RNP Chapter 9: I'm so short of money!
Chapter 9: I'm so short of money!
The prescriptions from Wan Yao Zhai all have covers, so you can only see the name of the prescription and not its contents.
Xiao Zheng's panel requires the content to be viewed before it can be added.
He reached for the prescription, but was spotted by a sharp-eyed shop assistant who scolded him, "What are you doing? You're not allowed to look if you're not buying anything."
Xiao Zheng awkwardly withdrew his hand; it seemed he could only buy one.
His gaze swept over the prices of the various prescriptions again, finally settling on one that cost only 100 gold coins.
The prescription is called "Ningqi San," and it is a first-grade non-elixir type prescription.
The Qi Condensation Powder is taken orally or applied to the body. It can slightly increase the cultivation speed during the Battle Qi stage, and it is extremely cheap on the market.
Therefore, its prescription is naturally not expensive.
Xiao Zheng decided to buy this non-elixir-type medicine formula, but he didn't know how the panel worked on the alchemy aspect.
Can you include prescriptions?
After being included, how does proficiency increase?
For the panel, if you want to become an alchemist, do you just need to refine non-elixir-type pills, or do you need to refine elixir-type pills?
If it's just about refining non-dan-type pills, then it will save him a lot of money.
Xiao Zheng pointed to the prescription for the Qi Condensation Powder and said, "Brother, give me a prescription for the Qi Condensation Powder."
As he spoke, he counted out 100 gold coins and placed them on the table.
The shop assistant nodded, then took out the prescription and handed it to Xiao Zheng.
Xiao Zheng then said to the shop assistant, "Give me ten sets of medicinal materials for refining Qi Condensation Powder."
The price of Ningqi Powder itself is very low, so the medicinal materials used to refine it are naturally not very expensive.
Xiao Zheng felt that the biggest cost of this Qi Condensation Powder was probably the prescription itself.
So he bought several sets of medicinal herbs, so that if he failed to refine the medicine a few times, he wouldn't have to go out and buy more.
The shop assistant nodded and gestured to Xiao Zheng, "Please wait in the lobby, sir."
This was clearly out of concern that Xiao Zheng might peek at other prescriptions.
Eh!
What about trust between people?
Xiao Zheng left the inner room and returned to the main hall.
Only then did the shop assistant go to prepare the medicine for him.
At this moment, a middle-aged man was standing behind the counter in the lobby.
This man is the manager of this Wan Yao Zhai (a traditional Chinese medicine shop).
The shopkeeper seemed thoughtful when he saw Xiao Zheng holding the prescription for the Qi Condensation Powder.
This child looks no more than fourteen or fifteen or sixteen years old; he probably bought the prescription to try his hand at alchemy.
He shook his head slightly. Alchemists are not like cultivators; not just anyone can become one.
This young man is likely to end in failure.
Of course, although the shopkeeper didn't think highly of Xiao Zheng, he didn't make sarcastic remarks towards him.
Before long, the shop assistant packed up the medicinal herbs that Xiao Zheng needed and brought them to him.
The shop assistant held up three fingers: "30 gold coins."
Xiao Zheng nodded and quickly handed over the money and goods.
He took the medicinal herbs and left the Wan Yao Zhai.
At this moment, Xiao Zheng was focused on trying to refine medicine as soon as possible, so he changed his previous plan to eat and drink to his heart's content and instead bought some food casually.
He then found an inn, paid 30 gold coins, and rented a room.
After entering the guest room, Xiao Zheng walked to a chair, sat down, took out the prescription he had bought, and began to read it.
He had only read a few words when the system notification appeared.
[The prescription for Ningqi Powder was discovered]
[Is it included?]
【whether】
Xiao Zheng's eyes lit up, and the corners of his mouth turned up slightly: "My panel can really store prescriptions."
He opened the attribute panel and saw that there were two new lines of data below the "Different Flames" section.
[Identity: Alchemist (No Rank, 0/1)]
[Prescription: Qi-Condensing Powder (First Grade)]
These two lines of data mean that as long as the prescription is included, Xiao Zheng can become an alchemist by improving his liver proficiency.
Of course, after completing the training, if you want to be recognized by others, you still need to take the certification exam. This only means that you are qualified.
