Qin Ran was really too despicable, actually threatening the glutton with starving him, causing Li Shiyin and Chasing the Wind to have to work hard every day for forced studying.
And this guy found that this trick was actually useful, and immediately updated the hotfix overnight:
After studying every day, he would also check, spot check, and examine the two failing students. If there were any who failed, there would be no food for them the next day either.
So Li Shiyin and Chasing the Wind had to not only study, but study intensely.
It could only be said that for these two, eating was their lifelong pursuit.
Under such circumstances, Li Shiyin also learned some pharmacological knowledge...
She wasn't really lacking in intelligence, she just didn't like studying. Now that she was really forced to study, she could still learn some things. For example, her calligraphy and guqin skills were actually learned under the coercion of her old father.
Chasing the Wind was similar. This guy had the bloodline of a level 7-8 beast, already very close to a divine beast. With his intellect (especially his memory), if he really studied, he could learn much faster than a human child.
In just over ten days, addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, he had long since mastered them.
This day after lunch, Long Qiqi was sitting on a swing under the old Linghuai tree swinging, while Chasing the Wind was practicing writing stroke by stroke on a sand tray not far away. Li Shiyin sat in a grass chair with a book in her hand, reciting it carefully.
The scene was quite different from their usual style, making Long Qiqi click her tongue in admiration, and secretly admire Qin Ran twice in her heart, able to carve even these pieces of rotten wood, he was indeed remarkable.
Qin Ran brewed a cup of awakening tea, carried it out from the living room, and came under the Linghuai tree, leaning against the Linghuai tree. He looked at the two diligently studying failing students and asked Long Qiqi:
"How is your research on the Foundation Establishing Pill going?"
Long Qiqi felt aggrieved, but had not yet condensed a cyclotron. She had also taken medicinal baths. Although not like Li Shiyin who took them every day for a whole month, she had really hoped that she could naturally find the opportunity to condense the cyclotron. But she finally recognized reality and gave up her fantasies, preparing to embrace alchemy.
With her physique, in order to condense the cyclotron, she would probably have to rely on the Foundation Establishing Pill.
"Almost done..." Long Qiqi swung on the swing, "Later you prepare two sets of medicinal materials for me, and I'll try refining them in the afternoon."
"Generally speaking, alchemists do not have the habit of using other people's pills," Qin Ran said as he sipped his tea. "On the one hand, they are not at ease, on the other hand, only the alchemist himself knows what pills he needs... It's not that I won't help you."
"I know." Long Qiqi said, "I learned alchemy from you, and now I can be considered half an alchemist. When I refine the Foundation Establishing Pill, I can say that I am also an alchemist. I know what you mean, I won't resent you."
This girl Long Qiqi had a gloomy psyche and was petty, Qin Ran was indeed worried that she would accumulate resentment in her heart. For someone like her, he had to make it clear to her.
Seeing that she really had no psychological problems, Qin Ran smiled and said,
"Do you know? Other alchemists don't actually keep alchemy records for themselves when refining pills, nor will they modify the pill formula according to their own refining experience. They just try to match the pill formula as much as possible. If the pill refining fails, it is due to technical reasons, never because of the pill formula.
"Other alchemists, including my master, only I, and now you, refine pills this way... researching the pill formula in advance, studying pharmacology, modifying the pill formula, keeping refining records, etc. I call it scientific alchemy."
"But don't they study pharmacology?" Long Qiqi raised a question. If they understood pharmacology and found that the dosage of a medicinal material was wrong, shouldn't they modify it too?
"If you get an ancient pill formula from ancient times, made by a very famous alchemist at that time, and you find that the dosage of one of the medicines is wrong and does not match the pharmacology you have learned. Would you think it was the master's problem or your own?"
Qin Ran smiled and asked Long Qiqi, "Isn't this deliberately done by the master? It's this amount that can refine this pill. What would you think?"
Long Qiqi was silent. If she hadn't done research with Qin Ran... learned alchemy, she would definitely not suspect it was a problem with the pill formula, she would only think her refining skills were not good enough.
