I Just Want To Slack off In Cultivation - Chapter 56
Chapter 56 Failure
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ei Ling watched as he walked to the furnace in the alchemy room. He formed hand seals skillfully, drew out the Nine Nether Fire from the talisman, and lit the furnace.
While the furnace was heating up, the system began to process the medicinal herbs.
First was the Ghost Placenta.
ei Ling had already experienced the power of this material yesterday. It was naturally capable of attacking the soul. However, in front of the system, its impact was useless. Soon it was cleaned up and thrown into the
furnace.
Following that was Frost Iron Grass. As its name suggested, Frost Iron Grass was like a ball of cold iron wire. It did not look like grass at all.
He needed to nurture it a little with his spiritual power before it would melt into liquid form.
According to the instructions given by Yan Gu, dealing with the Frost Iron Grass was not difficult. The difficult part was the meticulous control of spiritual force.
This was what the system was good at.
The next step was the Crocodile Armor Tiger Bone. This was simple. He just had to find a way to crush it into powder.
The finer the powder, the better it was for the medicinal effects.
The system spared no effort in crushing one or two Crocodile Armor Tiger Bones several times…
As a result, Pei Ling’s spiritual energy and physical strength were greatly depleted. He was actually panting.
Fortunately, he only needed to lightly process the Scarlet Sunflower and the Blood Essence of Awakened Demonic Beast. As for the other supplementary materials, they were not particularly troublesome.
Soon the system finished processing all the materials and officially began refining the pills.
Pei Ling watched coldly from the sidelines. The system almost completely replicated Yan Gu’s refining process yesterday.
It was skillful, smooth, and did not hesitate or pause at all. It was as if it had practiced for a long time.
After a while, the sound of the medicinal liquid boiling could be heard from the furnace. Waves of medicinal fragrance wafted out, causing Pei Ling, who was sweating profusely, to instantly feel relaxed. His muscles,
bones, and skin seemed to have been soaked in hot water, and he felt warm and comfortable.
Yesterday, when Yan Gu was refining the Bone Tempering Pill, it did not seem to have such a strong fragrance. Pei Ling was puzzled. J wonder if this is good or bad? Forget it. No matter what, as long as the pill is
formed, this investment today will not be in vain.
After a while, the system made a series of hand seals and the elixir fire slowly extinguished. The furnace was opened. The system controlled Pei Ling’s body who reached out to grab 12 grayish-white elixirs.
The pills were similar to the color of the 10 pills given by the system previously. They had a bone color.
However, when Pei Ling observed carefully, he realized that these 12 pills seemed to be more transparent than what the system had taken from Zheng Jingshan. It was as if there were fewer impurities.
He wanted to take a closer look, but the system had already casually stored this batch of pills and started refining the next batch.
Twelve Bone Tempering Pills… Pei Ling was in no mood to observe the system’s elixir refinement process now. He calculated inwardly. According to Chen Mei, one Bone Tempering Pill is priced at 10 inferior-grade
Spirit Stones. But since this is the retail price, then the Hundred Treasure Pavilion will probably have to suppress the cost price… Nine is unlikely. It should be around seven or eight?
Based on the price of seven spirit stones, one furnace will produce 84 inferior-grade Spirit Stones.
Two furnaces will produce 168 inferior-grade Spirit Stones.
After deducting the production cost of 94 spirit stones, the profit is 74 inferior-grade Spirit Stones.
It hasn’t been two hours yet. Let’s calculate based on two hours. 24 hours a day, 30 days a month. Three months…
It’s a little difficult. I have to refine pills round the clock.
But it’s not impossible!
At the thought of this, Pei Ling’s spirits were lifted!
He would survive!
However, at this moment, the system threw the processed supplementary materials into the furnace. The elixir liquid in the furnace did not change as smoothly as before. Instead, black smoke quickly rose.
Only then did doubts arise in Pei Ling’s heart. The color of the elixir changed rapidly before it evaporated quickly. Before Pei Ling could understand what was going on, an unpleasant smell came from the furnace.
When he looked again, there was only a layer of charred black at the bottom of the furnace. It was like charcoal.
“Ding-Dong!” The system suddenly stopped what it was doing and sent a notification. “Detected that the host’s spiritual force is insufficient and that the elixir refinement has failed. This transfer training session is
over. Thank you for using the smart cultivation system. With a key, you can ascend without worries! I look forward to sharing your cultivation evaluation. If you’re satisfied, please give a five-star rating!”
Before it could finish speaking, Pei Ling regained control of his body. He staggered and held on to the wall to stabilize himself. His entire body was aching and he felt dizzy.
He couldn’t care less about the discomfort from maxing out his spiritual force. He wanted to cry but had no tears to shed.
His spirit stones!
He had just calculated and felt that had a chance of paying the fine. In the end, this furnace of refinement was ruined. Putting aside the lost profit, he had also lost 10 inferior-grade Spirit Stones!
“Insufficient spiritual force…” Pei Ling’s heart ached for a moment. He thought of the system’s notification and gave it a one-star rating with a dark expression. He sighed inwardly and calculated in his heart. He took
out a porcelain bottle that he had prepared and put away a furnace’s worth of Bone Tempering Pills. After cleaning up the mess, he left the alchemy room and headed for the Hundred Treasures Pavilion.
Elixir Peak’s Hundred Treasures Pavilion was built in the southeast direction. It was pleasantly warm and there were many beautiful flowers. It was adjacent to a stream that led to a pool. There was vegetation around
it, which attracted many birds.
He looked over and saw colorful birds chirping in the shade of the trees. It was beautiful and lively.
When they sensed that someone was approaching, countless pairs of eyes looked over. In broad daylight, it felt rather strange.
However, Pei Ling had something on his mind and did not have the time to care about unrelated things. He did not even spare them a glance as he strode down the path surrounded by flowers and trees and hurried
inside the pavilion.
Upon entering, he saw a Hundred Treasures Grid.
There were many artifacts on display in the Hundred Treasures Grid, big and small, and there were many pots of flowers and shrubs around them.
There were a dozen or so green-feathered parrots resting among the flowers and trees. Some were preening while others were tilting their heads and sizing up Pei Ling with their black beady eyes.
Not far away stood a short and fat male cultivator in luxurious clothes. His face was flushed as he tried to argue. “… The medicinal pills that my servant bought for me are all nine inferior-grade Spirit Stones each. Why
is the Bone Tempering Pill here actually 10 inferior-grade Spirit Stones each? Could it be that you’re deliberately raising the price because I’m dressed well? Don’t think I don’t know that you paid only five or six
low-grade spirit stones for each Bone Tempering Pill here!
The profits are almost double.
What a shady store!”
Pei Ling’s expression changed slightly when he heard the first two sentences. What? The price offered by the Hundred Treasure House is actually so low?
His plan for repaying his debts at the specified time hinged on skipping his meals and time for cultivation, and simply focusing on refining elixirs day and night. He intended to sell each Bone Tempering Pill for seven
inferior-grade Spirit Stone.
Not any less!
He did not expect the Hundred Treasures Pavilion to only offer six inferior-grade Spirit Stones.
What should I do?
