"Yu, have you really never learned how to temper your hands before?" Chu Feng couldn't help but ask.
Lin Muyu stretched her arms. "No, but I am very familiar with the structure of medicinal herbs. Perhaps that's why …"
This wasn't really an explanation, but at least it was an explanation.
Chu Feng couldn't help but be secretly delighted. "Then … since you've learned how to temper your hands … Yao, why don't you give Yu some pointers? Teach him how to refine level 1 and 2 medicines first. In this year's Pharmacopeia, our Hundred Spirits Apothecary will be using your, Yu's, and Wang Ying's medicines to participate."
"What?"
Wang Ying was stunned. "Master, you're not participating in the Pharmacopeia with your own medicine, but you're letting us three juniors participate?"
Chu Feng smiled. "Master is old. It's time for you to train more."
Wang Ying was silent, but Lin Muyu was well aware that Grandpa Chu wanted her to go and see if she could win something for the Hundred Spirits Apothecary.
… …
Soon, only Lin Muyu and Chu Yao were left in the pharmacy.
"Sister Chu Yao, is the Pharmacopeia Conference that important?" Lin Muyu finally couldn't help but ask after holding back for a long time.
Chu Yao nodded. "Yes. There are more than a hundred medicine shops and shops in Cathaya City that supply medicine to the surrounding cities. However, the funds allocated to the treasury are very limited, so the provincial magistrate is only willing to allocate funds to the top ten medicine shops in the Pharmacopeia Conference. Last time, our Hundred Spirits Apothecary Conference was ranked 79th, so we probably won't have a chance this time either. Come, Yu, your senior sister will teach you the formula! "
Unknowingly, Chu Yao was holding Lin Muyu's hand intimately. She probably felt that this handsome junior brother of hers was not only easygoing, but also able to bring her endless surprises!
Flipping through a thick stack of books, Chu Yao pointed at them and said, "Let's … first try to refine level 1 medicines. Hmm … let's choose the Golden Sore Medicine! Look at the formula. The ratio of Silverthread Grass and Nightflower is 8: 2. Mix them together and refine them at high temperature. This is the medicine scale. Do it yourself? "
"Yes."
Chu Yao lit up the oil lamp while Lin Muyu quickly used the Essence Condensing Hand to extract enough medicinal essence from the Silver Thread Grass and the Long Night Flower. However, when he used the medicine scale, he didn't use the ratio of 8: 2. Instead, he used the ratio of 7.7: 2.3 because this was the best ratio that Lin Muyu had found out. Then, he added a small amount of iron pear flower powder. The reason was that the iron pear flower could speed up the healing of wounds. It seemed that the people in this world didn't know about this unique formula. Even the pharmacopoeia didn't have any records about the iron pear flower!
After mixing the ingredients, Lin Muyu placed them on a plate above the oil lamp and roasted them. At the same time, Lin Muyu opened up her right hand, and the Essence Condensing Hand swept out a whirlwind of airflow, which accelerated the fusion of the three medicinal herbs. This made Chu Yao dumbfounded. She had never known that the Hand Tempering Technique could be used in this way.
…
"Alright!"
After the medicinal essence powder was refined, a small amount of warm water was added to turn the Golden Sore Medicine into a paste. Moreover, the medicinal essence could also be fused more thoroughly.
Chu Yao took the small plate, took a deep breath, and said with a smile: "It smells so good. Yu, I have never smelled such a fragrant Golden Sore Medicine!"
Lin Muyu laughed lightly: "When the Silver Thread Grass and Long Night Flower are mixed together, there will be a fragrant smell. It should be fragrant."
Chu Yao laughed lightly and said: "Yu, refine more Golden Sore Medicine. We will sell it at the market tomorrow. We should be able to sell it for a good amount of money, right? Come, Senior Sister will refine the medicine with you. "
"En, okay!"
She refined the Golden Sore Medicine until the wee hours of the morning. Finally, an indescribable feeling of drowsiness hit her. Lin Muyu had used up too much of the true energy in her body, so she fell asleep on the medicine table.
… …
When he woke up, he found a charming young girl snuggled up to him. It was Chu Yao.
Sunlight shone in through the crack of the door. Chu Yao lazily stretched her arms and looked at Lin Muyu beside her. She couldn't help but blush and say: "Yu, how did we fall asleep?"
