King Time

Sect points and Medicinal Materials

Lu Wen looked fat with disdain as he asked

''Fat you only have 3000 sect points?''

Fatty Fu replied with

'' Ah I am almost out of sect points for this month but I will definitely have more next time.at least this much, he said as he raised 10 fingers proudly to show off.

Shun Long understood that both Fatty Fu and Lu Wen were eager to help him. Shun Long's relationship with Lu Wen only started because of father's good intentions to give him a good cauldron, but it developed into something much purer.

It was something that Shun Long had never experienced before.This unconditional friendship.

Same thing with Fatty Fu.

He is a simple man. If he likes you then you will know, whereas if he breaks you, he will not even hesitate to kick you twice while you are falling and struggling.

Shun Long now completely understood that from today onwards he would have 2 people by his side who could be his brother. Although this was not a fraternity forged between life and death situations, Shun Long knew that they were really treating him like a brother, and he would do the same.

The fat Shun Long and Fu could accept Lu Wen paying for the wine this time, and they would pay next time, be it at the 'Confusing Fragrance Pavilion' or somewhere else. This kind of thing does not count with sect points between brothers, sometimes you pay them when you leave, while sometimes they pay for you.

However, Shun Long would never receive charity from anyone, not even from his friends or siblings. Especially since it can ruin their relationship.

Relationships that involve profit are never pure.

Therefore Shun Long said

''Right now I just want to know if I am suitable to practice alchemy or not, not to actually practice being an alchemist. I can how to see my improvement process go and decide into the future whether I really want an alchemist. Also, don't talk about giving me any more money. What I want to know is this:

I need 'Honey Fruits', 'Blue Grass', '5-leafed giant flowers', and 'Gruesome-growing Rakes', these 10 sets how much does it cost in 'Treasure Pavilion'? Don't ever explain to lie or when I find out, we definitely won't call each other 'brothers' back then.''

Fatty Fu sighed and then he counted a little with the payment before saying

'' These were all rank 1 medicinal ingredients and were very common in that regard. Therefore these 10 sets will initially cost you 140 sect points, but if we get on my behalf, we will be an additional 40% discount because I am an employee at the 'Treasure Pavilion', he said', that would reduce the overall cost to 84 sect points.' '

Fatty Fu was silent for a moment before saying again

'' But if you don't have enough time to refine the Pill, how do you know if you are really suitable for practicing alchemy or not? There is no way you can succeed with such a low amount of medicinal ingredients.''

Shun Long observed for a moment before saying

''Then for 3 sets it should be 25.2 sect points right?''

''There are no 0.2 sect points in the sect. If the number is closer to 10 than to 0 then it counts as one point. Since '2' is closer to '0' then it is counted as 0 points which makes the sum to 25 sect points.'' Fatty Fu replied

Shun Long Thought before saying

''Then brother helped me buy 3 sets of those ingredients, these are the 25 points.''

Shun Long took out his sect-identifying jade as he transferred 25 points to the fatty. They all continued drinking for an hour until they spent their time and left the 'Mystical Fragrance Pavilion'. Shun Long had told the fatty Fu and Lu Wen the name of the inn he was staying at, and the fatty Fu to him that he would have someone deliver the ingredients in less than 3 hours.

Shun Long decided to stay in his room and read the alchemy books that Lu Wen had given him.

Shun Long finally found some information that he had not learned from the golden book.

''So the medicine is categorized in 9 different classes and each class corresponds to the rank and ability of each alchemist. For example, a rank 1 bronze alchemist would only be able to purify pills from rank 1 medicinal ingredients, whereas a rank 1 silver alchemist could use materials from anywhere between rank 1 to rank 4 for his herbs.''

Shun Long appeared to himself.

Unconsciously nearly 3 hours had passed and Shun lost himself to learning, when a voice came from outside him from his mind.

''This guest, someone from the 'Hare Pavilion' has sent you some items.''

Shun Long gathered the items from the inn guards before returning to his room and exiting for a while as he looked at the medicinal herbs in hand.

Then he sighed as he thought

''It makes or breaks now. I have already spent 25 of my 30 sect points for these 3 sets, and I have also paid 4 guard guard points, to order this page for the rest of the month. If I fail at this gamble, I may have to go and work in the mine for at least a month. Although I am absolutely sure that I can do this, I only have 3 sets of this material and I cannot waste it.''

Shun Long then tried to choose his mind before starting the first pill refining, when the stone shaped in his spiritual space became quiet.

His consciousness was once again flooded with images like before before three words appeared in Shun Long's mind. His character was unknown to Shun Long, he had never seen it before, but he could feel the ancient aura from them and Shun Long could understand what these words meant as if their meaning was engraved directly on his soul.

'Eternal Body of the King'