Chapter 101 The Genius Cultivator Used as Cannon Fodder (Part 30) More...
After the update, the biggest change in the game is the addition of a shop where you can still redeem items using points. The shop features some modern high-tech products.
The store had items like cell phones and computers that Lin You had brought with her, as well as various machines she hadn't brought, and even some small firearms.
The points are the points earned from completing practice tests. I already have 10,000 points, and the number is still slowly increasing, so it's clear that I can continue doing more.
The online store's description even states that new products can be added based on actual needs, which is incredibly thoughtful.
Lin You had assumed that Ye Xinglan would be interested in firearms, but to her surprise, her master looked down on them after hearing her description.
"Based on what you said about its power, it's only the effect of an explosive talisman. As for guns, they're not as easy to control as flying swords, and..." Lin You was speechless after hearing his master's comments.
Well, when it comes to firepower compared to the cultivation world, small-scale firearms are indeed just a piece of cake.
Due to certain world restrictions, Lin You cannot purchase high-powered firearms from the system shop, let alone from the auxiliary shop.
I thought Ye Xinglan wouldn't be interested in any of the items, but to my surprise, after looking around, she actually redeemed an oven.
The full name of this thing is a multi-functional integrated steam fryer oven, which would probably cost around a thousand yuan in modern times.
In the store, it actually costs over a hundred points. Of course, perhaps to avoid being accused of being a profiteer, this oven also comes with a dedicated power box, the kind with solar panels.
"Master, are you planning to learn to cook and inherit the mantle of the Third Elder?" Lin You asked curiously. Her master didn't seem like the type to enjoy cooking at all.
Ye Xinglan glanced at her, then gave her a new pill formula, stuffed a bunch of medicinal herbs into her mouth, and sent her to the next room to refine pills.
In modern times, to make pills, the medicinal materials are mixed in a certain proportion, ground into powder, and then mixed with sticky auxiliary materials such as honey and glutinous rice flour, and then rolled into pills.
In the cultivation world, alchemy involves mixing medicinal herbs in a certain proportion, controlling the heat with spiritual energy to refine the herbs into a liquid, and then condensing it into pills.
The most crucial point here is controlling the heat. Which herbs need high heat, which herbs need medium heat, and how long should the previous herb be cooked before adding the next one? Even a slight mistake will affect the quality of the herbs.
The new formula is a Qi-boosting pill to restore physical strength. Apart from the slightly troublesome processing of the medicinal materials, the rest is not difficult.
Lin You refined the pills several times, getting the hang of the new formula, and produced two batches of low-grade, three batches of medium-grade, and one batch of high-grade Qi-boosting pills before going to his master to hand in his work.
There were no restrictions at Ye Xinglan's door, so she walked straight in. Then she heard a "ding" sound, which was the sound of the oven timer ending.
Then she watched as her master took out a small bowl-like object from the oven, inside which was the very pill she had just refined.
"It's a pity it's only a low-grade pill; it needs further improvement." Ye Xinglan glanced at the pill, then casually put it aside and continued studying the oven.
She even used her spiritual power to conjure a set of tools such as screwdrivers, pliers, and wrenches, intending to take the oven apart to take a look.
Lin You didn't know much about mechanics, but Shen Zechen had given her some books on the subject.
After pulling out a thick book titled "Mechanical Engineering from Beginner to Expert" from his spatial storage, Lin You belatedly realized the problem: it was written in simplified Chinese characters.
The text in the cheat system can be converted into traditional Chinese characters, but physical books can't do that. Helpless, Lin You became a written translator, translating Chinese into Chinese.
Perhaps fearing that Lin You would be bored while translating, Ye Xinglan explained the mechanical principles to her while she was learning. Lin You was completely bewildered, so she pulled Ye Zhen over to share the experience.
After all, she couldn't be the only one bewildered by listening to a powerful figure in the cultivation world explain mechanical theories.
