I Can Record Wonders

Chapter 45: Senior Brother's Special Offer, Medicinal Garden Mission

"High Grade Water Essence Stone!"

Fu Ning quickly found the answer.

After the Arctic Divine Salamander was injured, it did not immediately trigger any wonders.

Instead, it waited until it swallowed the Water Essence Stone before producing the Divine Sun within its body.

In other words, as long as there is enough Origin Qi supply, one can also make the Divine Sun circulate for several cycles, which should further shorten the recovery time.

"But... how can I obtain enough Origin Qi?"

Fu Ning pondered slightly. Although he couldn't swallow the elemental stones, he could swallow pills.

Moreover, compared to pills of the Primordial Spirit class, there are more pills that increase Origin Qi and they are easier to obtain.

Even in the third volume of "Alchemy Compendium," there is a record of a pill called the 'Qi Nourishing Pill.'

However, the amount of Origin Qi restored by the Qi Nourishing Pill is extremely small. Its main significance is for entry-level alchemists, somewhat similar to a programmer's first 'hello world' program.

For Fu Ning at the moment, it was even more useless.

"Pills have been called immortal treasures since ancient times, and refining them is invaluable."

Fu Ning looked at his empty Origin Sea and then at the half-open window.

A touch of light blue outside the window was full of charm at this moment.

"It's been a long time since I went to the small market."

Fu Ning contemplated quietly.

After a simple wash, he pushed open the door of the small house.

Red Mountain in the morning felt just as hot as before.

But unlike the previous times he went up the mountain in a sorry state, this time Fu Ning sat on White Cloud and leisurely made his way up.

It usually takes a couple of hours to get up, but now, in the time it takes to brew a cup of tea, he was already standing at the entrance of the small market.

With a thought, White Cloud shrank to the size of a fist and quickly hid in Fu Ning's sleeve.

The small market today was still quiet.

However, there were several more stalls compared to the previous times.

At a glance, there were more sellers than buyers.

Soon, Fu Ning stopped in front of the first stall.

Red Mountain disciples often refine pills, so there are the most stalls selling medicinal pills in the small market.

The stall in front of him was a pill refining stall.

The stall owner was a senior brother in his twenties. His face was slightly red, as if he had been waiting by the fire for a long time, giving him a roasted color. When he saw Fu Ning stop, he quickly came forward and enthusiastically recommended, "Junior Brother, take a look at the freshly made 'Gathering Divine Pill.' When you meditate, just take one and it's guaranteed to have an epiphany!"

The Gathering Divine Pill is one of the pills that enhances the Primordial Spirit. Taking it makes it easier to stabilize the mind and improves the efficiency of meditation.

But for Fu Ning, it wasn't very useful.

The stall owner seemed to have noticed his lack of interest, so he quickly pointed to other pills and said, "These are the 'Qi Nourishing Pill,' 'Spirit Nourishing Pill,' and a bottle of 'Element Nurturing Pill.'"

"Junior Brother, my stall has the most complete collection of pills in the entire small market."

The three pills he mentioned are all recorded in the "Alchemy Compendium."

The 'Spirit Nourishing Pill' supplements the Primordial Spirit, the 'Element Nurturing Pill' restores injuries, and the 'Qi Nourishing Pill' supplements Origin Qi.

They are all pills that alchemists commonly refine.

"Cough cough, Senior Brother, how much is this bottle of 'Qi Nourishing Pill'?"

Fu Ning maintained the appearance he had when he first came up the mountain, occasionally coughing a few times, giving the impression that he was seriously ill.

The stall owner's eyes lit up. "Junior Brother has good eyesight. The 'Qi Nourishing Pill' I refined, dare I say, is second to none on Red Mountain."

"One bottle contains twenty pills, originally priced at thirty elemental stones."

"But this is the first sale of the day, so I'll sell it to you at a discount. Only twenty-nine elemental stones."

