After a busy day, Su Bai leisurely lay on a lounge chair in the backyard, pouring herself a pot of clear tea, holding a copy of "Essential Spells for Qi Refining Cultivators, Vol. 3" that she had acquired from who-knows-where.
She sighed with emotion, "The opening of the Secret Realm is a good thing."
The Cultivators who venture into the Secret Realm get to eat meat, while I sit here and get to drink soup.
Perhaps the only one unhappy is Lu Hong.
Just then, after finishing the accounts, Lu Hong angrily pushed aside the curtain and walked from the front to the backyard, her face filled with dissatisfaction.
"Aunt Su, I've calculated it, and our profit isn't high at all; we're barely breaking even."
"You shouldn't have given those Loose Cultivators so many Spirit Stones to buy the Spirit Medicine from them."
"Moreover, they just saw that you were kind and soft-hearted, thought you were easy to bully, and kept playing the victim."
"Aunt Su, you don't know how smug their smiles were when they received the Spirit Stones!"
At this, Lu Hong became angry, stomping her foot repeatedly.
Lu Hong had worried herself sick for this family!
Su Bai took a slow sip of tea before saying, "Alas, you can't say that; after all, they are all Millennium Spirit Medicine, and taking them back isn't a loss."
Hearing what Su Bai said, Lu Hong became even angrier.
Lu Hong clenched her two small fists, so anxious she was almost bouncing.
"Those rotten Millennium Spirit Medicine are almost like rotten vegetable leaves from the market! Can they even be called Spirit Medicine?"
"Today, Aunt Su bought Spirit Medicine of that quality with such high Spirit Stones; next time, they will be even less careful when collecting Spirit Medicine, and they won't bother to preserve them well when bringing them back."
Lu Hong also didn't want Danfu Pavilion to become a place that collects rotten vegetable leaves in the future.
If that happened, all the good Spirit Medicine would surely be sold elsewhere.
Those who came to Danfu Pavilion to sell Spirit Medicine would definitely be like today, with obviously damaged Spirit Medicine.
Actually, Su Bai didn't care much about this.
But what Lu Hong said was also a problem.
Even if she had Creation Essence and could repair Spirit Medicine, she shouldn't accept just any kind of Spirit Medicine.
So Su Bai nodded.
"Hmm, Lu Hong makes sense. Starting tomorrow, Aunt Su will be stricter; we won't take anything too poor."
As soon as Su Bai finished speaking, Lu Hong immediately moved closer, her face almost touching Su Bai's.
Lu Hong said with a complaining expression, "Aunt Su, do you mean you're still going to buy those bad Spirit Medicine tomorrow? We have Spirit Stones at Danfu Pavilion, but they're not for throwing away like this!"
Compared to damaged Spirit Medicine, perfectly preserved Millennium Spirit Medicine with intact medicinal properties are definitely more valuable!
Why not buy the good ones?
Su Bai scratched her cheek; she couldn't possibly tell anyone about the Creation Essence.
She couldn't directly say that no matter what kind of Spirit Medicine it was, once it was in her hands, it would be good Spirit Medicine.
So Su Bai thought of an excuse.
"Oh, Lu Hong, aren't you currently undergoing a Breakthrough to Late-Stage Foundation Establishment? Aunt Su is doing this for your own good."
"Look, no matter how much the medicinal properties of this Millennium Spirit Medicine are lost, it's still Millennium Spirit Medicine; how can other low-level Spirit Medicine compare?"
"The Medicinal Pills refined from them will definitely be effective."
"I'm also hoping that Lu Hong can Breakthrough quickly and strive to have hope of Core Formation soon."
Su Bai's face was full of earnest advice.
After hearing this, Lu Hong indeed felt guilty.
Aunt Su, was she collecting those Spirit Medicine all for her own good!
Thinking of this, Lu Hong's eyes couldn't help but redden slightly, and her heart was filled with overwhelming emotion.
She was about to rush forward for a hug.
Then Su Bai pushed her away with a single finger pressed against Lu Hong's forehead.
This made Lu Hong pout, feeling a bit regretful.
They were so close just now!
