Chapter 310: Two

When Wang Yu successfully passed the red light inspection, the hall echoed with the mechanical, lifeless voice of "Taiyuan":

"... ing Yu, citizen of Blue Star China, special reserve of the Blue Star Alliance, member of the Interstellar Tactical Mecha Squad, ID GLX, no special authorization level, one temporary simulation authorization granted..."

He had already used his one temporary simulation authorization!

At the same moment, a golden mechanical hourglass appeared on the massive screen, flipped over, and revealed a dense array of cultivation incantations—the method for cultivation beyond the twelfth layer of Fire Spirit Technique.

Wang Yu's temporary simulation authorization had simulated the Qi-refining method beyond the twelfth layer.

Wang Yu lightly swept his finger across the virtual keyboard beside him.

Text scrolled rapidly across the screen, all the way to the final page; his gaze swept over the incantations long memorized, settling on the very end of the last page.

There, two lines of text were highlighted in bold golden characters.

(Fire Spirit Technique, Layer Fifteen incantation simulation complete, deviation within 6. %, existing data insufficient to continue simulation—simulation limit reached.)

(Special notice: Copyright of the simulated version belongs to Taiyuan. No one may cultivate it without authorization; otherwise, the Blue Star Alliance will pursue all legal responsibilities.)

He didn't know the standard for judging deviation, but he roughly understood what it meant.

But this second line—this Taiyuan subsystem had invented a copyright for him, and threatened legal action from the Blue Star Alliance!

This left Wang Yu stunned.

The Blue Star Alliance—he'd heard of it for the first time when the Taiyuan system activated the Drawn Blade Technique, claiming it was retrieved from a "Blue Star Alliance Grand Arsenal."

He heard of it again in the virtual game "Star River," where the Star Mind Force he was authorized to learn also came from this "Blue Star Alliance," and they'd told those selected to report for military service in ten years.

But what exactly was the Blue Star Alliance?

The name suggested it was an international organization formed by Blue Star nations, yet he'd never heard of it in China before—and now everything indicated it wasn't fictional.

Thinking of this, Wang Yu instinctively glanced at his wrist and activated his Star Mind Force.

A flash of white light faded, revealing a translucent, sci-fi-style wristwatch, its display showing a clear countdown.

Wang Yu's gaze sharpened—the watch showed just over eight years remaining.

The time ratio between this cultivation world and Blue Star was clearly around ten to one.

That meant he'd spend roughly eighty years in this world before the Blue Star Alliance's conscription deadline arrived.

But what exactly did this conscription entail? In the game, it had been shrouded in mystery; later, among other psychics at the base, he'd received no concrete information.

Only Chen Boshi, whose status at the base was unusual, seemed to know something.

Wang Yu pressed one hand to his temple, lost in thought, while his other hand flicked across the virtual panel—the text on the giant screen vanished, and he rose from the metal chair, walking to the center of the hall and tapping the silver metal floor beneath him.

"Boom!"

Around him, vast glimmers of light flared, and a pill-refining chamber, identical to his real-life cave, slowly coalesced around Wang Yu.

Whether the pill furnace, the shelves lined with countless boxes and vials, or the details—all were identical.

This Three Crow Pill Furnace was a rank-one artifact he had forged himself, so it could manifest here in this space.

Wang Yu walked to the furnace, slapped it, and the lid instantly rose, hovering midair.

Then, with practiced ease, he gestured toward a nearby shelf—box lids flew open, and pre-sorted herbs shot out.

Some were fragments of spirit herbs, others half a spirit fruit, still others dried and ground into piles of differently colored powders.

These herbs, in precise order and proportion, settled steadily into the furnace.

"Ignite."

Wang Yu muttered softly.

A crimson spirit rune suddenly appeared beneath the furnace; the crow carvings on its surface glowed red, and one by one, fire crows emerged, circling the furnace before diving into the array below with "gaa-gaa" cries.

"Puff!" A crimson flame column erupted from the array, engulfing the furnace in roaring fire.

