“I wonder if this has something to do with him not cleaning the corpse first.”
A look of disgust appeared on Huo Yu’s face, and she complained,
“Before making pills next time, he should clean the materials. And can’t he skin the mutated beasts? There’s no energy in the fur anyway.”
“Maybe the fur of those mutated rats is useless? Or does it have too much bacteria?”
“If it has too much bacteria, that’s even more reason not to make it into pills!”
“You ate one?”
Bai Xuan looked at Huo Yu oddly. Was she so angry because she’d eaten one herself? That would make sense—otherwise, why would she think the pill stank?
“Of course I didn’t eat one!”
Seeing Bai Xuan’s expression, Huo Yu replied, her eyes darting away slightly.
“I’m just giving a suggestion, okay? Do you know what a suggestion is?”
“Even when you cook, you have to wash the ingredients. He’s making pills using his abilities, but that can’t magically remove dirt.”
“How can you expect someone to eat something that disgusting?”
“With the way you’re acting, claiming you didn’t eat it—no one will believe you.”
Bai Xuan said, speechless.
“I really didn’t eat one!”
Huo Yu’s eyes widened as she spoke, but in the next moment, her shoulders slumped.
“I ate some pills made from other fierce beasts… and those were really smelly too.”
“If they didn’t work so well, I wouldn’t have eaten them.”
“…”
“Alright, I’ve given you the pills. Each bottle has different effects.”
“I wrote the corresponding effects on the labels, so just take them as you see fit.”
“If you don’t need them, keep them. You can sell them later or give them to friends, whatever.”
Having said that, Huo Yu stood up. Since everything here was dealt with, it seemed there was nothing needing her attention for now. She should go back to cultivating too.
That guy Bai Xuan was basically the king of overachievers.
His talent was clearly so high, yet he still worked so hard at cultivating.
It made someone like her, with talent and strength far below Bai Xuan’s, unable to ignore her guilty conscience and slack off.
Bai Xuan waved his hand casually, not really caring about Huo Yu’s departure. He just looked thoughtfully at the pills in his hand.
So, mutated creatures, medicines, and herbs could be refined into pills, perfectly preserving their energy and properties.
It sounded somewhat similar to his ability to strip power, but his stripping extracted the energy of mutated creatures for him to use, granting him their power. Pill refinement actually transformed materials into a pill, preserving the medicinal power and effects of various components to perfectly blend them together.
The key wasn’t extraction; it was fusion.
“Hmm, not a bad ability. It’s mine now.”
As he spoke, a green light glowed from Bai Xuan’s hand. He casually took a mutated creature’s corpse from his spatial ring and placed his hand upon it.
Then, the massive corpse of the mutated creature instantly contracted, transforming into a single brown pill.
He tentatively gave it a sniff, and Bai Xuan hurriedly stuffed the pill into his spatial ring. A strong, rank odor mixed with a foul stench—and it wasn’t the kind of smell like stinky tofu or snail noodles. It was more like the thick, heavy body odor of someone who hadn’t bathed in days.
No wonder Huo Yu was disgusted and complained; this was really not something just anyone could force down.
Even if you managed to swallow it, you’d definitely feel nauseous.
So, Huo Yu’s suggestion about cleaning and skinning was very important. If possible, it would be best to add some seasonings, fusing it into a pill following recipe proportions. That way, the taste might be more acceptable.
Suddenly, as if he’d thought of something, Bai Xuan asked in the chat group:
Child of Nature: “@Glory of the Northern God, I have something here, do you want to eat it?”
Since humans couldn’t stomach it, what about a dog? A dog should be fine, right?
The Lighthouse Tycoon: “What is it?”
Just an Ordinary Group Owner: “Yeah, what is it? If it’s something good, you can’t just give it to Shiba Inu Thor.”
Just an Ordinary Group Owner: “I am the chat group’s beloved mascot.”
Child of Nature: “???”
Child of Nature: “Since when did you become the group mascot? And why are you competing with a dog to be the mascot?”
Although he knew Su Yunqing meant “beloved by everyone in the chat group,” his mind immediately conjured up the image of a pet!
Boil Daigo into Soup: “I have a feeling it’s not going to be something good.”
The Worst Evil Spirit: “It probably isn’t about the effect, but might be related to taste or something.”
The Worst Evil Spirit: “Like that Devil Fruit that got bitten into last time.”
Just an Ordinary Group Owner: “Could it be… sorry, sorry, my mind went somewhere it shouldn’t.”
Just an Ordinary Group Owner: “It’s definitely not poop!”
Uchiha Dance King: “…”
Uchiha Dance King: “You’re so filthy!”
Boil Daigo into Soup: “I think ‘gross’ is the word.”
Child of Nature: “So if you knew it was wrong, why did you have to say that word out loud!”
Bai Xuan was somewhat exasperated. He really didn’t know whether to call this group leader simple or just plain stupid.
Child of Nature: “It’s just a pill condensed from the corpse of a mutated creature. The effect is decent, can enhance physique and stuff, but it smells really rank and fishy, so I wanted to see if Thor liked it.”
Child of Nature: “If Thor thinks it’s okay, I have a few more here, might just give them all to him.”
Child of Nature: “It’s useless to me anyway.”
Recycling them to the chat group was an option, but it wasn’t worth many points.
And before Huo Yu left, she said these pills would be provided every day, so he wasn’t in a position to be stingy.
Besides, if he really had to, he could just make them himself; he had plenty of mutated beast corpses anyway.
Once those ran out, he could just use the Anywhere Door to hunt in the mountains.
The Lighthouse Tycoon: “Enhances physique?”
The Lighthouse Tycoon: “Ahem, well, I think giving something like that to a dog is a bit of a waste. If it’s just the taste, I don’t think that’s an insurmountable problem.”
Compared to the effect, what did a mere taste matter?
Glory of the Northern God: “Woof woof woof???”
Glory of the Northern God: “You actually want to fight a dog for food?”
The Lighthouse Tycoon: “Serious Face.jpg”
The Lighthouse Tycoon: “To be precise, I am competing with the Son of the God King, Thor the God of Thunder, for a pill that is completely useless to him.”
Glory of the Northern God: “Shiba Inu Shock.jpg”
Glory of the Northern God: “Now you’re actually acknowledging my title as Thor, God of Thunder?”
Just an Ordinary Group Owner: “Able to switch gears so readily, a real man, Tony.”
Just an Ordinary Group Owner: “I have to hand it to you.”
Uchiha Dance King: “…”
Why was this guy so different from the Iron Man in the memory copy? Could it be because he hadn’t been captured and forced to forge metal?
Child of Nature: “You guys should try it first before saying anything.”
“Ding, Group Member Child of Nature sent two Red Packets.”
“Ding, Group Member Glory of the Northern God claimed your Red Packet.”
“Ding, Group Member The Lighthouse Tycoon claimed your Red Packet.”
Three mechanical notifications sounded, and a moment later:
Glory of the Northern God: “Doesn’t taste good.jpg”
The Lighthouse Tycoon: “So hard to eat.jpg”
