Chapter 24: Beginning Alchemy, Rich Lady's Joy Pills!

Su Xing felt a bit of joy in his heart upon seeing this.

From the beginning of his simulations to now, it had been more than ten times, and finally, he had mastered an offensive technique.

The flames that could instantly melt gold surely had impressive damage!

Su Xing continued to simulate further.

[One day, Wang Qingxuan came to you and brought the first half of the Changchun Technique.]

[You did not accept the Changchun Technique; instead, you asked to join her organization.]

[At your request, Wang Qingxuan agreed and took you to meet an elder.]

[Learning from last time's lesson, you chose to cautiously bide your time, completing only one or two tasks each month and spending the rest of the time learning alchemy.]

[You discovered that your Li Fire was still too weak, and the elixirs you made were only semi-finished products.]

[So, you focused intensely on the Li Fire technique, increasingly mastering it.]

[In the seventh year, you attended your sister's funeral. Afterward, you collected your emotions and continued studying the Li Fire technique.]

[In the eighth year, after relentless efforts, you had initially mastered the Li Fire technique, doubling the power of your Li Fire.]

[You felt your mastery of Li Fire was enough to begin crafting Fasting Pills formally.]

[At first, each batch of elixirs you made often resulted in only one or two quality products.]

[But with enough Spirit Rice for experimental crafting, you quickly became proficient in making Fasting Pills.]

[In the tenth year, you mastered the Fasting Pills so well that out of ten pills, seven to eight were successful, and occasionally you produced supreme-grade Fasting Pills that could sustain someone for three months without eating but still full of energy.]

[In the same year, you attended the funeral of your good brother Yu Yan.]

[In the eleventh year, you felt the time was ripe and began learning to make Nourishing Face Pills.]

[Crafting the Nourishing Face Pills was much more challenging compared to Fasting Pills, requiring over a dozen ingredients, including Spirit Ginseng, peach seeds, Szechuan lovage, raw Rehmannia, and Angelica.]

[Fortunately, apart from Spirit Ginseng, most of the materials were common herbs that could be purchased in the real world.]

[And exactly ten years ago, you had planted dozens of ginseng plants. After being nourished by Spiritual Energy for ten years, these ginsengs had turned into ten-year Spirit Ginseng.]

[On your first attempt to craft the Nourishing Face Pills, you unsurprisingly failed.]

[However, you were determined and did not give up. Within three months, you attempted to make the Nourishing Face Pills over a hundred times, gradually mastering the crafting techniques and timing.]

[At this point, you had only one last Spirit Ginseng left, which would be enough to craft three batches of Nourishing Face Pills.]

[With unyielding determination, you began crafting the elixirs without hesitation.]

[Fortunately, on your final attempt, you succeeded and obtained three finished Nourishing Face Pills.]

[You personally ingested one pill, expelling a large amount of impurities from your body, and your skin became more delicate and fairer, even the wrinkles around your eyes vanished completely.]

[You realized that the Nourishing Face Pills were an invaluable treasure for wealthy women!]

[Therefore, you named the Nourishing Face Pill "Wealthy Woman's Joy Pill."]

[You found Jin Congxue and sold her one Nourishing Face Pill.]

[Jin Congxue, who was nearly forty, swallowed the pill, and the wrinkles around her eyes gradually disappeared, her skin becoming as smooth and delicate as that of a woman in her twenties.]

[Jin Congxue was overjoyed and offered to pay a hundred million Great Xia Coins to buy that pill from you.]

[She asked if you had more pills, but you had other plans for your last pill, so you shook your head.]

[After bidding farewell to Jin Congxue, you returned to Kyoto and tried to craft a low-grade version of the Nourishing Face Pills without Spirit Ginseng.]

[One day, an elder from the Descending Sect came to you and issued you a task.]

[You accepted the task but quickly discovered that you were not the only one carrying it out; there were hundreds of sect members involved, including Wang Qingxuan.]

[To your astonishment, you found that Wang Qingxuan had become a Heavenly King level expert and was the commander of this mission.]

[After years of not seeing her, Wang Qingxuan seemed to have aged considerably. You gave her your last Nourishing Face Pill.]

[Wang Qingxuan was deeply grateful for your concern; despite years of separation, her feelings for you remained unchanged.]

[The night before the mission, Wang Qingxuan came to you and told you not to participate in the mission.]

[You asked her why, and she did not hide it, bluntly saying that the mission was to cooperate with the Demon Race in leaking Human Race intelligence at the Demon-Subduing Pass, a task with virtually no chance of survival.]

[You were shocked and questioned her why she betrayed the Human Race to join the Demon Race. She gave a bitter laugh, saying she had no way out.]

[She arranged a safe place for you, and you did not join this mission.]

[Soon after, the prices of restorative potions in the market started to skyrocket. You realized that this sudden price hike was likely related to the Descending Sect's actions.]

[Feeling irritated and deeply powerless, you began working hard to create the low-grade version of the "Wealthy Woman's Joy Pill."]

[A year later, after thousands of attempts, you finally succeeded in finding a way to replace Spirit Ginseng with ordinary ginseng.]

[You created the low-grade version of the "Wealthy Woman's Joy Pill," but its efficacy was only one-tenth of the original.]

[You took a bottle of the low-grade "Wealthy Woman's Joy Pill" to Jin Congxue, hoping she could tell you the value of the pills.]

[But Jin Congxue's father told you that Jin Congxue had died in the Demon-Subduing Pass mission.]

[You returned to Kyoto, heartbroken, only to be discovered by an elder from the Descending Sect.]

[The elder from the Descending Sect called you a traitor and personally killed you, crushing your head.]

[You died; the simulation had ended!]

[You may choose one of the following rewards: Resilience (Talent), five Ninth-Generation Spirit Chickens (Pets), Beginner Li Fire Technique (Technique Comprehension), or Basic Li Fire Alchemy (Alchemy Experience).]

[Resilience]: Green talent, priced at 10,000 points of energy.]

[Five Ninth-Generation Spirit Chickens]: Spirit pets, evolved repeatedly by feeding Spirit Rice, successfully becoming low-level spirit pets, priced at 100,000 points of energy.]

[Beginner Li Fire Technique]: Ten years of experiential comprehension, learn it and immediately grasp the basics of the Li Fire technique, priced at 100,000 points of energy.]

[Basic Li Fire Alchemy]: Uninitiated level alchemy experience, includes Mahayana level insights on crafting Fasting Pills, and minor achievement insights on crafting Nourishing Face Pills, priced at 100,000 points of energy.]

Su Xing felt both excited and resentful upon seeing the rewards for this simulation.

"Damn it, why can I only take back one reward?"

"I want both the beginner Li Fire technique and the Resilience talent!"

Su Xing thought to himself, initially, his simulation was to gain alchemy experience.

But unexpectedly, he drew such a heaven-defying talent like Resilience.

Su Xing was well aware that during the simulation, the numerous hurdles he faced were overcome by this talent.]

For example, understanding the Li Fire technique day and night for ten years; without this talent, Su Xing truly did not believe he could have done it.]

But if he chose the talent, he would likely have to re-learn alchemy and the Li Fire technique in the next simulation.]

As Su Xing was struggling with his decision, a prompt sounded in his mind:]

[Ding, the host may spend 500,000 energy points to upgrade the simulator. The new features of the Life Simulator 2.0 version are as follows...]

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