CHAPTER 992: CHAPTER 989: LIN TIAN THE WASTREL

"Miss, this is the elixir Mr. Yun used to take, the Shaoyang Pill," Lin Tian replied.

"But, how can there be so many?" the Miss asked curiously.

"Did you think I was just having fun while in seclusion? I had to have some results," Lin Tian said casually.

The Miss nodded, seeming to recall something, and asked, "How long were you in seclusion?"

"About five or six days, I guess. The number of elixirs was indeed a bit low. Selling them seems unlikely, but they’re enough for personal use," Lin Tian said a bit embarrassed. After nearly a week of alchemy, he only succeeded in producing ten top-grade elixirs, a pitiful number compared to the mass production of pharmaceutical factories.

"What!" the Miss was shocked, her eyes wide as she looked at Lin Tian, her mouth slightly open, and her expression changed dramatically.

Lin Tian was puzzled, isn’t it a bit much to be so surprised about the low output of elixirs?

However, the Miss’s surprised expression was truly rare, especially those slightly open red lips, so enticing, as if waiting for a lover’s kiss. Lin Tian couldn’t help but swallow.

Those red lips had been kissed by Lin Tian twice, the soft, sweet, and smooth taste was something that always lingered in his mind, especially Miss’s shy and overwhelmed look when being embraced by him, which he found hard to forget.

The Miss didn’t notice Lin Tian’s unusual behavior; she was still in shock. To Lin Tian’s surprise, she said, "Lin Tian, you produced ten top-grade elixirs in five days? Even a genius couldn’t achieve that, right?"

Ah, it turns out the Miss wasn’t thinking it’s too few, but rather too many. However, Lin Tian didn’t really care, and said, "Ten in five days is a lot? I did have some mid to low-grade elixirs too, but I threw them away, though even adding them, it wasn’t a lot. I’ve heard that ancient mages could make one big batch, like frying beans."

"Those are advanced pharmacists, they can do that," Miss rolled her eyes at Lin Tian, but she soon realized Lin Tian’s words seemed off.

"Lin Tian, repeat what you just said," the Miss said.

Lin Tian was puzzled but still said, "I said ancient mages could mass-produce elixirs like frying beans, making one big batch at a time."

The Miss waved her hand and said, "Not that part, the sentence before."

"Oh, I said I made some mid to low-grade elixirs but threw them away," Lin Tian said indifferently.

"You... you actually threw away the elixirs!" the Miss pointed at Lin Tian, gritting her teeth, her eyes looking at him as if he were the biggest spendthrift in the world.

"Sister, are those elixirs really that important? Yun Xiaotian said Lin Tian had other elixirs to treat the old master, so they aren’t needed," Xiao Manxuan said in confusion.

The Miss glanced at the two and took a deep breath before saying, "Calm, I need to calm down, or else I’ll can’t resist hitting you two prodigals."

It seems the deep breath worked, as the Miss calmly said, "You only know the Shaoyang Pill can treat the old master’s illness, but you don’t know that it’s very useful to ancient martial artists as well."

Lin Tian truly didn’t know, as the Shennong Emperor’s Medical Scripture didn’t record anything about the Shaoyang Pill, and he was a self-taught pharmacist, unfamiliar with the Ancient Martial World, hence unaware of Shaoyang Pill’s usefulness to ancient martial artists.

Seeing Lin Tian and Xiao Manxuan full of curiosity, the Miss helplessly explained, "In the Ancient Martial World, some ancient martial artists practice malevolent evil techniques, and their True Qi contains Yin Sha Qi. If injured by them, one gets entangled with Yin Sha Qi, and even breath control is difficult for recovery."

"At this time, taking a Shaoyang Pill can suppress the Yin Sha Qi, thereby aiding in breath control and recovery. Do you realize that even a low-grade Shaoyang Pill is cherished and kept close by ancient martial artists like a treasure, yet you went and threw them away," the Miss said with increasing helplessness.

Lin Tian shrugged innocently, "I didn’t know! If I’d known, I’d have kept them and sold them to those ancient martial artists for some pocket money."

The Miss almost fainted from exasperation and rolled her eyes at him, "Do you ever lack pocket money?"

"I don’t, but who would complain about having more money? But fortunately, I haven’t thrown away the top-grade Shaoyang Pills. It’s a low-level elixir; I wonder how much it’s worth," Lin Tian said, picking up a bottle of elixirs, curious.

He was thinking of how to sell the elixir to ancient martial artists, but sadly, he didn’t know much about the Ancient Martial World. He had good stuff, but no avenue for sale.

The Miss saw his troubled expression and couldn’t help but laugh, "Ordinary ancient martial artists can’t afford your elixirs. Do you know how much one Shaoyang Pill is worth?"

Lin Tian shook his head and estimated, "I don’t know, but based on the cost of the ingredients, one Shaoyang Pill doesn’t consume much, with a cost of a few thousand yuan. Adding profit from sales, a low-grade pill should be worth ten thousand yuan."

Having spent days in alchemy, he had some sense. The ingredients for the Shaoyang Pill were precious but not top-grade, and each pill consumed minimal ingredients, around five thousand yuan.

The cost of a pill was five thousand yuan, and by sales logic, the market price normally doubles, reaching about ten thousand yuan per pill. A pill worth ten thousand yuan is already expensive; it should be noted that in pharmacies, you seldom find medicine sold for ten thousand yuan per pill.

This was Lin Tian’s attempt to estimate as high as possible. Even through the black market, the price might double, reaching up to twenty thousand yuan.

The Miss shook her head and laughed, "I knew you didn’t understand. A low-grade Shaoyang Pill is valued at around two hundred thousand yuan, a mid-grade one at three hundred thousand, and a top-grade one at a million!"

"A million? Wow, such a tiny thing is worth a million, how many times have profits multiplied! And the price gap between top-grade and mid-to-low-grade is staggering," Lin Tian couldn’t help but blurt out. Calculating the ten bottles of elixirs amounted to ten million yuan, faster than robbing a bank.

It was also his first time recognizing that the difference between top-grade and mid-to-low-grade elixirs was as vast as heaven and earth. Xiao Manxuan and An Xiaoru beside him were also stunned by what they heard.

The Miss seemed very satisfied with Lin Tian’s reaction, smiling, "If on the black market, the price can increase by twenty to fifty percent, my master’s Qi Boosting Pill is slightly more expensive than a Shaoyang Pill."

"These prices were based on transaction records from more than ten years ago. As for the current prices, it’s unknown. Master said previously there were occasional elixir transactions; now, it’s almost extinct," the Miss said.

More than ten years ago, it’s probably doubled by now, Lin Tian thought in embarrassment. The Shaoyang Pills he destroyed were all money. Truly a prodigal.