Gu Zuo naturally had a reason for searching for the required herbs of these dicinal pills.
He was in a relationships with Gongyi Tianheng where they shared glory and loss together. In any case, when any dicinal herbs were refined, dicinal qi would be produced. Even when he wanted to try refining new dicinal pills, he would choose those that were the most useful to Tianheng.
First of all, the Ageless Pill’s na seed very strange... Ageless — Stopping the aging process? Under this curiosity, he looked up the dicinal pill’s description.
With one look, he finally understood. It was the other world’s version of costics!
Although the current martial artists aged slowly, when they were at Xiantian or lower, the changes beca obvious once their ages pa.s.sed forty. It could be said that the n were indifferent, but for won, it was a big problem!
In the modern era, when Gu Zuo worked as an apprentice at a drugstore, he saw many won purchasing Chinese dicines that would clear their acne or nourish their skin. There were many costics that ca and went for one’s external appearance. It could be clearly seen that there were no limits for won in the pursuit of beauty and youth!
It could be said that in the modern era, the money won earned was already a forgone conclusion. Even the children understood this.
Thus, when Gu Zuo read about the Ageless Pill, he imdiately thought about...the amount of money his big brother could earn using it.
Gu Zuo also used his brains. Similar to the Qi Generating Pill and the Rejuvenation Pill, those kinds of dicinal pills that could contribute to one’s cultivation would undermine the continent’s recognized standards of dicine refinent. Carelessly unloading huge quant.i.ties would certainly cause social and political unrest. However, the Ageless Pill was different. The Ageless Pill could consistently preserve one’s appearance to a particular year.
Also, the Ageless Pill wouldn’t hold much importance with martial artists who placed their efforts in increasing their strength. It would only be popular with female martial artists and among the won who wanted to maintain their beauty. Although it was a new variety of dicinal pill, it could still attract so greed. However, regarding the Gongyi Clan, such a Clan basically wouldn’t produce too big of a disturbance — Over the course of dozens of years, each of the Five Great Clans could launch several new dicinal pills. The whole thing was very normal.
There was no doubt that the Ageless Pill was very important, but it hadn’t reached the point that it would make Gu Zuo anxious.
What made him all tanged up inside was actually the Xiantian Pill.
As the na implied, the Xiantian Pill was a dicinal pill that helped people make breakthroughs in advancing to Xiantian!
Because Gongyi Tianheng was soaking in the Azure Dragon Pool, Gu Zuo was very sensitive to the word “Xiantian.” He saw it while browsing prescriptions, and his heart lurched. As a matter of fact, shouldn’t he research this imdiately?
And once he studied it, he realized that this thing was the real deal!
Gu Zuo instantly felt incomprehensible: If big brother had this Xiantian Pill, then did he still need to soak in that so-called Azure Dragon Pool?
However, after a careful read-through, he felt that his own thinking was too simple.
The Xiantian Pill had two kinds of refinent thods:
The first kind didn’t seem so complex. There were forty nine kinds of herbs needed, but there were three to four among them that he’d never heard of before;
The second kind was very complex. It needed a total of eighty one dicinal herbs. Although the herbs were all common, it still required a prir. That prir was...a Xiantian martial artist’s blood.
With the two refinent thods, the forr’s difficulty needn’t be ntioned, so only the latter would be explained. What kind of respectable person was a Xiantian martial artist? Could they be forced to bleed themselves for a person to refine into pills? Moreover, the quant.i.ties used couldn’t be considered too low. Each dosage of required Xiantian blood was as much as half a liter. Equivalently, one couldn’t draw more than five hundred milliters in a modern blood donation!
However, if it really could be refined...
Gu Zuo wiped his face.
If it really could be refined, his big brother’s Tianlong Guard subordinates might be able to beco the Xiantian Tianlong Guard in the future!
