【Dust-Clearing Grass: 0/1,000,000 (Medium-grade spiritual herb, grafted Dust-Clearing Grass. Once fully mature, direct consumption will guarantee a 100% chance of raising the aptitude to Good Grade Lower, a 70% chance to Good Grade Medium, and a 30% chance to Good Grade Upper. It is recommended to refine it into a pill for better medicinal effects.)】
The upgraded dust-removing herb is undoubtedly much more effective.
To Lu Tao's surprise, the grafted dust-removing grass grew significantly after the upgrade.
The leaves, which were originally only the size of a ring finger, have now grown to be larger than a thumb, equivalent to two fingers side by side.
In addition, several more leaves have grown.
"Ah, this is so convenient, it saves me a lot of time."
Lu Tao was very satisfied.
Continue to give the Dust-Removing Grass experience.
At this moment, Lu Tao also discovered that after the Dust-Removing Grass was upgraded, even without him inputting the power of wood, the Dust-Removing Grass did not show any signs of withering under the thick smoke.
This gave Lu Tao a few more ideas: "Just thick smoke isn't enough to gain experience points, so how about we make some poisonous smoke?"
With this in mind, Lu Tao acted decisively.
Previously, Lu Tao had found a lot of poison in the storage bags of Han Chengyun and others, as well as on the body of Xue Luo Shangren.
Some are poisonous water, some are poisonous powder, or some are poison pills...
In terms of effectiveness, none of them are very strong; they are merely passable and have no effect on the internal organ refining realm.
Now it's perfect to use.
Lu Tao took out the poison powder and burned it, causing it to produce poisonous smoke that also enveloped the Dust-Removing Grass.
He did not disappoint Lu Tao.
After the poisonous smoke appeared, the experience gained from the Dust-Clearing Grass increased dramatically, more than a hundred times the previous amount.
Suddenly, Lu Tao thought of something, and his expression froze. "Speaking of which, if the Dust-Removing Grass inhales too much poisonous smoke, could it also inhale the poison itself?"
However, when he saw that the Dust-Clearing Grass was about to wither again, Lu Tao had no choice but to put aside his concerns and begin to channel the power of wood.
And so, a moment later, the Dust-Removing Grass was upgraded again.
【Dust-Clearing Grass: 0/100 million (A superior-grade spiritual herb, grafted Dust-Clearing Grass. Once fully mature, direct consumption will guarantee a 100% chance of raising one's aptitude to medium-grade good, an 80% chance to high-grade good, a 50% chance to low-grade superior, and a 20% chance to medium-grade superior. It is recommended to refine it into pills for better efficacy.)】
"That's great! It's already a top-tier aptitude, and even a mid-tier top-tier one, but it's not enough. Keep grinding."
Lu Tao looked very excited, but he was not satisfied.
Aptitude is extremely important. Each minor advancement in aptitude allows him to progress more easily and quickly in martial arts. Naturally, Lu Tao would not be satisfied with a mere top-tier intermediate aptitude.
He is a somewhat greedy person.
They become even more greedy when they are absolutely certain of success.
Moreover, through the written description, Lu Tao also knew that the toxic smoke would not affect the effectiveness of the dust-removing herb, which made him feel even more at ease.
"Poison, burn it, burn it!"
Lu Tao burned more poison powder to give the Dust-Removing Grass experience.
More than an hour later, the experience points were maxed out again.
[Dust-Clearing Grass: 0/10 billion (Top-grade spiritual herb, grafted Dust-Clearing Grass. Once fully mature, direct consumption will guarantee a 100% chance of raising one's aptitude to Excellent Grade, a 90% chance of raising it to Excellent Grade Low Grade, a 60% chance of raising it to Excellent Grade Medium Grade, and a 30% chance of raising it to Excellent Grade High Grade. It is recommended to refine it into pills for better medicinal effects.)]
"It's a bit of a pity that we couldn't get a top-tier aptitude."
Lu Tao felt a little regretful that he hadn't managed to get a top-tier item. After all, it would take more than a hundred hours, or ten days, to continue grinding experience and leveling up.
