He knew about flywire silver. This metal was extremely soft, and could be used as an additive in alloys to increase the flexibility of metals. However, no one would do that, because it was a very rare metal. It was not worth it in terms of price. He had never paid much attention to a rare metal like this, but it was not a problem to recognize it. Celestial stone was a type of gemstone. That was the only thing he knew about it.
The shape of the pendant was unique, like a wisp of smoke or flowing water, surrounding the Celestial stone. The pendant looked almost real, and the workmanship was exquisite. Unfortunately, Ye Chong's aesthetic standards were not up to par. To him, this was a classic case of flashy but impractical.
What really caught Ye Chong's attention was the dark amberjade ring. More accurately, it was the black bead embedded on the ring. It was a pure black bead without a single flaw. Most people would think that it was some kind of natural ornamental bead, but it was not. Ye Chong recognized the bead. It was a fruit of the Black Sifting Smoke Tree, called the smoke bead. Dark amberjade was a very rare jade, but compared to the smoke bead, the value of the two could not be compared.
In Lunatic Guan's chip, the Black Sifting Smoke Tree was classified as an extinct plant species. A Black Sifting Smoke Tree would only produce three smoke beads, which showed how rare the smoke bead was.
In the eyes of an average person, the Smoke Pearl was just an ordinary black pearl. However, in the eyes of an alchemist, it was a priceless treasure. The smoke bead was the bane of almost all intoxicants. Of course, almost. In Lunatic Guan's records, there were three types of intoxicants that could still harm the wearer of the smoke bead. They were Qian System's Illusory, Hanming School's Ice, and Jiu Family's Drunken Bliss. However, these three types of intoxicants could still weaken their effects. The smoke bead could still weaken their effects.
Battles between alchemists were usually silent, with no intense movements, no flashy changes, but the dangers involved were no less than mech battles or hand-to-hand combat. Life or death was often over in a matter of seconds. In this way, they were cloaked in a layer of mystery. However, its cruelty was like a nightmare in the eyes of ordinary people. For example, a person who died of scarlet sand dehydration would become a dried corpse. A dried corpse without any moisture.
This was a mysterious and little-known area.
In comparison, the alchemists from the Five Galaxies were all scholars. They only studied knowledge and were much more peaceful.
Ye Chong's understanding of this field came from Lunatic Guan. To him, it was only a theoretical understanding. However, it was only after using the Night Enchantment that he realized just how powerful an alchemist could be. If not for the Night Enchantment, he would not have survived. Without a sound, groups of people suddenly collapsed. It was definitely enough to shock people.
Ye Chong was most familiar with the knockout potions used by alchemists to attack. Even with his skills, Lunatic Guan could easily knock him out. The value of this smoke bead dark amulet jade ring was self-evident, and it would allow Ye Chong to move more freely in the forest.
He immediately put on the Onyx Soul Ring and the silver necklace. After some thought, Ye Chong decided to put it on as well. As for the other bits and pieces, Ye Chong could not find anything valuable, so he buried them together with the skeleton.
This discovery was a turning point in Ye Chong's difficult life in the forest.
With the smoke bead dark amulet jade ring, he did not have to worry about the poisonous miasma in the forest, or the intoxicating gas released by certain plants. The alchemy containers were simple, but they were still very convenient for Ye Chong.
The resources here were abundant, and he had more than enough to choose from.
The leaf bags that contained all sorts of ingredients were immediately replaced by countless alchemy products. There were healing medicines, detoxification agents, insect repellents, strong knockout potions, alchemy products that could mask his body odor, and so on. Ye Chong did not consider the value of these alchemy products. He made his alchemy plan based on his needs first.
He also made a large number of food pills. Food pills were a must-have for alchemists in ancient times. They were made from high-calorie, edible alchemy ingredients that could be easily absorbed by the human body. They were like nutrients, a form of food storage. There were many ingredients for food pills here, and Ye Chong chose the best ones. For example, pomegranates. Ye Chong made two whole leaf bags of food pills, enough to last him for two months.
"This is an alchemist's paradise," Ye Chong thought to himself. If only he could have a laboratory here, with all the necessary research equipment, that would be a blessing.
In a way, Ye Chong had the characteristics of a researcher.
Suddenly, Ye Chong thought of the skeleton, and could not help but feel a sense of respect for it.
