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    ## Chapter 67: The Troubles of Being Handsome Even After Achieving a Five-Turn Golden Elixir

    The Shadow Guardian hesitated for a moment, then took out a Refining Furnace Pill and asked if you knew this kind of pill.

    You recognized it at a glance as one you had refined, but no one else knew this fact, so you shook your head and said you hadn’t refined it.

    You took the pill and carefully examined it for a while, cheekily praising the alchemist’s skill, claiming it far surpassed yours and that you didn’t know how to refine this kind of pill.

    Since you had been supplying the Descent Sect with inferior pills for over a decade, the Shadow Guardian could see that this pill’s quality was far superior to anything you could create, so she didn’t suspect a thing.

    Pretending to be confused, you asked about the pill’s origin. The Shadow Guardian told you it came from a mysterious alchemist in the Great Summer Country’s military, and that some within the sect suspected you had refined it.

    You gave a wry smile, saying you couldn’t possibly refine a pill of such high quality. The Shadow Guardian believed you, reassuring you that she would ensure your safety and address the doubts of others.

    A few days later, the Shadow Guardian and other guardians approached you. They asked if you could refine this type of Refining Furnace Pill.

    You stated that you didn’t know the necessary ingredients and would need extensive experimentation to analyze the pill’s composition.

    The Descent Sect leadership believed you and gave you six months dedicated to researching and refining this pill.

    For the next half year, you pretended to study the Refining Furnace Pill every day, but secretly slacked off and used your free time to improve the quality of your own Golden Elixir.

    In your fourteenth year, you still hadn’t refined the Refining Furnace Pill. You intentionally refined several pills with conflicting properties, which caused stomach problems for many elders and even killed several members of the sect.

    The Descent Sect gave up on you refining the Refining Furnace Pill and told you to focus on refining Essence Nurturing Pills. You agreed.

    You spent a day, eyes closed, refining a batch of substandard Essence Nurturing Pills. This was your task for the next three months, just as you had done for the past decade.

    In your fifteenth year, you successfully achieved a five-turn Golden Elixir. Your cultivation level consequently dropped to the ninth level of the Golden Elixir Stage.

    On April 7th, 2038 in the New Era, beast swarms that blotted out the sky descended upon the real world and devoured the entire Great Summer Country in one gulp.

    You died. Your Innate Talent, “Death Won’t Close Your Eyes”, activated, but all you saw was darkness…

    *Ding, this simulation is now over!*

    Su Xing noticed the date of the apocalypse’s arrival.

    “April 7th, 2038… It’s been delayed another year. As expected, anything that benefits human power will definitely extend my cultivation time.”

    “Right now, the extension might be short, only a few months, but as I grow stronger, it will lengthen to a year, even several years.”

    A smile played on Su Xing’s lips. Two simulations had basically helped him understand the pattern for delaying the apocalypse.

    Next, it was time to receive the simulation rewards.

    Su Xing looked at the reward options.

    *Handsome Like Pan An*: Blue Innate Talent, 100,000 energy points.

    *Five-Turn Golden Elixir Quality*: Five-turn Golden Elixir, with seven times the quality and maximum spiritual energy of an upper-grade Golden Elixir cultivator, 500,000 energy points.

    *Fourteen Years of Alchemy Experience*: Alchemy insights, 140,000 energy points.

    This time, only three simulation rewards were available because Su Xing had spent most of his time cultivating the Nine-Turn Golden Elixir and refining pills.

    After a moment of hesitation, Su Xing said silently, “I choose the Five-Turn Golden Elixir Quality and the blue Innate Talent, Handsome Like Pan An!”

    There was no doubt about the Five-Turn Golden Elixir Quality. It was a must-have.

    As for Handsome Like Pan An, Su Xing reasoned that alchemy experience could be gained weekly, but being handsome was a lifelong pursuit!

    *Ding, you have chosen to bring out the blue Innate Talent, Handsome Like Pan An, costing 100,000 energy points. Remaining energy points: 692,296.*

    *Ding, you have chosen to bring out the Five-Turn Golden Elixir, costing 500,000 energy points. Remaining energy points: 192,296.*

    A prompt echoed in Su Xing’s mind. At the same time, mystical changes began to occur within him.

    Su Xing sat cross-legged and looked inside his Elixir Field.

    He saw that mysterious patterns gradually appeared on his perfectly formed Golden Elixir. These patterns emerged out of thin air, radiating an ancient and mystical aura.

    One… two… five!

    When the five Golden Elixir patterns fully formed, Su Xing’s Golden Elixir once again emitted a dazzling glow.

    At the same time, the spiritual energy in his body surged, increasing in quality and quantity by more than 70% in just a few seconds.

    To his delight, his cultivation level did not drop a realm; he was still at the peak of the Golden Elixir Stage!

    “The simulation only brought out the Golden Elixir quality, not the cultivation level… This is good. It saves me a year of cultivation time in the next simulation.”

    Su Xing smiled. This was a pleasant surprise.

    After achieving the five-turn Golden Elixir, Su Xing clearly felt that his spiritual energy was more abundant, and he had even better control over it than before.

    After carefully experiencing the changes in his cultivation level, Su Xing took out a mirror and looked at his handsome face.

    After examining it for a while, Su Xing muttered, “No changes? My looks have truly reached the peak of mortal men?”

    Su Xing thought to himself with shameless confidence.

    But in reality, Handsome Like Pan An wasn’t an Innate Talent that altered appearance; it was a conceptual talent that changed perception!

    For example, if someone had an original appearance rating of 60, after awakening this talent, their looks wouldn’t change, but in the eyes of others, they would become a stunningly handsome man with a rating of 99!

    As for Su Xing, his original appearance rating was already 90. Combined with the aura of a cultivator and the Handsome Like Pan An talent, saying he was the most handsome man in history would be accepted without any doubt.

    After receiving his rewards, Su Xing didn’t slack off. He continued grinding pills as usual.

    In the blink of an eye, four days had passed.

    Su Xing had grinded for four days, successfully refining the 300 Beauty-Nourishing Pills and 500 Healing Pills he needed to prepare for next week.

    On this day, a woman contacted Su Xing. It wasn’t Jin Cong Xue, but his junior sister, Wang Qingxuan.

    Wang Qingxuan sent Su Xing a message and then asked to meet him in the school’s small forest.

    “Could it be that the Descent Sect is going to appear?”

    Su Xing was puzzled. It was still half a year until the Descent Sect found Wang Qingxuan, so it shouldn’t be this early.

    To be safe, Su Xing still went to meet Wang Qingxuan in the small forest.

    The usually plain Wang Qingxuan changed her style, wearing delicate makeup and letting her beautiful long hair cascade over her shoulders. Her overall appearance was pure and alluring.

    Su Xing arrived in front of Wang Qingxuan and handed her a cup of steaming milk tea. He smiled brightly, saying, “What’s up, junior sister? What do you need?”

    Wang Qingxuan kept her head down, finally mustering the courage to speak. But when she looked up and saw Su Xing’s appearance, she became even more shy.

    “How come you’ve gotten even better looking in just a few days… Uh, I’m simply not good enough for you, senior! It’s already a blessing for an ordinary girl like me to be able to stay by your side…”

    Wang Qingxuan thought to herself, swallowing the words she had finally gathered the courage to say.

    Su Xing didn’t see through Wang Qingxuan’s thoughts and asked, “Just tell me what’s wrong. If I can help, I won’t hesitate!”

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