Starting from Douluo Continent, I've become a god through daily check-ins.

Chapter 376: A Lucky Find

Entering Wan Yao Zhai, the shop was spacious, brightly lit by moonstones hanging on the walls. The shop was busy with customers, and the staff were all rushing around; no one came to greet Jing Chen as he entered. Jing Chen didn't mind; it was better this way, as it would be quieter.

His gaze swept across the transparent counter before finally settling on a small box. Jing Chen was slightly taken aback. This was… a healing medicine? However, Jing Chen wasn't too surprised by the medicine. In a place like this, even the lowest-grade healing medicine could fetch a good price.

His gaze then shifted elsewhere. The shelves displayed many mid-grade medicinal herbs and pills, but Jing Chen wasn't interested. He already had a renowned alchemist, Master Yao, by his side; what pills didn't he have?

Just as he was about to leave, having thought that was all there was to the pharmacy, he caught a glimpse of something out of the corner of his eye and looked at it with interest. It was a pale yellow, blocky object. Upon closer inspection, Jing Chen's lips curled into a slight smile. Casually glancing at the object, Jing Chen said indifferently, "Help me get this out."

A man who had just walked over paused, sizing up Jing Chen's clothes and appearance. His attire was quite ordinary; aside from his long, striking silver hair, there was nothing else noteworthy. His gaze shifted to what Jing Chen was pointing to—just a piece of the lowest grade Coptis chinensis extract. He impatiently curled his lip, his face stiffening as he took it from the counter: "Coptis chinensis extract, low-grade medicinal herb, one hundred gold coins."

Jing Chen sneered. "Looking down on people like that?" But thinking about it, it made sense. Jing Chen's clothes didn't exactly scream "rich person," and the medicinal herb he'd chosen was the lowest grade, Coptis chinensis extract. However, that wasn't an excuse for the shop assistant's condescending attitude. Jing Chen was very dissatisfied with the shop assistant's attitude.

Hearing Jing Chen's sneer, the man immediately became enraged and said impatiently, "Take it or leave! This isn't a place for a poor wretch like you!"

Jing Chen merely sneered, ignoring the man's words. He pretended to rummage through his bag, and accidentally, a large pile of gold coins fell out. The man was stunned. Without counting them, just a quick glance revealed that the pile of coins must have been worth at least a thousand gold coins!

"Oops, what an accident, how did you drop your change?" Jing Chen said, bending down to pick up the gold coins on the ground.

Upon seeing this, the man immediately rushed out, beaming, and said, "Young master, how could I let you do such dirty work? Let me pick it up for you."

Looking at the bent-over man, Jing Chen sneered again and kicked him away: "Who do you think you are?"

The man not only wasn't angry, but also smiled obsequiously and said, "Yes, yes, I'm no good. Young master, you're a magnanimous man, please don't hold it against me."

After the man picked up all the gold coins from the ground, Jing Chen took the money bag the man handed her and asked again, "How much is this?"

"Young master, this lowest grade Coptis chinensis extract is worth one hundred gold coins. Young master, our pharmacy also has some more potent medicinal herbs. Shall I show you?" The man said with a smile to Jing Chen.

Jing Chen nodded: "Please install this for me too. The table leg at home is missing a section, and this thing is perfect for supporting it."

"Okay, okay." The man didn't dare to delay and immediately went to pack the Coptis chinensis for Jing Chen, then led Jing Chen to the more expensive herbal medicine shelf.

Listening to the man's introduction, Jing Chen nodded slightly the whole time, but inwardly he kept sneering. A medicinal herb whose only effect was to calm the mind was being touted by this man as if it came from the same soil as the five-colored stones used by Nuwa to mend the sky.

After looking through them, Jing Chen could only select a handful of medicinal herbs. The others were either not very effective or had little to no medicinal value. Jing Chen shook his head helplessly. In principle, a pharmacy like this shouldn't have such substandard products.

However, none of that is Jing Chen's concern. If some fool falls for it, it's none of Jing Chen's business. As far as Jing Chen is concerned, he basically won't bother with anything unless it affects his own interests.

After settling the cost of the medicine, Jing Chen turned and left without looking back. The man kept smiling as he saw Jing Chen out of the pharmacy, his attitude almost like he was sticking a plaster on Jing Chen.

Jing Chen took out the Coptis chinensis extract he had just bought and examined it carefully. From its appearance, it was indeed the lowest grade of medicinal material, but its taste was not what a low-grade medicinal material should taste like.

Without further ado, Jing Chen activated his kaleidoscope and vaguely saw something, but he wasn't quite sure. He turned off the kaleidoscope and used his fingernail to scratch a small opening on the surface of the Coptis chinensis extract. From this small opening, a crimson liquid, resembling fresh blood, oozed out! He dipped his finger in it, tasted it lightly on his tongue, and the peculiar, slightly bloody flavor immediately made his eyes light up.

"Blood Lotus Essence!"

As Jing Chen was slightly excited, Yao Lao's slightly surprised voice rang in his ears: "Little guy, you're lucky. You actually managed to stumble upon such a rare medicinal herb."

Jing Chen smiled and said, "I may not be that good at other things, but when it comes to finding bargains, I'm a pro."

The nature of Blood Lotus Essence needs little explanation; for alchemists, it is something that is extremely rare and highly sought after. Blood Lotus Essence is one of the main ingredients for refining Blood Lotus Pills, and the effects of Blood Lotus Pills are inseparable from the Burning Technique.

To evolve the Burning Flame Technique, one must devour a different kind of flame. However, devouring a different kind of flame is not something that can be done casually. Even with a monstrous physique like Jing Chen's, possessing the Dark Flame, ranked first on the Different Flame Ranking, Jing Chen could not be 100% certain that he would succeed.

After all, Jing Chen had not experienced the process of devouring the strange fire, so he couldn't judge whether his body could withstand it.

"It's not bad to get even one piece of Blood Lotus Essence. I thought I'd find a second one," Jing Chen said helplessly.

"Oh? What do you mean?" Yao Lao suddenly became interested and asked.

Jing Chen said helplessly, "Although that shop doesn't know its stuff, most of the other items are Coptis chinensis extract, and they only have this one piece of Blood Lotus extract."

"Hahaha... If Blood Lotus Essence could appear in multiple pieces so easily, it wouldn't be such a rare medicinal herb. Finding even one piece is enough to show that you're quite lucky," the old medicine master laughed.

Jing Chen shrugged, neither agreeing nor disagreeing. Indeed, it seemed that in the original story, Xiao Yan had only just left the beginner village and easily picked up a bargain here. For a long time afterward, he had to go to great lengths to acquire a single item.

(End of this chapter)