Lin Qinghen answered honestly: "One hundred thousand."
Yu Yinyin: "..."
Very little.
Lin Qinghen had just confirmed that the system task required selling "products", not selling pills, and it did not specify the price at which they must be sold.
If he "sells" a few mutant round wheat plants to his master at the price of 100,000 spirit baht, as long as Yu Yinyin agrees, would that mean his mission is accomplished
He hadn't thought of taking this shortcut before, but now he could try it.
This round wheat has already broken through the grade and is more powerful than he imagined. He really can't just sell it out casually anymore.
"I thought it was that much," Yu Yinyin looked at him and felt that he was honest now. "Go to my room and get it. I don't usually need to spend money, but I still have this. You should spend some money on researching these things, but I don't need it. The money is all yours."
On the surface, Yu Yinyin still worked for the Lin family. She received a fixed salary every month, but she never used it and had saved a lot over the years.
One hundred thousand was really a small amount of money for her. She was afraid that it was not enough for him, so she grabbed a handful of chips from a bag and stuffed them into his pocket. These chips were of larger denominations, and the bag was bulging with more than one hundred thousand, but at least seventy or eighty thousand.
Lin Qinghen got the money and instantly became wealthy, and he felt a little more at ease.
He thought about it and took a bottle of ripening medicine from the side room. The master and his disciple went back to the field, picked a seedling that had turned red, and watered it with the medicine.
Yu Yinyin naturally wanted to see what the fruit would look like. As she watched the growth process of the round wheat, her heart, which had already calmed down, began to waver again.
These round wheats were actually better than she had imagined.
Although it has clearly risen to become a yellow-grade four-star spiritual plant, its growth period has not been extended, which means that the effect of the lowest-level ripening agent on it has not been weakened. After it bears fruit, the harvest from this plant is obviously much more than that of ordinary round wheat.
"This is the finished product of my research. Thank you for the Lingzhu, Master. It helped me a lot. This round wheat is for you. If you need it, Master, just call me at any time," Lin Qinghen said. "I don't know how to identify it. This thing has been upgraded to four stars for the first time. Please help me take a look. You can do whatever you want with this piece of land."
He took Yu Yinyin's money and gave her the round wheat and after-sales promise at the same time, which was a transaction of money and goods. While Yu Yinyin was staring at the round wheat seriously, Lin Qinghen was also staring at his system interface.
He looked at the number "Currently possessing 1,000 Lingzhu" changing slowly, as if the system was also hesitating whether he had completed the task by skirting the rules. After waiting for a while, there was finally a result.
A familiar golden “Mission Completed” button appeared below the Novice Mission 2!
It really works!
Lin Qinghen pressed it easily. Before he had time to see the changes in the system due to the completion of the second task, he felt his palms getting hot.
When he opened his palm, he saw a small box, slightly larger than half a finger, suddenly appeared in his hand.
Inside the box was a round pill cut into quarters. It was translucent and looked ordinary.
One quarter detox tablet.
Yu Yinyin was concentrating on watching Yuanmai and didn't notice what was happening on his side for a moment.
Lin Qinghen told her that he was a little tired, and quickly went back with the medicine. Yu Yinyin saw that he was indeed tired, so she naturally did not stop him and let him rest first.
It was already quite late, and there were not many people around when Lin Qinghen walked back. The small courtyard where he lived was the servants' area, and there was a curfew at a certain time every night, so no one would come.
In the dilapidated yard, he stared at the medicine in the box for a while, then swallowed it in one gulp without hesitation.
The moment he ate it, he felt as if he had swallowed a ball of fire, as if his internal organs were burning. He immediately vomited a large mouthful of blood and then fainted.
Even though he fainted, he could still feel the pain of having his bones and flesh removed. He didn't know how much time had passed, but it seemed like every minute and every second was unbearable.
When he woke up, Yu Yinyin was still taking care of him.
Now his master seemed to have regained hope because of that round wheat. He had broken through his cold shell and did not hide his worry for him at all.
"I identified that wheat plant. I wanted to wait for you to come this morning to tell you the result, but you didn't come on time. I thought it was strange, so I came to take a look," Yu Yinyin said. "I was shocked. What happened to you? And..."
She seemed to be hesitant to speak at this time, as if something indescribable had happened.
