(This chapter has been modified. It depicts the normal process of alchemy, with no inappropriate implications.)
I do not know how long passed.
The violent chaos of spiritual energy within the cave mansion gradually subsided, like retreating tidewaters.
Su Ji sat cross-legged in the midst of the now-ashes of spirit stones and medicinal herbs.
He slowly opened his eyes.
His gaze returned to its usual calm.
Yet beneath that calm lurked a sharpness more piercing than ever before.
He inspected his inner body.
Within his dantian's sea of qi, the previous chaos had vanished entirely.
In its place was a golden core no bigger than a thumb, dark gold in color, with faint threads of purple-black swirling across its surface.
A good thing...
It succeeded.
A bad thing...
He seemed to be starting to look like a demonic cultivator...
Su Ji let out a long sigh.
The crisis had temporarily passed, but exhaustion surged in like a tide.
He looked up at the young girl watching him with a worried expression.
She was crouched in front of him, reaching out as if to help, but afraid to touch his wounds. For a moment, she seemed completely at a loss.
"Senior Brother, how are you feeling...?"
Looking at her small face full of concern, warmth filled his heart. He raised a hand and gently ruffled her hair.
"I'm fine."
He paused, then gave a helpless smile.
"Once I refine another batch of pills, I'll heal your injuries."
"Another batch?"
"Well... since I've used so many of his herbs, I need to come up with some explanation..."
Su Jiu blinked, then caught on.
Su Ji spread his hands. "I'm going to refine a real [Return to Void Pill] for him."
"Then I'll tell him I made five batches, three of which exploded, leaving one for him and one for me."
"That way, the amount of herbs consumed sounds perfectly reasonable."
Listening to his utterly serious nonsense, Su Jiu couldn't help but roll her eyes at him.
So full of tricks.
But...
The heavy stone that had been weighing on her heart finally settled.
"So..." she bit her lip, "before you refine the pills, Senior Brother... do you need to prepare something?"
She looked up at Su Ji, her eyes brimming with affection.
But the faint trembling of her lashes betrayed her nervousness.
Su Ji raised an eyebrow, a half-smile playing on his lips.
"Oh?"
"Indeed, I do need to prepare."
"Refining pills of this grade requires extremely pure alchemical fire. After my previous great battle, I’m carrying too much killing intent, and my fire is impure. Plus, my golden core has just been restored—I truly need to nurture it properly."
As he spoke, he walked over to the alchemy furnace and sat down beside it.
He then signaled for Su Jiu to come assist him at his side.
Su Ji looked at her, and she looked back at him.
She couldn't let Su Ji down.
Her first time doing preparatory alchemy work was a bit clumsy.
But the feeling of being overwhelmed was strikingly similar to when she used to spar with Su Ji!
Reflecting on this, she discovered with wonder that simply performing alchemy prep work could bring a strange sense of accomplishment—no wonder so many people were willing to help alchemists as assistants.
He reached out, gently patted Su Jiu’s little head, and his voice carried sincere admiration.
"Su Jiu, you did well. You did very well indeed."
Receiving Su Ji’s praise made her heart as sweet as honey.
Though her chest was a little tight, she shook her little head joyfully, basking in the praise.
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Then, Su Jiu looked at Su Ji with a somewhat resentful gaze. "So Senior Brother, you're already at the point where you can't even be bothered to trigger your Fate's Mandate just to give me some perfunctory comfort?"
Su Ji felt his scalp tingle. "No, that ability can only be used after I make a breakthrough in my cultivation realm."
"So there really isn't any step you need to take?"
Su Ji was beginning to sweat...
No matter how he answered, this seemed like a fatal question...
"No... Junior Sister, listen to what I have to say... let me explain..."
't think I'm that capable, I'm just trying my best to stay alive. I've been kind all my life, never did anything bad, yet worldly suffering spared me not one bit. The human world is a nice place, but I won't come back in my next life. A kind young man, who wanted to just get by singing, but through repeated deceits and betrayals, has gone down an irredeemable path.
ut it can buy an entire year of absolutely perfect training results! Su Yu stared at his empty wallet and decisively opened up various online loan platforms. “Borrow a thousand bucks! Recharge my vitality!” Boom! His vitality broke a hundred points, shattering the limits of the human body! “Borrow ten thousand bucks! Recharge my combat skills!” Boom! A basic punching technique so common it was everywhere instantly maxed out, revealing the ultimate assassination technique of Five Elements Unity—Inner Force! When a rich kid hired assassins for a midnight ambush, aiming to break both of his legs, they instead ran headfirst into a monster—a human-shaped tyrannosaur, brimming with dragon-like vitality. With just two fingers, Su Yu snapped a steel staff reinforced with alloy. Staring at the killer’s stash of stolen cash—a staggering quarter-million dollars—he showed a corporate-sincere smile: “Thanks for the pre-exam gift pack, Mr. Zhao! I’m gonna go re-invest this!” Three days later, at the National Martial Arts College Entrance Exam, while everyone else struggled just to reach the passing line, Su Yu threw a single punch—and more than a thousand vitality points literally detonated the entire arena!
iemie, male, Race: Moon. Hobby: Collecting anomalies. At first, he thought he possessed two systems: the Crimson Rainbow Moon and the Clear Cold Frost Moon. One day, he discovered that he himself could also become a system for others, holding the chessboard of fate. The Eighth Epoch, also known as the Eternal Moon Epoch. Humans, witches, elves, bloodline descendants, specters, demons, and spirits together compose a new history. Walking the path on behalf of the moon, before he knew it, Chen Miemie's footsteps were followed by all manner of strange and wondrous anomalies. As time passed, many titles circulated about him—The King in Yellow, Lord of Anomalies, Heart of the Eternal Moon, and more. "Me? I'm just a traveler who enjoys collecting interesting creatures," Chen Miemie said.
ng to die together with you." Lin Xuan is dead, his body thrown into the river by his scumbag lover and her accomplice. She, the president of the Su Group, is decisive, ruthless, and ice-cold. For three days and three nights, she had his body fished out of the river, and without hesitation, she kissed the bloated corpse of Lin Xuan. She laid down beside him in a cold coffin, their fingers intertwined, a smile lingering on her lips as she closed her eyes. The noble and cold-hearted woman, only bending for one man—Lin Xuan. Lin Xuan, with his golden finger, is reborn and returns to the day of his wedding to the treacherous woman. Su Qiang comes to steal the bride. Lin Xuan's eyes light up, eager to pledge his loyalty on the spot, but instead, her kiss transfers a glass of drugged wine into his mouth, causing him to pass out... 【Male Protagonist with Single Female Lead】【Yandere Tycoon】【Action-Packed】【True vs. Fake Heir】
