Chapter 139: Hard to Eat Soft Rice!

Travelers returning from the East told legends about the golden tower and the countless armies of the Eastern monarchs.

Spices, fine silks, glittering gold, fine porcelain vases, and all manner of other oddities.

Through these things, people can have a glimpse of the magic and wealth of the far eastern country.

Cities made of jade, temples used to observe the movement of celestial bodies and the positions of stars, and huge stone lions with life.

This is Cathay.

…

"So...what happened to Cathay?"

Regarding the mage girl's question, Belxi nodded thoughtfully.

To be honest, after knowing that the orcs knew Waaaaagh, Belsi had more or less made some guesses.

"Nothing, just a little curious, that's all."

Regarding Bel Xi's words, the mage girl shrugged indifferently and said: "If you are curious, you can buy picture books from Cathay everywhere... and sometimes you can also see dramas from Cathay."

Sebu Belia also recalled it and said, "Actually, there are quite a few survivors from Cathay... One of our classmates is that."

"There should be only countless demiplane passages left in the continent of Cathay now, as well as countless lunatics."

survivor? only left with……

Well, I'm afraid the country will be destroyed.

"..."

Belsi thought so, and in his mind he held a moment of silence for the country of China for a certain prototype, and then focused his attention on the present.

"Then what should you do if you can't make the medicine?"

Bersi asked, as verbose as Tang Monk: "If we can't refine medicine, we can't sell medicine. If we can't sell medicine, we won't have money. Without money, we won't be able to build new buildings, and our invincible hegemony will be hindered. We are hindered..."

[Ah ah ah, I know, I know! Brother Belsey is so true. 】

Nanajima Semu said, thinking deeply about how he should make the first bottle of medicine... He only needed one bottle of medicine.

All she needs is a bottle of medicine recognized by the system panel, and she doesn't need to make the medicine herself, just a simple synthesis.

But actually……

Many times, the hardest thing is always the process from 0 to 1.

…

"If it doesn't work, forget it. Refining medicine is very difficult in the first place, and..."

The mage girl looked at the potions with less pure colors and compared them with the potions she thought would be sold in the pharmacy:

"Second sister, your medicine is actually completely qualified...is it because your system master's requirements are too strict?"

In fact, there are many pharmacies that sell medicines of this level.

Even Nananashima Semu's potion was far beyond the standard.

[But even if you say so, I can't make medicine and sell it all by myself... There are so many raw materials. 】

Wouldn’t that be the ultimate coolie?

Moreover, with the current number, even if each tentacle of Nananashima Semu can work independently, it is unlikely to fill the funding gap.

Even if Nananashima Semu's tentacles [chichichi] were completely worn out, he couldn't make the potion fast enough.

Therefore, it is still necessary to borrow the synthesis function of the system.

Well, the idea of ​​[let Nananashima Semu make a bottle of medicine and then unlock the formula] obviously doesn’t work.

But this does not mean that the system cannot be useful.

Just like a bakery, of course there are corresponding buildings that can be used to automatically consume raw materials to produce potions.

It's called [Pharmacy Workshop].

"It's so simple...and it can actually be built a long time ago."

Bel Xi said this, clapped his hands to indicate that the difficulty was solved, and said: "Then immediately...wait a minute, are we completely out of money?"

Indeed, the gold coins are completely gone, and there is not enough to build the medicine machine workshop, which is a pity...

If I had known earlier I would have built it sooner.

【……】

When Belsi felt pity, Nananashima Semu retorted: "If I could have made it, I would have made it long ago." 】

[In addition to the lack of money, there is also a very serious problem-many buildings that will be unlocked later require professional personnel reserves to build. 】

Semu Nanajima flipped through the system panel, and she gave an example casually: [The blacksmith shop requires a first-level blacksmith or a first-level blacksmith to be built. 】

[The same goes for the medicine machine workshop, which requires at least a first-level mage (pharmacy level 1), a first-level pharmacist, or a first-level alchemist... We don’t have any in our entire territory. 】

"..."

Bel Xi was silent for a moment, sighed with emotion, and said, "Then... how about we recruit one?"

