Chapter 67: The Charm Of Gold Coins
As for the Psychic Secret Potion, only one black goat eye was needed in the formula, but Tang Qi was not naive enough to think that he was a super-genius and that he could succeed on the first try. Although he did fully receive all the knowledge of Professor Kassel's secret pharmaceutical medicine.
But theory is one thing, and practice is another.
So he rounded up all the black goat eyes at Thorne's stall and made an appointment with him for next week's shipment. Before leaving, he bought a beautiful pebble from the little Loli Julie. He held it in his hand and walked to the next stall.
At the same time, he silently calculated some of the most important materials on the list.
Secret pharmacy was different from other occupations.
To some extent, it was closely connected with ordinary people.
Many herbs used by ordinary people to treat diseases, or detoxify poisons, could be materials of a certain secret medicine formula.
Because of this, Tang Qi's special ability was not so useful here.
That meant that many of the materials needed by Tang Qi couldn't be classified into the extraordinary domain, so they couldn't simulate Tang Qi's ability and couldn't be identified in the shortest time.
But for this occasion, Tang Qi's appetite was a bit big.
He knew about this place because of the information from Professor Kassel, who had found some secret medicine materials in this gathering, thus mixing the spider monster secret medicine, and transforming his own female assistant and guard captain into big spiders.
Professor Kassel's goal was simple, there was only one secret medicine, and the time was sufficient.
But Tang Qi was different, he wanted to mix more than one secret medicine, at least five of them.
If Professor Kassel was here at this time, he would've complained about it directly, "Greedy little guy, arrogant high school student, you're trampling my IQ, you'll definitely fail, and all will end in disaster."
That's right, Tang Qi's behavior seemed somewhat arrogant.
Professor Kassel had grasped the secret pharmaceutical arts for a long time. Although he didn't really pay attention to it until he got cancer, it was probably because the spirit tide began to return at that time, that the secret medicine that he thought would be ineffective actually began to work.
Even so, his attainments in secret pharmacy should be close to that of an apprentice, definitely stronger than Tang Qi, who just grasped theoretical knowledge.
But even he didn't dare to challenge five Secret Medicines one after another.
To this, Tang Qi's explanation was very reasonable. If the secret medicine was only secret medicine, he would naturally not be so arrogant, and would only practice it step by step. But in his eyes, the secret pharmacy was not only knowledge but also a skill.
This reason was sufficient.
He may fail at first because of his low proficiency, but once he gets practice, everything would be different.
Other novices of the secret pharmaceutical arts may work hard to collect a lot of materials and spend countless money. In the end, they may not be able to refine anything, and all would end in failure. In fact, for Professor Kassel to prepare the spider monster potion, it took him several years of his salary to get started.
He was an honorary professor at a university, and those numbers were terrifying.
But this would never happen to him.
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"In addition to the black goat eyes, the psychic secret medicine also needed some other main materials, such black crystal powder, some white pine leaves, and a dozen kinds of auxiliary materials that were not difficult to obtain."
"But the other four secret medicines are more troublesome. In less than three hours, are there enough time to find them all?"
Tang Qi suddenly slowed down his pace and frowned slightly.
This gathering was held once a week.
If Tang Qi had enough time, he naturally wouldn't have to rush. He could wait until next time.
But Tang Qi always had a strong sense of urgency in his heart, which drove him to speed up his progress time after time. Most of his combat power now came from Meditation Methodnand the Blood Python One. The Chaga Fighting Style could also be included.
These means have a great deterrent power in the face of things such as resentful spirits and evil spirits.
But if the opponent also turned out to be an extraordinary person, he couldn't predict the result.
The emergence of secret pharmaceutical knowledge was a huge surprise for Tang Qi.
In order for his power to skyrocket in a short period of time, perhaps it was a little difficult for other extraordinary professions, but with secret medicine it was possible.
At first, Tang Qi wanted to directly tackle the "Rubber Man Secret Medicine". According to Professor Kassel's memory information, of the three basic secret medicines, the other two, "The Wind's Language Secret Medicine" and "Psychic Secret Medicine", were the true foundation. As long as you practiced carefully, you could basically master them.
But the rubber man secret medicine was different, and the difficulty was unimaginably high. However, high difficulty came with high benefits. Once the rubber man's secret medicine was successfully configured, it meant that the highest basic combat level of the Primal Secret Pharmacy School would be completed.
The Primal Secret Pharmacy School, because of its admiration for nature, its combat power was far inferior to that of the Mayan school, which led to its early disappearance in the long course of history.
But when Tang Qi searched his memory, he found that it was actually a misconception.
At least, there was a mysterious potion in this school that was terribly difficult to refine. If it could be made, even if the combat effectiveness of the person who took it couldn't be compared with a god, they would definitely surpass a few of the so-called twelve holy disciples.
The secret potion was actually a series, starting with the [Rubber Man Secret Potion], and then the rubber warrior, rubber demon, and finally the rubber god, the ultimate rubber mystery potion. Once swallowed, one would be almost immortal, and their power extremely dreadful.
Unfortunately, the difficulty of this series of secret potions was so high that the entire school was destroyed without being able to configure the last God of Rubber.
Knowing this, Tang Qi had to choose a new series.
It was a series of strengthening products that could be refined below the apprentice level of the secret pharmaceutical arts. Of course, it was also because Tang Qi had no other choice. In addition to the rubber man series, the school only had two strengthening series, and he chose this one.
Starting with the [Swiftness Secret Potion], Advanced Phantom Secret Potion, followed by Obscurity Secret Potion, and finally at the end of the series, "Mist Body Secret Potion".
There were four kinds of materials in total, but strictly speaking, none of them were repeated. Therefore, it was a big project to collect them all.
On this trip, he only needed to find the main ingredients, and those auxiliary ingredients could be purchased in bulk from Herb Street and Ore Street on Midtown Avenue, but it was still very difficult.
But soon, Tang Qi thought of a solution.
His eyes suddenly fell on the tent that occupied the largest site at the center of the trade fair.
Because this was a gathering without an organizer, Tang Qi had nowhere to hire people to help.
However, in a wandering circus, there must be a lot of handyman apprentices who were willing to run errands for him, and the head of the circus would not refuse such a large sum of money that fell from the sky. After all, there were only a few apprentices. He could wait and collect the money.
What Tang Qi needed to do was to draw the required materials, distribute them, and then pay.
With this thought, Tang Qi leisurely walked into the wandering circus where a variety of interesting things gathered together, and the process was as smooth as Tang Qi imagined. The obese circus head couldn't refuse the charm of the "Divine Grace" at all.
He happily lent five apprentices to Tang Qi. He then arranged the tasks one by one and promised that after completing the tasks, he would give the five apprentices who were no more than a few years younger than himself a considerable tip. They all thanked him and happily set off.
Tang Qi, who was so nervous before, suddenly had nothing to do. After silently humming "The Charm of Gold Coins", Tang Qi, who was doing nothing, could not help but start wandering around.
Without the pressure of collecting the secret potion materials, Tang Qi quickly discovered that there were many interesting places hidden in this gathering.
Translated by: James1kd2
Edited by: UnderTheMoon