What did it mean to refine a batch of pills in five minutes?
You couldn't even finish preparing for alchemy in that little time!
But there was nothing he could do.
Su Xiaobai wanted to keep a low profile too, but his strength wouldn't allow it!
"Ding! Successfully refined pill: Trauma Relief Pill *16!"
Five minutes later, the multicolored progress bar finally finished, and the system notification rang out.
The lid of the Alchemy Furnace flew open, and wisps of white smoke drifted out. Then, a full sixteen Trauma Relief Pills, still warm, emerged fresh from the furnace!
With a thought from Su Xiaobai, a Trauma Relief Pill immediately appeared in his palm.
"So this is the Trauma Relief Pill that costs ten thousand Spirit Coins apiece... I refined sixteen of them in one go, which means that's equivalent to a hundred and sixty thousand!"
Feeling the scorching heat radiating from the pill, Su Xiaobai carefully examined it, his eyes brimming with excitement!
The Trauma Relief Pill was merely a "low-grade pill."
Pills were divided into nine grades.
Grades One, Two, and Three were low-grade pills.
Grades Four, Five, and Six were mid-grade pills.
Grades Seven, Eight, and Nine were high-grade pills.
Pills like the Spirit Enhancement Pill, Marrow Cleansing Pill, Primal Yang Pill, and Qi Recovery Pill... were all Grade One or Two low-grade pills.
But no matter how low-grade they were, they were still pills!
They could still be sold for more than ten thousand Spirit Coins!
Moreover, if one calculated carefully, the medicinal materials for a single Trauma Relief Pill cost less than � Spirit Coins... But without an alchemist to help, how could you turn � Spirit Coins' worth of materials into ten thousand?
That was precisely why alchemists were so sought after.
"If I buy medicinal materials in bulk and then sell the pills in bulk, I could make more than twice the profit just by buying them, refining them through One-Click Alchemy, and selling them!"
Su Xiaobai had already begun making his little calculations.
But he quickly abandoned the idea.
He could sell Fierce Beast Materials in large quantities, and no matter how much he sold, it wouldn't affect his low profile...
But pills were different.
Once he took out too many of them, disrupting the market would be one problem. The second would be immediately attracting the attention of those great lineages!
Buying medicinal materials in bulk.
Selling pills in bulk.
Anyone who wanted to investigate could trace it back to him in minutes!
That sort of behavior would be no different from announcing to the entire world that he had an alchemy divine artifact and telling everyone to hurry over and chop him down!
Su Xiaobai didn't want to invite trouble over a little bit of profit!
"I have to take the boutique route!"
Su Xiaobai made a new decision. "I need to buy pill formulas of a higher grade, then gather the corresponding medicinal materials! Ideally, they should be pills that ordinary alchemists can't refine... I'll make a huge profit in one shot!"
Using pills to make a fortune in bulk wasn't feasible for now.
Unless Su Xiaobai already had enough strength and wasn't afraid of anyone coming to cause trouble... At that point, he could refine as many pills as he wanted, and profits would come rolling in!
He could also refine some pills for himself as reserves.
He was a Warrior himself, after all.
Although he might not need them at present,
if he happened to encounter a powerful enemy one day, they might come in handy!
"System, what effect does upgrading One-Click Alchemy have?"
Su Xiaobai asked.
"Level 2 One-Click Alchemy requires � Ten Thousand Spirit Coins. After upgrading, the grade of pills that can be refined will increase to mid-grade!"
"Level 3 One-Click Alchemy requires � Ten Thousand Spirit Coins. After upgrading, the grade of pills that can be refined will increase to high-grade!"
"..."
Clearly, One-Click Alchemy, like Automated Monster Hunting, required several times as many Spirit Coins for each upgrade. However, the grade of pills it could refine would rise in a straight line... This meant that as long as the level was high enough, it could refine pills of any grade!
"I only have a little over a million left. Tomorrow, I'll visit the Warrior Hall first and see if I can use this money to buy some high-grade pill formulas!"
"But for now, it's also time to invest all my remaining money into the other system functions!"
"Automated Skill Training has already reached Level �. Upgrading to Level 6 requires � Ten Thousand Spirit Coins, which is just enough!"
A glint flashed in Su Xiaobai's eyes. "System, upgrade Automated Skill Training for me!"
"Upgrade complete!"
The mark in the upper-right corner of the One-Click Training Space changed directly from "*32," accelerating once again to become "*64"!
The cultivation time required by the Space Attribute Technique also shrank from the original � days to less than � days in an instant!
"I'm getting closer and closer!"
Su Xiaobai tightened his grip on the Dagger Blade, his eyes flashing with brilliance.
Only after completing this Space Attribute Technique would Su Xiaobai truly possess a trump card of his own, as well as the confidence to contend with his lineage!
The next day, Su Xiaobai went to the Warrior Hall.
After looking around, he already had more than a dozen Grade Four pill formulas in his hands!
Grade Four pills were already the highest-grade pill formulas the Warrior Hall could provide... and their intended users were Martial Generals and Martial Marshals, those great figures at that level!
Ordinary Warriors could use, at most, Grade One pills. Grade One pills were already considered luxuries to Warriors... This was also why those Advanced Warriors all possessed Grade One pill formulas.
It was only after reaching Martial Master that one could start using more Grade One pills. Intermediate practitioners could use Grade Two pills, while only Advanced Martial Masters could occasionally use Grade Three pills.
As for Grade Four pills, Advanced Martial Masters were utterly reluctant to use them. They could almost be enshrined as a lineage's treasured heirloom... Even Martial Generals wouldn't dare use them casually.
Therefore, even a single Grade Four pill would cost at least tens of millions... and they were priceless despite having a listed price!
If Su Xiaobai could refine a batch of more than a dozen Grade Four pills in one go, the profit would reach hundreds of millions in minutes!
As for the formulas, those weren't important.
Even if someone openly told you the formula, it wouldn't matter. Unless you could gather enough materials and pay a hefty price to hire an alchemist to refine the pills for you!
"Excellent..."
Su Xiaobai looked at one of the formulas in his hand, his expression agitated.
He recognized every material listed in this Grade Four pill formula!
They were all among the loot from Automated Monster Hunting!
And those medicinal materials could also be purchased directly through the Warrior Hall.
Most importantly—after excluding the cost of the Fierce Beast Materials, the medicinal materials cost less than � Ten Thousand Spirit Coins!
Even after adding the cost of the Fierce Beast Materials, the total cost was still no more than � Ten Thousand Spirit Coins.
It was only because Grade Four pills had a relatively low success rate that they could be sold at sky-high prices starting in the tens of millions!
"This is heaven itself destined to make me rich!"
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