After Zhang Yuqing and Wei Ping left, Liu Yu and shopkeeper Tian came to a side room and sat down. The maid served a cup of fragrant tea, and the two chatted.
"By the way, I just said that I have something to do with the old man? I wonder what it is about?" The two chatted for a while, and the old man asked with a chuckle.
"That's right! I came across a spiritual material with a weird appearance. I asked many people, but they don't know what it is? I just wanted to ask your help to take a look!" Liu Yu put down the teacup in his hand and replied.
"Oh! Please take it out, little friend, and let me take a look!" the old man said with some curiosity.
"That's it." Liu Yu took out the piece of "blood-spotted black taro" and handed it to the old man.
The old man carefully looked at the "black pimple" on his hand, gently touched the dark markings on the skin of the "black pimple", and said with a smile: "This thing is called "blood-spotted black taro", and it grows from a species called "erythema-spotted black taro".
It is indeed extremely rare among the third-grade poisonous soil of "mud". If I hadn't been lucky enough to see it once when I was in Zhongzhou, I would have been really stumped by this kid."
"It turns out that this thing is called "blood-spotted black taro". I wonder what it is used for?" Liu Yu asked, pretending to be surprised.
"This substance is highly poisonous and is rumored to be used in some secret recipes. Although it is very rare, it has little medicinal value. If you want to make a move, our store can buy it for 2,000 low-level spiritual stones," the old man said calmly.
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"This thing is novel. I would like to keep it in my collection. Thank you for clarifying my doubts!" Liu Yu said with a haha. It seems that what Tian Qi said is true. Liu Yu can't help but look forward to Tian Qi's retreat to "build the foundation."
The result.
"You're welcome, little friend! This is the rule of our store, and this is what I should do." The old man replied politely. Bai Xinglin has always provided services to help store VIPs identify and identify various spiritual materials for free.
Liu Yuqing took a sip of tea, and then said: "I have one more thing I want to ask you about!"
"What's the matter?" the old man replied directly.
Liu Yu said: "It is said that your store has always had the business of "refining elixirs" on behalf of others. I wonder if it is true or not?"
"Yes, in addition to helping store VIPs identify and appraise medicinal materials for free, our store also provides "alchemy" services, but a corresponding fee will be charged, and the amount will depend on the specific situation." The old man replied with a smile.
"Can the "Broken Heart Pill" be refined?" Liu Yu asked directly. Now that Liu Yu has the two main ingredients of "Broken Heart Pill", "Suikongcao" and "Seven-Star Flower", how to refine it?
Preparation has become an annoying problem.
The old man smiled confidently and said: "Of course, let alone the "heart-breaking pill", as long as the customer brings his own spiritual materials, even if he takes the seventh-grade spiritual pill during the golden elixir period, our store will also provide "alchemy" services." p>
"If you prepare enough alchemy materials and ask the "alchemist" in the store to refine a "heart-breaking pill", how many spiritual stones will you need to pay?" Liu Yu's eyes lit up and he asked quickly.
"Young friends should know that there are certain risks in "alchemy". Even a high-level alchemist with excellent alchemy skills cannot guarantee 100% of "making an elixir in one furnace", and there may be failures." The old man took a sip of tea and said slowly.
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"I understand this clearly!" Liu Yu frowned and nodded.
The old man chuckled and continued: "Our "alchemy" store therefore launches two "alchemy" services. One is that the customer bears the risk and only needs to pay a small fee. The other is that the store bears all the risks, even if the spiritual materials provided by the customer "
"Alchemy" failed, our shop will replenish the spiritual materials and continue to refine the elixir until the "finished elixir" is produced, but the cost..."
"If you want to refine a "Heart-breaking Pill" and use the second "alchemy" method, how much will it cost?" Liu Yu interrupted the old man and said impatiently.
The old man glanced at Liu Yu and said, "Ten thousand low-level spiritual stones, and another two hundred thousand points from our store."
