“I really don't have many life-saving trump cards left.”
Carried by Jiang Qianyue like a little chick as they flew toward the royal capital, Ji Qianxing looked aggrievedly at the thousands of talismans in his mind.
In the end, he gritted his teeth and crushed another one of them, preparing to flee at a critical moment.
Meanwhile, in Sovereign Heaven of the Desolate Ancient Dao Pagoda, Ye Lin was completely unaware of the situation outside. He had already been refining pills here continuously for over a month.
During this past month or so, he relied on the heaven-defying buff of a God-grade Alchemist, “Hundred Percent Pill Condensation,” coupled with the Chaos Physique's forty-fold recovery speed, while using the Chaos Physique to channel the laws of the Circulating Heaven Stars to constantly bolster his state.
Thus, despite refining pills non-stop for over a month, his physical body and soul were still in peak condition. Putting aside his mental exhaustion, he felt like a fully automated, perpetual pill-refining machine.
At this moment, the pills before him had piled up like mountains. There were Qi Condensation Stage ones, Foundation Establishment ones, and even Golden Core Stage ones.
By a rough estimate, there were about a hundred and several tens of thousands of them.
Breaking it down, he was refining over fifty thousand pills a day, and every single one of them was of top-grade quality.
The only consumables were the high-grade cauldrons. When purchasing the refining materials, he had asked Su Mo to buy dozens of them, and during this refining session, he had completely worn out five of them.
It wasn't because of poor technique or cauldrons exploding; it was purely because he kept using immortal fire to refine continuously, and the cauldrons simply couldn't withstand the heat and broke down on their own.
“I'm starting to admire myself a little,” Ye Lin muttered to himself after finishing the final batch of pills.
With his refining speed, he was definitely the fastest in the industry, comparable to a walking human pill-refining machine.
Although he could make a lot of money just by relying on this speed, the cost of materials was still there, making it hard to achieve exorbitant profits. He would only be earning hard-earned money.
What could truly make him filthy rich was the trait he possessed: 【Random Replication】.
With this trait, he could turn hundreds of thousands of pills into over a hundred million. Once he sold all of these hundred million-plus pills, he could replicate the spirit stones he received by a thousand-fold again.
Only in this way could he truly make an astronomical profit with zero capital and achieve genuine, massive wealth.
Boom!
Without any hesitation, he activated the trait to replicate all the pills a thousand-fold.
In just an instant, the hundred and several tens of thousands of pills before him turned into over a hundred and seventy million.
“I wonder if the Tianyu Chamber of Commerce can absorb this batch of pills?”
Looking at the pills piled up like over a hundred small hills in front of him, Ye Lin couldn't help but feel a little worried.
After all, the Tianyuan Dynasty was just a small place, and the size of the Tianyu Chamber of Commerce in Tianqi City was bound to be limited. If he suddenly brought out over a hundred million pills, they might not actually be able to absorb them all.
“I'll sell ten million first to test the waters. If that doesn't work, I'll have to make a trip outside the Tianyuan Dynasty.”
Having made up his mind, Ye Lin stored ten million pills into his storage ring. With a single thought, he left the Desolate Ancient Dao Pagoda.
[Ding! Your pill-refining experience accumulation is sufficient. Congratulations on successfully promoting to an Earth-grade Alchemist.
As the first player in this game to become an Earth-grade Alchemist, you have triggered a God-grade achievement reward. You have received a mysterious heritage.]
Just as Ye Lin returned to the palace of his cave dwelling, two consecutive game notifications rang in his ears.
“I actually promoted to an Earth-grade Alchemist? Not bad, not bad.” Hearing the notifications, the smile on Ye Lin's face widened so much it almost reached his ears.
Over the past month or so, he had thrown himself entirely into pill refining to the point of numbness, so he naturally hadn't had any spare time to check his accumulated experience.