One pill of the Qi Nourishing Pill supplements Origin Qi, roughly equivalent to absorbing two elemental stones.

Twenty pills of the Qi Nourishing Pill, sold for twenty-nine elemental stones, the price was reasonable.

After a brief thought, Fu Ning took out the elemental stones.

Planning to go back and try the effect.

The stall owner took the yuan stone with a delighted expression on his face, and even his words became more polite: "Junior brother, do you need anything else?"

Fu Ning glanced over and saw that there were many medicines on the stall, but only a few caught his eye. Suddenly, a small black bottle in the corner caught his attention.

"What kind of medicine is this 'Spring Blossom Pill'? It doesn't seem to be in the 'Alchemy Compendium'."

The stall owner was momentarily stunned, then smiled strangely: "Junior brother, this medicine is specially provided by Senior Brother Chen, it's very scarce."

Speaking up close and lowering his voice: "It's mainly used between fellow disciples~ Of course, if junior brother is interested..."

Upon hearing this, Fu Ning's mouth twitched, and after coughing lightly twice, he moved on to the next stall.

This 'Senior Brother Chen' is quite interesting.

The second stall was a book stall.

Fu Ning had previously bought two books on scenery here, one was "Records of a Thousand Islands" and the other was "South Sea Wonders".

Unexpectedly, as soon as he approached, the stall owner recognized him.

"Junior brother, we meet again~"

Fu Ning slightly bowed and gave a slight salute: "Ahem, senior brother, do you have any new books recently?"

"Yes, yes, of course."

As he spoke, he bent down to search.

This senior brother was also peculiar. The weather on Red Mountain was so hot, yet he wore a thick felt hat on his head and didn't have a drop of sweat on his face.

Before long, he stood up again with an extra book in his hand.

This book was about the thickness of a thumb, and the cover had three big characters: "The Legend of Hongzu".

"Junior brother, there are few copies of this book left, only this last one."

Fu Ning took the book and casually flipped through it. It recorded the legend of Hongzu's evolution of the world, somewhat similar to mythical stories from his past life.

"Senior brother, I'll take this book."

As he spoke, he took out two yuan stones.

Seeing Fu Ning being so straightforward, the stall owner immediately felt more favorable towards him. He casually pulled out a booklet from a concealed place next to him and slipped it into "The Legend of Hongzu": "Junior brother, I'll give you a good book, 'Specially Provided by Senior Brother Chen', I'm sure junior brother will like it."

As he said this, he winked, as if implying something else.

Fu Ning was momentarily stunned. This expression seemed somewhat familiar, just like the expression of the senior brother at the medicine stall earlier.

Fu Ning didn't dare to think too much and simply hid the book in his sleeve, said 'thank you', and left the book stall.

As a result, the next few stalls were all medicine stalls, selling similar things to the first medicine stall.

Fu Ning suddenly lost interest and just glanced over them before moving on.

But what surprised him was that almost every stall had 'Specially Provided by Senior Brother Chen'.

And they were all different.

Who exactly is this 'Senior Brother Chen'?

Fu Ning circled the market once, but still didn't see Senior Sister Ganlan's artifact refining stall. Just as he was about to summon White Cloud and leave the mountain, a few disciples gathered around the entrance.

"The herb garden has a new task?"

"No new task, but they changed the commission for the herb farmers."

"It used to be 70% for the herb garden and 30% for the herb farmers."

"What? 50-50 now! Doesn't that mean we can make a big profit?"

"Big profit my ass! Now you have to pay a deposit. Haven't you heard about the recent incidents of theft in the Heavenly Medicine Gardens?"

"Greedy for small gains leads to big losses!"

...

The herb garden has always rewarded based on the harvest.

70-30 meant that after the herbs were harvested, the herb garden would get 70% and the herb farmers would get 30%.

With 50-50, it was an even split between the herb garden and the herb farmers.

Upon hearing this, Fu Ning's eyes lit up.

Sorry for being late today.

(End of this chapter)