Pill refinement without lifting a finger, an urgent call from Yu Jingshan-had something major happened?

What was that saying again?

A pillow is provided when you're feeling sleepy!

Su Zhan was worried about not being able to get any pills of Ninth Grade or higher, and even if he did, there weren't many. He could only save some for Sanyu and Lei Yin to eat... Now, this new feature has completely solved this major problem!

If used properly, it can even create another snowball effect, generating a huge wave of income in no time!

Su Zhan was overjoyed.

However, as the next system notification popped up, Su Zhan realized that this [Cultivation Alchemy] seemed to be different from what he had imagined:

"[Cultivation Alchemy]: One of the External Avatar of this Cultivation Method can be transformed into Alchemy Furnace. Once a batch of pills is successfully Refining, the Alchemy Furnace disappears, and the External Avatar enters a death cooldown phase."

What is that?

It's not like Weapon Repair or Cultivation Enhancement, where you create Avatar or furnace... but it requires External Avatar to consume sacrifices?!

Doesn't this mean that one can no longer recklessly and frantically Alchemy, but must instead be limited by the number of External Avatar possess?

It's important to know that External Avatar is currently one of his main sources of income.

Losing one External Avatar means losing several Spirit Crystal in income every day.

Let's see how it works first.

With a thought, Su Zhan activated the [Cultivation Alchemy].

Within the Shared Space, an External Avatar of the Blood Consumption appeared out of thin air. As it shattered into countless Shadow particles, it quickly formed a three-legged Alchemy Furnace that was almost exactly the same size as the Reinforcement Furnace.

The Alchemy Furnace was outlined in Shadow shape.

As soon as Su Zhan, a message immediately appeared in his mind: Please enter the pill Pill Formula that needs to Refining.

"You also need the Pill Formula?"

Su Zhan silent.

He could easily obtain Pill Formula for Ordinary Grade Rank 6 Pill and below... but rank six and above were already considered precious items, and were basically guarded closely by various major powers.

The nature of Pill Formula is similar to that of top-secret technologies. Creating or developing a single Pill Formula is extremely difficult and requires a very high investment of resources. It takes many Alchemist years and thousands of trials and errors to finally create a high-grade Pill Formula.

What's more, he needs Ninth-grade Pill, and the secret of that Pill Formula is incredibly difficult to obtain... Even if he had the money, it would be hard for him to get his hands on Ninth Grade Pill Formula!

At this moment, another message appeared in his mind: If there is no Pill Formula, please put in a pill, and the Alchemy Furnace will analyze the Pill Formula.

"This system... is awesome!"

Su Zhan couldn't help but give it a thumbs up.

That's truly a comprehensive and customer-friendly service.

At the same time, he also thought of another point: if he could analyze the Pill Formula, wouldn't he be able to use that knowledge to sell Pill Formula in the future?

If this thing really succeeds, you can imagine the benefits I'll reap... it'll be absolutely phenomenal!

Immediately, an excited Su Zhan took out an Eighth-grade Pill to test the waters.

The stove lid was lifted.

The Eighth-grade Pill was absorbed.

As the furnace lid closed, the Alchemy Furnace trembled slightly, emitting a hazy glow... It looked almost like the strengthening process of Reinforcement Furnace.

Three minutes later.

"Ding! Analysis complete!"

Numerous pieces of information about the materials for this Eighth-grade Pill flooded into Su Zhan's mind, making Su Zhan eyes light up.

The heavenly materials and earthly treasures needed to Refining Eighth-grade Pill, their quality, quantity, and so on, are all marked in extremely detailed terms!

But...

"Why isn't there Alchemy technique?"

Su Zhan raised an eyebrow.

Pill Formula consists of two most important parts: technique and ingredients... but the importance of the Alchemy far outweighs the importance of Alchemy ingredients!

The reason is quite simple: basically any high-level Alchemist can easily analyze what Medicinal Herbs were used in your pill... Some Alchemist are so highly skilled that they can even analyze it clearly just by smelling it.

But why is it that even the most skilled Alchemist find it difficult to replicate elixirs?

Because I don't understand the Alchemy techniques!

You have the materials, but do you know which to put in first? If the order is wrong, it's all for nothing.

Now that you know the order of the ingredients, do you understand the heat control? The initial heat, the middle heat, the final heat, and the final heat for removing the elixir... If you don't control the heat properly, even a slight error can lead to disastrous results, and the elixir will still be a waste.

