Chapter 8

"Don't think too much about useless things. With your talent in identifying herbs, I recommend you study hard. You'll have a good future ahead of you." Mr. Ge spoke like an old man, but he was thinking for Xia Chuan's sake.

Xia Chuan said, "I understand. Thank you, Mr. Ge."

Mr. Ge said, "It's late, go home. Come early tomorrow."

Xia Chuan asked, "Master Ge, can you give me a few herbs?"

"What kind of herbs?" Mr. Ge asked.

Xia Chuan picked up a pen and paper from the table beside him and wrote down more than twenty medicinal ingredients in one go. According to the efficacy of these medicinal ingredients, he could make a low-order version of the Body Tempering Medn and Marrow Cleansing Medn.

"That's all." Xia Chuan handed the paper to Mr. Ge after he was done writing.

Mr. Ge looked at the herbs written on the paper and his mouth twitched. The lowest grade of these herbs was 200 years old, and some of them were 800 years old. He calculated and found that their total value exceeded 7,000 gold coins.

"No, not at all." Mr. Ge threw the piece of paper back to Xia Chuan angrily.

"Yes, I saw it on the second floor..."

"I said I don't have it, so get lost," Mr. Ge said as he picked up the broom, ready to slap Xia Chuan.

Xia Chuan jumped in shock. How could this old man become hostile just like that?

Seeing the broom fly towards him, Xia Chuan grabbed it and started to run.

Seeing Xia Chuan leave, Mr. Ge wiped his sweat and thought, "No, the second floor has to be locked."

After leaving the Hundred-grass Hall, Xia Chuan did not immediately return to the Ye Family. Instead, he found a herb hall and sold the three Physique Medns in his hand for 150 gold coins. After that, he began to purchase in a purchasing manner.

First of all, he spent 50 gold coins to buy a pile of herbs used to refine Physique Medns. These herbs were mostly grown by farmers and were not worth much. 50 gold coins to buy a total of three bags of them.

Xia Chuan then spent five gold coins to buy a steel furnace. It wasn't that he didn't want to buy a Medn furnace, it was that he didn't sell it at all. There was only one alchemist in the governor's mansion in Qingyang City, so how could there be a Medn furnace for sale? Xia Chuan could only buy a fire furnace to pool his pockets.

In the end, Xia Chuan spent five gold coins to purchase dozens of porcelain bottles.

Calculating the total, he had spent sixty gold coins. Thus, he still had ninety gold coins left on him.

"Poor guy."

Xia Chuan sighed inside. By the time he returned to the Ye household, the sky had already darkened.

"It just so happens that I can refine Medns tonight."

Xia Chuan did as he said and immediately set up a fire stove in the room. These were all ordinary herbs which could be refined with firewood.

In fact, this didn't count as refining Medns at all. To put it bluntly, it was to refine these herbs into a paste according to the proportion, and then make them into Medns when they cooled down.

There was no difficulty or failure for Xia Chuan. He finished refining the herbs in less than two hours, then waited for the herbs to cool down. Finally, he kneaded the dough.

"I wonder if Saint Alchemy will lift the coffin board and jump out to slap me to death if he finds out he's rolling up meatballs in the middle of the night?"

Xia Chuan rubbed the Medns as he begged his master for mercy.

"There's nothing I can do about it. The situation is pressing. Master, if you're aware in hell, please don't blame me..."

Xia Chuan rubbed the medn and looked at it. It was about the same as the Physique Medn from before. Smelling it, he felt that the medicinal effect should be a bit better than the Physique Medn. After all, the medicinal ingredients he had bought were all hand-picked.

In truth, this Physique Medn was useless to cultivators. But for ordinary people, it was not bad that it could strengthen the body and relieve fatigue.

Xia Chuan rubbed for an entire hour, for a total of fifty Physique Medns. He divided the Medns into ten bottles, with five Medns per bottle. Fifty gold coins of herbs made for fifty Physique Medns, for an average cost of one gold coin per Medn.

However, a Physique Medn could be sold for fifty gold coins, the profit margin was fifty times higher ah! Earning two thousand five hundred gold coins in one night, an alchemist is indeed worthy of being ranked at the top of the wealthy occupation.

In truth, Xia Chuan didn't know that because his soul energy was powerful, his control over the flame was extremely precise. He hadn't lost much of it. An ordinary alchemist would only be able to refine around thirty medicinal ingredients in the same quantity as him because of the severe exhaustion. But even so, it was still a huge profit.

It seems that, no matter if it's on this wasted star or the Domain of Heaven, alchemists are indeed the most profitable occupations.

Xia Chuan carefully put the ten porcelain bottles away in the middle of the night and lay contentedly on the bed to sleep.

Xia Chuan slept until noon, and when he opened the door, he saw Ye Ling'er holding a box while standing at the door.

"I waited half a day for you. Are you a pig? You didn't wake up until now." Ye Ling'er was dissatisfied.

"What is it?" asked Xia Chuan.

"This is the goddess that Mr. Ge gifted me yesterday. I forgot to ask Mr. Ge how to consumed it. Do you know?"

Ye Linger opened the box and saw the Fairy full of red fruits."

"A 160-year-old godness. Good stuff!"

Xia Chuan felt a burst of shame for thinking of this. He was actually greedy for this trash medicinal ingredient.

It went without saying that after rubbing the Medns for a night and seeing medicinal ingredients that were over a hundred years old, Xia Chuan's heart began to pound.

The environment could indeed change a person.

"Do you know how to use this goddess?" asked Ye Ling-er impatiently.

Xia Chuan said, "It can be boiled soup for consumption, or it can be ground into juice and applied externally."

Ye Ling'er said, "How is it the best?"

"To make a Cosmetic Cultivation Medn of course," replied Xia Chuan reflexively.

