Chapter 168 Effects of Taking
Lu Jiu looked at her skills. She was very satisfied with her archer skills. Her magician skills were also okay. However, if her spellcasting skills could have a wider range, then when the beast tide came, she could deal with more wild monsters at once.
"I'm even more looking forward to the effects of the Body Tempering Pills refined by the beautiful store manager. Unfortunately, I ate a few of the Tempering Fruits before. If I had let her refine them, maybe I could have refined a few more pills."
But the Tempering Fruit tastes really good, and she can’t eat it anymore, even though she has a lot of it in stock.
Seeing her tangled and hopeless look, Shen Jufeng said lightly, "I can give you a few pills, and you can quit eating after you finish them."
After saying that, she took out a few tempering fruits from her backpack. The purple fruits deeply tempted Lu Jiu. She smiled with her almond eyes narrowed slightly and accepted them without any hesitation. "Thank you, Deputy City Lord, for your generosity."
Shen Jufeng muttered in his heart: What deputy city lord, isn’t he still your hard laborer.
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Lu Jiu's happiness didn't last long. The next day, he received requests from the NPCs in the city, asking for half of their wages to be exchanged for Body Tempering Pills. The patrol NPCs were even more extreme, requesting that all their wages be exchanged for Body Tempering Pills.
Lu Jiu laughed at these guys and said that since he didn't have any Body Tempering Pills now, he would continue to settle the wages with gold coins.
Just kidding, she hasn't even seen one herself, and these guys come to ask for it. It turns out that the NPCs don't communicate with each other in the way she understood. They all do their own things and no one can see each other.
After dealing with the NPCs, Lu Jiu packed up and went out. She still had to go out and clear the wild area with her teammates.
When they gathered at the city gate, Zhuang Yun took out a women's shoulder bag and handed it to Lu Jiu. "An An's skill in making checkered backpacks has improved recently. This is a six-checkered backpack she made, and she specially asked me to bring it to you."
Zhuang Yun felt a little jealous when he talked about this. His beloved daughter made such a good backpack for the first time, but she didn't give it to him, her father.
Seeing that his eyes were glued to the bag, Lu Jiu couldn't help but laugh, "That's amazing! The tailor shops in the city have so many bags because they are tailors with high-level talents. An An can go far in this field in the future."
Good equipment attracts people. Even if you can't go out to clear the wild, a good tailor can get good resources by making high-quality equipment.
Zhuang Yun also thought of this. "Yes, that's why I encouraged her to study this more if she likes it. As the saying goes, there are top talents in every profession."
Everyone in the city respects the shop NPCs, not only because they are NPCs, but also because they can produce high-quality equipment and props.
An An is now a bit well-known in the city, even though she is not a professional resident.
After Lu Jiu packed her bag, the three of them set off. As they walked along the road, she looked up at the giant bare trees. She felt happy at the thought that these trees might produce better quality tempering fruits in the future.
Seeing that she was still staring at the giant tree, Zhuang Yun teased her, "Still looking? You're already bald."
Somehow, when Lu Jiu heard the word "bald", he remembered the Mediterranean hairstyle of the uncle selling things at the stall in the city before, and he couldn't help laughing.
"When you mentioned baldness, I thought of that Mediterranean uncle with a few strands of hair stubbornly placed in the middle, hahahaha!"
Zhuang Yun admired her train of thought and had no idea how she connected that to something. "Stop laughing and walk properly."
Shen Jufeng turned his head, looked at the beautiful snow scene, and sighed slightly.
There is so much joy in having silly teammates.
In Paradise City, Lin Jiang had been recuperating at home for several days and had recovered. For this reason, his parents specially found Ke Qun and gave him a lot of food as a thank you gift.
They are ordinary residents, and this is the most they can give.
Ke Qun gladly accepted it, but he now focused more of his energy on the newly opened pharmacy, which in his eyes was a treasure that laid golden eggs.
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It took a while for them to get through it safely. Recently, the weather has been getting colder, and Lu Jiu has adjusted the protective cover to almost the highest setting that can increase the temperature.
The blizzard has come again. The warm sunshine and light snow are now a thing of the past, and now we have to deal with severe weather again.
Lu Jiu stood in front of the French window. There was so much snow that it was almost forming balls and falling down. For safety reasons, she asked the residents in the city who were shoveling snow to adjust their working hours to two hours at noon.
The streets returned to their previous quietness, and everyone stayed at home watching the snow, the only thing missing was a TV show.
Fortunately, department stores started selling some playful props, such as Go, poker, mahjong, etc.
Winter is already halfway over, and we don’t know how long this blizzard will last.
Suddenly, an email came from the pharmacy manager, saying that the Body Tempering Pill had been refined.
Lu Jiu Yile used the teleportation channel directly and came to the drugstore. She was so extravagant that for the convenience and secrecy of her actions, she established teleportation channels in several places she frequently visited in the city.
The store manager was already waiting for her. Lu Jiu walked up to him and asked, "Where are the pills?"
The other party handed her a small bottle containing five soybean-sized pills. "This is the Body Tempering Pill. Because the Tempering Fruit is low-grade, the quality of the pills refined from it is also low-grade, but it is still useful."
Lu Jiu looked at the pill in the bottle and was surprised. "Can eating this improve my skills?"
The store manager shook his head. "It's not that effective. The key to using the Body Tempering Pill is to accumulate little by little. Once your physical fitness and mental strength improve to a certain level, your skills and attributes will naturally increase accordingly. It's not what you think."
Lu Jiu realized, "Is that so? That's a good thing too. Are these five yours?"
The store manager took out a few more bottles, all of which contained Body Tempering Pills. "These are my own. You don't have to take the Body Tempering Pills frequently. Two or three pills a week will suffice. Right now, they'll probably help you eliminate fatigue and instantly feel refreshed."
Lu Jiu put the bottle away and said, "If you have time, refine more of this pill. Don't put it on the shelf for now. Wait until you have accumulated a certain amount."
"OK."
Lu Jiu took the Body Tempering Pills back to her residence and emailed two to Shen Jufeng, who had given her a few Body Tempering Fruits before, and asked him to try them as soon as possible.
Shen Jufeng was practicing calligraphy in the room. He had just finished his tedious work not long ago, so practicing calligraphy was a good opportunity to calm his mind.
Unexpectedly, Lu Jiu's email arrived at this time. Looking at the two body-tempering pills, he chuckled and took out one and ate it.
In just a moment, his slight fatigue was swept away and his mind became clear again. It was a pity that he was not in the wild now, otherwise he would like to try to release his skills.
He emailed back.
【The effect is good, I suggest you try it now. 】
The other side replied quickly: [I have taken it. I feel my mind is unusually clear now. It feels great.]
It felt like the whole world was absolutely clear in front of him, and his thinking speed was faster than before. Lu Jiu even remembered some things that happened in his childhood.
She should have forgotten those things long ago.
I also recalled the time when I first met Shen Jufeng. I didn't pay attention to the details, but they all became clear in my memory. The other person's eyes at that time changed from scrutiny at the beginning to indifference later.
(End of this chapter)
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