Chapter 439: with translation of chapter title

439. Chapter 439 Twenty-five times?

I never expected there to actually be such a genius; if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn't dare believe it even if you beat me to death.

On the way out of the alchemy room, more than ten teachers could not calm their minds for a long time.

Yeah, it's no wonder such a young Level Ten Alchemy Master can serve as deputy director.

Guo Teacher, you got it wrong; they're not a Level Ten Alchemy Master, but an Eleven Level.

Right right right, Eleven Level, Eleven Level." Guo Teacher hurriedly corrected: "He is now an Eleven Level; if another ten years pass, wouldn't he be around Fourteen or Fifteen Level?

Fifteen-level Alchemy Master? Since the founding of Hope City, we've never had such a high-level Alchemy Master, have we?

Someone said.

Among the Grandmasters in the city, the medicinal pills they need are basically purchased from outside; actually, this situation is also a minority.

Because the higher the grade of the medicinal pill, the higher its price; even the price of a single pill would be more than enough to buy a city outside.

That's true; the most formidable person in our city is Director Ma, but Director Ma is only a Level Twelve Alchemy Master. With Director Ma's help, Director Jiang should be able to reach Level Twelve, but beyond Level Twelve, Director Jiang would have to rely on himself.

Yeah, that difficulty is too great, but if Director Jiang succeeds, our Hope City's future days will be much easier; at least some high-grade medicinal pills won't need to be bought at great expense from outside.

That's right.

Upon hearing this, everyone's eyes filled with longing and helplessness.

Hope City is indeed safe, but in every aspect there is a considerable gap compared to the outside; this is also unavoidable.

Living in this era, being able to preserve one's life and bring two people to a decent life is already a great fortune.

At this moment, Jiang Cheng, the focus of everyone's discussion, has already left the academy and returned home.

"Little Cheng, how come only you came back? Where's Xiao Yue?" Chen Sao and the old man were cooking in the kitchen; seeing only Jiang Cheng return, they couldn't help but ask.

After asking, she also looked outside to confirm; only Jiang Cheng had come back.

"Xiao Yue is still at the academy; she finished her enrollment formalities this morning, had lunch, and should still have classes to attend."

Jiang Cheng laughed: "As for me, my work for today is already finished; I'm off work."

"You're off work this early?"

Hearing this, Chen Sao and the old man were both stunned.

"It's only been a morning, and you're already off work?"

"Yeah." Jiang Cheng explained: "I just need to refine two batches of pills each morning; once done, I can get off work. If it's Tuesday or Friday, I not only have to refine pills in the morning but also teach students in the afternoon, so on those two days I'll come back later."

"Alright then."

The two then understood, and afterwards they simultaneously smiled.

"How great."

Chen Sao laughed: "Back when we were in the Inner City, you had to go out early every morning and only return late at night or even after midnight; we hardly saw you at all during the day."

"Yeah, the current job is better." The old man smiled, his eyes narrowing into slits.

"Indeed, but this place is underground; I don't know if Grandma and Chen Sao will be used to living here." Jiang Cheng said.

He actually felt fine; for him, as long as there is a safe place where he can cultivate in peace, that's enough.

"What's there to not be used to?"

Chen Sao laughed: "Although we've just moved here, I feel this place is much better than outside, especially compared to when we were in the Inner City District—back then the house was big but we couldn't go out, feeling no different from being in prison." "Yeah, when we were in the Outer City District it was actually pretty good." The old man showed a reminiscent expression.

The high-rise buildings in the Inner City District, although they have elevators, still made her feel very inconvenient; moreover, aside from Chen Sao and Lin Yue, there was hardly anyone else for her to talk to.

But living in the Outer City District was different; the house was like this one, allowing her to go out anytime, and the key was that people often came to visit, making it lively.

"Yeah, back then in the Outer City District it was still pretty good."

Jiang Cheng, upon hearing this, also felt some emotion.

Although that period wasn't peaceful either, with someone constantly wanting to kill him.

"Actually this place is also not bad." Chen Sao hurriedly said: "I feel the people here are all enthusiastic; I just go out in the morning to buy vegetables, and several people greet me, asking if I'm new. I ask them how they know, and they say they hadn't seen me before; it seems the people here all know each other, and after some time, getting familiar with them will be even better."

"That's good." Jiang Cheng smiled; indeed, the human warmth here, even compared to the Outer City District, cannot be matched, a bit like the Peach Blossom Spring in the Tale of the Peach Blossom Spring.

After finishing lunch and chatting with the family for a while, Jiang Cheng returned to the bedroom and began cultivating his spiritual power.

Before coming here, he could only squeeze out some time during pill refining and after returning home at night to cultivate spiritual power.

Including the journey here, he was basically rushing the whole way, and only had time to cultivate spiritual power during nighttime rest.

Now that he's come here, he has finally settled down; just like today, he has an afternoon and an evening to cultivate spiritual power.

"Not easy."

Jiang Cheng sighed, took out the Gold Bell Visualization Diagram, consumed the remaining spiritual power, then sat in meditation.

With the help of the Azure Jade Coiled Dragon Pendant, the speed of spiritual power recovery increased by more than double; to fully recover spiritual power, it only takes a little over two hours, less than three hours.

Before he knew it, two and a half hours passed, and Jiang Cheng's spiritual power in his mind also returned to its original state.

At the same time, on the panel, the proficiency bar of the Azure Jade Coiled Dragon Pendant rose by 2%.

"Need to recover spiritual power fifty times to reach the entry level."

Jiang Cheng opened his eyes and looked at the panel in front of him.

One can only say, as expected of the Azure Jade Coiled Dragon Pendant; the previous Moonlight Pendant only needed spiritual power to be fully recovered ten times for the proficiency to reach the entry stage.

The Azure Jade Coiled Dragon Pendant, however, increases the difficulty fivefold.

Even with his current available time, fully recovering spiritual power five to six times a day is about all he can manage; fifty times would thus take roughly ten days.

Fortunately, he has meditated quite a few times in the past few days; in another five or six days, the proficiency can reach the entry level.

Thinking of this, Jiang Cheng couldn't help but feel anticipation.

After the Moonlight Pendant reaches entry level, the speed of spiritual power recovery increases fivefold.

What about the Azure Jade Coiled Dragon Pendant? According to this difficulty multiplier, twenty-five times? What does that mean? A fifth-level Spirit Mind Master needs two top-grade Awakening Pills to fully recover spiritual power once; in other words, each meditation session can save nearly two million.

For Jiang Cheng, advancing from a fifth-level to a sixth-level Spirit Mind Master requires top-grade Awakening Pills worth four hundred million, i. e., 400 pills.

One meditation equals two top-grade Awakening Pills.

Four hundred top-grade Awakening Pills require 200 meditation sessions.

(End of chapter)