Rise of the Alchemy God

Chapter 78: Silver Cauldron

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Another five days passed, during which Ethan's daily life underwent significant changes.

There was about a week left until the end-of-year exams.

With the acquisition of the minor dimension, Ethan's daily routine also changed.

No longer did he spend his time training in the morning and refining pills until evening; instead, he took three to four hours each day to visit the minor dimension and handle most of his business.

Given that an hour in the outside world was equivalent to a day in the minor dimension, he had more than enough time to do everything.

One day was spent refining and advancing the production of pills.

Another day, he cultivated and trained in the basic combat techniques that every sect disciple had to learn.

And on some days, he tended to his herb plantations, which after the first 100-day cycle, were now fully grown and mature.

Although Ethan spent a lot of time inside, it was still just three hours outside.

The rest of his time was spent on various small tasks, from keeping up with what was happening in the sect to eating and delivering the daily pill quota to Da Shu.

So, after the first day in the outside world, all the herbs in the minor dimension were more than ready to be harvested.

Ethan decided to take thirty percent of what he produced, and the remaining 70% he replanted.

In just a few days, what had been a small plantation of various herbs had grown at least tenfold in size.

Ethan created several areas, organizing them in such a way that they wouldn't interfere with each other and that there was a certain order among them.

This allowed him to cultivate them more efficiently and navigate through the various plantations.

In addition to herbs, Ethan also cultivated other types of plants.

From fruit-bearing trees to vegetables and spices that he often used in preparing his simple cooking recipes.

At one point, he even considered whether it would be worthwhile to bring some animals into this place.

After all, with this habitat, there could be many animals that could live here comfortably and populate the area.

In essence, this place was full of opportunities of various kinds that Ethan could exploit.

In the end, he built a simple dwelling near the herb plantation and introduced some non-spiritual animals, releasing them at a distance from where he had established his residence.

For them, he had effectively grown a small forest, so they could populate it.

Normally, Ethan wouldn't have bothered to do something like this. He would have simply stuck to planting his herbs, refining, and continuing his cultivation.

But with the amount of time at his disposal, the more he stayed in this place, the more new ideas came to him to develop.

After introducing a certain fauna and flora into his small world, he returned to his normal routine.

Da Shu was confused and amazed at how much Ethan's pill production had increased.

The daily quota was no longer what it used to be; it was now almost double.

Although curious as to how his friend was doing it, he decided not to delve into the matter.

If Ethan wanted to tell him, he would.

He didn't want to jeopardize their relationship over something like this, nor was he interested in doing so.

The reason Ethan decided to increase production wasn't just to meet the market demand for his pills, but also because he wanted to earn enough system points to elevate the rest of his pills, at least to high-grade, with some exceptions he planned to elevate to perfect-grade.

One of these pills was the Qi Gathering Pill.

This was a pill given monthly in the Phoenix Sect to each disciple, and its main purpose was to accelerate the gathering of Qi for everyone.

Naturally, the sect didn't give mid or high-grade pills to everyone.

Low-grade pills were reserved for outer disciples, mid-grade for inner disciples, and high-grade for the elite core disciples.

Ethan had no idea what treatment the core disciples received, but he didn't doubt it was better than what the top inner disciples got.

Ethan initially refined the pills himself because he intended to complete the final requirement to upgrade his spiritual cauldron.

He had put it off for too long, and it was time to improve it.

The second reason was to avoid losing any system points. Now that he had decided to pay attention to his other pills, Ethan couldn't afford to lose even a single SP.

So in these five days, spending several hours a day inside the minor dimension, he completed all these things he had put aside.

At one point, he even advanced to the second level of the Qi Refinement stage.

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Name: Ethan

Cultivation: Qi refining (Lv.1 —> Lv.2)

Qi: 45/3000

Physique: Heavenly Body of the Sacred Flames

Strength: 101 --> 115

Agility: 96 --> 109

Intelligence: 102 --> 117

Soul Strength: 130 --> 132

[Shop]

[Storage]

[System Points]: 172

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[Bronze Cauldron]

Name: Silver Cauldron

Grade: Mid-Grade Spiritual Artifact

Description: An ancient artifact, corroded by time, now beginning to reveal its former splendor.

Perfect for refining more demanding pills, and thanks to its high durability, it can also serve as a good shield.

Ability: Size Shifter (new!)

Upgrade requirements:

- Refine 10 Level 1 perfect-grade pills (0/10)

- Refine 1000 Level 2 low-grade pills (0/1000)

- Refine 100 Level 2 mid-grade pills (0/100)

- Refine 10 Level 2 high-grade pills (0/10)

- Refine 1 Level 2 perfect-grade pill (0/1)

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Seeing the change occurring in his cauldron, Ethan opened his status screen and was amazed to see that he had gained an ability.

Unfortunately, his amazement was short-lived, as when he saw the new requirements for upgrading the cauldron, he almost cursed.

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FRANK_LEE_JUNIOR:

Here's today's chapter. I hope you enjoyed it.

Get ready, if everything goes smoothly this week, then you will have many chapters waiting for you throughout the month of September.

As usual, if you have any comments, suggestions, or errors to report, you know where to do it.

See you tomorrow.