It's still early for lunch.
Since Lu Tao hadn't eaten, He Zongming instructed his daughter-in-law to prepare a table full of dishes.
During the meal, Lu Tao had a persistent feeling that He Yuanshuang's mother was looking at him as if he were a mother-in-law scrutinizing her son-in-law, asking him all sorts of questions about his personality, character, and future plans.
This made Lu Tao feel extremely uneasy, even more so than when he was fighting the Axe Gang one-on-one.
Fortunately, nothing else was mentioned, otherwise, Lu Tao was afraid he would have been unable to resist fleeing in panic.
After a meal, Lu Tao, drenched in sweat, went to the medicine shop and bought five bottles of ferocious beast blood.
It wasn't that he didn't want to buy more, but the medicine shop only had five bottles left.
The pill shop restocks once a month, with a maximum of ten bottles at a time. Several people in the Blood Refining Realm in Dafeng Town order one bottle per month, while only the leader of the Axe Gang buys more each month.
There are still ten days until the next order.
Helpless, Lu Tao decided to use up all seven bottles of blood first, check his cultivation progress, and then make further plans.
Next, Lu Tao went to a herbal medicine shop to buy some medicinal herbs, preparing to refine pills that could improve one's aptitude.
These medicinal herbs were very expensive, costing Lu Tao a full four hundred taels of silver.
As soon as he got home, Lu Tao got busy.
Wash all the medicinal herbs and broken leaves of the medicinal plants, and then dry them.
Next, we started heating the pot and stir-frying the vegetables.
That's right. Lu Tao doesn't know how to refine pills, nor does he have a pill furnace. So he didn't waste his fortune points to improve his pill recipe proficiency. Naturally, he could only pour all the medicinal herbs together and knead them into meatballs like he usually does when stir-frying vegetables.
At first, Lu Tao planned to make only one pill, but after glancing at his big black dog, he decided to divide it into two. Then he thought of Wu Ming and finally decided to make three.
Whether it was because Lu Tao's cooking skills were too poor, or because the medicinal herbs were too difficult to prepare, a few minutes later...
"My alchemy skills are unparalleled."
Looking at the three charred lumps of medicine in the pot, Lu Tao couldn't help but sigh and rub his forehead, mocking himself.
The good news is that all three medicine packages have written descriptions.
【Dust Removal Pill: 0/1 (Are you sure this is a pill? It's all burnt. Is this stuff really edible? Are there really people who aren't afraid of death who would dare to eat this?)】
"..."
Lu Tao stared blankly at the text, already somewhat accustomed to the system's sarcasm.
"How do I upgrade this pill? The things I make mainly gain experience when used. This pill should also gain experience when consumed, but..."
Looking at the charred dust-removing pill, Lu Tao hesitated; he really couldn't bring himself to eat it.
Moreover, Lu Tao was also worried about whether it was poisonous.
Although these medicinal materials were prepared according to the prescription, his alchemy skills were not up to par, and he was really not confident in the cleansing pills he produced.
"Forget it, let's try catching a mouse."
With Lu Tao's cultivation level and strength, catching a mouse would be too easy for him.
After catching the mouse, Lu Tao scooped up a small bowl of water and gently soaked a dust-removing pill in it.
Then they used chopsticks to dip in water and feed it to the mice.
"Squeak..."
The rat squeaked and struggled frantically, but Lu Tao's hand was like an iron clamp, firmly holding it. It had no chance to escape and could only swallow the potion in humiliation.
Although it's just a little bit of medicine, it's the essence of a bunch of precious medicinal herbs...and the dregs, so its medicinal effects are very strong.
"Squeak..."
The next moment, the mouse rolled its eyes back, looking as if it was about to die.
At the same time, Lu Tao noticed that the experience gained from the Dust Removal Pill had increased.
"upgrade."
【Dust-Clearing Pill: 0/10 (A pill? It doesn't exist. It's just a clump of various medicinal herbs. Ordinary people who eat it will experience diarrhea, mental confusion, and adverse health effects.)】
"Hehe, I'm a genius."
Lu Tao chuckled, then took two more bowls, dipped the other two dust-removing pills in water, and fed them to the rats.
"Squeak..."
