Chapter 73: External Use of Pills

With a face full of undisguised disdain for the Justice Sect, Xu Longyun strode away, taking a gourd of Zhangdu Pill with her.

Lin Bai did not give her the pill formula.

Be the gentleman first and the petty person later; if he handed over the formula without seeing the money, what would he do if the other party reneged on the debt?

The Justice Sect never did business at a loss.

After the City Lord left, Lin Bai checked his golden fingers.

Most of the systems were running normally; only the Chief Supporting Role System, which had always been smooth sailing and providing him with Qi Luck, had stopped working at some point.

The last message from the system was as follows:

【The Big Brother's Predicament: Hearts are scattered, the Big Brother's career has entered a bottleneck period; as a little brother, it is necessary to help the Big Brother climb out of the quagmire; Reward: Qi Luck 10】

Thinking about it, it was normal; 【Lao Mi】 and 【Gengmi】 were using the basic Martial Art learned from the City Lord's Mansion.

The Beggar Sect was not a promising profession, and there was no profit to be made.

Lao Mi had no charisma, and players would certainly not bring their own skills into the sect to help him develop his territory selflessly.

If they really brought their own skills into the sect, they might just be aiming to snatch the position of Sect Leader.

Perhaps he would have to feed the Big Brother some supplies!

The fact that he was able to produce the Zhangdu Pill by accident this time was likely due in no small part to the Qi Luck Value brought by the Big Brother.

Helping the Big Brother was helping himself...

"The Xianglong Shipi Zhang is originally the standard Martial Art of the Beggar Sect; I'll find an opportunity to pass it on to him," Lin Bai muttered, "As for the Inner Gong..."

Lin Bai's trump card was the Nine Suns True Scripture, and he didn't really want to publicize this Martial Art until he got his hands on something better.

The Haoweirenshi System System System had no task for him to take on a second Disciple, so teaching the Martial Art to Lao Mi yielded no benefits.

What's more, he couldn't gauge the character of 【Lao Mi】; what if he turned against him!

"Improving the Big Brother's Martial Art is treating the symptoms but not the root cause; the best way is still to stuff some experts into his Beggar Sect, Nine-Bag Elders, Eight-Bag Elders, and the like need to be set up," Lin Bai muttered to himself, deciding to strike while the iron was hot and refine a furnace or two of Rejuvenation Pill first.

With this kind of healing pill, keeping some on his person was better than being caught unprepared.

Besides.

Having many skills is no burden; the ingredient property analysis rewarded by the Chef God System had been of great use during the Pill Refinement process, and if he could get his hands on the pharmacology analysis, it might be even easier to refine pills in the future.

Thus.

Lin Bai threw himself into the second round of Pill Refinement with great enthusiasm.

Perhaps it was a probability issue with Basic Alchemy, or perhaps the Big Brother's Qi Luck had stopped being supplied, but Lin Bai followed the pill formula and opened three furnaces in a row, all of which were waste residue.

Moreover, he didn't know if it was because he had gotten used to refining the Zhangdu Pill, but when refining the Rejuvenation Pill, Lin Bai always had an urge to add some ingredients, seasonings, or something into it.

Finally.

Lin Bai decided to follow his heart and began to add things to the Rejuvenation Pill materials at will: star anise, bay leaves, cinnamon, beef chunks, and so on.

Let's get his hands warmed up first...

Anyway, the next task of the Peerless Divine Doctor was to let him refine a Rejuvenation Pill with his own characteristics.

After tossing and turning all night, he ruined three furnaces of pills, wasted two cows, and produced two more furnaces of Zhangdu Pill...

At dawn.

Lin Bai finally refined a furnace of Rejuvenation Pill that belonged uniquely to him, completing the task of the Peerless Divine Doctor:

【Thirteen-Spice Huichun Pill (External Use): Slightly yellow in color, rich in aroma, stops bleeding and removes scars, has miraculous effects on external wounds, removes oil and fishy odors. Not for internal use.】

Looking at the furnace of pills emitting an inexplicable aroma, Lin Bai's expression was a bit strange; what the hell is "removes oil and fishy odors"? Would all the pills he refined in the future be linked to food ingredients?

The Chef God System is truly harmful!

【Congratulations, you have taken another solid step on the path of a divine doctor; please keep up the good work and develop a new pill; Reward: Alchemy Fire Control Technique】

"Developing a pill again?" Lin Bai opened his mouth and yawned, and then, he froze.

Sleepy?

He had eaten a Spirit Fruit last time, and his Spirit had permanently increased by ten points.

It had been more than ten days, and only now did he feel sleepy, and during this period, there had been no headaches or lack of energy.

Sure enough.

The stuff provided by the system is the real deal; these messy things he refined himself are completely incomparable.

