Pi Qinghua sat on the sofa, and with a thought, the black and red Youhua appeared in his hand. The previous madness had made him clear about how to use Youhua, and also made him know that when using this pen, he must be determined and know when to stop. Otherwise, his vitality and blood will be sucked dry by this pen.
"Well, now how can I tell what level it is?" Pi Qinghua muttered to himself, and then turned the brush in his hand over and over again to carefully observe it. Finally, he found a dark red mark at the very end of the pen. It looked like a word written in ancient seal script. Pi Qinghua should not recognize that word, but he just felt that it should be the word "初".
Because Pi Qinghua had read the detailed upgrade book, in the first stage of the magic pen painting, that is, the "initial painting stage", it can only paint the skin of wood spirits, that is, the skin of flowers, plants and trees. If you want to upgrade, you need the blood of an individual or the blood of a hundred chickens to reach the second stage of "entering the painting".
"Anyway, let's give it a try!" Pi Qinghua looked at it for a long time and finally decided to start. The first thing he thought of was to paint the bark of Magnolia officinalis. After all, he had been asking around in the Chinese herbal medicine market for most of the day and this was the most common thing he heard. And this Magnolia officinalis bark is probably a relatively common Chinese herbal medicine, so the demand is relatively high and the price is not expensive. About 15 yuan per pound.
So far, this should be the safest choice. There are many barks that are more expensive than Magnolia officinalis bark. At least Pi Qinghua has found three kinds of barks: Dictamni bark, Ophiopogon japonicus and Cinnamomum cassia bark. The prices of these three kinds of barks are about 50 yuan per catty, while the most expensive Dictamni bark costs 80 yuan per catty.
Although Pi Qinghua really wanted to paint these three types of bark directly, he always felt that he should not be too reckless. If the bark plants were also divided into grades, then if he just painted a high-grade one, the result would definitely not be so good.
So Pi Qinghua calmed down and concentrated for most of the day, and finally decided to try painting Magnolia officinalis bark first. If the Magnolia officinalis bark is okay, he would see if he could not paint a few. Then, after a good rest, he would paint cinnamon bark and see how many cinnamon barks he could paint when he used all his strength. Then he would know the result of the comparison.
Pi Qinghua closed his eyes, and the painting in his hand began to float slowly in the air. Then Pi Qinghua stretched out his right hand and held the floating brush. Thinking about the appearance of Magnolia officinalis bark and its effects in his mind, he simply made two strokes, and a palm-sized piece of curled Magnolia officinalis bark appeared in the air.
Pi Qinghua stopped immediately. Then he picked up the Magnolia officinalis bark at a very fast speed, looked at it over and over for a while, and finally confirmed that the Magnolia officinalis bark looked the same as the Magnolia officinalis bark he saw in the Chinese medicine market. What was surprising was that the Magnolia officinalis bark looked like a directly dried medicinal material. This saved Pi Qinghua the process of further processing, which was simply the biggest benefit!
Otherwise, it would be fine for him to paint tree bark now, but when he could paint tiger skin, mink skin, and other animal skins in the future, would he end up with a bloody rawhide? That would be the worst. The reason why the tree bark he painted the first time was not dry was probably because he didn't think about drying the skin in his mind.
Pi Qinghua couldn't help but smile, this was really great.
Once his mood improved, Pi Qinghua naturally continued to paint. He painted about thirty times in a row. After painting a large and thick piece of Magnolia officinalis bark for the last time, he suddenly stopped and sat down on the sofa.
Pi Qinghua's face was a little pale at this time. If you look closely, you can see that his right hand is trembling slightly.
"Well, only thirty times?" Pi Qinghua frowned as he looked at the Magnolia officinalis bark on the ground, then shook his head: "It should be related to the weight, not the number of times."
Thinking of this, he retracted his right hand, and the black and red ghost painting disappeared into the air in his palm. After resting for about ten minutes, Pi Qinghua weighed the pile of Magnolia officinalis bark one by one in his hand, and determined that the pile of Magnolia officinalis bark weighed about five kilograms.
These barks are of different sizes and thicknesses. Pi Qinghua deliberately tried to paint them differently. He obviously felt the difference when painting large barks and small barks. The last and largest Magnolia officinalis bark was the most tiring.
I guess he can only paint five kilograms of Magnolia officinalis bark every day in the future.
Pi Qinghua was not dissatisfied with this, on the contrary, he felt quite satisfied. If these Magnolia officinalis barks had the same medicinal effects as those in the Chinese herbal medicine market, even if they were sold at a price of ten yuan per catty, he could make fifty yuan a day. Although it was not much, or even very little, it was enough for him, his son, and his dog to eat for a day.
