Others Level Up, but I Pursue Cultivation!

[Lu Yuanwu sent you back. As you looked at his calm face, you understood that the shocking scene you just witnessed might happen every day.]

[You knew there was limited help you could offer, mainly just refining more Fasting Pills to assist these soldiers in battle.]

[You immersed yourself in the refining of Fasting Pills, and your skills improved rapidly.]

[Half a year later, you were able to produce eighty Fasting Pills daily.]

[In the fourteenth year, one day, Lu Yuanwu came to find you and told you it was time to leave Demon-Subduing Pass.]

[You understood in your heart, opened your mouth, but couldn't say a word.]

[You followed a small group of profession users in retreat from Demon-Subduing Pass. You knew the pass had fallen, and the invasion of the real world by the foreign races was only a matter of time.]

[You returned to Kyoto to continue diligently studying alchemy.]

[You attempted to refine the Nourishing Face Pill. Unsurprisingly, you failed, but you didn't give up.]

[In the fifteenth year, after countless failures, you finally refined a successful Nourishing Face Pill.]

[Overjoyed, you cautiously swallowed the Nourishing Face Pill.]

[Your blood surged, and every inch of your meridians, internal organs, and skin was in pain ... Boom! You exploded on the spot.]

[You died!]

[This simulation is over!]

[You can choose two from the following rewards: Continuous Good Luck (Talent), Bone Tempering Great Perfection (Cultivation Level), Li Fire Alchemy Superficial Knowledge (Insight)]

[Continuous Good Luck]: Green Talent, priced at 10,000 points of energy.

[Bone Tempering Great Perfection]: Cultivation Level, priced at 11,000 points of energy.

[Li Fire Alchemy Superficial Knowledge]: Entry-level alchemy experience, including Fasting Pill (Mahayana Level), Nourishing Face Pill (Mahayana Level), Qi Gathering Powder (Minor Achievement), and Nourishing Face Pill (Entry Level) refining insights, priced at 130,000 energy points.

Su Xing was stunned for a long time before he recovered from this simulation. He finally understood what Demon-Subduing Pass meant and why the giant beast descended into the real world fifteen years later, destroying the human race.

In fact, the giant beasts always existed, just blocked by the Demon-Subduing Pass. Once the pass fell, they would descend into reality, destroying everything.

Su Xing took a deep breath and murmured:

"It's fortunate that there are still fifteen years left. We still have time ... Damn it, if I can't save the world after hundreds of simulations in fifteen years, I might as well be a fool!"

But then Su Xing realized the cause of his death and complained:

"Damn, an alchemist who dies from consuming his own elixir, that's just ridiculous!"

Su Xing felt a bit helpless. He didn't know why the Nourishing Face Pill he refined caused him to explode. Perhaps it was because the drug properties weren't controlled well?

"However, the simulator shows that my Nourishing Face Pill is at the entry level. It should be the drug properties not being controlled well, right?"

Su Xing estimated that at least the Nourishing Face Pill needed to be at the minor achievement level to avoid the result of exploding.

Adjusting his mindset, Su Xing began to ponder the rewards this time.

Undoubtedly, alchemy was a must to bring back. The remaining two choices were between cultivation level and the Continuous Good Luck talent.

After hesitating for a moment, Su Xing still chose the Continuous Good Luck talent. After all, this could increase his success rate in refining top-grade elixirs, indirectly boosting his means of earning energy.

Once he had enough energy, bringing back the cultivation level would be easy.

Moreover, Su Xing was now in Kyoto Profession University, so he wouldn't encounter any dangerous situations. His current cultivation level at Foundation Establishment Stage Great Perfection was quite sufficient.

"I choose the Continuous Good Luck talent and Li Fire Alchemy!"

At the same time, a prompt sounded in Su Xing's mind.

[Ding, you have chosen to bring out the green talent "Continuous Good Luck" and have 139,200 points of energy remaining.]

[Ding, you have chosen to bring out the superficial knowledge of Li Fire Alchemy and have 9,200 points of energy remaining.]

