Lin Yu's cabin.
Lin Yu sat on a chair and took out the items he had purchased that day one by one from the bag.
A bottle of ten first-order Vajra Iron Bone Pills, a second-order Youth-Preserving Pill recipe, and various medicinal herbs were all placed on the tabletop.
He sorted the medicinal herbs by category and placed them in the herb chest. Then, he handed the second-order Youth-Preserving Pill recipe to the Enlightenment Clone for study. Finally, he picked up the Vajra Iron Bone Pills.
Lin Fan watched the pills in Lin Yu's hand curiously and asked, "Brother, what kind of pills are these?"
"Vajra Iron Bone Pills. They have a certain chance of forging Vajra Iron Bones. However, these are only first-order pills, and the success rate is very low. I heard there are also second-order Vajra Bronze Bone Pills, but they aren't available in the War Merit store."
Lin Yu felt a little uneasy. He had high hopes, but still felt that the success rate for ten pills was too low.
After all, these were only first-order pills, and the success rate was likely abysmal.
Lin Fan chuckled, "Why didn't you buy the recipe? We could refine them ourselves."
Lin Yu said, "If I could buy it, would I need you to worry about it?"
"Brother, even if it's not in the War Merit store, it might be available in the black market. Don't forget, we're rich now," Lin Fan reminded him.
With Lin Fan's reminder, Lin Yu suddenly remembered that he was indeed wealthy now.
After selling over a hundred thousand first-order Blood and Flesh Pills, his current assets had reached over a billion star coins.
Even after deducting platform fees, it was still a massive ten billion star coin fortune. While it might not compare to some others, he could certainly be considered a tycoon.
However, Lin Yu was unsure if he could afford such a recipe. After all, special recipes like this were like laying hens; who wouldn't treasure them?
If it were him, he definitely wouldn't sell it. But if the price was right, it wasn't impossible.
Therefore, it came down to the price.
Was ten billion star coins enough?
"Brother, ten billion star coins should be enough," Lin Fan reminded him.
"Alright then, go to the black market and look for these kinds of recipes. First-order, second-order, third-order, whatever we can get, we'll take as much as possible."
Lin Yu continued, "If we don't have enough money, we'll keep selling Blood and Flesh Pills. Our Blue Star humans number over two billion. Even if only a hundred million people buy our Blood and Flesh Pills, that's a colossal sum!"
"Understood, Brother. You focus on your work, I'll go right now."
Lin Fan hurried off to search for recipes. For him, aside from innate talent, he could inherit all of Lin Yu's skills.
Therefore, whatever Lin Yu obtained, his external avatar could also obtain.
If Lin Yu gained Vajra Iron Bones, he would also gain Vajra Iron Bones. Thus, helping the main body was equivalent to helping his clone.
Lin Fan left, and Lin Yu was left alone in the room.
"Next, I'll start taking the Vajra Iron Bone Pills. I hope these ten pills will be successful for me this time."
He picked up a pill and put it in his mouth.
It was slightly bitter upon entering, and he swallowed it.
Suddenly, a surge of heat flowed from his abdomen throughout his body, then converged and penetrated his bones.
Hiss!
Under the impact of the heat, his bones throbbed with pain, causing him to gasp.
"It really hurts!"
Sweat beaded on Lin Yu's forehead as he gritted his teeth and cried out in pain.
After a while, the heat began to recede, and as it seemed about to disappear, Lin Yu knew it was bad. He immediately took another pill.
The familiar sensation returned after the pill entered his stomach.
However, the surge of heat quickly disappeared again.
Lin Yu had no choice but to continue taking the pills. As time passed, the ten pills were consumed one by one.
When the last pill was swallowed.
A sudden, intense pain surged through his mind. It hurt so much that Lin Yu even rolled his eyes, his consciousness beginning to blur.
"It hurts!"
"My bones!"
He screamed with all his might.
The piercing nature of his cries was chilling.
Lin Yu's neighbors, who were taking a nap, were suddenly awakened by the screams and broke out in a cold sweat.
"Who is it? Wailing like a ghost in broad daylight!" He was clearly having a nightmare and was furious.
However, the screams quickly subsided, and he couldn't locate their source. Grumbling, he left his home, not daring to stay any longer.
The nightmare had thoroughly terrified him.
Meanwhile.
Lin Yu opened his eyes.
He saw that his clothes were soaked with sweat, clinging tightly to his skin, subtly revealing his muscular physique. His breathing had become steady, but his build appeared to have slightly increased.
Lin Yu stood up and found that he had grown by five centimeters.
"I'm already one meter and eighty-five centimeters tall now!"
"I didn't expect the Vajra Iron Bones to also affect my height."
He clenched his fist, and waves of explosive power flowed continuously from his body to his knuckles.
"My strength has also increased by about ten percent!"
"Although it's not much, it's the bones that have been strengthened. My actual combat power has increased by at least twenty percent."
Bones support strength, akin to load-bearing pillars in a building, serving as the foundation of the human body.
After Lin Yu's bones were strengthened, he felt his balance and stability had more than doubled.
"Hoo!" His breathing had also become much more robust.
At this moment, the Enlightenment Clone also opened its eyes.
The next second, a piece of information from the Enlightenment Clone reached Lin Yu's mind. Upon seeing this message, he broke into a wide grin.
"Double happiness!" Lin Yu exclaimed, "My alchemy has also broken through to the second tier."
With a thought, he recalled the Enlightenment Clone and absorbed its comprehension and memories.
Afterward, he silently chanted, "Clone!"
A flash of white light illuminated the area within a five-hundred-meter radius.
The white light vanished as quickly as it appeared, but after it disappeared, five hundred clones materialized.
Lin Yu, with a thought, commanded, "Go to the battlefield, kill monsters, and refine second-order Blood and Flesh Pills!"
This was the mission Lin Yu assigned to his clones. The clones nodded and headed towards the battlefield.
On their way to the battlefield, they began to manifest full-body armor, and various weapons appeared in their hands.
Among the five hundred clones, two hundred clones designated for monster killing materialized various bladed weapons, spears, and staffs. Two hundred alchemy clones manifested alchemical cauldrons, and one hundred clones produced cart-like implements, serving as transporters for beast carcasses.
The five hundred clones walking on the road caused onlookers to express astonishment.
"What organization do they belong to? Their full-body armor and strange weapons are so cool!"
"You flower-lover! Hmm, I feel like I've seen them somewhere before."
"I remember now, they are Lin Yu's clones! I saw them in the secret realm."
"That's not right, Lin Yu didn't have this many clones, did he?"
"Has his talent undergone another transformation?"
"Impossible! These five hundred people definitely aren't Lin Yu's clones."
"I also think they're not Lin Yu's clones. If his talent had transformed again, Lin Yu wouldn't just be a prodigy, he'd be a monstrous anomaly."
"Let's go, let's follow them and see, then we'll know!"