It has been five years since Ali started training under Vista. Ali gained muscle from all the body-training regimens Vista put him through. Now he has a lean, muscular physique. He has successfully shed all the baby fat from his face.
Ali's swordsmanship skills have significantly improved over the past five years, surpassing many of the Whitebeard pirate crew members, but he still needs to improve more to match Vista and Thatch's swordsmanship skills.
In these five years, Ali managed to memorize all the alchemy books he received from the system.
Ali told Marco that he wanted to learn how to concoct medicines, and Marco introduced Zak, a member of his division who specialized in medicine, to teach Ali how to concoct medicines.
Ali's photographic memories made it simple for him to learn how to concoct medicines, which shocked Zak and all the Whitebeard pirates.
Right now it was in the middle of the night, and everyone on the ship was sleeping. Ali was inside the medical room. He opened the system's home panel, then he entered the system's shop.
Thanks for all the spars Ali had against the Whitebeard crew members; he collected a significant amount of system points, bringing his system's points balance to 10,000.
Ali decided to use all the points he had collected to purchase materials from the system's shop to begin concocting pills and elixirs. He then summoned his cauldron from the system's storage dimension.
"Well, I will start making the pills and the elixirs I read in the books to familiarize myself with their formulas. After I successfully finish concocting the pills and the elixirs, I will start thinking of a way to improve them," Ali thought to himself.
Once Ali made his decision, he began cleaning the materials he had purchased from the system's shop and then proceeded to prepare them for processing to start concocting the pills and elixirs.
Ali then activated the earth fire that his cauldron possessed to start heating it After the cauldron was heated enough, he started tossing the materials carefully and gently, following exactly the instructions he read in the books.
After 30 minutes, Ali successfully concocted 6 pills. He smiled when he saw he succeeded in concocting the pills. He then quickly grabbed an empty bottle and filled it with the 6 pills.
The pills that Ali concocted had a snowy white color. Ali grabbed one of the pills and swallowed it.
The pill melted right away in his mouth. Ali suddenly felt a warm energy spread into every cell in his body, including his blood, muscles, organs, and marrows; they started absorbing the energy greedily.
Ali's vitality began to significantly increase; his bones and organs started becoming stronger along with his muscles.
After five minutes, Ali opened his eyes, and when he opened his mouth, a black smoke escaped from his mouth. Ali was astonished and uttered these words to himself. "I am full of energy, and I feel my body is twice as strong as before. This basic strengthening pill is incredible."
Ali smiled widely and started thinking, "With alchemy I can grow stronger at a fast rate."
Ali then contemplated deeply, "According to what the books said about the basic strengthening pills, those pills will not have any effect in the future. When my body grows stronger to a certain level, their effects will be negligible, but right now these pills are perfect for me."
After Ali thought of this, he said to himself, "No problem; I will try and think of ways to improve this basic strengthening pill when the time comes." After making up his mind, Ali continued concocting other pills and elixirs.
After four hours, Ali successfully concocted all the pills and elixirs he had read in the books that the system provided for him.
Ali was overjoyed at his success, and he thought to himself, "Now I need to figure out how to improve them." I will go to sleep now and start researching how to improve these pills and elixirs later. I am not in a hurry to improve these pills and elixirs."
After making his decision, Ali stored all the materials and the cauldron back in the system's storage dimension before returning to his room to sleep.
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