"Originally, I intended to pay, but since you don't want it, what a pity..."
Lu Sheng carried the entire basket of herbs back to his hotel room. A minor incident like this didn't affect him in the least.
Lu Sheng was well aware that the darkness in this world couldn't be entirely eliminated. But he could make himself stronger. As long as he was strong enough, he would be like a light source, and wherever he went, the darkness would automatically retreat and dissipate.
Lu Sheng's initial plan was to make ten Nourishing Marrow Pills to test their effectiveness. However, after unexpectedly obtaining so many herbs, he decided to make more.
The difficulty of refining the Nourishing Marrow Pill was much greater than the Strengthening Muscle and Blood Soup, and Lu Sheng knew that it would be hard to complete the entire batch on his own in a short time.
So, he came up with a plan. He found several pharmacies in Tree Sea City and entrusted the processing of the herbs needed for the Nourishing Marrow Pill to them. This way, he could save a lot of effort. The herb processing step wasn't particularly difficult, but it was tedious. Lu Sheng only needed to be responsible for the final preparation of the pills.
Of course, this meant that he had to run around to different pharmacies every time he picked up the herbs, but this also greatly reduced the chance of the formula leaking.
So, Lu Sheng's days became filled with a routine—collecting herbs, making pills, practicing, and then sleeping. And the cycle continued.
Three days later, wearing a bathrobe, Lu Sheng sat on the hotel bed. He took a black pill, resembling a piece of malt candy, from a small glass bottle and gently popped it into his mouth. He chewed and swallowed.
Within seconds, a massive heat wave exploded within his body. The heat felt like worms crawling into his bones, giving him an intensely painful yet numb sensation.
Lu Sheng's body didn't stay still. He started practicing the Starforge Body Art while also using the Nature's Breath Control Technique. As he practiced, a faint mist began to fill the room, and the temperature gradually rose. By the end, the large room was shrouded in a thick white mist, with intense heat swirling in the center. It felt like a star was forming in the nebula.
"Whoo—"
Lu Sheng exhaled deeply, blowing away the thick mist in the room. He stood up, turned on the air conditioner to ventilate the room, and walked toward the bathroom, quietly savoring the effect of the Nourishing Marrow Pill he had just taken.
The restorative effect of the Nourishing Marrow Pill on vitality was several times more effective than the Strengthening Muscle and Blood Soup. In fact, after taking one, even after a session of cultivation, Lu Sheng couldn't absorb all the medicinal power in one go, and there was still a lot left in his body.
Given that he was practicing the Starforge Body Art along with Nature's Pulse Breathing, it was clear how terrifying the effects of the Nourishing Marrow Pill were.
"No wonder the Nourishing Marrow Pill is considered a top-grade supplement, while the Strengthening Muscle and Blood Soup is just an ordinary medicinal soup..." Lu Sheng thought.
He had only recently learned about the classification of these supplements. He had feared that the difficulty of refining the Nourishing Marrow Pill would be too high, and his failure rate would be too great. So, he had specifically hunted for the memories of several pharmacists who had been zombies in their past lives within the Dream Space.
These kinds of people were easy to find, and he could meet them just by entering any pharmacy. All of Lu Sheng's knowledge about pharmaceuticals came from these pharmacists' memories.
"Even in the Martial Way that has lasted for ten thousand years, the Nourishing Marrow Pill is one of the best supplements for warriors below Level 3. This is because, in addition to replenishing vitality, the Nourishing Marrow Pill also has a refining effect on the bones of the user. The process of a Level 3 warrior advancing to Level 4 is essentially the process of strengthening the bones..."
Lu Sheng had been using two kinds of supplements: the Strengthening Muscle and Blood Soup and the Nourishing Marrow Pill.
The former strengthened the skin, while the latter focused on the bones. From a certain perspective, Lu Sheng had been unconsciously refining his muscles and bones while using these two supplements.
The benefits would become apparent only once he advanced to Level 3.
He also knew that he would reach Level 4 much faster than an ordinary person.
"I prepared over fifty doses of herbs, and finally refined twenty-five Nourishing Marrow Pills. It seems like a lot, but since I don't know how long I'll be at the training camp, it may not be enough..."
Lu Sheng looked at several small bottles of Nourishing Marrow Pills placed in front of him and thought to himself.
An output rate of nearly 50% was actually quite high. From what he had learned from the memories of the pharmacists, it was a stroke of luck if a Level 1 or Level 2 pharmacist could succeed once out of four attempts when refining the Nourishing Marrow Pill.
By rights, someone like Lu Sheng, who had only recently started learning to refine medicines, shouldn't have such a high success rate, but for some unknown reason, his success rate was unusually high.
Lu Sheng didn't think of himself as a genius in pharmaceuticals. He guessed that it was related to the massive amount of memories he had absorbed from the Dream Space. His spiritual power and other abilities were much stronger than normal people.
Lu Sheng cleaned up the room, carefully placed the bottles of Nourishing Marrow Pills into his suitcase to prevent them from breaking, and prepared to leave. If it weren't for the need to rush to the capital of Dongning Province for the talent training camp's initiation ceremony, he would have liked to stay in Tree Sea City a little longer.
After all, the fresh herbs for refining Nourishing Marrow Pills could only be found in Tree Sea City. Once he finished his current batch, he would have to come back here to gather more herbs. It would be a hassle to go back and forth.
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