I have an Apocalypse City-Chapter 854 - 855: The Treasure of the Store_1

Chapter 854: Chapter 855: The Treasure of the Store_1

After hearing the explanation from the Mage, Song Jian suddenly developed a strong interest in this player’s paradise. Moreover, for players, the true currency here turned out to be the Contribution Points mentioned by the Mage, rather than the earth currency which would only be effective for those ordinary humans who entered;

Just like in the game’s alliance, Contribution Points could be exchanged for many good things, various elixirs produced in the game, equipment, special alchemy blueprints, smithing blueprints, and so on, and there might even be items that permanently increased attributes.

Although the variety of items wasn’t as rich as in the game, it still broadened Song Jian’s horizons. Some items that he had only heard of were available here.

What surprised Song Jian the most was that this Mage had actually heard of the recipe for Vitality Pills;

Following his guidance, Song Jian and Hao Dong came to a shop that looked somewhat shabby. The shop was filled with the scent of herbal medicine. The front hall had display cases with trays inside, each holding pills the size of longan fruit. These pills varied in color and emitted a faint glow from their surfaces, suggesting they were anything but ordinary.

Below these trays were small cards detailing the names and uses of these alchemy pills;

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Song Jian discovered that Alchemy should be a type of life skill similar to Alchemy in the game. Compared to the liquids of Alchemy, Alchemy mostly produced powders or pills that had effects similar, yet there were also many unique aspects;

For instance, the reddish pill before Song Jian was also called Vitality Pills, but the card described that its main ingredient was a herb called Vitality Grass rather than bamboo leaves;

However, the effect of these Vitality Pills wasn’t very impressive, only increasing Vitality Points by 50. For ordinary people with only about a hundred Vitality Points, it would be considered a miraculous elixir that could bring the dead back to life, but for Song Jian, even if it were given to him for free, he would consider it a waste of inventory space;

The rest of the pills also mainly had average effects, only suitable for ordinary people or total novices in the game who were below level ten.

After browsing for a while, Song Jian and Hao Dong shook their heads slightly;

Hao Dong said, “At this level, it’s probably only level three or four Alchemy Skill. For us, it’s just too low-end!”

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“Heh, Alchemy, this lifestyle profession is actually the first I’ve seen, not very different from Alchemy, but the effects seem to be more or less the same!” Song Jian laughed;

Just then, a voice came from upstairs, “Alchemy is the orthodox skill from Huaxia Daoism, it is countless times stronger than those barbaric Alchemy Skills!”

Both lifted their heads to look, and a girl in her twenties with a ponytail, wearing a green robe, with sparkling eyes, smiled at Song Jian and Hao Dong as she slowly descended the stairs, “I am Meng Tiantian, a level three Alchemist. The items on the first floor are only for those ordinary people. If you two have any needs, please come upstairs to take a look.”

“A level three Alchemist?” Hao Dong exclaimed in surprise, “Your Alchemy Skill has already reached the Master Level?”

Meng Tiantian just smiled at him, not saying a word, but gesturing for them to come upstairs;

“Let’s go, let’s take a look upstairs, maybe there really are some good things.” Hao Dong walked quickly with an excited face, knowing that even in the game, it wasn’t easy for regular players to meet a Master Level professional in a lifestyle profession.

A Master in blacksmithing or engineering or alchemy was already capable of making transcendent items, not much different in quality from those produced by the system;

Song Jian also headed toward the stairs. As he reached Meng Tiantian, he paused and asked softly, “In the real world, how do you acquire the herbs for making those alchemy pills?”

“Sorry, that’s a secret, not to be told to outsiders!” Meng Tiantian declared with a look of self-satisfaction;

“By the way, I want to start by learning how to make Vitality Pills. I wonder if you could teach me? We can negotiate the fee!” Song Jian said with a smile;

On the first floor, he had seen that Vitality Pills were probably the easiest in Alchemy Skill, akin to the basic healing potion in Alchemy. It shouldn’t be too difficult.

“You want to learn Alchemy Skill?” Meng Tiantian expressed with a face full of surprise.

“No!” Song Jian shook his head and said, “I don’t want to learn the entire Alchemy Skill, just how to make Vitality Pills!”

“Isn’t that the same as wanting to learn Alchemy Skill?” Meng Tiantian remained unchanging in expression, “If you want to learn how to make basic healing potions, don’t you have to learn Alchemy first?”

Song Jian was taken aback, then nodded and said, “You have a point. So, what’s the price to learn Alchemy Skill?”

Although Vitality Pills were easy, the main ingredient was Vitality Grass. Song Jian planned to learn and use bamboo leaves as a substitute for Vitality Grass to see if he could create a different kind of Vitality Pill;

“Hmph, I won’t teach you!” Meng Tiantian glanced at Song Jian, lifted her head, and said coldly, then headed towards the second floor;

A wry smile appeared on Song Jian’s face. It seemed that his words had just offended the young lady;

“If the pills on the second floor are useful to me, I’ll buy extra, as an apology,” thought Song Jian.

When Song Jian reached the second floor, he saw Hao Dong staring at the dazzling array of pills behind the counter, his mouth practically watering.

“Battle recovery pills, my god, and they only have a two-second cooldown?” Hao Dong exclaimed aloud;

You should know that consumables that can be used during battle, like healing potions, often have a long cooldown. Advanced Healing Potions have a cooldown of five minutes, so in a fight, you can use at most one bottle;

However, the pill in front of Hao Dong could restore more than a thousand Vitality Points in battle, which was better than the effects of an Advanced Healing Potion, and it only had a shockingly short two-second cooldown;

“If I had a lot of these blood recovery pills, couldn’t I take on a BOSS by myself?” Hao Dong shouted, since a BOSS of the same level, apart from having strong attacks and defenses, its most formidable aspect is having Vitality Points several times or even dozens of times more than that of a regular player. If Hao Dong could use these pills during battle, he could easily wear down a BOSS of the same level;

Song Jian glanced at the pills on the second floor, which were truly worthy of being crafted by a Master Level Alchemy Skill practitioner. There were not only pills for restoring Vitality Points and Spirit Points but also ones that temporarily increased attributes, dispelled diseases, and curses. Most importantly, Song Jian also saw two Second Transformation Golden Pills radiating faint golden light, capable of one-time enhancement of all attributes by five points!

“How much for these Second Transformation Golden Pills?” Song Jian asked, pointing at the two golden pills displayed prominently in the most conspicuous countertop;

“Hmph, those are the treasures of our shop, for display only, not for sale!” Meng Tiantian glanced at Song Jian and said with pride.

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