To put it briefly, Gu Zuo used this trip to see if he could find those couple of dicinal herbs he never heard of before. He would also offhandedly check on the rarity and price levels of the incomparably complex herbs for the Ageless Pill, and so on.
If his luck was good, then that’d be fantastic.
Gu Zuo maintained this kind of thinking from when he started his search with the first store.
Naturally, he also wasn’t searching blindly.
Gu Zuo had read through all of the Gongyi Clan’s books pertaining to dicinal herbs. Gongyi Tianheng also raked in so lone or rare books from the markets to give to him. They were all firmly morized by him. It could be said that, for the endemic herbs of the Cangyun Empire, he was familiar with at least eighty to ninety percent of them. He’d also never forgot to solidify this piece of his foundations. And on the other hand, Gu Zuo also obtained a new book so ti ago ent.i.tled >.
It was sothing that the long-silent system had suddenly given him. This was an indication of the rewards he gained from completing a long-term mission continuously for a year. It contained the morphology of the dicinal ingredients for those three texts [1]. The diagrams and words were especially reliable.
Gu Zuo spent a certain amount of ti to completely morize this dicinal Ingredient Record. It gave him the confidence to look for treasures while out shopping — Yes, there were many stores and even street stalls where so dicinal herbs would show up, and everyone would overlook the power contained within. Once these dicinal herbs were displayed, it let people view or purchase them for research. Ultimately, one could even give them nas.
A world of dicinal herbs was constantly enriched. To a great extent, it was due to the acc.u.mulation over the course of generations.
Under Dragon Two’s directions, Gu Zuo walked in front of a corner table.
There were many small boxes on the table, and each small box was packed with sothing that emitted different odors.
Gu Zuo was a little nervous as he carefully examined those things one by one.
rely, after he looked through them all, he didn’t find the necessary ingredients for the Xiantian Pill. Instead, there were other herbs written down in the dicinal Ingredient Record that he picked up to save for later.
After the first round of selection, Gu Zuo arrived at the sales counter.
This shop’s owner was middle-aged and fat. He cordially welcod Gu Zuo over: “Does little brother have sothing to show to ?”
Gu Zuo pushed two wooden boxes forward, and turned his head to look at Dragon Two.
He already returned the golden banknotes he received on that trip back then. Now, however, he didn’t have any money on hand...
Dragon Two was calm and collected.
As befitting of an outstanding Tianlong guardsman, he had the authority to transfer a portion of funds into his hands. Imdiately and without the slightest hesitation, he handed over one golden banknote: “This should cover it [2].”
The mont the middle-aged fat man saw the banknote’s denomination, a smile promptly spread across his whole face: “So much! This small shop will return the change!”
While he was talking, he fumbled around in a drawer to make so calculations. He was long-winded as he gossiped with Gu Zuo, “I must say, little brother. Do you know anything about the two dicinal herbs you chose? If you do, so long as you’re willing to sell the information to this small shop, I can give you a good price...”
Gu Zuo forced a chuckle: “This is... Ahem, I’m not familiar with them. They just look very interesting, so I wanted to take them back for my collection. I’ll slowly research them later on.”
The middle-aged fat man was still calculating, and his smile was still enthusiastic: “Aiya [3], so it turns out that little brother is a pharmacist? How rude of . Sorry!”
Gu Zuo’s heart shuddered, and a guarded feeling rose up.
He secretly thought: At last, it’s ti to test my acting skills!
After that, Gu Zuo slightly bowed his head, his eyes a little sad: “En, it’s impossible for to beco a pharmacist.”
The longer he spoke, the smaller his voice beca. It was raising a topic that deeply grieved him.
In the back, Dragon Two’s acting was also very good and his facial control was particularly strong. At this ti, he didn’t have any expression, but within that blank face was sothing that could make a person realize that there was a bit of sorrow.
The middle-aged fat man also knew not to inquire further. Currently, he made change for the small golden banknote and offered it with both hands: “If there’s anything else that strikes little brother’s fancy, don’t hesitate to pick it up.”
