Compendium of Medicinal Materials

At that moment, Xiao Zhan's eyes were slightly moist.

His voice trembled as well.

"Heaven bless the Xiao Clan!"

"I truly wish my younger brother could see this with his own eyes."

"Then again, perhaps the two of them are the ones watching over you from above."

Xiao Yang fell silent at those words.

In truth, he did not feel much attachment to these two parents of his.

After all, he was an adult himself.

Still, he was deeply grateful to them.

If not for them, he would not have been given a second life.

If he had the ability in the future, he would still try to revive them.

After a while, Xiao Zhan finally calmed himself.

His wits had returned.

"I'll arrange for these pills to be sold in the Xiao Clan's various marketplaces."

"By then, ninety-five percent of the profits will be yours."

"You're an Alchemist now, but you'll need resources if you want to keep progressing."

"As for those old men in the clan, I'll persuade them."

Xiao Zhan said seriously as he looked at Xiao Yang.

Xiao Yang felt warmth stir in his heart.

This uncle of his truly treated him well.

"No need, Uncle. Making money is easy for me."

"If I don't have enough, I'll tell you."

"How about this? Just give me fifty percent of the profits. Use the rest to strengthen the Xiao Clan as soon as possible."

"Also, don't say I refined them for now. It would draw too much attention."

"You can say they were refined by my Teacher."

"Next, I'd like Uncle to help me collect some more medicinal materials."

"Just gather as much as you can."

As he spoke, Xiao Yang took out a note he had prepared long ago.

"The medicinal materials listed above are for the next pills I want to practice refining. Get me some of them as soon as possible."

"Just slowly collect the ones listed below."

The paper listed the medicinal materials for several relatively simple First-grade Pills.

The ones below were for the Fighter Pill.

Although the system rewards he had received from refining pills during this period had given him quite a few medicinal materials, including materials for Second-order and Grade 3 Pills,

he was still short on several materials for the Fighter Pill.

For example, the Fighter Pill's main ingredient: a First-order Water Attribute Monster Core.

He had a Second-order one instead.

But he did not have a First-order one.

Xiao Zhan did not hesitate in the slightest. He took the note from Xiao Yang and said directly,

"No problem. I'll check whether the Xiao Clan has any in stock later."

"If we don't, I'll go elsewhere and buy them for you!"

After telling Xiao Zhan the cost of the pills and letting him set the prices himself, Xiao Yang left.

Before leaving, he handed the Blazing Mountain Fist to Xiao Zhan and set up a task along the way.

[Task: Hand the Blazing Mountain Fist over to the Xiao Clan. Reward: Low-grade Storage Ring +1]

Before long, he returned to his Small Courtyard.

He had long prepared himself for laying his cards on the table with Xiao Zhan.

This way, he could gain a higher status within the clan.

It would also be easier to get the entire Xiao Clan to relocate later.

Moreover, the Xiao Clan could help him collect some low-level medicinal materials and seeds.

The Xiao Clan certainly could not compare to the Miter Auction House in terms of wealth.

Its channels for High-level Medicinal Materials were also far inferior to those of the Miter Auction House.

However, as one of Wutan City's three long-established major clans, the Xiao Clan possessed powerful local connections.

Wutan City itself was close to the Monster Beast Mountain Range and had many medicinal materials.

Some channels were unavailable even to the Miter Auction House.

That was why Xiao Yang had the Xiao Clan gather them for him first.

Only if they truly could not collect them would he go to the Miter Auction House.

Not long afterward, servants delivered some medicinal materials to Xiao Yang.

They were First-grade Pill materials he needed from the Xiao Clan's stockpile.

Without hesitation, he set up another task.

[Task: Obtain a batch of medicinal materials provided by the Xiao Clan. Reward: One Medicinal Field.]

After the servants had moved all the medicinal materials inside, the System Prompt Tone rang out.

[Task: Obtain a batch of medicinal materials provided by the Xiao Clan. Reward: One Medicinal Field. Completed. Claim reward?]

Xiao Yang did not hesitate. After the servants left, he claimed it together with the Storage Ring reward from earlier.

Then, he looked at an unfinished task on his System Panel.

[Task: Personally sample ten medicinal materials (5/10). Reward: Pharmacology Proficiency +1]

He had only bought a little over ten types of medicinal materials at the Miter Auction House earlier.

Therefore, he was still a little short of completing the Pharmacology Proficiency task.

He directly picked out five medicinal herbs he had not sampled before from the materials he had just received.

Soon, the system prompt sounded in his mind.

[Task: Personally sample ten medicinal materials. Reward: Pharmacology Proficiency +1. Completed. Claim reward?]

He did not claim it immediately.

That was because his Pharmacology Proficiency had already reached Beginner 9/10.

After claiming it, his Pharmacology Proficiency would reach Minor Accomplishment.

[Task: Reach Minor Accomplishment in Pharmacology Proficiency. Reward: Compendium of Medicinal Materials]

Only after setting up the task did he claim the reward.

The next instant, a vast amount of pharmacological knowledge, insights, and information on the properties and characteristics of medicinal materials flooded directly into his mind.

This time, it took him a full hour to completely absorb all that information.

Having absorbed so much information, Xiao Yang even felt his head swelling slightly.

Maybe his brain was growing.

[Task: Reach Minor Accomplishment in Pharmacology Proficiency. Reward: Compendium of Medicinal Materials. Completed. Claim reward?]

While he had been receiving the information, the system had sent another prompt.

He did not hesitate and claimed it directly.

The next instant, more than a hundred books appeared in the System Space.

Holy shit!

Looking at the more than one hundred books in the System Space, Xiao Yang nearly broke down.

This so-called Compendium of Medicinal Materials actually consisted of over a hundred books!

Every single one was as thick as a dictionary.

Xiao Yang could only pray that they were mostly pictures with very little text.

He took out one volume of the Compendium of Medicinal Materials marked "1" and opened it.

It was the first book in the Compendium of Medicinal Materials series.

At the beginning was an introduction to the collection.

The Compendium of Medicinal Materials contained vast amounts of information on the Medicinal Properties, pharmacology, growth environments, cultivation methods, and more for every medicinal material on the Dou Qi Continent.

After reading the introduction, he continued flipping through it.

The next instant, Xiao Yang's vision went black.

The pages were packed with tiny text, with only a handful of illustrative pictures.

He refused to believe it and flipped further ahead. It was all the same!

Then he took out several other volumes. They were still the same!

Now, Xiao Yang's last shred of hope completely died.

Even after transmigrating, he still could not escape the fate of memorizing books.

And they were medical books at that!

No wonder people in his previous life always said that urging someone to study medicine was deserving of divine punishment.

There was no helping it. He could only read them slowly in the future.

He began setting up tasks.

[Task: Memorize all information on three hundred medicinal materials. Reward: Pharmacology Proficiency +1]

[Task: Refine ten portions of Cold and Heat Resistant Ointment. Reward: First-grade Pill Proficiency +1, one Ice Fire Demonic Bamboo]