Lin Muyu rubbed her eyes: "It's probably too tiring to refine the medicinal essence. Sister Chu Yao, how many Golden Sore Medicine did we make?"
"A total of 51 bottles. The total amount of medicinal ingredients used is about 20 silver coins!"
"Oh, then how much can a bottle of Golden Sore Medicine sell for?"
"Normally it's 1 silver coin per bottle. However, some experienced old hunters and mercenaries are more knowledgeable. The higher the quality of the Golden Sore Medicine, the higher the price. After all, this kind of high quality medicine can save lives when fighting ferocious beasts. Our Hundred Spirits Medicine Shop is a small business, so we don't have much money to buy high quality medicinal ingredients above level 4. We mainly sell Golden Sore Medicine. "
"Is that so? Let's quickly eat and then sell it at the market?"
"En."
… …
The sun was shining brightly. Wang Ying, Chu Yao, Lin Muyu, and Luo Kai, the four disciples of the Hundred Spirits Medicine Shop, carried their medicine boxes and walked into the market. The market was located at the crossroads of Silver Fir City, right next to the city lord's manor.
The Hundred Spirits Medicine Shop's location wasn't good, and customers might starve to death if they came to buy their medicine. Therefore, the disciples brought their medicine to the market to sell as a way to make a living.
After sitting down, Lin Muyu placed the 51 bottles of Golden Sore Medicine on the table. On the side, Wang Ying placed the rank 2 Calming Potion and Strength Potion that she had refined herself. The Calming Potion could remove the dizziness after an injury and increase one's combat strength. The Strength Potion, which was refined using the blood of a tiger, could stimulate one's potential and increase the user's strength and explosive power.
Generally speaking, those who bought medicine were cultivators, mercenaries, soldiers, hunters, and other more dangerous professions. This was especially true for some mercenaries. In order to kill magical beasts or powerful enemies, they would need Strength Potion, Calming Potion, and other medicines that could be used in battle. This way, their chances of survival and victory would be slightly higher.
On the side, Wang Ying shouted at the top of his lungs, "Top quality Strength Potion, Calming Potion, and Golden Sore Medicine! Come take a look if you need it, sir! The products of the Hundred Spirits Medicine Shop are of guaranteed quality! "
As soon as Wang Ying's voice fell, the few youths who had set up the stall opposite them started laughing. One of them, a youth dressed in green, couldn't help but mock, "Hundred Spirits Medicine Shop? A trash medicine shop that can only sell medicine below rank 3 dares to say that it's guaranteed quality? What a joke! "
Wang Ying was enraged, "Li Qin, what did you say?"
The youth in green raised an eyebrow and said, "I said that your Hundred Spirits Medicine Shop is trash, so what? Wang Ying, you're just a rank 3 alchemist. Do you want to challenge this young master? Hmph, this young master can already refine rank 4 medicine. What about you? A piece of trash like you is only fit to be a rank 2 medicine! "
As he said that, the youth in green proudly shouted, "Divine Feather Medicine Shop's rank 4 medicine is on sale! Stone Skin Potion, it can increase your defense, allowing you to condense Qi to protect your body without using True Qi. Paralysis Potion, smear it on the arrowheads, and even a thousand year old magical beast or a Battle Saint will be kept quiet for a few minutes. Hurry up and buy it!"
"Divine Feather Medicine Shop is going too far!" Luo Kai said angrily.
Lin Muyu had already found out that Divine Feather Medicine Shop was Silver Fir City's number one medicine shop, and the boss behind it was Silver Fir City's City Lord, Hua Tian. He was rather famous throughout the entire continent, and he had the capital to be arrogant. That youth was young, definitely not even 20 years old, but he was already a rank 4 alchemist. This was something that the Hundred Spirits Medicine Shop could not compare to. However, Lin Muyu also knew that the Hundred Spirits Medicine Shop's situation of being bullied would be reversed by her!
… …
At this time, a group of people came from afar. All of them looked experienced, had scars on their faces, and were not wearing neat armor. The battle axes and longswords they carried were also full of nicks. These people could not be the empire's soldiers, they could only be mercenaries. Only mercenaries would not leave the empire's emblem on their armor. As for the empire's emblem, it was a purple flower, symbolizing the empire's glory.
The leader of this group of mercenaries looked very sturdy, and on his shoulder was a ferocious eagle. Moreover, one of his eyes was already blind, and it was wrapped in black cloth.
