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Chapter 64: Chapter 64: Harvesting a Large Amount of Energy, Spiritual Root Advancement!
Chapter 64: Chapter 64: Harvesting a Large Amount of Energy, Spiritual Root Advancement!
The Wound Healing Pill, not being an entry-level elixir, was not difficult to refine.
With Su Xing's current alchemy skills, half an hour was enough to refine a batch, producing ten pills, easily achieving a 100% success rate.
Furthermore, the medicinal ingredients required for refining Wound Healing Pills were quite common and could be purchased at any larger medicinal herb shop.
Su Xing first contacted Jin Congxue, hoping that she could provide him with a hundred thousand pieces of white-quality equipment ahead of schedule this week.
"Congxue, can we get the white equipment earlier this week? It's urgent!" Su Xing sent a message.
Jin Congxue replied instantly as always.
"Big brother, do you think white equipment grows like cabbages? How can I get them so quickly at such short notice?"
Su Xing: "Please, I really need it urgently! Aren't you our all-powerful Guild Leader? How could this little equipment be difficult for you?"
Jin Congxue: "Tsk! (contempt.jpg) I'll think of something! But seriously, what do you need so much equipment for every week, to eat?"
Su Xing: "That's right, that's right! I have a superpower that lets me grow stronger by eating equipment. I can only afford white equipment because I'm poor at home! (drooling.jpg)"
Jin Congxue: "..."
Su Xing: "Okay, no jokes. I've developed a new Wound Healing Pill. Its effects are almost as good as the intermediate healing potions on the market. Come take a look when you deliver the equipment in a few days."
Jin Congxue: "You've refined a new elixir again? So awesome! Rich big brother, please take care of me! (playful.jpg)"
After a brief chat, Su Xing took a Disguise Pill and went to a medicinal herb shop in the center of Kyoto on his own to buy enough ingredients to refine five hundred batches of Wound Healing Pills.
The cost of ingredients needed for one Wound Healing Pill was about fifty thousand Great Xia Coins, and the selling price after refinement could reach 500,000 Great Xia Coins.
A tenfold profit wasn't too high, but for Su Xing, who was in urgent need of energy, it was enough to significantly replenish his resources.
For the next five days, Su Xing truly experienced what it was like to be a hardworking laborer.
He spent ten hours a day refining ten batches of Wound Healing Pills and another six hours refining six batches of Nourishing Face Pills, barely collecting the three hundred Nourishing Face Pills and five hundred Wound Healing Pills he needed.
After preparing the elixirs, Su Xing arranged a meeting time and place with Jin Congxue.
When they met, Jin Congxue was momentarily stunned at the sight of Su Xing and after scrutinizing him closely, asked doubtfully,
"How come you look even better after not seeing you for a few days? Hmm, you seem to have an indescribable quality about you..."
Su Xing smiled slightly upon hearing this. After stepping into the Golden Core Stage of Qi Refinement, changing bones and being immune to all poisons wasn't just a joke. Coupled with the ethereal aura of a cultivator at the Golden Core Stage, Su Xing indeed appeared increasingly extraordinary.
Jin Congxue suspiciously asked, "You wouldn't be hiding some better elixirs for yourself and hogging them, would you?"
Su Xing responded with a wry smile,
"My dear lady, how dare I? Haven't you milked me dry of my inventory?"
"Here, these are this week's elixirs, three hundred Nourishing Face Pills, five hundred Healing Pills... and this bottle of Essence-Nourishing Pill is a gift for you."
Su Xing handed several bottles of elixirs to Jin Congxue, instructing her,
"The emergence of the Healing Pill might cause some ripples in the market. If anyone asks, say it's an item obtained from a certain dungeon, and make sure not to reveal... Also, take this Essence-Nourishing Pill for yourself and don't let others find out about it."
Seeing the serious tone of Su Xing, Jin Congxue nodded and said,
"I'm reliable in handling things, I won't expose you."