This is a very reasonable approach, but...

Why is Belsi sighing?

"As for the pharmacist's salary..."

Bel Xi said, and then seemed to have made up his mind: "Either we go grab some somewhere, or I... go and ask for money."

As for the person asking for money, in this context, it is obvious...

[Pfft~ Big brother is going to be protected! 】

Nananoshima Semu couldn't help laughing, and then stopped laughing and laughed: [Hahahahahaha, laugh to death! 】

Not only her, but the mage girl and Sebu Belia also more or less guessed it, and they...

I couldn't be happier.

but……

"It doesn't need to be so troublesome..."

The mage girl said this: "If there are only first-level pharmacists, there are actually many in the royal city, right? There are also those who are frustrated, so just find one."

And about this...

[Then don’t you know nothing about potions? It's weird from me, but you guys should be considered great geniuses. 】

The meaning of Nanajima Semu's words is also very obvious - geniuses like you are pure waste in refining medicine, how can a pharmacist in the royal city do it?

"Yes, pharmacist should be considered a very valuable profession."

As Bel Xi said this, he brought in the settings of some online novels such as "Fights Breaking the Sky" that he was watching, and said: "We shouldn't be able to turn around, right?"

"..."

As for the misunderstanding between the two, the mage girl and Sebu Belia looked at each other and realized something.

"What the hell... In terms of rarity and gold, our mage must be the most awesome profession!"

The mage girl said this. She coughed twice and explained the common sense of the main plane to the two abyss creatures: "Our employment scope is much broader than that of pharmacists."

【Employment aspect】

Suddenly hearing this word in another world, both Belsi and Nananoshima Semu showed contempt.

Suddenly it feels like the world has become vulgar.

"Many times, white magicians and priests can completely replace pharmacists, and our pharmacy class is not an important course."

"And the refining of high-level potions also requires enough magic power, which means that the pharmacist needs to have a good foundation in the mage profession..."

"It's better to just become a mage. If [the talent] doesn't happen to be in pharmacy, few people would choose to become a pharmacist."

"Although the medicine is indeed easy to use and expensive, so there is no need to worry about selling it, but it is the pharmacy, not the pharmacist, that makes money."

The mage girl took the healing potion as an example and said: "It is impossible for a pharmacist to get something like [Elf Soup] by himself."

A long time ago, therapeutic potions were only made from herbs. The therapeutic potions at that time were green, but the therapeutic effect could only be said to be average...

A red healing potion using [wood elf severed limbs picked up on the battlefield and boiled elf broth] as raw materials was quickly added, and it came out.

Originally, on the battlefield, everyone randomly picked up some enemy corpses to fill their stomachs, and added some herbs to speed up the recovery of injuries.

However, the treatment effect was surprisingly good, almost as good as magic-consuming healing techniques, so...

This new healing agent has become a hit on the battlefield.

The whole world now knows this recipe.

…

Using elf meat as raw material is naturally very cruel... Of course, the main reason is that killing the elf is too troublesome and the meat is expensive to buy.

After some research, everyone realized that what actually played a role in the potion was the wood elves' affinity for the wood element.

In other words, they are equivalent to performing a refining effect.

Therefore, bath water (the magic dialysis solution in the body of the wood elf) can also perform a similar function... and therefore many alternatives can be used.

Anyway, any material with wood element affinity will do.

"Obviously the wood elf's bath water is the cheapest material, but why would anyone give that stuff to a pharmacist they've never met before?"

The mage girl shrugged and told the pharmacist's tragedy: "And the competition among pharmacists is also very fierce..."

In this regard, Sebu Belia nodded in agreement, and she said: "Well, because the success rate of making potions is difficult to guarantee."

"So it is difficult for low-level pharmacists to be recruited by pharmacies, and even high-level pharmacists cannot get high remuneration... because pharmacies only need them to refine low-level potions."

It sounds quite curly...

Belch subconsciously associated the profession of [pharmacist] with [doctors] from the previous world... No, it should be worse than those who studied medicine.

Because there is magic in this world! The healing spell can heal illnesses and injuries with just one shot.

