Leveling up

Almost a month and two hundred more attempts, Nicola had his first successful pill. The scarlet pill floated in the center of the furnace and gave off a wonderful medicinal fragrance, Nicola almost jumped for joy, but ended up holding back at the end. It was not yet time to experiment with its effects, so he promptly put his pill in a special pill bottle while preparing others.

Another three months passed and Nicola finished all the sets he had prepared. The other pill was much easier than the first, the energy-gathering gram had a calm reaction, despite releasing a lot of energy at once, causing Nicola to fail several times as well.

At the end of it he managed to produce two hundred eightyof the Hundred beasts Pills and one hundred twenty of Energy Collection Pills.

After resting for a while, Nicola decided to take the first pill. The red sphere entered his mouth and dissolved shortly thereafter, leaving a bitter taste on his tongue. From then on Nicola felt his body being filled with energy, a violent energy that was slowly being fought and assimilated by its body, the sensation lasted for about fifteen minutes before disappearing and a notification arrived.

[You have consumed a cultivation pill, you are closer to reaching the next level]

After receiving this warning, Nicola wasted no more time and consumed the rest of the pills, then three more weeks passed in this pill absorption routine.

[You have consumed a cultivation pill, you are closer to reaching the next level]

[You have consumed a cultivation pill, you are closer to reaching the next level]

[You have consumed a cultivation pill, you are closer to reaching the next level]

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[You have consumed a cultivation pill, you are closer to reaching the next level]

[You have consumed a cultivation pill, you are closer to reaching the next level]

[You have consumed a cultivation pill, you are closer to reaching the next level]

[You have leveled up. Level 18]

[Consumption of more pills will cause harm to the host, recommended not to use]

As soon as it reached level 18 the system announced that using more pills would cause damage. Nicola had already achieved his goal anyway, so it didn't make much difference to him.

The remaining pills were sold on the market while he was preparing to go on missions to reach level 20. A few days before he was surprised by Tiane knocking the door of his room while he was leveling up, she had reached level 19 recently and came to share the news with him.