Realm-Hopping Martial Master

For the past year, Zhang Rui had lived every day filled with regret. But today, he saw true dawn!

In the car, looking at the information he had searched for online, Zhang Rui's heart grew more and more excited.

Admitted to Jiangnan Academy ahead of schedule!

In one year, he became a Martial Arts Doctor at Jiangnan Academy!

And in just a few more months, he leaped like a fish transforming into a dragon and became a professor at Jiangnan Academy!

Such a person would definitely not deceive me!

「Ji City.」

Shu Yan Pharmaceutical Company. After signing the contract with Zhang Rui, Jiang Shu granted him great authority. Recruiting new employees, purchasing new equipment—with just a single call, the funds in the account would usually be transferred directly.

"Employ the trusted; trust the employed."

Moreover, some things should be left to professionals. It was just like in a program from his past life, where he had heard an extremely popular saying:

"To this day, I still miss the days when coal bosses were investors. They were especially good. I've experienced various types of investors: coal bosses, real estate developers, and now internet entrepreneurs. But the best were still the coal bosses. They had only one request—besides hiring actresses—and no other demands; they simply didn't interfere with our creativity."

Acting as a hands-off manager, Jiang Shu refined elixirs day and night, and batches of Disguise Pills emerged from the furnace.

I was wrong before, Jiang Shu mused.

In the Da Jing Dynasty, an Alchemist's grade is actually determined by their Martial Arts Realm. A Low-grade Alchemist controls the heat with Inner Strength. A Middle-grade Alchemist controls it with True Strength. Following this pattern, a Top-grade Alchemist is actually an expert in the Acupoint Passage Realm, using Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi to control the heat.

Of course, Alchemists with mentors will master certain alchemy techniques that others don't possess. For example, the Stacking Fire Three Seals, when used during alchemy, can enhance the quality of elixirs by ten to twenty percent.

Compared to Martial Arts, alchemy is indeed the most suitable for grinding. As long as one's Martial Arts Realm is sufficient, there are virtually no bottlenecks in alchemy! Of course, this is an ideal state. After all, the vast majority of Martial Artists focus solely on cultivation, advancing step by step from Qi and Blood Martial Artists to their current high realms. If they were to be distracted by alchemy for an extended period, their martial progress would likely slow to a crawl, making the endeavor not worth the losses!

Only those with average martial talent would think of carving out a new path, hoping to use alchemy to achieve a leap in status. After all, Martial Arts in the Da Jing Dynasty, unlike on Xuanxing, don't place excessive importance on innate talent and comprehension. As long as resources are sufficient, even a pig could be elevated to a very high realm. It's just that resources are monopolized by the nobility, great clans, and large families. To obtain them, one must join their ranks.

Of course, this path is clearly extremely difficult. The great clans are aware of this. Once a Martial Artist successfully transitions to become a Low-grade Alchemist, they are very likely to remain a Low-grade Alchemist for life. Just like Wan Jingxing in the Qin Family; he seems to hold a very high status, but in reality, he is merely a puppet.

Inside the secret chamber, Jiang Shu muttered to himself.

Now, he could refine Low-grade Elixirs with ease. On the panel, his alchemy proficiency was gradually progressing from entry-level, ground to small success.

According to his current analysis, small success likely corresponded to Middle-grade Alchemy techniques. At that point, he could confidently begin using some Third Rank Heaven and Earth Treasure Medicine and important materials from Mutant Beasts to refine Middle-grade Elixirs.

He glanced at the time on his phone and took a short break. Alchemy, unlike martial practice, was mentally exhausting; the more he refined, the more fatigued his spirit became. These past few days, he had even been sleeping about an hour longer than usual.

Stretching his body, the True Strength within him circulated bit by bit.

「Two months passed.」

He had diligently cultivated both the Azure Dragon True Strength and the White Tiger True Strength in his body to small success. Only the Xuanwu True Force could not be consistently improved because it was constantly suppressing the Cold Poison.

However, it should be soon! he thought.

Zhang Rui, indeed, was worth the personal trip. After joining the company, he practically slept there every day! He was even more diligent and hardworking than Fu Cong!

He and his team developed the alchemy AI in just one month, and it was continuously being improved!

Now, Jiang Shu needed to collect all known Heaven and Earth Treasure Medicine and important materials from Mutant Beasts from the Martial Artist Alliance and send them to the laboratory. Once analyzed, they could be immediately entered into the AI database for various computations.

To date, as long as Jiang Shu provided an Elixir Recipe for a Low-grade Elixir, the alchemy AI could convert it into at least three different Elixir Recipes in less than a second.

For example, for the Disguise Pill, Jiang Shu now had as many as ten different Elixir Recipes! One of them he particularly liked: it only required a First Rank Heaven and Earth Treasure Medicine as the main ingredient, and the rest of the medicinal catalysts and adjuvants could be substituted with ordinary herbs!

Although its effect was only one-tenth of the Disguise Pill, its advantage was that it could be directly mass-produced to penetrate the mid to low-end markets!

As for Disguise Pills with full medicinal effect, he naturally had them sent to Xia Country through the Martial Artist Alliance channels as a pledge of allegiance.

The Disguise Pill reserves should be sufficient now. The original elixirs won't be sold for now; let's start by building up from the mid to low-end markets, Jiang Shu thought.

He didn't understand business, but he knew too many classic case studies from his past life. Compared to the high-end market, which is difficult to enter, rapidly penetrating and capturing the mid to low-end market was the true king's path to success. After all, Shu Yan Pharmaceuticals was newly established and, in the eyes of the general public, completely lacked the image of a major brand.