This has taken a while.
Lu Tao didn't want to wait any longer and decided to stop grinding for experience.
After using the Qi and blood and the power of the Five Elements in his body to completely eliminate the poisonous smoke in the house, Lu Tao prepared to cultivate while waiting for the Dust-Clearing Grass to fully mature.
After three upgrades, the initial three leaves of the Dust-Clearing Grass had grown to the size of a palm.
The other dozen or so leaves have also grown quite a bit.
Lu Tao didn't know exactly what the Dust-Removing Grass looked like or how big it was when it was fully mature, so he could only wait and observe its growth.
It was already late at night, but Lu Tao was not sleepy at all.
Lu Tao discovered that after the five internal organs were tempered and the power of the five elements appeared in his body, it seemed that his body could keep running continuously and he didn't need to rest much.
He felt that once he reached the perfection of the internal organ refinement, he would be able to stop sleeping altogether and could stay up all night as long as he wanted.
No wonder he saw Manager Feng always at the inn, day and night, without ever seeing him rest.
I see.
...
Two more hours passed, and Lu Tao finished refining another Five Elements Body Refining Pill.
At this point, the dust-removing grass is fully mature and stops growing.
It was very lush, and the grass leaves completely covered the porcelain basin.
"Alright, let's start refining pills... Oh, I forgot to buy a pill refining furnace. Oh well, let's continue cooking. Every bit of Creation Points we can earn is a bit more."
Lu Tao immediately took out pots and pans from the room and began washing the medicinal herbs, starting a fire, and cooking...
In the past, Lu Tao would have needed to find a kitchen, but now he doesn't. With his Five Elements power, he can control the fire and make the iron pot suspend in mid-air.
Besides, he didn't want others to know about his alchemy practice.
Lu Tao thought for a moment and left behind a relatively large root of the Dust-Clearing Grass, wanting to see if he could continue cultivating it.
Then, I picked a larger leaf and two smaller leaves before pouring the rest of the dust-removing grass into the pot.
Just like the first time I refined pills, when I produced a fist-sized pill, I was mocked by the system again, and the experience required to level up was only 1 point.
"My alchemy skills really haven't improved at all."
Lu Tao chuckled to himself and started grinding experience points and leveling up...
【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%.)】
The introductions are exactly the same as before.
"This way of gaining experience is too slow."
Lu Tao was extremely helpless.
Whether it's giving experience to pills or giving experience to the Dust-Clearing Grass, it has absolutely nothing to do with his cultivation level. If he licks it, he will only gain a little experience, not ten thousand.
This way of gaining experience is too slow.
"I've got it."
Suddenly, a brilliant idea flashed through Lu Tao's mind, and he thought of a way to quickly gain experience.
He turned to leave Tianyun Inn, but then remembered something and refined the other Dust-Removing Grass leaves into medicinal balls before leaving the inn.
A moment later, Lu Tao left Mufeng City and arrived outside the city.
The Heavenly Eye opened, scanning the surroundings.
Seeing the numerous ant nests outside the city, Lu Tao's face broke into an excited smile.
Lu Tao poured the potion soaked in the Dust Removal Pill into swarms of ant nests, and sure enough, the experience gained from the Dust Removal Pill increased dramatically.
A single jump can net you a thousand or two.
This is much faster than him licking water himself.
Lu Tao also discovered that grinding experience points is a real mental activity; you have to be quick-witted, otherwise grinding experience points in a rigid way is too slow.
Just like the first time I refined pills, I was so tired that my tongue almost stiffened before I finally reached 10,000.
Now it's much better; you can easily earn 10,000 in just ten breaths.
Moreover, there is more than one ant nest outside the city.
At this moment, Lu Tao, like an old farmer, began watering the ants bowl by bowl before dawn, except that he wasn't watering crops, but ants.
At this moment, I water the ants, and soon I will harvest a pill that will drive countless people crazy.
"I'm in such a beautiful mood."
Lu Tao was in a very good mood.
With his speed and agility, Lu Tao watered over a hundred ant nests in a short time.