Even if you know the proper heat control, what about the time required for Alchemy?

After placing one material, how long should you wait before placing the second? After placing the second, how long should you wait before placing the third? How long should the initial fire burn during this period? How long should the medium fire burn? And finally, how long should you wait before the pill is extracted... and so on.

There are many unknown details involved; if any step is missing, the elixir will not be produced!

"I thought I'd found a way to get rich, but now it seems selling the Pill Formula is out of the question!"

Upon learning that they could only analyze the materials but not the Alchemy techniques, Su Zhan was not too disappointed.

Not only [Cultivation Alchemy], but also functions like [Weapon Repair] and [Cultivation Enhancement] are the same... You only know the materials, but the techniques won't be told to you, and there's no need for you to know them.

And with the cheat codes already at this level, what more could Su Zhan possibly want?

"Hmm? I actually have all the materials needed for this Eighth-grade Pill?"

Su Zhan opened the Alchemy Furnace again, and a "Qianyuan Marrow Cleansing Pill" Alchemy material option appeared on it... To his surprise, all the required materials were available, and some were even in excess!

Upon closer inspection, wow, those items that were the least numerous and the hardest to gather were precisely the ones needed for Cultivation Enhancement.

An Eighth-grade Pill costs at most 0.1 Spirit Crystal, so you can imagine that its materials are a piece of cake for Su Zhan... On the other hand, the Enhancement Materials are all ridiculously expensive, which directly creates a natural dimensional reduction attack on the materials for Alchemy!

Let's try Refining one.

Su Zhan was skilled in Alchemy.

The furnace lid was immediately lifted, and a large amount of materials were drawn into the Alchemy Furnace. It trembled slightly and emitted a hazy light... But unlike before, this time both the trembling and the light were more intense, and a wisp of smoke escaped through the gaps and rose up... It really did smell like Alchemy.

"Wait... something's wrong with this progress bar!"

Soon, Su Zhan noticed that the progress bar of the Alchemy Furnace was moving incredibly slowly... After waiting for a few minutes and doing some calculations, he was speechless.

"24 hours, a whole day?"

"It really takes this long to refine an Eighth-grade Pill?"

Su Zhan surprised.

I thought it would be like Weapon Repair or Cultivation Enhancement, a quick three-minute process... but now, it takes a full three days to produce one batch of pills, and that's only for an eighth-grade pill! If it were Ninth Grade, top-grade, or even higher-grade spiritual pill, wouldn't it take forever to produce a single batch?

"The only consolation is that we were able to create two Alchemy Furnace... so we can Refining two batches of pills at the same time."

"Let's see how long it takes to make Ninth-grade Pill... I hope it's not too outrageous."

Not long after.

Through Tower Master Zhou, Su Zhan successfully salvaged a Ninth-grade Pill from tonight's auction items... but the price he paid was double the original price.

Analysis completed in three minutes.

A quick glance at the required Ninth-grade Pill materials revealed that the Enhancement Materials were still ruthlessly outclassed – they had them all!

Immediately, Su Zhan obtained an External Avatar of the Frenzy Blood, molded it into Alchemy Furnace, and began Refining Ninth-grade Pill.

Soon, the time required for the Ninth-grade Pill was determined.

"One batch of Ninth-grade Pill takes 10 days... Isn't this a joke?!"

Su Zhan rolled his eyes dramatically.

If those Alchemist heard him say that, they'd probably be furious.

For him personally, this time was indeed too long, even slower than the breakthrough speed of the Cultivation Method Avatar... But for other Alchemist, this time and efficiency were simply outrageous!

Why are Ninth-grade Pill so rare?

Because the Refining itself requires an extremely long time!

Ninth Grade Alchemist needs at least a year to successfully Refining one batch... and if they accidentally make a mistake, they have to start all over again.

A top-tier Alchemist can Refining a batch in half a year.

Only a high-level Alchemist can achieve an efficiency of one batch every ten days.

The key is that the Alchemist the spirit grade still has to do it personally, and can only Refining one batch at a time... Su Zhan, on the other hand, can lie down and do nothing. As long as the materials are gathered, he can click and the Alchemy process will be automatic. He doesn't need to do anything at all, and can even Refining two batches at the same time, instantly maximizing efficiency!

"Ten days is fine, it's much better than waiting outside, paying higher prices, and bidding against others just to get one."

"Besides, I'm basically AFK, so I don't need to do anything or expend Qi and Blood... If it weren't for the long time it takes, this function would be an incredible snowballing power!"

