Xiao Yu's Obsession

Xiao Tianci had transmigrated into this body, and after obtaining the system, his entire spirit and demeanor had undergone considerable changes.

He exuded confidence from head to toe, as if fifteen hundred gold coins were nothing more than a trivial matter to him.

Seeing the smile at the corner of Xiao Tianci's lips, Xiao Yu could not help but feel somewhat dazed.

In her memories, Xiao Tianci had always kept his head lowered. When one got close to him, one could even sense the despondent aura radiating from within him.

"Xiao Tianci, did you take some miraculous pill or something?" Xiao Yu could not help sighing.

"You guess."

Naturally, Xiao Tianci could not possibly answer such a question.

The system was Xiao Tianci's greatest secret. He had already made up his mind to bury it deep inside himself; he would not tell even the person closest to him.

"Alright, Xiao Yu, I still have things to do, so I won't keep talking. Once I'm done in a couple of days, I'll come find you."

Now that the money was in hand, Xiao Tianci chatted with Xiao Yu for a few more moments before getting up and leaving.

Xiao Yu could not help rolling her eyes.

This guy left as soon as he got the money. His goal really was clear enough.

As she subconsciously watched Xiao Tianci's briskly departing figure, doubts surfaced in Xiao Yu's mind.

It was true that he had become more confident, but gold coins could not appear out of thin air. How could he earn fifteen hundred gold coins in just a few days?

"Forget it, I won't think about it." Xiao Yu shook her head.

Seeing Xiao Tianci pull himself together again was already a good thing. If he truly could not produce the money when the time came, there would be no harm in giving him a few extra days.

Naturally, Xiao Tianci's departure was noticed by the younger members who had been watching that side.

"Fifteen hundred gold coins, and she lent it to him just like that. Isn't he worried he won't be able to pay it back?"

Low murmurs of discussion naturally arose.

"I don't know why, but I feel like he can pay it back..."

"Yeah, this guy has changed even more than Xiao Yan. Could it be..."

As soon as those words were spoken, everyone fell silent.

After obtaining fifteen hundred gold coins in startup capital, Xiao Tianci did not hesitate in the slightest and left the Xiao Clan directly.

"Roughly speaking, these gold coins should be enough to buy the ingredients for two sets of Body Tempering Pills. That means I can afford to fail once."

Muttering under his breath, he squeezed into the crowded stream of people.

Though these medicinal ingredients were not rare, the Lin Clan should have had plenty in reserve.

However, given Xiao Tianci's current standing in the Xiao Clan, obtaining medicinal ingredients would undoubtedly be as difficult as climbing to heaven.

It would be more convenient to simply go to the market.

Wutan City truly deserved to be called one of the Jia Ma Empire's major cities, and its popularity was naturally flourishing.

Moreover, it was now early autumn. The sky was clear, the air crisp, and the temperature pleasant, so even more people than usual had come out to stroll through the streets.

Though it was not quite crowded to the point of people pressing against one another, Lin Tianci still moved through the crowd at an extremely slow pace.

From time to time, amid the crossing crowds, Xiao Tianci even spotted several rather unusual races.

Xiao Tianci first squeezed his way to a merchant association, exchanged the gold card Xiao Yu had given him for gold coins, clutched them tightly to his chest, and only then wandered along with the crowd.

Fortunately, there was a medicinal herb shop not far from the merchant association, so Xiao Tianci squeezed inside before long.

The medicinal herb shop was not large, yet quite a few people inside were carefully selecting herbs.

After all, medicinal herbs were not used solely for alchemy; they could also be consumed directly.

Naturally, the effects were far inferior to refining them into pills.

That was also why alchemists held such an extraordinary status on the Dou Qi Continent.

"Come to think of it, I don't know how to identify medicinal herbs yet." Xiao Tianci scratched his head.

Only after arriving at the herb shop did he discover this rather fatal problem.

For a moment, Xiao Tianci did not know whether to laugh or cry.

When refining pills, not only were there requirements for the types of medicinal herbs, but the age of those herbs was also extremely strict.

If the herbs were of the wrong age, the result could range from a failed refinement to an exploding furnace, which could inflict considerable harm upon the alchemist's body!

Fortunately, an Encyclopedia of Medicinal Herbs was also being sold at the entrance of the herb shop.

Without the slightest hesitation, Xiao Tianci paid five gold coins and bought a thick Encyclopedia of Medicinal Herbs, as hefty as a dictionary.

He casually opened it to a page.

"Earth Spirit Grass: a common medicinal herb that mostly grows in the lowest parts of valleys, in places untouched by sunlight. It contains abundant earth-element energy and can be swallowed directly for absorption."

The page on the left contained an introduction to Earth Spirit Grass, while the page on the right showed what the herb looked like, making it quite easy to identify.

Xiao Tianci raised his brows.

With illustrations, this would be much easier to find.

Very soon, using the herb's description and illustration as reference, Xiao Tianci found the Earth Spirit Grass.

He gave it a casual glance, only for his heart to jolt.

At that moment, Xiao Tianci discovered that his experience points had increased after finding the Earth Spirit Grass.

"So identifying medicinal herbs can also earn experience points?" Xiao Tianci was somewhat uncertain.

He did not know whether the increase in experience points had come from reading the Encyclopedia of Medicinal Herbs in his hand or from recognizing the Earth Spirit Grass.

So, he simply flipped to the page for one of the medicinal herbs he needed.

"Iron Branch Flower: a common medicinal herb containing metal-element energy. It can be swallowed directly for absorption, but its energy is violent and must therefore be consumed with caution."

Xiao Tianci looked over the description of the Iron Branch Flower.

According to the pill formula provided by the system, what he needed this time was a five-year-old Iron Branch Flower.

"For every year an Iron Branch Flower grows, an additional dark-gold spot will appear on its roots and stem. After ten years, every additional ten years will turn the spots into golden patterns. Its age is easy to identify."

After finishing the introduction to the Iron Branch Flower, Xiao Tianci clearly noticed that his experience points had increased again.

Then, after spending some time searching among the dazzling array of shelves, he spotted the shelf where Iron Branch Flowers were displayed.

The instant he recognized an Iron Branch Flower, Xiao Tianci discovered that his experience points had increased once more.

"Confirmed. Identifying medicinal herbs really can increase experience points. So I got to fleece the same sheep twice?"

Though identifying a medicinal herb only increased his experience points by five each time, there were simply too many kinds of medicinal herbs!

Xiao Tianci felt exhilarated, and he also roughly summarized a method for increasing experience points.

Perhaps the system's experience points placed greater emphasis on knowledge!

And reading books was not the only way to acquire knowledge; one's experience could also increase in everyday life!