Chapter 3 Chapter 3 Taobao

At the place where several streets intersect, an extremely large building that is surrounded by a faint scent of Danxiang all year round stands on it.On the towering gate, the five flamboyant and simple characters of the Alchemists Guild flashed with pale silver light, making the passers-by who passed by couldn't help casting their awe-inspiring gazes over it. As the headquarters of the pharmacists of the Jia Ma Empire, even the emperors of the imperial family had to show some courtesy when they came here.After all, the occupants of this building.The energy they can generate is enough to shake the entire empire. They are the most honorable professions on the Dou Qi Continent.

Outside the gate of the huge alchemist guild, alchemists who are hard to see on weekdays are all hurrying here and there. The alchemist robes of different colors on the body proudly declare their honor. grade. Standing outside the gate, Xiao Yan looked up at the majestic Alchemist Headquarters, and couldn't help but shook his head in admiration. This kind of momentum is worthy of the leading position of the Jia Ma Empire Alchemist. "Are you planning to participate in the alchemist's meeting?" Standing beside Xiao Yan, Hai Bodong looked up at the more crowded and lively alchemist's guild than before, and asked with his head tilted.

"Let's see, if there is a reward that can impress me, maybe I will participate. If not..." Xiao Yan spread his hands at this point. Obviously, if there is no reward, he naturally does not want to go through this trouble. "It's up to you. This kind of conference is an indispensable event for you pharmacists. Many pharmacists from other countries also rushed over." Hai Bodong nodded, and immediately patted Xiao Yan's face. Shoulder, said: "Since this is the case, you can go in by yourself. I want to do something, and I will leave the old man." "You're going to the Mittel family?" Xiao Yan glanced at Hai Bodong and said with a smile.

Hai Bodong smiled, did not answer directly, waved his hand at Xiao Yan, then turned around and walked slowly towards the street on the left. Looking at the old figure slowly entering the crowd, Xiao Yan murmured in a low voice: "It seems that he has a long relationship with the Mittel family..." After thinking for a while, Xiao Yan shook his head slightly, throwing these questions out of his mind.Whether Hai Bodong is old with the Mittel family or not, it doesn't matter much to him.Glancing again at the plaque above his head with a little quaint atmosphere, he lifted his legs and squeezed in towards the alchemist's guild.

The current Xiao Yan still had ice silkworm skin covering his face, and was wearing a set of professional robes of a second-grade pharmacist. His ordinary appearance was extremely unobtrusive. Stepping into the alchemist's door, a strong scent of alchemy came to the face, making people unable to help but take a light breath and look around in a relaxed mood. The area within the Alchemist Guild is extremely vast, roughly divided into three areas: east, west, and west.In the hall to the east, many square platforms made of green granite are neatly built. Behind those platforms, there are some alchemists in long robes, and on the platforms, there are many All kinds of medicinal materials, as well as jade bottles, scrolls, etc. From this appearance, it seems that there is an area for trading Taobao.

In the south hall, there are many cauldrons burning blazingly. Behind the cauldrons, some pharmacists are controlling the fire with serious expressions. Around them, there are low-level pharmacists, pointing at each other and whispering. Exchange alchemy experience. Compared with the other two halls, the west hall is undoubtedly much quieter.In the aisle, there are even guards standing.It seems that only some alchemists who have reached a certain level are eligible to enter it.Some low-level pharmacists would pass by there occasionally, and they would look in awe and envy. Standing at the door, Xiao Yan looked at the extremely bustling hall, and couldn't help being a little dazed. After a long while, he gradually came back to his senses, smiled wryly and shook his head.

Slowly stepping into the hall, Xiao Yan looked around, hesitated for a moment, then walked towards the Taobao trading area.After he accidentally acquired the palm-sucking fighting skill in Bird Tan City, he was very interested in this kind of thing of finding treasures in the vast waste heap. Walking to the eastern area, Xiao Yan walked slowly among the local platforms, looking curiously at these many rare medicinal materials and other items that even he had never seen before. Although this place is called the trading Taobao area, the sellers here did not shout loudly like the vendors in those square markets, and sat leisurely on the soft chairs one by one.Occasionally glanced at those standing outside the stage.If they feel that the other party may have some roots, some alchemists who sell them will stand up and talk to them, but there are more.They still curled up lazily on their chairs, paying little attention to those watching.This kind of leisurely and lazy appearance is very unlike a businessman who sells things.Of course, they are not. What they need is not the gold coins and property coveted by merchants, but barter.

