“Magic Mirror, Magic Mirror~ My dear Magic Mirror~ It is time for you to fulfill your purpose again~ Appear at once!”
Yun Fei chanted under her breath. Immediately afterward, a purple beam of light flew out from the spatial accessory at her waist.
“Oh ho ho~ Is it time for me to work again? I cannot wait to be of service, my Young Lord~”
The purple beam took shape within a single second, condensing into a mirror with an amethyst border.
The surface of the mirror reflected the features of a human face.
“Magic Mirror, we are in the Profane Realm now. Do not call me Young Lord. Call me Master~ Do you understand!”
Yun Fei immediately grabbed the Magic Mirror and tightly covered its mouth, glancing around.
Fortunately, no one was there.
“Mmph, mmph~ I got it… Wah!”
Yun Fei released her hand, letting the Magic Mirror float in the air.
“Magic Mirror, you have lived for so long. Quickly, help me identify what kind of herb this is and what its effects are.”
“Huh?! Looking at herbs? Am I some kind of encyclopedia!”
Upon hearing that it was summoned for such a task, the Magic Mirror instantly became dissatisfied.
Yun Fei’s eyes narrowed dangerously, causing the Magic Mirror to shut up immediately.
“Wait! Young… Master! I will get to work right away…”
The Magic Mirror panicked because it saw a small ball of Demonic Power already condensing in Yun Fei’s hand.
“Bang—”
The Demonic Power ball struck the surface of the Magic Mirror directly—right on the human face it had manifested.
The sound of shattering glass rang out as its face was smashed…
However, since it was a high-grade magic tool, it could use Demonic Power to automatically recover from any injury as long as its core was not destroyed.
Demonic Power flowed across the shattered surface, solidifying.
A few seconds later, the exact same face appeared on the restored mirror.
“Ouch! It hurts, it hurts! That hurts so much! Master, I know I was wrong. I will never question your decisions again… Waaaah…”
The Magic Mirror put on a pitiful display, with translucent glass tears flowing from the corners of its eyes.
“Here—”
Yun Fei ignored the Magic Mirror’s impromptu performance, merely giving it a deadpan look as she pointed at the herb in front of her.
“Eee—yes, Master! Let me think… This is… This is a specialty plant of the Profane Realm called Phantom Spirit Grass. Because it is not adapted to an environment with Demonic Power and has excellent adaptability to Spiritual Power, it generally grows in areas with a high concentration of Spiritual Power. It is a rare medicinal herb that has mental effects. Specifically: a small amount provides a refresh, a medium amount causes dizziness, and an excessive amount leads to hallucinations.”
“I see… It could be made into something like incense. As for pills, it could be added to refreshing pills or some pills specifically designed to trick people. What about the harvesting method? Are there any special requirements?”
“Hmm… You need to wrap the powder balls with Spiritual Power and place them in a container filled with Spiritual Power to maintain their medicinal properties and prevent them from dissipating without a supply of Spiritual Power.”
“Spiritual Power, huh… That makes things interesting~”
Yun Fei’s eyes lit up as if she had discovered something intriguing.
One of the reasons she had such a great interest in herbs was that medicinal plants specifically focused on Spiritual Power often underwent wonderful medicinal changes after coming into contact with Demonic Power.
This kind of random variation was the best at piquing one’s curiosity.
“Then let’s give it a try.”
Thinking this, Yun Fei controlled her Demonic Power to wrap around each purple powder ball, lifting them into prepared Demonic Power bottles.
The bottle was quickly filled.
Through the transparent glass walls, she could see the purple powder balls, which were originally stacked together, breaking down into finer powder under the pressure.
Next, she could feel the Demonic Power starting to take effect!
The purple color in the bottle slowly faded, and within a few seconds, it had completely turned pink.
“Pink powder… It looks quite nice. I just need to find a time to test its specific effects.”
Hey!
She remembered that there was a dense forest behind the back of this Mount Xuanqing where she was staying.
Surely there were some wild small beasts there; she could catch some to experiment on~
But before that, she had to make some preparations.
She wanted to collect more powder and combine it into an Explosive Pill.
She also needed to grasp the amount to combine.
Originally, the three levels of concentration had different effects; would there still be three levels after the mutation?
Opening the partitioned alchemy room, Yun Fei quickly rummaged through the medicinal materials stored in her space.
“Raw materials for the Explosive Pill… Thunder-Fire Explosive… No, the power of Thunder-Fire Explosive is too great. I’ll just use the Ice-Fire Explosive Pill. First-tier Ice Core and Fire Core, Ice Violent Grass, Explosive Flame Tree branches, and Meta-stable Ice Fire Spring Water. Perfect! Got them all!”
