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Chapter 898 - 898 86 One Red Phoenix Pill_2

Chapter 898: Chapter 86: One Red Phoenix Pill_2 Chapter 898: Chapter 86: One Red Phoenix Pill_2 Although I have not begun formal cultivation yet, I’m already starting to crave battle!

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December arrives, and everyone is still cultivating in the Mysterious Realm, but the long-term absence of top combat power has started showing its impacts in the outside world.

The criminal cases caused by cultivators among the populace have increased by nearly 30% compared to November. In the vast rural areas, there have been successive reports of monster sightings, and on social media, there’s an increasingly uncontrollable trend.

The “border violation incidents” in the Northern Border and Southern Border have sharply increased. Investigations indicate that they are not directed by the Witch King or the Amur Witch’s Group, but rather spontaneous acts by unaffiliated Transcendents.

With the rise of non-human demons, these Transcendents were forced to flee their original places of cultivation and began to migrate aimlessly.

Under the surging pressure, the Privy Council had to change strategy and adopt a rotation system—alternatingly dispatching two teams to go out on duty each time, while the remaining two continue cultivating in the Mysterious Realm.

There’s nothing much to say about the task execution—it’s just about dealing with powerful enemies that Military Mansion Cultivators and Mortal Warriors can’t handle. With the strength of Yan Yu and his group, solving these was quite easy; it’s just a bit annoying that their cultivation rhythm was disrupted.

This evening, when the Zhenhai Team returned from patrol duty, everyone felt exceptionally weary.

Killing too many can numb you—it’s professionally termed as post-traumatic stress disorder, manifesting as getting jumpy over the slightest disturbance.

“Stop sweeping around with your Divine Sense!” Yan Yu suddenly slapped the back of Lin Ning’s head, “There are no enemies in this base.”

“What if?” Lin Ning stubbornly said, “Were not those cultivators we killed said to be from the Military Manor who later defected?”

“Yep, I think we should still be cautious. If we get ambushed, it’s over.” Chen Lingyun said earnestly, “Ningning will help us stand guard outside during the meeting later.”

Lin Ning: ……

Suddenly didn’t want to deal with it anymore.

Everyone moved into the conference room and then sprawled all over the sofas.

The battle itself wasn’t really hard. The challenging part was needing to traverse far and wide, controlling swords to fly here and there—this is even when the Huofeng Team was concurrently on rotation, taking on half of their tasks.

“Is it that the overall strength of Military Mansion Cultivators has fallen significantly behind that of top cultivators?” Lin Ning pondered, “Relying entirely on us might not be the solution.”

“No way around it.” Su Yunjin sighed, “Resources are concentrated at the top-tier cultivators, which will definitely impact the cultivation rates of more numerous mid-tier cultivators, who are the backbone of maintaining domestic order.”

“But if resources are allocated to middle-tier cultivators, it would slow down the progress of top-tier cultivators. How would we deal with elite overseas Transcendents then?”

She asked, turning to Chen Lingyun, who only smiled without speaking.

How much cultivation resources should be given to the top versus the middle is fundamentally a matter of allocation, a problem that becomes exceptionally complex and dangerous throughout history—since the allocation ratio is man-made, someone will always be unsatisfied.

Exploration of foreign Mysterious Realms is completely open to the public, meaning resource distribution is entirely based on free competition. Of course, free competition can push towards optimal solutions, with the losers often dying miserably, leaving no chance to vent their grievances.

But can this practice be initiated domestically? If it’s up to Chen Lingyun, the answer would definitely be “no.”

As for why it’s too troublesome to explain, so forget it.

Without Chen Lingyun’s response, everyone’s discussion was naturally inconclusive. Given that they’re also beneficiaries, there wasn’t much motivation to delve deeply, so they quickly gave up on contemplating.

It’s already the end of the workday; why bother contemplating the company’s future? Are you trying to get into the Cabinet?

“I’m so tired!” Xie Ruoxi complained, “It’s all about cultivation or business trips, no weekends, and no holidays for the New Year!”

“This is the destiny of us cultivators.” Yan Yu started knocking on her head, “Holding the best resources for cultivation and a huge income, and you still want to lazily rest without working? Why don’t you go be a company CEO?”