"It's Hawkeye!" Chu Yao said to Lin Muyu in a low voice, "A famous mercenary with the strength of a Battle Saint, very strong … very strong! He has at least a hundred mercenaries under his command, it would be great if we could do business with him! "
At this time, Hawkeye stopped at the opposite stall and looked at Li Qin's potions. He picked up one of them, opened the cap, and smelled it. He couldn't help but sneer, "This paralysis potion is only a ninth grade failed product, and your Divine Feather Medicine Shop dares to sell it? Hmph, this kind of paralysis potion can't even paralyze an ordinary person, and you want to paralyze a Battle Saint Ranker? Dream on! "
After saying that, Hawkeye directly smashed the bottle of paralysis potion.
Li Qin was dumbstruck. Facing a Battle Saint Ranker, he didn't even have the courage to speak. His whole body trembled slightly, like a trembling chick.
… …
"Are there grades of potions?" Lin Muyu asked in astonishment.
Chu Yao nodded in a low voice and said, "En, the same potion is divided into nine grades. Grade 1 is the best, and Grade 9 is the worst. Generally speaking, the Gold Sore Medicine I refine is between Grade 3 and Grade 7, but only experienced mercenaries and apothecaries can smell the grade. Usually, they have to go to the Spiritual Medicine Division to know the grade of the medicine."
"So it's like this …"
At this time, Hawkeye brought a group of mercenaries to the Hundred Spirits Medicine Store's stall. He picked up Wang Ying's Strength Potion and smelled it, then laughed, "Grade 3 Strength Potion, worthless!"
After saying that, he directly smashed it. Wang Ying was stunned, "You … you have to pay me back!"
"Pay me back?"
Hawkeye laughed and suddenly crossed his arm. His battle axe was already at Wang Ying's neck. An invisible aura almost made it hard for people to breathe. He shouted in a low voice, "You're selling potions that are not higher than Grade 4. It's fine if I don't go to the government to sue you for selling fake medicine, but you want me to pay you back? Brat, are you tired of living? "
Lin Muyu resisted the other's aura and stood up, "You … you have something to say … don't go too far!"
"Go too far?"
Hawkeye let go of Wang Ying and looked at the potion in front of Lin Muyu, "Brat, you also sell fake medicine, do you want to die?"
After saying that, he picked up a bottle of Gold Sore Medicine and smashed it. He angrily said, "Grade 5 medicine is also trash!"
That bottle of medicine was refined by Chu Yao.
Then, he violently picked up a bottle of Gold Sore Medicine and smelled it. Just as he was about to smash it, his whole body suddenly trembled. He suspiciously looked at Lin Muyu, "This Gold Sore Medicine was refined by you?"
"Yes!" Lin Muyu calmly replied.
"Strange, a brat like you, how could you refine a Grade 1 Gold Sore Medicine? That's a quality that can only be refined by a Medicine King. Are you lying to this uncle? "
"It was refined by me. Why would I lie to you?" Lin Muyu was still very calm.
"What the hell …."
Hawkeye picked up another bottle of Gold Sore Medicine and smelled it. He said, "Another Grade 1 medicine, how is this possible? Brat, how many of these Gold Sore Medicine do you have? "
"29 bottles." Excluding the ones refined by Chu Yao, Lin Muyu had personally refined 29 bottles.
Hawkeye looked down at Lin Muyu and suddenly grinned. He took out three gold coins and threw them on the table. The coins were engraved with a purple flower pattern. They were the common currency of the Empire — Gold Embryo Coins!
(Note: The common currency of the Qin Empire, 1 diamond coin is equal to 1000 Gold Embryo Coins, 1 Gold Embryo Coin is equal to 100 Silver Embryo Coins, and 1 Silver Embryo Coin is equal to 100 Copper Embryo Coins. The Copper Embryo Coin is the most basic currency. The obverse of the coin is the image of a bow and arrow, and the reverse is the image of a hoe. It symbolizes that the commoners of the Empire rely on hunting and farming. A blacksmith can earn about 30 Copper Embryo Coins a day. The price of a bun is 1 Copper Embryo Coin, and a roasted chicken is 20 Copper Embryo Coins.)
… …
"Brat, consider yourself lucky. I want all your Gold Sore Medicine, 10 Silver Embryo Coins a bottle!" Hawkeye grinned. His face was already full of scars, and when he smiled, it became even uglier.
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