Starting from a short stick, becoming the master of the universe

late at night.

Jiang Cheng unfolded a scroll on the table.

In the scroll, a man is sitting cross-legged with his eyes closed, and around him is the shadow of a large golden bell.

There seem to be various inscriptions on the body of the bell.

After just two glances, Jiang Cheng felt his mental strength rapidly draining away, and hurriedly turned his gaze away.

After a day of refining medicine, he had very little mental strength left, and he had to use it to refine the Force.

However, looking at the Golden Bell Visualization Diagram directly with the naked eye seemed to consume a lot of mental energy. If he kept staring at it, even if his mental energy was full, it would probably be exhausted within a minute.

"As expected, it is a spiritual visualization method that can be cultivated to the tenth level."

Jiang Cheng couldn't help laughing.

There was certainly danger this time, and even now he still felt a lingering fear, but it was worth it if he could get a visualization picture.

It would be even better if I could get more pills in advance...

After resting for a while, he sat cross-legged on the cushion and visualized the golden bell in his mind.

After a moment, open your eyes.

There is an extra line of small characters on the panel, which is the Golden Bell Visualization Method.

Jiang Cheng looked carefully.

Although it is only the introductory chapter, as long as you fill up the experience bar, you can become a sixth-level psychic.

This also means that it is very difficult and requires a lot of experience points.

He had learned from Nightingale that if a third-level psychic wanted to advance to the fourth level, he would have to use up his mental power at least four or five hundred times.

If we calculate that it is used up twice a day, it will take one or two hundred days.

There is also a prerequisite, that is, one must be very talented. If one's talent is average or very poor, the time required will be calculated in years, one, two, or even more than three years.

Of course, if there are pills to speed up the process, it will be much faster. Theoretically, as long as there are enough pills, a breakthrough can be achieved within a few days.

If it is from level 4 to level 5, with level 4 mental strength, calculated twice a day, it will take nearly a year.

The time required to advance from level five to level six at least doubles, and from level six to level seven, it goes without saying. Furthermore, the higher you go, the higher the requirements for the spiritualist's comprehension.

It took Nightingale about four or five years to advance from level one to level six, which was very fast among psychics. Of course, her resources were limited, and if she had enough resources, she could advance even faster.

Jiang Cheng calculated that the mental power of a third-level psychic is 500-1000 times that of an ordinary person. One primary mental nourishing pill can restore the mental power of an ordinary person three times. This also means that in order to fully restore the mental power of a third-level psychic, more than one hundred to nearly two hundred pills are needed.

To restore mental strength four or five hundred times, one needs pills worth about 100 million, which is just over twice the amount from level 2 to level 3.

From level 4 to level 5, it may be more than 200 million.

From level five to level six, four or five hundred million.

What if it's higher?
Jiang Cheng didn't dare to think further.

Of course, this was the price he paid for wanting to quickly improve his mental strength.

If you are like others and only rely on sleep and meditation to restore your mental strength, you don't need so much money at all. Correspondingly, it will take a long time. But because of the help of the panel, you don't have to worry about encountering bottlenecks and standing still for several days or even months.

But money is meant to be used.

Being able to quickly improve combat power means using it to the best advantage, which is extremely worthwhile.

Jiang Cheng closed the scroll, put it away, and silently refined the Force.

……

The next day.

What Jiang Cheng didn't expect was.

Today, it was Gu Changkong who came in person to escort him to the alchemy room, instead of the ninth-level Force warrior from a few days ago.

Dressed in casual clothes, he looked completely different from his usual lazy and idle self.

As the two of them walked on the road, Gu Changkong smiled and said, "I heard from Lao Yang about what happened yesterday. It was an unintentional mistake on his part. I hope you don't take it to heart."

"Manager Gu, you're too polite." Jiang Cheng shook his head: "Instead, I want to say sorry. If it weren't for me, no one would have died at that man's hands yesterday."

He was inside the house at the time and had no idea what was happening outside.

Only after going out did I see the two headless bodies.

In addition to shock, I also felt guilty.

"fine."

Gu Changkong patted his shoulder and said, "They are responsible for your safety. Their death is a worthy one. Their families will be supported by the black market, so don't worry."

"As for you..."

"I have called the Dawn Club and warned them. I believe that from today on, they will stop bothering you. However, you'd better stay in the community and don't go out."

"Sorry to bother you, Director Gu."

Jiang Cheng said hurriedly.

"You're welcome. This is what I should do. After all, you are my black market man. If I can't even guarantee your safety, then I have no face to be the supervisor here, right?"

Gu Changkong smiled.

Then, he asked about the progress of alchemy.

"I've already gotten started. I believe that in three or four days, I'll be able to reach a proficient level."

Jiang Cheng pondered for a moment, then continued, "The refining of the Calming Spirit Pill is indeed much more difficult than the Nourishing Spirit Pill. If it is the latter, it may take longer."

"Okay, as long as you make progress, I look forward to the day when you can improve this alchemy technique to great success, or even perfection."

Gu Changkong smiled.

"I will."

Jiang Cheng nodded heavily.

The two chatted for a while and then parted ways after reaching their destination.

Three days passed in a flash.

As the elixir was successfully refined, a large amount of information once again emerged in Jiang Cheng's mind.

The art of alchemy has reached a proficient level.

Jiang Cheng looked at the panel.

The experience value has increased by about three times compared to before.

In the entry-level state, a primary tranquilizing pill can increase experience by 0.5%.

Now, it’s less than 0.17%.

Fortunately, with a skilled alchemy expert, the medicinal power of ten ingredients can basically make intermediate tranquilizing pills. If you're lucky, you can even make advanced tranquilizing pills.

Even if calculated based on the Intermediate Calming Pill, one furnace of pills can increase the experience bar by about 3.4%. After refining thirty furnaces of pills, the proficient level can be reached.

Of course, the losses are still severe.

The cost of ten portions of medicinal materials is 500,000 yuan, and the market price of ten intermediate tranquilizers is only 200,000 yuan. If you refine one furnace internally, you will lose 300,000 yuan.

"Thirty furnaces is not too many."

Jiang Cheng thought to himself.

With the improvement of alchemy skills, not only the quality of pills is improved, but the mental energy and time consumed by each furnace of pills are also reduced.

It used to take two hours to refine a furnace, but now, one and a half hours may be enough.

If you work hard, you can finish refining thirty furnaces of pills in four days.

"I hope nothing more troublesome will happen during this period."

Jiang Cheng muttered. (End of this chapter)