After the inventory, Yun Fei set her sights on the alchemy furnace standing in the center of the room.
It was actually brand new, without the slightest trace of use.
Perhaps the senior sister who lived here before did not know how to perform alchemy, so it had been left idle.
Just to be safe, Yun Fei jumped onto the high rack next to the furnace and peered inside to ensure there were no potential residues of failed medicine.
Everything was normal.
The inside of the furnace was very clean.
This was indeed a furnace that had never been used.
Looking at the quality, it seemed decent enough; at least it would be more than enough to refine a few batches of Explosive Pills.
“Hmm… First, add the Meta-stable Ice Fire Spring Water. Wait until the water separates into ice and fire zones, then place the medicinal materials of corresponding attributes into those respective zones. Finally, heat it with fire. Once the balance between the two attributes of the spring water is completely broken, increase the fire output to promote fusion… The general process has no issues.”
Yun Fei recalled the production process of the Explosive Pill while adding items into the furnace according to the steps.
Next, it was time for the fire! Yun Fei quickly jumped down from the high rack, and a ball of purple flame appeared in her hand.
“Swish!”
Yun Fei pointed her finger at the bottom of the furnace, and the flame flew toward it.
“Crackle~”
The sound of medicinal materials reacting soon came from inside the furnace.
Under normal circumstances, she would have definitely noticed that the sound was slightly off, but she was currently a bit too preoccupied.
“Oh no, oh no, I was too hasty. Why is the initial temperature of the Nether Realm Purple Fire so high? Quickly, bring it down—”
Yun Fei’s forehead was now covered in sweat beads as she desperately tried to regulate the temperature of the fire.
“It’s too late! The furnace is going to blow!”
Finally, the intense and violent torrent of ice and fire attributes in the air caught Yun Fei’s attention.
Because of this, she knew that no matter how she regulated it, it was too late.
“Boom—”
A violent explosion broke the morning silence.
At the center of the explosion, a large section of the roof of Yun Fei’s alchemy room had been blown away.
However, the surrounding walls seemed to have undergone special processing; they were merely stained with pitch-black scorch marks and suffered no damage.
Hearing such a loud noise, Jiang Qing naturally would not sit idly by.
She hurried out of her house and immediately saw the billowing smoke and dust rising from the alchemy room of East Side 01.
At that moment, Mu Lingxi also came out of her room while rubbing her ears.
She stared at the scene with wide eyes, her small mouth hanging open in a perfect circle, as if it could fit an entire lychee inside.
The two exchanged a glance and rushed to the door of 01.
Mu Lingxi blasted open the locked door with a punch, and Jiang Qing followed closely behind.
Just as the two entered Yun Fei’s main bedroom, the door to the alchemy room happened to be opened by Yun Fei.
She felt fine.
Since she always carried defensive items and her clothes were magic tools, there was no damage to them.
However, her hair ribbon, being a mere ordinary Mortal Realm object, was not so lucky.
Her hair was now a mess, with tangled black strands draped haphazardly over her shoulders, giving her a slight sense of shattered beauty.
“Yun Fei! Are you alright?”
Seeing Yun Fei’s terrible state, Jiang Qing hurried forward to support her, her eyes filled with undisguised concern.
However, Yun Fei stared fixedly at Mu Lingxi, who had burst through the door, and… the door panels shattered across the floor.
She paid no attention to Jiang Qing’s worry.
She slowly pushed Jiang Qing’s hand away and walked straight toward Mu Lingxi.
With her disheveled hair covering half her face, she looked exactly like a deeply resentful female ghost.
“Wh… What do you want?”
Seeing the look in Yun Fei’s eyes, the worried expression on Mu Lingxi’s face was instantly replaced by panic.
“My door! Mu Lingxi! Pay me back for my door! Do you have any idea how little Spiritual Yuan I brought with me this time!”
Screaming, Yun Fei lunged forward, pinning Mu Lingxi against the wall and shaking her shoulders repeatedly.
The issue of Spiritual Yuan was one of the points that gave Yun Fei a headache.
Originally, she thought she could sell some pills and magic treasures that weren’t very useful, but she had always used Demonic Power to refine her pills, and the magic treasures also had a strong aura of Demonic Power.
If she used them herself, she could disguise them as Spiritual Power through the Access Jade Token issued by the academy, but selling them was a different story.
In the Profane Realm, the value of items tainted by Demonic Power—no matter how small the amount—would drop significantly, let alone the things in her hands that were one hundred percent saturated with Demonic Power.
They were likely worth nothing here.
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