Like Lin You, the little wolf cub and Ye Xinghan also had to attend the class, but they treated it as a new lesson and didn't react as strongly as the two girls.
Perhaps it was because Ye Zhen's eyes were too resentful that Lin You finally spent three points to buy a bunch of traditional Chinese mechanical books from the system store.
"Master, that book only provides simple explanations. Take a look at these; aren't they more profound?" Lin You piled a stack of books, almost taller than herself, next to Ye Xinglan's desk, smiling sweetly and charmingly.
This book contains books on mechanical power, mechanical drawing, mechanical principles, electrical engineering, and so on. She only had a superficial understanding of these things and only said she wanted books on mechanics and manufacturing when she bought it.
The shopkeeper was honest and gave her all sorts of books related to the subject, enough for Ye Xinglan to study for several months.
Well, she only did so because the book's content was too superficial and not enough for her master to study; it was definitely not to avoid class.
As expected, Ye Xinglan was very interested in the book. She didn't plan to teach it to others until she had thoroughly studied it herself. However, to repay her little apprentice's thoughtfulness, she sent Lin You to Ye Xinghan to learn swordsmanship.
A cultivator's sword control and swordsmanship are different. One is controlled by spiritual power, allowing one to fight enemies from thousands of miles away, while the other is practiced move by move.
Lin You is now learning the latter.
Ye Xinghan is a pure sword cultivator. He learned swordsmanship from a young age, just like an ordinary person, starting with basic sword techniques.
Thrust, chop, point, flick, lift, collapse, intercept, cut, slash, wipe, slice, cloud, hang, frame, press—every movement is the result of thousands of repetitions, integrating the sword into one's own bones, blood, and soul.
"Once you've mastered the basics, you'll naturally learn the other moves as well," Ye Xinghan said casually, unless by "mastering" he meant practicing each move ten thousand times.
Lin You was very fortunate that this was the cultivation world, where she wouldn't suffer any muscle strains. After studying for a while, she took a Qi-boosting pill and immediately felt full of energy again.
Looking at the table full of Qi-boosting pills in front of her, these were all byproducts of Ye Xinglan's experiments. Her master must have been planning this for a long time!
"You never know where you'll end up, so learn as much as you can. It's always good to have more skills." Ye Zhen patted her friend's shoulder as she looked at her friend, who was hunched over the table taking pills again.
"...I know, you're the fourth person to say that." Lin You sighed weakly. She had only been in this world for three years, and for two and a half of those years, she had been being watched and trained.
Couldn't she go somewhere where she's watching other people study?!
Seeing her miserable appearance, Ye Zhen couldn't help but lean over and ask, "So, which do you think is more fun, studying mechanics or studying swordsmanship?"
"Why don't you learn from her and you'll see!" Lin You rolled her eyes at her, too exhausted to even argue.
"I didn't need to," Ye Zhen said with a hint of schadenfreude, and even the wolf cub beside her had a lively expression on its face.
This can be seen as another example of fortunes changing.
When Lin You's quest progress bar reached 95%, her master finally showed mercy and stopped her sword-learning career.
As for graduating, well, Ye Xinghan coldly replied, "Don't say you learned your swordsmanship from me after you leave!"
Even Ye Zhen, who was watching from the sidelines, was rebuked by him, "You two are the worst students I've ever taught!"
Lin You didn't really care about what he said. Back then, their homeroom teacher often said, "Your class is the worst class I've ever taught."
She felt that she had learned quite well; at least without using spiritual power, she could defeat a sword master from the mortal realm.
Hearing Lin You make such a request of him, Ye Xinghan frowned even more. He wanted to say something more, but Ye Xinglan interrupted him and took him aside to help.
He had initially thought Ye Xinglan was just trying to get rid of him to prevent her precious disciple from getting scolded again, but it turned out she really wanted his help, specifically to refine pills!