If you want to get the necessary medicinal materials or elixirs from them, then you have to come up with rare treasures that make them fancy. Walking slowly along the way, Xiao Yan feasted his eyes on all kinds of rare medicinal materials and elixir, among those medicinal materials.He even saw several materials for refining Fuling Purple Pill. Driven by curiosity, he went up and asked, but he didn't expect that the old man who sold it just gave him a sideways glance, and faintly spit out a fourth-grade pill medicine.Therefore, Xiao Yan had no choice but to retreat.Although those medicinal materials are indeed very rare, it is obviously impossible for Xiao Yan to take out the fourth-grade pills in exchange, anyway, these medicinal materials matter.He didn't have to worry too much, after he went back, he told Hai Bodong to let him figure out a solution by himself.

Walking slowly in the Taobao area, Xiao Yan looked left and right, but he still gained a lot, and the hottest spot in the Taobao area was undoubtedly a kind of pink tinder brought out by an old man with a pale complexion. .The kindling was contained in a rather large transparent jade bottle, which was tumbling slightly, exuding a hint of peach color. This kind of fire is called Peach Blossom Fire, and it only lives in the body of a rather rare fifth-order wood-type monster, Kui Mu Beast. Compared with the purple fire of the Amethyst Winged Lion King, the level may be similar, but it is necessary Much docile.It is also easier to tame.Of course, in terms of the temperature and destructive power of the flames, it was inferior to Zihuo, but even so.The kindling of this peach blossom fire also made some alchemists in the Taobao area jealous.Some people with a little background came forward to inquire one after another, but the old man seemed to ask for a high price, so no one has successfully obtained the bottle of Peach Blossom Spark.

Standing outside the crowd, Xiao Yan stroked his chin, looked at the peach blossom fire on the stone platform, frowned and pondered for a while.I still chose to give up this thing, the current flame.For Xiao Yan who possessed the different fire and the purple fire, it was no longer of much use, so he couldn't afford to spend a lot of money to get it. Contemplating like this, Xiao Yan also gave up the idea of ​​exchanging, and stood outside, just to watch the excitement. After one after another failed transactions, many people chose to give up knowingly and clearly, but they did not leave immediately.They still stood where they were, looking eagerly at the enchanting pink flame.

