17: Chapter 17: The fact that you absolutely cannot take too many pills has nothing to do with my alchemy skills.

Lin Kuang carried Yu Xiaotang as they left Poro Forest, and her complexion gradually recovered.

"By the way, should I try Alchemy?" Lin Kuang looked at the Materials and the low-level spirit pill in his hand, and a bold idea sprouted in his mind.

[Alchemy Mission: Refine Oblique-Wing Pill. Oblique-Wing Pill Materials: Two-Winged Centipede torso, one 15-year-old Grass Bell Wood, and five pieces of Red Soil Mud.]

[Mission Reward: low-level spirit pill Pill Formula and 55 Cultivation.]

A Pill Formula? Damn, does completing the mission mean I can get infinite sugar beans to level up? Lin Kuang beamed as he looked at the mission reward.

He found a spot near a stream and set up the Pill Furnace.

"Add the Materials, light the fire..." Lin Kuang was a bit confused, but he stubbornly lit the fire: "Why is there no heat!"

Looking at the Pill Furnace, which was colder than a stone, Lin Kuang didn't know what to do for a moment. Isn't this how Alchemy works in Cultivation novels?

Lin Kuang recalled which step he had messed up. Suddenly, he jumped up: "They use Qi to create fire!"

Lin Kuang directed his Qi at the furnace.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh—

The Pill Furnace began to steam, and a faint scent of mint wafted out.

Is this a hint that I need to increase the intensity? Lin Kuang sniffed the herbal fragrance and watched the boiling furnace.

"Ahhh!" Lin Kuang used all his strength, but the furnace remained in its original state, and his Qi was almost completely drained.

"I knew those Alchemists always hid in the back. Pei Yuhan didn't drain me in a day, but this thing has almost sucked me dry! I don't even dare to imagine those higher-grade Medicinal Pills!" Lin Kuang held his kidneys and stared at the furnace.

"There's no other way! I'll just pop one too!" Lin Kuang took out a low-level spirit pill and ate it. As soon as it entered his mouth, he wanted to spit it out: "This feels just like chewing on plastic underwear!"

Bear it, Lin Kuang! Only those who endure the bitterest of the bitter can become the masters of others! Helpless, Lin Kuang forced himself, *gag*—

"The start was that day, when is the next time? You always think... yourself..." A bespectacled muscle-head was chanting while his muscles controlled his brain.

Ah—is this the feeling that blogger gets? Lin Kuang, a blogger who adds leucine, black coffee, and sweetener to his meals, and starts his day by drinking edible oil, found it just as counter-intuitive as the Medicinal Pill.

I've seen people in Xuanhuan novels eat Medicinal Pills like candy! It's insanely awesome.

Whoosh—

A dark green bead wrapped in centipede remains slowly emerged from the Pill Furnace.

*Gag*—

Lin Kuang passed out cold.

[Cultivation suddenly rose to 589.]

However, it was strange; Lin Kuang felt that the mission hadn't been completed and he was missing experience.

"Whew—this strange-looking Medicinal Pill shouldn't have any problems!" Lin Kuang muttered to himself after smelling the minty scent emitted by the Oblique-Wing Pill.

*Chomp, chomp*—*gag*—no, it's souring me to death! Lin Kuang rolled his eyes, his face pale.

Half an hour later, Lin Kuang woke up. This Medicinal Pill didn't feel like anything for the first two bites, but as he chewed more, whether it was the juices releasing or it mixing with his saliva, his entire mouth felt like it was being pierced by sourness.

[Poison Resistance +1%] A status entry popped up. Lin Kuang smiled helplessly; he now knew how good the rewards given by the System were.

"What are you doing? Your face is green!" Yu Xiaotang had fully recovered and looked at Lin Kuang, completely bewildered.

"What? What did you say?" Lin Kuang saw Yu Xiaotang speaking, but couldn't hear any sound.

"What happened?" Yu Xiaotang cupped her hands around her mouth to amplify her voice.

"Forget it, your voice is too small. Let me tell you, I know Alchemy." Lin Kuang proudly patted his chest and pushed the Pill Furnace over.

"Hm? You didn't even have the primary liquid! How did you refine it?" Yu Xiaotang touched the edge of the Pill Furnace; it didn't feel like it had been soaked in anything.