Forget alchemy, he can't even make pills! Isn't this just trying to torture him?!
Ye Xinghan protested, "No, my dear sister, there's a limit to your favoritism! I only said a few words to your disciple, and you can't... you can't make me refine pills either!"
Ye Xinghan looked at the herbs and alchemy furnace in front of him and turned to run away. Unfortunately, he was not Ye Zhen. With a difference of a major realm, he could not escape his sister's clutches.
"Sister, I've blown up the kitchen so many times already, and you want me to refine pills? Aren't you afraid I'll blow up the pill furnace?!"
Ye Xinghan couldn't escape, so he could only try to persuade her to give up this terrible idea by using the actual situation.
Ye Xinglan remained unmoved and handed him a piece of paper: "Go try it."
After saying that, seeing Ye Xinghan's dejected look, he added, "If you can't master it, I'll have Youyou cut off your internet connection for three months."
Ye Xinghan, ...you really are my sister!
Seeing his older sister's uncompromising attitude, Ye Xinghan had no choice but to resign himself to step forward.
The pile of medicinal herbs in front of me is quite ordinary; they are not considered high-quality herbs. They are obviously mass-produced from Ye Zhen's little secret realm.
This alchemy furnace is a bit strange; it has a lot of mechanisms and knobs on it, and I don't know what they're for.
He then looked at the prescription Ye Xinglan had given him, only to find three large characters written on the first line of the top page: Instructions.
The instruction manual details the functions of the mechanisms on the alchemy furnace, specifying which mechanism controls the fire, which button is for timing, and which area is for inputting spiritual energy.
The following pages contain the pill formula, but it differs from ordinary pill formulas. It only specifies which medicinal herbs to add first, how long to wait, how high to heat the fire, how long to wait before adding the next medicinal herb, and when to infuse spiritual energy, etc.
They even thoughtfully drew pictures of each herb to prevent anyone from misplacing it because they didn't remember its name.
Anyone who isn't an idiot could probably master this alchemy method!
Ye Xinghan tentatively tried it according to the instructions and actually managed to refine a batch of Bigu Pills.
Ye Xinghan was quite happy. Although it was the simplest low-grade pill with a success rate of only 60%, it was still the only pill he had ever successfully refined in his life.
Ye Xinglan frowned as she held the pills. She was clearly capable of refining mid-grade pills. She waved the person away and went back to fiddling with the furnace.
Ye Xinghan, who had finally managed to sneak out, was blocked by Ye Zhen again. "Disciple Ye Zhen requests guidance from Junior Uncle!"
Ye Xinghan is now in the mid-stage of the Golden Core realm, while Ye Zhen has already reached the late-stage Great Perfection of the Golden Core realm and may break through to the Nascent Soul realm at any time. However, Ye Xinghan can still give her pointers on swordsmanship.
The two fought on the sword-testing platform for three days and three nights. In the end, Ye Zhen had a lock of hair cut off, while Ye Xinghan was punched.
The punch landed right on his eye socket. Ye Zhen used a clever technique, so she didn't hurt his eye, but she used her spiritual power to make his eye socket bruised. It would probably take two or three days for the bruise to go away.
"I wonder who else Junior Uncle has taught? I'd like to share my knowledge with them all." Ye Zhen raised an eyebrow and looked at the crowd that had gathered to watch. "After all, I'm already the worst, so the others must be even better than me."
As the swordsmanship instructor of the Ye family, Ye Xinghan had not been instructed by several people present. When they saw Ye Zhen's gaze sweeping over them, they all slipped away.
Lin You was the only one left laughing so hard he was doubled over, making no attempt to hide the fact that he was watching the spectacle unfold.
I haven't gone out with Ye Zhen for a while, and it's been a long time since I've seen her passive face-slapping skill. I actually miss it.
Junior Uncle Ye covered his eyes and ran back when no one was looking, inwardly complaining, "Girls are so petty, these two are too vengeful!"
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