noveltune Chapter 23: How come there are so many high-quality items?
Chapter 23: How come there are so many high-quality items?
"Yaoyao, contact Jiang Qiu."
"Oh, so fast? What happened?"
"Open it and take a look."
A small porcelain bottle was tossed into Yao Yao's arms with a soft thud. It radiated heat, as if it had just been taken from a boiler. She subconsciously weighed it in her hand. "The [Spirit Cultivation Pills] produced today seem rather heavy..."
With a soft pop, the soft plug was removed, and an even richer fragrance of elixir filled her nostrils. Yao Yao couldn't help but turn her face away, staring wide-eyed in disbelief, "How can there be so many top-grade ones?!"
The pills emit a fragrance similar to that of spiritual fruits, which is a characteristic of high-grade pills. This indicates that the pills have developed their own unique properties and their effects are far superior to those of mid- to low-grade pills.
Of course, for alchemists, as long as they have all the high-quality raw materials, it is commonplace to refine ordinary level 1 pills into high-quality ones, and there is nothing surprising about it.
However, each skill has its own expertise, and so does alchemy. It is impossible for the same alchemist to produce the same high-quality pills with the same success rate, or to be equally adept at refining any pill.
Senior Sister Zhao Nan is a rising star alchemist who graduated from university. She used to study high-level pills at the academy, and the number of times she refined level 1 pills was very few. Her success rate in refining high-level pills was probably not higher than that of a county-level trainee who had been immersed in this field for many years.
For example, the highest yield record for a single batch of [Spirit Cultivation Pills] produced by a trainee alchemist in Yidan Garden is 9 low-grade, 9 medium-grade, and 6 high-grade pills.
With a nearly 70% success rate, it caused a sensation.
However, there were only 10 pills in this bottle.
But they were all top-quality!
Yao Yao's breath hitched, her pupils blazing with intense heat: "Isn't a 100% success rate for 10 high-grade pills just a theoretical concept? How did you manage that, Senior Sister? Does Jiang Qiu's high-grade fruit possess some kind of rare property?!"
"No," Zhao Nan shook his head. "Both characteristics are ordinary, but their enhancement effects are outstanding. One increases the alchemy speed by almost three times, and the other allows the output of high-grade pills to reach the theoretical limit."
"Hiss—" Yao Yao gasped, her heart pounding wildly. Although she was an assistant transferred from the deputy director, she was also a trainee alchemist.
Because of his good talent, he was able to refine the top-grade [Nourishment Pill] before, and even thought about breaking the record for the highest output. Unfortunately, there was a gap between the raw materials.
The top-grade fruits acquired through Yidan Garden's channels do have rare characteristics, but the alchemists above have already taken them all, leaving behind only those with common characteristics.
The common properties are a mixed bag, some increasing the success rate of medium-grade pills, some increasing the yield of pills, and others increasing the concentration of the pill's fragrance or the size of the pill.
Buying high-quality fruits with well-established cultivation paths is fine, at least you know their origins. But if you want to try high-quality fruits that even the cultivators themselves can't explain, each alchemy session is no less than opening a blind box.
Only this internship experience has been through it all.
Only then did I realize how precious and coveted the two ordinary trait bonuses that my senior sister had mentioned were!
Thud, Yao Yao wiped her mouth, thinking that Jiang Qiu, the cultivator of these two traits, had already signed a contract with the store, and couldn't help but feel eager:
"Senior sister, should I ask Jiang Qiu if she still has the confidence to cultivate this kind of dual-attribute superior-grade item?"
"Hmm," Zhao Nan nodded, a hint of barely perceptible anticipation flashing in his eyes. "What kind of characteristics can be cultivated, and what kind of cultivation talent does the cultivator possess? It can be one or two. Tonight, print out the exclusive supply agreement and have him come over tomorrow."
"Are you really going to sign a special supply agreement for him?" Yao Yao asked in surprise, but when she met Zhao Nan's gaze and thought of Jiang Qiu's talent for nurturing, her tone softened. "I mean, isn't it too early? He hasn't even become an apprentice yet, hasn't entered the courtyard, and his output isn't high..."
"I don't need too much output for my new pill research. If he can cultivate one [Golden Spirit Cage], that will be enough." Zhao Nan took a cucumber from the basket at the entrance of the alchemy room, took a crisp bite, and said, "Crunch~"
But Yao Yao's eyes widened:
"Huh? Isn't the [Golden Spirit Cage] something you brought back from the city, Senior Sister? It's quite rare even among rare level 1 spirit seeds. It would be a huge loss if he failed to cultivate it. How about we give him a simpler rare spirit seed first?"
