Alchemist Lu Was So Handsome, Boss Lei...

Little B, is that even human language?

Little A truly understands the hearts of working people.

As for Little C, who understands capitalists best, let him continue to sit on the sidelines.

Lu Ping chose A.

[You chose A.]

[You're starting to show your true skills.]

[I Love Working, effective.]

[Cost Reduction and Efficiency Improvement, effective.]

[The Artisan Spirit is now in effect.]

[Overtime, effective.]

The Sword Cultivators of Black Moon Gorge have noticed that the Alchemy Chamber has changed since you arrived.

[The old Alchemy Chamber, while not exactly a decoration, was better than nothing.]

[When Sword Cultivators are injured, they come to apply for a healing pill, and the wait can be as short as seven or eight days, or as long as half a month.]

What's even more infuriating is that whenever I go to the Alchemy Chamber to ask, the answer is always the same, "This ingredient is missing," or "That pill can't be refined."

But now, things have completely changed.

[A Sword Cultivator who had just returned from the front lines had a deep, bone-revealing gash on his shoulder.]

He clutched his wound, slammed his medal of merit onto the table in the front hall of the Alchemy Chamber, and had already prepared himself to tough it out if he couldn't get the medicine.

[As a result, the supervising monk didn't even lift his eyelids, turned around, took a Porcelain Bottle from the shelf, and pushed it over.]

"Here you go. Next one."

The Sword Cultivator paused for a moment, then uncorked the bottle and smelled it. The strong medicinal fragrance eased the pain in his shoulder somewhat.

"Stockpile? Your Alchemy Chamber actually has stockpile?"

He stared wide-eyed, as if he'd seen a ghost.

The steward monk glanced at him.

"Nonsense. Get out of here, don't block the way for the people behind you to get their dressings changed."

[Not only are there plenty of daily healing and recovery Pills.]

[Even more outrageous, a few days ago a small team was infected with a rare form of malevolent poison and urgently needed a highly uncommon Sha-Cleansing Pill.]

[This kind of unorthodox Pills was unthinkable back in Black Moon Gorge; it could only be used to transport people to the rear camp, where the wounded often died en route.]

[As a last resort, the team rushed into the Alchemy Chamber seeking help.]

[In less than an hour.]

The still-warm Sha-Cleansing Pill was stuffed directly into the mouths of the seriously wounded.

This caused an uproar throughout the entire Black Moon Gorge outpost.

One night, the wind howled as it swept across the rocky cliffs of Black Moon Gorge.

A Crow landed on a withered tree trunk not far away, tilting its head to look down.

[Several Sword Cultivators, who had just returned from the front lines, were gathered around a campfire, polishing their swords.]

["To be honest, the day Alchemist Lu first arrived..."]

[A Sword Cultivator with a scar on his face stopped what he was doing with the cloth and lowered his voice.]

"The way Boss Lei looked at that guy was practically green with envy."

[I thought... cough, I thought Boss Lei had some strange thoughts about him because he was handsome.]

"Tsk, just shut up."

[Someone next to him kicked him.]

"Don't you know what kind of person our Boss Lei?"

However, to be fair...

[Another, younger Sword Cultivator continued,]

"Boss Lei's reaction at the time was indeed exaggerated to a frightening degree."

"I thought it was some kind of joke to directly appoint a new recruit as Commandant in charge of the Alchemy Chamber."

"I used to think it was an exaggeration to say he treated people like royalty."

[The scarred Sword Cultivator sheathed his sword again.]

"Looking back now, Boss Lei wasn't just farsighted; he practically saved our lives!"

"That's right."

The young Sword Cultivator touched the Porcelain Bottle in his arms.

"Yesterday I went to ask for the medicine, and it came out in half an hour. The quality was amazing, I didn't even swallow it directly; I saved it to save my life."

The crackling fire dispelled some of the chill in the canyon.

Everyone marveled at Lei Hanxiao's sharp eye.

[He held the Fourth-Level Alchemist in the Alchemy Chamber, who rarely even showed his face, in the highest esteem.]

Your reputation in Black Moon Gorge has skyrocketed.

Even He Zhantao had to stop and respectfully address you as "Alchemist Lu".

The way those low-level Sword Cultivators looked at you was as if you were a living Bodhisattva.

[Of course, they don't know that the Pills you handed over were only two or three tenths of the total amount you refined.]

[The remaining 70-80% all went into your own Storage Ring.]

[You used these intercepted, massive amounts of Pills to frantically circulate the Hundred-Forged Medicine Body Formula.]

[The potent medicinal power is cleansing your muscles and bones.]

[Your physical strength is increasing at a visible rate every day.]

[However, after you extracted more than a dozen strands of primordial true fire, the Nine Netherworld Fire can no longer be easily extracted.]

[If you were to continue extracting, it would be very difficult for you with your current cultivation level.]

[Moreover, if the primordial fire is continued to be drawn out, the earth's veins here will likely undergo a major upheaval.]

Even with just these dozen or so wisps of primordial true fire, the Red-Feather Fire Crow had already touched the threshold of the Middle Condensation Core Stage.

[Especially the Sun True Fire within its body, which has grown three times larger.]

[With continued nurturing, the Crow Daoist at the Middle Condensation Core Stage is just around the corner.]

[At the same time, you haven't forgotten the true purpose of this trip.]

[The only material missing from the Star River Myriad Blades is the Sha Soul Crystal.]

[Every day, Sword Cultivators leave their seclusion in Black Moon Gorge to hunt down the Ruin Sha, and every day, Sha Soul Crystals are added to the treasury.]

[You've fulfilled your quota exceptionally well, earning you considerable military merits.]

[Then use these military merits to exchange the Sha Soul Crystals in the warehouse for his own pocket.]

Everything is proceeding according to plan.

[You're like a mouse that's fallen into a rice jar, frantically sucking up the war profits of the White Tiger Domain.]

[Twenty years old, with two years of work experience.]

[Trait being generated...]