Ye Ling'er was surprised. "A Cosmetic Cultivation Medn? Is it effective?"

"It can delay aging for ten years, which is more than a hundred times better than applying it to yourself."

Xia Chuan looked at the godness inside the case, wondering whether or not he should get his hands on it. After all, this godness was one of the supplementary ingredients for the low grade Marrow Cleansing Medn. If he gave it to her, it really would be a waste.

"But no one knows how to refine Medns at home," said Ye Ling'er helplessly.

"I will!" Xia Chuan wanted to slap himself. For a godness, he had exposed his secret.

"You know alchemy?" asked Ye Ling'er incredulously.

"I can't cultivate, can I? I have nothing to do, so I read some books about alchemy and learned a little."

After saying that, Xia Chuan felt a burst of shame. He had actually lied to a little girl just for a one-hundred-sixty-year-old godness.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry. Master, I had no choice." Xia Chuan turned his head away from the godness.

"You really know how to refine Medns?" Ye Ling'er stared at Xia Chuan in disbelief.

"If you don't believe me, then forget about it." Xia Chuan turned around to leave. He was worried about not being able to control himself and snatching the godness from Ye Ling'er's hands.

Xia Chuan had only just taken a step when Ye Ling-er held him back.Delaying aging for ten years was too enticing. Ye Ling-er decided to take the risk. At most, she would lose a single medicinal ingredient. When the time came, she would go find Mr. Ge.

"Alright, I'll trust you this once." Ye Ling'er handed the wooden box to Xia Chuan.

Xia Chuan took the wooden case and smiled. "I'll get it in three days."

"Okay, you'd better not lie to me."

Intimidatingly, Ye Ling'er brandished her fists as she turned around and left.

Xia Chuan was delighted and returned to his room to hide the wooden case before leaving the Ye household.

Xia Chuan didn't directly go to the Hundred-grass Hall. Instead, he sold the ten bottles of Physique Medns for 2500 gold coins. He was afraid of taking out too many at once and drawing unnecessary trouble, so he went to ten herb halls to sell them all.

Physique Medns had the effect of strengthening the body, and were useless for cultivators, but they were still useful for martial artists of the Tianyuan Continent. Moreover, the City Lord had deliberately controlled the amount. It could be said that this Physique Medn was a hard currency. If a pharmacy accepted it for fifty gold coins, then it could be sold for fifty to sixty gold coins. It was very easy to sell.

After selling the Physique Medn, Xia Chuan had earned 3400 gold coins. He could be considered a little rich man. But after all the trouble he'd gone through, it was already past one in the morning when Xia Chuan arrived at the Hundred-grass Hall. Mr. Ge was extremely dissatisfied and gave him a harsh lecture.

It had to be said that the work of the Hundred-grass Hall was very leisurely. Only one guest came in the afternoon, and a medicine-collecting uncle came to sell a 130-year-old wild ginseng. The wild ginseng had just been picked up, and its roots were still a little dirt. Finally, after a fierce bargaining, Mr. Ge spent 300 gold coins to buy it.

Mr. Ge put the wild ginseng away and told Xia Chuan to register. He then brought Xia Chuan to the second floor and put the wild ginseng away and marked it with a label.

When Mr. Ge went up to the second floor, he found that there was something wrong with Xia Chuan's eyes. When he looked at the herbs on the second floor, his eyes lit up, which made him vigilant. After closing, he decided to buy a golden lock and lock the second floor as well.

"Mr. Ge, I want to buy a few herbs."

Xia Chuan once more wrote down a list of medicinal ingredients, but this time there weren't many. There were only six types, all around a hundred years old. These medicinal ingredients were for Xia Chuan to refine the Cosmetic Cultivation Medn. Since he had promised Ye Ling'er, he naturally wouldn't go back on his word.

"No, no, get lost!" Mr. Ge was a little scared when he heard that Xia Chuan wanted more herbs.

Xia Chuan said, "Mr. Ge, I'll buy it."

"Buy? Do you have the money?" Mr. Ge asked patiently.

Xia Chuan took out his banknote and slapped it on the table.

Mr. Ge was startled when he saw the large stack of bank notes. He counted them—a full three thousand taels of gold.

"Where did you get so much money?" Mr. Ge looked confused.

"It's not stolen or robbed anyway. Are you selling it? If not, I'll go buy it from the Huang family," said Xia Chuan as he kept the banknote.

As one of the three prominent families in Qingyang City, the Huang and Zhou families were also involved in the herb business.

Mr. Ge said, "What herbs? Let me see."

Xia Chuan handed the list over.

Mr. Ge let out a silent sigh of relief when he saw that there were only six types of herbs. Moreover, they weren't very old either.

Xia Chuan replied, "I've seen them before. They are all on the second floor."

Mr. Ge huffed, "I'll give you a discount, 1,600 taels of gold."

"Sure, let's get the medicine." Xia Chuan counted out 1,600 gold bills and put them on the table, keeping the rest in his pocket.

"Wait."

Mr. Ge took the list and went upstairs. After a while, he came back with the herbs and handed them to Xia Chuan.

Xia Chuan did not stand on ceremony and walked out of the hall with the herbs.

After leaving the Hundred-grass Hall, Xia Chuan went straight to the largest blacksmith store in the city.

"Young Master, may I ask what you need? This is the largest blacksmith shop in Qingyang City that can forge all kinds of weapons."

As soon as Xia Chuan entered, a blacksmith came forward to greet him.

"Can this be made?" Xia Chuan took out a drawing and handed it to her.

The Blacksmith took the piece of paper and looked at it, confusion written all over his face. "Prince, what kind of weapon is this? Why does it look so strange?"

"This is not a weapon, this is a Medn furnace," Xia Chuan replied.

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