Chapter 62 (continued)

Then came the same two prompts as last time.

Li Yang quickly looked at the system panel.

With his lifespan capped, the extra 18,000 years of temporary lifespan made Li Yang gasp.

Too many! Too many!

Li Yang, who had been poor for two generations, now had eyes that gleamed with greed.

This isn't just about life, it's about money!

Li Yang immediately said, "Consume four thousand years of lifespan to increase Spirit Points."

[You are in a blessed land, gradually entering a state of flow. After four thousand years of meditation and cultivation, your Spirit Points has increased to 680 points.]

Li Yang: "Blackhearted System." This isn't even full; that's outrageous.

The final lifespan was shorter than Li Yang had expected, only 13,000 years.

Previously, dozens of them had already been refined, and with the amount accumulated over 13,000 years... that's quite a lot!

Looking at the large pile of materials in front of her, Li Yang summoned the Exquisite Furnace.

She suddenly felt a little reluctant. "Does this thing... have durability?"

There probably is, but it would probably be quite expensive to repair.

However, the furnace that Li Yaowan gave her is of very good quality; it should be enough to support her in refining all the pills.

"Let's get started!" Li Yang stopped worrying. The alchemy furnace was meant for refining pills; if it was ruined, so be it.

She started putting the materials into the alchemy furnace.

In fact, alchemy is a complex and meticulously troublesome task. Just like this incredibly hard Star Ash Seawater, it needs to be cut into standard sizes. Then there are the leaves of the Bubble Grass, which need to have all the mucus cleaned off. And the roots of the Star Vine Grass need to be thoroughly cleaned of impurities...

Fortunately, the students from the Pill Department had already done pretreatment for Li Yang, saving a lot of time. All Li Yang needed to do was put all the materials into the alchemy furnace, and he could solve most of the subsequent problems by simply throwing his life away.

While others could refine one pill in three hours, she took 20 years. Even if there were any accidents during the alchemy process, she managed to handle them relatively well.

Time is indeed the greatest thing.

Li Yang couldn't help but sigh.

However, to others, she could refine a Fast-Acting Star Recovery Pill in just one or two minutes, an efficiency that left them speechless.

The students from the Pill Department all gathered around. They stopped collecting materials because Li Yang had said she would stop collecting after 800 submissions.

Now that they've seen her start refining pills, word has spread like wildfire, and everyone's flocked to watch her do it.

Not only students from the Pill Department, but even students from the Weapon Forging Department gathered around.

The Star Ash Mystic Realm is only so big. Apart from Jiang Yuqing and Wei Cang, the two sole survivors of the Star Slaying Realm who deliberately avoid crowds for fear of being plotted against by the people of Central Capital, everyone else runs into each other all the time.

The students in the Weapon Forging Department had already heard that Li Yang was refining pills at "light speed," and those of them who weren't busy refining weapons also came to watch the spectacle out of curiosity.

A student from the Weapon Forging Department, not understanding the question, asked, "How difficult is it to make this pill?"

A student from the Pill Department said, "Fast-Acting Star Recovery Pill! The market price is at least 30 merit points! Let alone Second Grade Realm, even Third Grade Realm alchemist would need to carefully refine it for three hours to make one."

"My God! Li Yang only took... two minutes?"

"I feel like the pill-producing speed is getting faster and faster..."

"I suspect the alchemy furnace is affecting her speed. If it weren't Exquisite Furnace, but a large one, she could probably produce ten pills in two minutes!"

"That's not realistic either. Large furnaces are difficult to bring into the secret realm, and besides, they consume too much Starlight Carbon, which a regular Qiankun Bag can't hold."

As Li Yang became more proficient, her pill-refining speed indeed increased.

Previously it took two minutes, but now it's basically two per minute. Her Physique Points and Spirit Points are high enough, and with a slight activation of "Frenzy," the speed doubles again.

The students watching went from being shocked to gradually becoming numb, and finally, they started to get itchy, saying, "I feel like this Fast-Acting Star Recovery Pill is easy to refine, I want to try it too!"

Everyone had extra materials, so they actually started cooking and practicing.

Then...

"Easy my ass!" I concentrated for an hour, but finally couldn't continue due to exhaustion, wasting a set of materials and getting covered in soot in the process.

Those students who wanted to give it a try also recalled the fear they had felt when faced with highly complex alchemy recipes.

That's enough...

Just take a look; don't bother with it.

Li Yang ultimately refined 777 pills. The reason it was an odd number was because she initially refined five when she collected the materials herself.

The number of items did not reach the expected 800 because the Tongzi started to slack off later on. After several failures, Li Yang dared not to bother it anymore.

Admittedly, this Fast-Acting Star Recovery Pill doesn't smell as bad as the inferior Star-Attracting Pill, but practicing too much at once is still quite exhausting.

With a final lifespan of 1000 years, Li Yang could only use it to improve the pill formula, and as a result... nothing happened.

My heart aches for you.

I feel incredibly sorry for her.

This is all her and Lianlian's fate!

