The Peach Oolong Sect's New Alchemist!

"The Devilish Dao inheritance I reported when I registered with this Devilish Sect was a unique Pill Recipe."

Chu Lanxi explained:

"This Pill Recipe is called the Calming Pill, and all my drinks contain its ingredients."

"The effect of the Calming Pill is simple: it greatly soothes the spirit of a cultivator, like receiving a mental massage."

"Many office workers and city elites come here for a drink after a long period of busyness."

Hearing this explanation, Su Yuan and Chen Nuoyi finally understood.

In short, the milk tea did have real ingredients, so selling it for 180 yuan a cup wasn't a complete rip-off.

But a problem arose: why was this kind of spirit-soothing pill considered a Devilish Dao recipe?

Su Yuan curiously asked the question.

Chu Lanxi's answer left Su Yuan in silence.

"Because if you take too much of the Calming Pill, your brain will fall into eternal tranquility, stop thinking, and lose all interest in external things."

"Once it reaches this point, the user will obey any external command, becoming the most useful slave."

Good heavens!

As expected of a Devilish Dao pill, it was indeed potent!

The reason Chu Lanxi opened his shop in this location was now completely clear.

But there was still one question.

What was the deal with his "stealing jade and plucking fragrant flowers" destiny?

Su Yuan quietly activated his Devilish Art: Command, and looked at the destiny above the other person's head. It was still in the "unfulfilled" state.

Could it be that his destiny for the day wouldn't manifest at the milk tea shop, but only after he left?

Just as Su Yuan was thinking this, a city socialite sat down at the counter and said to Chu Lanxi with a dejected expression:

"Boss Chu, why am I still so sad after drinking your tea?"

Chu Lanxi immediately abandoned his two classmates and smiled:

"Sister, our tea can soothe mental fatigue. If you want to relieve emotional pain, why not confide in me?"

The two of them then started chatting away.

Chu Lanxi's words were witty and humorous, and he made the socialite laugh in just a few sentences.

Su Yuan also watched as the "stealing jade and plucking fragrant flowers" destiny above Chu Lanxi's head changed to the "fulfilled" state.

Su Yuan: "..."

So, mental exchanges counted as well?

This damned Devilish Art couldn't be fully trusted!

It was at this moment that Su Yuan noticed that most of the customers in the shop were female, and they kept glancing at Chu Lanxi from time to time.

Clearly, a large part of the reason they patronized this shop was to see this ridiculously handsome guy.

Damn it, was appearance really the primary driving force?

Forget it, finding his own opportunity was the most important thing.

Su Yuan picked up the price list he had just thrown on the floor and began to study it carefully.

What kind of opportunity could this Devilish Sect called Peach Oolong Sect bring him?

The shop itself was normal, the milk tea was normal, and the only special thing was the Calming Pill.

Could the opportunity lie in the pill?

Suddenly, a flash of inspiration struck Su Yuan's mind.

His Devilish Art: Command Spirit could extract spiritual energy from designated items and condense it into spiritual pills with different effects.

Even though he had always extracted spiritual energy from discarded swill and managed to refine the Blue Pill, which had an incredible effect, what would be the effect of the spiritual pills condensed by directly extracting spiritual power from precious medicinal materials?

Would they have the same effect as the pills painstakingly refined by others?

With this thought, Su Yuan realized that the upper limit of Devilish Art: Command Spirit might be terrifying!

However, he still needed to verify whether the reality was as he imagined.

When Chu Lanxi finally finished talking with the socialite, Su Yuan eagerly asked:

"Lanzi, are you still hiring for making Calming Pills? Do you think I'm suitable?"

Chu Lanxi was stunned for a moment, then said with a strange expression:

"The alchemist who originally made the Calming Pills for my shop was hospitalized two days ago due to an alchemy accident, so I am indeed planning to hire someone."

"But... you know alchemy? Really?"

Su Yuan coughed lightly and remained silent.

Chu Lanxi understood and didn't ask further, smiling:

"Since you're so confident, let's give it a try. Take a look at the pill recipe first."

As he spoke, he sent an electronic version of the pill recipe directly to Su Yuan's phone.

Su Yuan took out his phone and pretended to examine the recipe.

Hmm, I can't understand any of it.

He then used the excuse of inspecting the medicinal ingredients to enter a small alchemy room behind the shop.

Su Yuan was alone in the alchemy room. He looked around and could only describe it as very traditional.

Because there was even an alchemy furnace inside!

It sounded as absurd as saying there can't be trash in a trash can, people in a bed, or things on a table, for an alchemy room to not have an alchemy furnace.

But this was the norm in the modern alchemy world.

In this era, Intelligent Alchemy Furnaces had long been mass-produced. Alchemy was just like cooking rice; you set the time on the Intelligent Alchemy Furnace and waited for the result.

Even if you wanted to experience the life of an ancient alchemist, the Intelligent Alchemy Furnace could be used as a regular alchemy furnace, making it very user-friendly.

From this perspective, even though Su Yuan's Devilish Art·Finger Spirit could bypass the refining steps and directly form pills, it couldn't create much of a gap with the modern, industrialized alchemy system.

Fortunately, the Intelligent Alchemy Furnace wasn't without its flaws.

Its biggest flaw was its expense!

For small-batch alchemy, it was more cost-effective to hire an alchemist to refine them by hand.

The Peach Oolong Sect was clearly operating under this model.

Su Yuan first carefully checked his surroundings, ensuring there were no surveillance devices, before confidently looking at the complete set of medicinal ingredients for refining the Calming Pill placed on the table.

More than a dozen types of medicinal ingredients were sorted into different containers according to their proportions.

Su Yuan proceeded to open all the containers of medicinal ingredients, took a deep breath, and activated his Devilish Art·Finger Spirit, covering all the ingredients within its range.

Specks of Spiritual Power slowly seeped out of the medicinal ingredients, surging towards Su Yuan's palm.

Su Yuan could clearly feel that the Spiritual Power contained within these medicinal ingredients was much more potent than the Spiritual Power found in swill.

Before long, all the medicinal ingredients were drained, and five deep red pills appeared in Su Yuan's hand.

He looked at these pills, and a System prompt immediately appeared before his eyes.

[Unnamed Red Pill: After consumption, the user loses self-awareness and becomes a puppet that obeys commands. Side effect: Small doses significantly boost energy and relieve fatigue.]

Su Yuan: "……"

The side effect and the main effect were reversed, weren't they?!

However, putting aside this minor complaint, the effect of the red pills in his hand indeed matched Chu Lanxi's description of the Calming Pill.

His guess was correct.

As long as the proportions of the medicinal ingredients were right, he could actually refine the pills from the recipe using his Devilish Art·Finger Spirit!

Can this cheat go unnerfed?

Jie jie jie! It seems the day I become the Devil Venerable is within reach!

Su Yuan's lips curved upwards uncontrollably.

Next, Su Yuan fired up the alchemy furnace and dry-heated it, then threw the drained medicinal ingredients into the furnace to burn them away. He took his time, and only after a considerable delay did he stride out of the alchemy room with the Calming Pills.