Ignoring the rat's protests, Lu Tao fed it twice more before releasing the barely alive rat back into the wild.
Thus, all three Dust-Cleansing Pills were upgraded once.
Next, Lu Tao took out another bowl, moistened it with water, and then drank it himself.
He believed that with his Blood Refining Realm cultivation, it shouldn't be difficult for him to withstand the "release" function and mental attack of the Dust Removal Pill.
Sure enough, after repeatedly dipping chopsticks in water to drink the medicine, Lu Tao did not feel any discomfort.
In this way, the experience gained from the pills continued to increase, and soon, the experience gained from the pills was enough to upgrade to the entry-level.
"upgrade."
【Dust Removal Pill: 0/1000 (Ninth-grade low-level pill, can improve root bone aptitude, 100% guaranteed to raise aptitude to low-grade mortal. Note: For all people, the minimum aptitude is low-grade mortal. If this pill is taken by a person of low-grade mortal, it can further increase their aptitude by 50%.)】
"Then let's continue upgrading."
Lu Tao didn't stop and continued to gain experience.
[Dust Removal Pill: 0/10,000 (Ninth-grade mid-level pill, with an 80% chance of raising one's aptitude to mid-level common grade.)]
"This actually reduces the probability."
Lu Tao frowned slightly; this was somewhat different from what he had expected.
However, upon closer reflection, it seems to make sense.
Lu Tao stopped investigating and, after thinking for a moment, called Wu Ming over to help him gain experience.
Otherwise, it would take him a long time to raise the experience of the three pills to a higher level by himself, and his mouth and tongue would also suffer.
And so, the two men and the dog each had a bowl in front of them, and they quickly licked the water from the bowls.
"Hahaha... Brother Tao, we look so silly."
The scene was so funny that Wu Ming couldn't help but laugh out loud.
"Don't laugh, hurry up and lick it."
An hour passed in the blink of an eye, and Lu Tao felt that his mouth and tongue were almost stiff.
In that hour, he licked his mouth and tongue ten thousand times. At first, he was very fast, but then he slowed down. If he hadn't used his qi and blood to constantly soothe his mouth and tongue, he would have given up long ago.
If Lu Tao was in such a state, Wu Ming and the big black dog were already lying on the ground.
And the experience they gained was less than five thousand.
"Don't slack off, rest well and then continue. I'll improve your aptitude in a bit."
Upon hearing about the upgrade in qualifications, Wu Ming and the big black dog's eyes lit up, and they got up to continue licking.
Unfortunately, he only lasted a short while before collapsing to the ground again.
[Dust Removal Pill: 0/100,000 (Ninth-grade superior pill, with a 60% chance of upgrading aptitude to superior ordinary grade.)]
"It's been reduced by another 20%, so the chance of getting a low-grade eighth rank is only 40%. That's a pretty low probability. I wonder what grade of aptitude is above the ordinary rank."
Lu Tao was somewhat helpless. The odds had dropped too much. A 60% chance was still acceptable, but at 40%, it was just a matter of luck.
As for the 20%, Lu Tao didn't even consider it. It wasn't about luck anymore; it was about personal fortune.
If one truly possessed such good fortune, one wouldn't have such poor talent.
"Should we take it directly, or increase it again?"
Lu Tao was somewhat worried.
Don't be fooled by his stat allocation system, which allows him to freely upgrade various techniques, secret arts, and skills.
In reality, his innate talent was very poor.
Talent and comprehension are equally important. Lu Tao now has a system, so he doesn't need to worry about comprehension, but talent...
If he can improve his aptitude, there is no doubt that he will cultivate faster, whether it is refining potions or blood.
This can save a lot of time and allow you to improve your cultivation and strength more quickly.
"Forget it, let's play it safe for now. After all, I still have the root of a spirit herb. Maybe I can cultivate a new spirit herb. Then we'll see if we can take a gamble and turn a bicycle into a motorcycle."
After some thought, Lu Tao decided not to upgrade the Dust Removal Pill.
After instructing the man and the dog to continue licking the medicine, Lu Tao began his cultivation.
Lu Tao wanted to compare his current cultivation speed with the speed he had after taking pills and improving his aptitude, and see how much difference there was.
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