System Almighty, You Still Love Me After All

[In the next instant, the cave abode, the Meditation Cushion, the Restrictions, and the Main Hall before you all vanished.]

[There was no Escape Light, no spatial rift, and no fluctuation of Spiritual Power.]

[You feel as if you've just stood up from a long meeting and calmly walked out the door.]

Behind you, the reprimands from your superiors and the astonishment of your colleagues couldn't deter you from leaving in the slightest.

[Then, you are already outside the range of the Greenwood Sect's Mountain-Protection Grand Formation.]

A mountain breeze blows.

[The light curtain of the Greenwood Sect's Mountain-Protection Grand Formation appeared and disappeared.]

[This "Early Leave" actually means being allowed to leave early.]

[Without using any doors, breaking any formations, disturbing Restrictions, and even the Mountain-Protection Grand Formation didn't react.]

[You disappeared from your workstation like a determined worker.]

[So this is what it feels like to Early Leave.]

[Check your Storage Ring immediately.]

[Thirty fewer Low-Grade Spirit Stones.]

Your expression is subtle.

[Thirty Low-Grade Spirit Stones.]

[For you, who have just inherited Han Changqing's estate...]

[Acceptable.]

[This is perfectly acceptable.]

[You even have a dangerous illusion: System, you still love me.]

[Of course, you quickly dismissed the thought.]

[Just because the first time only thirty coins were deducted doesn't mean the next time it won't be thirty thousand.]

The biggest trap in the workplace is mistaking a temporary benefit for a long-term commitment.

[Your opinion of Early Leave has risen again.]

The only problem is that it can only be done once a day.

[Furthermore, the description "most places" is still somewhat vague.]

[The higher the level of Formation Technique involved, the more complex the scenarios, and the more crucial the causal lock, the higher the probability of failure.]

[Then, you use Wind-Riding Technique to return through the main entrance.]

The disciples guarding the mountain were all taken aback when they saw you return from outside.

They couldn't understand when the new Sect Master had left, or how he had returned from Mountain Gate.

But they quickly lowered their heads.

[You have returned to the Sect Master's cave abode and begun your formal seclusion.]

[You are now the Greenwood Sect Master.]

[The Sect Master's authority is finally more than just a token placed on a table.]

[You retrieve the account books and Jade Slips left behind by Han Changqing, and scan them with your Divine Sense.]

[The reserves of the Greenwood Sect's medicine storehouse, Alchemy Hall's private treasury, the Sect Master's private treasury, and several outer sect medicinal fields are all laid out before you.]

[You begin gathering medicinal herbs.]

After receiving the Sect Master's order, Qi Cangshu personally went to the Alchemy Hall's storeroom.

[Half an hour later, batches of medicinal herbs were delivered to the Sect Master cave abode.]

[Soul-Hiding Grass, White-Soul Vine, Clear-Mind Sand, Consciousness-Congealing Flower Sap...]

[The main ingredients for refining the Spirit-Winding Thread have been barely gathered for one batch.]

[Keep reading, we're about to adjust the medicinal herbs used to Spirit-Chaos Lure.]

[The Marrow-Chaos Vine * is insufficient.]

[Insufficient Vein-Reversing Sand.]

[Breath-Concealing Flower Sap, only half a bottle left.]

[Looking at the inventory on the Jade Slip, you suddenly feel a pang of nostalgia for the Demon-Severing Cliff.]

[There, the warehouses of the Third Medicine Camp seemed bottomless.]

[You refine the Spirit-Chaos Lure and the Spirit-Winding Thread every day, and medicinal herbs are delivered continuously.]

[The Medicine Camp only asks if you can refine it, not whether you have enough medicinal herbs.]

[At the Greenwood Sect.]

[You only wanted to refine a batch of Spirit-Chaos Lure, and the storeroom has already begun to demonstrate the poverty of a small sect.]

[Really.]

[A small place is a small place.]

