This meeting had great expectations and purpose for Zhou Cang. The same was true for Zhang Yan.
Both of them focused on the elixir.
"The bone-strengthening pill has such a heaven-defying effect, the required medicinal materials must be extremely rare, right?" Although Zhou Cang understood that it would be a bit rude to ask directly, but this matter was very important to his subsequent words, so he had to ask, so he tried his best
Let the smile on your face be kinder and your tone of voice gentler and more natural.
Zhang Yan shook his head and replied: "Actually, they are not too rare. It's just that some of the medicinal herbs are relatively expensive. The common people are in a pinch and don't dare to buy them. So I relied on my luck to find a few in the mountains and fields on the way back, and now I have used them all."
The auxiliary medicines are quite cheap and don’t cost a few bucks.”
"Cough cough cough..." Zhou Cang choked and coughed without even turning around. He thought it was rare, but it turned out to be because of Zhang Yanqiong. This, this is a stupid question! He couldn't help but feel sorry for Zhang Yan.
I came up with a new perspective: Are these people from the miscellaneous school background so honest that they don’t even know how to turn around? With such ability, how can they go there even if they are short of money?
"Well, can you tell me which medicinal materials are mainly bad? I can help in this regard." Zhou Cang hesitated for a while, but still asked tentatively. He was even ready to change the subject as soon as Zhang Yan refused.
Intend.
Unexpectedly, Zhang Yan didn't mind at all, and nodded and said: "There is nothing that cannot be said. "Elixir" and ordinary patent medicines are two completely different things. There is no taboo when taking out elixirs. You don't need to be so cautious."
Zhou Cang laughed, but he felt that he was a little bit angry. If the methods of people from the miscellaneous school were so easy to learn, it wouldn't be so difficult to encounter them now.
"Mainly Chajinxu, Roucao, Baihui..." Zhang Yan reported eleven medicinal materials in one breath. All of them are precious medicinal materials with the highest prices in the Yuan Pharmacy. Of course, these are not all.
, but the most expensive part of the medicine has been included.
However, only Zhang Yan himself knew that the medicinal materials he mentioned had nothing to do with the bone-strengthening elixir. It was a recipe for another elixir he had prepared for himself.
Biqingdan. One pill taken into the belly can increase your life span by ten years!
It was also the tonic pill Zhang Yan prepared for himself.
However, Zhang Yan, who has experienced the bone-strengthening pill training, knows very well that his current alchemy skills are basically just beginners. Although it is enough to refine the blue green pill, there are still many ways to truly refine it.
If you want to go, it will take at least many attempts.
He had calculated in his mind before that one furnace of Biqing Dan could consume more than half of the salary he had earned on Yubei Mountain in the past two years, and he even failed four or five furnaces of Bone Strengthening Pill before succeeding.
Once, and then failed again. Then when refining the Biqing Dan, wouldn’t it take ten attempts? Dozens of attempts to succeed?
Zhang Yan understands why the four treasures of Taoism (wealth, companionship, law, and earth) put "wealth" first. This is really spending money!
I have no money, and I don’t want to throw my money into the water, but I still have to refine the Biqing Dan. What should I do? Just pass on the cost of refining the elixir to others.
So the Bone-Strengthening Pill was thrown to Zhou Cang as a "favor" and also as bait. Now Zhou Cang has taken the bait. In the future, he will use the medicinal materials given by Zhou Cang to practice the Biqing Pill, and then give the other party the Bone-Strengthening Pill in return.
It was fun to go to Zhoucang, and Zhang Yan was not stressed.
Besides, isn’t this how human relationships become deeper through interactions?
Not only did Zhou Cang remember the eleven herbs reported by Zhang Yan, but the adjutant next to him also remembered them firmly in his mind.
"These medicinal materials are not cheap, but they are not rare either. I can help you find them at any time." Zhou Cang's eyes were hot, and he seemed to see Zhang Yan placing handfuls of bone-strengthening pills on the
The look in front of him.
But what Zhang Yan wanted was a long-term relationship, not a temporary coaxing of Zhou Cang, which was not necessary. Therefore, Zhang Yan had to make it clear at the beginning about some misunderstandings about elixirs to avoid misunderstandings in the future.
After thinking about his words, Zhang Yan put away the smile on his face and said sternly: "The common people are naturally grateful for your kindness, but maybe you have misunderstandings about bone strengthening pills, or elixirs. Please allow me."
The grassroots people are enlightened."
"Haha, Zhang Yan, you don't have to be polite. If there's anything I don't know about, feel free to tell me. I'm also curious about what other methods there are for such a magical thing as the Bone Strengthening Pill."
Zhang Yan: "Sir, I have also taken the Bone Strengthening Pill. The effect is indeed very good, and the gain is based on the strength of the user's own muscles and bones. Therefore, the higher the cultivation level of the warrior, the greater the gain will be after taking it.
But this thing also has a limitation, or in other words, all elixirs have a common limitation, which is drug resistance."
"Drug resistance?" This was the first time Zhou Cang heard the word, but the literal meaning was not difficult to understand, so he frowned slightly after hearing it.
"Yes, drug resistance. The effect of the elixir will be the best when it is taken for the first time, and then it will decrease until it has no effect. Moreover, different elixirs develop resistance at different speeds. Some only have the first pill.
It is effective, but will have no effect after that. And some will be slower. For example, the Bone Strengthening Pill will no longer be effective after ten pills."
"This..." Although it is not good news, it does not surprise Zhou Cang. He was thinking about the possible limitations of the Bone Strengthening Pill last night. Now it is indeed the case.
"How much muscle and bone strength can be gained after ten pills?"
"Because the diminishing effect varies from person to person, it's difficult to say the exact scale, but generally speaking, ten pills can increase the strength of muscles and bones by at least 30%. Of course, it refers to the specific number of points and not the specific amount of increase." Zhang Yan remained.
There is some leeway. In fact, the alchemy book says it is 30% to 40%, at least.
It is enough to say this. As a warrior in the Tongqiao Realm, Zhou Cang has a much clearer understanding of muscles and bones than Zhang Yan. Once the resistance of the Bone Strengthening Pill comes out, the usage of this pill will definitely change. But
It ignores the level of cultivation, and the iron-clad effect of increasing the strength of muscles and bones will not be cut in half due to drug resistance. The actual impact is not big.
Because in Zhou Cang's opinion, this bone-strengthening pill is destined not to be a treasure that low-level warriors can use.
In addition, Zhang Yan's words also revealed a message that surprised Zhou Cang: other pills.
Does the implication mean that Zhang Yan knows more than just Bone Strengthening Pill? What are the effects of other pills? With Bone Strengthening Pill in front of him, other pills must not be the same.
It will be simple.
"If your Excellency is in need, the ordinary people can help you refine two furnaces of bone-strengthening pills. However, if you fail to refine it, I hope you will forgive me. After all, ordinary people do not have the ability to make alchemy at hand, and there will always be a waste of money.