Chapter 46 (continued)

Li Yang didn't bother pretending anymore. She didn't even use the Power of Starlight within her body, and simply said in her mind, "Consume one year to purify the pills."

The system remained sarcastic, because the pill was so of such poor quality that it didn't even bother to mock Li Yang's trash talent. Instead, it focused entirely on the pill, wishing it could be verbally tortured to death.

Li Yang stared at Li Yaowan the whole time, and saw that Li Yaowan's small eyes shone brightly with gold, and then she was stunned.

"Is that all?" Li Yaowan looked bewildered.

Li Yang lowered her eyes to look at the pill in her hand and said, "That's enough."

Even a layman could see the difference in the pill's appearance; it had previously been dull and grayish, but now it had turned golden yellow.

If Li Yaowan hadn't been watching closely, she would have suspected that Li Yang had directly switched the pills.

"Too fast..." Li Yaowan murmured, "It only took less than ten seconds to purify it to the highest quality."

Li Yang: "..." You think it's ten seconds, but I've literally burned a year's worth of life energy.

Li Yaowan quickly took out another Star-Attracting Pill and said, "One more!"

Li Yang, unusually, did not make any demands, but obediently accepted the pill. She then spent another year refining it to the Grade One High Stage.

Li Yaowan exclaimed excitedly, "Again!"

"Again!!"

"Again!!!"

Li Yang easily used five years of his lifespan to purify these five Star-Attracting Pills to the Grade One High Stage.

Li Yaowan's breathing was rapid, and his hands, as old and weathered as Bark, trembled uncontrollably. The strangely styled abacus was clanging again.

"Try this one!" She switched to a lower-quality pill.

Li Yang couldn't tell the difference, but she could sense that it should be a Second Grade pill, but there had been some problems during the refining process, resulting in too many impurities and making it a substandard pill.

"Hmm." Li Yang took the pill, examined it casually for a moment, and then said to the system, "Consume one year of your lifespan to purify the pill."

The system was still incredibly disgusted, its messages practically screaming, "Get this shit out of my sight!"

Li Yang found it inexplicably funny. The Tongzi made her break down her defenses every day, but today she finally broke down the Tongzi's defenses.

It took two years of my lifespan to purify this Second Grade impurity pill to a higher level.

Li Yaowan trembled even more violently, muttering incoherently, only vaguely uttering, "Heavenly Fortune... the Dao of Alchemy..."

"Try this one!" Li Yaowan took out another new, inferior pill.

Li Yang asked, "A low-quality, Third Grade pill?"

Li Yaowan: "Yes!"

Li Yang didn't waste his lifespan trying, and bluntly said, "I can't purify it."

Li Yaowan looked disappointed. "Why? Can you only purify Third Grade and below? That would greatly diminish your ability."

Li Yang smiled and said, "Professor Li, I'm only at the Second Grade Realm."

Li Yaowan immediately understood and asked, "You mean, your ability is growth-type?"

Li Yang: "..."

Well, it's not just about growth, it's also about accumulation.

This Longevity System can do many things, but it comes at the cost of your life.

If you're alive, anything is possible; if you're not, you're truly dead.

"I'm not entirely sure either," Li Yang said. "But only when my own cultivation level improves can I access more advanced items."

"Items... items..." Li Yaowan gasped, "You can even enhance Star Weapon..."

Li Yang smiled but remained silent.

Li Yaowan's lips twitched, and he said excitedly, "No wonder you said you weren't Pill Dao Heavenly Fortune Bearer... no wonder..."

Then she suddenly looked up at Li Yang and said, "You're not just Nature Department Heavenly Fortune Bearer!"

Li Yang shook her head and said, "Teacher, you don't understand the Nature Department."

"I..." Li Yaowan seemed to remember something, his momentum weakening as he said, "The Nature Department are indeed profound and extensive, but unfortunately... it's just a pity... alas..."

Li Yang didn't say much, as she herself wasn't very confident in her words.

The teacher said she was Heavenly Fortune Bearer from the Nature Department.

She then assumed that she was one.

As for what exactly the Nature Department was like, she wasn't entirely sure.

While Li Yaowan was in a daze, Li Yang quietly put the pills on the table into her purse.

Is there anything wrong with this?

A few inferior pills? How could a dignified associate professor of the Pill Department possibly care about them?

Besides, this was something she refined by burning her life force; she had to take it back to exchange for money. Only with money could she go to the combat training camp to further increase her life force; otherwise, where would she replenish her lost lifespan?

Grade One High Stage merit point of 25, totaling five.

There is only one 50 merit points for Second Grade High Stage.

That's 1.75 million Huaxia Currency!

How could Li Yang bear to leave them on this cold, unresponsive tabletop?

Li Yaowan was stunned for a long time before she came to her senses. By the time she did, Li Yang had already finished her work.

