The Immortal Way is Fierce

Chapter 99 Alchemist

Ruan Baizhi looked at Zhang Jingyuan calmly. After saying this, she suddenly felt relaxed.

She had already thought about it. Anyway, even if Zhang Jingyuan didn't take over, the pharmacy wouldn't be able to stay open for long. She would have to leave sooner or later, and it was only half a year before the sect accepted disciples and took the Taoist entrance exam.

In the past six months, she has been practicing hard at home, which is quite good.

"You also know that in half a year, the sect will accept disciples and take the Taoist entrance exam. I need to prepare for it."

Ruan Baizhi seemed to feel that her behavior was too abrupt and too deliberate, as if she was deliberately targeting Zhang Jingyuan, Ruan Baizhi added another sentence.

Uh……

Looking at the slightly stubborn Ruan Baizhi, Zhang Jingyuan really wanted to touch this girl's forehead to see if she had any serious illness.

As an old classmate, he took over the pharmacy, shouldn't Ruan Baizhi be happy?

What does it mean to resign?
Furthermore, he just took a look at this store under the leadership of shopkeeper Sun. It was a very small shop, so small that there were only two people, shopkeeper Sun and Ruan Baizhi.

Shopkeeper Sun is in charge of pharmaceuticals, while Ruan Baizhi is in charge of the front desk. If there is a large amount of herbs that need to be processed, the two of them will work together.

Originally there was a pharmacist in the drugstore, but not long after Ruan Baizhi arrived, he resigned and left. According to shopkeeper Sun, the pharmacist had to leave because of temporary family matters, but from his perspective, that may not be the case.

There is a high probability that the business in the store is too bad, so the pharmacist has already said hello and is ready to leave. This is why shopkeeper Sun will issue a task, and also requires that the person who accepts the task must be quite familiar with herbal medicine and have some spiritual roots. The reason for the fire root.

Now that shopkeeper Sun is gone, Ruan Baizhi is also leaving. Doesn't that mean that he needs to guard this store by himself?

How could this be possible? He still had to work hard to practice and improve his realm. How could he have no time to guard a shabby shop every day?

If so, then he is really putting the cart before the horse, losing the watermelon and picking up the sesame seeds.

He still has too many things to do, and naturally he needs a higher level of cultivation as support. Furthermore, he also has to prepare for the sect's recruitment of disciples and the Taoist academy entrance exam in six months.

This does not mean that he has to rely on sects or Taoist temples to practice like others, but it is more convenient to join them.

In particular, some special secret realms require Taoist students or sect disciples to enter more conveniently. There are some opportunities there that he knows can accelerate his growth.

However, just when he was about to say something, looking at Ruan Baizhi's stubborn face, an idea flashed in his mind, and he suddenly thought of something, and his eyes when he looked at Ruan Baizhi suddenly became a lot softer.

He should not forget the special nature of Ruan Baizhi. Even from the time Ruan Baizhi started attacking those disabled young people, he should have thought that Ruan Baizhi would probably abandon the original, the delicate and weak Ruan Baizhi, and become her true self. .

The real Ruan Baizhi should be someone who doesn't like to rely on others. After all, she has no one to rely on.

Although he didn't know what Ruan Baizhi's family was like, and he didn't know why Ruan Baizhi became the female thief in white, but from the conversation between Ruan Baizhi and the little girl, he could probably guess that Ruan Baizhi should be Treat the little girl as your childhood self.

Ruan Baizhi in her childhood was probably like a little girl who needed to support a family on her own, but her luck was not as good as that of the little girl. No Ruan Baizhi was willing to help her in her childhood.

Otherwise, it would be really hard for Zhang Jingyuan to imagine why a beautiful girl who looks normal would embark on this path.

Even at this time, he felt that the reason why Ruan Baizhi was willing to help the little girl was not only because of her good nature, but also because Ruan Baizhi saw herself in the little girl.

"What are you looking at? Don't forget, I also have four spiritual roots!"

From Zhang Jingyuan's eyes, she felt something soft but capable of hurting her. Ruan Baizhi suddenly became a little panicked and said fiercely on the outside but soft on the inside.

At this moment, her heart was pounding. It made no sense. There was no reason for Zhang Jingyuan to know those things about her.

After all, even the male classmates she had stolen from didn't know she had done anything to their father, and Zhang Jingyuan had no reason to know.

"You know, you are the only four-spirited person in our class for a long time. How dare I, a latecomer, forget it."

After he stopped thinking, Zhang Jingyuan said with a smile.

"It's good to know!"

Ruan Baizhi raised her nose proudly. Her jawline was slender, delicate, fair, and perfect.

Seeing that Zhang Jingyuan's expression returned to normal, Ruan Baizhi's heart quickly calmed down and she told herself that it must have been an illusion just now.

After all, let alone Zhang Jingyuan, there is no reason to know that he has been a thief. If he knew, how could Zhang Jingyuan communicate with her on an equal footing like this, instead of avoiding her like a snake or scorpion, or threatening her with such things.

She had experienced this kind of encounter many times as a child, but she had never compromised.

Furthermore, if he didn't even know about the thief, how could Zhang Jingyuan know about his tragic experience as a child and feel sympathy for her, so he must be overthinking it.

"Let's put it this way, you know the situation in this pharmacy. I need someone to help me..."