"If you don't have enough points, can you add more spirit stones?" Liu Yu then asked curiously.
The old man did not answer directly, but asked: "As we all know, "alchemy", "drawing talismans", and "weapon refining" are self-contained and extremely profound. Among the three skills, "alchemy" has the lowest threshold, and "drawing talismans" comes second.
"Weapon refining" is the most difficult to master. But among the three skills, the most difficult to master is "alchemy refining". Do you know why?"
"Why?" Liu Yu couldn't help but shook her head and replied.
Liu Yu understood what the old man said before. Among the three skills, "alchemy" is indeed the lowest threshold. Some low-level elixir refining methods have almost no skills at all. Several kinds of spiritual materials are crushed and thrown into the "alchemy furnace".
The flames are smelted into a "mixed liquid", which is then cooled and shaped to obtain the finished elixir.
Some elixirs do not even need to be put into an "alchemy furnace". They can be crushed into powder and mixed in a certain proportion, such as the gold elixir "Jin Yuan Powder", or crushed into powder and added to a specific "spiritual liquid" to mix evenly, such as
Liu Yu took Shou's "Qingmu Liquid" in the early stages of Qi training.
But Liu Yu couldn't understand what the old man said later. "Painting talismans" and "refining weapons" not only have certain requirements for cultivation and spiritual awareness, but also the techniques are obviously more complicated, and it stands to reason that they would be more difficult to master.
The old man smiled and said: "Although the process of "alchemy" is not complicated, every link requires attention to detail and a rich understanding of pharmacology. Moreover, the selection of materials, proportions, techniques, heat and other aspects are full of chance. Each step requires a lot of chance."
All links directly affect the success or failure and quality of "alchemy". Compared with "drawing talismans" and "refining weapons", it requires more practice and practice. The failure rate is also the highest among the three skills. Sometimes it even requires some luck to make a pill.
A good pill for the furnace."
"So the second option provided by our store takes all risks, especially when refining high-grade elixirs. Once it fails, it will bring huge losses to the store. This option is a unique benefit for our VIP guests. If you don't have enough points, you can't use it.
Spiritual stone instead, I hope fellow Taoists can understand."
"Your store has such courage. It deserves to be the number one pharmacy in Dongyuan. I admire you!" Liu Yu said with a cupped hand. Ordinary pharmacies would not dare to make such a promise. "Alchemy" is inherently risky, and there is no guarantee of 100% success.
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But I have to say that this "Hundred Apricot Forest" is indeed a good method. Two hundred thousand points means that you must spend at least two hundred thousand low-level spiritual stones in the "Hundred Apricot Forest" beforehand. The threshold is not low, but it is also very tempting.
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The old man half-jokingly asked: "Why do you suddenly ask these questions? Do you want to refine the "Heart-breaking Pill"?"
Liu Yu gave a careless look and replied: "I'm only at the eighth level of Qi training now. I'm just curious. I'm just asking. You don't need to worry."
The old man glanced at Liu Yu meaningfully and said: "If you want to refine this elixir in the future, you can come to this medicine store. All branches of this medicine store provide this service."
"I hope so! The spiritual materials required for this "Heart-Breaking Pill" are so expensive, it remains to be seen whether they can be collected together!" Liu Yu said pretending to be sad.
The two chatted for a while, and then Liu Yu said goodbye and left. With his sword high in the air and the cool breeze blowing, his mood suddenly became much more relaxed. This trip not only confirmed the authenticity of the "blood-spotted black taro", but also found the
A reliable method for refining the "Heart-Breaking Pill" immediately dissipated a lot of doubts in Liu Yu's mind.
Although the second option provided by "Hundred Apricot Forest" is harsh, it is not difficult for Liu Yu. Because Liu Yu's "Thousand Wood Order" points have reached an astonishing 180,000.
About half of them were earned by Liu Yu from shopping at "Bai Xing Lin", and the rest were points accumulated by his fellow disciples who asked him to help "purchase" various elixirs on their behalf.