"Am I not clever?" Lin Kuang was still immersed in the process of his successful Alchemy, completely unaware that a Medicinal Pill refined without primary liquid differed greatly from the original.

Especially with a Medicinal Pill refined using poisonous insects; this was also the reason why the System only gave him the Elementary spirit pill Pill Formula and no experience.

"Too clever. You are the first Alchemist I've ever seen who can refine without primary liquid!" Yu Xiaotang shook her head and dragged Lin Kuang onto the road. Yu Xiaotang's Family was famous for Alchemy, and she had long since become a Second-Rank Alchemist.

"Hehehe!" Lin Kuang laughed like an idiot.

[Combat Mission: Defeat the Wind Demon Sect Elder.]

[Mission Reward: Gain 100 Cultivation, obtain the Wind Demon Sect's Wind Demon Heart Technique, which can increase speed by 10%!]

"What? Is there a gym challenge?" Lin Kuang said, looking completely bewildered: "I can even get a Cultivation Technique if I succeed."

"Hm? You don't know?" Yu Xiaotang looked at Lin Kuang in surprise and then explained: "The Dynasty has started a policy of national isolation to counter other forces!"

Cultivators with Cultivation exceeding the Third Realm can establish their own School, and Cultivators at the Sixth Realm can establish a Sect, providing opportunities for people in the world to practice the Dao.

Ordinary Cultivators who succeed in a challenge can obtain some public Cultivation Techniques to strengthen themselves; this is also the Dynasty's way of calling for Loose Cultivators to unite.

Lin Kuang couldn't hear Yu Xiaotang speaking; he was still fantasizing about whether the little sisters of the Wind Demon Sect had wolf ears.

"Hehehe..." Yu Xiaotang held her head and shook it as she watched Lin Kuang giggling.

...

Whoosh—

"So comfortable!" Lin Kuang stretched and hit something soft and squishy.

"Ah! What are you doing?" Yu Xiaotang's eyes teared up as she tumbled over, facing Lin Kuang.

"White?" Lin Kuang had discovered a new continent.

"Bastard! You're misbehaving the moment you wake up!" Yu Xiaotang stood up and slapped Lin Kuang.

Lin Kuang had just recovered, his eyes clear like a college student's, and he didn't continue to tease Yu Xiaotang.

"Did I fall asleep?" Lin Kuang felt like he had a memory lapse; he didn't even know why he was here.

"Yes, a fool who ate Medicinal Pills indiscriminately! You were poisoned!" Yu Xiaotang teased as she tidied up her things.

"I told you that Medicinal Pill shouldn't be eaten in excess; it makes you pass out!" Lin Kuang's first reaction was that the Medicinal Pills provided by the System shouldn't be overeaten. Many Medicinal Pills in the Cultivation World would have reduced effects or cause discomfort if eaten in excess.

It's just like a chef in a famine; if you eat the same food too much, the effect is greatly reduced.

"And you ate several of them!" Yu Xiaotang said, unable to believe it.

"Yeah, what's the matter? Isn't it just a low-level spirit pill? Why are you making such a fuss?" Lin Kuang felt very strange about Yu Xiaotang's reaction.

"Hahaha! You can refine it without primary liquid? How is that possible?" Yu Xiaotang said, finding it incredible.

"Primary liquid? What the hell is that? Isn't it just throwing the Materials in and refining them with Qi?" Lin Kuang still didn't believe that the Medicinal Pill he refined was the problem.

"Hahaha! This Young Miss will refine one for you!" Seeing how stubborn Lin Kuang was, Yu Xiaotang took out a stalk of Astragalus, Codonopsis, and a bottle of primary liquid, and tossed them into her Unicorn Pill Furnace.

"Rise..." Yu Xiaotang slowly channeled her Qi. In less than half a moment, a brown Medicinal Pill appeared in her hand, emitting a milky fragrance.

"This is a Golden Crow Pill! It regulates blood and Qi. Try it!"

Lin Kuang was shocked by the speed of Yu Xiaotang's Alchemy, but he still asked curiously: "Does it taste good?"

Thinking about how he had been scammed by the Medicinal Pill, he didn't dare to eat it mindlessly.

"Those that regulate Qi are usually sweet!" Yu Xiaotang replied.

Lin Kuang ate it, and it tasted exactly like the milk tablets he ate when he was a child—sweet.