r18novel Chapter 1449 - 744: Qing Yi (Part 2)
Chapter 1449 - 744: Qing Yi (Part 2)
"Mom, are herbs with a history of 1000 years extremely scarce?" Qing Shui asked, feeling uneasy at the expression on Qing Yi’s face.
"Herbs with a history of 100 years, or even 800 years, can be regarded as ordinary medicinal materials as long as they’re not 1000 years old. Only when a herb’s age reaches or exceeds 1000 years does it become considered an extremely valuable medicinal herb. There’s just a single grade difference between ordinary herbs and precious herbs, but the gap between these grades is like the distance between heaven and earth! For instance, many alchemists tend to concoct pills and pills to increase cultivation or prolong life. In the mixtures of these precious pills, every piece of herb and ingredient must strictly meet the standards outlined in the formula. If an alchemist uses a 999-year-old Lingzhi instead of a 1000-year-old Lingzhi, then the pill’s effect will vanish, and the mixed medicine is most likely to fail.
"Valuable ingredients? Ordinary ingredients? Are ingredients classified by age? If so, then what about ingredients with a history of 10,000 years?" Qing Shui decided to consult Qing Yi about her herbal knowledge. After all, Qing Yi was the person responsible for the herbal business in the Qing Family. She should be the most qualified person to be consulted about medicine and herbal ingredients information.
"Pills and herbal ingredients can be classified into ordinary level, precious level, jade level, King-level, Royal level, Emperor-level, Holy level, and God-level." Qing Yi explained.
Without giving Qing Shui a chance to ask, Qing Yi swore, "Besides classifying them into precious or ordinary levels, the cost of such herbs also largely depends on their age. For instance, the price difference between a 100-year ordinary level herb and a 900-year ordinary level herb can still be vast. Using age as a standard, herbs can roughly be classified in this way."
→0-999 years=Ordinary Level
→1000-2999 years=Precious Level
→3000-4999 years=Jade Level
→5000-6999 years=King-level
→7000-7999 years=Royal Level
→8000-8999 years=Emperor Level
→9000-9999 years=Holy Level
→10,000 years and above=God-level
"Shui’er, why the sudden interest in herbs?" Qing Yi asked suspiciously with a smile, feeling very proud of her son. Rather considerate, kind, and with intelligence far above the norm. (TL: Is he really that generous? =.=)
"Who wouldn’t like such good things, hehe." Qing Shui laughed.
Qing Yi sighed, seeming somewhat dejected. "Regarding medicinal materials, even if we can acquire precious medicinal materials or those of higher grades, they are still useless... We cannot use these materials at will. Usually, we sell these herbs at high prices or exchange them for some cultivation pills from alchemists. Of course, the exchange value will be unfair, and selling them will still cause us some loss."
As the topic turned to alchemists, Qing Shui’s eyes began gleaming with light.
Qing Shui knew that Qing Yi was always suppressed by her business partners. Afraid of making Qing Yi upset, he decided not to inquire further.
"Can’t precious and above-grade herbs be consumed directly?" Qing Shui pondered. He knew that in previous worlds, people actually consumed things like 100-year-old ginseng without any adverse effects!
"Can’t precious and above-grade herbs be consumed directly?" Qing Shui pondered. He knew that in previous worlds, people actually consumed things like 100-year-old ginseng without any adverse effects!
Qing Yi gently patted Qing Shui’s forehead, softly saying, "Ordinary level herbs can be consumed directly with a little processing, but of course, the percentage of medicinal potency a person can absorb is only 10-20%. Most of the medicinal strength will be wasted. Naturally, there are some exceptions to this. When the herb’s lifespan exceeds 500 years, it can no longer be consumed directly. If you ignore the safety restrictions and intend to do so, then the herb will cause great harm to your body instead of helping you. If these herbs are precious level or higher, direct consumption might even cause death!"
"Oh, then what about herbs that cannot be consumed directly? Maybe there’s a way for us to absorb the medicinal essence? Thinking of this, the alchemy profession suddenly popped into his mind.
"Alchemist!"
