Chapter 023 Western Fantasy Town 14
After working in Charles's shop for three days, Theodore finally understood why Charles hired people to work.
Because Ciel isn't in the store at all!
With the help of Theodore, Xie Yunsui finally completed the development of the medicinal fields in the front and back yards and planted basic medicinal materials.
After finishing this part, Theodore thought he would stay quietly in the shop to read a book and wait for customers, but he was busy making a few wooden signs that read "Charles' shop in Ika Village provides exorcism services for 1 gold coin each time", and then put up the wooden signs along the road from Villanstai to Ika Village.
Xie Yunsui explained: "This is free advertising."
There are so many adventurers going to Villansted, it would be a profit if even one of them saw the billboard and came over.
Under Xie Yunsui's sign, in small letters, it was written "Char's shop buys all kinds of herbs", providing some financial support for adventurers who could not hunt down monsters but did not want to return empty-handed.
Ethan's team went down the mountain dejectedly. They originally came here to hunt the Flame Winged Beasts, but perhaps because there were too many hunting teams during this period, the Flame Winged Beasts became alert. They searched the mountain for four or five days but didn't find a single Flame Winged Beast.
I had eaten all the dry bread and water I had with me, so I had no choice but to return.
This time they took another route down the mountain, which was close to a village called Ika Village. They were in urgent need of some water.
"I didn't earn a single gold coin this time. I can't even imagine Betty's disappointed look."
Jason in the team was very disappointed.
Everyone else was sullen and no one spoke.
Because they dare not imagine how disappointed their families will be.
"Huh? When did there become a wooden sign here?"
Ethan noticed a brand new wooden sign on the side of the road with a few lines of words on it.
"Charle's shop? Exorcism service? 1 gold coin? Haha, are they selling the exorcism potion in three installments?"
"Look at the small words below!"
"Buying herbs?"
The team looked at the herbs on the roadside, many of which they recognized.
Villanstai is famous for its magical beasts, but in fact, there are medicinal herbs growing everywhere, but they are all ordinary herbs. These herbs can fill the market through cultivation, and if they cannot be sold at a high price, adventurers will no longer bother to pick them.
Jason became curious: "Do they really collect all kinds of herbs?"
"Hey, maybe I'm just lying to you."
"If it's a lie, we'll rip his shop off." Jason squatted down to collect herbs. "But if it's true, at least we can take some money back this time."
The other members of the team were persuaded, and while cursing in disbelief, they honestly divided an area and each went to collect herbs.
The herbs were light and not heavy after being collected from a nearby area. Everyone wrapped the herbs in their outer clothes and went down the mountain, unconsciously quickening their pace.
They want to see if the person buying the herbs is a liar!
When Zhen Shi exchanged a bunch of herbs for money, everyone in Ethan's team was dumbfounded.
This, this is exchanged for money?
Although no one had even 1 silver coin, the copper coins in their hands told them that collecting herbs could really be exchanged for money!
Xie Yunsui smiled and said, "The purchase of medicinal herbs is effective in the long term."
Looking at the levels of around 20 above their heads, Xie Yunsui knew that adventurers like Matthew's team with relatively high overall levels were in the minority.
If the adventurers are not of a high level, it will be difficult for them to challenge the second-level monsters, and most of them will return empty-handed. If there is another way to make money, they don’t even have to carry herbs to the town. These adventurers will definitely bring some herbs down when they go down the mountain.
Even if one person brings down a handful of herbs, Xie Yunsui can earn a profit from the transaction.
These herbs were not collected in vain. He planned to challenge himself to make potions in the near future.
As a beginner, Xie Yunsui felt that he was not a genius and would not succeed in one try. He still had to prepare more medicinal materials to prevent excessive loss.
Xie Yunsui didn't know that he would soon have an endless supply of basic medicinal herbs.
After leaving Charles's shop, Ethan's team did not leave in a hurry. They checked into the only inn in the village.
Mrs. Anita provided them with vegetable soup and dry bread and filled their water bladders with hot water.
While eating, Ethan said, "It's not dark yet. Let's go to Villanstai after we're full and collect some herbs on the outskirts."
"Yeah!" The team members nodded while eating.
This time, they also borrowed backpacks from the hotel. Each of them carried a backpack up the mountain and directly plucked out the outer edge of Villanstai.
After dark, we went down the mountain to exchange money. This time everyone collected a lot, and each person earned more than one silver coin.
The team members got together and decided to go up the mountain again tomorrow. They had already spent so many days without going back, so they didn't mind adding another day.
Because a backpack cannot hold too many herbs, they would go down the mountain to sell them every time the backpack was full. They could make four or five trips a day. Ethan's team felt embarrassed about it, but the owner of the store was never impatient and even prepared tea for them.
Therefore, Ethan's team stayed in Ika Village for three more days, and only had to spend 20 copper coins on accommodation at the hotel every day. On the contrary, each of them could earn almost 10 silver coins every day.
If it weren't for the fact that this trip would take too long and they were afraid that their family would worry, they would really like to live here permanently.
After Ethan's team left, some adventurers found the signpost and collected a lot of herbs according to the instructions.
Theodore wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "Charles, we harvested a lot of herbs today."
I originally thought that Ika Village was remote and had a small population, so Charles would not have much business if he opened a store here. But now there are dozens of transactions every day.
After Theodore had entertained the villagers, he also entertained adventurers, buying either vegetables or herbs, and occasionally selling a few apples.
When he finally had some free time, he counted the number of transactions today and found that it had reached an astonishing 100.
Ah... so many?
Xie Yunsui took a quick look and found that he was still some distance away from the target.
He glanced at the overly monotonous shelves and said, "It's time to get some new products."
