My Synthesizer Has Talent
Chapter 84 - 82: Getting into the Swing of Things
After Su Qing returned, he glanced at his Synthesizer.
He shook his head and sighed again.
’I still need a higher Cultivation.’
’I haven’t cultivated in a long time. I feel like I’ve been slacking off.’
Su Qing had yet to break through to the Qi Refining Fifth Level.
Instead, he had been busy with other matters.
The Spiritual Qi in Qianjie City was already enough for Su Qing’s Cultivation.
As long as the concentration of Spiritual Qi didn’t change, Su Qing could continue to break through even without going to places that required Spirit Stones.
It was just a matter of time.
Su Qing sat cross-legged and began to cultivate.
A night passed.
Su Qing had improved a little.
In the early morning, Su Qing headed to Baili Sudan’s Alchemy Room.
After entering an empty Alchemy Room, he saw a servant bring in medicinal ingredients.
The servant spoke softly to Su Qing, "Sir, these are the ingredients Lord Baili has prepared for you."
"Mm, put them aside."
Su Qing nodded and checked the quantity of the ingredients.
It really was only ten portions.
’Why is it really only ten portions?’
"Go tell your Lord Baili that I can refine twenty portions of Qi Nourishing Pill ingredients a day."
"Just tell her I want to earn a little more."
Twenty portions of ingredients should yield at least eighty Elixirs.
It wasn’t really a loss.
But with a fifty-fifty split with Baili Sudan, it seemed Su Qing would still make a lot, even after accounting for the ingredients.
However, that was only accounting for Baili Sudan’s share.
It seemed Su Qing would only get a little over ten Spirit Stones a day.
But the extra elixirs refined from the ingredients were his. As for how many extra he’d make... that was hard to say. Su Qing needed to make money, too.
’If I calculate it this way, it seems Baili Sudan isn’t earning that many Spirit Stones either?’
’How strange. Could the two Pill Masters next door be refining more Advanced Elixirs?’
’That’s a real possibility.’
Su Qing’s Alchemy experience increased as he refined the elixirs.
As he started, his hands were still getting used to it and he ruined two batches. However, he succeeded with all the subsequent ones.
Eighteen batches in total.
Qi Nourishing Pills.
He set aside 80 Elixirs and put the rest into his Storage Ring.
A massive profit of 141 Elixirs.
His success rate for refining Qi Nourishing Pills was as high as ninety percent.
Su Qing smiled smugly.
After laughing for a moment, Su Qing felt that this wasn’t quite right. Twenty portions of ingredients...
He took out another seventeen Qi Nourishing Pills.
He placed them in his Alchemy Room.
Baili Sudan had said he just needed to place the finished Elixirs in a Jade Box inside the Alchemy Room.
Someone would come to collect them every day.
Su Qing thought it over for a moment.
Then he got up and left.
He didn’t want to stay in this Alchemy Room for another minute.
He wanted to exchange the Elixirs for Spirit Stones and then go to the Gathering Spirit Formation to cultivate.
—
Treasure Tower.
A person in a black robe arrived, their face also concealed.
"What can I help you with today, customer?"
"I’m selling Elixirs."
The black-robed person was Su Qing.
Su Qing continued in a raspy voice, "Qi Nourishing Pills. 124 of them in total."
The male Steward from the Treasure Tower originally wanted to probe Su Qing’s Cultivation.
But after a moment’s thought, he gave up on the idea. He said, "In that case, how about I give you 124 Spirit Stones, Your Excellency?"
Su Qing paused. "The standard acquisition price is fine."
"I wonder, is our customer an Alchemy Master? We at the Treasure Tower are sincerely willing to befriend Alchemy Masters."
"I am Fan Wuren, the Steward of Qianjie City’s Treasure Tower."
"No need. I’m just an ordinary person, helping my family’s Alchemy Master sell some Elixirs."
Su Qing had concealed his face precisely so he wouldn’t be recognized.
Baili Sudan herself wasn’t a major concern, but her family was powerful.
If he slipped up at the Treasure Tower and Baili Sudan came over, no matter what was said, Su Qing would find it very awkward.
"Hehe, in that case, I won’t impose. Consider the 124 Spirit Stones a gesture of friendship toward your master."
"Thank you." Su Qing gave all his Elixirs to the man, took the Spirit Stones, and left.
