Special Draw, Alchemy?

After seeing Qin An, Qin Shaofeng was summoned by Old Master Qin.

Having learned from Qin An that Wu Sancai had been killed by Qin Shaofeng, Old Master Qin was utterly shocked.

Although Old Master Qin had already learned the general course of events from Qin An, he still wanted to hear the details from Qin Shaofeng himself.

But when the old man learned that Qin Shaofeng had already reached the Houtian Seventh Level, he was shocked once again.

How many days had it been? The boy had already risen to the Houtian Seventh Level?

Such an unbelievable feat was far beyond even his own once-prized genius son—Qin Shaofeng's father!

Yet it was precisely because of this that Old Master Qin ultimately stopped asking Qin Shaofeng any further questions.

In the old man's words, no matter what happened, Qin Shaofeng was his grandson, and that would never change.

Hearing those words, Qin Shaofeng thought Old Master Qin had noticed something when his souls fused.

But after talking for a while, Qin Shaofeng vaguely realized that, judging by his grandfather's meaning, the old man probably believed he had encountered some fortuitous opportunity or taken some powerful expert as his master. He did not know about the fusion of his souls.

However, Qin Shaofeng offered no further explanation. This was good enough, and it meant he no longer needed to bear any psychological burden around Old Master Qin.

After speaking with Old Master Qin, Qin Shaofeng finally returned to his room.

That journey had left him exhausted, but it had not been without benefits. In fact, it had brought him an enormous benefit.

After that journey, his Yi Jin Jing had finally leveled up.

Yi Jin Jing: Level 2, 15/1000. Saint-grade passive skill. Although it was not a God-grade cultivation method, this cultivation method was rather special. It included another cultivation method created by Old Ancestor Bodhidharma, the "Marrow Cleansing Scripture," and thus possessed the powerful ability of Yi Jin Jing. Currently Level 2, it could increase the player's Inner Qi to five times its original amount. (Level 2 Yi Jin Jing could restore 5 points of Inner Qi per minute.)

At Level 2, the Yi Jin Jing not only increased the multiplier for his Inner Qi from three times to five times, but also raised the amount recovered per minute from 1 point to 5 points.

This was quite a major change.

With this change, at Qin Shaofeng's current Houtian Seventh Level, his Inner Qi surged by another tier and directly reached 2,500 points—an increase of a full 1,000 points over before.

This was good news for Qin Shaofeng.

After all, the more Inner Qi he had, the more power Little Li Flying Dagger could unleash.

Though he only possessed the strength of the Houtian Seventh Level, Qin Shaofeng was now confident that, if given the chance, he could kill with a single dagger a mid-level peak Level Ten demonic beast, equivalent to the Houtian Tenth Layer.

Of course, that was assuming he had the opportunity.

Moreover, as his realm continued to rise, Qin Shaofeng's Inner Qi would grow ever greater, and his strength would likewise become increasingly formidable.

This made Qin Shaofeng look forward even more to the Yi Jin Jing's next upgrade.

After examining the changes to the Yi Jin Jing, Qin Shaofeng finally turned his gaze to the chance to draw a prize that he had received for completing the three-star mission, "Upgrade."

However, Qin Shaofeng discovered that the drawing chance he had received this time was a Special Draw chance.

The first drawing chance Qin Shaofeng had received had merely been a Normal Draw.

Moreover, Qin Shaofeng discovered that the system's drawing section had two options: Normal Draw and Special Draw.

Of course, this did not mean that a Normal Draw was inferior to a Special Draw. Otherwise, Qin Shaofeng would not have drawn a divine skill like Little Li Flying Dagger.

The reason for the distinction was that the Special Draw category contained special skills and special items.

The skills and items obtained from a Normal Draw could not necessarily be used immediately.

Qin Shaofeng had been lucky the first time, drawing an unrestricted skill like Little Li Flying Dagger. But what if he drew a skill requiring certain innate conditions, or perhaps some Saint-grade or God-grade medicinal pill?

Could Qin Shaofeng use it?

Qin Shaofeng had seen in the system that some powerful skills required certain indispensable conditions, such as possessing a particular physique or reaching a certain level before the player could learn them.

Not to mention Saint-grade and God-grade medicinal pills. Even if Qin Shaofeng were given such a pill, with his current realm, eating it would absolutely be courting death.

But the skills and items in the Special Draw category were different.

No matter how powerful the skills and items in a Special Draw were, the player could use them directly.

There was another point as well: unlike a Normal Draw, a Special Draw would not produce impractical things that were neither here nor there for the player.

Prizes such as lighters and mobile phones would never appear in a Special Draw.

Everything in a Special Draw was a skill or item that could help the player. It would absolutely not disappoint.

Thus, upon obtaining this Special Draw chance, Qin Shaofeng was secretly delighted.

"Hmm, I wonder what kind of special reward I'll draw. Will it be a special skill, or a special item?"

After muttering softly, Qin Shaofeng immediately issued the drawing command to the system.

The Special Draw interface was not much different from the Normal Draw interface. Both looked similar to slot machines, and both had one hundred small squares.

