Master of Furnace Explosions 1

"Thank you all for the gifts, but it is getting late, so I am going to end the live stream now."

Wen Jiu waved enthusiastically at the camera before turning off the broadcast.

Today's noon broadcast was a tremendous success. The number of followers tuned into Wen Jiu's channel skyrocketed from around a hundred to over five hundred.

These fans even created a private chat group among themselves, aptly named the Wealth-Seekers Gathering.

[Chris Wants Five Bowls: When is Monkey Brother posting on Star-Blog? I'm going to be the first one to share it!]

[Monkey Big Brother: I'll post it later. Let me savor the taste of fried chicken a bit more and then draft the post.]

[Big Big Pumpkin: Make sure to tag everyone when you post it, Monkey Brother! We must spread the reputation of Sister Fortune! That way, once Sister Fortune gets rich, she can buy more ingredients to cook, and everyone getting a share will be just around the corner!]

[Jingling 20: Come to think of it, doesn't Sister Fortune lack a Star-Blog account?]

[Shattered into Glass Shards: It doesn't matter, we'll just attach Sister Fortune's live stream link when the time comes!]

[I Am So Hungry: Pumpkin is right. We need to work hard to help Sister Fortune get rich soon so that everyone can get a share of the tastings in the future!]

However, Wen Jiu had no idea that her fans were working diligently to make her wealthy. After returning to the dorm with Qiao Shishi, she continued trying to awaken her wood-type ability.

Sitting cross-legged on her bed, she made several attempts until a faint green glow finally emanated from her palms.

After the awakening, Wen Jiu manipulated the green light, causing it to gradually transform into a shimmering emerald radiance that coiled around her fingertips.

"Whoa, Jiujiu, are you a wood-type esper?" Qiao Shishi watched in utter astonishment as Wen Jiu skillfully manipulated her ability.

Most freshmen only gradually awakened their abilities after entering school, so very few could skillfully control them at this stage.

Only wealthy heirs like Pei Qingyu, who had received guidance before enrollment, could manage their abilities ahead of everyone else.

Although Qiao Shishi had awakened her fire-type ability before enrollment under the guidance of her cousin, her control over it was still far from proficient.

"Mhm," Wen Jiu acknowledged. Then, she raised her other hand, and a brilliant cluster of flames instantly blossomed at her fingertips.

This sight left Qiao Shishi even more shocked. Dual-type espers were extremely rare in the Federation. When entering school, she heard someone mention that there was a freshman detected with dual-type abilities, never expecting that freshman to be Wen Jiu.

This was only the second dual-type esper in the history of Academy 3047 since its establishment.

"Oh my god..."

Qiao Shishi couldn't help but let out an exclamation. To think a powerhouse was actually right by her side.

Wen Jiu sensed the boundless energy surging from within her body. This energy was even denser and purer than the spiritual energy she had cultivated with in the past.

Could it be that she was really here for a trial by experience?

She pondered for a moment, then dismissed the thought. If her senior martial brothers and sisters were merely going down the mountain for a trial, while she had directly transmigrated into a new world to live a new life, her luck was simply too terrible.

She had grown up under the care of her master, well-fed and warmly clothed every day, able to cook various dishes to secretly taste, and occasionally sneak down the mountain to play.

Thinking of this, Wen Jiu sighed. She had never imagined that she would one day have to worry about money.

"Shishi, do we have anything like..." Wen Jiu paused, struggling to find the right words to describe a pill-refining cauldron.

"Hmm?" Qiao Shishi, just recovering from her shock, blinked her large eyes and looked at Wen Jiu.

Wen Jiu withdrew her ability and gestured in the air a few times. "You know, like an instrument that can turn medicinal herbs into medicinal pills."

Qiao Shishi thought for a moment after hearing this. "An instrument for making pharmaceuticals? You can check out the treasure-hunting shops, but those kinds of instruments are usually quite expensive."

Hearing this, Wen Jiu instantly wanted to clutch her tiny wallet.

Pity she didn't even have a wallet to begin with.

Nevertheless, she opened her smart ring, logged onto the Star-Network, and began browsing through the treasure-hunting shops.

However, after browsing for a long time and trying countless keywords, Wen Jiu couldn't find the pill-refining cauldron she was looking for.

So, she immediately drew a simple sketch of a pill-refining cauldron and switched to image search.

This time it actually brought up results, but what the treasure-hunting shop recommended to her was:

[Old Gao's Custom Artifact-Refining Shop].

It seemed there really were no pill-refining cauldrons for sale. Wen Jiu gave up on clicking the recommendation.

Custom-made—just hearing the word sounded expensive.

Still, being broke had its workarounds. Wen Jiu searched once more and ultimately settled on a large, cheap iron pot.

So what if there was no pill-refining cauldron for alchemy? It was no big deal.

Watch her use a large iron pot to hand-craft medicinal pills.

Although it would be quite inferior to pills refined the proper way, given her mastery over medicinal herbs, the hand-crafted pills she made would undoubtedly be much better than those sold on the market.

Wen Jiu had inquired beforehand that in the interstellar era, almost everyone relied on resting in medical pods to recover when they fell ill.

Yet, a single stay in a medical pod cost at least a few thousand star-coins.

People inevitably fell sick. To avoid lying in medical pods in the future, Wen Jiu resolutely chose to craft her own pills.

She then placed an order for a few low-priced equipment items, and finally bought some discounted medicinal herbs from the Star-Network supermarket before lying back on her bed for a nap.

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The afternoon session was another ability usage and practice class. Seeing that Wen Jiu had already awakened her dual-type abilities, Li Qinzhen was overjoyed and quickly reported the good news to the school administration.

After all, screening was one thing, but very few people actually managed to awaken dual-type abilities. It wasn't unheard of for someone to test positive for dual-type abilities during screening only to fail at successfully awakening them altogether.

Wen Jiu was also quite happy, hoping the school might grant her some cash rewards just for being a dual-type esper.

Today's ability class was still focused on Li Qinzhen teaching students who hadn't awakened their abilities yet how to awaken them. Students like Wen Jiu who had already awakened were only a handful.

Fortunately, Li Qinzhen didn't neglect them, personally teaching them how to skillfully activate and utilize their abilities.

Wen Jiu spent the entire class practicing the usage of her abilities, though she was already capable of skillfully manipulating them.

After all, to her, abilities were much like her former spiritual roots—both involved activating and channeling energy within the body.

Regrettably, the spiritual energy within her body was currently insufficient, keeping her ability level at tier one and preventing her from materializing something like the vine armor Yu Ruman had summoned earlier.

The rare piece of good news, however, was that her perception of the Deep Sea Blue Flame was growing increasingly intense. If she weren't afraid of standing out in class, Wen Jiu guessed she could completely activate the Deep Sea Blue Flame with just a few more practice sessions.

Once she completely activated the Deep Sea Blue Flame, the medicinal pills she refined would become even more flawless.

She wondered if she could embark on a path to sudden immense wealth by selling medicinal pills and elixirs.

Since Wen Jiu had already completed the exercises assigned by Li Qinzhen, she was dismissed from class much earlier than the other students.

After class, Wen Jiu returned to the storage lockers and hauled the large iron pot she had ordered back to her dormitory.