Xie Yunsui followed the instructions in the potion encyclopedia, spent five days, and after 13 failures, he finally succeeded in brewing a pot of blood-replenishing potion.
Summarizing the experiences of 13 failures, 5 times he subconsciously forgot to use magic to blend the herbs, 4 times he made mistakes in time calculation, 3 times he made mistakes when he was anxious, and the last time he put too much magic and it exploded.
A pot of potion can be divided into 10 potions. The blood-replenishing potion is dark red in color. The sign of success is that there will be a layer of fluorescent light on the surface of the potion. Even if it is placed in a potion bottle, the potion bottle will emit a faint light.
Xie Yunsui wrote down his experience in a separate notebook and extracted the formula for the blood-replenishing potion.
There are twenty pages in the book about how to make the blood-replenishing potion, but the formula is only on one page. Even if you forget how to make the blood-replenishing potion later, you only need to take a look at the formula without having to flip through a thick book.
After making the potion, Xie Yunsui finally saw a level bar appearing above his head when he looked in the mirror.
【Char Lv.2】
Did I level up because I successfully brewed the potion?
What are the conditions for upgrading?
The two groups he saw now were the villagers of Ika Village and a team of adventurers.
Everyone has a level bar. The former have very low level bars. Except for Agnes who is level 18, the other villagers are only level 5 or 6, and the younger generation is only level 2 or 3.
The latter are mostly around level 20 due to hunting monsters.
Xie Yunsui recounted the things he had done since he came to this world. He ate and drank the ingredients obtained from the deserted island world and the vegetables provided by the locals. He had never planted or harvested anything by himself.
All the monsters sold were killed by the little bee, he never took any action.
Only the medicine was brewed by him personally.
Xie Yunsui seemed to be lost in thought.
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After Theodore finished his work as a milkman, he turned to the Adventurer's Guild at Ciel's request.
"Purchase 10,000 medicine bottles."
"Buy a long sword."
"Purchase the following herbs..."
Theodore issued a number of tasks in a row according to the list, and even the manager Eisen couldn't help but look at him a few more times.
After delivering the task, he was about to go out and almost bumped into a lady.
The lady was wearing silver armor, holding a long sword, with long fiery red hair tied into a high ponytail, and a fierce expression on her face. She looked like a very powerful person.
Theodore couldn't see her level bar, but since he was at a low level and couldn't see the levels of many adventurers, he could only try his best to guess... This lady should be level 50, right?
He carefully moved out of the way.
Angelica immediately spotted the union manager and asked, "Is there a village called Ika Village nearby?"
Theodore hadn't walked far when he stopped when he heard a familiar name.
Steward Aisen spotted the badge on Angelia's collar. It was a golden badge that only the continent's most prestigious adventurers were qualified to wear. He smiled and said, "Yes, it's only an hour's walk from Laize Town. Just walk towards Villansted and you'll see it."
Angelica noticed the top quest scroll in his hand. The top one was the herbs that Theodore had purchased for Charles.
Angelica said "Huh" and took the scroll to take a closer look.
These herbs are within the range of potions that a junior pharmacist can make, but they cover a wide variety of potions, ranging from low to high difficulty.
What’s more, there are no basic herbs here. Don’t pharmacists purchase herbs and materials according to a complete potion recipe?
Has any amazing team of pharmacists come here recently?
Hmm... I'll go ask the Pharmacists' Union and the pharmacy in town later.
Theodore saw that the lady had only asked about Ika Village and then left. When he passed by the square, he saw a few familiar children soliciting for customers and waved to them.
"Theodore!"
The children had just left the orphanage and Theodore was a volunteer at the orphanage at the time, so they had a good relationship.
Theodore bought them a small basket of toast and asked, "How's business lately?"
"Same as before."
"Recently, a lot of adventurers have been coming to Villanstai from other villages, saying they want to go to Villanstai to dig herbs, and there's money to be made."
"Theodore, is there really money to be made?"
Theodore smiled and said, "Villanstai is very dangerous. There are many magical beasts. Only adventurers dare to go in to dig herbs. Don't sneak in."
"I know. You and Grandma Vanessa both said so. I wonder when we will grow up."
"Eat more and you'll grow bigger."
“But I’m often hungry…”
Theodore thought for a moment and said, "If you can't stay in the small town anymore, go to Ika Village and rent a house and grow vegetables."
Neo frowned. "We don't have money to buy seeds, nor do we have money to set up a stall."
"There's a small shop in Ika Village that sells seeds for just one copper coin a bag. The vegetables you grow are then sold to the shop, which buys them at the market price."
Neo and his friends were confused: "Is there a store like this in Ika Village?"
"There wasn't one before, but a very capable man named Charles came to Ika Village and opened a shop like this. Do you remember when Uncle Nelson last came here to set up a stall and sell vegetables?"
After leaving the orphanage, Neo and his friends have been making a living in the small town. Most of the people coming and going every day look familiar. It really seems like he hasn't seen Uncle Nelson for a long time.
Uncle Nelson used to come to the market every other week to set up a stall and sell vegetables.
Theodore said, "Uncle Nelson sells all his vegetables to Charles, and he earns two silver coins a week."
Neo and his friends had never seen money worth more than one silver coin in their lives, so they opened their mouths wide in shock when they heard this.
Theodore patted their heads one by one and only gave them advice, but did not force them to go to the village to farm.
"Think about it for a while, and come find me when you've made up your mind. But before that, please tell any adventurers passing by that there's a shop called Ciel's in Ika Village that offers exorcism services for just one gold coin and also buys various herbs."
"How about daily toast?"
Neo and his friends patted their chests and looked like "leave it to us".
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