Moreover, this was only the primary stage. He had a feeling that if he could get the blood of ten chickens for Youhua to absorb, he might be able to draw more every day. As for why it was ten chickens instead of nine or eight chickens… Tsk, absorbing the blood of a hundred chickens would level up. If this level was divided into ten small levels, it would definitely be ten.
Of course, these ideas have to wait until tomorrow and the day after tomorrow to be verified. Now, he needs to sleep for a while and then have a big meal after Xiaozhi comes back. In the evening, he will go to the medicinal materials market to identify the pile of Magnolia officinalis bark in his hand.
When Pi Qinghua woke up to the smell of food, three cooked dishes and a soup were already placed on the coffee table in front of him. Lang Zhi and Da Hei, one man and one dog, sat on the mat, looking at him very seriously and cautiously.
"What's wrong? Why are you looking at me like that?"
After Pi Qinghua spoke conscious and lucidly, Langzhi and Dahei looked relaxed. When they came back, they saw Pi Qinghua lying quietly on the sofa with a pile of bark on the ground. Even though they made a loud noise when they entered the room, Pi Qinghua did not wake up.
At that moment, Xiao Langzi was so scared that he almost went up to wake him up, but Dahei bit his clothes. Then Langzhi was stunned and realized that his second father's stomach was rising and falling, and he was sleeping. Then he pursed his lips and went to the kitchen with a bag full of vegetables.
"Second father, next time, no matter what you do, don't be so tired. I will study martial arts, cooking and business seriously in the future, and I will support you in the future."
Pi Qinghua was stunned for a moment, but soon realized that he had made the brat worried. He reached out and touched Lang Zhi's head, and nodded seriously: "Okay, I'll wait for you to make a lot of money to support me. And I promise that I won't be so tired again."
The little male god Langzhi then showed a satisfied look on his face: "Let's eat! I used a chicken to make a dish of braised chicken and potatoes and a clear chicken soup, fried garlic lettuce, and a dish of spicy and sour potato shreds. I cooked very seriously today, so the taste should be good, second dad, you can just eat it."
Pi Qinghua knew that Lang Zhi wanted him to rest for a while. Looking at the delicious food on the table, he thought for a moment and nodded, "My son is still the best. Tsk tsk, I'll cook a big meal for you tomorrow."
"What did you buy today? Have you spent all the five hundred dollars?"
Hearing this, Lang Zhi raised his chin with pride. "I bought a lot of things, including spare ribs, pork belly, beef, various seasonings, rice, noodles and vegetables! They also gave me a bag of pork leg bones for free, which can be used to make soup. In the end, they specially delivered these things to my door. It really is because I am too handsome."
Pi Erdie almost bit his tongue. Although what this brat said was true, why did he make people feel that he deserved a beating
It took the two of them and the dog half an hour to finish the three dishes and the soup. If it weren't for Pi Qinghua's cold eyes threatening Dahei, Dahei would have licked the plate. After dinner, they could take a walk. Pi Qinghua looked at the time and it was about six o'clock. After thinking for a while, he pulled Langzhi out the door.
They first took a bus to a second-hand car market, but they were not going to buy a car. Pi Da Nanshen said that he was extremely short of money and could not afford the gas even if he bought a car. So he, Xiao Langzi and Dahei walked around the second-hand car market with great interest, and then turned to the small market next to it that sold second-hand electric cars.
Finally, Pi Qinghua spent 1,000 yuan to buy a yellow three-wheeled vehicle that was 90% new. The vehicle looked very nice, and Pi Qinghua and Lang Zhi were very satisfied. Then the two of them drove the electric three-wheeled vehicle happily to the medicinal materials market.
It was around seven o'clock. At this time, most of the vendors in the herbal medicine market had closed their stalls and gone home. The only shops that were still open were those with storefronts. Pi Qinghua randomly found a herbal medicine shop that he liked, and walked in with Lang Zhi. He said to the middle-aged man who was picking herbs:
"Hello, Master. I have some Magnolia bark here that I would like you to have a look at. If it is of good quality, I would like to sell it to you."
The master raised his head upon hearing this, and was a little surprised to see Pi Qinghua wearing a large mask, but the presence of Lang Zhi next to him made him lower his guard. He thought about it and happened to be planning to change the original supplier of Magnolia bark, so he reached out and took the Magnolia bark.
As a result, after he looked at the Magnolia officinalis barks one by one, a look of surprise and confusion appeared on his face.
"Eh... why are the quality of these magnolias different?"
Pi Qinghua's eyes flashed when he heard this, and he immediately watched intently, fearing that he would miss even a little bit. At the same time, Lang Zhi also widened his eyes, and Dahei nervously peeked out of the door.