Looking at the 0/1, Xiao Zheng thought to himself, "I wonder if this proficiency can be increased by refining any grade one pill, or if it depends on the pill type."
In the Dou Qi Continent, pills of the Dan type are much more difficult to refine than those of the non-Dan type.
Of course, before conducting this experiment, Xiao Zheng had one more thing to do: generate a battle qi flame specifically for alchemists.
As mentioned earlier, after Xiao Zheng upgraded his panel, his control over battle qi became incredibly precise.
Therefore, he believed that even without a medicine cauldron, he could still condense the battle qi flames used by alchemists.
Xiao Zheng conducted the experiment. He simply raised his hand and easily achieved his goal, condensing a flame of battle qi.
However, perhaps because he also possessed the lightning attribute, his alchemist's battle aura flames crackled and crackled with electricity.
The flames of this battle aura were generally silvery-white, but within that silvery-white, there was a distinct yellow tinge, and occasionally sparks would fly when it burned.
Let's call this battle qi flame "Thunderfire Battle Qi Flame" for now.
Although this battle qi flame is neither thunderous nor fiery, it's fine as long as it can be used for alchemy.
At that moment, Xiao Zheng suddenly had an idea.
If the opportunity arises in the future, I might consider collecting some strange flames, as this would obviously improve the effectiveness of my medicine.
Of course, the strange fire was still too far away for Xiao Zheng, who was only a one-star Dou Zhe, so he didn't think about it.
After settling the matter of the battle qi flames, the next step was to refine the medicine.
Because he already had the recipe for the Qi Condensation Powder, he was very familiar with the refining process.
Xiao Zheng began refining the Qi Condensation Powder according to the refining steps.
As a very basic medicine with poor efficacy, Ningqi San is naturally not difficult to refine.
However, since he was new to alchemy, his first attempt ended in failure, and he also failed the second time.
Xiao Zheng's lips twitched slightly.
Two consecutive failures made him doubt whether he had any talent for alchemy.
However, the thought that even a genius like Xiao Yan couldn't succeed on his first try gave him renewed motivation.
the third time.
the fourth time……
Finally, during his fourth attempt at refining, Xiao Zheng successfully refined his first Qi Condensation Powder.
He hurriedly opened the panel to check his proficiency level.
[Identity: Alchemist (No Rank, 0/1)]
The proficiency level of the alchemist remained unchanged.
This means that to increase this proficiency, one would probably need to refine pills of the pill type.
The prescriptions for pill-type elixirs are very expensive...
We're short of money!
Xiao Zheng sighed softly and put away the prescription and ingredients.
He went downstairs to the lobby for dinner, then returned to his room to rest until the early hours of the morning before beginning his second day of cultivation.
The following morning.
Xiao Zheng's Thunder Pattern Technique has gained another 1 point of proficiency, reaching 6/11.
He went downstairs to eat breakfast and thought about ways to make money while eating.
Xiao Zheng is not an alchemist yet. Although he has successfully refined Qi Condensation Powder, the cost-effectiveness of that thing is too low, and he can't make much money from it.
Therefore, we need to find a better way to make money.
In the early stages, he didn't need to earn much; he only needed to earn enough to cover the cost of the cheapest first-grade pill formula.
Aside from alchemy, the things Xiao Zheng can do now are hunting magical beasts, working as a mercenary, and digging for medicinal herbs in the Magical Beast Mountain Range.
Or do something simpler, like doing odd jobs or something...
Of course, the latter is too slow to generate income, so it's not worth considering at all.
Xiao Zheng ultimately decided to hunt first-tier magical beasts or become a mercenary, while digging for medicinal herbs was excluded from his plans.
Because Xiao Zheng is completely ignorant about various medicinal herbs and has no ability to identify them.
However, his current strength is still too weak; he is only a one-star Dou Zhe.
With this level of skill, one would easily die if hunting monsters or working as a mercenary.
I need to grind the progress first and improve my strength before we talk about anything else!
Xiao Zheng left the hotel and decided to rent a house.
He inquired around Qingshan Town and finally found someone renting out houses in a corner of the town. He rented a secluded and quiet courtyard for 300 gold coins a month.
Xiao Zheng decided that he would train intensely for the next month to improve his proficiency in the cultivation technique!