The Aftermath of a Hunt
On the Floating Island, back at the villa, the team members all received experience notifications. One said 800 experience, and five others said 600.
Ni Shuang looked at the notifications and said happily, "Little Tutu has already killed the six frost giants."
Natto cheered, "Brother Su's efficiency is so high!"
Juzi asked curiously, "How strong is Brother Su now?"
Ruoruo guessed, "I don't know, but it must be more than 30 stars."
Hu Tuan'er said, "I think maybe 35 stars?"
Yuqi: "I think it's 38 stars."
Mina: "It has to be more than that. The Captain copied Xianxian's seventh-grade alchemist talent, took the strengthening potion, and leveled up with all that experience. He probably has 40 stars."
Ni Shuang looked at Yun Yun. "Sister Yun, do you know?"
Yun Yun replied, "I don't know the exact number, but I'm sure he has at least 40 stars, maybe even 50."
Ni Shuang: "Oh my God, he's leveling up so fast!"
Yun Yun smiled. "I only have two talents. You can imagine how many he has. Each awakened talent adds attributes, and leveling up talents adds even more. Little Tu is so much stronger than us."
Ni Shuang said excitedly, "When Little Tu returns, we can refine the Awakening Pill, and each of us can greatly increase our combat power."
Yun Yun cautioned, "We can only refine ten Awakening Pills at a time, so we'll have to choose who gets them first."
Ni Shuang: "That's right. There are 13 people on our team, so three people won't get to take an Awakening Pill in the first batch."
Natto said, "Right now, we have two six-winged centipedes, three giant brown bears, one wolf king, one mutant catfish, and six frost giants. If we want to refine a second batch of Awakening Pills, we'll have to keep finding sixth-order monsters. We're definitely short on inner alchemy."
Ni Shuang: "That's true. It's weird, why hasn't Little Tutu come back yet?"
Yun Yun smiled slightly and calmly said, "Don't worry, Little Tu is strong. He's in no danger."
Meanwhile, Yuto Saito was still searching for life and death grass on Daxue Mountain. With his flight and vision talents, he was able to search quickly, but after ten minutes, he had found nothing. He thought to himself, "Life and death grass is really not easy to find."
He used teleportation and returned to the villa.
A New Project and a Flirtatious Joke
Yuto Saito, dressed in his black uniform, looked handsome and valiant.
Ruoruo looked at him with admiration. "Brother Su, you're so handsome!"
Natto said happily, "Brother Su is back."
Ni Shuang asked with concern, "Little Tu, are you alright? What took you so long to come back?"
Yuto Saito put his black uniform into his collection ring and smiled. "I'm fine. I was searching Daxue Mountain for life and death grass but didn't find any."
Ni Shuang suddenly understood. "So you were looking for that grass. I was wondering why you hadn't come back."
Yuto Saito teased, "What? You didn't see me for ten minutes, and you were already thinking about me?"
"No way!" Ni Shuang's face turned a beautiful shade of red.
Natto laughed. "Little Shuang is blushing! Brother Su, you're so good at teasing."
Yuto Saito smiled and said, "You all should rest up or go to the hot springs. I'm going to the refining pharmacy."
"Okay," Ni Shuang nodded.
Yuto Saito left the villa and went to the refining pharmacy. Mifen and Ye Chuchu were focused on refining strengthening potions.
Yuto Saito entered and said, "I finally have all the sixth-order materials we need."
Seeing him, Mifen gave him her most beautiful smile. "Brother Su, did you find a sixth-order monster?"
Yuto Saito asked, "Didn't you get the experience notification?"
Mifen said, "I was measuring materials just now, so I wasn't paying attention."
Ye Chuchu looked at Yuto Saito with enthusiasm. "Captain! How did I get experience when you kill monsters?"
Yuto Saito explained, "It's a team feature. When one person kills a monster, everyone on the team gains experience."
Ye Chuchu pouted playfully. "Captain, you didn't warn me you were going to kill a monster. I didn't take an experience pill."
Yuto Saito smiled. "There were only six monsters, so it would have been a waste to use an experience pill. Next time, when we kill a group of zombies or monsters, you can take one. Experience pills are very precious."
"Oh, I see," Ye Chuchu said sweetly. "I leveled up my character by 3 and my talent by 3."
Yuto Saito said gently, "Congratulations. You can drink the strengthening potion again."
Mifen took out five bottles of strengthening potion and handed them to Ye Chuchu. "Here you go."
"Thank you, Sister Xianxian," Ye Chuchu said happily. She couldn't wait to get stronger. In front of them, she drank all five bottles, instantly increasing her combat power by 20 points.
Yuto Saito then sent Mifen the six inner alchemy he had gotten from the frost giants.
Mifen received the ingredients and said happily, "Great! We have 11 inner alchemy now, and all the materials for the Awakening Pill have been gathered. These frost giants actually have ice bones?"
Yuto Saito smiled. "Yes, they're amazing. Our task for this afternoon is to refine strengthening potions and Awakening Pills."
"Us?" Ye Chuchu asked, laughing. "Captain, you're going to make pills too?"
Yuto Saito nodded. "Yes, I'm going to learn."
Ye Chuchu cheered. "Great! With the Captain's help, we'll be even more efficient." As a seventh-grade pharmacist, Yuto Saito felt it was necessary to get some practice.
Mifen suggested, "Brother Su, Chu Chu, let's refine the Awakening Pill together."
"Okay," Yuto Saito agreed.
Ye Chuchu cheered again. "This is so cool! I'm only a third-grade pharmacist, and I get to witness the birth of a sixth-grade Awakening Pill. What an honor!"
A Quiet Afternoon and a Trip to the Hot Springs
Back at the villa, Ruoruo said playfully, "Brother Su went to the refining pharmacy and hasn't come back for so long. Could he be...?"
Mina's eyes widened. "You mean, they're on a date?"
Hearing this, Juzi immediately got interested and used her hearing talent. She heard Yuto Saito and Mifen talking about pills and laughed. It wasn't the plot she had guessed. Juzi, with her talent, was becoming addicted to eavesdropping.
Nako saw Juzi smirking and asked, "Juzi, did you hear something? Is it really what Mina said?"
Juzi replied, "No, Brother Su is just helping to refine pills over there."
Ruoruo said, "We earned so much spar from the strengthening potions this time. Brother Su probably wants to refine some more to sell to the military so we can upgrade the Floating Island again."
Juzi nodded. "I think so too."
Mina suggested, "Let's all go to the hot springs together."
"Okay, okay," Ruoruo agreed.
Mina looked at the others. "Sister Yun, Sister Shuang, Natto, Yuqi, Xinyu, Hu Tuan'er, want to come?"
Yun Yun said softly, "You all go and relax."
Ni Shuang asked quietly, "Sister, aren't you coming?"
Yun Yun whispered in Ni Shuang's ear, "My period started."
Ni Shuang's eyes widened in understanding. "Oh, I'll stay and chat with you then. Douzi, let's go."
Natto smiled and said, "Okay, let's go to the hot springs."
Except for Yun Yun and Ni Shuang, all the girls walked toward the hot spring pool.