Chapter 21: The Alchemist

  The red flowers on the mountain are all task items, and after completing the task, they can't be picked anymore. Staying on Eagle Cliff is meaningless, so Ye Chen bid farewell to the hunter with a puzzled face and left Eagle Cliff, carefully avoiding those wild apes that were wandering around everywhere, and soon left the Liedayou Mountains.

  Back in Lie Shan City, Ye Chen rushed to the Alchemist Guild and went straight to the second floor, where he directly submitted the trial task of 30 red-colored flowers to the guild leader, Knoos.

  Kanos took the 30 red-colored flowers handed over by Ye Chen, his face slightly moved: "Young man, I didn't expect you to complete the task so quickly, it's really beyond my expectation. Alright, from now on, you are a noble alchemist. It won't take long for you to understand how noble this profession is. All adventurers will go crazy for you..."

  Knox patted Ye Chen's shoulder, and a golden light shot out from his right hand. The golden light rapidly circulated around Ye Chen's body, and the words "Alchemist" suddenly appeared under Ye Chen's name in the occupation column. At the same time, two new skills appeared in the life skills column - Alchemy and Gathering.

  "Ding! You have completed the task [Collect Red Color Flower], and received 18,600 experience points as a reward, along with 10 Red Color Pills."

  [Red Beauty Pill]: Special elixir, after consumption experience increases by 50,000 points, maximum of 10 pills can be consumed per day.

  Ye Chen looked at the bright red dan bead in his hand, a joyful smile involuntarily appearing on his face. He let out a gentle sigh and carefully put away the Red Color Dan.

  "Young one, now that you've become an alchemist, as your guide, I should naturally show you the way. An alchemist without a dan formula is pitiful, so if you want to be a true alchemist, you must first collect some dan formulas. Hmm, I have some special dan formulas for alchemists here, and you can get them if you're willing to pay the price." Keno said with a sly smile, his expression like that of an old fox.

  "Tan Fang?" Ye Chen was slightly stunned and suddenly had a bad premonition.

  Knos stroked his white beard and nodded: "Not bad, it's Dan Fang. Without Dan Fang, a alchemist is like a chef without a pot, any kind of elixir needs Dan Fang to be refined."

  Ye Chen furrowed his brow and cautiously asked: "Then how much does your elixir formula sell for? What's the specific price?"

  "Hehe, you'll know when you see it." Knos smiled and pulled out a price list for Danfang from his pocket and placed it in front of Ye Chen.

  Ye Chen picked up the price list and took a glance, his face suddenly changed drastically, his mouth wide open in shock. "Damn it! The cheapest Dan pill costs 50 gold coins? Is this robbery? Is this murder?"

  "Director, why don't you go and grab it!" Ye Chen's face turned gloomy, as if water was about to drip from his face.

  Kanos seemed to ignore Ye Chen's expression, chuckling and shaking his head: "Rush? As a great magician and alchemist, would I do such unskilled work? Young man, don't be impatient, take a closer look at those pill formulas. Buying them back will definitely be worth it. For example, that lowest-level Great Strength Pill, the formula is only 50 gold coins. The Great Strength Pill is a best-seller, buying it back would be a great deal. And then there's the Intelligence Pill, also a good thing, only 100 gold coins. Hmm, the best one is this White Tiger Pill formula, after taking it you can get 1.5 times experience, buying it back will definitely make you rich."

  White Tiger Dan, 1.5 times experience! Ye Chen's spirit was greatly shocked, and he hastily asked: "Are there any restrictions on this thing? How long can one pill last?"

  "Below level 25, one pill can last for an hour, and you can take up to three pills a day. The raw materials are cheap, so it's definitely profitable." Krones explained carefully.

  Below level 25 is now the mainstream level, with 3 pieces every day, that's a full 3 hours of 1.5 times experience, great stuff, absolutely great stuff, Ye Chen was overjoyed in his heart, it can be seen that this White Tiger Dan will definitely be very popular, if operated well, it will definitely make a lot of money, even if it's not sold, using it for oneself is also extremely good, with this thing, one's leveling speed will definitely increase by a lot.

  "How much does this White Tiger Dan cost?" Ye Chen asked Knos with shining eyes.

  The old god of Knossos stretched out three fingers: "Three hundred gold coins, no discount."

  Ye Chen's mouth twitched slightly, and he gritted his teeth: "I'll buy it, I'll buy it."

  This time Ye Chen has indeed invested heavily, but he also has confidence that he can make a stable profit without losing money. Such good things, and being the sole operator, it would be strange if he didn't make money.

  "Good, young man indeed has vigor." Knos nodded and smiled: "However, this White Tiger Dan belongs to the third-level Dan formula, requiring a third-level alchemy technique to refine it. So you still need to buy a first-level Dan formula and a second-level Dan formula first. For the first-level Dan formula, I recommend buying the Great Strength Pill, and for the second-level Dan formula, I recommend buying the Intelligence Pill. These are all best-sellers, and can at least earn some pocket money."

  Ye Chen's face turned a bit dark, he was now somewhat suspicious whether this alchemist was making money or losing money. The finished product hadn't even been seen yet, but they had to spend over 500 gold coins on the dan formula first. It was daylight robbery, but since he had already taken up the part-time job of being an alchemist, he definitely had to persist. Moreover, from the White Tiger Dan, it could be seen that being an alchemist was a very lucrative path. Having some initial investment was also acceptable.

  Unfortunately, the 500 gold coins from Long Teng's Star Slashing had already been put up on the trading platform earlier, and the item had entered a trading state. Even if he wanted to take it back, it was impossible. As for Cong Ming Dan and Bai Hu Dan's dan formulas, Ye Chen naturally couldn't afford them, so he could only settle for second best. He first bought the level 1 Great Strength Pill dan formula, anyway, he had to rush to level 1 alchemy first.

  【Daliwan】 (First-class Dan formula): Increases strength by 10 points, lasts for 10 minutes. Required materials: Red Blood Grass x5, First-class Alchemy Furnace x1, First-class Dan Fire x1.

  Increase 10 points of strength, that is 10 points of physical attack. It seems that the attribute of this big power pill is still decent, and it should be able to sell for some money. Moreover, this thing is a consumable item, so if the price is reasonable, sales should not be bad.

  But when he looked at the materials, Ye Chen's face changed a bit. The alchemy furnace and dan fire were consumables, and Knos had them for sale here. Looking at the prices, a first-class alchemy furnace cost 20 silver coins, and a bundle of dan fire cost 30 silver coins. Damn, the lowest cost of this Strength Pill was already 50 silver coins, not to mention those five Red Blood Grasses. Calculating like this, one Strength Pill would have to be sold for at least one gold coin to make a profit. The problem was whether anyone would buy it if it were sold for one gold coin? Ye Chen was really uncertain.