Chapter 199: Alchemy, Add Some to Me!

Chen An's process of learning alchemy went relatively smoothly.He followed Steward Huang to learn while continuously optimizing his learning structure.

Previously, he had mainly focused most of his energy on cultivation, but now things were different.

In order to better gather resources to support his cultivation, he adjusted his learning structure and spent most of his time learning alchemy.

For Chen An, this was an easy choice to make.

After all, his aptitude in cultivation was limited, so he decided to redirect his focus to alchemy, in which he had some talent.

From a practical perspective, he indeed needed alchemy as a skill to accumulate resources and earn spirit stones for himself.

Otherwise, where would the money come from later on?

Through his experiences in various worlds, Chen An vividly understood a principle.

With principles, one can travel far and wide; with money, there is no need to panic about anything.

Principles refer to physical principles, while money refers to various resources.

It could be gold and silver, numbers, or even spirit stones. Everything else could be lacking, but principles and money, these two things are absolutely indispensable.

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Chen An deeply understood this principle.

He temporarily lacked principles, although they were somewhat shady, but when it came time to use them, they were not inferior to others.

But money was still lacking.

Spirit stones were harder to earn than gold and silver.

During this time, Chen An tried various methods in different places, carefully studying various ways to make money.

He also had some ideas, such as exploiting loopholes in the rules, or doing some small business.

But in the end, he decided that alchemy was better.

Because if possible, he still wanted to truly master this skill.

Having more skills would not be a burden.

If possible, the more things he could learn, the better.

Not only alchemy, but also array formation, forging, and other things Chen An wanted to learn if he had the opportunity in the future.

After all, they could all be useful.

Chen An firmly believed in this.

At this moment, he was on the road of practice.

In Steward Huang's great hall, Chen An studied almost day and night.

He followed Steward Huang to learn the theory, stayed by the side while Steward Huang was alchemy, and helped Steward Huang with various tasks along with other disciples. In just one or two months, his progress was rapid.

The specific quality was not clear to Chen An himself, but he could tell from Steward Huang's repeatedly moved expression.

Since Chen An began, Steward Huang's surprised expression had not stopped.

Chen An was quite satisfied with his progress.

In just a few months, he was able to make such progress, thanks to the boost from the template upgrade, but his own efforts were certainly an important factor.

His efforts were absolutely not in vain.

Although Chen An was not like some freaks who could stay up all night when he was determined, like a perpetual motion machine, he also wouldn't just lie down flat. He basically squeezed out time every day to study.

With this state, coupled with his talent in alchemy, he gradually began to make progress.

It seemed that his efforts moved the heavens, and at some point, some surprises finally appeared.

Name: Chen An

Attributes: Strength (11.2), Physical (11.7), Spiritual (3.8)

Source Power: 1445

Inheritance: Ice-bound Thousands of Miles (Partial Mastery), Profound Ice Force (First Layer of Innate), Haoshan Scripture (First Layer), Small Origin Pill (Entry Level)

Projection: Charging

The familiar upgrade template appeared before his eyes.

Compared to before, many of the data above had not changed much, only the amount of source power had increased.

As for the attributes, there was no change at all.

What really made Chen An dumbfounded was the inheritance section.

At this moment, a new message appeared in the inheritance list.

Small Origin Pill, this was a type of pill that cultivators used, an entry-level pill that cultivators were very familiar with.

It had a relatively simple formula and was not difficult, so many people would refine it.

After following Steward Huang to study alchemy for a few months, this was the only formula that Chen An had mastered so far.

And now, this formula appeared in the inheritance list.

What did this mean?

It turns out that this template can not only enhance martial arts, but also enhance alchemy and other things!

Surprise, undoubtedly a surprise.

Chen An now felt like he had won a big prize, and even his somewhat indifferent face couldn't help but show a smile, looking especially happy.

Of course, he was happy.

Although he didn't know what effect upgrading the formula would have, the fact that it could be upgraded was better than not being able to upgrade.

Based on past experience, as long as the upgrade template could be enhanced, there would definitely be changes.

This time shouldn't be any different.

So Chen An quickly tried it out.

He looked at the amount of source power needed to upgrade the Small Origin Pill inheritance, which seemed to be only thirty points.

He gave it!

A faint warm flow surged, and the familiar feeling once again struck him.

In just a blink of an eye, the knowledge about Small Origin Pills that was stored in Chen An's brain kept resurfacing, with a completely new understanding.

