I, the Alchemist, Get Stronger by Spending Money - Chapter 5
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Chapter 5: Let’s Sell Pills!
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
The system’s sudden voice startled Feng Yin. When he reacted and opened his personal interface, he saw that at the end, there was an additional line: “Pill formula optimization.” At the back of the pill formula was written “Body Refinement Pill”, followed by an optimized option.
The system must have been referring to this Body Refinement Pill when it said that the pill formula had been detected and could be optimized.
Looking at the new functions introduced by the system, Feng Yin calculated the credit points he still had and decided to give it a try.
If the optimized pill formula did not meet his requirements, he would sell the refined pills for money and spend money to enter the system to directly upgrade his Vitality and Spirit. In the system’s inquiry, Feng Yin chose “Yes.”
As soon as the selection ended, the system’s voice sounded in Feng Yin’s mind again.
[Deduction successful. Pill formula optimization completed.]
Feng Yin did not look at the optimized pill formula first. He first checked his credit balance.
210,000!
The optimization of the Body Refinement Pill’s formula directly cost him 300,000 credits. What kind of pill formula was this? Could it extend one’s lifespan? It was so expensive!
At that moment, Feng Yin’s heart ached so much that he almost cried. The only thing that comforted him was that the medicinal ingredients needed for this optimized pill formula were not much different from the original.
The pill formula optimized the amount of medicinal ingredients used, as well as the time and order of ingredients. He tried to refine the Body Refinement Pill according to the pill formula optimized by the system.
This time, not only were there five pills, but the quality had also increased.
However, with this increase in quality, Feng Yin could sell a single pill for ten times more money.
This was how profitable the pill industry was.
Feng Yin couldn’t hold it in any longer. He cultivated the remaining eight portions of medicinal ingredients, and three of the ten portions of medicinal ingredients were successfully refined.
The medicinal ingredients that had succeeded for the third time had reached a perfect number of ten. The medicinal pill was round and full of luster. Under the illumination of the light, there seemed to be a pill pattern sweeping across the surface of the medicinal pill.
The appearance of Pill Veins was the symbol of a Perfect Grade Pill.
Of the ten pills, only two had Pill Veins on them. The other eight were between High Grade and Perfect Grade.
There were ten sets of medicinal ingredients. In the end, Feng Yin refined it into eighteen medicinal pills. He took out two perfect-grade pills.
Feng Yin looked at the remaining pills and thought for a moment before placing the mid-grade and high-grade pills into eight different porcelain bottles. He planned to go to school tomorrow and see if he could sell them.
Those who cultivated martial arts could tell if the pills were real or fake at a glance. At most, they could not tell the grade.
Feng Yin thought that with his character in the academy, there should be people who would believe that he was selling pills. At most, he would just take out the pills that were between high-grade and perfect-grade to prove it.
The higher the quality of the medicinal pill, the easier it was for others to distinguish it. At the Perfect Grade, even martial artists could distinguish it clearly.
Feng Yin was not worried that the pills in his hands could not be sold, but the price was not easy to set. It just so happened that he had class tomorrow, so he could ask Xiao Yu. With his family’s assets, he should have some understanding of medicinal pills of various quality.
He could also give the eight pills that remained to Xiao Yu as repayment for his debt.
The poison in this quality medicinal pill was completely negligible. It was fine even if it was eaten like candy.
The next morning, Feng Yin arrived at the classroom early and waited for Xiao Yu to arrive. Therefore, when Xiao Yu walked into the classroom, he immediately saw Feng Yin.
“You’re here so early today?” Xiao Yu sat down and teased Feng Yin.
One had to know that Feng Yin had always walked into the classroom on the bell. This was the first time Xiao Yu had seen Feng Yin come so early.
In the face of Xiao Yu’s teasing, Feng Yin did not say anything. He only placed the porcelain bottle containing the Body Refinement Pills in front of Xiao Yu.
Xiao Yu looked at the porcelain bottle that was suddenly placed in front of him. He tapped the tip of his nose and asked, “Is this for me?”
“If I don’t give it to you, will I give it to a dog?” Feng Yin retorted, directly refuting what Xiao Yu wanted to say.
Xiao Yu looked at Feng Yin in confusion. He was a little curious as to why Feng Yin would give him pills. After thinking for a while, he opened the porcelain bottle in front of him and looked inside. Then, he looked at the porcelain bottle and turned to look at Feng Yin. He pointed at the porcelain bottle and said in disbelief, “Where did you get this supreme-grade medicinal pill?”
“Supreme-grade medicinal pill? Aren’t medicinal pills only low-grade, middle-grade, high-grade, and perfect-grade? Since when is there such a grade?” Feng Yin was very curious about the supreme grade medicinal pill that Xiao Yu was talking about. He had never seen such a title in a book.
“Since you have a medicinal pill of this grade, you should know that this grade is between high-grade and perfect.” Xiao Yu shook the porcelain bottle in his hand at Feng Yin and continued his introduction.
“Actually, it’s not just this one. There are two other types of medicinal pills that are between low-grade and middle-grade, between middle-grade and high-grade. The pill poison contained in these two pills is about the same as the previous grade, so we didn’t specially classify them. Only this supreme-grade pill is different.
“The pill poison of a supreme-grade pill is much less than that of a high-grade pill. It can’t be said that there’s nothing inside, even if you take it for a long time, the effects on the human body won’t be too great.
“Therefore, the people from the Pill Association gave this pill a name fifty years ago. It’s a supreme-grade pill. However, this name is usually used by the Pill Association or people in the academy. Not many people outside know about it.”
As Xiao Yu spoke, he looked down at the medicinal pill in his hand and pushed the porcelain bottle back. “You should quickly take it to increase your strength. I’m already a martial artist now, so my need for medicinal pills isn’t high.”
“Although I’m still a Martial Apprentice, it doesn’t mean that I don’t know Martial Artists are also in the realm of training their blood and energy. To a martial artist, this pill should also be suitable.” Feng Yin spoke directly, tearing apart Xiao Yu’s disguise. Xiao Yu did not want this pill because he thought that Feng Yin had obtained it from somewhere else, and it was not easy to obtain.
He wanted Feng Yin to rely on this pill to break through, which was why he did not accept it. If it was placed in the same way as usual, Xiao Yu would naturally accept as much as he had. Although supreme-grade medicinal pills sounded a little lower than perfect grade, such medicinal pills cost five million credits each. This was still priceless!
It couldn’t be helped. The Body Refinement Pill was the most basic pill, but it was also the most indispensable pill.
There were always a few good-for-nothing disciples in big families. If these disciples wanted to break through to the Martial Artist Realm or even the next level of the Martial Master Realm, they had to use pills to build up.
There was too much pill poison in pills below high-grade. It was impossible for these people to give them to their descendants for a long time. This supreme-grade medicinal pill was different. Not only was its price lower than a perfect-grade medicinal pill, but its value was also far lower than a perfect-grade medicinal pill.
Naturally, this supreme-grade medicinal pill became an existence that all the major families fought to hoard.
“Don’t worry, I still have this pill with me.” Feng Yin whispered into Xiao Yu’s ear.
“Are you sure?” Xiao Yu immediately understood what Feng Yin meant and quickly lowered his voice. “If you’re sure, we can sell the excess.”
“You have the channels?” Feng Yin raised his eyebrows and asked Xiao Yu.