Chapter 9

The herbs used to refine Warrior Pills are all relatively common, but it is the rarity of alchemists that makes it so only the Medicine Tower sells pills, while other places mostly sell medicinal pills made from herbs.

It is precisely for this reason that the price of pills sold by the Medicine Tower is always high. Take the simplest Low-grade Warrior Pill, for example. One Low-grade Warrior Pill costs one hundred taels of silver, which is equivalent to one tael of gold. A Mid-grade Warrior Pill requires ten taels of gold, and as for the more advanced High-grade Warrior Pill, it requires at least one hundred taels of gold.

However, Warrior Pills are not omnipotent. While there are no requirements for taking a Low-grade Warrior Pill, taking a Mid-grade Warrior Pill can cause significant pain. After all, suddenly advancing from a Low-grade Warrior to a Mid-grade Warrior results in a sudden surge in cultivation and a rapid increase in strength, which inevitably causes some pain. The pain is even greater when taking a High-grade Warrior Pill.

This is also the reason why the original Ye Yiming never used Warrior Pills to enhance his cultivation level. The reason is simple: he was afraid of pain.

Of course, there is another drawback to taking Warrior Pills. Due to the side effects of the Warrior Pills, those who take them find it difficult to break through to the Human Rank realm. Given this, the wealthy and influential young masters in the capital have lost interest in Warrior Pills.

In their view, even a Human Rank Warrior is not much different from a Low-grade Warrior. If that's the case, why should they endure the pain of taking Warrior Pills? Moreover, among them, there is a saying:

"We are just playboys, not cowards! Only cowards would take Warrior Pills!"

However, people with ordinary backgrounds think differently. They do not have Human Rank guards to protect them, so many of them want to take Warrior Pills. Unfortunately, the third floor of the Medicine Tower is not accessible to everyone, and even the Warrior Pills sold by the Medicine Tower, though barely meeting the standards, are in very limited supply, far from meeting the needs of the many.

Ye Yiming saw this and thus had the idea of refining Warrior Pills himself and selling them in large quantities. After all, with his unique cultivation method, he cannot afford to run out of herbs. Initially, he could still get money from home to buy herbs, but Ye Yiming knew that this would not last long. After all, although his family is powerful, they are not particularly wealthy.

In that case, he would have to earn money to cultivate.

With this idea, Ye Yiming lost interest in staying. He casually picked out two herbs and left the Medicine Tower with Ye Qi.

As soon as he left the Medicine Tower, Ye Yiming rushed straight to his family's apothecary, where he had seen the herbs needed to refine Warrior Pills the day before.

...

Half an hour later, as Ye Yiming was about to start refining the pills, a system prompt made him speechless.

"System Prompt: Alchemy requires an alchemy furnace to be used!"

What the heck, this is different from the game! Isn't it enough to just have the herbs and shout 'Alchemy'?

Unfortunately, Ye Yiming's complaint did not attract the system's attention. Helplessly, Ye Yiming ran off to find an alchemy furnace.

Ye Yiming's unusual behavior naturally caught the attention of Duke Wu. When Ye Lao Ye called Ye Qi to inquire about the situation, and Ye Qi mentioned his guess, Ye Lao Ye immediately spat out the tea in his mouth.

"What? You mean that little rascal wants to refine pills?" Ye Lao Ye's eyes widened as if he had seen something unbelievable, and he exclaimed in surprise.

Not only was Ye Lao Ye surprised, but even the butler, Zhao, who was pouring tea, was startled. His hand trembled, and the teapot tilted, spilling more than half of the tea.

Ye Qi helplessly wiped the tea from his face. Seeing Ye Lao Ye's surprised expression, he hesitated but finally nodded firmly and replied, "Yes!"

Upon receiving Ye Qi's confirmation, Duke Wu and Zhao looked at each other in disbelief, speechless for a long time.

After a while, Ye Lao Ye shook his head and laughed, "That brat seems to have changed since the incident a few days ago. First, he arrogantly made the prime minister's grandson spit blood, and now he's messing around with alchemy. I can't figure him out anymore."

Hearing Ye Lao Ye's words, Zhao adapted to the shocking news and slowly said, "General, perhaps the young master really knows alchemy, and we just didn't know before. It's possible!"

Although Zhao said this, his tone and expression suggested that he himself did not believe it.

In the end, Ye Lao Ye waved his hand and said, "Forget it. As long as that brat doesn't burn down my mansion, I'll let him do whatever he wants. I won't interfere."

...

Regardless of what his grandfather thought, Ye Yiming, at that moment, looked at a strangely shaped small pot in front of him, feeling somewhat amused and frustrated.

