You’re Running 30,000 Simulations a Day—Trying to Stay Healthy or What?-Chapter 47: Extorting a Pill Furnace

You directly expressed your concerns to Deng Rusong.
You also mentioned that this half-baked practitioner had done so many stubborn things, which didn't seem normal at all.
Deng Rusong looked embarrassed upon hearing your words.
He insisted there was definitely no problem with the technique.
Because this Ultimate Grandmaster was a deceased elder from his relative's family.
He had even held Deng Rusong as a child when he was little.
In terms of blade technique strength, he was unanimously recognized as number one by many top blade masters of that era.
You scratched your head with an awkward laugh.
You hadn't expected that after ranting for so long, you'd actually been criticizing Deng Rusong's relative.
This reminded you of that time when you were teaming up with friends in the canyon.
After trash-talking the jungler for ages, you discovered he was your friend's friend.
That unbearably awkward silence had made you wish your champion would just die on the spot.
You quickly grabbed Deng Rusong's calf, explaining you'd just been speaking carelessly.
You begged Deng Rusong not to take it to heart, and especially not to it to that grandmaster's family.
Deng Rusong shook his head with a smile and walked away.
You patted the dust off your clothes and stood up: "Got him wrapped around my finger."
You skimmed through the Star River Blade Art and confirmed it was indeed excellent.
Without further hesitation, you began cultivating the Star River Blade Art.
Your talents had already been massively enhanced.
So it only took you two months.
To smoothly reach the peak of Marrow Washing.
The Star River Blade Art truly lived up to its reputation.
Now every slash you made came with dazzling starlight effects.
Like wielding a fairy wand.
After two slashes, you found it too flashy.
You chose to turn off the special effects.
You preferred the sneaky approach - catching people off guard with sudden strikes.
One should always maintain a low profile.
Your Treading Heaven Steps proficiency also improved.
Progressing from beginner level to Initial Achievement.
You could now remain airborne for six breaths.
Though your aerial speed wasn't particularly fast.
Overall it mainly enhanced your agility.
Primarily useful for combat.
For example, when leaping upward to dodge an enemy attack.
Normally enemies would exploit your aerial vulnerability for a fatal strike.
But they'd never expect you to halt midair and deliver a devastating overhead slash.
Having never attacked this way before, you looked forward to trying it out.
Admittedly, it had been a while since you last chopped someone - you were getting that slashing itch.
But you knew murder was illegal and wouldn't randomly kill people - that would make you a gangster.
Treading Heaven Steps wasn't suitable for long-distance aerial travel.
You still needed horses for journeys.
After mastering the Star River Blade Art, you resumed pill refining.
You took out a fifth-grade pill recipe to practice.
Having long memorized Xie Huide's True Explanation of Pill Refining and refining notes.
Now you'd essentially finished studying Deng Rusong's eighth-grade pill refiner version.
Combined with another successful activation of your Divine Micro-Vision.
Your understanding of true qi control reached new heights.
You had become terrifyingly strong now.
Setting up the pill furnace, you lit a young flame.
You began refining fifth-grade pills.
The first two attempts failed as expected.
But on just the third try, you successfully produced two fifth-grade pills.
Achieving fifth-grade proficiency in only three attempts - unbelievable if told.
"Perhaps this is what they call accumulated effort bearing fruit!"
This truly was the result of your talent and accumulated resources combining.
One month later.
Year fourteen.
You continued refining fifth-grade pills in the courtyard.
But you checked the date daily.
Because in the third simulation, Willow Tree Village would suffer a severe drought this year.
During that simulation, Wei Xia and Miao Jiayao might have starved without your aid.
Meaning the martial arts prodigy Miao Gift wouldn't be born.
So you planned to intervene this time.
At minimum ensuring Wei Xia's family survived.
Though many variables existed.
Even saving Wei Xia and Miao Jiayao might not guarantee Miao Gift's birth.
But you intended to try anyway.
The timing wasn't right yet.
You refined pills for three more days.
At peak condition, you could now produce three fifth-grade pills.
Though your performance fluctuated.
While slower than that first miraculous day.
You were still the fastest in Danxia Sect... fastest in pill refining progress, that is - don't get any weird ideas or spread rumors.
That day, you stopped refining.
Calculating the timing seemed right.
It was time to depart.
Willow Tree Village lay southwest of Danxia Sect.
About a month's journey.
You went to find Xie Huide.
Telling him you'd be gone two or three months and not to look for you.
After two breaths of silence, Xie Huide said: "He Yu, if you want to make demands, just say so directly. No need for these clumsy excuses."
You froze momentarily.
Then realized Xie Huide misunderstood - thinking you were using leaving Danxia Sect as leverage to make demands.
Xie Huide had pegged you as insatiably greedy.
You could only play along and extort his personal pill furnace from him.
Since Xie Huide already thought this way.
Might as well get some benefits - perfectly reasonable, right?
Xie Huide only lost a top-grade furnace, while you sacrificed your sterling reputation.
By that math, you suffered greater losses.
But what could you do? Xie Huide was your master after all.
Practically family - you could afford to take this small loss.
As the saying goes - losses bring blessings.
Humming a tune, you left Danxia Sect while fiddling with the exquisite furnace.
When Xie Huide checked your courtyard later.
All your belongings remained - you'd only taken some spare clothes.
Only then did he realize you weren't actually running away.
You genuinely just needed to leave for a few months.
Xie Huide slapped his thigh hard: "That rebellious disciple! I got utterly robbed!!"
Realizing the truth, Xie Huide immediately chased down the mountain.
Just in time to see you buying a fast horse at the market.
While haggling with the horse trader.
Spotting Xie Huide's pursuit, you abandoned negotiations.
Slapping ten taels directly into the trader's hands.
"Keep the change!"
Enough to buy two or three top-grade horses at that price.
The beaming trader thanked you profusely.
You leaped onto the horse and gave its rear a mighty smack.
Vanishing in a cloud of dust.
"Rebellious disciple! That furnace is second only to your master's wife in value! Return it!!"
Xie Huide shouted while chasing.
"Giddyap! Move your ass, you damn horse!!"
You nearly spanked the horse's rear raw: "Master! Go home, I'll take good care of master's wife... I mean the furnace!!"
"Rebellious! Rebellious!!"
Xie Huide ultimately failed to catch you.
Watching as you and your horse dwindled to a mere speck.
He trudged back dejectedly.
Passing the horse trader who offered a polite smile.
Xie Huide paused.
Then extended his hand: "Give me the change from that brat's overpayment!"
The trader's smile instantly froze on his face.