7: Mission? Is it important to upgrade?

The next day.

Chen Yao woke up, stretched, and looked refreshed. Although it was a strange environment and strange people in this new world, the feeling of easily earning money and leveling up was truly good.

“The early bird gets the worm~~”

Humming a tune, Chen Yao was in a pleasant mood as he weaved through the alleys of Lu Town. Carrying eight bottles of High Grade Blood Replenishment Powder, he first went to a steamed bun shop and enjoyed a hearty breakfast, filling his hunger.

Afterward, he skillfully made his way to the East District Pharmacy. Seeing the familiar face, Chen Yao smiled, waved his hand, and placed the eight bottles of High Grade Blood Replenishment Powder in front of the boss.

It truly shocked the boss!

The boss took the Medicinal Pill bottles and inspected them one by one, discovering that they were all High Grade Blood Replenishment Powder. His mouth was so wide open in surprise that it couldn't close. He couldn't help but look at Chen Yao, giving him a thumbs up and saying, “Fierce! Little brother, you are truly fierce! You can already refine High Grade Blood Replenishment Powder so quickly!”

“Stop the nonsense, 2.7 taels of silver, how about it?” Chen Yao was too lazy to haggle with him. He tentatively raised the price, not caring if it worked or not. Although it was only an increase of 0.1 taels of silver, which seemed small, it could save him a trip.

What Chen Yao didn’t expect was that the boss today was unusually straightforward and agreed immediately.

“How about, 2.8 taels?” After a slight surprise, Chen Yao tentatively asked again.

“Don’t mess around!” The boss gave him a glare, rejecting the suggestion with just his eyes and tone.

Chen Yao didn't push his Luck. He took the silver and left the pharmacy, quickly arriving at the West Side Pharmacy. Just as he was about to speak, he suddenly thought of something and paused for a moment.

What if I buy High Grade Blood Replenishment Powder? Will it upgrade one Rank, directly becoming a second-Rank Medicinal Pill?

There's no reason why this isn't possible.

However, after a moment, Chen Yao still decided to purchase Medium-Grade Blood Replenishment Powder.

Firstly, a second-Rank Medicinal Pill appearing in Lu Town would be too astonishing. It would definitely sell, but the pharmacy boss might not dare to accept it.

Secondly, he didn't know the pricing of second-Rank Medicinal Pills, and he might end up being ripped off.

Finally, while Blood Replenishment Powder was common, a second-Rank Medicinal Pill would definitely attract the attention of the major Families in Lu Town. The Zhao Family in Kang Town still needed 30 Combat Power to eliminate, and Lu Town wouldn't be much lower. He currently didn't have that strength.

After all, a tall tree catches the wind. Thinking about it, he decided against it. There was no rush for second-Rank Medicinal Pills; he would wait until the Blood Replenishment Powder's drug resistance wore off.

Moreover, what if it couldn't? On this point, Chen Yao asked the System but didn't get a clear explanation. If it couldn't upgrade the Medicinal Pill across Ranks, wouldn't he be losing silver?

“Let’s talk about it later.”

The boss quickly retrieved a dozen bottles of Medium-Grade Blood Replenishment Powder and said to Chen Yao, “Little brother, although this Blood Replenishment Powder is very good, you shouldn't take too much.”

“I saw you bought quite a bit of Blood Replenishment Powder yesterday. Taking it all at once, you’ve overdosed. Taking more won’t have any effect.”

“Furthermore, since you have money, why don’t you just buy and take High Grade Blood Replenishment Powder directly? The effects of taking Low Grade and Medium Grade are far inferior to High Grade Blood Replenishment Powder. I see that those Family disciples don’t even consider Medium or Low Grade Blood Replenishment Powder. There’s naturally a reason for this.”

This boss knows quite a lot, Chen Yao thought to himself. Hearing him say this, not only did he have drug resistance, but other people in this world also had drug resistance. Chen Yao then realized, that's right, he had visualized data, which made the drug resistance more intuitive, but it was the same for others, just without a panel, but the drug resistance truly existed.

Chen Yao looked at the boss and couldn't help but sigh, this boss was really nice. Most bosses only care about selling and wouldn't offer such reminders.

“Thanks for the reminder, but I know what you’re talking about. I’m not using it myself,” Chen Yao said.

At this point, the boss stopped talking.

Taking the Medicinal Pill bottles, Chen Yao returned to the East District Pharmacy.

...

Just like that, a day of repetitive back-and-forth runs, though boring, yielded significant gains. Today's starting capital of 8 bottles of High Grade Blood Replenishment Powder had now turned into 213 taels of silver.

Chen Yao kept 1 tael of silver and used 212 taels of silver to purchase 106 bottles of Medium-Grade Blood Replenishment Powder. All of them were upgraded upon receipt, yielding 106 bottles of High Grade Blood Replenishment Powder. He could consume them to full drug resistance tonight, and the rest would serve as tomorrow's starting capital. As for the research on second-Rank Medicinal Pills, that would wait until tomorrow.

