*yawn* "huh, what happened to my injuries?"
looking down at his body, Richie realised that all his wounds seemed to have magically disappeared.
-you have me to thank for that-
"aaaaah", " who was that, are you a ghost?"
-you scream like a girl, no I'm not a ghost, i am real,-
"w-well, who are you mr voice?"
-I am the DIVINE ALCHEMY SYSTEM!!!- it said with an authoritative tone
"okay..."
-jesus christ, you know what, no I wont talk to you, survive on your own-
"no wait help me!"
-you, shut up- the system grumbled
-Ding, new mission granted-
-how can you become the god of alchemy, when you haven't even started cultivating yet-
-mission requirements, reach the 2nd sub real of the qi gathering realm-
-reward: the hellfire cauldron
-time limit:1 week
-failure conditions: death by atomic fart
"pfffffft! what the hell is an atomic fart?
-you'll find out if you fail- the system said in a mocking tone
"screw you, my meridians are gone, how the hell do I cultivate?"
-realy, check again-
Richie then sent his consciousness into his body and was shocked to find, his meridians were completely healed!
This was extremely shocking as usually, when a cultivator's meridians were destroyed, they would not be able to cultivate for the rest of their lives, if they wanted to cultivate once more, they would have to find a divine plant and consume it, this was basically impossible as divine plants come and go like the wind.
"did you do this?"
-yes, now shut up and start cultivating-
"there's no way I can do this in a week, its impossible"
He wasn't wrong, an normal human would have to spend months or even years to advance their cultivation by one sub stage,
and previously, it took him 5 months to reach the first sub stage, how was he supposed to advance 2 sub stages in one week, it should be impossible!
-hmm, the origin has become unstable again, I need to speed this up-
"sorry, what"
-ding side quest given: do 1000 pushups, 1000 squat jumps and do 1000 crunches.
-time limit: 3 days
-faliure penalty: none
-reward: 10 pinnacle grade 100% purity qi gathering pills of the 1st rank
"w-w-what, pinnicle grade?, 100% puriy, is that even possible!? "and how the heck would doing a long workout over 3 days help me, the rewards for this task are all over the place"
it should be noted that for cultivators at the 1 stage, 1st stage qi gathering pills at a purity of around 50% and at the intermediate grade would be invaluable treasures that only the best of the best cultivators and clans have access to.
if one of the reward pills were to be sold, it could cause a massive uproar, that is the power of pills made by qualified alchemists, therefore it is extremely weird for such a valuable reward to be given out for such a mundane task.
However getting ten of those pills could make Richie's cultivation skyrocket past the first sub stage so he wouldn't question it too much.
You should also know that raising the purity and grade of a pill to pinnicle is a feat which has only been done by the most powerful alchemists, and for 100% purity, that is the stuff of legends, said to be impossible.
-hmph, you better start doing some pres-
too bad, Richie didn't even let the system finish before he was on the ground doing pushups like a madman
"god, I didnt know some measly pills of the pinnicle grade and 100% purity would make him go so crazy, maybe I should lower the rewards" the system thought internally, the alchemy standards of this world were really poor!
It wasn't long before Richie was lying on the ground panting for air, he managed to do 200 pushups in 7 minutes
-God, your willpower is crazy- the system said , astounded by how many pushups he did,
"no time to wait, I have to get stronger to avenge my clan"
-you should rest-
"no thanks"
he then got back up before promptly falling to the ground again, unconscious.