Alchemy Complete! Time to Take Off!

"Berry alchemy is truly profound!"

If not for the Growth Spell, Lu Li really wouldn't have dared feed this stuff to Tropius. But fortunately, he had cheats.

After getting some practice with Grass-type Pills, Lu Li finally began refining real Elixirs.

The Elixir Tropius had just eaten couldn't really be called an Elixir. At most, it was a concentrated blend of Grass-type Berry essences—in other words, an Energy Block overflowing with nutrients and energy.

A real Elixir should be functional.

Drawing on his understanding of Berries as both a Grandmaster Alchemist and a Junior Breeder, Lu Li split his attention in two. While he Meditated and Cultivated to restore the energy in his body, he considered how to refine the next Elixir.

Tropius stared longingly at the Berries beside him. Thinking about how all those Berries were about to be tossed into the furnace made its heart ache.

By the time the energy in his body had gradually recovered, it was already afternoon. After hurriedly feeding Feebas two Energy Blocks, Lu Li continued his Alchemy Endeavor.

As Berries were continuously thrown into the Alchemy Furnace, the speed of Lu Li's Hand Seals grew faster and faster.

When the refining ended, Lu Li opened the furnace and fell silent as he looked at the few pills lying within.

"Failed again!" Lu Li sighed.

What he had obtained this time was still a concentrated blend of Grass-type and Flying-type Berry energy essences.

Compared to what Tropius had just eaten, the pills in the Alchemy Furnace merely had one additional attribute.

"Where exactly did I go wrong?" Lu Li frowned deeply.

In his expectations, the Tropius-exclusive Elixir he refined should have had the following effects.

First, it needed to contain abundant nutrients. Second, it needed to strengthen Tropius's Life Source, as well as its Grass-type and Flying-type Origins, and accelerate its absorption of Grass-type and Flying-type energy.

But these concentrated Berry essence blends were clearly only semi-finished products.

"Forget it. I'll try the Blue Pokéblock first." Lu Li sighed.

Lu Li was instead completely confident about making Blue Pokéblocks for Feebas.

Ever since he had caught Feebas, he had been working out how to make Blue Pokéblocks. In particular, he had spent the past several years researching how to turn Blue Pokéblocks into Elixirs.

The theory was now exceptionally complete. All that remained was practical execution.

He Meditated and Cultivated again, restoring the energy in his body.

The time passed from afternoon to ten at night.

Indigo Berries, Indigo Berries... plus Water-type Berries.

Lu Li tossed the Berries he had prepared long ago into the Alchemy Furnace, then entered his refining state.

Feebas in the Water Tank watched Lu Li nervously as well.

Half an hour later.

Lu Li looked at the Elixirs inside the Alchemy Furnace and let out a heavy sigh of relief.

It worked!

The deep-blue Elixirs stood out sharply amid the flames. They looked like deep-blue pearls.

Unlike the concentrated Berry energy essence blends he had refined earlier, these eight pills were true Elixirs in every sense.

They enhanced a Pokémon's beauty, accelerated and replenished its absorption of Water Energy, and even had a tiny effect on strengthening its Life Source.

The effect was minuscule, but it undeniably existed.

In this world, a Pokémon's strength was generally judged by its Life Source and attribute Origins.

Lu Li named the Elixir he had refined the Beauty Spirit Pill. Its primary effect was to polish a Pokémon's beauty and increase its charm.

Since it had been custom-made specifically for Feebas, the Beauty Spirit Pill also accelerated the growth of Water-type Pokémon.

With his face somewhat pale from energy exhaustion, Lu Li looked expectantly at Feebas in the Water Tank. "Xiao Mei, your dream is about to come true."

Seeing Lu Li's somewhat pale face, Feebas worriedly blew several bubbles.

Having long shared a tacit understanding with Feebas, Lu Li reassured her, "It's fine. I'm just exhausted."

"All right, hurry up and see how effective the Elixir I refined is." Lu Li urged.

Upon hearing that, Feebas leaped straight out of the water and swallowed the Beauty Spirit Pill in Lu Li's hand in one gulp.

A golden pill entered the belly; from then on, my fate was mine, not Heaven's.

That line might have been a bit exaggerated when applied to the Beauty Spirit Pill, but for Feebas, it was not exaggerated at all.

The moment Feebas swallowed it, her eyes lit up, and she looked at Lu Li excitedly.

Even Lu Li noticed the obvious changes in Feebas, let alone Feebas herself.

It was hard to imagine that Feebas's ragged, bumpy appearance could actually give off such a radiant feeling.

"Trop~"

(Big sis, you really do seem to have gotten prettier.)

Tropius beside her honestly praised her.

Feebas's face immediately filled with pride.

"Of course! I was already the prettiest Feebas. I won't need long before I can evolve." Feebas excitedly swished her tail.

This effect... Even the top-quality Blue Pokéblocks on the market probably can't produce such immediate results, right? Lu Li thought excitedly.

Lu Li suddenly felt relieved. Although cultivating immortality in this world can't grant eternal life, it doesn't seem like such a bad thing after all.

The cultivation speed of Eighteen-attribute mixed spiritual roots was indeed despairing, but at least the mastery of the Hundred Immortal Cultivation Arts he had brought with him through transmigration had not gone to waste.

Though they were somewhat unsuited to this world, under his efforts, the Hundred Immortal Cultivation Arts no longer seemed quite so incompatible here.

Lu Li carefully examined Feebas's changes, then asked about her current condition. Finally, he reached a conclusion.

Feebas would probably need one Beauty Spirit Pill a day. With no more than thirty pills, Feebas would be able to evolve into Milotic.

In other words, Lu Li would become an Elite-level Trainer in just one month.

What did that mean?

The ceiling of Qingfeng City was probably the principal of First High School. That principal was nearly fifty years old this year, yet he was only Elite-level.

Though all of that man's First Echelon Pokémon were Elite-level, leaving quite a gap between him and Lu Li, who would only have one Elite-level Pokémon, at least their standing would be roughly comparable.

To possess such strength right after graduation, Lu Li hardly dared imagine how bright his future would be.

If he were shameless enough, Lu Li could even use Milotic to bully rookies in the College Entrance Exam Tournament one month later.

In past College Entrance Exam Tournaments, the strongest Pokémon had only been Experienced-level. An Elite-level Milotic would be a crushing advantage against those newcomers.

Still, Lu Li only thought about such a good thing. Although the League had no explicit rule forbidding Trainers from raising Pokémon before the age of sixteen, it at least did not encourage it.

Lu Li was not bold enough to slap the League in the face.

After confirming Feebas's condition, Lu Li turned to Tropius and asked, "Tomorrow is the start of the school tournament. Tropius, are you ready for battle?"

Tropius nodded, Full of Energy, then let out a series of sounds like a hurricane sweeping through the mountains.

Lu Li nodded in satisfaction. After extinguishing the flames in the Alchemy Furnace, he carefully stored the Elixirs he had refined today in sealed bottles.

After finishing everything, Lu Li sincerely sighed. "My cultivation is still far too lacking."

He could refine Elixirs at most three times a day, and each session could not exceed forty minutes. Qi Condensation Stage 1 really was pathetic.