After putting away the Blood Replenishment Powder, Chen Yao had a simple meal and then set off for the dilapidated temple.

On the way, Chen Yao walked and pondered a problem: he had been trading too frequently these past two days. Before the bosses of the two pharmacies could react, he had already earned a large amount of silver, enough for his upgrades, food and drink, and future capital.

But a problem also arose: both the shrewder boss in the East District and the more honest boss in the West District were gradually starting to notice something. Chen Yao was too frequent, and each time he bought more than the last.

A question simultaneously appeared in their minds: Why not buy (or sell) everything at once? Why bother splitting it into several trips, isn't it tiring?

Chen Yao was also considering this problem. The East District side was easier to explain; he could say he was an Alchemist and needed silver to purchase Alchemist Materials, which was plausible. It was the West Side that was harder to explain.

“Explain what? It’s a business. Asking this and that, are you still doing business or not?!”

Chen Yao refused to think further. He arrived at the dilapidated temple, laid out bottle after bottle of Medicinal Pills, then kept 44 bottles and put away the rest.

Then began the tedious process of consuming Medicinal Pills to upgrade!

[Congratulations on breaking through to Mortal Fifth Order]

[Congratulations on breaking through to Mortal Sixth Order]

[Congratulations on breaking through to Mortal Seventh Order]

[Combat Power has exceeded 30, you can go to Kang Town to complete the mission]

...

At this point, Chen Yao had consumed 9 bottles of High Grade Blood Replenishment Powder. He noticed that the previous experience points had been increasing incrementally, but after reaching the Seventh Order, to break through to the Eighth Order, the required experience was not 110, but a leap, requiring 200 experience points.

Chen Yao continued to consume 7 bottles of High Grade Blood Replenishment Powder.

[Congratulations on breaking through to Mortal Eighth Order]

Looking at the panel again, the required experience points once again increased by a leap. Breaking through to the Ninth Order required 400 experience.

“I thought it was simpler,” Chen Yao thought to himself, looking at the remaining Medicinal Pills, there were still 28 bottles. “That should be enough.”

Swallowing 14 bottles of High Grade Blood Replenishment Powder in one go, Chen Yao's experience points surged, instantly breaking through 400.

[Congratulations on breaking through to Mortal Ninth Order]

[Combat Power has exceeded 30, you can go to Kang Town to complete the mission]

[There are selectable Talents unused]

Chen Yao ignored the System's prompt and looked at his experience points. The next Rank, Mortal Perfection, required 1000 experience points.

Looking at the remaining High Grade Blood Replenishment Powder, there were only 14 bottles, which could only provide 420 experience.

“Not enough,” Chen Yao fell silent, pondering for a moment. He had 62 bottles as tomorrow's starting capital, which was enough. He would consume all 14 remaining bottles. Although the experience wouldn't be enough for Perfection, he still needed to max out his drug resistance.

Without further hesitation, Chen Yao consumed all the remaining Blood Replenishment Powder. He then looked at the System panel, which displayed:

[Host: Chen Yao]

[Age: 17]

[Realm: Mortal Ninth Order]

[Experience: 440 / 1000]

[Health: 100%]

[Combat Power: 70]

[Drug Resistance: First-Rank Medicinal Pill: Blood Replenishment Powder (50 / 50)]

[Talent: Medicinal Pill Rank +1, Cultivation Speed increased by 25%, Luck slightly increased]

“I’m still short of over 500 experience points. Breaking through to Perfection will grant me at least a Peerless-grade Talent!”

“But I’ve run out of Blood Replenishment Powder. If purchasing High Grade Blood Replenishment Powder can’t upgrade it to a second-Rank Medicinal Pill, it will be very difficult to improve further,” Chen Yao thought. “I’ll try tomorrow and see. If it doesn’t work, I’ll find another way. Second-Rank Medicinal Pills aren’t available in Lu Town, but there will always be a place that has them. And now that I have Combat Power, I don’t necessarily have to rely on Medicinal Pills to upgrade.”

[Talent not yet selected]

[Combat Power has exceeded 30, you can go to Kang Town to complete the mission]

The System's prompts kept ringing. Chen Yao found it annoying and chose to ignore them directly, telling the System, “Don't remind me anymore!”

“Missions? What missions?! Is it more important than my upgrade?!” Chen Yao thought to himself, “I’m in a hurry to break through to Perfection to see the Peerless Talent, and also to break through to a major Realm and choose the Supreme Talent! I don’t have time for missions right now, stop bothering me!”

System: “Okay.”

“Missions can be ignored, but Talents still need to be chosen,” Chen Yao said. “System, choose Talent!”