Lin Qinghen coughed a few times. At this time, he no longer felt pain in his body. He felt a cool and comfortable feeling, and his face was still a little itchy.
This detoxifying tablet has a strong aftereffect.
"I… "
He found that there were some differences in himself. First, he felt that he had more strength. After carefully feeling it, he found that he had reached the fourth star of the Yellow Rank overnight.
Is it the effect of the medicine
"Although you vomited blood, I looked you up and down, and it's a good thing. Your innate deficiencies have obviously improved." Yu Yinyin told him that she could never have imagined that there was such a thing as a system, and she took the initiative to find a reason for it.
"I have never been able to explain the cause of your problem. My previous guess was correct. Your birthmark and talent are both caused by congenital deficiencies, which can be considered a disease.
Maybe it's because you've persisted in practicing for the past ten years or so that things have gradually improved and some of the blood clots have been forced out. Although it's not completely healed, it's a reward for your hard work over the years, so it's a good thing."
She found a mirror and gave it to Lin Qinghen. His face was reflected in the mirror.
There was still a large birthmark, but it was lighter in color. The small part around the eye and forehead had completely disappeared, revealing his original skin.
He wore a mask all year round, and Yu Yinyin seldom saw his face. When she occasionally saw him, she felt a little regretful and pity.
But this time the birthmark has faded a little, especially the one around the eye. The overall look is still a little scary, but the eyes have finally revealed their original appearance.
It turned out that Lin Qinghen had a pair of beautiful eyes, which were round, with pupils like black gemstones and eyelashes like crow feathers. If you looked closely, they were very beautiful, like some kind of jewel.
He had just gotten up, and his body had not yet adapted to the new environment. After a few movements, he felt sore and weak, and a few tears welled up in his eyes. In the mist, his eyes looked even more attractive.
Lin Qinghen himself didn't care much about it. He was used to having this face. He looked in the mirror and was more concerned about improving his spiritual power.
After getting out of bed and trying it, he found that his health had indeed improved a lot, from the second star of the Yellow Rank to the fourth star, and his spiritual power had at least doubled or tripled.
Lin Qinghen’s first thought was that with this foundation, he would have enough spiritual power reserves to study more spiritual plants.
Seeing that he was fine, Yu Yinyin quickly told him her test results.
"What you planted is indeed yellow-grade four-star mutant round wheat. You know more about its many changes than I do, so I won't go into details.
In terms of efficacy, the round wheat you planted can restore significantly more spiritual power, almost twice as much as ordinary red round wheat, and can stop bleeding and form scabs faster. It can also restore some physical strength to the user. If it is refined into a pill, the effect will be even better."
This result was better than Yu Yinyin had imagined.
“I haven’t had any contact with the outside world for many years. I sent a message last night using my own method. If they see it, they will reply to me.
I don't know what has become of my assets and subordinates, but there is still a faint connection on the token, so it should still be there. I can give them to you when the time comes."
Yu Yinyin paused for a moment, and then continued: "But the treasurer who brought me to the Lin family's treasure house has been in seclusion for half a month recently. I asked him and he still has seven days before he comes out. I have an agreement with him. If I leave, I have to see him again, and the spiritual weapon used to hide my strength must be slowly removed.
Qinghen, I will take care of my own affairs after I have made contact with the outside world. It will only take a few days, and then I will take you away.
The Lin family is not worthy of you. As long as you don't want to, you will have nothing to do with this place in the future."
Lin Qinghen nodded and replied: "It's okay, it's just a few days, I can wait."
And it's not just Yu Yinyin, Lin Qinghen also has his own things to do.
His novice mission three has been refreshed.
"Reward: 2 points of natural affinity, 1/4 of a detoxification pill."
"Good luck on your mission."
For Lin Qinghen, this second task still contains a lot of information.
He had a rough idea of the concept behind the novice stage for alchemists, which were probably the aspects that alchemists needed to pay most attention to during their training.
The system is like a career planner, quantifying the goals and processes and pushing him forward step by step.
The round wheat alienation rate represents the raw materials, so its importance is self-evident. Apart from raw materials, money is definitely the most important thing that alchemists need to care about.
The description of the mission as a "money-burning profession" is indeed not wrong. The growth of any talent requires repeated practice, and the expensive raw materials for alchemy are consumables for alchemists.