After [Task One] appeared on the screen, a note (incomplete) showed up behind it, and then everything froze.

Lin Qinghen: “…What is this thing?”

He was in a daze for quite a while, his mind feeling a bit muddled.

How could I dream of something so strange? Lin Qinghen thought to himself.

He wasn’t completely clueless about what this was. It was clearly written out, the logic was straightforward—it was the Alchemist System.

When it comes to alchemists in the Spirit World, they are a rather unique group among spirit masters.

The most common type of spirit master is the combat-type, making up over seventy percent. Since there’s always demonic energy causing trouble in this world, places with demonic energy often harbor secret treasures.

Thus, many areas are in a constant state of semi-war, fighting against the demonic energy while seizing resources. Different factions often vie for control, leading to frequent battles.

In such a societal situation, combat power has truly become the most important standard for evaluation, and the high proportion of combat-type spirit masters is a natural outcome of societal development.

Aside from combat types, about twenty percent of spirit masters are born with healing or other auxiliary abilities, which also fall under the category of field combat, just with different roles.

Excluding these two major groups, the remaining spirit masters consist of roughly five percent each as alchemists and weapon masters.

Their “Essence” is different from other spirit masters. When tested with the Soul Testing Stone, an alchemist’s projection would appear as a delicate green sprout, while a weapon master’s would be a small knife.

However, during actual use, they don’t have a physical form; if anything, it’s an intangible “Qi” that can activate tools like alchemical furnaces or carving knives to start the refining process.

The status of these two types of spirit masters is generally higher compared to regular spirit masters.

Alchemists refine medicinal pills, while weapon masters craft spirit weapons. Their abilities are fundamentally similar; to put it simply, they blend various naturally occurring or cultivated spirit treasures to enhance their usability and absorption, maximizing effectiveness and significantly improving a spirit master’s strength.

This is a rough definition Lin Qinghen summarized himself. The products of such talents are inherently “altruistic” in nature, and their numbers are relatively rare, making powerful alchemists or weapon masters naturally sought after.

For instance, Lin Fei, who had just bullied someone, is an alchemist. Although he didn’t inherit the Liuli Dual Blades of the Lin family, he got lucky and developed the talent for alchemy.

Even though Lin Fei’s cultivation level isn’t high, with an initial talent of four layers when he was tested, he’s still much better than Lin Qinghen. However, within the Lin family, he’s quite average.

Alchemist talents are rare, and their cultivation difficulty is higher than that of regular spirit masters. Lin Fei, being lazy, has hardly devoted any time to training; at fifteen years old, he’s still just a Yellow Rank Three-Star Alchemist, and he has lingered at this stage for two or three years.

This level might not seem too far off from Lin Qinghen’s hard-earned Yellow Rank Two-Star status, but among the younger generation of the Lin family, he is indeed at the bottom. Although his biological father is favored, he isn’t the legitimate heir.

Yet Lin Fei still maintains the appearance befitting a young master of the Lin family and acts rather arrogant, primarily relying on his status as an alchemist.

In this place, having or not having “Essence” is indeed the difference between heaven and earth, let alone being a precious alchemist.

As for the long list of task contents, Lin Qinghen found them not unfamiliar; in fact, he was quite familiar with them.

Because these were precisely what he had been researching lately.

Even in a dream, I can dream about this, Lin Qinghen thought. I really do have a deep love for farming.

Round Wheat is indeed a very ordinary first-level spirit plant, one of the bottom-tier in the one-star category, containing very little spirit power. He had just harvested some; it was so common that no one would care if he picked it from the Lin family’s plantation.

Due to its commonality, ease of cultivation, and fast growth rate, its only use is as a staple food to fill the stomach while providing a bit of spirit power, seemingly not much different from wheat or rice from his previous life.

But Round Wheat isn’t that simple. Lin Qinghen could fully sense the otherworldly and fantastical nature of this world through this small plant, especially compared to his last life.

