Evening, inside the old tiled house of the Wu family.
"What kind of herb is this? Good heavens, I've never seen it before!"
Bai Yanxi carefully touched the grass that had not yet returned to its roots, smelled it, and then plucked a petal from the seven-red flower next to it and tasted it.
"Such potent medicinal properties! And these herbs are still alive, with not a single root damaged when they were unearthed. How did you dig them up?"
However, before Wu You could answer, he stroked the black ginseng on the other side of the plant as if it were a precious treasure.
"Don't tell me this is the legendary ginseng essence!"
Whether these herbs are counterfeit or not, and what their medicinal effects are, Bai Yanxi can tell everything with just a glance, a sniff, and a taste.
These three plants before me are truly rare and exotic herbs, spiritual medicines born from the essence of heaven and earth!
Seeing that Old Master Bai had calmed down a bit, Wu You began to speak.
"Old Master Bai, with these herbs, and combined with a musk of extraordinary efficacy, could you make a traditional Chinese medicine ointment that can restore spirit and nourish qi, and help mend bones and tendons?"
Bai Yan held the three medicinal herbs with great delight.
"With them, I can't guarantee the survival of the dead, but I can certainly produce the holy medicine that can heal flesh and bone." Although his words were somewhat exaggerated, they fully demonstrated the shock these spiritual herbs brought to Bai Yanxi and his confidence in his medical skills.
The three spiritual herbs, Meiguicao, Qihonghua, and Wulingshen, are all products of alchemy. Wu You did not want to waste three points of alchemical energy by destroying the roots of the herbs just because of one medicine-making process.
So they had already been planted and a propagation order had been given beforehand, and now there are dozens of seedlings of each species in a medicinal garden on the back mountain.
That's the good thing about plants; they're easy to propagate. They can be propagated by dividing stems and sowing seeds, or by flowering and producing seeds.
Furthermore, with their impressive growth rate, as long as the soil is fertile, they can grow into finished medicinal herbs in just two months. Moreover, the growth rate of the seedlings increases significantly on clear nights and at sunrise.
With Bai Yanxi's assurance, Wu You felt relieved. Not only would her father's health recover quickly, but this would also be one of her stable sources of income in the future.
Since it's a sacred medicine of traditional Chinese medicine and has such powerful effects, it's not unreasonable to sell it at a higher price, right? Wu You thought to himself.
...
Old Bai is actually a restless person. Although he has been scavenging for many years, he has never stopped his research on traditional Chinese medicine. It's just that he has not been able to treat patients and lacks physical medicinal materials.
With several medicinal herbs, whose active ingredients are fairly clear yet whose medicinal power is surprisingly strong, right in front of him, how could he possibly resist?
Originally, the only concern was that using these few plants would damage the roots of the herbs, but when Wu You told them that there were still seedlings, they immediately put everything aside and started working.
Bai Yanxi and Wu You had already come up with a catchy name for the medicine. It was more magical than the Black Jade Rejuvenating Ointment in Jin Yong's stories and more effective than the Six Gods Rejuvenating Water in period dramas, so they decided to call it Rejuvenating Rejuvenating Ointment.
...
Wang Dong was driving a minivan back from Xiangnan at that moment. He and Xiang Biao had divided their tasks: one of them was secretly taking care of Wu Jianguo at the hospital under the guise of being hospitalized, while the other was traveling a long distance to the musk deer farm in Xiangnan to buy live musk deer.
There were three male musk deer in the van, their feet bound and their eyes covered, making quiet, uneasy noises inside.
Wang Dong carried the farm's certificate with him at all times. Without it, he would be arrested by the police if he was stopped on the highway, as wild musk deer are a Class I protected animal in China.
At 7 p.m., Wang Dong, who had been on the go, finally arrived at the Wu family's door.
After honking the horn twice, Wu You and Garuru came out to move the musk deer.
To thank Wang Dong, Wu You specially cooked a plate of chicken for him after learning that he hadn't eaten dinner yet. He also took out the leftover dishes and rice from dinner and told him to make do with it.
This flattered Wang Dong, who thought to himself that the trip was well worth it.
Bai Yanxi watched in amazement, finding the young man from the Wu family quite mysterious.
