Trash Techniques Are Actually Pretty Efficient - Volume 1 Chapter 51
Just before Lan Xiang received the items from the punk, a swallowing sound was heard by all.
Ye Qingle slowly lowered her hand from her mouth as everyone watched.
What did I just do?
For some reason, the longer she stared at the transparent Elementary Pill, the more she desired to consume it. The alluring scent didn’t help either, as the fragrance swayed from flowers to roast chicken…
And so, on an impulse, she decided to… gulp the marble-looking pill.
Lan Xiang didn’t find anything wrong with it, pills were destined to be swallowed after all. Besides, she was the one who gave him the recipe and the ingredients to the pill, it belonged to her. In addition, he was curious as to what the most basic pill’s effects were.
However, the spectators and the punk thought differently.
The Elementary Pill has no use aside from telling the pill refiner’s talent, what is this girl doing, swallowing it? At most, she would get a stomachache, then that was the end of it. What is she expecting?
Ye Qingle chuckled nervously and smiled.
Lan Xiang observed the changes happening in her body with his All-seeing Eye. He saw the fully intact pill sloshing around inside of her stomach.
Hmm, it doesn’t look like it’ll take effect until nighttime. I’ll just ask her tomorrow casually what happened with the pill.
Lan Xiang grabbed the items from the punk, snapping him out of his daze. “Ah, sorry, I got distracted…”
The passersby whistled as they walked along.
The shop vendors ignored Lan Xiang once more, this time with a complicated expression on their faces.
Lan Xiang shook his head as he looked at the pill recipe in his hands. It looked quite worn, like it got wet in the rain and was dried in the sun.
Panacea Pill Recipe
Blue level technique
Requirement: Level 9 (Quaint Development Realm)
Pill effect: Average
Founder: Wan Neng Yao (1001 years ago)
Advance: 2500 t-pts.
Sell value: 750 t-pts.
“Woah, this one is pretty good.”
This was his first technique with blue as its starting level.
Judging from its name, it was probably a cure-all for sicknesses. Though, since it was only a blue level, it should have its limitations.
He opened the briefcases, and they were filled to the brim with all kinds of herbs, plants, and other ingredients.
“This is the first time in a while that I’m seeing one of these.”
It was a curved bone, long and dense. The recipe indicated that it needed the bone marrow of the colossal bull-horned snake, so Lan Xiang identified the creature that this bone belonged to.
“Even the largest anacondas have thin bones like a fish. By the looks of this bone, the colossal bull-horned snake must be at least three, no, six times larger.”
Lan Xiang shuddered at the idea. A snake that stood taller than a house? If fully stretched, it might even reach the top of a twenty storey building!
“Luckily, these kinds of beasts cannot enter the country. Else, they would be wreaking havoc everywhere.”
Lan Xiang did not know much about these beasts. Only cultivators could possibly tussle with them and study their behaviors, anatomy, and whatnot. These cultivators prohibited the information they gathered from the public view. Commoners could at most learn the names and their habitats in school.
Once one reached a certain level of cultivation, only then would they be allowed access to the myriad of information related to it.
“Hai, even if I did take the electives, I wouldn’t have learned much.”
Soon enough, Lan Xiang sat on the rug once more. Ye Qingle watched intently.
Maybe it was just because the Elementary Pill was so basic that anyone could make it? Well, not to the extent that the pill was transparent, but…
Ye Qingle’s mental gymnastics were trying to figure out why this so-called trash of the school was so talented in pill refining, even without formal education.
“Oh, Jian Jian! She should be the one teaching him everything.” Ye Qingle was satisfied with this explanation. Xie Jian was of the Xie family after all, famous for their pills.
Lan Xiang filled the furnace up with water and read the recipe again. He followed it step-by-step, throwing the ingredients inside in order. He didn’t intend to raise the level of this technique — the effect was good enough for most cases, and it was too expensive to advance anyway.
After a long wait, Lan Xiang opened the lid once more and added a few more ingredients. By then, he continued with his procedure.
The spectators’ anticipation rose. If this pill refiner could make a high tier pill like the Panacea Pill, then the deal he was making was a big steal! They had to get in on it!
Finally, Lan Xiang opened up the lid, and voila, a perfectly intact spherical pill was inside. It smelled of a strawberry-flavored tonic.
The punk looked at the pill like it was his father, then groveled in front of Lan Xiang like he was his grandfather—well, the punk thought he was a girl, so—like she was his grandmother…
“Ai, aiya! Stand up, what are you doing?”
“I, I cannot thank you enough, Master Xiang!” The punk refused to raise his head and continued to worship Lan Xiang. His mind was filled with nothing but gratitude.
His two friends behind him followed his lead and placed their heads on the ground as well. Their friend’s happiness was also theirs, after all.
This troubled Lan Xiang. Ye Qingle dragged the punk’s head off the ground. “Hey, aren’t you listening to Xi- Master Xiang? Stop groveling…”
When she saw his face, her anger dissipated.
The punk’s eyes were full of tears, and he was biting his lips to prevent a massive smile to come out of his face.
“Hai, just go already…” Ye Qingle let him go and gestured for them to leave.
“I, I will never forget this kindness, Master Xiang! I’m sure you’re the most beautiful woman in the world…!”
As the punk walked away with his entourage, he left behind the greatest compliment he could think of to give to a woman—her appearance.
“…” Lan Xiang.
“…” Ye Qingle.
As soon as the punk left, the crowd looked at each other before dispersing quickly, running as far as the eye could see.
“Ah, where are they all going?” Lan Xiang scratched his hood. He anticipated that after his beautiful performance, they would crowd around his stall.
“They’re all probably gathering ingredients and pill recipes. No one would bring those normally, only when they intend to commission a pill.
“Speaking of which, why’d you make it free?”
“I don’t really care about the money…” Lan Xiang shrugged his shoulders. He could always thicken his face and ask his father for more allowance, he had no need to work for himself for now.