"Heaven's change is not to be feared, ancestors are not to be followed, people's words are not to be cared for." Qin Ran looked at Long Qiqi and finally said, "Child, don't believe in authority, believe in truth."
Long Qiqi nodded seriously with a chubby little face.
...This girl started out with a snake spirit face, but the food at Dan Peak and Qin Ran's cooking were so good that she had unknowingly grown much fatter.
In the afternoon, Long Qiqi started her second pill refining.
Still in the Earth Flame Chamber, only the pill furnace was changed to a small one suitable for her to operate.
This time Long Qiqi was familiar with the process. She skillfully activated the array, threw in medicinal materials according to the dosage she had researched that was suitable for herself.
Throwing in medicinal materials, refining, separating; throwing in more materials, refining again, separating again... With experience and thorough preparation in advance, Long Qiqi quickly finished adding all the medicinal materials. She finished refining everything and began pill concoction.
Despite having the experience of an exploded furnace, Long Qiqi's temperament meant she didn't have any psychological shadows. She directly turned up the fire...
Long Qiqi walked out of the research building, around the corner, along the river, and found Qin Ran planting tree saplings by the lake.
Qin Ran had just packed the soil for a newly planted willow branch. He looked back and saw Long Qiqi... The girl's expression was a bit complicated. He couldn't tell at first glance.
"With your expression, did pill refining succeed or fail?!" He was still squatting on the ground and jokingly asked Long Qiqi, "Such a short time, you should have only refined one furnace, right?"
Long Qiqi walked up to him and spread out her chubby little hand in front of Qin Ran's face, revealing three black pills in her palm.
Seeing these three pills in front of him, Qin Ran's face also became interesting. This color, this smell, damn it was a poisonous pill!
"Let me see the refining record." He said to Long Qiqi.
Long Qiqi took out a refining record with her other hand and handed it to him.
Qin Ran read through the refining record. Just like last time, there was no problem at all in the process, the medicinal materials were fine, but still... the refined pill had a problem!
He took another pill and probed into it with his primordial spirit, analyzing the structure and composition of the pill to deduce its specific effects.
Sure enough...
The main effect of the Foundation Establishing Pill was to help condense the cyclotron, while the main effect of this pill was to dispel the cyclotron!
Qin Ran stood up, took a deep breath, looked at the pill, then at Long Qiqi, and finally said, "Why don't... you try it?!"
When eliminating all impossibilities, whatever remains, however improbable and absurd it may seem, must be the truth.
This pill was refined by Long Qiqi according to her own requirements. In the end it was refined into a poison pill. So, judging by the fact that Long Qiqi was a venomous snake, was it really so unreasonable?
Long Qiqi also intended to try it out. She looked around and saw that Li Shiyin was not there, so she handed another pill to Qin Ran and only kept one for herself.
After taking a deep breath, she looked at Qin Ran and said, "Anyway, my physique is extremely poor, cultivation level doesn't matter. But you have to guarantee I won't die."
Qin Ran nodded.
Then Long Qiqi stuffed the black pill into her mouth.
e bizarre and supernatural had descended. The previous emperor was a thoroughgoing tyrant; no longer satisfied with human women, he had set his sights on a stunningly beautiful supernatural entity. He met his end in his bedchamber, drained of all his vital essence. As the legitimate eldest son and crown prince, Wang Hao was thus hastily enthroned, becoming the young emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty. No sooner had he awakened the "Imperial Sign-In Intelligence System" than he was assassinated by a Son of Destiny—a classic villain's opening. The Great Zhou, ravaged by the former emperor's excesses, was in national decline. The great families within its borders harbored their own treacherous schemes, martial sects began to defy the imperial court's decrees, and border armies, their pay and provisions in arrears, grumbled incessantly against the central government. Fortunately, the central capital was still held secure by the half-million Imperial Guards and fifty thousand Imperial Forest Army who obeyed the court's orders, along with the royal family's hidden reserves of power, barely managing to suppress the realm. As the Great Zhou's finances worsened and supernatural activities grew ever more frequent, the court sat atop a volcano. Ambitious plotters everywhere dreamed of overthrowing the dynasty, and even some reclusive ancient powers emerged, attempting to sway the tides of the world. At the first grand court assembly, the civil and military officials nearly came to blows, fighting tooth and nail over the allocation of fifty million taels of silver from the summer tax revenues. The spectacle opened Wang Hao's eyes—the Great Zhou's bureaucracy was not only corrupt but also martially proficient, a cabinet of all-rounders. Some officials even had the audacity to suggest the emperor release funds from the imperial privy purse to address the emergency. Wang Hao suddenly felt weary. Let it all burn.
