Apothecaries were different from blacksmiths and tailors. Most of the materials needed for the latter two came from wild beasts. The more advanced ones were the various metals dug out from the mines. These things could be done by hiring people. They could even directly purchase furs and metal ores from the market. After some processing, they could earn the price difference and start operating.
But Apothecaries were different.
Herbalists could only gather medicinal herbs from dense forests. Usually, they would need to waste a lot of time and energy just to find some medicinal herbs.
Furthermore, picking the herbs required extreme care and professionalism. Not just anyone could pick them as they pleased. Without an outstanding technique, there was no way to ensure the integrity of the herbs, and the quality of the refined medicine would be greatly reduced!
In addition …
The higher the grade of the medicinal herb, the rarer and harder to find.
It was precisely because gathering Medicinal Herbs was a waste of time, there were limitations to one's skills, and there were not many resources available that many players gave up on the Apothecary profession in the early stages of the game!
Apart from that, there was another big problem.
There was a certain degree of risk involved in picking herbs …
Although it was easier to collect herbs that were left alone in the forest, there were also ferocious beasts in the surroundings. Some areas that were densely packed with herbs even attracted many snakes and some strange plants.
Blood-sucking Grass!
This was one of them.
The former liked to live near many medicinal herbs, and it was unusually well-hidden. As long as a ferocious beast or human approached, it would quietly stretch out its tentacles and firmly stick to it …
Although the Blood-Sucking Grass could only suck blood and tear open wounds, excessive blood loss could still kill a person!
A single Bloodsucking Grass might not be very frightening. An ordinary player could kill it with a bit of effort. However, areas with densely packed Medicinal Herbs would often have clusters of Bloodsucking Grass.
When these things wrapped around a person, they would affect their movements. In fact, because there were too many wounds on them, they would lose their ability to fight back. Players who were below Blessed Realm could not handle too many Blood Sucking Grasses. Hence, to herbalists, it was very difficult for them to search for medicinal herbs that were separated from each other, but when they searched for medicinal herbs that were densely packed together, it was very troublesome and dangerous!
Grade seven medicinal pills like Dew Pills could already be considered middle-grade medicinal pills. Creating one pill required a large amount of middle-grade medicinal ingredients, and the chances of him coming into contact with Blood Sucking Grass were rather high. Hence, when he heard the man in front of him say that he had a few bottles of Dew Pills, he was incredibly shocked.
The man stared at Happy in puzzlement.
He did want to ask why Happy would ask about it. Grade seven medicinal pills like Dew Pills could be sold for more than one thousand and eight hundred taels of silver crumbs just from the cost of the medicinal ingredients.
A finished product cost 2,500 silver taels. Even the famous large guilds could only look at it and sigh. Not many dared to buy it. After selling it for many days, only a few people bought it. Furthermore, each person only bought one pill, saying that it would be used to protect their lives in times of danger … Even now, he did not have the confidence to sell the pills in his hands in a short period of time.
Over the past few days, he had less and less money on him, and it was no longer enough for him to enter Herb Mountain. Otherwise, he wouldn't have sat here for half a day.
He could only hope that someone would buy some medicine so that he could continue to hold on.
But when Happy asked him how many bottles he had, the man did not think about anything else.
"I only have four bottles with a total of thirty-six pills. If you buy more, you can get it cheaper."
The stall owner saw that the other party didn't seem to be making fun of him, so he replied with a bored attitude.
But Happy's next words shocked him so much that he felt as if he had fallen into a dream.
"Based on the price you set, thirty-six pills will be ninety thousand taels of silver crumbs. How about this? It's not easy being a herbalist right now, so I won't take advantage of you. I'll buy all of your pills for ninety thousand taels of silver crumbs. Also, if you create Dew Pills in the future, keep them for me. What do you think?"
If Happy had not already brought out a stack of silver notes to pay, the male stall owner would have thought that the boy in front of him was joking with him.
"Ah! I'll take all of them … Alright! "
The man was overjoyed!
Even though he did not earn much from the ninety thousand taels of silver crumbs, it was enough for him to last for another month. This was money that could save his life!
Once he finished handing over the four bottles of Dew Pills, the man suddenly asked Happy why he bought so many Dew Pills and whether he was a big shot from some guild.
Happy smiled and put the medicinal bottles into his Universe Bag.
"Let's add each other as friends so that it'll be easier for us to contact each other in the future."
"Alright!"
Once the man accepted the silver notes, he felt at ease. He was overjoyed and said, "I'm Pomelo. What about you, big brother?"
Happy still did not answer. He only added the man to his friend list and sent him a friend request.
The man was first stunned. Once he accepted the request with a grin, his expression suddenly changed. He repeated Happy's name a few times, and his gaze gradually became dazed. He pointed at Happy, and the shock on his face was clear.
Happy's name was listed on the Famous People Rank and Rich Rank in World of Martial Arts Secret News Log. There were very few people in the game who did not know him, and the market had an incredibly fast flow of information.
Over the past two days, everyone in the market was talking about the Blue-robed Noble Sword User who came from Gusu City.
"…"
Happy put up a finger and calmly made a gesture for the man to be silent.
The man came to a realization and nodded vigorously. The excitement and joy in his eyes grew stronger.
"If you have Dew Pills in the future, send them to me. The price won't change for the time being."
Happy did not stay for long. Once he finished speaking, he squeezed into the crowd on the street and completely disappeared from Herbalist Pomelo's sight. He left Pomelo clenching his fists in excitement for a long time. In the end, he resolutely packed up his stall and left.
Soon, Pomelo left the city and headed to Herb Mountain, which no one was willing to go to.
…
Happy bought a batch of Dew Pills, and the amount of money he had on him fell from 1,300,000 to 1,200,000. But he was still ranked on the Rich Rank, and he did not fall. Instead, he moved up.
During this period of time, a few unlucky rich people had their money stolen, and their ranks fell by a large margin.
Happy had plenty of time, so he continued searching for resources he could use on the streets of Luoyang.
Soon …
Happy stopped in front of a stall that sold martial art manuals.
There were three layers of people around the stall, and they surrounded it so tightly that not even a drop of water could trickle through. It was incredibly lively!
But this was naturally not a problem for Happy. He adjusted his vision, and soon, he saw the situation inside from a bird's eye view.
There were more than ten martial art manuals placed in the stall.
There were low-tier martial art manuals as well as high-tier martial art manuals.
Happy did not act like the others and look straight at the low-tier martial art manuals. Instead, he cast a glance at the three high-tier martial art manuals that were sought after madly by the players. Then, he looked at the dozen or so low-tier martial art manuals.
When he looked at them, Happy's eyes lit up.
'There's good stuff here!'
Even though the prices for the three high-tier martial art manuals were very high, which was two hundred and fifty thousand taels of silver crumbs, the low-tier martial art manuals were rather fair. They were five hundred taels of silver crumbs each, but no one showed any interest in them.
If they were just low-tier martial arts, Happy would naturally not pay attention to them.
But the point was …
There was actually a martial art that was connected to each other.
The low-tier Shadowless Kick and the high-tier Stormy Shadowless Kick appeared in the stall at the same time.
More importantly …
This martial art was coincidentally the martial art that Happy needed the most right then!
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