Feng Ci was busy handling clan affairs, and her elder brother was focused on repairing his dantian, so no one could take her hunting in the wild. Besides, she had already explored the nearby areas thoroughly and found nothing particularly interesting. After seeing Tie Ya off, Song Liuhua decisively chose to pass the time by continuing her Elixir Crafting.
During this period, she had attempted to refine other medicines and even tried her hand at Artifact Crafting, but unfortunately, not a single batch had succeeded. In contrast, the roof had been repaired several times by Feng Ci and Song Yuan.
Today, she was planning to refine spirit replenishing pills.
She lit the fire, dumped all the ingredients for the spirit replenishing pills into the Refining Cauldron, and casually controlled the intensity of the spirit fire. Meanwhile, she picked up a storybook and started reading.
Ever since she realized that following the proper procedures yielded absolutely no results, Song Liuhua had embarked on a path of reckless crafting. Although failure was highly likely, the green medicinal liquid she had produced last time gave her a glimmer of hope that success was still possible.
The key to Elixir Crafting was maintaining the balance of Spirit Power. Midway through, she relied on intuition, adding whichever ingredient felt lacking.
After repeated adjustments, she had added enough ingredients to fill over half the cauldron.
Estimating that the time was about right, Song Liuhua lifted the lid and took a look, finding the mixture too dry. Remembering a type of second-grade Snow Spirit Fruit with high water content that Feng Ci had given her, she retrieved some from her storage bracelet, crushed the snow-white, translucent fruit with her bare hands, and tossed it into the Refining Cauldron.
Half an hour later, she removed the lid.
A fresh, sweet fragrance wafted from the cauldron. At the bottom lay a dense pile of round particles, each about the size of a mung bean. At a glance, the dense white pills covered half the cauldron.
Song Liuhua was dumbfounded. “What in the world is this?”
As far as she knew, spirit replenishing pills were at least the size of a fingernail and brown in color. Moreover, a single batch could produce at most twenty pills. Although she had added a lot more ingredients later on, there was no way she should have ended up with this many—it looked like thousands, if not more.
In ancient times, there was Shennong who tasted hundreds of herbs. Today, she, little Song, dared not try the medicine she had refined herself.
Just then, Song Yuan’s booming voice echoed in the courtyard.
Song Liuhua’s eyes lit up. She scooped up a handful of the white pills, rushed out of the side hall, and eagerly asked her brother to test the medicine. “Brother, I’ve refined a new kind of medicine. Try it.”
Song Yuan picked up one pill. The tiny white pill looked pitifully small in his large, bronze palm.
He had never seen such a small pill before. “What kind of medicine did you refine? It’s way too small!”
Song Liuhua shook her head. “I don’t know.”
Song Yuan had long given up hope for his sister. Over the past few days, she had refined numerous medicines, blowing holes in the roof multiple times, yet none had succeeded. This thing didn’t look like medicine—more like candy beans.
He placed one in his mouth. A fresh, sweet flavor spread across his tongue, and instantly, a surge of pure Spirit Power flowed down his throat. The Spirit Power in his body increased gently, and the energy he had expended earlier at the Feng family’s training ground was replenished in an instant.
Song Yuan’s eyes gleamed as he looked at his sister. “Liu Hua, these are spirit replenishing pills.”
“The effect is even better than the ones on the market!”
The spirit replenishing pills available elsewhere didn’t restore Spirit Power as gently or as quickly.
“How many did you refine?”
This was truly a treasure!
He and Feng Ci had been worried about not having enough spirit replenishing pills for tomorrow’s hunt. If his little sister could refine some, even sparingly used, it would be enough for a twenty-person team.
Song Liuhua also found it miraculous. She had refined it haphazardly, and it turned out to be spirit replenishing pills after all.
She immediately took Song Yuan to see the pills she had refined.
Seeing no less than a thousand spirit replenishing pills densely covering half the Refining Cauldron, Song Yuan’s pupils contracted sharply before he burst into laughter, “Haha… little sister, impressive!”
As he spoke, he packed these spirit replenishing pills and went to find Feng Ci.
Song Liuhua didn’t mind. She practiced Elixir Crafting while her elder brother and Feng Ci supported her – this was simply the way of survival on this continent. Besides, all the medicinal herbs and Artifact Crafting materials during this period had been provided by Feng Ci. She hadn’t spent a single coin, though Song Liuhua had no idea how much she had already squandered, and Feng Ci never mentioned it.
Now that the medicine was successfully refined, giving it to them didn’t cause her any heartache. Moreover, with her talent’s peculiar attributes, who knew when her next successful Elixir Crafting session would occur.
With these medicines, she could lie down comfortably for quite some time.
Awesome!
During this period, whenever Song Yuan had free time, he would go to the Feng family’s training ground to spar with everyone.
Feng Ci, seeing Song Yuan’s return, asked curiously, “Brother, did you forget something at the training ground?”
Song Yuan walked with such vigor that he seemed to bring wind with him. Grinning widely, he patted Feng Ci’s shoulder, “Good news, great news… we have enough spirit replenishing pills!”
Speaking excitedly, Song Yuan couldn’t wait to take out a massive pickled vegetable jar from his storage ring.
After understanding Feng Ci’s capabilities, Song Yuan had developed a sense of urgency. His sister came from ordinary origins, while Feng Ci had over a hundred households of clansmen following him, including many fourth-level spirit masters. Even if he repaired his Spirit Abode, he would still be insignificant among these people.
This level of influence rivaled that of medium-sized families in Yanqing City. In this era where people revered the strong, it wasn’t uncommon for people to change spouses after achieving success. Though Feng Ci was a decent person, Song Yuan hoped his sister could establish herself firmly in the Feng family, making her future life much easier.
His sister’s talent might be somewhat lacking, but the green medicinal liquid she previously refined and the current spirit replenishing pills were truly unique. Song Yuan felt that this alone should be enough for her to barely stand firm in the Feng family.
Removing the lid revealed the jar filled with white pill pellets the size of mung beans.
“Look, these are the spirit replenishing pills my sister refined!” Song Yuan proudly showed them to Feng Ci.
Feng Ci was astonished. His wife’s talent was poor, and aside from the green medicinal liquid she refined last time, she had produced no results during this period – something he didn’t particularly mind. With the Feng family’s wealth, supporting her wasn’t a problem.
Unexpectedly, she had actually refined spirit replenishing pills!
Moreover, these spirit replenishing pills looked different from ordinary ones. Taking one out to taste it, he instantly understood the difference.
It seemed his little wife was also hidden dragon, crouching tiger – remaining ordinary until she revealed her extraordinary capabilities. When she didn’t refine, nothing happened, but when she did refine, she amazed everyone.
With so many spirit replenishing pills, combined with what had already been collected, it would be enough to support all Martial Spirit Masters for half a month of hunting.
“Thank you, brother. With these spiritual medicines, we can depart for West River Ridge tomorrow morning. Here are five hundred thousand Spirit Jade Coins – please give them to Liu Hua for me. I’ll arrange tomorrow’s hunting matters and pick you up tomorrow morning. The residence next to Qinghua Lane will be ready for occupancy after we return from West River Ridge. I’ll bring Liu Hua over then.”
“Between family, we needn’t stand on ceremony. Since Liu Hua’s Elixir Crafting burns through money, I won’t refuse these Spirit Jade Coins and will accept them on her behalf.”
Granny Yang happened to come by, “Master, the Spirit Fruit Cake you requested is ready.”
Originally prepared for his little wife to eat on tomorrow’s journey, since it was ready now, Feng Ci simply had Song Yuan take some back with him.