Chapter 430: Chapter 223: Spellcasting Commissions and Material Handling (Part 2)

In response, Moli proposed several other solutions:

The first option is to wait for the alchemy shop to restock from their headquarters.

In fact, due to the recent sightings of beastmen near the forest, a few days ago, the alchemist in charge at the River Valley Town Association branch had already added the purification potion to the next restock list.

Once it arrives, with the discount from Xia Nan’s professional status, the price should not be too expensive, roughly less than half the price of a curse removal scroll, affordable even for ordinary adventurers.

But the downside is, one would have to wait a long time; it might not arrive before Midsummer Day.

The second option is to commission the Alchemist Association directly.

Highly efficient, fast delivery.

Of course, the premise is having sufficient Gold Coins.

Moreover, most alchemists would not accept orders for just one or two bottles of this level of potion, typically they produce in batches.

Overall, the cost would even be much higher than that of a magic scroll.

As for the last option…

It’s to post a commission on the second floor to hire a spellcaster who can use relevant spells to remove Xia Nan’s curse.

This method is the cheapest and also shows results the quickest.

The condition is having some luck to meet the right Mage who either lacks money or has leisure time.

Beyond this, if there’s really no way, a trip to Neum to seek help from the priests at the Moon God Church could be an option.

According to the teachings of the “Moon Maiden,” there might not be a charge to help Xia Nan remove the curse.

However, it would take more than half a month of travel, too long, and if anything goes unexpected, it’s another ten to twenty days back, with the risk of beastification symptoms manifesting.

It’s best considered as the last resort.

To summarize, for Xia Nan, there really are only two choices.

Spend money, or spend time.

“How about this, help me post the commission to find a spellcaster who knows the ‘Remove Curse’ class magic, duration… seven days.”

After pondering for a moment, Xia Nan instructed Moli in front of him.

If after seven days, a cost-effective method to purify the curse is not found, just go straightforwardly and buy the scroll for the price of five hundred Gold Coins.

This amount of money does seem quite a lot, but if luck is a bit better, it could be earned back in a few months without going into debt.

Considering that when Buck initially got infected with the beastification symptoms during Hunting Day, it took a while after returning to Neum for the curse to finally manifest.

There must have been dozens of days between these two periods.

And beastification symptoms manifesting is a continuous process; I haven’t even felt any whispers or unexplained bestial urges, clearly still in the initial stage.

With my professional physical and mental resilience better than Buck’s, waiting seven days is entirely manageable.

“Sigh, Gold Coins…”

After saying goodbye to Moli and walking through the bustling streets, Xia Nan sighed in his heart.

His dark eyes scanned a few adventurers by the roadside.

It seems like they too just returned from an adventure, with each member of this four-person team having sustained some injuries, their bodies bandaged and blood seeping out.

At this moment, they were cautiously sharing a newly purchased healing potion, each taking a sip, passing the bottle to one another.

Seeing this, Xia Nan couldn’t help but conjure some ideas in his mind.

If truly aiming to earn money, the newly acquired [Tear of Spring Breath] might be a method.

Three times a day of “Secondary Healing Technique,” it surely doesn’t compare to healing potions, but for some relatively ordinary injuries, its effect is still quite decent.

Estimating to charge around 20…15 Gold Coins per session, there surely would be adventurers willing to pay.

In this way, I could earn forty-five Gold Coins in just a single day.

Half a month, and the Gold Coins for a magic scroll would be recouped.

The more he pondered, the brighter his eyes shone.

Xia Nan even felt tempted, as if a path to wealth was just ahead.

Suddenly remembering something, his thoughts involuntarily paused.

He subtly shook his head.

“No, this carries too much risk.”

In River Valley Town, I have some reputation, and it could easily be checked that “Gray Sword” is a close-combat swordsman, who has never demonstrated healing abilities before.

Such a sudden change inevitably feels abrupt, and it would be easy to be found out that I am using equipment effects to heal others.

Even if [Tear of Spring Breath] is top-tier among blue equipment, selling it on the market could fetch quadruple figures, if not quintuple figures.

The Fourth Ring Spell “Spring Vein Purification,” usable once a week, would attract even extraordinary level strong individuals,

If detected by someone nosy because of a mere five hundred Gold Coins, causing trouble, it would indeed be a matter of picking sesame seeds and losing watermelons, outweighing the loss.

It’s better to keep it close as a trump card.

Considering methods of making money in his mind.

Unconsciously, Xia Nan found himself standing before a quaint wooden house, with its exterior walls and eaves adorned with abundant vine greenery, looking like a large bush from a distance.

The signboard by the road clearly engraved with the characters “Green Grass Cauldron.”

Upon entering, the unique herbal fragrance filled Xia Nan’s nostrils with each breath, invigorating his spirits.

Behind the brown counter lined with colorful bottles and jars, a gentle woman with long curly hair and slightly plump figure, wearing frameless glasses, smiled at him warmly.