Su Xing nodded slightly after hearing this. He trusted Jin Congxue immensely, and then tentatively added,
"Could you see if we could get more white-quality equipment each week? It would be best if we could have two to three hundred thousand pieces!"
Jin Congxue rolled her eyes and said,
"Young master, you're not really planning on eating equipment, are you? These things aren't blown in by the wind. Right now, the Tarot Society can only produce up to ten thousand white-quality equipment pieces per week at most. I have to buy the rest at a low price from the Jin Merchant Guild... You know that price doesn't allow the Jin Merchant Guild to make any profit.
If we get any more, I'm afraid the elders of the Jin Merchant Guild might start to object."
Su Xing knew that even though Jin Congxue was the young lady of the Jin Merchant Guild, such a large business couldn't possibly be dictated by just one person—there were bound to be those who opposed.
After thinking for a moment, Su Xing said,
"Try to buy the white equipment at the lowest possible price. If you really can't find any, it's okay to pay a bit more, but we need at least two hundred thousand pieces of white equipment a week, three hundred thousand would be even better."
Su Xing estimated that two hundred thousand white-quality equipment pieces could be obtained for about two billion Great Xia Coins.
But for three hundred thousand pieces, it was hard to say. Perhaps it would take as much as 3.5 billion Great Xia Coins to purchase such a quantity.
Although Jin Congxue was somewhat surprised by Su Xing's request for so much equipment, she nodded and said,
"Alright! I'll try my best to gather up to three hundred thousand white equipment pieces... The Tarot Society is gradually developing now, so I will first inject the remaining four billion funds into the trade association every week."
After hearing this, Su Xing nodded his head and agreed with Jin Congxue's plan.
Jin Congxue also handed Su Xing a storage ring, saying,
"It's urgent this week, and I've only managed to gather a hundred and fifty thousand white-quality equipment pieces. You can take them to 'eat' for now! We wouldn't want the child to starve!"
Jin Congxue deliberately emphasized the word "eat," sounding quite playful.
Su Xing took the storage ring with an embarrassed smile and said,
"Cough cough, I've been eating so much equipment lately that my teeth are not doing so well. I was hoping to improve my diet... Would the young lady be willing to go out to dinner with me again?"
Jin Congxue chuckled at this, extending her slender, fair right hand and said, "Alright then, I'll just have to give you the pleasure of my company!"
After a meal together, which led to intimate moments, their relationship took a step further.
The next day, Su Xing returned to his dormitory refreshed and, when nobody was around, he entered the Spirit Field Blessed Land instance.
Su Xing first converted all two hundred thousand pieces of white-quality equipment into energy points, which brought him close to 1.1 million points of energy.
Together with the leftover 800,000 energy points, Su Xing's energy had reached an astonishing 1.9 million points.
With ample energy, Su Xing didn't hesitate to choose his reward.
"I choose to exchange for a blue-talent wood-fire dual-system True Spiritual Root, and the Golden Core Stage Great Perfection cultivation level!"
As Su Xing's words fell, he heard the simulator's notification sound by his ear.
[Ding, you have chosen to take out a blue-talent wood-fire dual-system True Spiritual Root, costing 100,000 energy points, leaving a balance of 1,804,396 energy points.]
[Ding, you have chosen to take out the Golden Core Stage Great Perfection cultivation level, costing 1 million energy points, leaving a balance of 804,396 energy points.]
As Su Xing finished speaking, a mysterious energy enveloped him.
The first change was in the Spiritual Root talent, evolving from a dual-system Pseudo Spirit Root to a dual-system True Spiritual Root. Su Xing felt his senses becoming sharper and could even feel himself involuntarily absorbing the spiritual energy that permeated the air.
"Truly a blue-quality True Spiritual Root!"
Su Xing exclaimed, then his expression shifted slightly as the aura of his cultivation level began to surge.
(I've been busy moving homes recently, so the update schedule has been unstable. I'm now adjusting to one chapter at midnight and another at 6 p.m. every day—woowoo~ Also, as a new author, I'm begging for monthly tickets and recommendation votes—let me feel your enthusiasm~)