Time passed very quickly, especially when there was something to do. Ye Chong had fallen in love with this place. There was no conflict here, but there were countless resources. It was like there were hidden treasures here, waiting for him to excavate. These days, Ye Chong's alchemy skills improved by leaps and bounds. Of course, the improvement was proportional to the number of plants he destroyed.
No other alchemist could be like Ye Chong, who had so many precious ingredients for alchemy at his disposal.
Ye Chong was getting used to the forest. The only thing that gave him a headache was the problem of direction. Until now, he still couldn't find the right direction in this impenetrable jungle.
He moved forward every day, although he was not sure if he was moving forward. Perhaps, he was walking in circles. The leaf bags in his hands were heavy, but this weight was nothing to Ye Chong, and did not affect his movements at all.
Perhaps it was because he had been eating the fruits of the plants, or because he had not been exposed to sunlight for days, but Ye Chong's skin was pale. His tall and slender figure and fair skin made him look even more delicate and refined. If Shang saw Ye Chong now, he would be surprised. However, Ye Chong did not care about his appearance.
Ye Chong looked like a barbarian, with leaf bags hanging all over his body and a sharpened wooden spear in his right hand. The spear was made from ironwood. One day, Ye Chong found an ironwood tree that was over 500 years old.
The ironwood tree was about 150 meters tall, and needed 12 to 13 people to encircle it. The appearance of the Heavy Iron Tree was very strange. Each of its branches was perfectly straight, as if they were artificially carved. Starting from the bottom, there would be a horizontal branch every thirty centimeters. The horizontal branch at the bottom was the shortest, and as it went up, these horizontal branches were arranged in a spiral shape. From afar, it looked like a thick and round pillar, with the horizontal branches forming a spiral ladder.
The wood of the Heavy Iron Tree was very hard. It was the hardest wood known. Of the branches, the lowest one was the hardest. Ye Chong chose the branch that was only about two meters long. If it were not for Ye Chong's sharp dagger, it would have taken him a lot of effort to cut the branch. Ye Chong had tried once, and was surprised to find that he could not break the horizontal branch with his bare hands. It was also the first time Ye Chong experienced the difficulty of cutting it with his dagger.
Ye Chong was surprised, but also overjoyed. A weapon made from such a hard material must be very good. Ye Chong spent the whole day making it into a wooden spear. He suddenly remembered the spiral pattern on the wooden spear he saw in the Sang Family Village. It could prevent the spear from slipping, and make it more stable when thrown. Ye Chong carefully carved the spiral pattern on the entire spear.
The final product was very satisfactory. The black spear body was unremarkable, and the fine spiral patterns were neat and orderly. The flat tip of the spear had three blood grooves of different depths. The entire spear was black, but if one looked closely, one would notice that the tip was as black as ink.
The one thing that this jungle didn't lack was poisonous plants. Ye Chong extracted the sap from five different poisonous plants, and made a mixture of poison. It was so potent that it could kill on contact with blood. Ye Chong believed that this mixture of poison was no less potent than the top poisons recorded in the chip.
Ye Chong soaked the tip of the wooden spear in the mixture at least 50 times. He was patient when it came into contact with his life-saving weapon. He did not expect the colorless mixture of poison to turn as black as ink upon contact with ironwood. Fortunately, ironwood itself was black, and the tip of the spear did not stand out too much.
The wooden spear was a lethal weapon, and even Ye Chong had to be careful when using it. If he was the one who was careless and had his skin cut by the spear tip, he would have died. The poison was so potent that there was no time to take an antidote. Besides, Ye Chong did not know which antidote would work.
As a precaution, Ye Chong wrapped the tip of the spear tightly in a leaf bag, and used it with extreme caution.
The forest was much bigger than Ye Chong expected. Ye Chong had been walking for a month, and still did not reach the end. Of course, it was also because he did not know his way, but even so, he could still move around in a wide area.
There were seven more blue wooden spikes on his waist, each about 20 centimeters long, and looked like arrows. Ye Chong had accidentally touched an airsac blowdart vine a few days ago, and the seven wooden spikes were a gift to him. However, the seven wooden spikes almost killed him. The inner cavity of the blowdart vine contained a very potent hallucinogen. It was a neurotoxin, and could cause mental confusion, and thus abnormal behavior.
In such a dangerous place, losing one's mind would only lead to death.
Fortunately, Ye Chong did not encounter any more danger after that.
Gradually, Ye Chong noticed that the vegetation around him was thinner than before. This discovery made him feel refreshed.
Perhaps he was heading in the right direction!
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