Rising Again
The Alchemist Guild's Herb Repository is actually a Stone Tower built underground.
Following Fa Ma, after going through layers of checks and probes, Mo Tang and his companion finally arrived at a dark gate.
Fa Ma looked at Mo Tang and said, "Let's go in with me. If you see anything you like, just tell me and I'll give you a reasonable price until it's equivalent to your Pill Recipe formula. Otherwise, you can have whatever you want, and I won't stop you."
Mo Tang smiled and nodded.
The reason why Fa Ma so easily agreed to bring Mo Tang, an outsider, to the Herb Repository was because he was confident that the other party could not cause any trouble in his hands.
After all, he was an old monster who had lived for over a hundred years. Although his alchemy level was not as high as Gu He's, his strength was much greater than Gu He's.
Upon entering the Herb Repository, Mo Tang immediately found himself in a world with a hazy, fluorescent glow.
If you look closely, you'll find that the entire Herb Repository is actually made of Cold Jade.
Once inside, a cool energy will flow into your body, giving you a very comfortable feeling.
Mo Tang also recognized this Cold Jade Ink Box, as it was an excellent material for preserving medicinal herbs and elixirs. Many high-quality elixirs were stored in this type of Cold Jade Box.
"Tsk tsk, the Alchemist Guild truly lives up to its reputation as the wealthiest organization; they really have big spending power!"
Looking around at everything, Mo Tang couldn't help but exclaim in admiration.
Fa Ma just smiled slightly and didn't respond.
There's no way around it; who on the mainland doesn't know that alchemists are the richest profession in the world?
He pointed to the small compartments on the Cold Jade wall, each containing a precious medicinal herb.
If it weren't for the seals and barriers outside, the entire space would probably be filled with the aroma of medicine by now.
"These are the collections of my Alchemist Guild accumulated over the past hundred years. Would you like me to introduce them to you one by one?"
Mo Tang waved his hand dismissively, "No need, just open the seals one by one and let me see..."
Despite the somewhat strange request from Mo Tang, Fa Ma complied with it.
Since I'm watching from the side, I'm not afraid that this kid will try anything funny.
However, when opening each grid, Fa Ma would still briefly explain the name and properties of the medicinal herbs to make it easier for Mo Tang to identify them.
What he didn't know was that Mo Tang had absolutely no interest in understanding the medicinal effects and properties of these things. As long as his hand touched them, the system would directly indicate the energy that they could be converted into. As for anything else, who would care?
"Mid-grade Energy detected: 130 points. Absorb?"
"Whether."
A blue, icy fruit—I learned from Fa Ma that its name is the Cold Blood Fruit, a very precious Ice Attribute medicinal herb.
After discovering that it could convert over a hundred points of energy, Mo Tang decisively picked it up and threw it into his Storage Ring.
Upon seeing this, Fa Ma, who was making the introduction, twitched at the corner of his mouth, then forced back his bleeding heart and said, "This Cold Blood Fruit is an extremely rare high-grade medicinal herb, worth more than a million Gold Coins!"
Mo Tang shrugged and said, "Continue..."
When the two came out of the Herb Repository, Mo Tang could even feel that the old man next to him was twitching.
Fearing that the old man might have a relapse, Mo Tang gave a quick shout and then slipped away.
Fa Ma felt a sharp pain in his heart as he stood there... Especially when he thought about how the other party had been frantically stuffing medicinal herbs into his Storage Ring like a shopping spree, Fa Ma even felt like he was having trouble breathing.
However, if you really think about it, he is not at all ashamed.
Because the value of those Pill Recipe was truly extraordinary, especially the two Sixth-grade Pill Recipe, whose value to Fa Ma was immeasurable in terms of material things.
As for Mo Tang ...
"Mid-grade Energy detected: 8680 points. Absorb in one click?"
"Whether."
"Yes!"
With over 8,000 points of Mid-grade Energy, plus the previous two harvests and the remaining amount, there are exactly 9,800 points of Mid-grade Energy.
"The required Mid-grade Energy points for upgrading to a six- Dou Wang are 3200. Upgrade now?"
"Whether"
"Yes!"
"The required Mid-grade Energy points for upgrading to Seven-Star Dou Wang are 3300. Upgrade now?"
"Whether"
"Yes!"
Then...
Then, it takes 3400 Energy Points to upgrade from Seven-Star Dou Wang to Eight-Star Dou King, but Mo Tang was 100 points short...
Upon seeing the final number, Mo Tang nearly suffocated.
"Damn it, just one hundred more? This is driving people with OCD crazy!"
The more he looked, the more annoyed he became. Unable to contain himself, Mo Tang went to the president's office of Fa Ma again, pestering the old man to find him another high-quality medicinal herb or elixir...
Of course, this time Mo Tang wouldn't exchange it for a precious Pill Recipe; instead, he chose a Dou Technique that seemed utterly useless...
The Fire Blowing Palm Profound Tier Low Grade Dou Technique that can create powerful wind pressure. According to the Old Yao himself in the original work, he obtained it by trading his idle pills when someone asked him to refine medicine.
After obtaining it, it lay gathering dust in the Storage Ring until Xiao Yan became his disciple. Then, it was dug out from some hidden corner of the family and given to Xiao Yan to cultivate.
However, while the simple Fire Blowing Palm itself isn't very powerful, Xiao Yan can achieve unexpected results by combining it with the Suction Palm Dou Technique he acquired by chance.
This time, Mo Tang used this item. Although its value was much lower, he managed to get an Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid from Fa Ma through persistent Fa Ma. This item was not rare in essence, but it had a lot of energy, which just made up for the 100 points of energy he had saved.
"The required Mid-grade Energy points for upgrading to Eight-Star Dou King are 3400. Upgrade now?"
"Whether"
"Yes!"
A surge of Dou Qi rose, and Mo Tang's aura increased once again before quickly settling into his body.
He's already Eight-Star Dou King, just one step away from becoming Dou Emperor.
Only when he truly reaches the level of Dou Emperor can he be considered to have entered the ranks of the strong...
His name truly commands respect throughout the entire Jia Ma Empire!
In the Jia Ma Empire, it can be said that Dou Wang and Dou Emperor are two completely different levels...
Meanwhile, just as Mo Tang was racking his brains to improve his strength, the entire Imperial Capital was in turmoil because of his plan to hold an unprecedented Auction.
The Nalan Family's patriarch's study.
Nalan Yanran, who had just been urgently summoned back to the family by her father Nalan Su, was looking at her father with a complicated and conflicted expression.
"Father, is this really how the Nalan Family is supposed to go?"
After hearing her father's candid words, Nalan Yanran was in a very bad mood.
Just now, her father urgently summoned her back to the family from the Alchemist Guild. Nalan Yanran initially thought something had happened at home, but to her surprise, her father told her that he was preparing to bring the family to join the Mo Alliance...
This was still somewhat unacceptable to the proud Nalan Yanran.