Volume Three The Battle of the Sea Clan Chapter 391 The Antidote
The leading middle-aged man seemed calm on the surface, but it could be seen from the look in his eyes that he seemed to enjoy the fearful and angry looks of these mine slaves, so he deliberately walked very slowly.
Wherever it passed, no matter the small and medium-sized forces, or the people from the two major forces in the middle, they all silently took a few steps back and made way for them.
After a while, a group of guards finally reached the open space of the central square and stopped in front of a stone platform about ten feet high.
The leading middle-aged man did not speak immediately, but looked around.
After seeing a hint of expectation finally showing in the eyes of the surrounding mine slaves, he nodded with satisfaction, coughed slightly and announced loudly:
"I am Chen Gang, hey, I guess I don't need any introduction, most of you all know me. The rules this time are generally the same as in the past, except that the exchange conditions have changed slightly starting this month. Thirty-five pieces of rare ore can be exchanged for one.
Sea Emperor Pill antidote."
As soon as he finished speaking, there was an uproar in the audience.
"Last month, it was clear that 30 pieces of ore were exchanged for one piece. Why did the price suddenly increase without any notice in advance?" I don't know who started shouting.
Upon hearing this, the crowd at the scene became even more commotion, and many mine slaves were whispering for a while, all with different expressions.
Liu Ming glanced around calmly and found that the shouters were mostly people from small and medium-sized forces, while the mining slaves belonging to the two major forces remained silent, as if they were used to this scene.
"Yes, now the peripheral ore veins have long been exhausted, and most of the rich ore-producing areas have been occupied, and the amount of ore mining is no longer what it used to be."
"Not only that, in recent months, those evil beasts seem to have become a little crazy, and they have appeared more and more frequently..."
Some of the other mine slaves were in a hurry, and some of them kept shouting.
When Chen Gang, who was standing in front of the stone platform, saw this, his face darkened, and he suddenly said coldly:
"Quiet! Do you have the final say in the rules here? If you don't want to exchange for the antidote, leave as soon as possible! Anyone who doesn't abide by the rules, don't blame Chen for being rude."
This sound resounded throughout the entire place. The originally shouting mine slaves were startled and immediately fell silent. The huge cave instantly became quiet.
Seeing this, Chen Gang's expression softened slightly and he continued:
"I would like to remind everyone that I will give you the antidote when you see the ore, and you can also collect it for others. However, the antidote can only be stored for seven days. Don't try to save it for the next poisonous episode. If you don't have enough ore, don't ask for it yourself.
It’s boring. Of course, those who have surplus ore can also exchange for some elixirs, talismans and other items here. Okay, this exchange will begin.”
After the middle-aged monster guard finished speaking, he took a step back, put his hands behind his back, and said no more words.
At the next moment, several monster guards stepped forward, took out a few storage talismans, and released a large number of spiritual stones, talismans, pills and other things on the stone platform, and then signaled the scene.
Everyone came forward to exchange.
The largest number among them are hundreds of green vials that look the same, which are obviously the so-called Sea Emperor Pill antidote.
At first, there was silence in the cave, and the many mining slaves from small and medium-sized forces were silent. They just looked at the two groups occupying the east and west ends of the center of the square.
However, these mine guards were not surprised. They just stood near the stone platform and sneered in silence, without any intention of urging.
However, after a while, the woman from the Golden Scale Clan named "Shun Ming" took the lead, surrounded by two people from the Sea Clan, and exchanged a large bag of antidote and some elixir talismans on behalf of their power, and the "Iron Alliance"
"The old man from the demon race also came forward to exchange on behalf of the people of the Iron Alliance.
In an instant, the antidote and other items on the stone platform were reduced by less than half.
After receiving their own antidote for the month, the people from the two major forces left like a gust of wind from the two passages next to the cave. They must have wanted to take the antidote immediately so that they could return to the depths of the mine vein as soon as possible.
The large area left behind by the two major forces was immediately occupied by other forces. At this time, there were only about two-thirds of the people in the cave compared to before.
After that, other small and medium-sized forces also came forward one after another and began to exchange money.
But in front of the stone platform, after a guard took the bag from the person who came to redeem it, another guard handed the person a black leather bag containing the antidote.
In addition to the thirty-five pieces of rare ores needed for the Sea Emperor Pill antidote, the excess ores can be exchanged for spiritual stones at a ratio of one to twenty, while some other low-level talismans and elixirs require several pieces of ores.
Exchange for one.
Such an exchange ratio would be unimaginable to the outside world, but here, everyone could only silently accept it except for a few words of inner criticism.
Therefore, except for the two previously wealthy forces, the other small and medium-sized forces rarely exchanged other items. Even if they did, they only exchanged some spiritual stones.
