The Villain Became the Protagonists’ Nightmare

Chapter 4: The Effects of the Elixirs:

According to what Xiao Lingfeng knew, even Master Cang Yun, the top alchemist of the Tianyun Empire, couldn’t produce the Martial King Pill despite being a sixth-rank alchemist. 

The effects of the Martial King Pill were astonishing; it could increase the probability of a peak Martial Commander Realm breaking through into the Martial King Realm by 30%.

With this Martial King Pill and the cultivation technique he practiced, even with severe internal injuries, he had a 50% chance of reaching the Martial King Realm.

As for the Beast King Pill, he hadn’t heard of it before, but the name suggested it was meant for demonic beasts, and he happened to have a peak fifth-rank demonic beast.

However, he was puzzled by the Loyalty Pill. But for now, the most important thing was to obtain the Martial King Pill from the system. 

For someone stuck at the Martial Commander Realm for 40 years, the Martial King Pill was crucial, so he asked the system.

The system replied, [Host, all the rewards have been placed in the system vault. You can retrieve them with a thought. Additionally, all items provided by the system come with descriptions in the vault]

“Oh, how considerate! But I have another question. From the system’s prompt earlier, you and the system seem to be two separate entities. Are you the system spirit?” Xiao Lingfeng asked.

[Yes! The system rules are too rigid, so we system spirits are here to explain some issues to the host and provide necessary assistance]

The system spirit replied.

Xiao Lingfeng nodded. His priority now was to understand the effects of these elixirs and quickly make a breakthrough into the Martial King Realm to delay the outbreak of his internal injuries.

Soon, Xiao Lingfeng used his mind to enter the system vault, where he saw three bottles of elixirs. He noticed large characters above the bottles, which were the elixir descriptions.

First, Xiao Lingfeng looked at the Martial King Pill he had been longing for. The introduction of the Martial King Pill appeared before his eyes.

[Perfect-grade Martial King Pill, early fifth-rank elixir. It guarantees a 100% breakthrough to the Martial King Realm for the user. Even a Martial King Realm expert can advance a realm by taking this pill, and it can be taken repeatedly]

Xiao Lingfeng was astonished to see this. 

To be honest, he didn’t expect it to be a perfect-grade Martial King Pill.

Elixirs were divided into nine ranks, corresponding to the nine stages of cultivation beyond the Body Refinement Realm. Body Refinement Realm cultivation didn’t require high-grade elixirs, just some herbs or low-grade elixirs.

Each rank was further divided into four stages: early, middle, high, and peak. The higher the stage and rank, the more difficult the elixir was to refine.

Elixirs were graded into four levels upon completion: defective, qualified, excellent, and perfect. Defective elixirs were failed products with severe loss of potency and possible toxic mutations, making them dangerous. 

Qualified elixirs were those that can be normally consumed, and producing these qualifies an alchemist as a legitimate practitioner of that rank.

For example, Master Cang Yun of the Tianyun Empire became a sixth-rank alchemist by producing qualified sixth-rank elixirs.

Excellent-grade elixirs can only be made by elite alchemists of the same rank, preserving their potency well and requiring high-level skills. There was a saying in the alchemist community: “An alchemist who produces excellent-grade elixirs isn’t far from mastering the next stage.”

This saying was widely accepted.

In the Tianyun Empire, producing excellent-grade peak elixirs of a certain rank is enough to be recognized as ‘an alchemist with one foot in the next rank.’

For instance, the Tianyun Empire had two grandmasters who produced excellent-grade peak fifth-rank elixirs, and their status was almost as high as Master Cang Yun’s.

Even Martial King Realm experts would try to curry favor with them, as they were on the verge of becoming true sixth-rank alchemists.

However, perfect-grade elixirs were legendary, almost unattainable. An alchemist needed to be several ranks higher to produce a perfect-grade elixir.

The Martial King Pill was a fifth-rank elixir, and on the Martial God Continent, an eighth-rank alchemist would be required to produce a perfect-grade Martial King Pill. Eighth-rank alchemists were renowned across the continent, and in small places, they were just legends.

Xiao Lingfeng never imagined that the system would provide a perfect-grade Martial King Pill.

Next, he checked the Beast King Pill, which had a similar description.

[Perfect-grade Beast King Pill, sixth-rank elixir. It guarantees a 100% breakthrough to the Beast King level for demonic beasts. A Beast King can advance a realm by taking this pill, and it can be taken repeatedly]

Seeing this, Xiao Lingfeng was amazed.

This was perfect for him, as his demonic beast was also stuck at the peak of the fifth rank and needed this Beast King Pill.