Seeing that Qing Shui seemed particularly interested in the alchemy world, Qing Yi gave a detailed explanation: "Herbs that cannot be consumed directly will require an alchemist to make them into pills. Using various methods, upon extracting the herbal essence and finally condensing them into a pill form, they will be able to prevent excessive loss of the medicinal strength! Hence, in this way, cultivators consuming prepared pills are more beneficial than the herbs themselves."
This was the reason. Qing Shui now understood it better. Initially, he assumed that directly consuming a herb would at most only result in retaining a trivial amount of energy. Originally, he thought that since the human body couldn’t absorb such a massive amount of energy in one go, the excess energy would be dispersed as waste. He never thought that for precious or higher-grade herbs, too much energy would cause the human body to explode, leading to death!
"Mother, since herbs and medicinal ingredients can be divided into several levels, what about alchemists? What’s the difference between the third-ranked alchemist and the fifth-ranked alchemist?"
"The higher the alchemist’s level, the better the quality of the pills he concocts. Clearly, a common alchemist will find it nearly impossible to refine and concoct precious-grade pills." Qing Yi replied.
The ranking of alchemists is somewhat similar to the classification of herbs. Comparatively, it’s only slightly more complex. Common, Precious, Jade, King, Royal, Emperor, Saint, Holy. These 8 levels of spiritual herbs correspond to 8 different levels of alchemists. The only difference is, for alchemists, each level is further divided into 10 grades. For example, the tenth grade of an Ordinary Level Alchemist."
"Hmm, actually similar to [Western Fantasy]. The higher the rank of an alchemist, the higher the quality of the pills are made. However, I still don’t know when I will master the alchemy bestowed by the ’ancient enhancement technique’. I wonder... If I concoct pills according to the ancient formulas from the ’ancient enhancement technique’, what level will they reach?" Qing Shui’s eyes sparkled with excitement, increasingly eager to become an alchemist!
"The Situ Clan from Baili City wants to purchase all our Qing Clan’s precious graded herbs. Thinking of Situ Bufan’s arrogance and Situ Bufan being introduced by his fiancée to Shi Qingzhuang with a cold face, Qing Shui couldn’t help but clench his fist. Confusing parts began to surface in his mind. "Is that why Qing Shizhuang refused to transfer his fiancée to Situ Bufan?"
Qing Yi looked at Qing Shui in shock. This child... his deduction skills are almost divine... She laughed, rubbing Sha Qing’s hair, saying, "Your guess is correct, the reason why the Situ Clan is so outstanding in Hundred-Mile City is because one son of Situ Nantian was able to break through to jade level alchemist rank."
"Just a Jade Alchemist, does he dare to be so arrogant?" Qing Shui shouted displeased.
Upon hearing this, Qing Yi almost choked on blood. She gently knocked Qing Shui’s head with a bit of force, saying, "What do you mean by "just a Jade Alchemist"? Do you think there are many alchemists? Even throughout Hundred-Mile City, the number of famous alchemists can be calculated on one hand. Although Lei from the Situ Clan only reached jade level 1, he naturally has the ability to be arrogant!" Qing Yi chuckled, half-laughing at Qing Shui’s ignorance.
Qing Shui shook his head gently, smiling, seeing Qing Yi’s happiness made him happy too.
Only in front of Qing Yi did Qing Shui look like a child... a simple and naive child.
"Since being an alchemist offers respect, why didn’t Situ the Alchemist leave Hundred-Mile City and go to other major cities to develop? Why restrict himself?" Qing Shui was puzzled.
"Haii, don’t you understand the theory of ’a person would rather be a big fish in a small pond than a small fish in a big pond’? There, his status is similar to a diamond. In the vast world, he might just be a stone."
Qing Shui finally understood!
"Having the status of a world-class Jade Alchemist, compared with the greatest alchemists, what does he count as?" Qing Shui became increasingly excited at the prospect of entering the broader Jiuzhou World. Unfortunately, he still did not have enough strength. The outside world may be fascinating, but it’s also dangerous. Qing Shui didn’t want to waste his life!
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