Chương 28: Ren Qingquan’s Newly Developed Ultimate Killing Method.

When Ren Qingquan arrived in the city, several days had passed since he reached the peak of Qi Refining. By now, the sky had begun to darken as evening fell. Even so, there were still carriages and people queuing to enter the city. Inside the carriage, Ren Qingquan was busy reading novels while occasionally giggling to himself. Beside him, I saw Xiao Cai look at Ren Qingquan with concern. In front of them, Fatty Zhang was also busy. He had been checking the seasonings left in his outer vest.

Because I am curious, I used [Scan] to check how much seasoning remains in Fatty Zhang's pocket. Although the seasonings he stored have been used to feed more than twenty people for six months straight, there is still 5 percent left. This clearly shows how exaggerated the amount of seasoning Fatty has in his pocket With such a large amount of seasonings and body fat, if he were eaten by a ferocious beast, he could be considered junk food. The kind that causes health complications if eaten more than once a week.

As the carriages approached the city gate, they swiftly bypassed the queue thanks to the Ren Family's insignia on the carriage. The Ren family's reputation as the city's strongest is well-deserved, so they can easily skip bothersome things like queueing. Upon arriving in the city, Xiao Cai dismissed the mercenaries, saying, "All of you may return and rest for today. You can go to the Ren residence to collect the remaining money. No worries, we'll also give you an extra bonus for the unplanned overtime."

After dismissing the mercenaries. Ren Qingquan, Xiao Cai, Fatty Zhang, and the guards proceeded directly to the Ren family residence. As it was already night, Fatty Zhang decided to stay the night at the residence. While Xiao Cai led Fatty Zhang to the guest house, Ren Qingquan returned to his courtyard, accompanied by a few servants. The first thing he does upon arriving is to ask the servant to prepare warm water for him.

Once the warm bath has been prepared, Ren Qingquan immediately immerses himself in it with a blissful expression.

'Ahhhh... after only bathing once a week during the hunt, having such a comfortable warm bath is simply divine. I think I must have had a brain cramp when I decided to hunt beasts for four months straight.' Sitting in whatever the equivalent of a bathtub is in medieval China, Ren Qingquan suddenly speaks to me, 'System, can you wake me up in half an hour? [Do you think I am an alarm?! (⁠ノ⁠｀⁠Д⁠´⁠)⁠ノ] [No!] While dozing, Ren Qingquan saw my answer, 'Didn't you say you're a smartphone that got transmigrated with me?

Which smartphone doesn't have an alarm function?' Then, while slightly dozing, Ren Qingquan began spouting random thoughts, which gave me a headache. [Alright! Alright! Just shut up, System will wake you up in half an hour.] While replying, I fought the urge to beat him senseless. Just so you're aware, the first thing I'll do once I can go out into the real world is beat Ren Qingquan senseless. I suddenly paused. Why the heck did I say 'you' like some livestreamer talking to their viewers?

I suppose my illness has worsened. I genuinely need to go out and socialize more. After all, humans are social creatures. Physically, I might no longer possess a physical body, but mentally, I am still human. Perhaps. To relieve my stress, I decided to browse through the books I had scanned. Since I had taken a break earlier, I skipped the novels and looked at a few books on medicine, some cultivation pill compendiums, and alchemy books. Previously, I gained abundant insights from stalking... erm, no! observing!

Observing Ren Xuan! I might like to watch others without their knowledge, but I am definitely not a stalker! Besides overhearing some gossip, I also watched Ren Xuan prepare pills. Now that I am no longer in holiday mode, I feel the urge to study alchemy. Especially since I already have [Transfer], which I might be able to use for alchemy by teleporting items to move them. Ensure your favorite authors get the support they deserve. Read this novel on Royal Road.

Of course, the cost would exceed the benefit, but I may find a way to keep costs manageable. I dispelled those fancy thoughts and began reading a book titled 'Basic Alchemy 1'. Actually, I've read this book before, but that's before I stalked Ren Xuan doing alchemy for a few months straight. Now that I've seen someone performing alchemy to refine a pill, I believe I might gain a new insight. The first page of the book didn't immediately discuss alchemical methods. Instead, it talked about pill tiers and grades.

The pill tiers in the cultivation world range from Tier 0 to Tier 9. Each tier corresponds to the suitable cultivation realm for using them, with Tier 0 for Body Tempering Realm cultivators which are equal to Martial Apprentice to Martial Grandmaster, Tier 1 for Qi Refining Realm cultivators, Tier 2 for Foundation Building Realm, and so on. As for grades, they indicate the amount of impurities in the pill. Which is basically their toxicity, or in words that Ren Qingquan could understand, it's 'Pill Poison'.

The higher the grade, the lower the amount of poison in the pill. From lowest to highest, pill grades are divided into failure, low grade, middle grade, top grade, and perfect grade. Yet, even a perfect-grade pill will still contain pill poisons, just in an extremely minuscule amount. Then, I read some basic information about pill poisons from the book. For example, pill poisons will make it harder for a cultivator to break through realms and might even lower cultivation speed.

That's why it's necessary to spend some time expelling a pill after every use. The more pill poisons contained in a pill, the more time is required to expel the poison. Honestly, I don't understand what pill poisons are. Is it the dregs left in the pill? The filthy part? Some poison that appears after mixing several plants? An extra unknown chemical? But why can it cause a bottleneck and even lower cultivation speed? As expected, the world of cultivation is indeed unscientific.

