My Synthesizer Has Talent

When Song Zhining heard this, he suddenly burst out laughing. "Simple!"

"A conflict that can be resolved with Spirit Stones is exactly what I’d hope for."

"Su Qing, I have to admit something. You’re truly terrifying. The power and strength you had back then can’t even compare to what you have now."

"I just hope we’re not enemies. That’s all."

Song Zhining smiled.

He took out a Storage Ring from his hand. "This is a twenty-cubic-meter Storage Ring. There are thirty thousand Spirit Stones inside."

"I’m not trying to humiliate you. With this many Spirit Stones, I just hope we won’t be enemies."

Su Qing nodded. There was no reason to refuse free Spirit Stones.

"Alright." Su Qing accepted it and checked. The Storage Ring was indeed that large, and if anything, there were more Spirit Stones than stated, not less.

"Take all the elixirs."

"And I’d advise you to take them."

Su Qing was a reasonable person. In this world, there were no eternal enemies.

Besides, Su Qing no longer feared this Fantasist before him.

’Just give me a little more time.’

Su Qing immediately departed.

Song Zhining looked at all the elixirs on Su Qing’s stall.

’He’s advising me to take these elixirs?’ Song Zhining was a True Disciple of a Golden Core Master who was also an Alchemy Master. How could he possibly be lacking elixirs?

He didn’t even lack Spirit Stones.

Song Zhining wasn’t magnanimous, but he wasn’t arrogant to the point of looking down on everyone either.

Everyone had their secrets, and he, Song Zhining, was no exception.

He looked at the elixirs on the stall. A "Fine Quality Nourishing Yuan Pill" for 50 Spirit Stones.

A Fine Quality Nourishing Yuan Pill for 500 Spirit Stones.

And a Top Grade Nourishing Yuan Pill for 3,000 Spirit Stones.

Song Zhining paused for a moment, then waved his hand.

He swept up all the elixirs from Su Qing’s stall.

He picked up one of the 50-Spirit-Stone Nourishing Yuan Pills.

He gently scraped off some powder from the elixir and tasted it. Song Zhining wasn’t afraid of Su Qing poisoning him.

If any regular elixirs sold within the Ten Thousand Tribulations Sect contained poison, even a True Disciple like Su Qing would face death.

That was the rule.

A rule of the Ten Thousand Tribulations Sect.

Song Zhining had only tasted a little, but his eyes widened.

’This Nourishing Yuan Pill... its effect is so much better than an ordinary one, isn’t it?’

’Fine Quality...’

Song Zhining recalled his master’s words. In ancient times, elixirs were divided by quality.

This was because the medicinal herbs and alchemy techniques were worlds apart from today’s.

Nowadays, in alchemy, the quality of medicinal herbs had declined significantly. Moreover, alchemy techniques required a profound realm just to ensure that the produced elixirs wouldn’t result in a loss.

But now, a "Fine Quality" elixir had appeared.

Then he thought of the single Top Grade Nourishing Yuan Pill Su Qing was selling.

A flicker of excitement ignited in Song Zhining’s heart.

...

Su Qing headed straight for the Holy Book Pavilion, paying the matter no mind.

According to Song Zhining, they weren’t enemies, but as for becoming friends? ’Not a chance.’

Su Qing wanted nothing to do with him.

Still, he had to remain wary of Song Zhining.

Who knew if this was just a trick to make him lower his guard?

’I have enough Spirit Stones now. I already have the Cyan Flood Dragon Posture, the Ten Thousand Tribulations Divine Body, the Five Elements Qi Cultivation Technique, and the Five Qi God Demon Technique—four cultivation techniques in total.’

’I’ll buy only the Qi Cultivation Chapters of the new cultivation techniques. That way, the synthesized result will be for both Qi Cultivation and Body Refining.’

’Now that I have the Spirit Stones, I’ll definitely buy the most expensive ones.’

As soon as Su Qing entered the Holy Book Pavilion, he greeted Elder Han.

The man ignored him.

So Su Qing went straight in to pick out the most expensive cultivation techniques.

Well, not exactly.

Su Qing still had to see which cultivation techniques were a good fit.

He couldn’t just buy something because it was expensive.

Blood Evil Five Ghosts Skill

Ghostly White Spirit Transformation Skill

...

Many of the expensive cultivation techniques were Demon Skills.

Then, Su Qing saw: Sea of Blood Skill.

It was a technique that refined Essence Blood to enhance one’s Physique. It seemed very similar to the cultivation technique Wei Qianqiu practiced, as Su Qing had once seen him purchase Mountain-moving Turtle Essence Blood.

