Thinking back, which one of them hadn't been disciplined by Senior Sister Huang Mei? If a leaf was even slightly curled, or if the root system didn't meet her standards, she would keep them in the spiritual plant storage room for devilish training.
Jiang Lu looked at their expressions, her lips twitching.
Senior Sister Huang Mei really wasn't that terrifying.
Everyone: We don't believe you!
“Junior Sister Lu, how does it feel?”
Sensing that the atmosphere around them was a bit stiff, Chen Qi walked over to ask Jiang Lu.
Jiang Lu looked at him with a grin. “Senior Brother Qi, I think Senior Sister Huang Mei is great. After I finished sorting the spiritual plants, I watched her refine elixirs. I actually learned quite a lot today.”
“That's good.”
Chen Qi laughed awkwardly, inwardly crying out in grievance.
This Junior Sister Lu and Senior Sister Huang Mei were cut from the same cloth. He couldn't help but shudder slightly, as if he could already see an immense mountain of pressure sweeping toward him.
At this moment, he had no idea that the era of the ultimate overachiever, centered around Jiang Lu, was already beginning to take shape.
For now, he cheerfully returned to his spot.
Jiang Lu noticed the scraps near their feet and made a mental note. It seemed that just like in the herb garden, some of the damaged spiritual plants could be kept for oneself.
“Fellow Daoist, even if this elixir cauldron is repaired, it won't last for more than a few refines,” the man said as he looked at the two elixir cauldrons Jiang Lu handed over.
Jiang Lu shook her head, her tone carrying a hint of helplessness. “Boss, I know, but right now I'm really... I just want to give it a try.”
Seeing this, the man shook his head and said no more.
He was already used to the embarrassment of these poor rogue cultivators. If one didn't have the talent, there was indeed no need to buy a brand-new elixir cauldron.
He then repaired them for just ten low-grade spirit stones. Since they wouldn't last many uses anyway, it naturally wasn't expensive.
Jiang Lu cradled the elixir cauldrons in her arms and left.
Returning to her room, she took out the spiritual plants she had processed earlier. She planned to refine the most basic Fasting Pill.
This was also the choice for most cultivators' first attempt at refining elixirs. It was a Tier One elixir, and the spiritual plants used weren't complicated; the main ingredient was spiritual rice.
With a flip of her hand, two red lights flashed from her fingertips, and she began injecting spiritual energy into the elixir cauldron.
Chi Li and Cang Chen watched from the side, clutching their spirit stones, their eyes wide with wonder.
Could the scorching sensation brought by this purity of spiritual energy really belong to a cultivator only at the mid stage of Qi Condensation?
As expected of the Chaos Spiritual Body!
Only...
...the elixir cauldron was going to suffer.
Recalling Huang Mei's movements during her elixir refining as described in the books, Jiang Lu channeled spiritual fire into the elixir cauldron.
As the temperature rose, she threw the spiritual plants into the cauldron.
The spiritual plants gradually melted into liquid. Her expression turned solemn, and she immediately swept out her spiritual energy to condense it.
Feeling the elixir cauldron tremble, she was startled. Hadn't the shopkeeper said this cauldron could be used two or three times?
She had only used it once!
Cheap goods really were of poor quality.
But since they had already reached the final stage, she stabilized the cauldron's fluctuations with her spiritual energy. The spiritual fire continued to burn, and after a certain point, the temperature gradually began to drop.
Time was up...
Jiang Lu immediately withdrew the spiritual fire and opened the elixir cauldron. A rich fragrance wafted out, and she sniffed the air.
Ten round, plump pills appeared in her hand from inside the cauldron.
Ten... high-grade elixirs!
Jiang Lu stared at the elixirs in her hand, frozen in place.
Could she actually be an alchemy genius?
Chi Li and Cang Chen also scampered over in a few quick bounds, staring intently at the elixirs in her hand.
Then, they looked up at her, still frozen in place.
They had heard what the cultivator said about elixir refining earlier. Was their master really a genius?
They sniffed the air again. It smelled so good!
Amused, Jiang Lu looked at the two little creatures and handed each of them a pill. “Eat up!”
Chi Li and Cang Chen took them and immediately popped them into their mouths.
Mmh~
So delicious!
Jiang Lu watched them with amusement, then swallowed one herself.
As expected of high-grade elixirs!
They really were delicious!
She put the remaining pills into a bottle and stored them away.
Looking at the nearly ruined elixir cauldron in front of her, Jiang Lu's lips twitched. It was indeed completely ruined.
She then took out the other elixir cauldron, which also ended up completely ruined after a single refinement.
However...
...looking at the ten high-grade elixirs in her hand once again...
She really was a genius!
There was absolutely no doubt about it!
Those two cheap elixir cauldrons couldn't even compare to a fraction of the value of the elixirs in her hand.
She looked at the two spirit beasts, who had expressions of utter satisfaction, and pinched their cheeks. “Tell me, am I a genius or what? I refined ten high-grade elixirs on my very first try.”
Chi Li and Cang Chen nodded, saying with absolute certainty, “Definitely!”
If this wasn't a genius, then what was? For some reason, they felt that Jiang Lu's talent wasn't just limited to refining elixirs. Could she be a master of all trades?
It wasn't impossible. The two of them glanced at Jiang Lu. Coming from the lower realm was truly a blessing in disguise!
As long as she didn't court death, their return to the upper realm was only a matter of time.
Hehehe~
They would let those people see what a true genius was. It was time for those self-proclaimed geniuses—who were actually useless trash—to receive a harsh reality check!
And this genius...
...was their master!
Rounded up, that meant they were the geniuses!
The two beasts simultaneously revealed a sly grin. “Hehehe~”
Seeing this, Jiang Lu couldn't help but facepalm.
Her two contracted beasts seemed to have a bit of a chuunibyou streak.
Shaking her head, she ignored them and turned to look at the two ruined elixir cauldrons.
Logically speaking, these two cauldrons shouldn't have been ruined so quickly. Connecting it to the high-grade elixirs from just now...
...it might have to do with the quality of the elixirs she refined, or perhaps with her spiritual fire.
The spiritual fire she had injected into the cauldron was clearly much hotter than Senior Sister Huang Mei's.
This meant the purity of her spiritual fire was higher than Senior Sister Huang Mei's.
The corners of her mouth curved up slightly before she quickly suppressed the smile. She had already noticed the abnormality of her spiritual root, hadn't she?
Thinking back to the web novels she had read in her past life, this kind of spiritual root was usually accompanied by an incredibly powerful spiritual body. And a spiritual body that could absorb anything could only be the legendary Chaos Spiritual Body...
She didn't know if this spiritual body existed in the cultivation world, but it should be something similar. Ordinary people would find it difficult to detect, but some long-lived old monsters might be able to see through it.
If she only had an ordinary mixed spiritual root like before, she might not have had these worries. But now that she had discovered the abnormality of her spiritual root, the Medicine King Pavilion was undoubtedly a relatively safe place for her before she fully grew.
Jiang Lu put away the two ruined elixir cauldrons and returned to her meditation cushion to begin meditating.
Cultivators didn't need sleep, and meditating was the most relaxing state. She didn't know about others, but she always felt completely refreshed the next day.
As expected of the cultivation world—she could utilize all twenty-four hours of the day.
She had to push herself; there were countless geniuses in the cultivation world, and who knew when she might become someone else's stepping stone if she slacked off.
Since she was already here, if she didn't carve out a grand career, wouldn't her transmigration be in vain? If nothing else, pursuing the path of immortality was definitely her lifelong quest.
The spiritual energy within her body circulated continuously, and her heart gradually grew calm...
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