Seeing the funny expressions of these people, Xiao Yan couldn't help but laugh, and shook his head with a smile.Just about to turn around and leave, a silver shadow suddenly squeezed out from the crowd.In full view of everyone, he quickly came to the side of the stone platform, staring at the pink flame with beautiful eyes. "It's her?" Looking at the woman in the silver dress.Xiao Yan was stunned for a moment, and said in a low voice, "She also came to participate in the alchemist meeting?" The silver-robed woman squeezed out from the crowd was the woman named Xue Mei that Xiao Yan had seen in Black Rock City back then.It is also the personal foundation of Frankland, the president of the Black Rock City Alchemist Branch. This usually a little cold woman seemed to like the pink flame very much, holding the transparent jade bottle in her jade hand, she couldn't put it down, Xiao Yan shook his head helplessly.This silly woman, showing this appearance now, isn't it obvious that others will kill her? Sure enough, I saw Xuemei's appearance.There was a little smile on the old man's face, and his voice was calm and authentic: "Miss, do you want to exchange this peach blossom fire?" "Well, what do you want?" Xue Mei nodded and asked casually. "A roll of fourth-grade elixirs with clear traces of the soul." The old man said with a smile. "Hei..." Hearing the old man's words, Xiao Yan couldn't help shaking his head, cursing inwardly.Just the fourth-grade elixir and convenience are even rarer than this Peach Blossom Fire.Not to mention that he also requires that the traces of the soul must be clear in the prescription. You must know that every medicinal prescription is written using the power of the soul. Every time you read it, the traces of the soul will become blurred.As for the basic prescription, as long as it is read more than five times, it will gradually become blurred.At this time, if you read again, you have to rely on your own ability to figure out some vague places.This will undoubtedly waste a lot of time and energy. But to make the prescription scroll, it must be the strength of a fourth-rank pharmacist.Moreover, the failure rate is extremely high, so the pill prescription is not something that can be recorded at will with a pen and paper as imagined.Some of them are related to the temperature of the fire, the refining concentration of the materials, the reflection of the fusion of various materials, and so on.These are almost like chemical formulas, extremely complicated.Listed on a piece of paper, enough to make anyone dizzy.Therefore, these prescriptions are written using soul power.As long as anyone gets the prescription, he only needs to use the soul power to scan it once, and he will be able to imprint everything needed by the prescription deeply in his mind, just like a brand. Hearing the old man's request, Xue Mei's face obviously changed, obviously, the other party's request made her a little embarrassed.But she didn't seem to be good at bargaining, and she liked the pink tinder too much, so after pondering for a while, she actually nodded under Xiao Yan's stunned gaze. "This foolish woman. Are you willing to take out all four prescriptions? Sigh, I'm afraid that Falkland will be so distressed this time..." He smiled wryly and shook his head, Xiao Yan was really a little stunned by the degree of generosity of this woman. Seeing that Xue Mei nodded so easily, the old man was taken aback for a moment, and then he said in doubt, "You agreed?" Xue Mei didn't talk too much nonsense, and took out a scroll from the ring, threw it at the old man, and then held the transparent jade bottle, as if she had already regarded this thing as hers. Taking the scroll in a hurry, the old man quickly inspected it, and then used his soul power to make a preliminary detection quickly, and joy suddenly appeared on the old face. Look at the expressions of the two of them.Xiao Yan sighed and shook his head, glanced sideways at Xue Mei, who was holding the Peach Blossom Tinder and couldn't put it down, curled his lips, and didn't mean to say hello to her, turned around and walked outside the Taobao area. When you are about to leave the Taobao area.Xiao Yan's footsteps suddenly stopped at the corner near the door, and he tilted his head to look at a somewhat dilapidated stone platform next to the corner, frowned slightly, hesitated for a moment, and walked up slowly. Behind the stone platform was a skinny man with a wretched face.Since the medicinal materials placed on the table were not too rare, few people came to inspect them, so his face was slightly bitter.And looked at Xiao Yan who was slowly walking over.He was taken aback for a moment, and after his eyes glanced at the badge of the second-grade alchemist on his chest, his eyes lit up a lot, and he quickly stood up and looked at Xiao Yan obsequiously. "Master, what do you need?" Seeing Xiao Yan stop in front of the stone platform, the man asked hastily. Glancing at the man in front of him, Xiao Yan smiled and said, "Are you still an apprentice alchemist?" Seeing the details at a glance, the man nodded awkwardly.Looking enviously at Xiao Yan's young face, he said with a wry smile: "Yes, my talent for refining medicine is not good. I have practiced for so many years, but I am still at the level of a pharmacist's apprentice." He smiled casually, looking at this man whose age seemed to have entered middle age, Xiao Yan felt a little touched in his heart.With the support of Yao Lao, he walked extremely smoothly on the road of refining pharmacists, and almost never encountered too many setbacks.Because of the experience of his predecessors, he avoided many detours.But now that he saw the person in front of him, Xiao Yan finally realized that the advancement of a pharmacist is not as easy as he imagined. Sensing the man's envious gaze clearly, Xiao Yan sighed a little gratefully in his heart, lowered his head and glanced across the stone platform.Those come in jade bottles.Naturally, it is impossible for the medicinal materials that look a little withered to fall into Xiao Yan's eyes.So he automatically omitted them, and slowly moved his palms over the various items on the stone platform, and finally stopped at an inconspicuous black spot in the corner under the slightly disappointed eyes of the thin man. On the broken piece of jade...