[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-this-villain-is-too-self-destructive":3,"chapter-this-villain-is-too-self-destructive-this-villain-is-too-self-destructive-chapter-11":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","This Villain Is Too Self-Destructive",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2282378,4465,"Chapter 11: Elixir Shortage? I Can Create Something Out of Nothing!","this-villain-is-too-self-destructive-chapter-11",11,"\u003Cp>Reaching a strategic partnership with the Four Seas Firm was like injecting a shot of adrenaline into the Black Wind Shanzhai. The bandits... no, the employees of Black Wind Logistics now, were filled with unprecedented enthusiasm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The lackeys in the Information Department began to go out for \"market research\" in a professional manner; the Business Department staff held the crude \"Business Manual\" designed by Lin Xuan and attempted to approach small merchant caravans; the Training Department, under the personal supervision of Consultant Lin, conducted comprehensive training including \"standard smiles,\" \"polite terminology,\" and \"the eighteen angles of throwing a brick.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire Shanzhai presented a scene of eerie \"prosperity.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Lin Xuan knew very well that all of this was built on sand. The biggest shortcomings were high-end combat power and... cultivation resources.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His own Foundation Establishment seventh-layer cultivation base could be forcibly improved by relying on the system's slack-off points, but his foundation needed to be solidified, and combat techniques needed to be honed. As for Black Bear and the other core members, their cultivation was even more stagnant. Without enough spirit stones and elixirs to support them, the combat power ceiling of this team was truly too low.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The first batch of annual fee spirit stones sent by Deacon Qian, added to what we 'earned' before, is barely enough for the Shanzhai's daily expenses and basic construction. Wanting to buy a large amount of cultivation elixirs is simply a drop in the bucket.\" Lin Xuan looked at the account book, his brows slightly furrowed. The low-level transport business provided by the Four Seas Firm also had limited profits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had to open up new sources of wealth, and it had to be quick money!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He cast his gaze toward the system mall. Previously, because slack-off points were mainly used to improve his cultivation, he hadn't paid much attention to those miscellaneous skills and items. Now, after a careful search, he really found something that could break the deadlock—\"Spirit Plant Rapid Catalysis Technique (Fragment).\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Spirit Plant Rapid Catalysis Technique (Fragment)]: Consumes a large amount of spiritual power and mental energy; can slightly accelerate the growth cycle of low-level spirit plants and has a certain probability of inducing benign mutations. Note: Ineffective on high-level spirit plants, and excessive use may lead to barren land.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Accelerate spirit plant growth? Benign mutation?\" Lin Xuan's eyes lit up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the forests around Qingyun City, there was actually no shortage of low-level spirit herbs, such as Hemostatic Grass or Condensation Dew Flowers, but their growth cycles were long, they were difficult to collect, and their value was low. But if he could accelerate their growth, or even produce some mutated rare varieties...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A plan instantly took shape in his mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He found Black Bear and asked, \"Chief, is there any place near our Shanzhai that is relatively damp and has relatively rich spiritual energy?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Black Bear thought for a moment and slapped his thigh: \"Yes! There is a 'Black Water Pool' in the back mountain. That place is cold and damp, and some flowers and plants grow by the pool, but they are of no use. Some brothers were bitten by poisonous snakes there before, so everyone rarely goes there.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Good! Take me to see it!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arriving at the Black Water Pool, Lin Xuan observed carefully. The environment here was indeed suitable for the growth of shade-loving spirit plants. Condensation Dew Flowers could be seen everywhere, but they were all young and their medicinal power was weak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is the place!\" Lin Xuan selected an area and began his performance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He first pretended to have Black Bear lead people to clear an open space, then, according to a crude spirit-gathering array diagram described in the \"Catalysis Technique\" (which looked more like a ghost-drawn talisman), he fiddled with stones and wooden sticks on the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Consultant Lin, are you... setting up an array?\" Black Bear asked curiously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, a kind of ancient, lost... um... 'Bounty Ritual'!