JSCMU-Chapter 44: Tallying the Harvest

Lin Ya was silent for a long time. He turned to Yue Zhao and asked, “This is how she passed the assessment?”

Yue Zhao nodded heavily.

“Did no one beat her?” Lin Ya asked again.

Yue Zhao sighed. “Let’s just say, everyone there had pretty good self-restraint.”

Lin Ya deeply agreed. He patted Yue Zhao’s shoulder. “You’ve had a hard time.”

Yue Zhao’s eyes filled with tears.

At last, his grievances were vindicated.

“Eldest Senior Brother, your furnace is pretty good. Seems like it’s even better quality than the one used in the Pill Pavilion assessment,” Yun Jin said, pretending she hadn’t heard their complaints, her face full of curiosity.

“Pavilion Master Chen insisted on giving it to me,” Yue Zhao replied. “This Baicao Pavilion here is just a branch. Larger markets also usually have a Baicao Pavilion presence. Pavilion Master Chen is only in charge of this branch, and as far as I know, the branches compete with each other. He’s trying every possible way to build a good relationship with you in hopes of forming a long-term pill supply partnership. If his branch’s performance improves, his standing within the Baicao Pavilion will also rise.”

Yun Jin raised an eyebrow. “I’m just a first rank alchemist. Do I already have that much value?”

Yue Zhao smiled. “You’re underestimating how valuable an alchemist is. Alchemists are not only rare, but refining pills is also extremely taxing. Each batch takes tremendous effort, and until it’s fully completed, there’s always the risk it could fail. That’s why it’s so expensive to hire one. And if an alchemist successfully refines a batch, they would rather sell through the Pill Pavilion.”

Yun Jin grew more curious. “The Pill Pavilion also handles pill sales?”

“Of course. But if an alchemist chooses to sell to the Pill Pavilion, they’ll receive fewer spirit stones. To make up for this, the Pill Pavilion offers ‘contribution points.’ These points can apparently be used for various things within the Pavilion. You’ll have to explore the details yourself,” Yue Zhao said. “Little Junior Sister, if you want points, you can choose to sell your next batch of pills directly to the Pill Pavilion.”

The priority sales agreement they signed with Baicao Pavilion didn’t include the Pill Pavilion nor could it.

Yun Jin thought for a moment. “Next time, I’ll go check it out first.”

At that moment.

The pill furnace let out a low hum.

Lin Ya tensed up. “Xiao Jin! It looks like it’s time to collect the pills!”

“Oh.” Yun Jin replied lazily, extinguished the flame, and opened the lid.

The next moment, golden light flashed again.

Even Yue Zhao was stunned.

Again…

Another batch of perfect-quality pills.

A glint flashed in his eyes.

Could it be that Little Junior Sister refining perfect-quality pills wasn’t a coincidence.

But a certainty?

Yue Zhao’s heart couldn’t help but burn with excitement.

If his little junior sister had this kind of ability, building a business empire might not be just a dream.

“Eldest Senior Brother, give this bottle to them for trading as well.” Yun Jin yawned. “From now on, I’ll make one bottle a day for you. The quality should all be perfect.”

One perfect-quality bottle per day!

Yue Zhao was shocked. He really wanted to ask how she did it.

But he didn’t dare!

He knew that asking would probably lead to another round of over-the-top, domineering, show-offy remarks.

He’s getting old, he couldn’t take it anymore.

Si Wanning, on the other hand, apparently hadn’t suffered enough, she opened her mouth to ask something.

Yue Zhao rushed over and covered her mouth!

Si Wanning struggled a bit, then gave up.

Only then did Yue Zhao breathe a sigh of relief.

“Little Junior Sister, you’ve had a long day. Get some rest, we won’t bother you anymore,” Yue Zhao said.

Yun Jin blinked and pretended she didn’t notice his little stunt.

After all, it wasn’t worth showing off for just these few people.

Good show-off lines needed to be saved for larger crowds.

“Okay.” So Yun Jin obediently agreed.

The few from Heavenly Sword Peak had just left.

