"It's not the fish, it's the poisonous insect in the fish's stomach."
Lan Zhi pried open the fish's belly, revealing densely packed flying fish Gu.
"ah!!"
The woman in the pink dress screamed, got goosebumps all over her body, took several steps back, and a look of fear flashed across her face.
She hates bugs the most.
"Sir, please wait a moment. I'll ask the alchemist to come and identify it." The woman in the pink dress had a stiff expression. Without waiting for Lan Zhi to reply, she ran upstairs quickly, as if she was being chased by a flood or a beast.
Lan Zhi stood there waiting.
Centipedes, silkworms, silkworm cocoons, cicada shells, etc. are all insect-based traditional Chinese medicines.
For alchemists, poisonous insects are also medicinal materials.
The price of the more common poisonous insects is definitely not high.
However, Flying Fish Gu is not available on the market.
As the saying goes, scarcity makes things valuable...
These poisonous insects need the power of the orchid flower to be cultivated. It can be said that there is no other like them in the world.
Of course, Lan Zhi didn't expect the Flying Fish Gu to fetch a high price, but she could still cultivate other Gu worms. If that didn't work out, she would have to borrow money from Shangguan Jianxing...
The Lan family owned six shops and received silver from them every year to support their lives. In addition, there were no servants in the mansion and the expenses were low, so they had accumulated a lot of silver over the years.
But these silvers, when converted into spirit stones...
Can it probably only be exchanged for a dozen Earth Spirit Stones?
Poor...
Lan Zhi sighed in her heart, and at this moment, a middle-aged man with a square face walked down from upstairs.
The middle-aged man frowned, with a hint of impatience between his brows. He looked at Lan Zhi and asked, "Are you the one who wants to sell poison?"
Lanzhi handed him the fish.
The middle-aged man took it, opened it and looked at it. His hands shook and he almost threw them all away.
"What the hell is this!"
Colorful, and poisonous at first glance.
"This is a flying fish...worm." Lan Zhi introduced. If it was called "Gu", it would always feel a little evil. Anyway, it's just one word difference. The name is not the point, the effect is.
She continued, "Flying fish worms like to stay on fish. They are extremely poisonous, but after they die, the poison disappears and they can be used as medicine... Living flying fish worms are more dangerous. An ordinary person would die within an incense stick of time if bitten by one. If a spiritual master is bitten... I don't know how long it would take to die. I haven't tried it."
The middle-aged man raised his eyebrows and asked, "Have you ever tried this on an ordinary person?"
Lan Zhi shook her head. "No, it's the book that records the time it takes for the poison to take effect on ordinary people."
The middle-aged man asked casually, "Which book? How come I've never heard of this kind of insect..."
"It's a family heirloom book, but I forgot the title." Lan Zhi answered perfunctorily.
"Flying Fish Bug..." The middle-aged man repeated these three words, and suddenly thought of something. He slapped his head and said, "Are you sure this is called a Flying Fish Bug, and not a Flying Fish Gu?!"
"What's wrong?" Lan Zhi didn't understand why he reacted so strongly.
"You don't understand..." The middle-aged man's expression suddenly became excited. He tightly grasped the dried fish in his hand and asked, "Are these flying fish poisonous insects?"
"Yeah." Lan Zhi nodded hesitantly.
"I'll take a few to experiment with first. Wait for me..." The middle-aged man said, and was about to run upstairs. Just after climbing two steps, he realized that he was the worshiper of the Eternal Hand. Even if he was not responsible for receiving guests, he could not leave them alone. The middle-aged man waved at Lan Zhi and said, "Come with me."
Lan Zhi followed behind him.
As the middle-aged man went upstairs, he said, "You look so young, you must be just an alchemy apprentice, right?"
"I don't know where you got this flying fish worm. It's your personal secret. Logically, I can't ask you too much, but I still want to ask... do you have other kinds of poisonous worms?"
"If you have any, you can sell them to me next time. My price is very fair and I will definitely not let you suffer any loss."
"By the way, I'm going to make some medicine in a while. Please watch from the side and don't talk, otherwise you will disturb me."
"Okay, I understand." Lan Zhi nodded and said, "I don't have any other poisonous insects here at the moment."
"For now?" The middle-aged man heard Lan Zhi's hidden meaning. He brought Lan Zhi to his alchemy room and reminded her again: "No matter what questions you have while watching, you must remain quiet and don't talk to me. Wait until I finish refining the alchemy before you speak."
Lan Zhi: "Okay."
The middle-aged man took out five ant-sized poisonous insects from the fish's belly. They looked like butterflies, and if you took one out and looked at it alone, they looked pretty good.
"These insects are poisonous. You just catch them with your hands. Aren't you afraid of getting bitten?" Lan Zhi really admired his courage. She felt that this middle-aged man had too little vigilance. Not only did he bring a stranger to watch him make elixirs, but he also dared to catch poisonous insects with his bare hands.
However, these poisonous insects are under the control of Lan Zhi. Lan Zhi has ordered the flying fish poisonous insects not to bite people. No matter what the situation, they will not attack people.
"It doesn't matter. I'm immune to all poisons." The middle-aged man said nonchalantly.
He first put a few poisonous insects into the medicine jar, and then came to his alchemy furnace.
The middle-aged man took a deep breath, his expression became serious, and his eyes became particularly focused.
He raised his hand, and a ball of fluorescent green flame rose from his palm.
"go--"
He struck the flame into the bottom of the furnace, and the fire instantly grew larger, enveloping the entire alchemy furnace.
This was the first time Lan Zhi saw someone making elixirs.
In her "previous life", Lan Zhi chose the "Medical Theory" in the Lan Shen Flower, and mainly studied the contents of the "Identifying Medicines", "Opening the Meridians", "Cleansing the Marrow", and "Saving Life". As for the "Alchemy", Lan Zhi also studied it seriously, but a person's energy is limited. Lan Zhi opened the Lan Shen Flower in her teens and married Yuan Zhan not long after. She had no alchemist to teach her, and only learned this part of the knowledge superficially.
Although the Lanshen Flower recorded a bunch of pill recipes, as well as alchemy methods, control of fire temperature, etc., all aspects were very detailed, but Lan Zhi did not have the Earth Flame at that time and could only refine some simple pills. She had not tried it in this life. Seeing the huge alchemy furnace in front of her, Lan Zhi looked dazed.
Before she died, all she saw was a raging fire. What made her even more miserable was that she was completely powerless to save her daughter. She could only hold her daughter in her arms and burn to death...
Lan Zhi's face gradually turned pale, and a fierce light flashed in her eyes. For a moment, she wanted to run to Prince Rui's mansion immediately, release the white jade, and let the ferocious beast eat Yuan Zhan bit by bit!
So what if Yuan Zhan has a life-saving trump card?
She has a "treasure hunting space", which can be used to store spiritual weapons, and can also be used to trap people!
If Yuan Zhan is trapped inside, no matter how many life-saving cards he has, they will eventually run out. Anyway, as long as he is not allowed to escape, he will starve to death!
I just wonder if I can trap Prince Rui in there too...
Dangerous thoughts emerged in Lan Zhi's mind.
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