Watch out! Something's wrong with this guard.

Over the next few days, Lu Yun attended classes on time and submitted his homework regularly (he submitted a melodramatic love letter that he had racked his brains to write, and then read it aloud from Lu Yunxi's door). Because of his excellent performance in class, he finally received his first assignment since embarking on the path of alchemy.

Don't misunderstand, it's not alchemy. It's just asking Lu Yunshi to use ordinary fire to refine some common medicinal powders. Given Lu Yunshi's current level, this is something he can manage.

"Ugh..." Lin Min stared at the lump of viscous liquid that Lu Yunshi had boiled in his alchemy furnace, enduring the disgusting and eerie smell while trying hard to suppress the urge to vomit.

"Junior brother, although this stuff of yours has some medicinal effects, it would probably be extremely difficult to get someone to take it."

"Really?" Lu Yunshi scratched his head, looking somewhat puzzled. "But this viscous substance is really effective at healing external injuries, and it also has beauty and skin-nourishing effects. In fact, if taken internally, its effects are even more powerful, although the effects are limited to body-tempering cultivators."

Those who are just starting out in alchemy surely know that when you try to make medicine for the first time, you definitely won't want to follow the rules. Instead, you'll creatively add your own ideas.

"Ah! I think adding some of this now would be better."

'Oh dear, if these two things were combined, what would happen?'

'Hmm, I must be a genius to have come up with such a combination.'

Similar ideas will certainly emerge one after another.

Lu Yunshi was the same way, especially when no one was watching him and the herbs he used were given to him by others, he became even more unscrupulous.

And so, this astonishing thing was born out of nowhere.

“Junior brother, although those herbs are very cheap, they shouldn’t be wasted like this, and besides…” Lin Min glanced sideways at Lu Yunshi, who hadn’t reminded her at all that he had secretly stuffed two wads of paper into her nostrils beforehand.

"Shouldn't you pull those two lumps out before you say that? And couldn't you at least remind me?"

If Lu Yunshi had reminded him earlier, he wouldn't have had to go through the ordeal of defense.

This tastes even more disgusting than the thesis defense.

"Haha, I should have reminded you. Sorry, Senior Sister." Lu Yunshi laughed and gave a completely insincere apology.

"Phew~" Lin Min took a deep breath. "No matter what, at least you've finished the assignment the teacher gave you, although... but you've still managed to refine something 'useful'. As for this lump... just throw it away. Whether it's for external or internal use, no one will use it."

No matter how powerful this product is, it's destined to have no market.

If you use it during a fight, people will think you're suddenly eating shit in the middle of a battle.

If you use it when you're not fighting, you won't be able to get over your own conscience.

It's one thing to be useful, but it's another to be usable.

"Well..." Upon hearing Lin Min's suggestion to discard it, Lu Yunshi hesitated instead of reacting immediately.

Seeing Lu Yunshi like this, Lin Min was shocked. "Junior brother! You can't be serious, can you? Even if we're poor, people will talk behind our backs if we eat this stuff."

“Uh…” Lu Yunshi was speechless for a moment, then immediately replied, “Senior sister, don’t overthink it. I was just thinking about how to refine it better. After all, this is my first idea, and it would be hard to give it up like this.”

"It's better to have fewer of these kinds of creative ideas." Lin Min smiled helplessly, then coughed lightly twice, her expression becoming more serious.

"By the way, junior brother, have you had anything important happen to you lately?"

"Important things... aside from (doing someone's laundry, researching combat techniques, thinking about the content of the next love letter, and listening to Lao Liu's recent money-making plans), there doesn't seem to be anything else," Lu Yunshi replied absentmindedly.

"Huh?" Because Lu Yunshi deliberately muted her, Lin Min didn't hear the more crucial part of Lu Yunshi's words.

The other person seemed to have said something, but also seemed to have said nothing at all.

However, she didn't really care about these things. As long as Lu Yunshi said there was nothing wrong, the conversation could continue.

"Since there's nothing important, why don't you come with us to explore the outside world in a couple of days, Junior Brother? Li Hu and I have taken on a mission with pretty good rewards. If you join us, you'll get quite a bit."

"Oh?" Lu Yunshi looked at the other person with some surprise. "What kind of mission requires someone like me, a Great Perfection Body Tempering cultivator, to go?"

"Um... we're just short one person." Lin Min smiled and shrugged. "Besides, aren't you a cultivator at the extreme realm, Junior Brother? We thought you must be quite short of resources. If you come with us on missions, you should be able to gather the resources you need faster."

Upon hearing this, Lu Yunshi was taken aback and subconsciously pondered for a moment.

If someone suddenly invites you, there are roughly only two possibilities.

One is that they want to harm themselves.

One simply wanted to help himself.

However, after thinking about it for a moment, Lu Yunshi felt it was the latter. The other party had no reason to harm him. If they simply wanted to find a cannon fodder, they wouldn't be looking for someone who was a fellow disciple like him, since he hadn't offended them.

Wow, what a kind person!

"But wouldn't it be a bit troublesome if you brought me along?" Lu Yunshi asked apologetically.

"No, your three senior brothers and I aren't pushovers either. Just lie back and follow us." Lin Min said with a smile.

"In that case... then thank you very much, senior sister and senior brother." Lu Yunshi did not refuse. There were only a few months left before the intermediate student assessment, and he did need more resources to help him break through quickly. Even without Lin Min's invitation, he planned to take on a few tasks on his own recently.

"Alright, I'll talk to Teacher Shangguan later. We'll set the time for two days from now. See you at the academy gate. Don't be late, junior brother."

After saying that, Lin Min didn't linger. She had come to help Lu Yunshi refine medicine and to talk about the mission, which was the result of her discussion with Li Hu and the others.

After all, they were from the same sect, so they naturally wanted to help Lu Yunshi as much as possible.

After Lin Min left, Lu Yunshi turned around and immediately began to worry. "The due date is the day after tomorrow, and I haven't managed to come up with a single word. What am I going to do?"

Now I have to go out again. If I don't inform Zai about this, I'll probably get a taste of her 'Arhat Overturning the Heavens Seal'.

Lu Yunshi frowned and pondered for a moment, but quickly let go of his thoughts and turned to study the alchemy furnace.

Could this thing... be upgraded?