The experience gained from the Dust Removal Pill also skyrocketed by one to two hundred thousand per breath.
The main reason is that the Dust-Removing Pill is a elixir that enhances aptitude; if it works so well for humans, it will certainly be even more effective for ants.
The dust-removing pills, in particular, have a sweet smell that attracts ants to frantically inhale.
But that's far from enough; he needs to accumulate hundreds of millions of experience points.
Lu Tao kept running outside the city, and the ant nests kept increasing in number: one hundred, two hundred, five hundred...
[Dust Removal Pill: 999/1 billion (Seventh-grade low-level pill, 100% chance to improve aptitude to good-medium grade.)]
[Dust Removal Pill: 299/1 billion (Seventh-grade low-level pill, with a 70% chance of improving the aptitude to medium-grade good, an 85% chance to improve to low-grade good, and a 100% chance to improve to high-grade common.)]
Before long, all eleven Dust Removal Pills were upgraded to the seventh-grade superior level.
Lu Tao's own stone has a 100% chance of improving its aptitude with each upgrade.
The odds haven't changed at all.
Without a doubt, the more Dust-Clearing Grass used, the better the elixir will be.
Similarly, the other ten pills also have a much greater "forgiveness" compared to the first time the Dust-Clearing Pill was refined.
Clearly, once the Dust-Clearing Grass reaches the top-grade spiritual herb level, its effects are far superior to before, offering many more opportunities to try and improve one's aptitude. Unlike before, when failing to improve one's aptitude after taking it meant wasting a pill.
Now, even if an upgrade from good to medium fails, there is an even greater chance of it becoming a poor product.
It is at least a high-quality ordinary product.
"Take a gamble, and you might turn a bicycle into a motorcycle. How much your qualifications will improve depends on your luck."
Lu Tao continued to grind experience. Since the guaranteed minimum was always high-grade common pills, he would grind the pills to a higher grade. If he was lucky, he would make a huge profit; if he was unlucky, he would still have a guaranteed minimum.
It's definitely not possible to stay at the seventh-tier low-grade level.
And so, Lu Tao worked from the early hours of the morning until the sun was high in the sky.
People began to come and go at the gate of Mufeng City. Seeing such a strange scene, these pedestrians wondered if Lu Tao had gone mad. Some people also felt that his actions were unusual, after all, he was chasing a genius who had reached the peak of the Internal Refinement stage all over the city.
However, without exception, none of them bothered him.
Some people were curious enough to look at the ants, only to find that they seemed no different from other ordinary ants.
Seeing this, these people stopped observing.
Lu Tao watered tens of thousands of ant nests, attracting many other insects to snatch them, and finally upgraded all the Dust Removal Pills to the sixth-grade low-level.
[Dust Removal Pill: 999/1 trillion (Sixth-grade low-level pill, with a 90% chance of raising aptitude to top-grade medium level and a 100% chance of raising it to top-grade low level.)]
Lu Tao's own pills were extremely effective, guaranteeing at least a low-grade top-quality pill, which met the requirements for breaking through to the Marrow Refining Realm.
[Dust Removal Pill: 299/1 trillion (Sixth-grade low-level pill, 5% chance to improve aptitude to top-grade medium, 35% chance to top-grade low, 55% chance to improve to good-grade high, 70% chance to improve to good-grade medium, 85% chance to improve to good-grade low, 100% chance to improve to common-grade high.)]
"Not bad, not bad, I've had enough."
Lu Tao was very satisfied. He was currently in the early stage of organ refinement and could only upgrade his pills to the sixth-grade low-level.
Of course, he could go back and cultivate for a day before coming back to gain experience, but that would take at least two or three days.
If anything else happens along the way, it will cause even more delays.
To avoid any unforeseen circumstances, Lu Tao decided not to swipe anymore.
Anyway, there will be plenty of opportunities to improve his aptitude in the future, and top-tier aptitude will be enough for him.
"I'm going back."
Ignoring the curious martial artists at the city gate, Lu Tao used his Flying Divine Feather technique and flew back to the Tianyun Inn in a cheerful mood...
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