(I saw the book reviews and only then realized I had made a huge mistake [facepalm]. Since Automated Monster Hunting can level up, I somehow unlocked One-Click Alchemy as well. Sorry, sorry! But it has already been written, so to avoid affecting everyone's reading experience, just treat it as Automated Monster Hunting unlocking a new function. It doesn't hurt anything~ Also, my sincere thanks to whoever pointed out the mistake. Thank you so much~)
All you had to do was put in the corresponding materials, and it would automatically refine them into pills...
This function... was simply fucking awesome!
Su Xiaobai nearly cried out in delight!
You had to understand, why were alchemists so precious?
Because of their special aptitude.
Because of their special alchemical techniques.
These were things no one could imitate, no matter how hard they tried!
Even if many Warriors possessed rare and precious natural treasures, without an alchemist to refine them, there was no way they could turn those Mountain Spirit Sea Treasures into pills with miraculous effects!
That was also why alchemists were so highly respected.
And that wasn't all.
An alchemist's status was more precious than a Warrior's. Naturally, the resources that had to be invested in an alchemist were also far greater than those invested in a Warrior!
What did alchemy require?
Beast Spirit Fire.
Using ordinary flames for alchemy was no different from stir-frying vegetables.
You had to use special Beast Spirit Fire harvested from special Fierce Beasts. Only after infusing it with spiritual energy could you truly fuse the properties of all those natural treasures and Mountain Spirit Sea Treasures together and turn them into priceless pills!
But was Beast Spirit Fire really that easy to obtain?
Even the lowest-grade Beast Spirit Fire had to be harvested from an A-class Fierce Beast... in other words, a Martial General-level Fierce Beast!
From this, it was clear how great a risk one had to take to harvest Beast Spirit Fire!
Next came the cauldron.
How could an ordinary cauldron withstand the burning of powerful Beast Spirit Fire? And besides, how could an ordinary cauldron have the effect of gathering the mind and concentrating spiritual energy?
It had to meet the spiritual-energy tolerance standards. At the very least, the cauldron had to be at the level of a "Beginner Spirit Artifact"!
If you were refining higher-grade pills, the required grade of the cauldron would rise accordingly!
And all of this required spending a fortune to purchase... Some things couldn't even be bought no matter how much money you offered. You could only seize them by force from other powerful Lineages!
Then came all the miscellaneous auxiliary items needed for alchemy.
And another thing.
If you asked an alchemist for help, could you really get away without paying a price? Would anyone work for free?
Finally, and most importantly—the success rate!
Even the most awesome alchemist couldn't guarantee that every refinement would succeed one hundred percent of the time... The ingredients and their proportions, the size of the flames, the alchemical techniques, and countless other factors differed during the process, so many of the pills produced were practically worthless.
That was also why, when Warriors asked alchemists to refine pills, they would prepare several extra sets of the same materials... There was even an unwritten rule: if the refinement failed, the Warrior was absolutely forbidden from blaming the alchemist, let alone causing trouble for them!
Therefore, the higher an alchemist's level, the more sought-after they were... After all, the higher their level, the richer their experience, and naturally, the higher their success rate compared to ordinary alchemists!
The One-Click Alchemy system had solved every single one of these pain points!
Beast Spirit Fire?
It wasn't needed. The system came with it!
A cauldron?
That wasn't needed either. The system could handle it!
Success rate?
As long as you put in the materials, success was guaranteed. It was only a matter of time!
As for all the other miscellaneous auxiliary items, they weren't needed at all!
There were only two things required—the alchemy materials and the formula!
"Unlock it. Unlock it immediately!"
With such a new cheat-like divine tool right in front of him, what was there for Su Xiaobai to hesitate about?
Of course he had to unlock it decisively!
"Ding! Activation successful!"
"Congratulations, Host. You have unlocked the 'One-Click Alchemy function'!"
The system notification sounded. Beside the One-Click Cultivation, One-Click Skill Practice, and Automated Monster Hunting spaces, a fourth brand-new space appeared.
Inside the space, an alchemy cauldron slowly floated in midair, wreathed in immortal mist and hazy as a painting.
"Host, please place the alchemy materials inside and select the pill you wish to refine!"
The system spoke.
"I don't have any alchemy materials with me either... Wait! Weren't there quite a few natural treasures among those spoils just now?"
Su Xiaobai remembered.
He hurried to where the spoils were stored and picked out all the Mountain Spirit Sea Treasures.
"Alchemy materials detected. Host, please select an alchemy formula!"
"An alchemy formula?"
"Let me look again!"
Su Xiaobai rummaged through the spoils for quite a while longer.
Alchemy formulas weren't rare. After all, even if you knew what materials to use, you still couldn't refine the pills without an alchemist's help. Therefore, many alchemy formulas were public knowledge... Their only use was to tell you which alchemy materials you needed to gather. Once you had collected them all, you would have the capital to find an alchemist to refine the pills!
As expected, Su Xiaobai really did find several alchemy formulas!
"Trauma Relief Pill, Spirit Enhancement Pill, Marrow Cleansing Pill... These are all the pills with the greatest demand on the market. They're also the cheapest and easiest to refine!"
"The Trauma Relief Pill can heal wounds and replenish blood. I'll make this one first!"
Su Xiaobai made his choice.
"Scanning the Host's brain. Trauma Relief Pill formula detected!"
"Materials automatically placed!"
"Refinement in progress..."
As the system notifications sounded one after another, some materials vanished from thin air and were transported into the Alchemy Space.
The lid of the Alchemy Furnace floated open, and all the materials automatically entered it.
As the lid closed, a nameless flame surged up. Above the Alchemy Furnace, a seven-colored progress bar appeared!
The progress bar began loading slowly.
Su Xiaobai estimated it roughly. At its current speed, the progress bar should finish loading completely in about five minutes!
"Five minutes to refine one batch of pills?"
"Holy crap... This alchemy speed is invincible!"
Su Xiaobai clicked his tongue in amazement.
Although he didn't know the specifics of an alchemist's circumstances,
alchemy was a technical skill, and it was also an exceptionally time-consuming and energy-draining job... Even the most common Trauma Relief Pill required an alchemist to sit cross-legged beside the Alchemy Furnace and painstakingly refine it for several hours!
Yet the One-Click Alchemy Space only needed five minutes...
With this alchemy speed, even those Pill Kings who had been famous for many years would burst into tears upon seeing it and drop to their knees on the spot!
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