[The combined medicinal herb reserves of the entire Greenwood Sect are still less than the temporary medicine shelf in a corner of the Third Medicine Camp of Demon-Severing Cliff.]

You sighed.

However, being able to gather even a single batch of Spirit-Winding Thread is already a stroke of good fortune amidst misfortune.

[Even with poison in hand, remain calm.]

Can Alchemist who doesn't have poison at hand still be considered a qualified poison master?

[You retrieve the Moon Palace Fire-Devouring Furnace.]

[The Southern Bright Separation Fire fell into the furnace.]

[The Four-Legged Green Toads simultaneously opened their mouths, swallowing and spitting out flames.]

[The Artisan Spirit takes effect.]

[Cost Reduction and Efficiency Improvement effective.]

[My I Love Working is now in effect.]

[Overtime work effective.]

[You begin refining the Spirit-Winding Thread.]

[When the Soul-Hiding Grass was placed into the furnace, the Furnace Fire dimmed for a moment.]

[As the White-Soul Vine dissolved, wisps of almost transparent medicinal vapor clung to the furnace wall like spider silk.]

[As the Clear-Mind Sand fell, the Restriction around the entire cave abode trembled slightly.]

[You appear calm.]

[Effective for Heavy Tomato Users.]

[This is effective on Salty Fish.]

[The medicinal properties of the Spirit-Winding Threads were blocked at the outer layer before they could even bind to your Sea of Consciousness.]

[One hour later.]

The Moon Palace Fire-Devouring Furnace trembled slightly.

[The stove lid is open.]

[Twelve wisps of nearly transparent powder floated in the furnace.]

[Spirit-Winding Thread.]

[You take out twelve specially made Jade Bottles and seal each one with the Spirit-Winding Thread.]

[One batch yields twelve portions.]

[Triple the returns.]

[With poison in hand, you begin refining Qi-Gathering Pills for cultivation.]

[You're all too familiar with the Qi-Gathering Pill.]

[In just half an hour, a batch of twelve Qi-Gathering Pills was produced.]

[You begin absorbing the Qi-Gathering Pill.]

[You now possess Middle-Grade Spirit Root, and with the Trait, your cultivation efficiency has increased several times over.]

[Upon absorbing the fifth Qi-Gathering Pill, a slight throbbing pain occurred in the meridians.]

You stopped and started doing some calculations.

[The Spiritual Qi required to progress from the Golden Core Early Stage to the Golden Core Middle Stage is approximately equivalent to 400,000 Low-Grade Spirit Stone Equivalent.]

[Equivalent to approximately four thousand Qi-Gathering Pills.]

[If we disregard bottlenecks, you should be able to advance from the Golden Core Early Stage to the Golden Core Middle Stage in a little over two years.]

[This speed, even in the entire cultivation world, would be enough to make 99% of Golden Core True Person question their existence.]

[But looking at this number, you only feel complicated emotions.]

[Four thousand Qi-Gathering Pills, at market price, worth four million Low-Grade Spirit Stones.]

[Fortunately, you yourself are Alchemist.]

[You reduce costs by "Cost Reduction and Efficiency Improvement," and then triple your profits by "Overtime."]

[The cost of refining one Qi-Gathering Pill is approximately eighty Low-Grade Spirit Stones.]

That's 320,000 Low-Grade Spirit Stones.

[What's even more critical is that the Greenwood Sect's resources are too weak; the supply of raw materials for four thousand Qi-Gathering Pills can't keep up.]

After settling this score, your heart seems even colder.

[On the second day, you tested the daily limit for absorbing Low-Grade Spirit Stones again, and it was approximately fifty Low-Grade Spirit Stones.]

[The maximum amount of Spiritual Power that can be absorbed from Pills is ten times that of Low-Grade Spirit Stones.]

[Three days later.]

[Mountain Gate the Greenwood Sect's mountain gate, Cloud Boat soared through the sky.]

The Azure Cloud Sect Envoy has arrived.