Chapter 181

Hanging up, Zhou Yi went to the living room, picked up the briefcase he had prepared, and left quickly.

On the 10th floor of the Alchemy Department building, Zhou Yi had just stepped out of the elevator when he was met by Lin Yi.

"Sorry, sorry, Student Zhou Yi. I've been so busy these past two days that I accidentally forgot about your matter."

"We alchemists, once we get busy, it's easy to forget things..."

Lin Yi pressed her palms together, her face showing sincere apology.

After all, it was she who had forgotten Zhou Yi's business.

"It's no trouble."

Zhou Yi expressed his understanding.

He wasn't in a rush to use the Polar Cold Pill, so a delay of a few days was fine.

"Thank you for understanding."

Lin Yi breathed a sigh of relief and led Zhou Yi inside.

As they walked, she didn't forget to complain:

"I've studied at Suhang University for four years, and most of my time has been spent in the alchemy room."

"I thought it would be better after graduation, but I didn't expect it to be even more tiring than before..."

As an alchemist,

Lin Yi naturally possessed the ability to refine pills independently.

In fact, many of the pill refining orders on the school's official website were handled by people like her.

However, currently, the highest-level pill she could refine was C+.

And the success rate wasn't very high.

These past two days, she had been so busy trying to salvage a batch of C+ pills that had exploded during refining that she had forgotten everything else.

"Senior Sister, you've already graduated?"

Zhou Yi was somewhat surprised.

The higher the level of a professional, the less easily they age.

Therefore, one simply couldn't tell a person's specific age based on their appearance.

Naturally, it was even harder to tell if they had graduated.

"Yes."

"I graduated the year before last. After graduating, I didn't join any legion or guild."

"I've stayed at the school, learning to refine pills under Mr. He Tian."

Lin Yi nodded slightly.

Complaining aside, one had to know that Mr. He Tian was the Vice President of the Ning'an Alchemist Association.

Not only did he possess immense power, but he also held some rare pill refining skill books.

Not everyone had the opportunity to refine pills alongside him.

"So that's how it is."

Zhou Yi suddenly understood.

Lin Yi's current state was somewhat similar to a graduate student in his previous life, except she didn't need to have any research projects.

She just had to follow the teacher and refine pills.

Under Lin Yi's guidance, Zhou Yi soon arrived at Alchemy Room No. 9 again.

"Teacher, Zhou Yi is here."

Entering the room, Lin Yi called out respectfully to a middle-aged man inside.

The middle-aged man wore black-gray formal robes with three golden patterns on the cuffs and the Alchemist Association's medicinal herb emblem on the left.

He looked to be around forty years old and had a lean build.

Wearing short hair, the person looked extremely capable.

"Hello, Mr. He."

Seeing this, Zhou Yi also bowed respectfully.

Every alchemy master was an important asset to the Central Xia Nation.

Being respectful to him was only right.

"Mm."

He Tian nodded slightly.

"Excluding the few main medicinal herbs you submitted yourself, the other C- and C-level herbs required, while not expensive, will cost about 400 credits to purchase in full."

"Plus my processing fee of 400 credits, it will cost a total of 800 credits. Xiao Yi should have told you, right?"

"Yes, Senior Sister Lin already told me beforehand."

12 million to hire an alchemist to refine an S-level pill—it couldn't be called cheap; it was practically a steal!

Of course, Zhou Yi also knew this was because he was a student at Suhang University.

If it were anyone else from the outside world, wanting Mr. He Tian to refine an S-level pill would be impossible without two or three hundred million!!

"Mr. He, the materials are all here."

Opening the briefcase, all the materials, including the Polar Cold Ice Lotus, were revealed.

After checking and confirming that all the materials were in order, Mr. He Tian said:

"Let's be clear beforehand: all these materials of yours are enough to refine three Polar Cold Pills."

"If you're lucky and succeed every time, you'll end up with all three pills."

"If you're unlucky, you might not be able to refine a single pill."

"If all attempts fail, you will have to find the refining materials again, including the Polar Cold Ice Lotus, which serves as the main ingredient."

Although he was a Third-Turn Alchemist, refining an S-level pill meant He Tian naturally couldn't guarantee a 100% success rate.

Of course, it was also almost impossible for all of them to fail.

However, setting expectations beforehand to prepare him mentally was for the best.

"I understand, Mr. He, please proceed with the refining."

Zhou Yi nodded.

He naturally knew that S-level pills weren't easy to refine, but since Mr. Wang Hui had recommended this alchemist,

there shouldn't be any problems.

"Good. In one week, the refining of the Polar Cold Pills will be finished, and I will have Xiao Yi notify you then."

"Thank you for the trouble, Mr. He."

Since it involved an S-level pill, a contract still had to be signed.

After paying 800 credits and signing his name on the pill refining declaration contract, Zhou Yi left.

The afternoon class was also in Teaching Building No. 1 of the War Academy.

However, this time it wasn't in a small classroom, but in a relatively large lecture hall.

This session was attended by Classes 1, 2, and 3 of the War Academy's Grade 1 together.

In this class, Zhou Yi saw many familiar faces.

There was Wang Li, Liu Jing, and some other special admissions students whose faces were familiar but whose names he couldn't recall.

After the afternoon class ended, Zhou Yi returned to his villa and continued his training.

Meanwhile, the matters regarding the resource increase, which had been discussed in the top-floor conference hall of the administration building two days ago, were finally confirmed and formed into a written document posted on the school's official website.

Notifications were also sent out to all the students' group chats.

"Starting from August 8th, 2624, the resources distributed to each student by Suhang University will be increased by 70%."

"Completing school missions will yield more credit rewards than before."

"The school's three major dungeons—the Goblin Dungeon, the Twisted Forest Dungeon, and the Purgatory Dungeon—will all open Abyss Mode."

"Abyss Magic Stones will be provided by the school and can be purchased with credits, with costs varying by dungeon."

"In addition, the prices of all pills and potions in the school will be reduced by 10%..."