She was just a little bit away from being able to hug and act spoiled!!
Pushed away, Lu Hong was a bit shy, and she no longer had the Aura she had just had while arguing with Su Bai.
After all, Su Bai had just said that she was collecting these Millennium Spirit Medicine to refine Medicinal Pills to help her Breakthrough to Late-Stage Foundation Establishment.
As for what kind of Medicinal Pill would require so much Spirit Medicine as an aid, her mind was completely unable to think of it at the moment.
Now Lu Hong's mind was completely occupied by romantic thoughts.
She could only shyly run away.
Watching Lu Hong flee in disarray, Su Bai smiled slightly.
The little girl's thoughts are still too easy to read and manipulate.
Putting away the book, teapot, and lounge chair, Su Bai stretched.
"Hmm~ It's time for Alchemy."
"…"
Lu Hong hid behind the door, secretly observing Su Bai outside.
Even after Su Bai left, she remained pressed against the door crack.
Touching her slightly flushed face, Lu Hong felt a bit strange.
"When I used to look at Aunt Su, I never had this feeling. What's wrong?"
Although she hadn't eaten pork, she had seen pigs run.
Although Lu Hong's upbringing environment was simple, with only Ebony Island and Xingluo Market as her two places of experience.
However, the market was a mixed bag of people, and she had seen and heard all sorts of people and things.
Compared to before, Lu Hong was no longer so naive.
But this surging feeling today was truly her first time.
"Whew~ Maybe it's because I was angered by the smug look of those Loose Cultivators earlier today."
After comforting herself with a few words, Lu Hong patted her cheeks, letting the surging Qi cool down.
She should Cultivate first.
Only by first becoming a Late-Stage Foundation Establishment Cultivator would she have hope of Core Formation.
She was already one hundred and twelve years old, and half of her Foundation Establishment Lifespan was almost gone.
To go further in the future, she needed to at least touch the threshold of Core Formation within fifty years.
Lu Hong had calculated it herself; at her current Cultivation speed, in fifty years, she could probably Cultivate to the level of three hundred and fifty drops of spiritual liquid.
Enough for Core Formation.
But this was assuming a smooth Breakthrough to Late-Stage Foundation Establishment.
If she encountered a Bottleneck at this step and was stuck for ten or twenty years, then she shouldn't think too much about the future.
"To Breakthrough this Bottleneck, Aunt Su specially had me Cultivate the Medicine King Canon, so there shouldn't be much of a problem."
"Moreover… Aunt Su also prepared Millennium Spirit Medicine to refine Medicinal Pills, so I can't hold her back."
After reorganizing her thoughts.
Lu Hong sat down cross-legged, took a Gathering Spirit Pill, consumed it, and began to circulate her Cultivation Technique to refine the Medicinal Pill.
While Lu Hong was Cultivating, Su Bai took out all the Millennium Spirit Medicine she had acquired today.
Then she individually dripped the prepared Creation Essence onto them.
The Creation Essence, containing infinite power, dripped onto the withered and dying Millennium Spirit Medicine.
Instantly, these Spirit Medicine absorbed it as if they had received a divine elixir.
After absorbing the Creation Essence.
The previously withered branches and leaves regained their Life Qi, and the broken root systems began to regrow.
The lost medicinal properties also began to slowly recover.
Su Bai bought a large quantity of Millennium Spirit Medicine, which are rare and hard to come by in the outside world, at a low price.
With the help of these Spirit Medicine.
Su Bai believed that she would quickly master the method of refining Three-Pattern Medicinal Pills.
Moreover, the efficacy of these Millennium Spirit Medicine was also more outstanding than ordinary Spirit Medicine, resulting in better Medicinal Pill effects.
This would significantly accelerate Su Bai's Cultivation speed.
Barring any unforeseen circumstances, she could accumulate the spiritual liquid to the Perfection of three hundred and sixty-five drops in about ten years.
Putting the newly restored Millennium Spirit Medicine into the medicine box, Su Bai looked at the Pill Furnace in front of her.
"Hehe, I'm really looking forward to what kind of harvest tomorrow will bring."
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