"In other words, we can just pick up a homeless pharmacist who is about to starve to death in the Royal City or somewhere else?"

To those who said this, Belsi held her chin in thought. Semu Nananoshima complained decisively: [How do you say the pharmacist is like a stray dog? 】

However, does this mean that there is no need to pay wages?

The thoughts of the two people must be obvious, and it is completely reflected on their faces, making the mage girl show a speechless expression:

"It shouldn't be that easy to pick up... After all, the pharmacist who is about to starve to death should be hiding under some bridge, right?"

Sleeping in a bridge hole? Isn't that a real stray dog? !

Or what kind of hobo is a pharmacist?

"Even so, don't you still have to sell the start-up funds for the construction of the pharmacy workshop... Ahem, I mean, do you need me to get it?"

[Hahaha, Brother Belxi spilled the beans! Just selling yourself! It’s betrayal of appearance! Lelele! 】

"..."

"Shut up Semu."

Belsey angrily poked Nananashima Semu, watching the cold and soft slime tremble, and suddenly thought of something: "By the way, you just said... the medicine machine workshop is stationed [first-order mage ( Pharmacy Lv.1)] is also possible, right?"

【yes. 】

Then there might be some drama in this matter.

"So……"

Bel Xi said, turning his gaze in the direction of the mage girl and Sebu Belia: "Do you know any classmates...who have good grades in the potion class?"

Regarding Bel Xi's words, everyone suddenly realized something.

That's right, if you can't find a pharmacist...just find a mage! Moreover, if it is someone familiar to the mage girls, it will be easier to recruit them.

[Brother Belxi, why do you specifically recruit acquaintances to attack? 】

Nanajima Semu said something with great ambiguity, and then looked in the direction of all the mage girls he was thinking about: [Third sister, what did you say? 】

"Ah...ah?"

The mage girl said [Ah? 】 sound, scratching his golden hair: "I'm not honest... I don't care about this."

Yes, Sebubelia also knows this - when the mage girl was in school, she almost never had a good relationship with her classmates.

I will neither participate in any discussion groups nor travel with others.

They usually keep to themselves, and the most [interaction] with classmates is probably the physical sense of getting together.

In other words, a duel bet... the kind that would blow your brains out.

On this basis, the mage girl can remember the names and identities of her classmates, which is already very good, and we can't expect more.

"Let me think about it... By the way, Hailei-san seems to have transferred from our Leakatamanalia Kingdom Magic Academy to become a pharmacist, right?"

(Mage Girl: I don’t know, don’t ask me~)

Sebu Belia said this, she said with emotion: "Because I couldn't graduate from the first level, I gave up decisively."

No matter what age you are, if you are still a first-level magician, you need to continue to receive the academy’s elementary courses...

Because there is no way to advance, it means that the course is not fully studied.

Therefore, in the academy, you will occasionally see old people in their seventies or eighties taking classes with children aged seven or eight...

Of course, they are still in the minority.

But no matter what, the tuition fee is a relatively unaffordable figure for many civilians with some magical talents.

Mage is also a very cruel profession...

"..."

"So, do you know where that [Classmate Hai Lei] is?"

Belxi asked, thinking about where he could take the classmates they knew and use them... Bah, bah, bah, he was recruiting them for training.

Accept the cultivation of the Northern Territory!

Regarding Belsi's words, Sebu Belia recalled: "I have heard about her movements before...Hailei should be working in...Doni City?"

Belsey: "..."

Semu Nananoshima: [……]

Mage girl: "..."

If we are talking about the city of Dorney that has been melted and the bamboo shoots exploded, then this is really a familiar place.

"okay……"

Sebu Belia pondered like this, feeling a little emotional: "Perhaps, the other party no longer knows where to escape."

Maybe he died in the melt.

"Okay, no matter what, I'll go directly to Her Royal Highness the Princess for money... If the amount is large enough, we will skip the step of refining the medicine."

Bel Xi said this, looking very righteous...

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If an outsider sees it, it is absolutely impossible to guess——

This is the rhetoric before eating soft rice.