With the sound of the prompt, Su Xing instantly felt countless pieces of knowledge and images flooding into his mind.

It was the scene of Su Xing studying alchemy day and night in the simulation, tirelessly practicing alchemy every day. As this knowledge entered his mind, Su Xing's alchemy insight rapidly improved.

Moments later, Su Xing felt as though he had truly refined countless elixirs by hand and was thoroughly familiar with the 360 pill recipes of Li Fire Alchemy.

Of course, the ones he could really refine were just those four kinds of elixirs.

Looking at the simulator with only 9,200 points of energy remaining, Su Xing rubbed his temples and murmured:

"Next, I still need to make money!"

And what's the quickest way to make money? For Su Xing now, it was undoubtedly refining a low-tier version of the "Rich Lady's Delight Pill!"

After all, the Fasting Pill was not suitable for sale yet as it would easily attract attention.

The Nourishing Face Pill was different. It could make money and wouldn't attract too much notice.

More importantly, the materials for the low-tier Nourishing Face Pill were readily available.

Ginseng, peach kernel, ligusticum wallichii, rehmannia root, angelica, and other materials were common herbs in traditional Chinese medicine stores.

Having set his target, Su Xing immediately took action, spending the remaining 500,000 to visit a herbal shop in Kyoto.

By evening, Su Xing returned to his dormitory and, taking advantage of his roommate's absence, entered the Spirit Field Blessed Land.

Su Xing took out the worn alchemy furnace and placed it in front of the thatched hut.

"These herbs should be enough for five or six batches, right?"

Su Xing estimated, then meticulously divided the purchased herbs into six portions as if he had practiced countless times.

Next, Su Xing began refining the elixirs. The order of adding each herb was crucial, even a delay of two or three seconds could result in failure.

First, Su Xing added the main ingredient, ginseng, into the alchemy furnace, then began the Li Fire Alchemy.

With a blaze of fire in his palm, Su Xing controlled the Li Fire beneath the alchemy furnace, managing the flames carefully.

At a certain moment, Su Xing's intuition kicked in, and he added another ingredient.

After all the herbs were added, Su Xing continued managing the Li Fire, occasionally extinguishing it to control the temperature inside the alchemy furnace.

Two hours later, Su Xing successfully refined the first batch of low-tier Nourishing Face Pills.

The two hours of alchemy were mentally taxing. The sequence and timing of adding herbs, and the control of the Li Fire were all crucial.

Sometimes a high flame was needed, sometimes a medium flame, sometimes a low flame. The temperature of the alchemy furnace had to be kept balanced.

After finishing the alchemy, Su Xing couldn't wait to open the furnace to check if the Nourishing Face Pills were successfully refined.

As expected, the alchemy furnace contained eight or nine round and shiny Nourishing Face Pills, with one or two slightly damaged.

"Getting eight or nine out of ten Nourishing Face Pills is not bad at all…"

Su Xing nodded in satisfaction.

He also looked in amazement at the worn alchemy furnace. After all, his Li Fire could even melt gold and stone, but this unremarkable alchemy furnace was completely intact.

"It seems this alchemy furnace is a treasure too!"

Su Xing was delighted, took a short rest, and then continued refining elixirs.

Over the next week, Su Xing refined a batch of Nourishing Face Pills and a batch of Fasting Pills every day.

After seven days, Su Xing had accumulated fifty low-tier Nourishing Face Pills, with three exceptionally potent ones that could maintain a youthful appearance for three months.

Calculating in his mind, Su Xing murmured:

"Fifty-three Rich Lady's Delight Pills, at least worth 53 million!"

Just as Su Xing was feeling delighted, he received a message from Jin Congxue on his phone.

"I'm at the gate of Kyoto Profession University. Shall we meet? Weren't you going to give me the Spirit Rice?"

Su Xing realized that Jin Congxue was in Kyoto for something and decided he could sell the Rich Lady's Delight Pills to her!

So he quickly replied:

"Where are you? I'll be right over! Besides the Spirit Rice, I have some good stuff!"