In the blink of an eye, half a month had passed.
Regarding the pharmacology aspect, perhaps because the knowledge system was too vast, or maybe Xu Guang had yet to touch the core of alchemy and medicine matching, Xu Guang had not yet entered the doorway.
However, in other aspects, the harvest was plentiful.
[Name: Xu Guang]
[Current Job: 1. beggar Lv5 (1458/600). 2. Level 5 Elephant Envoy (1458/600). 3. Martial Artist Lv5 (1458/600)]
[Professional Talent: Horizontal Pressure (When facing martial artists with a lower realm than yours, you exert a horizontal pressure effect, your momentum increases, and the recovery speed of your vital energy and blood increases)]
[Professional Skills: Iron Pine Unyielding Skill lvmax, White Crane Longevity Technique lv1 (200/200), White Crane Ladder Cloud Soaring lv1 (15/200)]
[For the next job change, a Martial Artist Lv5 or above is required]
He could think of a way to get some elixirs now. His accumulation has already reached its limit, and as soon as the White Crane Longevity Technique upgrades, he can officially break through to the Eighth Grade. He needs to get some elixirs to replenish his vital energy and blood as soon as possible.
General Wei's advancement has also entered a critical stage, but its size is too massive. For ordinary martial artists, elixirs to break through to the Seventh Grade, don't say need hundreds of them, at least a dozen are necessary.
In fact, other martial artists' cultivation is not as extravagant as his. Everyone mainly relies on painstaking cultivation, eating some meat on usual days to accumulate vital energy and blood, and only using elixirs when breaking through realms.
Otherwise, given the purchasing power of silver in this world, the value of an Eighth-Grade Elixir is five hundred to a thousand taels of silver, equivalent to three hundred thousand to six hundred thousand in the previous life (as mentioned earlier, one tael of silver is roughly equivalent to the purchasing power of six hundred yuan in the previous life).
Even for some Eighth-Grade Martial Artists, making this much money wasn't an easy task.
In many cases, a thousand taels of silver is enough to make some Eighth-Grade Martial Artists risk their lives!
He was almost bankrupting the Zhu Family because of his uniqueness and because he raised such a big eater as General Wei but still lacked resources.
He became increasingly eager to become an Alchemist.
He was truly short on money.
...
Scattered in the alley, there stood over thirty people, all of them were local thugs.
A man with a ferocious face was looking somewhat angry at the moment.
"Do we really have to be bullied by that person like this? Every day asking the brothers to come here and get beaten, there's a lot of discontent among the brothers!"
"If things keep going like this, how can we lead others in the future?"
"Tiger, if you're not convinced, you can go find your backer, or you can find someone to kill him."
One man, with a blue bruise at his eye corner, spoke in a deep voice.
Who would think of getting beaten?
Yet, unfortunately, the opponent was unscrupulous, clearly had strong strength, but still liked to sneak attack. To this day, he didn't even know who the opponent was, only knowing that there must be a connection to the Iron Armor Sect.
"Forget it, Brother Hu, actually the brothers' discontent isn't too big. After all, that person is quite reasonable. After we gather together and willingly get beaten every day, he leaves us some silver."
Someone beside him advised.
Tiger heard this and became more speechless.
He really couldn't understand what the other party was thinking. Clearly having such strong power, but they still liked to beat people, and every time after beating them, they would leave some silver.
From the beginning to the end, he hadn't communicated with the other party. Just from ten days ago, after the other party left a message saying to come to this alley every day to get beaten, he left.
He didn't understand why this was happening.
Not for money, not for fame, in fact, he didn't want anything, just specially came over to beat them.
Could it be that doing so could let the other party's cultivation improve?
If it weren't for the fact that the other party beat them secretly and left enough money each day, the brothers would have run away long ago.
But when mixed in with the underworld, there is always a need for face, and he really couldn't bear it anymore.
"Where's Haozi? Isn't he coming today?"
"I don't know, Brother Haozi is different from us. The man has connections with the Wei Family. Last time he was beaten by that person, Brother Haozi said he would find someone to kill him."
As they were speaking, a large group of people swarmed in from the alley entrance. Leading them was the well-known thug Wang Hao, nicknamed Brother Haozi.
"Tiger, Old Snake, that person is coming soon, right? Let me introduce you; this is Mr. Hu, the Protector of the Wei Family, Xu Feng, also my sworn brother."