But unlike the Normal Draw, those hundred small squares displayed no names. They all emitted the same faint glow.

This indicated that the prizes in a Special Draw had no restrictions at all. Compared with the clearly listed prizes of a Normal Draw, this made it even more eagerly anticipated.

System Prompt: Would player Qin Shaofeng like to use a drawing chance to conduct one Special Draw?

A prompt from the system soon rang out.

Yes!

As he silently answered, the familiar slot-machine music began to play, and the hundred small squares on the Special Draw interface lit up one after another.

Before long, the light finally stopped on one small square. The square flickered slightly, then a streak of white light shot out, passed through the system's Attribute Interface, flew into Qin Shaofeng's forehead, and entered his mind.

At that moment, a crisp system notification suddenly rang out.

System Prompt: Congratulations, player Qin Shaofeng. You have obtained the special skill Alchemy. Would player Qin Shaofeng like to learn the special skill Alchemy?

Alchemy?

After hearing the system prompt, Qin Shaofeng was startled at first, then overwhelmed with delight.

Alchemy, as its name suggested—wasn't that the skill of refining medicinal pills?

This was a good thing indeed!

Thinking that he could refine medicinal pills, and then thinking of the countless dazzling pills he had seen in the system shop, Qin Shaofeng suddenly grew excited and could not help shouting, "Yes, I want to learn Alchemy!"

Buzz!

The moment Qin Shaofeng shouted that yes, he felt a slight tremor in his mind, and the system prompt sounded again.

System Prompt: Congratulations, player Qin Shaofeng. You have obtained the special skill Alchemy!

Alchemy: Level 1, 0/100. Special skill. Can refine medicinal pills. The success rate depends on the level of Alchemy and the pill being refined. The higher the level, the higher the success rate, and the higher the grade of pills that can be refined. Currently Level 1, it allows the player to refine Mortal-grade medicinal pills.

(Note: Each activation of Level 1 Alchemy consumes a certain amount of Inner Qi. Refining a Mortal-grade One-star medicinal pill consumes 10 points of Inner Qi; refining a Mortal-grade Two-star medicinal pill consumes 20 points of Inner Qi; refining a Mortal-grade Three-star medicinal pill consumes 30 points of Inner Qi.)

"Ha ha ha, it really is Alchemy!"

Looking at Alchemy's attributes, Qin Shaofeng laughed again, his face brimming with joy.

As he looked at the Alchemy skill, he even seemed to see countless medicinal pills beckoning to him.

"With this Alchemy skill, even without points, I won't lack medicinal pills."

Qin Shaofeng spoke excitedly, then suddenly remembered something and hurried to a corner of his room, where he began rummaging around.

After searching for a while, Qin Shaofeng finally found what he had been looking for—more than a dozen stalks of Qi Yuan Grass.

These dozen-plus stalks of Qi Yuan Grass were the last ones Qin Shaofeng had obtained in the Black Horn Mountain Range and had not yet used up.

Qi Yuan Grass was precisely the medicinal herb needed to refine Qi Replenishing Pills. Now that he had Alchemy, Qin Shaofeng naturally wanted to try refining Qi Replenishing Pills himself.

But after finding the Qi Yuan Grass, Qin Shaofeng discovered that he still lacked one most important tool: the medicinal cauldron required for refining pills.

Although he had Alchemy, he needed to equip a medicinal cauldron in order to refine medicinal pills.

Thinking of this, Qin Shaofeng rushed out of his room in a frenzy to find a medicinal cauldron.

Eager to experience the pleasure of refining pills as soon as possible, Qin Shaofeng moved so quickly that he did not even notice Little Yue'er, who was playing with Bai Xue outside his room. This left the little girl curious for a time.

Half an hour later, Qin Shaofeng returned with a gloomy expression.

After searching for so long, he had not found any medicinal cauldron in Qin Mansion. There were plenty of incense burners for worshipping the gods, but could those things be used to refine pills?

Qin Shaofeng did not dare agree with that.

Still, Qin Shaofeng had not returned empty-handed.

In the end, with no other choice, Qin Shaofeng made a decision that would leave every alchemist completely dumbfounded.

Since he truly could not find any medicinal cauldron, Qin Shaofeng finally ran to the kitchen and asked Qin Dabao for a large cooking pot.

That was right, a large cooking pot!

Without a medicinal cauldron, the first thing Qin Shaofeng thought of as a substitute was the large pot used for cooking in the kitchen.

In Qin Shaofeng's view, there should not be much difference between a large cooking pot and a medicinal cauldron.

But among alchemists, even a slightly normal novice alchemist would never think of using a large cooking pot in place of a medicinal cauldron.

The idea was simply too bizarre and too reckless.

Yet Qin Shaofeng not only had that idea—he actually went through with it!

When Little Yue'er saw Qin Shaofeng return carrying a large pot, she was startled. Her curiosity grew even stronger, and she could not help following him to see what he intended to do.

Qin Shaofeng did not mind. Deep down, he even wanted to show off a little in front of Little Yue'er.

Then, after refining the Qi Replenishing Pills, he could proudly tell the little girl, "Your young master is an alchemist now, too."