【Prologue: The Beginning of It All – Use holy water to heal the saintess tainted by demonic energy, then converse with her.】 Shen Nian stared at his older sister sipping yogurt, lost in thought. So you’re telling me my sister is the saintess, and yogurt is the holy water? 【Main Quest 1: Brave Youth, Become an Adventurer! Reward: Rookie Adventurer Title.】 【Side Quest 1: Find the Adorable Kitty! Reward: 1000 Gold Coins.】 Shen Nian: "Wait, I’m a high school senior here—did some guy who got isekai’d accidentally bind his system to me?" Hold on, completing quests gives gold rewards? Titles even boost stats? Is this for real? (A lighthearted, absurd campus comedy—not a revenge power fantasy.)
rowess are unmatched, commanding a million-strong army! Yet, the Emperor wants to depose him for the sake of a false prince? Hold on, are you throwing me into some female-oriented romance plot? How can I tolerate this? With a grand wave of his hand—the Nine Clan Extraction Technique! Slander the Emperor? Very well, all of you shall die! ... The False Prince: "Although I am not the biological son, Father and Mother love me more. The throne should be mine!" The Female Lead: "Qin Xiao, you are the Emperor, and I am a commoner. If you wish to marry me, you must abdicate. Otherwise, you will never have me!" The Empress: "After we divorce, you must give me half the empire!" The Transmigrator Consort: "You worthless Emperor, why should I kneel to you? All men are equal—I advise you to be kind!" The Great General: "The enemy general is my childhood sweetheart. For her sake, I willingly abandon the frontier defenses!" The Retired Emperor: "Although Yu'er was adopted, I prefer him. Qin Xiao, you should abdicate and let him become Emperor!" ... Very well! So this is how you want to play? Facing this twisted world of female-oriented tropes, Qin Xiao grins and raises his hand to unleash—the Nine Clan Extraction Technique! I am the Emperor. Why would I bother reasoning with you? Seal the gates! Leave none alive!
transmigrates into the world as the sect master of the Heavenly Yan Sect, which is on the verge of being wiped out. He binds a system that grants him cultivation power based on the number of disciples he has: for each disciple, he automatically gains a year's worth of cultivation every single day! Take one disciple: every day he gains 1 year of cultivation power. While others struggle through a year of bitter training, he gets the same just by sleeping through a single night. Take ten disciples: every day he gains 10 years of cultivation power. Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, Nascent Soul—he breezes through all bottlenecks without lifting a finger. Take one hundred disciples: every day he gains 100 years of cultivation power. Even a Soul Transformation Venerable before him can’t survive a single blow. Take ten thousand disciples: every day he gains 10,000 years of cultivation power! With a wave of his hand, he topples empires. With a single step, he crushes the sacred grounds of the universe. ... While others fight tooth and nail for secret techniques, Lin Yan casually hands out Nascent Soul-level cultivation manuals as beginner textbooks. While others strain to find talented recruits, Lin Yan opens his doors to anyone—so long as they’re human. In just three short years, the Heavenly Yan Sect went from a backwater sect made up of three crumbling huts to a sacred land that every cultivator under heaven would kill to enter. ... One day, otherworldly demon gods invade, with a million demon soldiers pressing down upon the realm. Lin Yan, yawning, rises from his lounge chair and glances at the system panel: [Current Disciples: 1.28 million] [Daily Cultivation Increase: 1.28 million years] He waves his hand casually, and the countless demon soldiers are reduced to ashes in an instant. “So noisy… interrupting my fishing.”