She's just too incompetent!

If her cultivation level is high enough, her lifespan limit will also be higher, so she won't have to worry about wasting her temporary lifespan!

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Jiang Yuqing were very puzzled.

They've been wasting hours on Star Ash Soil, which should be so easy to collect, but Star Ash Soil haven't managed to scrape off even a tiny bit!

Wei Cang gasped, "Qingzi... cough, Qingqing, the Star Ash Soil in our school isn't like this either. Isn't it all light, soft, and fluffy like snowflakes?"

Jiang Yuqing looked at the "Star Ash Soil" that resembled scattered stars, feeling somewhat apprehensive, but he insisted, "Those were all mined by the teachers; they're definitely different from what they came from in their original location."

"This is too hard!" Wei Cang swung the hoe down again and finally heard a cracking sound.

Jiang Yuqing quickly moved closer, their eyes fixed on the "soil" that resembled shattered stardust.

"I finally managed to pry it off!" Wei Cang pried a few more times, and a diamond-like stone fell down.

Wei Cang bent down and picked it up, asking in confusion, "Qing... Qing, this isn't Star Ash Soil either."

Jiang Yuqing could no longer deceive themselves.

This isn't Star Ash Soil, this is...

Jiang Yuqing didn't want to waste their Shock Points, but now they had no choice but to.

"Consuming 100 Shock Points, querying current materials."

[Current material is Star Ash Ore.]

Jiang Yuqing: "..."

Wei Cang knew something was wrong as soon as he saw his expression, and quickly asked, "What's wrong? This Star Ash Soil..."

Jiang Yuqing spent several hundred more Shock Points to search, and received a fact that he had no choice but to accept.

There is no more Star Ash Soil here.

Not even a tiny bit.

Someone collected them all in advance!

Jiang Yuqing gritted his teeth and said, "There's a mole inside."

[Shock Points from Wei Cang +10.]

Wei Cang quickly asked, "What happened?"

"Is there even a question? Someone must have leaked our exclusive formula to Central Capital Pill, and the people of Central Capital took away the Star Ash Soil beforehand."

Jiang Yuqing's worst fears came true.

The key to his unique formula is Star Ash Soil. The other materials are the same as in the previous formula, but as long as Star Ash Soil is added, the quality of the Fast-Acting Star Recovery Pill Restoration Pill can be improved by 30%, and at the same time, it will reduce his consumption of Shock Points.

Actually, even without Star Ash Soil, he could still refine Fast-Acting Star Recovery Pill a regular recipe, but it would consume more Shock Points, and the quality would be significantly lower...

The people from Central Capital Pill are too ruthless; they didn't even leave behind a single Star Ash Soil. Did they think they could defeat him without it?

Jiang Yuqing grew angrier and more resentful as they thought about it.

"Qingzi..."

Call me Qingqing!

[Shock Points +10 points.]

Wei Cang said dryly, "Don't be angry. At worst, we'll just refine the regular version. We'll win by sheer quantity."

Jiang Yuqing had unspeakable grievances.

The standard recipe consumes a lot of Shock Points; it could originally produce 500, but now it can only produce a maximum of 300.

Can I win with 300 coins?

Without Li Yang, Jiang Yuqing was confident he could defeat those eighteen good-for-nothings.

But right now...

His right eyelid kept twitching, which was definitely not a good sign.

"Let's go!" Jiang Yuqing said, "We'll go find them."

[Shock Points from Wei Cang +10 points.]

Wei Cang said nervously, "Qingqing, that Li Yang is very fierce, you can't beat her!"

Jiang Yuqing glanced at him. "Who said I was going to fight her?"

"And with your stance..."

Don't ask, just follow along.

"Okay, alright."

[Shock Points from Wei Cang +10 points.]

When Jiang Yuqing found Li Yang, they had already finished their work.

Li Yang distributed 386 pills, and all the Pill Department students present were overjoyed. The Weapon Forging Department students were especially envious, thinking, "Our teacher was right! The Heavenly Fortune Bearer really do carry the entire department!"

"Waaaaah, why doesn't our Weapon Forging Department have any Heavenly Fortune Bearer?!"

Li Yang didn't feel bad about giving away the pills. Although she was poor and stingy, she understood that you have to give to receive.

Without the help of these dozen or so students from the Pill Department, she wouldn't have been able to gather so many alchemy materials in such a short time.

The senior students not only collected materials, but also skillfully pre-processed them, which greatly saved Li Yang time and improved efficiency.

If Li Yang were to do it herself, she could only collect a maximum of 100 sets of materials, and she would have to set aside time for pre-processing. In the end, she would not only refine fewer pills, but also lose a large amount of her temporary lifespan.

Now she has not only acquired more pills, but also made a bunch of friends. If she could Central Capital Pill win the Star Slaying Pill...

Even if Old Madam Li was stingy, she wouldn't mistreat her.

Sharing happiness is worse than enjoying it alone.

Win-win cooperation is the only way to achieve long-term success.