chsdbacks Chapter 390: 25: Testing the Medicine
Chapter 390: 25: Testing the Medicine
Chapter 390: Chapter 25: Testing the Medicine
“How about it? Is this piece of news worth 10 Destiny Plates?”
Seeing his expression, All-Knowing knew that his insider information had taken effect, and he looked over with a smile brimming across his face.
“Not worth it!”
Zhang Xuan shook his head: “I never planned on going bounty hunting; no matter how dangerous, it doesn’t really affect me.”
“You...”
Startled, All-Knowing frowned: “Then what kind of secret do you want to hear about?”
...
I’ve seen stingy, but never this stingy! And you’re still a citizen... That status must have been a gift from someone else!
“Anything that earns Merit Points quickly, I want to hear about that!” said Zhang Xuan.
“Hmm...”
After hesitating, All-Knowing’s eyes flashed with a playful smile: “Are you sure?”
Zhang Xuan nodded: “Of course!”
All-Knowing said: “Alright, I’m a kind soul, I can give you the most profitable piece of information for free, but whether or not you can earn from it depends on whether you dare to take the risk.”
Zhang Xuan: “Let’s hear it!”
All-Knowing pointed at a line of words on the tombstone, saying: “It’s about being a test subject for forge a grade-1 pill. Other projects require time to accumulate; this one doesn’t. If you have a strong stomach and luck on your side, just ingest ten doses of ingredients in one day to gain one Contribution Value point, and if you can handle a hundred doses, you can advance to Tier-4 Citizen...”
Not expecting his suggestion to be this, Zhang Xuan paused, then nodded: “Indeed, this is the fastest way to earn money!”
Whether it’s hunting bandits, hunting Primordial Beasts, or even refining Origin qi, all need time to accumulate; at the least a few days, at most several months. As for ingesting pills... as long as you don’t die, you can keep ingesting indefinitely. It sure is the simplest and easiest.
“You really want to give it a try?”
All-Knowing was shocked, his look turned weird.
“Of course, may I know where to try it? Could you take me there?” Zhang Xuan asked earnestly.
After a pause, All-Knowing warned: “Medicine has its three parts poison, newly concocted formulas lack any guarantees—are you sure you want to try?”
“If it earns Merit Points quickly, why not?”
Zhang Xuan smiled.
“This is the most dangerous, near a hundred percent chance of death!” Zhang Xuan said.
“Hundred percent... chance of death?”
Empyrean Kong was startled.
This time he was truly confused.
He had heard of people deliberately choosing difficult tasks for the challenge, but he had never heard of anyone deliberately choosing certain death.
“Yes, with testing pills, whoever knows the toxicity of the medication best is the Alchemist. If they don’t want to award you points, they can just replace the last dose with Poison Hall’s products! Ingesting it means certain death, but you can only get the reward if you ingest, you could live if you don’t eat, but then they can blatantly skimp on you... It’s all about playing it out in the open.”
Zhang Xuan smiled.
Although he had never experienced it, he had seen all sorts of strange schemes and tricks on his journey from the Master Teacher Continent.
The so-called pill testing was in fact just a prime example of exploiting for free labor.
“That said, it’s not bad!” Empyrean Kong nodded.
Having experienced history fighting with the Otherworldly Demon, he knew all about these schemes and treacheries. He was just not thinking about it just then, but as soon as Zhang Xuan mentioned it, he immediately understood.
“The so-called medicine can poison others, but poisoning us isn’t that easy! In that case, why not come here to score some points?”
Zhang Xuan said.
“Hmm!” Empyrean Kong nodded.
As a Master of One Realm, the so-called poisons had no effect on them; if dissolved, they could even act as great supplements to allow for quick advancement in cultivation.
When looked at this way, pill testing for them was not only non-dangerous but also a huge opportunity to profit.
“Let’s go, the battle with Captain Su consumed quite a lot of resources, burning part of the mountains and rivers; I need to replenish with some medicinal materials anyway...”
Seeing he had understood, Zhang Xuan continued to walk ahead, smiling.
In a short while, the two arrived at the small gate and gently pushed it open to enter.
Inside were several tightly closed rooms, Zhang Xuan and Empyrean Kong walked to the end of the corridor where a vermillion door appeared in front of them; they knocked lightly a few times and slowly opened it.
It was a room occupying several hundred square meters, with a middle-aged man sitting in the middle, in front of him were a large number of medicine bottles, densely packed with hundreds.
Behind him, seven or eight people lay horizontally on the ground, motionless, foam continuously oozing from their mouths, already breathless.
The middle-aged man rubbed his eyebrows in trouble, and then noticing the two, his eyes lit up: “Are you here to test pills?”