’No, this cultivation technique isn’t suitable.’

’Why are they all Demon Dao cultivation techniques?’

Puzzled, Su Qing turned to look at the relatively cheaper cultivation techniques.

Thousand-Faced Breath Skill

This was a cultivation technique, and a Body Refinement one at that.

However, it was still a Demonic Dao Technique, though it could be cultivated to the Golden Core Realm.

The Qi Cultivation Chapter only cost six thousand Spirit Stones.

It seemed to involve draping the skin of dead people over oneself and refining it. According to the description, one could even refine the hides of beasts.

’Huh? None of these are suitable.’

Su Qing looked for a long time but couldn’t find the cultivation technique he wanted.

’No wonder the Ten Thousand Tribulations Sect is called the Demon Sect.’

After searching in the Holy Book Pavilion for a good while, Su Qing finally found cultivation techniques that were suitable for him.

He found five of them.

The Flaming Sun Skill, the Wood Element Technique, the Shuo Gold Skill, the River Technique, and the Thick Earth Skill.

These were the most suitable for Su Qing.

Because they were pure.

And for Su Qing, they could be synthesized.

The advantages were great: they could be synthesized, and they were much cheaper.

’This will have to do.’

Su Qing mulled it over for a long while before purchasing these five cultivation techniques.

...

Su Qing obtained the cultivation techniques.

With the five cultivation techniques in hand, all Su Qing could think about was hurrying back to replicate and synthesize them.

Unexpectedly, someone blocked his path.

It was a young man with an incredibly arrogant look.

"You’re Su Qing? The Su Qing who’s ranked 90th on the Celestial Pride List?"

Su Qing frowned, looking with displeasure at the arrogant and cocky young man.

"That’s right. And you are?"

"I am Chen Jiutian, a True Disciple of Master Baili from the Hundred Weapons Hall."

"I’m here to challenge you."

Su Qing said helplessly, "Sorry, I’m not interested."

"This isn’t a matter of whether you’re interested or not. You must accept my challenge!"

"According to the rules for disciples on the Celestial Pride List, everyone has one chance to challenge someone on the list each month. Furthermore, a listed disciple cannot refuse the first challenge they receive each month."

"Otherwise, you’ll have a year’s stipend deducted and be removed from the Celestial Pride List."

The young man was extremely arrogant.

The surrounding people also took notice.

"Chen Jiutian? Challenging Su Qing from the Celestial Pride List? This is going to be a good show."

"Yeah, we get to see a couple of prodigies fight again."

"..."

Su Qing hated it when people gathered to watch a spectacle.

He didn’t like the Celestial Pride List in the first place.

After the incident with Song Zhining, Su Qing had become even more focused on himself.

As for the opinions of the outside world? Heh. Su Qing completely ignored them.

"Fine. I concede. You win. You’re now the 90th-ranked disciple on the Celestial Pride List."

Su Qing’s expression was calm, his eyes without a ripple, conceding so easily.

This made the young man feel as if he were being looked down upon.

"You!!!"

"You!" 𝐟𝗿𝐞𝚎𝚠𝐞𝚋𝕟𝐨𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝕔𝕠𝚖

"Are you looking down on me?"

Su Qing said disinterestedly, "Don’t block my way. I’m not looking down on you."

After leaving the Holy Book Pavilion, Su Qing used the Earth Vein Resonance Technique to return to Cold Extremity Peak.

...

"Su Qing, I’ll remember you!" It was the first time Chen Jiutian had ever been so aggrieved.

He would rather not have this 90th place.

It felt like charity, and it was suffocating. His opponent didn’t even have the slightest desire to fight.

—

—

「Cold Extremity Peak.」

The first thing Su Qing did upon returning was turn on the heating in his residence.

It only cost one Spirit Stone a month to generate heat.

On Cold Extremity Peak, having the heat on in such a frigid environment was very comfortable.

’It’s that exciting time again.’

’First, I’ll replicate the Flaming Sun Skill once and see the effect.’

’Replicate Flaming Sun Skill.’

Su Qing only felt his soul become a bit sluggish, but after a moment, the feeling passed.

’Excellent.’ Su Qing was overjoyed.

Just as he thought, replication required using his Soul Power.

His current Candle Flame Eighth Layer was more than enough!

「Three days later.」

Flaming Sun Skill +2

Wood Element Technique +2

Shuo Gold Skill +2

River Technique +2

Thick Earth Skill +2

All of them reached the Second Layer, and his Evolution Talent had even been triggered.

This was Su Qing’s limit.

After all, just replicating the Flaming Sun Skill to +1 required his soul to rest for a long time.

That was why it had taken him three days.

...