Florida Man's General Store in Cultivation World Chapter 16 Florida Man Addicted To Nutting In Forest

Novel: Florida Man's General Store in Cultivation World Author: DamnPlotArmor Updated: May 21, 2026

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Chapter 16 â€“ Florida Man Addicted to Nutting in Forest

= Life Sword Sect, Alchemy Departnt =

In the morning, Gao Yan woke up early and read a basic alchemy guidebook that he had received from Wu Buyi. He was interested in the applications of Wood Qi and Fire Qi.

He skimd through the trivial parts until his eyes caught on to the topics that he was interested in.

'Ah, found it! Here... Alchemy is not about burning everything in a pot into charcoal. It's about the choice of elental Qi and ingredients. An alchemist has to pay extra attention to the elent circles because each elent gives a different result. For example, fire Qi promotes earth, weakens wood, and dominates tal, but insults water. Okay, this much I know. But what is "Insult" anyway?'

Gao Yan continued to read further. Then, he started to get confused as the relationship table sounded bizarre.

'Wood Qi promotes fire, weakens water, and dominates... earth? Insult tal? Huh? tal Qi creates... water?! Weaken earth, dominate wood, and insult fire? What?!'

The disciple scratched his head as he had no idea what "Insult" in alchemy term ant. He flipped the pages to the glossary section in the book. Then, he found the translation of the word.

Insult in the alchemy term translated to "Harm". For example, fire evaporates water. Water destabilizes earth. Earth rots wood. Wood dulls tal, and tal conducts fire (heat).

Gao Yan flipped back to the section that he had left off earlier. He started taking notes as every elent had a different effect on another elent. Although he didn't understand the hidden aning of the description and the relationship table, Gao Yan felt like he broadened his horizon.

'Alchemy is profound. So, there are things that Wood Qi and Fire Qi can do best, but they can't refine everything in the world. I wonder if I have to rely on other alchemists if I have to refine water pills in the future.'

Gao Yan continued reading. At the end of that chapter, there was an annotation, made by Wu Buyi. The latter wrote it for Gao Yan.

[An alchemist only needs two types of secondary elental Qi to refine every elent. In common practice, average alchemists cultivate fire Qi, wood Qi, and tal Qi, so they can refine almost every type of high-graded pill and so superior pills. Master alchemists usually spend centuries cultivating the third and even the fourth secondary elent Qi to be well-versed in every field.]

[An alchemist can choose to beco a specialist by relying on only two or three elents, or they can beco the jack-of-all-grade by spending centuries in cultivation. It's about personal career choice in the end. But if you ask which is better, I'll pick the jack-of-all-trade route. You might waste a few hundred years getting stuck at the nascent soul stage and trying to acquire one more elent Qi. But trust , the investnt will be worth the blood, tear, and sweat. Not only will you thrive as a top-tier alchemist, but as a cultivator, you will also be invincible!]

[Also, legends said that an alchemist with all five elental essences can turn simple grain pills into elixir. Even my ntor hasn't achieved that state. You should strive for that. Set your goal high, and you will never be a failure even if you fail to achieve that goal.]

Gao Yan was grateful for the notes. His motivation skyrocketed once more.

"Alright. Ti to cultivate and reinforce my wood Qi! I must condense my dantian and reach the foundation establishnt stage within a year! Before I'm 25, I must reach the golden core stage!"

He closed his book and put it back in his clothes. Then, he returned to his room and sat on his bed.

Inside a water pot on a desk next to his bed was a blade of immortal grasses, which Wu Buyi had brought from the outer disciple courtyard to Gao Yan's room. Although there was only one blade of immortal grass, it still filled the room with wood Qi.

Gao Yan closed his eyes and ditated, deeply inhaling the warm vapor in the air. His body grew warr as his blood reacted to the nutritious energy.

anwhile, Leo was clueless about what essence or Qi could do to the pills. He stared at the system ssages and rested his hands on his hips in frustration.

'h, what's the point of overthinking sothing I don't know. I'll just YOLO this thing and see how it turns out. There is nothing to lose anyway.'

Leo shrugged and let the alchemy workshop do the work. He pressed the confirm button.

DING

The black cauldron turned white, and a tallic lid appeared out of nowhere. It covered the pot, and a tir appeared.

"..."

Leo's expression turned dark. He thought that the pills would co out instantly.

"One hour to make stupid drugs!? Seriously? I ain't going to sit around and wait!"

Had any alchemist heard Leo's remark, they would have fud with rage as one hour of pill-refining was considered a lot faster than average. A newbie alchemist always fumbled for six hours to make simple non-elental grain pills for the first ti while experts still needed two to three hours to make elental pills.

The workshop slowly counted down. Leo scoffed and carried the ingredients back to the store in disappointnt. While he was at it, he cracked an iron pine nut and popped it in his mouth.

The nut was rock solid, but there was nothing in the world that Leo's teeth couldn't destroy. He crushed it and savored the iron-like flavor.

It tasted like human blood. However, Leo got sothing useful.

DING

"One nut per year?"

Leo's eyes glead. He dropped the basket of potatoes and carried an empty container outside the store. He rushed to the fallen pine trees to collect more nuts.

An hour quickly went by. Leo stopped nutting (collecting nuts) and returned to the workshop to see the result.

The cauldron was black again, but the lid was gone. 30 colorful pills floated over the pot, waiting for Leo to collect them. They ca in seven colors â€“ Red, blue, green, yellow, black, purple, and white. Each round pill was an inch thick.

"Oh, neat. 30 balls at once?"

Leo purchased a large glass bowl for this occasion. He reached out to pick up the floating pills. But as soon as he touched one of them, the workshop system inford him of the result.

"Wut da hail?"

Leo frowned and glanced at the seven floating system windows around him. Each displayed the effects of the pills.

Lesser tal Grain PillI think you should take a look at

- Satisfy the hunger for 48 hours.

- Improve blood circulation and internal organ efficiency by 15% for 48 hours.

- Increase lifespan by two years.

- Increase tal Qi by two years' worth of cultivation.

Inferior Fire Grain Pill