Why Is He Simmering Chicken Soup Again?

Three days later.

"Manager Zhang, these are your company's Spirit Replenishing Potions. Same old rules—just transfer the money directly to my card."

After handing over the final batch of potions to the three major forces, Lu Chuan had finally fulfilled the minimum requirements of the contract.

Looking at the potions before him, Manager Zhang could not help but praise him. "Master Lu truly deserves to be called an alchemical genius. With only four hundred portions of ingredients, you managed to refine three hundred Spirit Replenishing Potions."

"Even if Master Meng took action himself, he probably wouldn't have such a terrifying success rate."

To conceal his true level of potion-making, Lu Chuan had deliberately bought an extra hundred portions of ingredients.

Of course, Lu Chuan had not wasted those ingredients either. He had converted them all into Simplification Points.

Yet even though Lu Chuan had hidden his success rate, it still seemed horrifying in the eyes of Manager Zhang and the others.

"You flatter me, Manager Zhang."

Lu Chuan smiled faintly. "I'm merely better at refining Spirit Replenishing Potions. How could I dare compare myself to Master Meng?"

"Master Lu is too modest."

Manager Zhang said with a fawning expression, "With Master Lu's talent, surpassing Master Meng is merely a matter of time."

"When Master Lu rises like a dragon and flourishes like a phoenix in the future, please don't forget about me."

One flattered while the other praised. Amid this harmonious atmosphere, Manager Zhang quickly finished checking the potions and transferred the money to Lu Chuan's card.

After Manager Zhang took his leave, Lu Chuan skillfully logged onto the Alchemist Service Platform and used the money he had just earned to buy a batch of spirit herbs.

The main reason he bought spirit herbs through the Alchemist Service Platform was safety.

After all, Lu Chuan was now practically known by everyone in Lin City.

Every move he made drew attention.

If he bought spirit herbs on a large scale, it would be hard not to arouse suspicion.

But the Alchemist Service Platform was different. It strictly prohibited the disclosure of buyer information, and its delivery personnel were all loyal death warriors trained by the platform.

Buyers did not need to worry about safety at all.

Moreover, aside from a few special spirit herbs that required Points, the rest could still be purchased with Dragon Country Currency on the Alchemist Service Platform.

Naturally, Lu Chuan would not miss such a convenient platform that would not arouse suspicion.

After finishing his purchase, Lu Chuan took out the formula for the Spirit Gathering Potion. "It's time to refine this Spirit Gathering Potion."

"System, consume twenty Simplification Points to simplify the Spirit Gathering Potion formula."

Simplifying the Spirit Gathering Potion formula... Simplifying... Simplification successful!

Spirit Gathering Potion—Simmering Chicken Soup!

Lu Chuan: ???

Good grief, it wasn't making me write this time—it was making me cook?

What necessary connection could there possibly be between simmering chicken soup and a Spirit Gathering Potion?

To be fair, there really was some connection.

Chicken soup nourished the kidneys, replenished vitality, and restored energy.

Cultivation, when all was said and done, also relied on spiritual energy to make up for one's deficiencies, break through shackles, and become extraordinary.

Both could barely be considered ways of making up for deficiencies, so it did make some sense.

Still, Lu Chuan felt that the Simplification System was racing wildly down an unspeakable path.

Something strange had recently happened at Forest City No.3 Middle School.

Lu Chuan, the pride of Forest City No.3 Middle School and the renowned Master Lu, had suddenly stopped attending classes.

Of course, that was not a big deal.

With Lu Chuan's status as a First-grade Alchemist, even if he did not take the college entrance examination, First-Rate Universities would still recruit him.

Whether he attended school or not did not matter.

What puzzled everyone was that Lu Chuan had stopped attending school not to study potions or cultivate in seclusion, but to cook!

That was right—cook!

These past few days, whenever Lu Chuan had time, he stayed in the cafeteria, pestering the cafeteria master to teach him how to simmer chicken soup.