\" Lin Xuan said with a mysterious expression, \"It can gather the essence of heaven and earth to nourish plants and trees!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bandits were filled with awe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the preparations were done, Lin Xuan sat cross-legged at the \"eye of the array,\" pressed his hands on the ground, and silently recited in his heart: \"System, redeem 'Spirit Plant Rapid Catalysis Technique (Fragment)' and use it directly!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Ding! Consumed 5000 slack-off points, redemption and casting successful!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A pure and strange energy flowed into the ground along his palms and quickly spread to the piece of land he had marked out beforehand. A layer of soft, imperceptible white light faintly appeared on the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under the nervous gaze of everyone, a miracle happened!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In that open space, the Condensation Dew Flowers, which were originally just sporadic tender buds, began to sprout branches, unfold leaves, and grow flower buds at a speed visible to the naked eye! In just the time it takes to burn a stick of incense, they had completed a growth stage that would normally take months! Moreover, the leaves of these Condensation Dew Flowers were thicker, the dew on the petals seemed to contain a shimmering radiance, and the medicinal fragrance they emitted was much richer!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What was even more shocking was that among these Condensation Dew Flowers, several had undergone obvious mutations! Their colors were no longer the ordinary white, but had turned light blue and light purple, the petal shapes were also slightly different, and the spiritual energy fluctuations were significantly stronger!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This... this...\" Black Bear and the onlookers of bandits opened their mouths wide, their eyeballs almost popping out!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Turning stones into gold! No, this is turning grass into treasure!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Ding! Detected the extreme shock and worship of Black Bear and the bandits, emotion points +!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Ding! Achieved the \"Turning Decay into Magic\" achievement!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Xuan's face was a bit pale, his mental and spiritual power consumption was huge, but his heart was filled with ecstasy. He succeeded! And he really induced a benign mutation!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Quick! Collect these flowers carefully, especially those few with different colors!\" Lin Xuan ordered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bandits, as if holding precious treasures, carefully collected the mature Condensation Dew Flowers. After counting, there were over a hundred ordinary accelerated Condensation Dew Flowers, with medicinal effects comparable to those several years old. And there were five each of the mutated \"Blue Condensation Flowers\" and \"Purple Dew Flowers,\" which were full of spiritual energy and were absolutely excellent materials for refining high-quality Condensation Dew Pills or even other elixirs!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We're rich! We're rich!\" Black Bear held a few mutated spirit herbs, his hands trembling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Xuan rested for a moment, recovered some energy, looked at these spirit herbs, and shook his head: \"Having raw materials is not enough. We don't know how to refine elixirs, so their value is greatly reduced. We must find a way to turn them into elixirs.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He immediately wrote a letter and had a clever bandit ride fast to deliver it to the branch of the Four Seas Firm in Qingyun City, specifically addressed to Deacon Qian Wanguan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The content of the letter was very simple: Black Wind Logistics accidentally cultivated a batch of high-quality mutated spirit herbs of superior quality and wished to seek cooperation for refining elixirs or direct sale. A small petal of a \"Blue Condensation Flower\" was attached as a sample.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next afternoon, Qian Wanguan personally arrived at the Black Wind Shanzhai with an old man with gray hair and an arrogant expression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Consultant Lin, you have given me another surprise!\" Qian Wanguan laughed as soon as they met, then respectfully introduced the old man beside him, \"This is Master Sun, the alchemist retained by our firm.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Master Sun nodded slightly, his eyes falling directly on the few mutated spirit herbs Lin Xuan took out, and his originally arrogant eyes instantly became fiery. He stepped forward quickly, picked up a \"Purple Dew Flower,\" sensed it carefully, and a look of disbelief appeared on his face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Pure spiritual energy, excellent activity! It is indeed a mutated Condensation Dew Flower, and the quality is far superior to ordinary goods! Rare! Truly rare!\" Master Sun exclaimed in admiration and looked at Lin Xuan, \"Little friend, where did you get these spirit herbs?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Xuan had long prepared his rhetoric and smiled indifferently: \"An ancestral cultivation secret method, just lucky to succeed. Master Sun, what kind of elixir do you think can be refined using these as the main ingredients?