After lunch, Ye Chuan returned to his room to begin refining the Soul-Solidifying Body Reconstruction Pill. Since it was meant for Lan Xiaoke, he decided to put in extra effort.
Sitting by the bed, he opened the alchemy furnace interface and scanned the required spiritual herbs before tossing them all in.
No shortage of materials—just throw them in!
A prompt promptly popped up—
[Refining Soul-Solidifying Body Reconstruction Pill: 65% success rate (Success rate depends on pill quality, furnace quality, alchemy level, etc.)]
Sixty-five percent?
Seeing this probability, Ye Chuan silently glanced at the requirements for upgrading the furnace to the next stage. Aside from money, spirit crystals could also be used for upgrades.
"Upgrading the furnace to the next stage costs 90 million, but only 900 spirit crystals?" Ye Chuan checked his bank balance. Money was tight for now—recent expenses had been high, from setting up house arrays to lottery draws...
After all that, he only had about 60 million left.
"The next payment hasn’t come in yet, so I’ll just use spirit crystals for the upgrade." Ye Chuan tapped the screen, selecting the spirit crystals from his inventory and throwing them in, pushing his top-tier Grade 10 Tianyuan Furnace straight to Grade 15.
He didn’t have many spirit crystals to begin with, but since he’d swiped so many flying swords from Qin Tianya, even selling them at dirt-cheap prices would net him a decent amount.
But he’d have to wait for the respawn timer to reset before heading back to the Tianxuan Continent to find a wealthy buyer.
"Upgrading the furnace is pretty expensive, but I do need it," Ye Chuan mused as he navigated the interface.
He wondered when the furnace would undergo its next evolution. It had been stuck at the Tianyuan Furnace stage for a while—previously, it would evolve after reaching certain thresholds, but now, even at top-tier Grade 15, there was no change.
[Refining Soul-Solidifying Body Reconstruction Pill: 95% success rate (Success rate depends on pill quality, furnace quality, alchemy level, etc.)]
Hmm, ninety-five.
Satisfied with the odds, Ye Chuan was about to start refining when he suddenly recalled past instances where even a 99% chance had failed.
Surely his luck wasn’t that terrible?
"Ugh, I’ve got a bad feeling about this." Ye Chuan’s eyes flickered before he decided to spend a few thousand more spirit crystals to push the furnace a few more levels.
[Refining Soul-Solidifying Body Reconstruction Pill: 99% success rate (Success rate depends on pill quality, furnace quality, alchemy level, etc.)]
Whatever, this’ll have to do.
As Ye Chuan pressed the "Start Refining" button, the familiar alchemy animation began—clanging metal sounds followed by the hiss of flames extinguishing.
[Congratulations! You have obtained a Soul-Solidifying Body Reconstruction Pill. It has been added to your inventory.]
[Item: Soul-Solidifying Body Reconstruction Pill
Effect: Strengthens the soul and reconstructs the physical body.
Note: Only effective for those below the Crystal Core realm. Those above this realm will lose cultivation upon revival, with higher realms suffering greater losses.]
Oh?
So there were restrictions based on cultivation level. But Lan Xiaoke had always been lazy—she was only at the late Foundation Establishment stage, and even that was thanks to Ye Chuan’s reward distribution and the effects of the spirit-gathering array.
Holding the pill, Ye Chuan sniffed it and pondered for a moment before glancing back at the alchemy furnace on his phone.
The Tianyuan Furnace had a chance to produce higher-quality pills—upgraded versions of the Soul-Solidifying Body Reconstruction Pill. The standard one would work, but if he could get something better for Lan Xiaoke, why not?
Sure, she was a bit lazy, but she provided plenty of emotional support, whether it was cleaning the house or keeping Bai Qianshuang or himself company.
"I’ve still got materials left—might as well try." Ye Chuan checked the pill upgrade probability. Since he had the ingredients, he figured he’d give it a shot.
[Congratulations! You have obtained a Soul-Solidifying Body Reconstruction Pill. It has been added to your inventory.]
[Congratulations! You have obtained a Soul-Solidifying Body Reconstruction Pill. It has been added to your inventory.]
[Congratulations! You have obtained a Soul-Solidifying Body Reconstruction Pill. It has been added to your inventory.]
...
Three perfect successes at 99%, but no sign of an upgraded version.
"Out of materials, and the new ‘harvest’ isn’t ready yet. Guess I’ll have to stop here." Ye Chuan sighed and gave up for now.
Carrying the pill, he stepped out of his room and spotted Lan Xiaoke’s head popping out from the doorway—she’d apparently been waiting there for a while. "Ye Chuan, you’re done?"
"What are you doing here?"
"Waiting for your secret family recipe, duh!" Lan Xiaoke grinned, alternating between massaging his shoulders and patting his legs.
Her ghostly presence flitted around him like a cool, slippery silk scarf.
"Here, this is it." Ye Chuan handed her the pill.
"Ooooh~" Lan Xiaoke’s eyes sparkled as she stared at the pill. "Do I just eat it?"
"Yeah." Ye Chuan nodded.
Lan Xiaoke grabbed the pill and swallowed it in one gulp.
Ye Chuan could see the pill floating in her stomach, emitting a faint glow.
Lan Xiaoke blinked.
Ye Chuan adopted a thoughtful expression.
Silence lingered for several seconds—
"Am I alive now?" Lan Xiaoke asked.
"Probably not yet..." Ye Chuan could still see the pill glowing inside her. He reached out, plucked it from her stomach, and held it in his hand.
"Seems like eating it directly isn’t the way." After a moment’s thought, he said, "Try channeling spiritual energy into it."
"Ooooh~" Lan Xiaoke took the pill again. A few seconds later, she was still staring at the spiritual energy in her palm without moving.
"What’s wrong?"
"Uh… how do I channel spiritual energy again?" Lan Xiaoke scratched her head.
Ye Chuan: "..."
After smacking her butt, Lan Xiaoke finally seemed to remember and released the spiritual energy from her body.
This time, the pill in her hand reacted—glowing brightly before enveloping her entirely!
"Whoa?!"
Ye Chuan watched the two-meter-wide orb of light. "You okay?"
"Yeah, just feels warm."
The orb floated around, spinning and drifting before slowly settling on the ground.
"What’s wrong?"
"Ugh… spun too fast. Feeling queasy."
Ye Chuan: "..."
Using telekinesis, Ye Chuan lifted the orb and carried it to his bed. "Just stay here for now."
"..." Lan Xiaoke didn’t respond.
Seeing no reaction, Ye Chuan sensed her aura and, confirming nothing was seriously wrong, left her be.
Reconstructing a body probably took time—it wasn’t an instant process. As he stepped out, his phone vibrated.
[Tenant Status Update]
[Tenant: Lan Xiaoke]
[Status: Reviving]
[Special quest available upon revival.]
A quest?
Since when did Lan Xiaoke have quests?
Ye Chuan paused before opening her interface, only to find several already completed tasks listed there.
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