Li Yaowan then noticed that the table was unusually clean. She resisted the urge to take back the pills, telling herself that a small act of impatience could ruin a big plan. Compared to greater benefits, a little bit of inferior pills was nothing!

"How exactly do you purify the pills?" Li Yaowan asked Li Yang.

Li Yang replied sincerely, "I don't know."

Li Yaowan: "..."

Li Yaowan asked in more detail, "No need for Power of Starlight?"

Li Yang shook her head and said, "I don't know."

"You can't just suddenly have extra 'energy' out of thin air..." Li Yaowan's question became more probing, getting straight to the point, "What price will you need to pay?"

Li Yang: "..."

Li Yaowan then asked, "Is it related to the Nature Department?"

She thought for a moment, then quickly looked up at Li Yang and asked, "Is it related to mutated wheat?"

Li Yang: "..."

This unfriendly-looking old lady is indeed a formidable person.

In just a short exchange, she revealed all his secrets.

Li Yang knew that high-level Star Wielders didn't need cell phones at all; they could directly connect to the internet with their minds and search for all kinds of information.

Li Yaowan had only heard of Li Yang before, but had not learned much about her. Just now, she pretended to be thinking, but actually she was connecting to the school's app to search for what Li Yang had been doing recently.

Therefore, she deduced the above conclusion.

Li Yang considered carefully before replying, "There is some connection."

Li Yaowan paced back and forth in the room, muttering to himself for a while before saying, "Could it be a conversion of the Nature Department energy?"

Li Yang didn't understand, but she was really looking forward to seeing what Professor Li could deduce.

Si Kui didn't pay too much attention to Li Yang's "Heavenly Fortune," not because she didn't care about her personally taught disciple, but because of her personality.

For example, Si Kui

Raising children

She adopts a free-range approach, guiding the overall direction and ensuring their safety, but she doesn't interfere too much with how they grow up.

Nature Department...

Even in her teaching, Si Kui emphasizes letting things take their natural course.

Li Yaowan was clearly not like that; she had a strong scientific spirit and even wanted to study something as ethereal as "Heavenly Fortune."

In fact, Li Yang also wanted to study it. Anyone who had an unknown creature living inside them would want to find out.

However, Li Yang's abilities and experience are limited, so even if he wanted to study it, he couldn't.

Now that I've met Li Yaowan, I can let her do some research so I can learn more myself.

The Longevity System is currently beneficiary of Li Yang's situation.

It only asked Li Yang to harvest the plants, and instead helped Li Yang, who had extremely poor talent and should have died on that day, to grow into an excellent Star Wielders.

For Li Yang, this was like a windfall.

But Li Yang had heard that saying in her past life: the gifts that fate bestows always come with a hidden price tag.

Will she pay a heavy price for this in the future?

Li Yang had thought about this many times in the middle of the night.

She simply couldn't find the answer, and at the moment she had no other choice.

Li Yang needs the Longevity System, and the Longevity System also needs her.

Otherwise, given how much the Tongzi disliked her talent, it would have abandoned her and found her a new host long ago.

Li Yang told Li Yaowan so much because Si Kui told her that Star Wielders of the Sixth Grade and above were very familiar with "Heavenly Fortune Bearer," and that they would not harm her, but rather wanted to cultivate and utilize her.

Li Yaowan, as expected of a research whiz, posed another question that hit the nail on the head, "Your cultivation level has advanced, so the First Grade mutated wheat is no longer useful. That's why you thought of coming to the Pill Department and looking for the research institute that used to belong to the Department of the Agronomy Department?"

Li Yang's smile became even more genuine as she said, "That's one aspect."

Li Yaowan: "?"

"On the other hand..." Li Yang said apologetically, "I'm a little short on cash, so I thought I'd come to the Pill Department to earn some money."

Li Yaowan: "..." Okay, so this is also an honest person who believes "money is the mother of all people".

Li Yaowan is openly and honestly devoted to money, and he has a great liking for people who are equally open about their love of money.

If a person doesn't love money, they'll be condemned by heaven and earth.

Why pretend to want something while not loving it?

If you love, then love! You want it to be passionate, intense, and unrestrained!

Li Yaowan stopped beating around the bush with Li Yang and said, "If you become my disciple, I can give you all the former Agronomy Department materials from 716 Research Institute..."

Before Li Yang could refuse, Li Yaowan continued, "Of course, you've already become Senior Si's disciple, and I have no ability to compete with her for a disciple, so... you're just my assistant disciple. This so-called assistant disciple is only slightly better than outsiders."

She mentioned 716 Research Institute: "I acquired it with my own money, and I've been gradually increasing my investment over the years. If you want to buy it back, I can give you a 10% discount, so it only costs 900,000 Merit Points."

Li Yang: "..."

Your original purchase price was 500,000 merit points. Could it be that you've invested another 500,000 merit points over the past twenty years?