Gu Zuo shook his head: “There’s nothing else.”
Apart from looking for diamonds in the rough, the discounted dicines in dicine shops were definitely more expensive than those that were sold wholesale. Only a fool would buy them outside!
“Then, take care little brother!~”
“Goodbye.”
While they were talking, Gu Zuo and Dragon Two left the shop.
It seed that there were many of these kinds of treasure hunters. Previously, the middle-aged fat man didn’t know how to properly investigate, and simply tested the waters. However, now he felt that he was overthinking things and didn’t pay too much attention to them.
At this ti, Gu Zuo went to the second shop just adjacent to the first one. And as before, he made a beeline for the corner table.
He didn’t find what he needed this ti around, and just collected a few rarities...
Unwittingly, an entire morning pa.s.sed as he continuously searched for treasures.
Without delay, Dragon Two stepped forward: “Little master, you should eat.”
They had to keep up their disguises while they were outside.
Gu Zuo looked on distractedly, but responded by nodding his head: “Where should we eat? I don’t want to go back first...”
Returning in the afternoon when he still had to get results was too troubleso.
Dragon Two said: “There are places nearby where you can grab a bite. I’ll have to ask little master to follow this subordinate.”
Gu Zuo naturally agreed.
As a result, it wasn’t too long before Dragon Two brought Gu Zuo to the largest restaurant nearby.
Dragon Two intended on going to a private room.
However, Gu Zuo felt that, although his surrogate big brother was very wealthy, it wasn’t necessary for two people to eat in a private room. He could handle this casually. So, the final choice was a place next to the railing of the second floor.
When he lowered his head, he could see the lobby below. When he turned his head, he could see the distant scenery outside so windows.
Gu Zuo felt it was very suitable. After sitting at the table, he ordered several of this place’s signature dishes.
To tell the truth, the standards of the dicinal cuisines he refined were pretty good, but real cooking was out of the question. The flavors of his previous dicinal cuisines were good, but that was part of his refinent techniques. Yet, he didn’t find this satisfactory. dicinal cuisines were also als. His big brother was filthy rich, so since he could study more, he would just do so.
It was also called making the most of one’s ti for self-improvent.
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It was very lively below. While waiting for the dishes, Gu Zuo watched several things with rapt attention.
Perhaps the reason why the majority had the finances to spend here was due to all of them being martial artists. Many of the rough n down there had their spittle flying as they talked about their own or another person’s hunts and adventurous tales.
Gu Zuo listened to them and had a kind of relaxed feeling.
Sure enough, the location didn’t matter. Everyone liked to chat around a table and share in that emotional connection...
Soon, the dishes arrived. Gu Zuo had Dragon Two co over to sit and savor the food himself.
At this ti, he suddenly heard a familiar na. After he blanked out for a second, he p.r.i.c.ked up his ears.
The aforentioned was precisely the Gongyi Clan’s Gongyi Tianheng.
The content of the talks were that Tianheng recovered from his incurable disease and succeeded in practicing martial arts. Moreover, there was a rumor that he also received the recognition of the Cangyun Emperor. As for the reason why Gu Zuo could hear them so clearly from the second floor — It was because the people below began to argue.
For instance, they argued about how strong Tianheng was compared to the other four great young masters, the specifics on when he could start practicing martial arts, and so on.
During this argunt, soone suddenly brought up a point. Gongyi Tianheng’s complete recovery was due to a prescription. As for which specific prescription, this led to the curiosity and investigations of countless people...
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[1] I think the author is referring to the three ancient texts the system gave Gu Zuo at the beginning of the story. Each text was specialized for dicinal cuisines, decoctions, and pills.
[2] 多退少补 - Duo tui shao bu, after a sum has been paid in advance, to either refund in case of overpaynt or be reimbursed in case of underpaynt.
[3] 哎呀 - Ai ya, an interjection for shock or wonder, similar to Wow!
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