Shang Chuan: Do You Want the Appraisal Glasses

[Mana, materials, money, stamina, spirit; everything an alchemist does exists for the sake of alchemy. And alchemy will inevitably reward this devotion of yours. Remember, alchemy is omnipotent! --by Albert]

Lan Qingyou slept very soundly that night.

She even dreamed that she was soaring through the air with her arms spread wide, looking down at the crowds struggling to survive below.

It was truly wonderful at the time.

After waking up the next day, Lan Qingyou took the Little Snow Owl downstairs and began her day's work.

First, naturally, was ordering a meal from Gu Xiaobei.

With a serving of soy milk and fried dough sticks, plus a small half-catty of wolf meat, Lan Qingyou and the Little Snow Owl ate with great delight.

After eating, she went to check on the two little treasures in the Wooden Barrel, only to find that the potion had turned back into water.

Taking them out for identification, she discovered that the Medicine Bag had grown from one cubic meter to about 1.1 cubic meters, while the Moonlight Stone Dagger remained unchanged.

However, it didn't matter; Lan Qingyou had already prepared herself for a long and persistent process for things like this.

After pouring out the now-tasteless potion, Lan Qingyou picked up the items she had received from Li Huai yesterday.

Obsidian, fist-sized, 16 pieces; it was a bit on the low side, but since it was something he had risked his life to obtain, Lan Qingyou naturally wouldn't complain.

She threw them all into the Storage Room to be kept, waiting until she had a hundred before taking them out to upgrade.

Besides that, there were some herbs.

In Li Huai's words, these were originally intended as interest for the potions.

Interest is interest, but they hadn't even been cleaned...

Lan Qingyou complained, then began to sort them.

Having dealt with these herbs for so long, Lan Qingyou could basically recognize what was what at a glance.

"Hmm! This... isn't this a Flame Bell? Whether it's the Volcano Worm from before or these Flame Bells, and the fire poison he was suffering from—did this guy go to some volcano to fight?"

Lan Qingyou muttered to herself after picking up a string of red herbs that looked like lily of the valley.

However, where the other party went to level up or fight was none of her business; for her, the materials that were useful to her were the most critical.

So, she immediately went to the Desk and sent a message to Li Huai.

Lan Qingyou: "Do you have any more Flame Bells?"

Li Huai: "Flame Bells?"

Lan Qingyou: "The red herbs that look like lily of the valley."

Li Huai: "Oh, those. I don't have any left, but once my injuries heal, I can go get a hundred catties for you. Consider it compensation for the delay these past few days."

Yo, the injured patient is up so early?

Or did he not sleep at all last night?

Lan Qingyou grumbled, then sent a message: "Alright, then get some good rest."

Although she was in a hurry, the other person was still recovering from injuries, so it was impossible to order him around.

As for high-end combat power, she would just have to wait for him to recover.

The reason Lan Qingyou was so anxious was that Flame Bells were the main ingredients for making explosive potions, Flame Magic Potions, and Fire Resistance Potions.

With these two potions in hand, plus her talent for flying in the air, she could instantly transform into a bomber.

Although she didn't like fighting, if anyone provoked her, she could just hover in the air and rain down explosions, and the enemy wouldn't be able to do anything about it.

While sorting the herbs, Lan Qingyou happily imagined her future as a bomber.

Perhaps sensing Lan Qingyou's wonderful mood, the Little Snow Owl, which had been pecking at the herbs for fun, came to Lan Qingyou's side and chirped while rubbing against her thigh.

"Little chick, are you happy too?"

Seeing the Little Snow Owl's behavior, although she couldn't feel it on her thigh, Lan Qingyou still happily patted its round head with her hand.

"Chirp, chirp, chirp!"

"Calling you a little chick seems to insult your B-rank talent, so how about I give you a name? Let's call you Steel Wool."

While petting it, Lan Qingyou said to herself.

She didn't care if the Little Snow Owl understood or not.

If you can't find the book title, try searching for the author; maybe the name was just changed!

In any case, under the wise gaze of the Little Snow Owl, its name was decided in such a muddled way.

There was no help for it; it just looked like a ball of steel wool.

After finishing these tasks, Lan Qingyou began brewing medicine.

It was still Mana Potion.

After all, there were now two mana-hungry monsters to feed; if she didn't take good care of them, how could they make things convenient for her in the future?

Moreover, she discovered that almost all the potions she made were sold, leaving very little for herself.

So, her plan was to sell one-third of the potions she brewed every day, keep one-third as a "strategic reserve," and use the remaining third to feed the two big shots.

Of course, to increase efficiency, Lan Qingyou specifically purchased two 21-liter stockpots from Shang Chuan.

This way, her daily output could reach 1,000 vials.

Although Shang Chuan had even larger stockpots, Lan Qingyou's Alchemy Workshop couldn't fit them.

She would just have to wait until the next level of expansion to consider it.

Just as she had thought before, Lan Qingyou didn't even go to the stream to fetch water anymore; she ordered it directly from Shang Chuan.

When he first received this order, Shang Chuan wondered if Lan Qingyou had fallen ill.

But given her insistence, Shang Chuan, being a professional merchant, naturally wouldn't refuse business delivered right to his doorstep.

He subsequently outsourced the task to his own subordinates.

Although there wasn't much profit in such small business, it was better than nothing.

If one were to talk about real profit, it was naturally the fact that Lan Qingyou had come to him to discuss business in the first place.

"Cheep, cheep, cheep..."

Steel Wool chirped, and when Lan Qingyou looked over, she saw the little guy wobbling toward her at the entrance of her Alchemy Workshop.

It kept chirping as it walked.

"What's wrong, Steel Wool? If you want to play, go play somewhere else; don't disturb my work."

"Cheep, cheep, cheep..."

Although Steel Wool was clingy, it usually wouldn't disturb Lan Qingyou while she was working in the Alchemy Workshop.

It would just play by itself on the spacious first floor.

Coming to find her now definitely meant something was up.

"Hmm... so it's already time to eat."

Glancing at the clock on the Desk, Lan Qingyou realized why Steel Wool had come to find her, so she immediately asked Gu Xiaobei to order takeout.

In the past, it was always the alarm on the Desk that Gu Xiaobei set to remind her to eat, but now she had Steel Wool to call her instead.

It felt quite nice.

While eating, Lan Qingyou took a look at her shop and discovered that someone had sent her a trade request.

The request was an offer to trade their Monster Studies for 30 vials of +50 Mana Potion.

Lan Qingyou was, of course, happy to accept this.

Although it was three times the price she had originally asked for, it didn't matter.

Knowledge is priceless; if someone is willing to sell it, she would buy it, as the price wasn't too outrageous anyway.

However, she didn't have any +50 potions on hand at the moment, so she would have to wait until she made them tonight to give them to the other party.

The other party naturally had nothing to say after hearing this, as the trade request had already been sent.

As for Li Huai, he had to be kept for a few days anyway, and since the goods hadn't arrived yet, she could just make them slowly.

Beep! Beep! Beep!

Just as Lan Qingyou was thinking this, a call came through on her friend list.

Lan Qingyou checked it and saw it was actually Shang Chuan.

Why was this guy looking for her at this hour?

Curious, she opened the chat window with Shang Chuan.

Shang Chuan: "Do you want some Appraisal Glasses?"