The cafeteria master could not afford to offend Lu Chuan, so he could only teach him how to simmer chicken soup.

Everyone had initially thought that Lu Chuan was merely acting on a whim, but to their surprise, he kept learning for several days.

Unable to understand it, everyone could only chalk it up to Lu Chuan's personal hobby.

After all, Lu Chuan used to spend all day and night holding a cup of water and drinking from it. For a time, he had even been obsessed with practicing calligraphy.

Only personal hobbies could explain Lu Chuan's series of bizarre antics.

Still, everyone could not help but complain.

What kind of strange hobby was this!

Inside the cafeteria.

Looking at the chicken soup he had simmered, Lu Chuan's eyes immediately brimmed with tears.

It hadn't been easy...

He had finally simmered chicken soup that the system acknowledged.

Once upon a time, Lu Chuan had thought simmering chicken soup would be easy.

But he had not expected the system's requirements to be so high. After trying for several days straight, Lu Chuan had finally made chicken soup that satisfied the system.

I hope this simplification only requires quantity, not quality.

If the system's demands rise any higher, I'm afraid I'll have to lock horns with chicken soup for the entire next year.

After grumbling with three parts prayer and three parts complaint, Lu Chuan shifted his gaze to the system panel.

At that moment, another line of information had appeared on the panel.

Spirit Gathering Potion 37/100 (Beginner)

After several days, the Spirit Gathering Potion had finally reached the beginner level.

"Gasp! One pot of chicken soup actually gave me thirty-seven proficiency points. Could it be that this time, quality is required too?"

"Please, no!"

"Phew! Don't panic. Once I grind the proficiency up to the elite level, I'll know what's going on."

After taking a deep breath, Lu Chuan steeled his resolve and once again began the great undertaking of simmering chicken soup.

After several hours of hard work, the Spirit Gathering Potion's proficiency was finally grinded up to the elite level.

The subsequent method of improvement also made Lu Chuan breathe a sigh of relief.

It did not require quality. It required quantity.

That was easy enough. As long as he kept simmering chicken soup without giving up, Lu Chuan would eventually grind the proficiency to perfection.

"Let's get to work!"

"I want ten pots—no, a hundred pots simmering chicken soup at once!" Lu Chuan's face was full of lofty ambition and fiery passion.

It was just that the students of Third Middle School suffered for it.

"Why is today's dish chicken soup again?"

"Chicken soup in the morning, chicken soup at noon, chicken soup at night—can't they change it up a little?"

"Forget it, forget it. Chicken soup is meat, after all. For martial artists, eating more meat is beneficial. Besides, this chicken soup doesn't taste bad."

"No matter how good it tastes, you can't stand it after drinking too much!"

Hearing complaint after complaint, Lu Chuan felt somewhat embarrassed.

But he could not just waste all this chicken soup, could he?

Perhaps I should give them some rewards to encourage them to drink chicken soup.

Before long, another piece of news spread through Third Middle School.

The pride of Third Middle School, Lin City's alchemical genius, the great First-grade Alchemist Master Lu Chuan, sympathized with the students' hardships in cultivation and intended to hold a chicken soup drinking competition.

The student who drank the most chicken soup would receive ten Spirit Replenishing Potions.

Second place would receive five, and third place would receive three.

As for the other students, they would also receive a participation prize: a small gift worth no more than ten dollars, provided by the school.

"See? It still has to be Master Lu. He knew the school couldn't finish all this chicken soup, so he paid out of his own pocket to help the school through its difficulties."

"That's right. Master Lu truly deserves to be my role model."

"But wasn't all this chicken soup made by Master Lu?"

"Bullshit! Could Master Lu make this much chicken soup by himself? Could he control a hundred pots by himself? How could that be possible! I think the school wanted to curry favor with Lu Chuan, so it deliberately started with his hobby and had everyone else simmer chicken soup too."

"That's right! Master Lu must have discovered this and taken pity on us, which was why he paid out of his own pocket to compensate us."

"Master Lu really is a good person."