Tiger and Old Snake exchanged a glance, a flash of realization in their eyes.
Haozi was really planning to kill the other party.
...
"Xiaoguang, this is the Ginseng Pill the Grand Elder promised you. According to your requirements, all strong medicine was used. It should be considered a Ninth-Grade Elixir, but because its medicinal properties are too strong, it's comparable to an Eighth Grade, and only someone with Eighth Grade cultivation can refine it, so don't eat it casually."
Mr. Fang took out a porcelain bottle, shaking it in front of Xu Guang as he spoke.
Xu Guang wore an excited expression.
Such a Ginseng Pill was equivalent to the medicinal properties of half a Centennial Ginseng, but one Centennial Ginseng could be configured into more than thirty Ginseng Pills.
The more he learned about pharmacology, the more Xu Guang was filled with anticipation for his next profession. This was truly a profession to make big money.
"Rest assured, Teacher; this is for General Wei to eat."
Fang Cheng didn't say more.
The matter of preparing elixirs for Xu Guang was arranged by the Grand Elder.
It was indeed prepared for General Wei. A few days ago, when he saw Liu Ning, Liu Ning inquired about Xu Guang's character and disposition. After learning that Xu Guang was diligent in pharmacology and possessed some talent, he decided to provide support to Xu Guang secretly.
"This matter is secretly supported by the Grand Elder; you'd better not say anything about it."
"Rest assured, Teacher, I know the pros and cons among them. Please also inform the Grand Elder, in the future within the sect, Xu Guang will only look to the Grand Elder."
Wild mountain ginseng prices vary greatly with the years. Those under ten years can be bought with just a few taels of silver; fifty-year ones usually require about two hundred taels of silver.
And Centennial Ginseng is even more exaggerated; the ones with slightly poorer appearance can go for a thousand taels of silver.
Liu Ning was able to invest so heavily to win over Xu Guang, and Xu Guang naturally didn't mind saying some kind words.
He hadn't expected that the person behind Fang Cheng was Liu Ning instead of the Sect Leader Tie Kuang.
Though the Iron Armor Sect is not big, it's truly full of surprises.
Xu Guang could only sigh in his heart.
...
After parting with Fang Cheng, Xu Guang skillfully covered his face with a black cloth and walked toward the distance.
After these days of training, the thugs had already submitted and were very cooperative, willing to be beaten by him.
But Xu Guang was a bit dissatisfied because, ultimately, thugs were thugs, they had no ambition, after a few beatings, every day the experience he could gain was basically the minimum 1 point.
Adhering to the principle that even a mosquito is still meat, Xu Guang didn't intend to let go.
His gait now was very peculiar, carrying a unique beauty. If observed by a martial arts expert, they would surely be astonished. Every step seemed casual, but there were infinite variations, capable of responding to attacks from all directions at any moment.
This was a slight change after the White Crane Ladder Cloud Soaring was upgraded to lv1. This lightweight skill truly deserved the reputation as Zouchuan Dao's number one body technique. The First Layer focused not on speed but on variation. Various variations, once Xu Guang mastered them with great skill, combined with the balance cultivated from Iron Armor Unyielding Technique, the performance would surely astonish people.
While thinking inwardly, without realizing it, he arrived at the alley agreed upon with the thugs.
From afar, he saw the thug group led by the three most famous thugs: Tiger, Old Snake, and Haozi.
Xu Guang smiled satisfactorily. These thugs were sensible.
Yet, taking a few more steps forward, he saw several figures suddenly emerge from a small path beside him. These people were in old clothes, holding either clubs or shiny knives, a fierce look in their eyes.
This scene made Xu Guang frown.
Just then, the people in front, such as Tiger, also took out objects like clubs from behind them.
Xu Guang finally confirmed that they were coming for him.
Looking at these wastes that could only provide 1 point of experience a day, a trace of anger flashed in Xu Guang's eyes.
He had been patient enough, this group of scum that bullied others, he merely beat them up each day, never causing them any severe injuries, and even gave them sparring fees, yet they didn't feel any gratitude and dared to bring people to intercept and kill him.
Truly…courting death!
He slowly clenched his fist, tore off a piece of cloth, and seriously wrapped his hand.
"I'll give you half a quarter of an hour, come kill me!"
After half a quarter of an hour, General Wei would crush them all!