Living in such an old rural tile-roofed house yet driving such a high-end car, and the bodyguard who never leaves his side and never speaks is even more ferocious and terrifying.
He witnessed the scene of the car being smashed in the afternoon; with that kind of force, it could probably tear a person apart.
And then there's this guy named Wang Dong, with a fierce look in his eyebrows, tattoos on his shoulders, and a shaved head (he had his hair shaved at the hospital last time and it hadn't grown back yet), he doesn't look like a nice guy either.
But this same person, it is said, traveled a thousand miles and stayed up all night just to buy a few musk deer for Wu You. Even more miraculously, he regarded a leftover meal as a treasure and ate it with gratitude and satisfaction.
However, something even more surprising happened to Bai Yanxi soon afterward.
It was past nine o'clock at night when Bai Yanxi was still downstairs, working on herbal medicines with the lights on.
To make Wu You's and his envisioned holy medicine, not only are several powerful main ingredients needed, but also many other common medicinal materials, which Bai Lao can squander at will.
Just as Bai Yanxi was mixing the proportions of several herbal powders, Wu You rushed downstairs and handed him a porcelain bowl containing a bowl of coffee-colored, crystalline powder.
"Old Bai, this is musk from a musk deer. You should get some rest. I'm going to sleep."
After saying that, Wu You ran upstairs again.
Bai Yanxi stared blankly at the porcelain bowl in his hand. A rich and unique musky scent wafted from the bowl, but he couldn't figure out how Wu You had obtained such high-quality musk from those few farmed musk deer, or when he had obtained it.
Wu Xiaozi is talking about the musk deer?
...
Wu You rushed upstairs not because he was sleepy, but because when he successfully created the Spirit Musk Deer, he had used up exactly 10 points of alchemical energy.
Note: System upgrade in progress, estimated time remaining: 2 minutes.
Wu You waited excitedly in the room for the upgrade to finish, and two minutes later...
Note: System upgrade complete.
Congratulations on reaching level two! You have passed the beginner testing period. You are hereby awarded 20 Alchemy Energy and one spin of the prize wheel.
Current total alchemical energy: 24 points
Enabling Level 2 Alchemy: Level 2 Alchemy allows the use of 3 types of materials, consuming 10 Alchemy Energy points per attempt.
Enable map and surveying functions
Enable the creature target navigation function in Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain
Tip: You can choose any area on the explored map to descend into the Beast Mountain, and you can search for the location of the creature you need.
Activate Alchemy Energy Absorption Function
Tip: Please pay attention to high-quality rubies and sapphires.
Holy crap! It turns out that Level 1 was just a probationary period. Wu You jumped out of bed.
Compared to the meager alchemy and cultivation functions of the first level, the functions of the second level system are much more powerful and comprehensive. It also addresses his concerns about finding materials in the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain, determining its location, and, most importantly, the source of alchemical energy.
Choose to enter the lottery first.
The long-absent question mark streaked across the screen, and a second later, a large question mark appeared on the screen, then flashed and turned into something like a crystal.
Congratulations on obtaining a one-time use item, Dark Alchemy Crystal, Rarity (Dark). You can use it to perform one Dark Alchemy.
Note: Dark alchemy is performed by consuming Dark Alchemy Crystals. There is no limit to the number of alchemy materials, and no alchemy energy is consumed. The basic success rate of the second-level Dark Alchemy system is 20%.
Upon drawing this item, Wu You felt both impressed and hesitant to use it. Level 9 alchemy required an astronomical amount of alchemical energy, so obtaining the more precious dark alchemy would be ideal.
But he dared not use it. With such a low success rate, even if he described it as 100% reasonable, it would only be 30% in total. Without a Lucky Alchemy Card, he dared not waste it, otherwise he didn't know when he would be able to draw it again.
While I was still processing the surprises brought by this upgrade, the system kept sending notifications.
System Task: Alchemy Advancement
Mission objective: Enter the Beast Mountain, find three high-quality materials, and create a powerful life form.
Quest Rewards: 30 Alchemy Energy Points, two Alchemy Creature Storage Slots. Must be accepted within seven days.
Anyway, we'll have to go into the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain eventually, so we must make sure to be fully prepared this time," Wu You thought to himself.
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