After a moment, this change disappeared.

The surroundings gradually calmed down.

Chen An slowly opened his eyes.

He instinctively reached out his hand and looked at his palm.

Hmm, there seemed to be no change.

But a smile appeared on Chen An's face.

Without any hesitation, he directly took a step and walked towards the main hall outside.

Not long after, he returned to the familiar grand hall of the medicine hall, where Steward Huang was still inside explaining something. Now, as he watched Chen An hurrying in from outside, Steward Huang couldn't help but be surprised, "Chang Ming, you?"

"Apologies for disturbing Teacher."

Chen An smiled and saluted, "Just now, the disciple had some thoughts at home and wanted to borrow the cauldron for a moment. Is that possible?"

"Go ahead."

Steward Huang did not refuse, just smiled and said, "There should be no one at the cauldron now. Remember to put it back after you're done."

"Understood."

Chen An nodded.

This was the advantage of having connections; you could just say if you wanted to borrow something.

If it were a lone cultivator, they wouldn't have this advantage. They would have to buy whatever they wanted to use.

With Steward Huang's permission, Chen An walked directly to the side.

In the room where the cauldron was located, the spiritual fire burned fiercely all around, as if it would never go out.

Under normal circumstances, the spiritual fire here would not go out.

Because it was difficult to preserve this kind of spiritual fire; once it went out, it would require a huge cost to reignite.

So under normal circumstances, the spiritual fire in the medicine hall would not go out but would continue to burn.

But this also made it convenient for Chen An.

Chen An walked up to the cauldron and started alchemy directly.

Sure enough, changes immediately appeared.

Before, Chen An's alchemy had been somewhat green, and in many places, he would feel a bit obstructed and not be able to proceed smoothly.

But now it was different; from the beginning to now, the entire process went exceptionally smoothly, as if he were an old hand at alchemy who had been refining for many years.

This kind of skilled operation was not something everyone in the medicine hall could do; it often only appeared in some veteran alchemists.

But now Chen An could do the same.

After a while, the pills took shape.

Chen An spread them out and indeed found a change.

First of all, compared to the pills he had refined before, the pills in front of him were larger and whiter.

This was just a superficial change.

From the perspective of an alchemist, the quality of these pills had clearly improved.

If the pills he had refined before were only qualified, or even many could be considered defective products.

Now the quality of these pills was excellent.

The quality had increased by a level.

Chen An's eyes brightened.

He smelled a business opportunity.

If it were just simple Small Origin Pills, he wouldn't make much money.

After all, most cultivators in Haoshan Sect knew alchemy, although most of them were not very good. But as a basic pill, there would still be many people who could refine it.

If Chen An refined them and sold them, he probably wouldn't be able to sell them for much.

Excluding the cost of materials, he would probably only make a profit from labor and such.

But if the quality could be improved, the situation would be different.

The excellent quality Small Origin Pills in front of him would probably be popular if he put them out for sale.

After all, the higher the quality of the pills, the fewer the medicinal residues and toxins left in the body, and the less obstruction to cultivation.

These quality Small Origin Pills would be profitable if he sold them.

It's just that he didn't know how much profit he could make after excluding material costs.

Wait a minute, material costs?

Chen An suddenly realized something.

Just now, the process of alchemy had been extremely smooth, without the stumbling blocks and occasional furnace explosions that he had experienced before.

Could it be...

To verify his thoughts, he refined the pills nine more times in one go, together with the previous one, making a total of ten times.

Indeed, out of the ten times he refined the pills, he failed only three times, with the cauldron exploding and the pills being destroyed.

Of the seven successful times, he basically produced high-quality pills each time.

Sure enough.

Chen An couldn't help but smile.

It was indeed satisfying to be overpowered.

The enhancement brought by adding points was comprehensive, not only improving the quality but also the success rate.

After upgrading the template, his current success rate in pill refining was terrifyingly high.

Even if Steward Huang was asked to come over and refine Small Origin Pills like him, the success rate and quality rate would be the same.

And this was just the result of one upgrade.

Chen An looked down.

His mastery level of Small Origin Pills that he had mastered before had become proficiency after upgrading it once.

But there was still a plus sign, indicating that there could be another upgrade.

Without much hesitation, Chen An directly clicked on it.

Just one upgrade had already brought him such a big surprise; he was very curious to see what would happen if he continued to upgrade.

(The end of this chapter)