Alchemist and Repair Master are essentially the same, differing only in their techniques.

Just as Repair Master can earn money by repairing things, Alchemist can earn money by Alchemy!

Not only can you gain favors, but you also receive rewards.

They can also eat the extra ingredients that others prepared for Alchemy.

Almost exactly like the Repair Master!

Unfortunately, repairing treasures only consumes Qi and Blood, but this thing takes time... This function isn't very useful now, but it will become increasingly useful later on!

The third week has passed.

Su Zhan went to the Silver Moon Household again and sought out another secondary power, selling all the Beginner Spirit Treasure he had in one go.

Because his Qi and Blood had greatly increased after the enhancement, he repaired a lot more Spirit Treasure treasures this week than before, including some Intermediate Spirit Treasure... However, since he needed to feed them to Lao Qi and keep one for himself, he didn't sell them to snowball his profits, which resulted in his earnings not only not increasing but actually shrinking.

However, during this period, many Cultivation Method achieved breakthroughs.

Even the most difficult Years, Time, only has less than three days left before it can successfully break through to the Primary Grade... The reason it can be so fast is all because Su Zhan frantically repairing the Beginner Spirit Treasure and Intermediate Grade spiritual treasures and feeding them to her, forcibly using the Beginner Spirit Treasure to stack the multiple of Years from the initial 100 times to nearly 3000 times!

That's right.

Even after consuming all the multipliers from Intermediate Spirit Treasure, the result was still only close to 3000 times... This shows just how difficult it is to increase the Cultivation Multiplier of Heaven Grade Technique!

After Su Zhan had reviewed all the Cultivation Method, he habitually opened his personal Attribute Panel:

Host: Su Zhan

Realm: Intermediate Martial General

Earth Grade Technique, * The Great Yi Hegemonic Blood Codex * (+2) (Advanced): 13395x [Cultivation Method Avatar] [Cultivation Sharing] [Weapon Repair] [External Avatar] [Cultivation Alchemy]

Earth Grade Technique, "Overlord Melody - Ninefold Thunderfire" (+2) (Advanced): 9027x [Cultivation Method Avatar] [External Avatar] [Cultivation Sharing] [Weapon Repair]

Earth Grade Technique, "Imperial Guard: Unbeatable Golden Body" (+2) (Advanced): 7346x [Cultivation Method Avatar] [Cultivation Sharing] [Cultivation Summon] [External Avatar]

Elite Grade Technique, "Hellblood Rampage" (+2) (Advanced): 13724x [Cultivation Method Avatar] [Cultivation Sharing] [Cultivation Enhancement] [External Avatar]

Earth Grade Technique, "Universe Wind Thunder Concealment" (+1) (Advanced): 6617x [Cultivation Method Avatar] [Cultivation Dispatch] [Cultivation Sharing] [External Avatar]

Heaven Grade Technique, "Qianlong Dark Art" (Intermediate Grade): 5464x [Cultivation Method Avatar] [External Avatar] [Weapon Repair]

Heaven Grade Technique, "Six Laws: Undying Years" (No Level): 2839x [Cultivation Sharing] [Cultivation Method Avatar]

"They all look incredibly powerful... but unfortunately, they still can't break through the shackles of the Intermediate Martial Marshal. Reaching a level comparable to the Advanced Martial Marshal is truly absurdly difficult!"

Su Zhan shook his head.

Despite his Cultivation Method involving breakthroughs and enhancements, his actual strength remains within the Intermediate Martial Marshal.

It can easily crush Intermediate Martial Marshal, and sometimes even kill weaker Intermediate Martial Marshal with two strikes.

However, they just can't break through the barrier between Intermediate Martial Marshal and Advanced Martial Marshal.

It's just breaking through to the Martial Marshal level, a minor realm... Is it really that difficult?

Su Zhan was completely baffled.

And just then...

His Communication Device rang.

"Um?"

Su Zhan's pupils contracted.

This Communication Device is specifically for communicating with Heaven City Cloud Above Tower... Generally speaking, unless absolutely necessary, I would never call him proactively.

Could something have happened to a family member?

Su Zhan immediately answered the call, "Speak."

"Mr. Qiu! Something urgent has happened!"

Yu Jingshan's tone was somewhat anxious, "I just received a message from Great Moon City. The Ancient Moon Family, one of the top Aristocratic Clan, is trying to investigate the High-level Repair Master behind you!"