Shit pills?

Beef Noodle's eyes sparkled with realization.

"Farm master… Isn't this just extracting the essence?" He turned to him,his excitement barely contained. "Since Spirit Grass can be refined into pills, that means alchemy is all about extracting its essence, right?"

Farm Master hesitated. "That's… not wrong."

"Then if we refine shit, isn't it the same thing?"

Silence.

The other players turned to stare. Some in confusion, others in horror.

"There's an alchemy furnace in the sect," Beef Noodle continued, completely unfazed. "Let's fire it up and refine the dung of the War Hunchback Beast! When it's done, we'll call it…"

He paused dramatically.

"…Shit Dan."

Farm Master froze.

What kind of insane logic was this? Refining dung into a cultivation resource?

And yet he couldn't deny it was brilliant.

"…That actually makes sense."

A switch flipped in Farm Master's brain. As an agricultural expert in real life, he had worked with manure and fertilizers for years. If this world's logic followed cultivation principles, then refining dung into something more potent wasn't impossible.

The surrounding players, however, were far less convinced.

"…You guys aren't serious, right?"

Beef Noodle didn't answer. He simply dragged over a massive pot, filled it with water, and started a fire. So far, nothing seemed out of the ordinary.

Until,Farm Master hefted a sack of dung and dumped it straight in.

A thick, putrid stench exploded into the air.

"They're cooking shit!?"

"The hell!? Are they insane!?"

"I respect you, brother, but even if I starve to death, I am not eating that!"

Within seconds, every player within a hundred-meter radius fled, watching from a safe distance.

Beef Noodle and Farm Master remained unfazed.

"Cooking breaks down the structure and releases nutrients," Farm Master explained calmly, stirring the pot with practiced ease.

Beef Noodle nodded sagely as brown clumps floated to the surface. With a practiced motion, he grabbed a ladle and began skimming them out.

Puff!

Several players turned away and emptied their stomachs.

The rest took another hundred steps back.

Compared to these two, even the fiercest demonic beasts seemed refined.

Ignoring the chaos, Beef Noodle and Farm Master hauled their precious "ingredient" to the ruined alchemy pavilion.

An ancient furnace stood in the center, long abandoned but still intact.

"Raise the fire. Put it in," Farm Master instructed.

Beef Noodle dumped everything inside and slammed the lid shut.

The alchemy furnace began to glow, spiritual energy swirling around it.

"Will it work?" Farm Master muttered.

Beef Noodle shrugged. "Who cares? It's free."

Time passed. After the duration of an incense stick, the furnace's glow dimmed. The refining process had finished.

Beef Noodle lifted the lid and a wave of unbearable stench erupted, nearly knocking him unconscious.

But within the furnace, something miraculous had formed.

Resting at the bottom was a small, round object. It was deep brown, slightly translucent, about the size of a fish ball.

Beef Noodle picked it up.

"…Is this the Shit Dan?"

It had a strangely glossy texture. If you ignored the source material, it almost looked like a proper alchemy pill.

"Hurry up and test it," Farm Master urged.

The two hurried back to the spirit field.

They crushed the Shit Dan into powder, mixed it with water, and poured the solution over the Spirit Grass seeds.

Astonishingly, the seeds trembled and absorbed the mixture at an incredible rate.

Their growth accelerated, far beyond anything they had seen before.

"Brother Noodle, use the Azure Emperor Immortal Body!" Farm Master shouted.

Beef Noodle immediately activated his technique.

The blue glow of the Azure Emperor Immortal Body enveloped the soil and then, something impossible occurred.

A faint blue light flickered within the Spirit Grass itself.

"…Wait. Is the Spirit Grass cultivating?"

This wasn't just accelerated growth. The Spirit Grass was absorbing the power of the Azure Emperor Immortal Body, almost as if it were practicing cultivation!

Seconds later, its growth rate skyrocketed

Tenfold!

In less than an hour, the Shit Dan was completely absorbed. A small green sprout emerged from the soil.

Ding!

[Congratulations to the player Beef Noodle for successfully cultivating Spirit Grass. Task completed. Reward: 100 contribution points!]

Beef Noodle and Farm Master exchanged glances.

Then—

"WE DID IT!"

Their shouts of excitement echoed across the sect.

Boom!

At that moment, a powerful aura burst forth from the main hall.

He Yiming opened his eyes, energy surging through his body.

A breakthrough!

He had reached the late stage of the Spirit Vein Realm!

He was stunned.

"…Already?"

It had only been a single day.

At Haotian Academy, even the most monstrous geniuses took ten months to go from early to late Spirit Vein Realm.

He had done it in three days.

A hundred times faster than the so-called prodigies.

Of course, it wasn't entirely his own effort.

It was thanks to his eighty-eight hardworking, desperate, and slightly insane disciples.

He Yiming chuckled to himself.

"…Good work, my lovely disciples."

A new day had arrived.

He stretched, feeling refreshed, and casually signed in.

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