Wang Yu waved his hand—the lid settled back, sealing the furnace completely.

He sat cross-legged, fingers forming seals, repeatedly casting incantations toward the furnace, while in his spirit sea, a Nine Spirit Rune diagram surfaced—all movements flowing like water, as if practiced countless times.

Excellent!

His current pill-refining skill stemmed from having refined countless pills within this Taiyuan login interface.

It all began with the first Elimination Pill he had forged himself.

Only pills forged by one's own hands could be replicated here in the Taiyuan login hall, along with the spirit materials needed to make them; with infinite materials, he could practice pill-refining as freely as he did artifact forging.

Though he could only make Elimination Pills at first, his experience grew rapidly—and soon, in the real world, he could refine other rank-one pills.

The more types of pills he could refine in the login hall, the faster his pill-refining skill improved.

With no concern for material cost or scarcity, his pill-refining experience surged over the past decade—aside from his own Qi, his skill now rivaled Fan Tian's, a second-rank pill master.

This was why, when he briefly demonstrated his skill, the matronly shopkeeper Huo had immediately handed over several incomplete Zengyuan Pill formulas and agreed to long-term pill procurement.

As Wang Yu reflected on this, his mind calmed, and he focused entirely on the furnace before him, his seals shifting like a spinning wheel, constantly adjusting.

An hour later, the furnace lid, now glowing crimson, burst open with a "bang."

Several pills shot out, propelled by thick herbal fragrance, scattering in all directions.

Wang Yu, prepared, merely flicked his sleeve—a crimson light aura flashed out, darting through the air like lightning, gathering every pill back into his grasp.

When he opened his palm again, five semi-transparent Jinghuang Pills lay there.

Four were low-grade, each with one pill mark; one was mid-grade, with two pill marks.

Wang Yu discarded the four low-grade pills, holding only the mid-grade Jinghuang Pill between his fingers, examining it closely—his face broke into a satisfied smile.

Though an ancient formula, the Jinghuang Pill was among the most extreme in difficulty and potency of all pills he currently knew.

Perfect for refining his already perfected pill skill—over the past few years, he'd even produced top-grade Jinghuang Pills more than once in the login hall.

That was why he could casually replicate top-grade Jinghuang Pills upon entering the login hall.

Wang Yu flicked his wrist—the pill dissolved into glittering particles. He tapped the floor again with his toe.

Another thunderous boom echoed!

The entire pill chamber shattered into glittering fragments; thick stone walls rose from the ground, coalescing into a meditation chamber.

The chamber was empty except for a single cushion at its center.

Wang Yu walked over, sat cross-legged on the cushion, closed his eyes, and began refining the top-grade Jinghuang Pill he had taken earlier.

One mid-grade Jinghuang Pill once boosted cultivation by eight years.

The top-grade version was far more potent—fully refined, it could boost cultivation by nearly thirteen years.

He knew this so precisely because he had not taken this top-grade pill for the first time.

This was the second major use Wang Yu discovered for the Taiyuan login hall—and the reason he used his second temporary simulation authorization to have Taiyuan simulate the Qi-refining incantations beyond the Great Completion stage.

Pills consumed within the login hall retained the exact same effects as in the real world.

That meant: if you took an antidote pill here, your login hall body would be detoxified; if you took a cultivation-boosting pill here, your login hall body would genuinely gain cultivation.

But when Wang Yu returned to the real world, his physical body carried none of those pill effects—as if the entire experience had been a dream, leaving no trace on his real flesh.

Yet when Wang Yu returned to the login interface, the interface seemed to retain his previous body state, preserving the pill effects from his last session.

In short—he now had two bodies with different cultivation levels.

The "Wang Yu" in the login interface, having consumed unlimited quantities of rare cultivation pills, had effortlessly reached Qi Refining Layer Fifteen.

The real-world "Wang Yu," however, still struggled to reach Qi Refining Layer Twelve Great Completion due to lack of cultivation pills.

Even though he had collected many rare formulas, the main ingredients were exceedingly scarce—whether he could obtain them remained a matter of luck.