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Master Sun stroked his beard and pondered: \"If it were ordinary Condensation Dew Flowers, they could only be used to refine low-level Condensation Dew Pills to restore the spiritual power of Qi Refining stage cultivators. But such mutated spirit herbs have abundant and gentle spiritual energy, enough to be used as main ingredients to attempt refining 'Azure Rain Pills'! This pill is also beneficial for the cultivation of Foundation Establishment stage cultivators and is of great value!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qian Wanguan's eyes lit up upon hearing this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Xuan felt certain in his heart, knowing that the fish had taken the bait. He said: \"Since Master Sun recognizes their value, that makes things easy. My Black Wind Logistics provides this batch of spirit herbs and would like to ask your firm to refine the Azure Rain Pills on our behalf. After the pills are formed, we will split them fifty-fifty, how about that?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A fifty-fifty split! This condition could be called generous, after all, the alchemy technology and other auxiliary materials were all borne by the firm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qian Wanguan and Master Sun looked at each other and saw the excitement in each other's eyes. This batch of mutated spirit herbs was of rare quality, and the profit margin of the refined Azure Rain Pills was huge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Agreed!\" Qian Wanguan made the decision, \"However, Consultant Lin, the supply of these spirit herbs...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Supply is not a problem.\" Lin Xuan said confidently, \"As long as the cooperation is pleasant, there will be more and better quality spirit herbs provided later. Even, in the future, we can cooperate to develop new pill formulas.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These words were like a huge pie, making Qian Wanguan overjoyed. He seemed to see a stable, high-quality source of elixirs!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Good! It's a deal! I will have someone prepare the contract immediately!\" Qian Wanguan was swift and decisive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two sides soon signed a cooperation agreement, and the first batch of spirit herbs was taken away by Master Sun as if they were treasures. According to the agreement, after the pills were formed, the Black Wind Shanzhai would receive at least twenty Azure Rain Pills!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing off Qian Wanguan, Lin Xuan looked at the contract in his hand that possessed weak Heavenly Dao binding power (using the newly learned \"Basic Contract Technique\") and showed a satisfied smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The source of elixirs was solved! And it was a sustainable path to wealth!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Consultant Lin, you are truly amazing!\" Black Bear was excited beyond measure, \"In the future, our brothers won't have to worry about not having elixirs for cultivation!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Xuan smiled but reminded him: \"This 'Bounty Ritual' consumes a huge amount of energy and cannot be used often. Moreover, once the news leaks, it will inevitably attract covetous eyes. From today on, the Black Water Pool is listed as a forbidden area, and more guards will be sent to watch it! All those who know about it must be silenced!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Understood!\" Black Bear's expression turned stern, and he solemnly agreed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a stable source of elixirs, the development of the Black Wind Shanzhai finally entered the fast lane. Lin Xuan himself also kept a few mutated spirit herbs, preparing to try to absorb the spiritual energy in them directly with the system or study other uses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as he was calculating how to use this batch of resources to improve his strength as soon as possible to deal with the potential threats of Ye Chen and Liaochen, a lackey from the Information Department brought him some unexpected news.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Consultant, we heard that a very strange traveling merchant recently came to Qingyun City, asking everywhere about a... glowing, strangely behaving purple figure.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Xuan's gaze narrowed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Purple, strangely behaving... are they looking for me?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Are they friend or foe?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The corners of his mouth slowly curled into an interested arc.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Interesting. It seems that these waters are about to get even muddier.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter 11)\u003C\u002Fp>",2065,"2026-06-20T01:44:26.720Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","41f0d541c7a6321e72ff2e1f04012096164654ee84dd4cbb32c4233170fc1cc6","this-villain-is-too-self-destructive-chapter-12","this-villain-is-too-self-destructive-chapter-10",182,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthis-villain-is-too-self-destructive-cover.jpg"]