Chapter 19: Crushing You with Elixirs

“Congratulations to player Wu Tian for refining twenty superior healing pills and five supreme healing pills.”

Healing pills are classified as Yellow-grade elixirs, but even within Yellow-grade, quality varies: inferior, medium, superior, and supreme. Now, Wu Tian had managed to refine twenty superior healing pills straight away, and in addition, five supreme healing pills—his luck was truly extraordinary.

A single superior healing pill required two thousand silver taels, while all the ingredients Wu Tian used only cost five hundred taels. Just one superior healing pill could buy four times the ingredients, and with twenty of them, Wu Tian had essentially earned eighty times what he invested. Moreover, he had five supreme healing pills, whose value would be higher still. Although it had taken Wu Tian the entire night, it was well worth the effort.

“Xiao Hui! I did it—I succeeded!” Wu Tian was ecstatic, grabbing Xiao Hui and spinning her around in place.

Feeling Wu Tian’s warm embrace, Xiao Hui blushed, a bit embarrassed, yet she felt so comfortable that she was reluctant to be put down.

“Twenty superior healing pills and five supreme healing pills—I’ve struck it rich! Here, take a supreme healing pill!” Wu Tian set Xiao Hui down and hurriedly handed her a supreme healing pill.

Xiao Hui shook her head repeatedly. “Young master, this is the result of your hard work all night. You shouldn’t give it to me. Besides, after resting through the night, my injuries have already healed.”

“There’s still some swelling on your face. Go on, take it, or you might have lingering effects. Careful, or I won’t want you anymore!” Wu Tian teased her.

Hearing about the possibility of aftereffects, Xiao Hui quickly accepted the supreme healing pill. “Thank you, young master, I’ll take it.”

“Go on, take it now.”

Xiao Hui nodded, then swallowed the supreme healing pill. As soon as she did, a pure surge of spiritual energy flowed into her body, spreading through her meridians to every part.

Soon, the swelling on Xiao Hui’s face began to recede visibly, and within a quarter hour, it had completely disappeared.

“No wonder it’s a supreme healing pill—the effect is incredible. Even though it was just a minor injury, the recovery speed is astonishing,” Wu Tian exclaimed as he looked at Xiao Hui’s restored face.

Xiao Hui touched her cheek and found there was no discomfort at all. She gazed at Wu Tian with admiration. “Young master, you’re truly amazing.”

“Haha! Of course!” Wu Tian laughed heartily, feeling delighted. Suddenly, his expression turned serious. “Right, I have something important to do today. I’ll be heading out now.”

“Take care, young master.”

Wu Tian’s important matter was to take his pills and confront the clerk from that pharmacy. He strode aggressively to the entrance of the ‘Ji Min Pharmacy’ from yesterday. The shop hadn’t opened yet, so Wu Tian waited outside. Fortunately, he didn’t have to wait long before the door opened from within, and the clerk from yesterday—the one who had mocked him—stepped out.

Seeing the clerk, Wu Tian immediately took out a superior healing pill and threw it at him.

Smack!

“Ouch! That hurts! What was that?” The clerk clutched his face in pain.

“What do you think?” Wu Tian approached him calmly, then threw another superior healing pill at him.

With another smack, the clerk’s face was struck again by Wu Tian’s pill.

“Damn! You’re that kid from yesterday! What are you doing? Are you causing trouble?” The clerk dodged and pointed angrily at Wu Tian.

“I told you I’d use my refined pills to smash your face, and today I’m here to deliver on that promise!”

Wu Tian took out yet another superior healing pill and hurled it at the clerk, hitting him squarely once more.

“Ouch! Damn it! You say these are pills—are they really?”

“See for yourself,” Wu Tian said, curling his lip.

The clerk picked up one of the pills from the ground. When he saw its color and sheen, his eyes widened. “This…this is a superior healing pill! Is this really what you refined yesterday?”

“Who else do you think made it—did I steal it?” Wu Tian raised an eyebrow and prepared to throw another pill.

“Wait! Please, don’t throw anymore! Brother, these pills are so valuable—don’t waste them like this!” The clerk quickly stopped Wu Tian, both afraid of being hit and distressed by the waste, since such precious pills were being thrown like rocks.

“So what do you want to do?” Wu Tian smirked.

“Did you really refine these yourself?” The clerk still couldn’t believe it.

“Believe it or not, I’ve had my fun smashing your face with pills today, and that’s all that matters.” Wu Tian shrugged, indifferent to the clerk’s doubts. He simply wanted to slap the clerk’s face and now felt satisfied enough to leave.

Just then, a middle-aged man in his fifties stepped out from the back. When he saw the ground littered with superior healing pills, his expression changed dramatically.

“What’s going on here? Why are there pills all over the ground?” The man crouched down and picked up a pill, his face growing even more serious. “This…this is a superior healing pill! And judging by its quality, it’s among the best of the superior grade!”

“Master Hu, these pills belong to this young man. As soon as we opened the door, he came to cause trouble, claiming they’re what he refined yesterday!” The clerk addressed the middle-aged man respectfully.

Master Hu stared incredulously at Wu Tian. “Did you really refine these?”

“Of course. Who else would you think did?” Wu Tian crossed his arms confidently.

“Wang San, pick up all the superior healing pills from the ground and get tea and water ready. Treat this gentleman well—quickly!” Master Hu was also an alchemist, and he understood the skill and value of one. He immediately ordered the clerk to welcome Wu Tian properly.

“Master Hu, I doubt he’s telling the truth. At his age, could he really refine superior healing pills?” The clerk remained skeptical, though his face still stung.

“Damn! Looks like you still need a lesson. Fine, I’ll smash your face some more!” Wu Tian promptly took out a supreme healing pill and threw it at the clerk.

“Wait!” Master Hu hurriedly stopped Wu Tian, who halted mid-motion.

“Incredible…simply incredible! Is this…is this a supreme healing pill, even better than the superior grade?” Master Hu was trembling as he rushed up to Wu Tian, unable to believe the sight of the pill in Wu Tian’s hand.

“You guessed right. This is my exclusive supreme healing pill—there’s not another like it in the world!” Wu Tian said smugly.

“Sir, may I examine this supreme healing pill?” Master Hu asked.

“Of course.” Wu Tian tossed the pill to Master Hu.

Master Hu cradled the supreme healing pill as if it were a treasure. Seeing this, Wu Tian rolled his eyes—after all, it was only a supreme healing pill. He still had three more in his system’s inventory, and as long as he had the ingredients, he could make more at any time.