“Stop knocking, my brain will get dumb!” Xie Ruoxi covered her head.

“Ruoxi.” Zhao Yuanzhen interjected, “Don’t worry, you’re already pretty dumb, there’s no room for you to get dumber.”

The room suddenly fell silent. Zhao Yuanzhen, with what sort of mentality and awareness did you manage to say something like that?

Zhao Yuanzhen still hadn’t realized, upon facing Xie Ruoxi’s complaint “Hey, how can you say that about me?” he burst into hearty laughter.

“Still getting days off isn’t too bad, just afraid that when people retire at the age of 60 or 70, if they won’t let us retire, that would be awful,” Lin Ning casually mentioned.

“That wouldn’t be the case,” Su Yunjin said with a wry smile, “living to old age and working till death, never getting a rest in a whole lifetime, that would be truly hellish.”

Everyone then laughed together, saying Yunjin was definitely scaring herself, how could we possibly be working for a lifetime? Hahahaha!

…

It shouldn’t be possible, right?

“Right,” Chen Lingyun said with a smile, “I heard that the new auxiliary Elixir Medicine for cultivation has already been stably produced, want to go take a look?”

“I’m going!” Xie Ruoxi immediately exclaimed.

It’s not that she craves a higher speed of cultivation, since her own cultivation talent is already impressive. Mainly, it’s because last time when the scientific research team came to ask for opinions, she casually mentioned “it would be best if the Elixir Medicine could be developed in strawberry flavor,” so now she was quite looking forward to it.

“Come on, let’s go!” Lin Ning pulled everyone up from where they had slumped on the couch, “After all, it’s cultivation Elixir Medicine, it’s proper to go have a look!”

When everyone reached the experimental area, they saw Mei Yingxue leading someone doing the final sample check.

“Oh, you’re here,” Teacher Mei, wearing a white lab coat, handed a Elixir Bottle to Yan Yu, “Take this.”

“What’s this?” Yan Yu asked.

“Nine Revolutions Vermilion Phoenix Pill, but due to technical limitations, the replica basically failed and the effectiveness dramatically decreased,” Mei Yingxue answered, “The good news is it can be mass produced. Even though the cost is astronomical, as long as there are raw materials, it can be stably produced without issues of batch failures.”

“So what’s the current effectiveness?” Yan Yu asked.

The original Nine Revolutions Vermilion Phoenix Pill could enhance the rank of Golden Core upon consuming and refining. Yan Yu would definitely save it for himself since his cultivation talent is really…well if we talk about Chen Lingyun being unfortunate enough to possibly form a Low Grade Golden Core, it’s hard to even say if his normal cultivation would reach Mid-Grade Golden Core.

“Accelerates the speed of cultivation breathing exercises, and also slightly improves cultivation talent,” Mei Yingxue responded.

“Specifically?” Yan Yu’s eyes lit up, “How slight is ‘slightly’?”

“Hmm,” Mei Yingxue pondered for a moment, then said, “This Elixir Medicine can only be taken once every ten days. Based on that, to surpass Chen Lingyun, you would need about three years; to reach the level of Xie Ruoxi, that would take at least two Jiazi.”

The girls immediately either pursed their lips or silently covered their mouths.

No way, absolutely not! If they laugh now, they’ll surely be harshly bullied and tormented by the captain when they get back!

But, it’s a bit hard to restrain…

Zhao Yuanzhen, with a flash of inspiration, suddenly sent a mental message to all the girls except Yan Yu:

“Hahahahahahahaha!”

The others, as if they had just awakened from a dream, quickly started sending mental messages to each other, filling each other’s ears with joyful laughter.

But Yan Yu, not showing any sign of being offended, just took the Elixir Bottle from Mei Yingxue and spoke calmly:

“I was originally very worried, with my combat techniques being so strong already, if my cultivation talent also improved, would you trash even have a reason to exist.”

“Thankfully, this Elixir Medicine isn’t so effective, allowing you guys to still serve a purpose without being laid off; you should feel lucky.”

“Indeed, indeed,” the girls said in unison, “We really are so lucky.”

Seeing their insincere expressions, a chill grew in Yan Yu’s heart.

You all remember this! Once I reach the Perfection of Foundation Establishment Realm, and you come to me for cultivation, I have a big surprise for you!