I, the Alchemist, Get Stronger by Spending Money - Chapter 4

Chapter 4: As Long as the Money Is Right, Everything Can Be Optimized

Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

As the college entrance examination was approaching, there were not many classes in the school. Most of them were self-study sessions, allowing the students to make up for their shortcomings.

This was for those who were not good at learning.

For people like Feng Yin, who did not have too many problems with their cultural studies, they could choose to go home or cultivate martial arts in school. Therefore, after the form teacher told him what to do, Feng Yin, who had been going to the school’s martial arts room to practice, chose to go home for the first time.

When he got home, the sunlight outside was just suffused with a faint yellow color. When he opened the door, his parents and sister, Feng Yue, turned to look at him.

Feng Yin subconsciously took a few steps back and lowered his head to look at the time on his Holo-Brain. That’s right. At this time, shouldn’t his parents and sister be working or going to school? Why were they all at home and staring at him like this?

“Brother, is today the registration day? I specially applied for leave from the teacher to see what school you’re applying for!” Feng Yue could not tell that something was wrong with Feng Yin’s expression. Seeing that her brother had returned, she immediately stood up from the sofa and pounced in front of Feng Yin. She raised her hand and wanted to pull Feng Yin’s pocket. “I heard that the martial arts academy’s registration form is made of paper. Is that true? Brother, just let me take a look. Am I not your dearest sister?”

Feng Yue clenched her fists and placed them on both sides of her face. Her big eyes blinked, making her look rather cute. It was so cute that Feng Yin couldn’t help but pinch Feng Yue’s face, successfully making Feng Yue angry.

“I told you not to pinch my face. What if I can’t slim down! Brother is too evil. I want to announce unilaterally that I will sever ties with you for a minute. In this minute, I will definitely not talk to you!” As Feng Yue spoke, she turned around angrily and threw herself back onto the sofa. She turned her head away from Feng Yin.

“How old are you? Why are you still making a fuss?” Father Feng looked at the close relationship between the siblings and smiled. He turned to look at Feng Yin. “Your mother and I heard that it’s the registration time for the martial arts academy today, so we applied for leave and thought of buying some delicious food to nourish you. Little Yin, have you thought about which type of martial arts academy you want to enroll in?”

When Feng Yin heard his father’s words, he subconsciously glanced at the coffee table at home. Only then did he notice that there were a few plastic bags on the coffee table. Vaguely, he could smell the fragrance of meat from the plastic bag.

Ever since the invasion of the myriad races, it might have something to do with the black hole, it affected Planet Cerulean Water. Many plants and animals on the Planet Cerulean Water had mutated.

Although Father and Mother Feng had only bought less than half a catty of meat, this bit of meat was about 6,000 credits.

Xiao Yu had given Feng Yin 1,000,000 credits at once because Xiao Yu’s family was rich. For real ordinary families, like Feng Yin’s family, Father and Mother Feng only earned about 12,000 credits a month. Even so, their family was considered a well-off family. Occasionally, if they wanted to eat meat, they could grit their teeth and buy it.

If it was any other family that was inferior to them, they would probably not even be able to eat meat usually. It was really too expensive. When cultivating martial arts, one would look at one’s talent and the nutrition one consumed daily.

If they could not eat meat often, their nutrition would not increase. Unless they were really talented. Most students would enter the Martial Artist Realm in their third year of high school. There were even more people who could not enter the Martial Artist Realm even after graduating from high school.

Looking at everything his parents did, Feng Yin’s heart was warmed. He had transmigrated from the womb and had deep feelings for his parents. However, he did not expect that his parents would buy meat just for the registration.

The meat of mutated animals contained a lot of energy that was beneficial to a Martial Apprentice’s cultivation. How could he not know what his parents meant?

“I’m preparing to take the comprehensive martial arts academy.” Feng Yin voiced his thoughts. He had thought that his parents would persuade him to enroll in the logistics academy. If he enrolled in the logistics academy, his current results in alchemy would most likely lower his college entrance examination scores.

On the other hand, those who took the comprehensive test did not have this advantage.

In the end, after hearing this, Father and Mother Feng didn’t say anything and directly transferred the 10,000 credits to him.

Feng Yin really wanted to say that he had the money for the registration, but he had borrowed it from Xiao Yu. If his parents found out, they would not only feel uneasy, but they would also feel guilty.

They felt guilty for not being able to provide Feng Yin with the best resources so that he could focus on his martial arts cultivation without any worries in the future. Therefore, after thinking about it for a while, Feng Yin suppressed the thought of telling his parents.

After dinner, Feng Yin used the excuse of going out for a run to exercise as an excuse to leave the neighborhood and head straight to the nearest pharmacy.

The current pharmacy had also changed greatly from before.

The most basic Western medicine was still there. Most of the Chinese medicine had turned into spiritual plants and were placed in the medicinal bag with the other spiritual plants that were discovered later.

In the glass display cabinet in front of the medicinal bag, there were all kinds of medicinal pills contained in white jade bottles.

Feng Yin calculated the amount of credits he had in his hands and left 500,000 credits behind. He bought the rest of the ingredients to refine the Body Refinement Pill and a palm-sized pill furnace. There were a total of ten sets of ingredients.

The Body Refinement Pill was the most basic medicinal pill. Be it his medicinal herbs or medicinal pills, they were all the cheapest.

Feng Yin gritted his teeth and could still buy the medicinal ingredients. However, the most basic pill furnace cost at least 300,000 credits. Feng Yin really did not have that much money.

Only after obtaining 1,000,000 Credits did he come to purchase it. The remaining 500,000 Credits was the approximate price that he was prepared to experiment with using the paywall system to upgrade.

When he returned home, Feng Yin placed the pill furnace he had bought on the table. He looked around the pill furnace and felt around for a red gem before pressing it into the pill furnace.

There was a fire-attribute beast core on the pill furnace. This core could have the effect of a flame.

The reason why the pill furnace was so expensive was all because of the beast’s inner core.

Following the pill formula he had learned in school, Feng Yin placed the herbs lined up in front of him into the pill furnace one by one.

All that was left was to wait for the pills to form.

Elementary Body Refinement Pills were that simple. The only difficulty was the medicinal properties of each medicinal herb and the timing and quantity.

The moment Feng Yin saw the medicinal ingredients, he realized that he seemed to be innately able to sense the medicinal properties of the ingredients. When he threw it into the pill furnace, he picked up a medicinal herb and immediately thought of the medicinal properties of this medicinal herb.

He did not know if this was a talent that came with his body or if it was a cheat that had transmigrated.

Shaking his head, Feng Yin stopped thinking about it and continued to look at the pill furnace.

About two hours later, three gems lit up on the lid of the furnace. With a click, the lid of the furnace automatically opened, revealing three round medicinal pills and a small pile of waste. He carefully took out the pill and placed it in his palm. Feng Yin examined it carefully and realized that this Body Refinement Pill was a middle-grade Body Refinement Pill.

Medicinal pills were divided into four grades: low-grade, medium-grade, high-grade, and perfect.

Medium-grade pills didn’t contain much pill poison anymore, and their prices were also low. They were the first choice for many well-off families.

However, to Feng Yin, the only outcome for such a Body Refinement Pill was to sell it.

He would not take it. Just as Feng Yin placed the refined pill into a porcelain bottle, the system’s mechanical voice suddenly sounded in his mind.

[Optimizing pill formula detected. Do you want to optimize it?]