The moment he was outside, Su Qing used the Earth Escape Technique to leave.
Then he changed into a different set of clothes.
The little mouse tailing him was long gone, probably searching frantically for Su Qing everywhere.
After getting the Spirit Stones, Su Qing headed for the Gathering Spirit Formation.
...
Su Qing soon arrived at the Gathering Spirit Formation.
Even just outside, the Spiritual Qi here was much richer.
The Gathering Spirit Formation wasn’t out in the open. It was a massive, disc-shaped building filled with small Cultivation Rooms for people to use.
"Halt."
"You need to take this Token to enter the Spirit Gathering Array."
"This Token will also open an unoccupied Cultivation Room for you. You can go in and cultivate on your own."
An old man tossed a Token to Su Qing and said nothing more.
Su Qing couldn’t see through the man’s level of power.
But he knew he had to pay Spirit Stones here.
"Senior, how many Spirit Stones does it cost to cultivate inside?"
"Fifty Spirit Stones a day."
"When you come out, the Token will have recorded how long you stayed inside."
"You pay the Spirit Stones when you leave."
’Fifty Spirit Stones a day? This is daylight robbery!!!’
Su Qing screamed internally. He really wanted to rebuke the man. ’Do you have any idea what fifty Spirit Stones means?’
’That could buy fifty Qi Nourishing Pills!’
That’s what Su Qing thought, but he didn’t dare say more. He took the Token and went inside to see just how outrageous this Spirit Gathering Array really was.
’Fifty Spirit Stones a day.’
It was simply too much.
Just like the city entrance fee.
Why did it feel like the Ten Thousand Tribulations Sect demanded Spirit Stones for everything here? Back in Zhengxuan Sect’s Zhengxuan City, they didn’t charge Spirit Stones, nor did they have places for Loose Cultivators and Demon Cultivators to train.
They were two complete opposites.
The moment he stepped inside, even before choosing a Cultivation Room, Su Qing could already feel a rich Spiritual Qi similar to what he’d felt deep within the Thousand Marrow Mountain Range.
There was so much of it.
Even just by breathing, Su Qing felt like he was absorbing Spiritual Qi.
If a mortal lived here, they would probably live to a ripe old age, free of illness and disaster.
Although Su Qing wasn’t good with directions, he saw an empty Cultivation Room and went in.
After Su Qing closed the door to the Cultivation Room, the Token itself flashed once.
’Cultivate, cultivate.’
Su Qing paid it no more mind, sat cross-legged, and began to circulate his Five Elements Qi Cultivation Technique.
The rich Spiritual Qi continuously surged toward Su Qing.
It felt far too comfortable.
A night passed.
The next day, Su Qing decided he had to cultivate for at least a full day.
Otherwise, since the fee was calculated by the day, he would be wasting too many of his Spirit Stones.
His refined Magical Power had improved again. Su Qing felt that if he cultivated here for five days, he could probably break through to the Qi Refining Fifth Level.
—
He walked into Baili Sudan’s alchemy workshop once more.
But before he entered his room, he saw Baili Sudan with a middle-aged, long-bearded man.
The man’s face was rather thin and long, and his eyebrows were thick.
The two of them were talking.
"Pill Master Su, did something happen today? You’ve only just arrived at the Alchemy Room this afternoon," Baili Sudan said with a gentle smile.
She nodded at the middle-aged man beside her. 𝑓𝓇𝘦ℯ𝘸𝘦𝑏𝓃𝑜𝘷ℯ𝑙.𝑐𝑜𝓂
"I was cultivating, so I’m a bit late today," Su Qing explained, nodding to Baili Sudan. He wanted to go into the Alchemy Room to refine elixirs.
"This gentleman next to me is Pill Master Li, Li Hengyu."
"Pill Master Li, this is Pill Master Su, Su Qing."
"If you have any questions about Alchemy, feel free to discuss them with each other."
Pill Master Li Hengyu was surprised to see how young Su Qing was, but he still greeted him politely, "Hello, Pill Master Su."
"Hello, Pill Master Li." Su Qing couldn’t just give him the cold shoulder, so he smiled and nodded back.
They were now acquainted.
"I’m in a hurry to get to my Alchemy, so I won’t disturb you two."
With that, Su Qing entered the Alchemy Room he had been using and closed the door.