Suddenly, Yue Zhao remembered something.

Come to think of it…

Where was Yu Songnian?

He looked around and finally found Yu Songnian still standing coolly in the corner.

Yue Zhao’s face darkened. He walked over and knocked on him.

When he knocked on him, it actually made a solid banging sound.

Yun Jin was shocked. “Third Senior Brother… turned into stone?”

“It’s fine. Just an old illness,” Yue Zhao said with practiced ease. “Sometimes he relapses. Just leave him be, he’ll be back to normal in an hour or two.”

He hoisted Yu Songnian up onto his shoulder. No wonder Third Senior Brother had been making that cool face the whole time, he must’ve had another episode.

As he left, Yue Zhao even remembered to close the door.

Yun Jin: “…”

Why did it feel like Heavenly Sword Peak wasn’t quite normal either?

A time-traveling Eldest Senior Brother.

A Third Senior Brother who occasionally turns into stone?

Thankfully, Second Senior Sister still seemed relatively normal!

Now that she was finally alone,

Yun Jin opened her system panel to check her harvest from showing off this round.

All she could say was,

The more people, the better.

From this wave of showing off, beginning to end, she had collected a total of 10,478 Emotional Points.

Which directly gave her 100 Simplification Attempts.

Adding that to her previous total, she now had a whopping 250 chances.

All she could say was, what a beautiful number.

It was too beautiful. She had to break it.

Yun Jin thought for a moment and took out a Foundation Establishment Pill and a Rejuvenation Pill.

Aside from Biling Pills, those were the only other kinds of pills she had.

The Foundation Establishment Pill and the Rejuvenation Pill were both grade 2 pills.

Yun Jin tried simplifying the Foundation Establishment Pill a few times.

But she found that to refine it, the prerequisite was always to have spiritual power at the Foundation Establishment Realm.

If she kept spending Simplification Attempts, she might eventually be able to remove that prerequisite.

But Yun Jin was now not far from the Foundation Establishment Stage. Although the number of simplification attempts looked like a lot, they were actually not that easy to come by.

So Yun Jin temporarily stopped simplifying these two types of pills and decided to wait until she broke through to Foundation Establishment Stage.

Now that she could refine Biling Pills herself, with the double effects stacking, she should be able to break through in just a few days.

And then there was the Azure Lotus Sword Technique.

Yun Jin took out that golden sheet of paper.

Then, she began to scan it.

“De-level sword technique: Azure Lotus Sword Technique. A simplified version of the Tian-level technique ‘Azure Lotus Sword Manual’. Once this sword technique is cultivated to perfection, one can begin practicing the Azure Lotus Sword Manual. 

Conditions for cultivation: Must have mastered at least ten types of sword intent, must possess extraordinary comprehension of the sword path.”

The conditions were very concise. And the more concise they were, the more frightening they became.

For example, these ten sword intents.

Eldest Senior Brother and Second Senior Sister should each count as having mastered one sword intent.

Eldest Senior Brother’s Void Breaking Sword Intent, Second Senior Sister’s Lotus Sword Intent.

Each of those was already considered outstanding in its own right.

But for the Azure Lotus Sword Technique, the prerequisite was the mastery of ten sword intents!

For someone with even slightly average talent, they might spend their entire life and still not reach that level.

Moreover.

Although there was a simplification button on the Azure Lotus Sword Technique, for the first time, the button was actually grayed out. It indicated that it could not be simplified at the moment.

“System, why can’t the Azure Lotus Sword Technique be simplified?” Yun Jin asked directly.

“Host’s cultivation level is too low and does not qualify for simplification. To cultivate De-level techniques, Foundation Establishment Stage is the minimum requirement.”

Yun Jin nodded.

Foundation Establishment again. Always Foundation Establishment.

It seemed even the heavens were forcing her to reach Foundation Establishment quickly.

Then she would establish her foundation quickly.

Yun Jin stood up, directly lit the furnace, and began refining pills.

She planned to break through to the Foundation Establishment Stage in one go!