Chapter 21 : The Low Efficiency of Consuming Spirit Herbs
Su Xiao had originally wanted to look for loopholes in the system. For example, asking two questions at once, but it was obvious that every inquiry required the consumption of luck.
Su Xiao checked her current amount. The original 40 points of Luck, plus the 30 points obtained from the Purple Heart Grass, had become 70. But because the system had already answered one question, 10 points had immediately been deducted.
Only 60 left. But this question is actually very important. Maybe I used the wrong method when consuming spirit herbs. I must understand the reason before I can safely collect more of them, Su Xiao thought to herself. She had not forgotten the system’s initial mission.
At present, the only method she knew for obtaining luck was through the luck contained in spirit herbs. This meant she would inevitably have to deal with many spirit herbs in the future. Naturally, the problem in her mind had become quite serious.
After thinking briefly, Su Xiao decisively spent another 10 points of luck. In an instant, her luck value dropped to 50.
[Different spirit herbs increase soul potential by different amounts. According to the classification of the myriad systems:
Below 10 points is considered a trace amount.
10–20 points is considered a small amount.
20–100 points is considered normal.
100–999 points is considered a large amount.
Above 999 points is considered an excessive amount.
Anything beyond that cannot be queried due to insufficient host permissions.]
Miss System’s cold voice caused Su Xiao’s true body to tremble. She realized that the description of the Silver Grass had not used words like “trace” or “small.” It had likely fallen into the “normal” category.
That meant, consuming Silver Grass should increase Spiritual Power by 20 to 100 points!
Yet after Su Xiao consumed it, she had only gained 5 points.
“Miss System, I have another question. Why did consuming Silver Grass only increase my Spiritual Power by 5 points?” she asked hurriedly.
This was extremely important to her. Perhaps she had used the wrong method when consuming it, causing a massive loss of Spiritual Power. If that were the case, Su Xiao intended to pry the correct method for consuming spirit herbs out of the demonic beasts and Refined Spirit in front of her.
[Host permissions insufficient. Unable to answer. Please reach the Fairy rank before making this query.]
Miss System’s cold voice responded, but it did not answer her question.
“It actually requires reaching the Fairy rank?” Su Xiao’s real body frowned deeply. “Fairy should be a rank above Refined Spirit. Right now I have no way of querying it.”
Still, Su Xiao did not let this information shake her composure. Although she cared about the low efficiency of consuming spirit herbs, eating spirit herbs was not the only path to becoming stronger.
The mental conversation between Su Xiao and the system had taken only a few breaths in the real world.
The Dread Wolf looked at the Demon Envoy holding the Purple Heart Grass. Seeing the mysterious, playful smile at the corner of her lips, it felt a chill in its heart, unable to understand why such an important figure would be examining the herb.
“Purple Heart Grass may be low-grade, but its effects are somewhat unique. It’s quite suitable for your current condition,” Su Xiao said casually after glancing at the wolf.
Once she realized spirit herbs had limited effects on herself, Su Xiao had already made her decision.
Hearing this, the Dread Wolf’s entire body trembled.
The Demon Envoy had actually seen through its problem!
The Dread Wolf had long been troubled by one issue: its internal energy was too chaotic, which had prevented it from breaking through the bottleneck of a mid-level demonic beast. When it was younger, it had known nothing and had eaten anything that could increase Spiritual Power. As a result, the energies within its body had become mixed and unstable, preventing it from advancing further.
Yet all of this had always been its secret. It had never told another demonic beast.
The Dread Wolf had no idea it had fallen into a trap. Although it was intelligent and cunning, it had never lived in human society. Compared to Su Xiao, it was still far too inexperienced.
Su Xiao toyed with the Purple Heart Grass for a moment, as if she had grown bored with it, and then tossed it onto the wolf’s head. “Eat it. Otherwise, before long, the energy within your body will spiral out of control.”
Su Xiao’s words made the Dread Wolf tremble violently.
Every year, there were demonic beasts whose internal energy ran rampant, causing them to lose their sanity. Some were even possessed by wandering spirits and turned into monsters.
And now it realized, it was not far from reaching that point itself.