Only I Have the Law: A Realistic Cultivation Game

Congratulations on learning the basic techniques for refining Qi Elixir!

Learning the recipe is a matter of a moment.

Xu Zhiyi saw that a new option to refine a basic Qi Refining Pill had appeared on the alchemy panel. All she had to do was put in the required materials and wait for a while to refine the basic Qi Refining Pill.

The more materials you put in, the more basic Qi Refining Pills you will produce.

A single furnace can produce up to 99 pieces at a time.

Moreover, it won't fail; there will only be differences in quality.

There are four types of pills that can be refined: common, good, rare, and spiritual, which correspond to the colors green, blue, purple, and gold, respectively. The higher the quality of the pill, the better its effect.

When refining elixirs, one can choose to use either a gentle or strong fire.

The fire of martial arts lasts for thirty-six hours, while the fire of gentle arts lasts for seventy-two hours.

These correspond to the numbers of the Heavenly Gang and Earthly Fiends, respectively.

Fiery fire is faster for refining pills, while gentle fire produces higher quality ones.

After learning the basic Qi Refining Pill recipe, Xu Zhiyi quickly browsed through the remaining three blueprints and found that they were all very practical.

For example, the [Basic Storage Bag Blueprint] can be used to craft a portable 10-slot storage bag; the [Basic Exorcism Talisman Blueprint] can be used to craft an exorcism talisman, which can nourish oneself, dispel evil spirits, and resist external evil interference; and the [Basic Spirit Gathering Array Blueprint] can gather the spiritual energy of heaven and earth in one place to improve feng shui.

Without hesitation, he learned all the recipe drawings.

At this moment, the light blue game panel popped up again.

Congratulations, player, on officially embarking on the path of cultivation!

The "Path to Immortality" stage quest has been launched.

【Task Requirements】

1. Refine one Elementary Qi Refining Pill (0/1)

2. Make a basic storage bag (0/1)

3. Craft a basic talisman (0/1)

4. Set up a basic spirit-gathering array (0/1)

[Stage Rewards: For each completed task, you will receive +500 experience points and +10 silver; completing all tasks will grant you an additional random recipe or blueprint.]

Current progress: 0/4

Xu Zhiyi felt a surge of warmth in her heart.

This task is clearly designed to help new players get used to the new content.

Not only are the tasks simple, but the rewards are also very generous.

It seems that level 5 is a watershed moment in this game.

Previously, it was all about simple monster hunting and quest completion.

The game's content truly unfolds only after reaching Lv.5.

It also gave him a real sense of "cultivating immortality".

Putting everything else aside, this "alchemy" alone is quite like cultivating immortality.

Of the four cultivation arts provided by the game, Xu Zhiyi is most interested in alchemy.

He looked at the materials needed for the initial Qi Refining Pill.

"One top-grade ginseng, one top-grade lingzhi mushroom, two polygonatum... and five portions of morning dew."

Xu Zhiyi thought about the materials needed, her brows furrowing slightly.

The first three are all well-known Chinese medicinal herbs that can be bought at any Chinese medicine pharmacy, but the addition of the prefix "superior grade" to ginseng and lingzhi makes him feel a bit tricky.

What kind of ginseng and lingzhi can be called "superior grade"?

Xu Zhiyi took out her phone, opened JD.com and searched for ginseng. Immediately, a bunch of "high-end ginseng" products popped up, priced at 30 yuan for 5 pieces and 65 yuan for 10 pieces!

I wonder if big data took pity on him because he was poor, and didn't recommend anything expensive to him.

He could only manually swipe down a few times, and ginseng roots costing hundreds or thousands of yuan would jump out, including dried ginseng, fresh ginseng, forest ginseng, and wild ginseng.

Xu Zhiyi didn't understand these things, so she could only add a box of "high-end ginseng" costing 30 yuan for 5 pieces to her shopping cart first, and then buy one piece of ginseng costing 68 yuan and one piece costing 588 yuan each.

Finally, he gritted his teeth and chose a wild ginseng worth 2169 yuan, which was said to be "National Inspection Grade 2" and "over 15 years old".

The situation with Ganoderma lucidum is similar to that with ginseng; the cheapest ones cost only 5 yuan a piece, while the expensive ones cost tens of thousands.

He definitely couldn't afford a Ganoderma lucidum costing tens of thousands of yuan, so he could only order one Ganoderma lucidum each costing tens, hundreds, and one or two thousand yuan.

As for Polygonatum, that's simple.

Anyway, there are no quality requirements.

He placed an order for one can.

250g, only 49.9.

He doesn't need to spend money to buy morning dew; he can collect it himself.

It's autumn now, so collecting dew isn't difficult.

Xu Zhiyi checked her shopping cart and found that all the items added up to a total of 5540 yuan!

He reluctantly paid the bill.

My wallet, which had just started to bulge, suddenly shrank by more than half.

"No wonder they say that spiritual practice emphasizes 'wealth, companions, methods, and environment,' putting 'wealth' first makes perfect sense." Xu Zhiyi comforted herself while feeling the pinch.

This expense is well worth it for alchemy.

After all, completing the alchemy task not only rewards experience points but also 10 taels of silver. At the current silver price, that's more than enough to cover the cost of the materials, with a considerable amount left over!

After placing the order, he opened the [Refining] panel.

The basic storage bag is a magical artifact. The materials required for its crafting are: [2 pieces of sturdy cloth], [2 pieces of tough leather], [1 piece of high-quality silk], and [1 piece of ethereal stone].

Fabric, leather, and silk are all fine, but what the hell is this "ethereal stone"?

Xu Zhiyi frowned, temporarily putting aside the weapon-refining task, and continued to examine the materials needed for the talisman and the spirit-gathering array.

"Yellow paper, wolf-hair brushes, top-grade cinnabar, top-grade pine soot ink, bronze Bagua plates, top-grade jade, top-grade peach wood, obsidian... It seems like there are quite a lot of these things around Nanchansi Pedestrian Street."

Xu Zhiyi thought about it and decided not to place an order online. She planned to go to Nanchansi Temple in a couple of days when she had a holiday, where there were many stalls selling antiques and old things.

He should be able to find everything he needs there.

While you're at it, you can also ask someone what a Void Stone is.

Having made up her mind, Xu Zhiyi packed her things, putting her action camera and other items into her backpack, only to find that in addition to two silver ingots, there was also a light blue talisman in her bag.

I almost forgot about it!

Xu Zhiyi remembered that this was a reward from the "Outer Realm Water Demon" quest.

He held the palm-sized talisman in his hand, feeling its icy touch. The texture didn't feel like paper, but rather like cloth, with some incomprehensible, complex patterns drawn on it.

At this moment, a light blue panel appeared on its own:

[Item]: Basic Water-Repelling Talisman (Good Quality)

[Type]: Disposable consumables

[Effect]: It can be activated by consuming 100 points of spiritual energy, allowing the wearer to breathe freely and move freely underwater for 30 minutes.

[Note]: This is a low-level water-based talisman, suitable for short-term underwater exploration, gathering, or combat. It may become ineffective upon encountering strong impacts.

"Underwater breathing, free movement... this thing doesn't seem very useful?"

Xu Zhiyi frowned and stuffed the water-repelling talisman back into her backpack.

Then, he opened the character panel and, without any hesitation, added the 1 free attribute point he had just obtained to [Physique].

Physical Fitness: 7 → 8

A torrent of intense heat, almost scorching, burst forth from the dantian, rushing towards the limbs, bones, and internal organs like a flood bursting its banks!

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