After all, in the special environment here, spiritual stones are extremely scarce. In a life-or-death situation, an extra point of mana can give you an extra chance to save your life.
The exchange has been going on in a rather strange atmosphere.
Although many people from small and medium-sized forces came forward with gloomy expressions when they looked at the guards, especially the leader named "Chen Gang", at least the whole process was still orderly.
"Boss, there are four of us, how come you only exchanged three antidote?" Suddenly a questioning voice broke the calm in the cave.
The voice came from a foreign youth with purple lips in the corner of the cave. The leader of the four was a tall man with an eyebrow. He had just taken a bag of ore but only received three antidotes.
"Brother Weng Xian, there is nothing we can do about this. I never expected that Chen Gang would raise the price privately. There are still more than twenty pieces of ore here. You'd better think of a solution yourself." The big man with an eyebrow raised this question.
He also looked like he had a headache. After throwing a bag to the thin young man, he looked like I had tried my best and there was no other way.
After seeing the blank expressions on the faces of the other two companions, the young man surnamed Weng had a look of disappointment on his face. He immediately picked up the bag without saying anything and took out the bone sword and spiritual stone from his waist.
I started looking for other forces to find ways to collect ores.
The same scene continued to play out during this period.
Many small groups had to abandon their weaker companions because they could not gather enough ore.
Some of these abandoned people stumbled and left sadly, while others suddenly learned the news and became furious and took action with their accomplices, trying to snatch back an antidote pill, but were killed by their former companions instead.
Chen Gang, who was standing behind the stone platform, looked at the scene that was happening in front of him with a smile but not a smile, with an expression of complete gloating.
However, some gangs that still have some remaining strength have begun to use ore as an opportunity to recruit companions and expand their power.
The strange young man who was carrying a huge iron rod on his shoulders used an antidote to collect a human companion who was in the early stage of the liquid condensation realm, and then led the rest of the people away from the passage on one side.
When passing by Liu Ming, this person smiled meaningfully at Liu Ming.
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Liu Ming stood there and quietly observed the tea ceremony. When he saw that only one-third of the people were left in the field, he touched his chin and finally grabbed the huge leather bag nearby and joined in.
While waiting here before, he had quietly scanned the ore in the bag with his spiritual mind, and found that together with the ore previously obtained from the five sea tribesmen, there were about two hundred pieces in total, but the quality
Most of them are common rare ores similar to water black stones.
However, this quantity also surprised the guards.
Chen Gang, on the other hand, did not blink an eye when facing Liu Ming, who was sent into the mine by himself not long ago, and looked like he was turning a blind eye.
With a thought in his mind, Liu Ming immediately exchanged three antidotes with the guard in front of him, and at the same time used the excess ore to exchange for some low-level elixirs and talismans.
The reason why he did this was naturally because he was preparing to research two more antidote pills.
After Liu Ming finished changing his things, he immediately didn't want to stay here and left the exchange area through the previous passage without saying a word.
The journey back to the depths of the mine was uneventful.
Two days later,
Liu Ming finally returned to the original abandoned passage based on his homemade animal skin map.
After confirming that no one entered his temporary cave during this period, he patted the leather bag on his waist and released the bone scorpion again to be on guard.
And he turned around and entered the cave, sat cross-legged on the floor, casually took a pill to restore his magic power, and began to meditate and regulate his breathing.
An hour later.
Liu Ming woke up from meditation, and immediately took out the leather bag containing the antidote from his waist, and took out the antidote of the Sea Emperor Pill.
But the insight medicine is like the Sea Emperor Pill that was swallowed in the giant boat before. It is about an inch in size and is completely black. The surface exudes a faint brilliance, and there is a faint fragrance coming from it, which makes people feel refreshed after smelling it.
A jolt.
"This is the antidote to the Sea Emperor Pill! But it can only restrain the toxicity for a month. If you can know its ingredients..." Liu Ming looked at the black pill in his hand and murmured thoughtfully.
Based on the information obtained so far, after taking this dark Sea Emperor Pill antidote, it can temporarily suppress the erosion of the internal organs by the black mist transformed by the Sea Emperor Pill.
When Liu Ming was learning the art of alchemy from Fan Baizi in Xuanjing, he heard the alchemy master specifically mention his experience in this kind of temporary antidote.
In order to achieve the control purpose of the poisoner, there are only two possibilities for this type of antidote.
First, although the antidote contains a small amount of symptomatic elixir, it also contains a small amount of the same ingredients as the poison. While suppressing the toxic attack, it also lays the opportunity for the next attack. With such repetition, the toxicity accumulates day by day.
It will eventually become a serious problem.
Second, this type of antidote does not contain an antidote, but another overbearing poison. It only temporarily suppresses the toxicity for a period of time by fighting poison with poison. As time goes by, the two poisons merge into one, and naturally the same consequences will follow.
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