Seeing what Ruan Baizhi wanted to say, Zhang Jingyuan pressed his palm, indicating that he should finish speaking first.

"However, as a condition, I can give you a salary increase of five spirit coins every day, and find someone to teach you some knowledge of alchemy. Judging from the fact that you have mastered good herbal knowledge during your time in Qianlongyuan, you should be familiar with alchemy. I am interested, but if you want to obtain this alchemy knowledge, you have to endure hardship, after all, that person has a bit of a weird personality."

"If you don't agree, then I can only agree to your resignation, but I hope you can stay for a few more days. When I find someone to replace you, you can go home and practice hard. How about it?" Zhang Jingyuan's face was as calm as water, and it was business. He said in a businesslike manner.

Since Ruan Baizhi wants to be her true self and be independent, there is no need for him to force Ruan Baizhi. If the conditions are suitable, he can stay and if not, he can leave.

"Alchemy knowledge?"

Hearing this, Ruan Baizhi took a breath of air and looked at Zhang Jingyuan in disbelief.

She is naturally interested in alchemy knowledge, or in other words, her dream has been to be an alchemist since she was a child.

There is no other reason than that alchemists make more money.

In her opinion, any alchemist is someone with a lot of money in his pocket.

If you could become an alchemist...

Ruan Baizhi could no longer imagine what kind of life she would lead after becoming an alchemist.

At this moment, Ruan Baizhi suddenly felt like she was dreaming. After all, in her understanding, she could only come into contact with the knowledge of alchemy after joining a sect or a Taoist school and making some meritorious deeds.

After all, you must know that for the entire world of cultivation, whether it is an alchemist, a weapon refiner, an animal tamer, a puppet master, an inscription master, etc., they are all extremely precious existences.

There is no way, those heavenly and earthly treasures, monster materials are really too expensive. If you want to train a qualified alchemist or weapon refiner, you need a lot of materials for them to practice.

It can be said that every alchemist, weapon refiner, etc., is made from a mountain of heavenly materials, earthly treasures, and monster beast materials. Can it not be rare or expensive?

According to her understanding, shopkeeper Sun purchased the elixirs from the Liuyun Sect's alchemists. Although the quality of the elixirs was good, the profits were extremely compressed.

Although it seems that you can earn forty or fifty spirit coins from selling a pill, the profit is more than ten times higher than the four or five spirit coins from an ordinary prescription.

But you know, the cost of one elixir is nearly one spiritual stone, and how many spiritual coins is a pair of elixirs worth?
A few dozen spirit coins is a big deal.

If you count the profit margin, the elixir is less than one-tenth of the ordinary prescription.

That is because there are more or less mortal monks around who want to achieve a higher level of cultivation. If they save enough money, they will come here to buy a few pills. Otherwise, Shopkeeper Sun would have stopped doing this pill business.

Because An Qing was a disciple of Liuyun Sect first, Liuyun Sect's tentacles have extended into every corner of Yunhua Star in recent years. It can be said that whether it is from pharmacies, magic weapon shops, monster material and pawn shops, etc., Liuyun Sect has Zongdu has many stores in Yunhuaxing.

But the next moment, Ruan Baizhi looked at Zhang Jingyuan suspiciously.

She suddenly realized just now that what Zhang Jingyuan said didn't mean that Zhang Jingyuan wanted to refine the elixir himself. Otherwise, why would he find someone to come over to refine the elixir and teach her some alchemy knowledge by the way.

But does Zhang Jingyuan have this strength?

Not to mention whether the alchemist is so easy to invite, or even whether there is an alchemist for Zhang Jingyuan to invite, it is all a matter of one level. The amount of elixir required to refine the elixir is a headache.

These elixirs, even low-grade yellow-level elixirs, are worth two or three spirit stones. Zhang Jingyuan has so many spirit stones, does he want to buy the elixirs?

Furthermore, if the alchemist Zhang Jingyuan found was unreliable and failed to make several batches of elixirs, then there would be no telling how many spiritual stones would be needed.

According to her understanding of Zhang Jingyuan, it seems that Zhang Jingyuan does not come from a wealthy family.

Regarding the family background of the male classmates in Qianlong Academy, probably no one in the entire Qianlong Academy knew better than her.

"Can you afford to pay?"

Ruan Baizhi hesitated for a moment, then asked.

She couldn't just ignore Zhang Jingyuan's possible risks and not remind her of anything just because she wanted to learn alchemy knowledge.

"Don't worry about this, just tell me if you want to stay."

Zhang Jingyuan waved his hand and said casually.

"Of course I am willing. How could I pass up this good opportunity to learn alchemy knowledge in advance, and you don't need to increase your salary. I can even reduce it a little as the cost of learning alchemy knowledge."

In this case, Ruan Baizhi had nothing to say. After all, based on her friendship with Zhang Jingyuan, no matter how much she said, the friendship would be superficial and profound.

"I don't need to reduce my salary. I dare to sell elixirs. How can I still be short of your few spiritual coins?"

Since it was agreed that he would bring the alchemist over three days later, Zhang Jingyuan left directly. After all, he had to rent a house.

At the price of three hundred spirit coins per month, Zhang Jingyuan rented a house that he was quite satisfied with, with a small courtyard, and he went home.

He also had to pack up his things and prepare to move.

When he got home, he opened the door and said, "Hey," Zhang Meifeng was at home.

(End of this chapter)