Shen Xuzi explained, "As the name suggests, this furnace increases the success rate of refining healing and nourishing pills by fifty percent, but it will never succeed in refining dangerous pills that harm or kill people. Would you say this alchemy furnace is benevolent or not?"

“Indeed kind,” Zuan said with a wry smile, adding to himself, “But my sister-in-law is even kinder.”

"Does Master Zu want this alchemy furnace?" Shen Xuzi asked.

Zuan hesitated for a moment, then shook his head and said, "Let me look at the others first."

Although this furnace is effective, its uses are too limited. He might be able to refine some offensive pills, but this furnace would ensure his failure.

Shen Xuzi smiled. Young people are full of energy and don't really like this kind of dull alchemy furnace. So he took out another alchemy furnace with sharp edges and two sharp ears on its body: "This furnace is called the Demon Furnace. Its characteristics are exactly the opposite of the Benevolent Furnace. It will not succeed in refining healing and nourishing pills, but the success rate of refining attack pills will increase by fifty percent."

Zuan was speechless. These two alchemy furnaces were like sworn enemies. But if I had both furnaces at the same time, wouldn't that increase the success rate of all pills by fifty percent?

As if sensing his thoughts, Shen Xuzi sighed: "It's a pity that these two furnaces are incompatible. If one of them is refined, the other cannot be used. That's why I haven't used them all these years."

Zuan's expression was strange: "These alchemy furnaces are really... capricious."

Shen Xuzi picked up another alchemy furnace: "Let's look at the other one. This furnace is called the Heartless Furnace. It is different from the previous two furnaces. It adheres to the principle that Heaven and Earth are ruthless and treat all things as straw dogs. Whether you are refining pills to cure diseases and save lives or pills to attack and harm people, it treats them all equally and increases the success rate of pills by 20 percent."

Zuan frowned and said, "The probability of improvement is still a bit low." Those two just now improved by a full 50% in their respective fields.

Shen Xuzi said, "In the end, there are still trade-offs. There is no such thing as a perfect solution in this world. Besides, 20% is not low. I have been using this alchemy furnace for a long time, and the improvement it brings over time is actually quite considerable."

Zuan hesitated for a moment. Shen Xuzi's professional ability was beyond doubt. Since even he had been using this furnace for a long time, it proved that choosing this one was probably the right thing to do.

Just as he was about to agree, he suddenly heard Mi Li's voice: "Don't rush to decide. I seem to sense a familiar presence. Look around."

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I saw that many readers from Xinjiang have offered to treat me to a meal through the WeChat official account, but unfortunately, I am traveling with a group of people and am the only driver, so I simply cannot be there in person. I can only thank you all for your kindness.

Next time I have the chance, I definitely want to travel alone. My fellow book lovers, could you take me to experience the warmth and hospitality of Xinjiang girls?

Because WeChat official accounts cannot reply to messages after 48 hours, I apologize for not being able to reply to many people's messages.