Lin Bai decisively picked another Spirit Fruit and stuffed it into his mouth.

Sure enough.

As the Spirit Fruit hit his stomach, the trace of sleepiness that had just risen instantly vanished, and Lin Bai returned to his best state.

"I wonder what kind of stuff I could refine if I put the Spirit Fruit into the Alchemy Furnace?" A thought popped into Lin Bai's mind out of the blue, and he couldn't suppress it.

No sooner said than done.

After clearing out the Thirteen-Spice Huichun Pill from the Alchemy Furnace, Lin Bai picked another fruit from the tree; nowadays, his Spirit Fruit was abundant enough to be wasted.

Just as he was about to combine the Spirit Fruit with the medicinal materials, light footsteps suddenly came from outside the door; Lin Bai was startled and reflexively stuffed the Spirit Fruit into his mouth.

Subconsciously, he did not want outsiders to know the secret of the Spirit Fruit.

The next moment.

The door was pushed open.

Xu Longyun's slender figure appeared in the Alchemy Room; she had no intention of knocking at all.

After entering, she was just about to speak when her gaze was drawn to the slightly yellow pill on the table; Xu Longyun's pupils trembled slightly: "You refined a new pill again?"

"Yeah, coincidence," Lin Bai said perfunctorily.

He looked at Xu Longyun, his brows subconsciously furrowing.

Today's Xu Longyun seemed a bit different; he hadn't noticed it before, but now, no matter how he looked at it, her face felt a bit awkward...

It's fake!

Her face is fake!

This is not her original appearance!

Why didn't I notice it before?

This is?

The effect of stacking three Spirit Fruits!

Lin Bai's heartbeat was a bit fast.

So the effect of the Spirit Fruit isn't just to keep people from sleeping; when Spirit is high, it also comes with the effect of subtle observation.

Awesome!

Xu Longyun's attention was entirely on the new pills Lin Bai had refined, and she did not notice Lin Bai's abnormality. She picked up a Rejuvenation Pill and smelled it under her nose: "What is this smell? Another meat pill?"

As she spoke.

She extended the tip of her tongue and licked the pill.

Lin Bai originally wanted to stop her, but after thinking about it, he gave up; he also wanted to know what it felt like to eat an external-use pill: "Added a bit of meat. However, this time it's a Rejuvenation Pill?"

"A meat-flavored Rejuvenation Pill?" Xu Longyun was stunned for a moment, then swallowed the pill in one gulp, "Shopkeeper Lin's talent for Pill Refinement is truly terrifying. Are you really not considering joining the Imperial Pill Refinement Workshop?"

Lin Bai looked at Xu Longyun eagerly and asked, "What does it taste like?"

"A bit spicy, slightly salty..." Xu Longyun said subconsciously. Suddenly, she snapped to her senses, her expression changed, "You didn't eat it?"

"Just finished refining it." Lin Bai smiled, "Haven't had the chance yet."

"What did you eat just now?" Xu Longyun asked.

"An Inedia Pill." Lin Bai pursed his lips toward the beef balls placed to the side, telling a little lie.

Xu Longyun hurriedly circulated her energy to check her physical state. Finding nothing unusual, she ignored the small matter from just now. She took a Token out from her sleeve: "This Token can be used to withdraw money at any imperial bank, and it has a balance of 300,000 taels. Now, you can give me the pill formula. Sell me the Rejuvenation Pill formula as well, at the old price..."

"Promise me you won't get angry in a moment, and I'll sell it to you." Lin Bai carefully observed Xu Longyun's physical condition and said softly.

"Why would I be angry!" Xu Longyun glanced at him and said, "By the way, since last night, there have been new Heavenly Descended in the city. Just as you expected, the number of Heavenly Descended in Jiamu City is significantly lower than in other towns; our plan is showing initial results."

"Another batch?" Lin Bai frowned, "They're coming so fast."

"Indeed! There are more and more of them, and as the Heavenly Descended grow, they are becoming increasingly difficult to control..." As she spoke, Xu Longyun's expression changed slightly, and she asked urgently, "Lin Bai, what kind of pill did you give me to eat?"

"A Rejuvenation Pill?" Lin Bai carefully took a step back and said in a low voice, "It's just for external use; I don't know what the effect is when eaten?"

"Rejuvenation Pill for external use? Lin Bai! You just wait for me..." Xu Longyun gritted her teeth and glared fiercely at Lin Bai, then tapped her toes on the ground and whooshed away from before Lin Bai's eyes.

"You said you wouldn't be angry." Lin Bai muttered, then nimbly packed up the refined pills, turned, and walked outside, saying as he walked, "I haven't interacted with the players for several days; I wonder what stage they've grown to? And what new features have been added to the game..."

(End of this chapter)