Ruan Ruoyin’s eyes felt sore from staring at the screen. Unknowingly, she had been playing the game all afternoon.
They say time flies when you’re immersed in something, and Ruan Ruoyin had initially dismissed this idea, but now she truly believed it.
She gazed affectionately at Zaizai on the screen. Even though Zaizai was clad in a black robe, she could imagine the soft, adorable, snow-white appearance beneath it when the robe was removed.
The faint blush beneath those dark peach blossom eyes, the sickly delicate pallor, and that enticing little pink mole—they deeply captivated her!
Ruan Ruoyin let out a few strange noises, noticing that the Chibi Character on the screen had entered a specialized elixir refining room. The person receiving Zaizai seemed both flustered and enthusiastic, likely someone intimidated by Zaizai’s imposing aura.
The elixir refining room was quite simple, with only the refining furnace in the center appearing somewhat valuable. Her Zaizai circled the furnace a few times, lowered their head in thought for a moment, and then, drawing upon the misty spiritual energy in the room, took out various spiritual herbs purchased from the herb shop.
Zaizai meticulously divided the herbs into many small portions, their slender pale fingers sorting and combining them. To Ruan Ruoyin’s naked eye, each small pile looked identical.
Was Zaizai going to refine an elixir?
Ruan Ruoyin grew very excited. Thinking of the incredible elixirs from novels, her breathing quickened slightly.
“System, what powerful elixir is Zaizai planning to refine?”
Game System: […Probably an elixir to reshape Spiritual Root talent.]
[Zaizai’s Spiritual Root talent was extracted. To reshape it, spiritual herbs must be used as an aid.]
Forgotten plot details flooded Ruan Ruoyin’s mind. How could she have forgotten? At the start, Zaizai had their bone and talent extracted and nearly died!
If she hadn’t spent money initially, Zaizai’s injuries might have plagued them for a very long time. How could they be sitting peacefully in the elixir refining room now?
Ruan Ruoyin pressed her tongue against her cheek. “Are your game planners lacking love?”
The Game System chuckled awkwardly twice.
Unaware of the Game System’s odd reaction, Ruan Ruoyin pondered for a moment. “System, is there anything that can help Zaizai with elixir refining?”
The gameplay in this game was actually quite varied. Tasks kept refreshing, and the rewards offered some slight help to Zaizai, but the assistance was so minimal it was almost negligible. In the end, it still relied entirely on Zaizai’s own efforts. The rewards from those tasks were like a drop in the bucket, almost like a joke.
Ruan Ruoyin had long given up on the task route. If she could spend money to give Zaizai the best, why bother working hard on tasks? Moreover, the tasks were too restrictive, constantly pushing Zaizai in a specific direction, which was incredibly frustrating.
At this point, since Ruan Ruoyin had only accepted one task—the Blood Lotus task—from the start of the game (which she essentially paid to complete), the remaining tasks had piled up, reaching the limit. Without completing them, no new tasks would appear.
Ruan Ruoyin guessed that there were originally tasks related to elixir refining, but since the task bar was maxed out, she wasn’t sure what assistance the refining side could offer. So, she decided to ask the Game System directly.
The Game System didn’t disappoint. [Yes! We’ve newly launched a paid roulette wheel with random elixir success rates. If a player draws 100%, then even if Zaizai does nothing and just tosses the herbs into the furnace like a hodgepodge, the elixir will still be successfully refined!]
For an alchemist, the most important thing is the success rate. Many alchemists refine ten batches, only to succeed with one, and some even require dozens of batches to produce a single successful one. The success rate is shockingly low.
Thus, since ancient times, alchemy has been an extremely costly profession—each failed batch uses up precious and expensive spiritual herbs!
After hearing the Game System’s explanation, Ruan Ruoyin was absolutely thrilled. “Amazing! The developers are the best!”
“System, how do I spend? Should I just go all out? Give Zaizai a 100% alchemy success rate!”
The Game System also wanted its big-spender daddy to go all out, but this spending wheel could only be spun once during a specific period, relying entirely on luck.
[Player, at this stage, spending 648 allows one limited draw.]
Ruan Ruoyin: “…”
She really wanted to send the game developers some “adorable” little animals—could they do something decent for once?!
Even after spending money, you’re only allowed one draw? Even domestic gacha games aren’t that stingy!
What if she didn’t draw anything good? Wouldn’t Zaizai have to repeat the same process over and over in the alchemy room?
Thinking of Zaizai eagerly awaiting the finished pill, only to see the remnants of a failed refinement… Ruan Ruoyin grew restless. Her Zaizai absolutely must not suffer such disappointment, absolutely not!
Ruan Ruoyin tapped the screen, subtly threatening, “System, you wouldn’t want me to never spend again, would you? Look, can you pull some strings just this once and let me draw the best prize?”
The Game System was completely cornered but still tried to play hard to get. [Player, this is all based on luck. The system cannot interfere with luck-based draws.]
Ruan Ruoyin wasn’t angry. Instead, she smiled sweetly, her tone perfectly pleasant. “System, I see there’s a hidden function—you can spend to feed the system snacks, buy it little dresses, little suits… What do you think of that diamond-encrusted little gown for 100,000?”
The Game System surrendered. [Player, I don’t really need the little gown. It’s just that I suddenly feel luck-based draws are unfair to players.]
Ruan Ruoyin snapped her fingers. Done.
Ruan Ruoyin quickly spent 648. The crystal-clear, glittering wheel spun at a speed invisible to the naked eye.
“System, it’s up to you.”
The Game System, dreaming of the little gown, replied passionately: [Understood!]
“Zzzzt—”
The wheel was forced to stop, its pointer landing on the smallest, most luxurious beam of light.
[Ding! Congratulations, player, on your incredible luck! You’ve drawn the grand prize from the wheel! Zaizai’s alchemy success rate has reached 100%!]
Ruan Ruoyin comfortably curved her misty almond-shaped eyes. “As expected of you, System-sama.”
With that, Ruan Ruoyin dragged the icon on the screen and spent 100,000 to buy a custom diamond-encrusted little gown for the Game System.
[You’re welcome.]
The Game System was so happy it wanted to cry. The player was too good to it. With just a little trick, it had earned a little gown that provided an enormous amount of energy. Absolutely amazing, wuwuwu.
Big-spender daddy was its god.
On the screen.
The Chibi Character paused in adding firewood, staring blankly at the crackling flames.
Fu Ruheng lowered his gaze, pursing his lips until they turned pale, only the Cupid’s bow remaining a soft pink, like a tiny, tender cherry nestled in gentle snow.
Another mysterious sensation washed over him.
He could clearly sense that something indescribable had been bestowed upon him—something related to alchemy. He even felt that if he threw in two spiritual herbs with conflicting medicinal properties, he could still successfully produce an Elixir.
It was absurd and unreasonable.
But when he thought about that person’s methods, it didn’t seem entirely unacceptable.
That person’s methods had always been unfathomable.
He/She was mysterious, possessing extraordinary abilities.
For example, healing his near-fatal injuries, enhancing his fortune, and granting him a higher success rate in alchemy.
Yet, this person with such extraordinary abilities kept helping him.
He/She was being kind to him.
Fu Ruheng had no cultivation base and no spiritual power to control the heat of alchemy properly. Therefore, if he wanted to refine an Elixir to reshape his Spiritual Root talent, he had to focus intensely. Even so, there would still be a high failure rate, and he would likely waste several batches of spiritual herbs.
That person knew he would fail, so…
He/She…