Chapter 11: A Gamble (1/2)
A Gamble
TN: We have decided to change the naming convention of the term “medicine refinement” and it’s different variations to “alchemy” because it would be more appropriate for how it would be used later in the novel.
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Five Element Eighty-Thousand Alchemy Array!”
This seemingly strange name could actually be explained very easily.
Five elements: metal, wood, water, fire, and earth; eighty-thousand: the eight thousand kinds of commonly seen materials.
Five elements and eighty-thousand meant: the eighty thousand common level 1 materials within the five elemental properties could all be easily taken care of. This was a powerful and broad alchemy array.
Meng Ying Ying, after hearing Chu Tian’s explanation, immediately refuted, saying: “But, this array completely violates common sense and the prevailing iron law of alchemy!”
“An iron law doesn’t always represent the truth, so it’s able to be broken.” Chu Tian set the alchemy array first into the furnace, then made a gesture of invitation: “Come and try it out, this is not much harder than frying the steak and making the soup like before, I believe you can do it.”
Since Chu Tian had already said it like that, Meng Ying Ying had no choice but to try it out.
Rumble rumble rumble!
The instant that magic power was imbued, the pill furnace exploded with rumbles and roars, signifying that the pill-making reaction had already been started.
Under the normal operation of the Super Alchemy Array, one could only see countless glowing runes appearing on the surface of the pill furnace, like a seal that stabilized the pill furnace. No matter how much the furnace roared, it remained perfectly still.
After around ten or so minutes, the sound gradually died down.
“Okay, open the furnace now.”
“No way, it’s over just like that? I hadn’t even figured out what was happening!”
Chu Tian nodded his head; as long as the formula was correct, it was stable, efficient and the failure rate was almost zero. The Super Alchemy Array was just this magical!
Being stabilized by the wisdom of many tens of thousands of years, with the magic supercomputer as the driving force, gave birth to this great knowledge. Of course, the Super Alchemy Array could only mix drugs for the common five elements materials. There was currently no unified way to use a single alchemy array to encapsulate some of the more rarer or more specific materials.
Chu Tian took out the pale golden pill: “You see, this is called a Lianqi pill, and it is one of the best medicinal pills for the realm of Body Refinement. It greatly improves a cultivator in the Body Refinement realm’s elemental energy.”
Meng Ying YIng hurriedly asked: “How strong is the pill’s effect?”
“Let’s just say it like this: with only one Lianqi pill, no matter how bad your natural constitution is, you can still become a cultivator at level one or two of Body Refinement. For cultivators already in the Body Refinement realm, this can also massively increase the strength of their elemental energy. The most important thing is that this pill has no side effects.”
Throughout the land, there were many pills that could increase cultivation levels, however, most of them came with side effects. Just as trying to help a shoot grow by pulling it up harms it, those pills harmed the user. The pills that could actually help boost cultivation without side effects were expensive to make, not to mention that there was no supply for them at all. They were held by a only a few powers and were kept extremely secret, and would never be spread around.
Meng Ying Ying did not know that it was possible for her to make such a precious pill!
She became energetic and immediately made a second pill.
“We’ll each take one!”
Both of them swallowed the pill at the same time.
Chu Tian sat cross-legged as he felt an intense heat in his abdomen. A surge of pure magic energy expanded to all four limbs and then slowly seeped into various veins and arteries. Body Refinement Realm is the first realm a cultivator reaches. When magic power fills each vein and artery of the cultivator, that is the the point where they cross into the realm of Body Refinement.
From there on, every time their magic power gets stronger, their body, their power and speed are also enhanced, thus causing them to become stronger and stronger.
After the blood vessels had been cleared, it immediately produced a sense of being reborn!
Chu Tian finally became a rank 1 Body Refinement cultivator!
Chu Tian did not stop there as there was still a lot of effects left from the pill. He skillfully guided energy to continue to nourish his blood vessels, further increasing his magic power and cultivation. Starting from 1st rank, he went past 2nd rank, barely making it to the 3rd rank before his breakthrough stopped.
Only two hours!
He started out from less than Body Refinement and directly jumped to the 3rd rank of Body Refinement!
His whole body became three times stronger. The effect was not bad and was very satisfactory. When Chu Tian opened his eyes, Meng Ying YIng had also happened to finish absorbing the effect of the pill. She jumped up and gave Chu Tian a big hug!
Chu Tian felt two soft and elastic peak bearing down on him with the weight of Mount Tai*. He felt his blood boiling and could not help but to lean forward to cop a feel. Wonder what this missy ate as she grew up to grow something this big. Her size at this young of age was enough to make countless mature woman feel inferior.
*EN: I want to see this Mount Tai, here’s hoping I have eyes
“Wow! Am I dreaming now?”
“Peak of 4th rank, my cultivation is at the peak of the 4th rank!”
“Thank you, thank you, thank you so much! ”
“If JieJie knows, she would be truly happy for me!”
One small pill was equal to Meng Ying Ying cultivating for three or four years!
Meng Ying Ying had dreamed of reaching the 3rd rank of Body Refinement, because once she became at the 3rd rank of Body Refinement, she could become an official disciple. However, no matter how hard she tried, she was stuck at the peak of the 2nd rank, and could only unwillingly become just an in-name disciple.
How could she not be happy?!
She has now made it to peak of the 4th rank in a single jump!
Her cultivation was no longer any lower than Han Shao Long!
Chu Tian really did not lie. The Lianqi pill was certainly very useful. Not only was the effect immediate, there were no side effects. This was ten times better than the best pill she knew of!
The value of this pill was even more shocking, as the value of the pill far surpassed the cost of production. Even if you were to auction it off for a few thousand gold, there would still be plenty of people competing for it. If this furnace was controlled by a major force or clan, not only would their overall strength be improved, they would also become very wealthy.
“Don’t make such a big fuss over little things, lets go.”
“This must be brought back.” Meng Ying Ying hurried to pick up the furnace and carefully embraced it: “We can’t let others get stuff for free!”
Chu Tian nodded. The furnace itself was worthless, but the array inside it was a whole other story. It was enough to shake the world and lead to bloody conflicts that would drag Chu Tian into the ordeal as well. The array simply couldn’t end up in other people’s hands!
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The eastern sky was already bright.
The two had stayed at the alchemy room for more than four hours.
When they stepped outside, it was already morning.
“Ah!” Meng Ying Ying suddenly became dumbfounded: “We are done for!”
Chu Tian wondered: “What’s with the big reaction?”