"Crack~ No need. With his talent, if he can cultivate the [Golden Spirit Cage] to a high grade, he might surpass Uncle Jiang's daughter who is also still in her internship. My success rate in refining new pills will also increase slightly."
"Okay... alright, I'll contact them right away!"
Soon, Yao Yao got through to Jiang Qiu on the phone and relayed what Zhao Nan had told her. The two had a smooth conversation and agreed to meet at the store the next day.
Call ended.
"Senior Sister, Jiang Qiu said he'll be coming tomorrow night." Yao Yao thought for a moment, then raised an eyebrow slightly. "However, although he has talent for nurturing, he's not even an apprentice yet, and his experience is very limited. Giving him the [Golden Spirit Cage] right from the start, isn't that setting expectations too high?"
"Crunch~" Zhao Nan took a bite of cucumber. "Only high expectations can prove his talent for nurturing."
Yao Yao said worriedly, "This... rare spirit seeds require cultivation formulas. You need a formula of the corresponding grade to guide the cultivation path in order to increase the probability of producing fruits of the corresponding grade. Otherwise, they are easy to kill."
"Rare spirit seed recipes are so hard to find. Even you, Senior Sister, only brought back low-grade recipes and incomplete mid-grade recipes for him to refer to. High-grade recipes are basically secrets passed down by spirit plant masters, and they are impossible to obtain."
"He has no background, unlike Jiang Qiao, who has a father who is in charge of logistics at Jiuzhi Garden. He not only personally approached you, Senior Sister, to discuss the exclusive supply agreement for his daughter, but also took the initiative to research the superior formula. At that time, Jiang Qiao will definitely have a chance to cultivate superior fruits in about a month."
"Jiang Qiu can only cultivate mid-grade fruits at most, but mid-grade fruits are useless for your new pills, Senior Sister... Ah."
"Tap," Zhao Nan gently tapped her forehead with his index finger, her cheeks puffing out. "Click~ What's the rush? Maybe Jiang Qiu can't cultivate it now, but she can in a few years. Just don't give up on yourself."
"Okay... alright," Yao Yao pursed her lips, still unable to hold back her stammering, "We still have to wait a few more years. This exclusive supply agreement is basically not beneficial to us, and in just a few years, can he really... um?!"
*Snap* She shoved a broken piece of cucumber into her mouth. Her eyes widened. Zhao Nan tossed the other small piece into his own mouth and chewed. "Shh~ Go contact the customers and sell the pills I refined tonight."
"Mmm~ Hao!"
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That evening, Jiang Qiu received a call from Yao Yao, her heart pounding: "Your store is willing to provide me with the rare spirit seed [Golden Spirit Cage]? Shall we go to the store tomorrow to sign the exclusive supply agreement and receive the cultivation formula? Okay... Hmm, that's fine. Thank you for your support. See you tomorrow."
Logically speaking, a special agreement should at least be signed with a trainee spiritual plant master. He thought he would have to wait for more than a month before the other party contacted him.
The calls didn't even last overnight.
But this is for the best.
It's good to be prepared.
To make further plans.
Nowadays, passing the assessment is not difficult, and one can easily free up resources to expand their financial avenues.
Based on the current scale of expansion, it is more than enough to achieve "superior harvest" for three generations of mother plants, and the remaining spiritual energy output can be spent on the [Golden Spirit Cage].
It's a rare opportunity to cultivate such a rare spiritual species that I've never heard of in the county. It would be best if I could cultivate it to the required standard and leave a good impression.
In this way, Zhao Nan will believe in his ability and provide more rare spirit seeds. With multiple exclusive supply channels in hand, he will naturally have abundant wealth.
It's a pity that the store only offers top-quality items at a minimum purchase price.
However, they were unable to provide a superior recipe.
At most, it is a medium-grade formula with incomplete ingredients.
If the cultivation results do not meet the acquisition standards, no one will buy them, and all the resources invested will be lost.
This is very risky.
If Jiang Qiu hadn't possessed the optimized panel, he certainly wouldn't have been confident in agreeing to sign the exclusive supply agreement. He had already devised a new cultivation plan in his mind, aiming to cultivate top-grade specimens in the first generation, and then pass them down from generation to generation…