135: Half a month

Shi Yi thought Lu Hao was dissatisfied, and was immediately scared into a cold sweat, her legs even shaking a little.

"Shi Yi, what's going on?"

"W-what?"

Shi Yi said, trembling. Her heart was filled with panic.

Lu Hao's voice came:

"I gave you twenty Top-Grade Spirit Stones, right?"

"Yes?"

"Then how could you buy so many things? Did you go rob someone?"

After Lu Hao finished his last sentence, Shi Yi felt as if she had been granted a reprieve; so that was it.

Master... can we please finish saying what we need to say all at once...

Shi Yi, with immense pride, recounted how she had engaged in a war of words with the various shop owners today, haggling and cutting them down until they were utterly defeated!

The way she told it was incredibly vivid.

It left Lu Hao stunned.

Damn, did I just casually pick up a Genius who is this good at financial management?

Although he had many Spirit Stones, saving some was always a good thing!

After all, he still needed to save them to help the Disciples of the Qingxuan Sect improve their Cultivation.

He had been out for so long, and he didn't know how much Cultivation they had returned to him.

Lu Hao had stored all the returned Cultivation in the System, so he didn't know how much returned Cultivation he had obtained now.

I hope you all won't let me down...

"Well done, Shi Yi. I really didn't misjudge you. Let's reward you with these Spirit Stones."

Lu Hao said, handing the remaining tens of billions of Spirit Stones to Shi Yi.

"Take them and quickly improve your Cultivation. Your Cultivation is too low; it's inconvenient to travel outside."

Shi Yi was extremely surprised. She had just gone out to purchase some items and received so many Spirit Stones?!

"Thank you, Master!"

After saying that, Shi Yi turned around, prepared to walk out the door, and returned to her room.

Lu Hao then transmitted his voice to Yin Xiaotong:

"Disciple, come to Master's room for a moment. I have something for you."

Yin Xiaotong opened her eyes, revealing a puzzled expression.

"Master has something for me? What is it?"

Soon, Yin Xiaotong arrived at Lu Hao's room:

"Master, what are your orders?"

Lu Hao waved his hand and gave Yin Xiaotong a Storage Pouch.

Inside are one hundred Pill Furnaces. According to your research progress, you should be able to start Alchemy soon.

Hearing this, Yin Xiaotong looked troubled and stammered:

"Master, researching the knowledge of herbs is fine, but for this Alchemy, I have only learned one opening stance..."

"If Master asks me to perform Alchemy now, I am completely clueless. It would be better if Master could give me a little guidance, then I can go practice on my own."

Lu Hao said:

"This matter is simple, but I cannot guide you. You must rely on yourself to comprehend it."

Hearing Lu Hao's words, Yin Xiaotong was stunned:

"Master, I heard from others that the hardest part of Alchemy is the entry. Without Master's guidance, relying solely on my own exploration is basically impossible..."

After listening, Lu Hao stood up instantly and said angrily:

"Yin Xiaotong, the entry-level of an Alchemist is just the first hurdle on the path of the Dao of Alchemy. Can you not even pass this? Then how can you talk about becoming a Grandmaster of Alchemy?!"

"This is just the most basic test I have given you. If you have to ask me about this, how will you explore the Dao of Alchemy on your own?"

"Do you know that after becoming a Grandmaster of Alchemy, there is no path left to follow? At that time, you can only rely on yourself to explore; no one can help you."

"I am having you try at the beginning of your entry into the Dao of Alchemy. Firstly, to better stimulate your potential, and secondly, so that you can go further in the future!"

"Moreover, you can use any of the medicinal herbs I have here to practice. You don't need to consider anything else. If you have an idea, refine it. Refine it hard for me! If the herbs are used up, Master will replenish them for you!"

Yin Xiaotong stood straight in front of Lu Hao, scolded by Lu Hao, and dared not say a word.

If Yin Xinghai saw her like this, his eyeballs would definitely pop out in shock!

This Yin Xiaotong usually didn't submit to anyone in the City Lord's Mansion, and even he found it hard to deal with her, but now she was actually scolded into submission by Lu Hao.

Truly a strange thing.

After hearing Lu Hao's words, Yin Xiaotong suddenly realized that her Master did not teach her the entry techniques because he was thinking about her future.

Since Master was so thoughtful towards her, she should work even harder and must become a true First-Grade Alchemist as soon as possible!

"Disciple understands. Disciple will go and work twice as hard!"

After speaking, Yin Xiaotong left.

Watching his Disciple leave, Lu Hao let out a long sigh of relief.

Teach Alchemy? I don't know anything about it myself! I'm still waiting for my Disciple to return Alchemy Cultivation to me!

Fortunately, I bluffed my way through. Now I'll just wait for when Yin Xiaotong reaches a Bottleneck.

...

Time passed day by day, and in the blink of an eye, half a month had passed.

Yin Xiaotong's herbal knowledge had reached a level of ten thousand!

This speed of progress could simply be described as astonishing!

In just half a month, she went from knowing nothing to having ten thousand in herbal knowledge!

A normal Alchemist would need at least about a year.

The Alchemist with the highest known talent in Guangdong City would probably also need about half a month.

This means that Yin Xiaotong's talent in researching herbs has already reached the level of the most talented Alchemist in Guangdong City.

The reason she was able to reach this level in just half a month.

First, it was certainly because of her focus. For this half month, she had almost not slept or eaten, just stubbornly researching medicinal herbs.

She researched for half a month.

This is not like Cultivating; normal seclusion for Cultivation is measured in years or even decades.

But researching medicinal herbs is very exhausting for a Cultivator's energy. Yin Xiaotong researching continuously for half a month can only be described as passion and resilience.

Secondly, it was the unlimited medicinal herbs provided by Lu Hao. Under such cost-free supply, she could disassemble the herbs at will.

Watching the structure of every herb, watching the most detailed components within the herbs.

This is also one of the reasons she was able to progress quickly.

Who in their right mind would give someone who hasn't even entered the door this kind of stuff to play with? In just one month, Yin Xiaotong had destroyed nearly 500 billion Spirit Stones worth of herbs!!

Finally, after reaching the most basic knowledge of herbs, Yin Xiaotong began her Alchemy journey.

For her first time practicing Alchemy, Yin Xiaotong was exceptionally nervous. She looked at the Pill Furnace, began to drive the Origin Qi in her body, and started to refine the herbs.

In an Alchemist's process of Alchemy, the first step is to refine the medicinal herbs.

This step requires refining away all the Impurities or unnecessary medicinal properties within the herbs.

Only in this way can it be guaranteed that the process of Alchemy will not be affected by Impurities.

The higher the purity when refining herbs, the higher the purity of the final pill.