I skipped the part I don't quite understand and recalled something else. Now that I reread the part about pill poisons, I suddenly recalled that Ren Xuan always sat in meditation after consuming pills. Even if he consumed pills in combat, when he arrived at a safe place, he immediately sat in meditation. It seems he is busy repelling the so-called pill poison. After the opening, the following pages cover the basics of what to do and other common-sense topics.

For example, how to start a furnace, different ways to light it, how to open the furnace lid once the pills are ready, and so on. There is also a section explaining the efficacy of pills and cultivator's medicine absorption rate. That's why it's not recommended to absorb too many pills at once, as the effect of the pills will disappear if they're not absorbed in time.

Only in the last few pages does the book discuss alchemical methods, such as the compatibility of plants with different elements and other useful topics. I compared the knowledge in the book with the alchemy technique Ren Xuan demonstrated. I found that Ren Xuan's technique is far more complex than the one shown in the books. As expected of a master alchemist, I guess. Then, I moved to the following books and compared the knowledge with Ren Xuan's alchemy techniques.

I continued doing so until half an hour had passed. I've promised Ren Qingquan I'll wake him. As a good System, I'll do what I said. I opened [Scan] and looked around Ren Qingquan's surroundings. Just like before, he's currently bathing in his own personal bathtub, but I am not interested in looking at that. Moving my [Scan] downward, I saw the servant tending the flame that warmed Ren Qingquan's bath, and moved further below. This time, I'll wake him up while testing my newly gained [Transfer].

I searched for a few moments before finding a lot of worms at the edge of my [Scan]'s range. Using [Transfer], I sent the worms right above Ren Qingquan's face. For a few seconds, Ren Qingquan still slept like a log. But as the worms continued to squirm, he grew annoyed and touched them. Feeling the weird squishy feeling, he jolted awake and crazily wiped his face while screaming.

"Ahhh?! What's this!!" Ren Qingquan's incoherent scream is like a melody in my nonexistent ears. Sending those worms cost me 8 points. As I've guessed before, transferring living creatures costs more than transferring non-living ones. But spending 8 points to mess with Ren Qingquan is definitely worth it. I hope he'll take this lesson and stop using me as an alarm. Anyway, I am done with most of my experiment, and have decided to show my newly awakened [Transfer] ability to Ren Qingquan for free.

I have thought of several ways to utilize [Transfer]. But Ren Qingquan's brain is wired differently from that of normal humans. God knows what kind of amazing usage he can find. The main reason I am madly collecting points is to collect enough to unlock new abilities and hope they'll contain a method to let me exit this accursed dark space. So, sharing this for free isn't much of a loss. I still have plenty of ways to rip him off, anyway. After wiping away the worms from his face, Ren Qingquan stopped screaming.

'System, what happened? How could some worms appears on my faces?' [The System is testing a newly obtained ability. The worm accidentally teleported above the host's head due to an accident with the test.] I brazenly made up a nonsensical reason. I've learned this technique from watching Ren Qingquan spouting nonsense without batting an eye.

'New ability?' [Ding! Congratulations on meeting a secret requirement. The System has been upgraded.] [A new ability has been unlocked. Please check your personal panel for more info.] Ren Qingquan first stepped out of his bath and put on his new clothes. After dismissing the servant, he passed by his courtyard and entered the next building. Opening the door, he went to his bedroom. Ren Qingquan only checked his personal panel after entering his room and lying in his bed.

'Personal Panel' [Name: Ren Qingquan Point: 204 Cultivation realm: Peak Qi Refining. Cultivation method: Body Tempering Method. Cultivation Technique: Soul Swallowing Technique, Blood Nurturing Technique. Martial arts technique: Iron Palm (Beginner). System function: Devour, Scan, Calculate, Transfer, Map, Mission, Skill Learning, Selective Devour.] Ren Qingquan didn't take long to notice the newly added [Transfer].

'What's this [Transfer] function used for?' [The [Transfer] function allows you to send physical items through space and to send information to others. There are some limitations, though. For example, the farther the target location, the more energy it requires, and the larger its size, the more points it consumes. Another limitation is that you can only use [Transfer] on items within [Scan]'s range. However, there's no limit to where those items can be sent as long as the system knows the target's relative coordinates from the host. Lastly, you can only transfer knowledge to someone within [Scan]'s range.] [Just like other functions, the host may upgrade the 'Transfer' function using points] I've not been slacking since I gained [Transfer]. After taking a break, I started experimenting with [Transfer] while Ren Qingquan is on the road. That's why I understood some of [Transfer]'s limitations.

After Ren Qingquan read my explanation, he asked, 'Does your so called material things include living creatures?' [Yes.]'Doesn't that means I can teleport now?' [As long as you can bear the cost.]'Let me ask another question. Let's say I have a pebble. I can send it everywhere I want, even to the other side of the world as long as I know the coordinate of that place. But if I want to retrieve that pebble, I won't be able to do so because it's outside of my [Scan]'s range?' [Correct.] Ren Qingquan rubbed his chin for a long time before asking a warcrime worthy question.

'Then, can I send a weapon directly into my enemy's brain or directly use [Transfer] on my enemy's brain thus killing them instantly?' Look! Look! That's the crazy Ren Qingquan I knew. Did he get addicted to attacking others' brains? Why is the first thing he thought of is to transfer a weapon directly into his enemy's brain?