Generally speaking, about one percent of Round Wheat undergoes mutation during growth, a marvelous transformation where the plant changes to a vibrant red color, grows taller, has thicker stems, longer leaves, and the wheat grains become transparent glass bead-like fruits.

More importantly, these mutated Round Wheat fruits contain over ten times the spirit power compared to regular Round Wheat. By classification, they have jumped to Yellow Rank Three-Star and above. Moreover, these fruits not only replenish spirit Qi but also accelerate wound healing and reduce pain.

Because of this, the mutated red Round Wheat can be used to produce spirit medicine, making it a good alchemical material.

However, this mutation is non-hereditary, meaning using already mutated Round Wheat as seeds for further breeding is futile. Currently, the mutation of Round Wheat is beyond human control, completely random.

If the farmers in the Lin family’s plantation see a bit of red in the Round Wheat fields, they’ll mark it, and the kitchen servants cannot harvest it; it is solely for the Lin family’s alchemical pharmacy.

With such interesting things happening, how could Lin Qinghen, who had rooted in the fields for a lifetime, not research it?

Of course, he couldn’t just work hard in the fields for over ten years. After discovering many possibilities in this world, he quickly devised a learning plan to catch up.

Although there are similarities between the two worlds, many “sciences” in the Spirit World operate under a different set of rules. Before researching, he had to solidify his foundational knowledge, combining it with his experiences from his previous life to gain confidence in taking action.

Over these past ten years, while Lin Qinghen had kept a low profile, he certainly didn’t waste a single moment.

The mutation rate of Round Wheat being beyond human control is common knowledge, but who says common knowledge can’t be broken? As long as one finds the right method, a ten percent mutation rate is indeed achievable.

Over the years, no one knew what Lin Qinghen was tinkering with, nor did they know what progress he had made; he had never spoken about it either.

However, the task contents were quite understandable, while the task rewards were a bit strange.

What is natural affinity? And the Hemostasis Powder formula… Lin Qinghen felt the system didn’t need to tell him about that.

Hemostasis Powder doesn’t refer to just one kind of medicine; it’s a collective term for low-star spirit medicines of Yellow Rank One to Three. True to its name, it’s mainly used to replenish spirit Qi and heal wounds. There’s no need to delve into specifics; the effects are largely similar.

Because of this, there are multiple formulas for Hemostasis Powder. After all, there are quite a few low-star spirit plants with healing and recovery abilities. According to Lin Qinghen, there are two hundred eighty-nine known formulas for Hemostasis Powder, with varying quality and complexity.

Using mutated Round Wheat as a base for a fundamental pill recipe is quite popular because the proportions are simple, and the efficacy of mutated Round Wheat is relatively high. As long as the alchemist’s ability is up to par, they can easily refine a batch of quality Three-Star Hemostasis Powder without any mistakes, making it a top-tier product among Hemostasis Powders.

Even though Lin Qinghen doesn’t have the talent for alchemy, he can recite all the formulas from memory, and he’s well aware of the different ratios and refining times; mainly, his foundational knowledge is indeed solid. In this place, cultivation and alchemy are closely related, and he remembers things just by glancing over them.

Having an exceptional memory might be the only advantage of this body.

Lin Qinghen had a great memory in his last life, and now it’s like one plus one equals more than two—he truly possesses a photographic memory.

For the average person, the formula for Hemostasis Powder isn’t a secret at all; after all, it’s a common item. Even children can memorize a few formulas; who needs this system to provide rewards for it?

Maybe dreams just don’t have much logic.

Before Lin Qinghen could think further, he had just finished analyzing the words on the screen when his head buzzed again.

The screen in front of him began to blur, and he felt like he was being pulled from somewhere. With a “pop,” he finally regained a sense of reality after a moment.

At this point, he had truly opened his eyes and awakened.

He couldn’t see clearly at first, but his nose caught a whiff of a grassy scent—it was the unmistakable smell of the Lin family plantation.

“You’re awake.”

He heard someone speaking beside him. The voice was cold and indifferent, requiring a keen ear to detect a hint of concern beneath it.

“At your age, you could even flip a car. You…”