The most bizarre alchemy furnace in history: An alchemy furnace crafted by a man with poor craftsmanship, of extremely poor quality! When refining low-grade pills, it increases the success rate by one-thousandth! (Friendly reminder: Due to the poor quality of this alchemy furnace, the system suggests the host replace it to avoid unnecessary losses!)

Increase the success rate by one-thousandth?

What the heck, this is worse than nothing. No wonder the system gave it the title of the most bizarre alchemy furnace in history.

It's no wonder, given the strange shape of the alchemy furnace. It was about the size of a small water pot, completely black, and didn't look like an alchemy furnace at all.

Unfortunately, Ye Yiming had no choice. He had searched the entire mansion but couldn't find a better alchemy furnace. Even this bizarre alchemy furnace was found by a servant in some small corner. At first, Ye Yiming thought it was a chamber pot!

Looking at the bizarre alchemy furnace, Ye Yiming thought: Since my初级 alchemy skill has a fifty percent success rate for refining Low-grade Warrior Pills, any alchemy furnace will do.

After preparing, Ye Yiming put all the herbs needed to refine the Warrior Pill into the alchemy furnace. He then held the bizarre alchemy furnace with both hands and silently chanted in his heart: Alchemy!

As soon as Ye Yiming used the alchemy skill, he immediately felt a mysterious force emanate from his body, pass through his hands, and transmit to the alchemy furnace.

"Hum!" The alchemy furnace gently trembled, and Ye Yiming felt the furnace body warm up slightly, but then nothing happened.

Is that it? No golden light? No fragrance? No earth-shattering sound?

This is not what I imagined! This is not scientific!

"Ding!" Just as Ye Yiming was puzzled, the system gave a prompt.

"System Prompt: Alchemy failed. Alchemy skill proficiency increased by 1 point! Hope the host continues to work hard!"

Hearing the system's prompt, Ye Yiming was speechless!

What the heck, I was hoping for a good start, but it didn't go well.

Ye Yiming was stunned for a moment, then opened the alchemy furnace. As soon as he opened it, he smelled a burnt odor. The herbs inside had turned into black ash.

After cleaning the alchemy furnace and putting in new herbs, Ye Yiming started the alchemy process again.

"System Prompt: Alchemy failed. Alchemy skill proficiency increased by 1 point! Hope the host continues to work hard!"

The system's merciless prompt made Ye Yiming's face turn dark.

Why did it fail again?

What a joke! This is a fifty percent success rate!

After a bout of complaints, Ye Yiming took a deep breath and started refining again.

I won't give up! This third time won't fail!

This time, after putting the herbs into the alchemy furnace, Ye Yiming tightly hugged the furnace, his mind filled with prayers, and he whispered, "Three times is the limit! May the Jade Emperor, the Buddha... (omitted for brevity) bless me to succeed this time!"

Alchemy!

"Hum!" As Ye Yiming chanted, the alchemy furnace gently trembled, and the system gave a prompt.

"System Prompt: Congratulations, host! Alchemy successful! Obtained three Low-grade Warrior Pills! Alchemy skill proficiency increased by 5 points. Since this is the host's first successful alchemy, a special reward of 10 proficiency points! Hope the host continues to work hard!"

Low-grade Warrior Pill: A low-grade Human Rank pill. When taken by a commoner, it can make them a Low-grade Warrior, with 16 cultivation points.

Hearing the system's prompt, Ye Yiming's eyes were filled with joy. When he saw the three Low-grade Warrior Pills in his hand, his joy was indescribable.

Perhaps because they were refined in one batch, the cultivation points of these three Low-grade Warrior Pills were the same, all 16 points.

16 points! This is 3 points more than the lowest and 6 points more than the highest of the Low-grade Warrior Pills sold by the Medicine Tower.

Seeing such results, Ye Yiming was so excited that he immediately felt motivated. He put away the three Low-grade Warrior Pills and started refining again.

An hour later, the piles of herbs in front of Ye Yiming had disappeared, replaced by a pile of black ash and sixteen Low-grade Warrior Pills.

Among these sixteen Low-grade Warrior Pills, the lowest cultivation points were 13, and the highest was 18, just 2 points short of the maximum 20 points. But that was not the key; the key was the cost of these sixteen Low-grade Warrior Pills!

To refine these Low-grade Warrior Pills, Ye Yiming used ten pounds of various herbs needed for the Warrior Pills, including cardamom, ginseng, agastache, and fine grass. However, because the herbs he used were all less than one year old, despite the large quantity, the price was not high.

These piles of herbs looked impressive, but in reality, they were worth no more than two taels of gold. However, they refined sixteen Low-grade Warrior Pills worth sixteen taels of gold.

Two taels of gold turned into sixteen taels of gold! As long as one is not foolish, they would know how to calculate!

This is sheer profit!

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