Chapter 12: Eating Pills Like Candy

"Body Tempering Pill, Tier 2 Lower Grade, 5 Gold Coins"

"Body Tempering Pill, Tier 2 Middle Grade, 7 Gold Coins"

"Body Tempering Pill, Tier 2 Upper Grade, 12 Gold Coins"

Elixirs are classified into nine tiers and further divided into six quality levels: inferior, lower, middle, upper, supreme, and perfect. Upper-grade pills are already quite rare, supreme pills occasionally appear, and perfect-grade pills are almost legendary, appearing once every few years.

"The best one is upper-grade, 12 gold coins, which is equivalent to half a house."

Su Lang clicked his tongue, "But it's just money. Money comes and goes, right?"

"Give me five upper-grade Body Tempering Pills!"

Su Lang handed the booklet back to the staff member as he spoke.

However, his words immediately stirred up a wave of discussions among the surrounding people.

"What? Did I hear that right? This guy wants five upper-grade Body Tempering Pills?"

"This young man is asking for five upper-grade Body Tempering Pills. Is he joking?"

"That's 60 gold coins worth of pills! Can he really afford that?"

"Does he even know what gold coins are?"

"…"

Everyone looked at Su Lang as if he were a fool.

"Are you sure you want five upper-grade Body Tempering Pills?"

Even the staff member asked with disbelief.

If an official warrior had made such a request, he wouldn't have been surprised. But the person in front of him had no spiritual energy fluctuations, clearly not an official warrior, and was dressed in cheap clothes without any armor. He looked like a beginner or intermediate Body Temperer at best. Could he really afford 60 gold coins?

"Is 60 gold coins a lot? A bunch of poor people."

Su Lang sneered at the crowd and took out 60 gold coins from the system, handing them to the staff member.

"Woa, he actually took out 60 gold coins!"

"He's a rich guy! To have so much money at the Body Tempering stage."

"Totally misjudged him. He must be some young master!"

"Wow, 60 gold coins, and he didn't even blink!"

"…"

The onlookers were shocked, their jaws dropping.

"Here are your pills. Sorry for doubting you."

The staff member handed over the pills with an apologetic smile.

"Mm, your attitude is much better than that old witch's."

Su Lang smiled with satisfaction, then popped a pill into his mouth and walked out.

His casual act of consuming such a valuable pill once again caused a stir among the onlookers.

"This guy! He just ate it like that? Isn't such an expensive pill supposed to be taken after a bath and meditation?"

"Yeah, and he just walked away! Not even channeling his energy to refine it?"

"Isn't the medicinal power just going to waste?"

"Oh my god, is he a monster?"

"I think he's just crazy!"

"…"

Almost everyone was stunned, staring at Su Lang's retreating figure.

At that moment, Su Lang turned around and grinned, "Why can't I eat it like candy?"

"Pfft!"

A skinny beginner Body Temperer in the corner trembled and spat out blood.

The rest were dumbfounded, unable to speak for a long time.

In reality, Su Lang wouldn't waste his hard-earned pills. Regardless of what he was doing—walking, sleeping, eating, or watching beauties—the one-click cultivation function was always running, automatically refining the medicinal power.

"This cultivation speed is really intense!"

Walking down the road, Su Lang felt spiritual energy rushing into his body. The white figure in the mysterious space was rapidly being engulfed in gold.

"System, how long until I break through to quasi-warrior?" Su Lang asked.

"Host, you will need only 10 hours to break through to quasi-warrior!"

"More than double the speed? And five pills will last exactly 10 hours."

Su Lang nodded in satisfaction, "It seems the 60 gold coins were well spent!"

The effect of the Body Tempering Pill was excellent, but Su Lang had no plans to continuously take pills to maintain the doubled state. It was too expensive, costing 144 gold coins a day! Seven days of this would be enough to upgrade the system, permanently doubling the cultivation speed. The better choice was obvious.

"My cultivation is set to break through… Now, let's check the map!"

Su Lang took out the map and unfolded it, revealing a complex network of regions and various annotations.