My Crazy Upgrade System

Chapter 330: Chapter 329: The Astonishing Effect of the 5th Refinement

Yi Tianyun paid no mind to the situation outside. His full attention was now focused on the Soul-Nourishing Grass. He was considering how to refine it, wondering if he should attempt to create a Fifth Refinement-level Soul-Nourishing Pill.

’The success rate has increased from the original ten percent to thirty percent. Adding 800 Luck Value points really makes a difference, forcing the success rate up by a whole twenty percent.’

Yi Tianyun couldn’t help but marvel at the power of his Luck Value; its effect was truly immense. If he activated his Luck Aura, it would surely increase by another huge chunk. However, it would never reach a one hundred percent success rate. Relying on Luck Value alone could never get it to one hundred percent. A perfect success rate could only be achieved by improving his own skill level, not through Luck Value.

’Activate Luck Aura!’

After activating the Luck Aura, the success rate soared, reaching fifty percent. One had to remember that the Luck Aura could increase his luck tenfold. Even with a decent Luck Value, it could only reach fifty percent. That was just reality.

Without relying on his own strength, just luck alone, he only had a fifty percent chance. This meant it was a 50/50 split, which was already quite high. At least it had gone from being nearly impossible to a level where it was feasible to refine.

’Combined with the Immortal Fire, I can reach sixty percent at most... The chance of failure is still a bit too high. If I fail, I’ll be in tears...’

Yi Tianyun shook his head. If he ruined a stalk of Soul-Nourishing Grass, it would be like losing thirty million experience points. How could he not feel the sting?

After weighing his options for a moment, he ultimately chose to attempt the Fifth Refinement!

He quickly tossed in a stalk of Soul-Nourishing Grass and began the Fifth Refinement process. As the flames continuously tempered it, extracting the essence from the Soul-Nourishing Grass, he finally reached the fifth stage of refinement after some time!

Refining Elixir Pills was like Drawing Divine Patterns; they had to be built up layer by layer. One had to pass through the first four refinements before they could proceed to the Fifth Refinement.

’I hope this succeeds!’

Yi Tianyun activated his Luck Aura and cranked the Immortal Fire to its maximum effect, beginning to refine with a frenzy. Soon, the Elixir Pills began to take shape, forming three pearl-like pills. During the final stage of Solidifying the Pill, a beam of light shot out from the Purple Fire Divine Furnace, soaring into the sky!

He hadn’t expected the effect of reaching the Fifth Refinement to be so astonishing, even producing a strange phenomenon. But then again, achieving the Fifth Refinement was incredibly difficult, so it was normal for some peculiar phenomena to occur.

’Success!’

Yi Tianyun controlled the Purple Fire Divine Furnace, which spat out three lustrous, pearl-like Elixir Pills that flew into his hand. These were Fifth Refinement pills. Lustrous as pearls, they were far smoother than before—on a completely different level.

The appearance of a Fourth Refining and a Fifth Refinement pill was vastly different—a world of difference, in fact. He just wondered if their effects would be just as far apart.

"Ding! Successfully refined a Soul-Nourishing Pill. Gained 1,000,000 Experience Points and 1,000 Skill Level points!"

The experience gained from successfully completing a Fifth Refinement versus a Fourth Refining was also vastly different.

’I wonder how much experience it will give. It won’t just be an extra five million, will it?’

If that were the case, the extra five million experience really wouldn’t be worth such a big risk, not unless he reached the level of an Alchemy Master. However, a normal Fifth Refinement pill should be thirty to fifty percent more effective than a Fourth Refining one. If it only gave an extra five million, that would clearly be unreasonable.

Then, he popped the Soul-Nourishing Pill into his mouth. Instantly, a line of data popped up, exploding in his vision!

"Ding! Consumed Soul-Nourishing Pill. Gained 30,000,000 experience!"

’Thirty million experience... Excellent!’

Yi Tianyun was stunned. This was an absolutely explosive effect! It was three times more potent than the Third Refining pill and twice as potent as the Fourth Refining one. The risk had been more than worth it!

The next moment, he consumed all the Soul-Nourishing Pills. Instantly, thirty million experience points were credited to his account.

"Ding! Congratulations to Player ’Yi Tianyun’ for successfully breaking through to the Fifth Layer of the Core Formation Stage!"

After consuming all the Elixir Pills, he broke through to the Fifth Layer of the Core Formation Stage with extreme ease, without a hint of suspense. This breakthrough speed was absolutely shocking. Others might cultivate for years and not necessarily break through, yet he did it just by eating a few candy-like pills. It was enough to make anyone die of anger if they heard about it.

’Looks like refining Fifth Refinement Elixir Pills is well worth it. The success rate is just too low.’ Yi Tianyun was still very satisfied with the result; the only issue was that the risk was a bit high. If the success rate reached eighty percent, it would be worth gambling on.

Immediately, he continued refining Elixir Pills, but this time he wasn’t making Fifth Refinement pills, but Fourth Refining ones. The reason was simple: he didn’t want to fail. While he admitted the effect of the Fifth Refinement pill was astonishing, he knew when to be content. Since he had succeeded once, that was enough for now.

In the future, once his success rate improved, he would try the Fifth Refinement level again. For now, it was better to play it safe. The success rate for refining Fourth Refining pills was basically over ninety percent, so he didn’t have to worry about failure at all.

Soon, two more stalks of Soul-Nourishing Grass were refined into Elixir Pills, yielding a total of six pills. At fifteen million experience each, they would provide him with ninety million experience. All told, this was only equivalent to the result of a single successful Fifth Refinement batch. The gap between them was all too obvious.

Yi Tianyun didn’t feel any regret. If he had failed once, he would have suffered a loss. If he had failed twice, the loss would have been devastating. It was better to be steady and sure. Assuming he had failed the first attempt, he wouldn’t have tried the next two times either; he would have stuck to Fourth Refinements. Some risks just weren’t worth taking.

After refining them, he consumed the six Soul-Nourishing Pills, instantly gaining another ninety million experience points! However, he didn’t level up. He was still several tens of millions of experience points short.

He was now at the Fifth Layer of the Core Formation Stage and needed at least 160,000,000 points to level up successfully. The further he progressed, the harder it became. He would probably have to kill monsters until his hands went numb to level up, unless he could kill enemies of a higher level or a large group of powerful Demon Beasts.

*Phew*. ’Still a little short on experience, huh? As long as General Long sends a group over, I’ll be able to level up.’ Yi Tianyun smiled. He would just wait here and see how many men General Long would bring.

He had barely taken a few steps after walking out of the Alchemy Room when Ye Qingxuan came rushing over. She looked at him and said, "General Long is heading this way with a horde of Dragon Soldiers! They’re roughly half a day away from reaching us!"

"Half a day’s journey?" Yi Tianyun said with a faint smile. "What about the Ancestor? How are his preparations? I feel like he’s full of confidence, as if he can suppress this General Long."

"The Ancestor is in the Spirit Tower. He’s the one who sent me to call you over," Ye Qingxuan said.

"Alright, let’s go over now." Yi Tianyun’s smile vanished, his expression turning cold as he said, "The second battle to overthrow the Netherworld Empire is about to begin!"