attended the funeral of your good brother, Yu Yan.]
[In the eleventh year, feeling the time was right, you began learning how to craft Nourishing Face Pills.]
[The difficulty of crafting Nourishing Face Pills was much higher than that of Fasting Pills, requiring more than ten ingredients, including Spirit Ginseng, peach kernels, Chuanxiong, rehmannia root, and dong quai.]
[Fortunately, except for the Spirit Ginseng, most of the materials were common herbs that you could buy in the real world.]
[And luckily, you had planted several dozen ginseng plants ten years ago, which, nourished by spiritual energy for ten years, had turned into ten-year Spirit Ginseng.]
[Your first attempt at crafting Nourishing Face Pills, unsurprisingly, ended in failure.]
[But you were determined and did not give up; within three months, you had tried crafting Nourishing Face Pills over a hundred times until you gradually mastered the craft’s timing and skill.]
[Now with only the last Spirit Ginseng left, enough for three more batches of Nourishing Face Pills, you were undaunted and continued crafting the elixirs.]
[Fortunately, in your last attempt at alchemy, you succeeded and harvested three finished Nourishing Face Pills.]
[You consumed one of the elixirs yourself, and your body expelled a lot of impurities, your skin became softer and fairer, and the wrinkles around your eyes completely vanished.]
[You realized that the Nourishing Face Pill would be an invaluable treasure to some wealthy ladies!]
[So, you named the Nourishing Face Pill the “Wealthy Lady’s Delight Pill.”]
[You approached Jin Congxue and sold her one Nourishing Face Pill.]
[The nearly forty-year-old Jin Congxue, after consuming the pill, watched the wrinkles around her eyes gradually disappear, and her skin became as delicate as that of a twenty-something-year-old, so fine it seemed it could be punctured with a gentle poke.]
[Jin Congxue was overjoyed, willing to pay one hundred million Great Xia Coins for the pill.]
[She asked if you had any more pills, but having another use for the last one, you shook your head.]
[After parting with Jin Congxue, you returned to Kyoto, where you attempted to craft a basic version of the Nourishing Face Pill without the need for Spirit Ginseng.]
[One day, an elder from the Descending Sect approached you and issued you a task.]
[You accepted the mission, but you soon discovered you weren’t the only one carrying it out; hundreds of sect members were involved in the task, including Wang Qingxuan.]
[To your surprise, you found that Wang Qingxuan had become a Heavenly King Level powerhouse and was also the commander of this operation.]
[After several years, Wang Qingxuan seemed to have aged a lot, and you gave her the last Nourishing Face Pill you had.]
[Wang Qingxuan was grateful for your concern, and after so many years, her feelings for you remained unchanged.]
[On the night before the task was to be executed, Wang Qingxuan found you and told you not to participate in this mission.]
[You asked her why, and she didn’t hide anything, frankly stating that this mission was to cooperate with the Demon Race in leaking Human Race intelligence at Demon-Subduing Pass, and it carried the high risk of certain death.]
[You were shocked and questioned why she would betray the Human Race to side with the Demon Race; she responded with a sorrowful smile, saying she had no choice.]
[She arranged for you to be in a safe place, and you did not participate in this mission.]
[Not long after, the price of restorative elixirs in the market began to skyrocket, and you realized that this sudden surge in prices might be related to the Descending Sect’s activities.]
[You felt troubled and experienced a deep sense of powerlessness, so you began to work hard at producing a low-budget “Rich Lady’s Delight Pill.”]
[A year later, after thousands of attempts, you finally succeeded in mastering how to substitute ordinary ginseng for Spirit Ginseng.]
[You developed a low-budget version of the “Rich Lady’s Delight Pill,” whose effects were only one-tenth of the original.]
[You took a bottle of the low-budget “Rich Lady’s Delight Pill” to Jin Congxue, hoping she could tell you the value of the elixir.]
[But Jin Congxue’s father told you that Jin Congxue had died in a side version of the Demon-Subduing Pass.]
[You returned to Kyoto in a daze, only to be discovered by an elder of the Descending Sect.]
[The elder of the Descending Sect blatantly called you a traitor and personally killed you, crushing your head in his hand.]
[You died, and the simulation ended!]
[You may choose one of the following rewards: Perseverance (Talent), Five 9th Generation Spirit Chickens (Pets), Introductory Li Fire Technique Comprehension (Spell Comprehension), Li Fire Alchemy Basics (Alchemy Comprehension)]
[Perseverance]: A green talent, priced at 10,000 energy points.
[Five 9th Generation Spirit Chickens]: Spirit Pets, which have continuously evolved their bloodline by feeding on Spirit Rice, successfully becoming low-grade Spirit Pets, priced at 100k energy points.
[Introductory Li Fire Technique Comprehension]: Ten years of comprehension experience, where you will immediately grasp the basics of the Li Fire Technique upon learning, priced at 100k energy points.
[Li Fire Alchemy Basics]: Beginner-level alchemy experience, contains insights on the production of the Fasting Pill (Mahayana Level) and the Nourishing Face Pill (Heavenly King Level), priced at 100k energy points.
Excited by the rewards, Su Xing also felt an itch of resentment.
[“Damn it, why can I only bring back one reward?”]
[“I want both the Introductory Li Fire Technique Comprehension and the Perseverance Talent!”]
Amid his complaints, Su Xing’s simulation aimed to gain alchemy experience.
But unexpectedly, he drew Perseverance, a heaven-defying talent.
Su Xing clearly saw how this talent had helped him stubbornly persevere through the difficulties he could not break through in the simulation.
For instance, the continuous ten years of night and day comprehension of the Li Fire Technique would have been impossible for Su Xing without this talent.
However, choosing this talent meant he might have to start from scratch learning alchemy and the Li Fire Technique in the next simulation.
As Su Xing was in the midst of his dilemma, a notification from the simulator rang in his mind:
[Ding, the host may spend 500,000 energy points to upgrade the simulator, with the following functions in the Life Simulator 2.0 version…]
(Woo, for love’s sake, I’m generating power here, yet my collection still hasn’t broken a hundred, I hope the lords will follow more~)