Upgrading from a high-grade Alchemist to an Earth-grade Alchemist was an incredibly massive leap. This meant he could now refine pills above the Golden Core Stage.
One had to know that other pill-refining geniuses would need to study diligently for at least several decades to promote from high-grade to Earth-grade Alchemist, and that was only under the guidance of a master.
Otherwise, ten years was just the starting point, and it was completely normal to fail to promote even after thirty or fifty years.
Yet, Ye Lin had achieved this in just over a month. Strictly speaking, only about half an hour had passed in the outside world.
In other words, it took Ye Lin only about half an hour to promote directly from a high-grade Alchemist to an Earth-grade Alchemist.
If those young and famous pill-refining geniuses were to learn of Ye Lin's achievement, without exception, their Dao Hearts would utterly shatter.
This was simply too demoralizing. Your half an hour is equivalent to our decades of bitter cultivation? How is this game playable without a nerf?
To this, Ye Lin would surely just wave his hand casually and say, “Using cheats is fun for a moment, but using cheats forever is forever fun. Why even learn pill refining if you don't have cheats?”
Just as Ye Lin was about to check what the mysterious reward would be, the formations outside his cave dwelling were being frantically triggered.
Frowning slightly, he pushed open the door and walked out of the palace. With a casual wave of his hand, he used his token to deactivate the various formations of the cave dwelling.
It was currently dusk, and the sky was filled with red clouds.
Ye Lin had originally thought someone was rushing over to deliver their head, but to his surprise, the figure standing under the setting sun was the familiar Jiang Ningzhi.
“Is there some urgent matter, Senior Sister?” Seeing Jiang Ningzhi's anxious face, Ye Lin was the first to speak.
“Junior Brother Ye, you need to flee for your life quickly! An expert above the Nascent Soul Stage has arrived in Tianqi City. He specifically demanded to capture you, threatening to destroy the city otherwise.”
“But that person has already been obliterated by a senior.”
“However, an even stronger expert has arrived now. This person isn't as arrogant as the previous one, but she still demanded to take you away by name.”
“The senior who acted earlier refused to agree, and the two are already fighting high up in the sky.”
“Many high-ranking members of the academy, as well as the leaders of various factions in Tianqi City, probably won't be able to withstand the pressure and will hand you over.”
“So, you must quickly run for your life!” Seeing Ye Lin appear, Jiang Ningzhi immediately blurted out everything that had happened outside in a single breath.
Although Ye Lin didn't fully understand the exact details after hearing Jiang Ningzhi's explanation, he was absolutely certain of one thing.
That was: someone had come looking for trouble!
This single point was more than enough. It just so happened that he was planning to frantically accumulate blood qi recently, both for the next growth phase of the Dao seed sapling and to break through to the Golden Core Stage.
Today really is a good day, Ye Lin couldn't help but chuckle in his heart.
In just this single day, he had first entered the Inner Academy, received a reward from Senior Zhu Xuanwei, and obtained the genius cultivation funding from the Tianyu Chamber of Commerce.
His Spiritual Roots had upgraded, the Chaos Physique was born, he had over a hundred million pills, he had promoted to an Earth-grade Alchemist, and he had even obtained a mysterious reward.
Now, just as the sky was about to turn dark, there were even people rushing over to deliver their heads to him. This kind of treatment was simply explosive.
“I am very grateful for your kind intentions, Senior Sister.”
“But as a real man living between heaven and earth, even if I am but an ant at the bottom of the dust, I still dare to raise my sword and fight the heavens.”
Patting Jiang Ningzhi on the shoulder, Ye Lin turned around and flew toward the Outer Academy on his sword, leaving her with only a free and easy silhouette under the setting sun.
Watching the figure recede like a flying swan, Jiang Ningzhi was momentarily stunned.
But she had absolutely no idea that Ye Lin was actually just afraid that if he arrived too late, his kills would be stolen, which was why he was in such a hurry to join the battle.
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