Chapter 123: Finding a Solution

The high-level library of the Alchemist Guild was not far from where they had debated alchemy, and after a short walk, they arrived.

“The Alchemist Guild of Tianxuan Royal City has only about a dozen formal alchemists. These people only come to read books when they encounter truly difficult problems. Usually, it’s very quiet here. Pick whatever book you want to read!”

Pushing open the door, Ouyang Cheng introduced.

Zhang Xuan acknowledged and looked into the room.

Although the Tianxuan Kingdom Alchemist Guild did not have many formal alchemists, it had quite a few books—not as many as the elementary library’s hundreds of thousands, but still over ten thousand volumes.

They were densely packed on a dozen bookshelves.

“Feel free to look around. If there’s anything you don’t understand, you can ask me. I’ll be in the room not far away!”

Ouyang Cheng pointed casually.

“Thank you for your trouble, Guild Leader Ouyang!” Zhang Xuan smiled and nodded.

“No trouble at all. You’re a formal alchemist now, and I might have many questions to ask you in the future!” Ouyang Cheng laughed and turned to leave.

He knew that the other party’s eagerness to come to the library must have its own purpose and secrets, so it was inconvenient to disturb him.

“Let’s search!”

Seeing him leave, Zhang Xuan smiled faintly, walked to the bookshelf, and began flipping through the first row.

Simply searching would take a lot of time. Since he was going to spend the time anyway, he might as well record all these books into the Library of Heaven’s Path, making it more convenient for future reference and allowing him to learn more alchemical knowledge.

Rustle! Rustle!

The sound of flipping pages echoed again in the high-level library.

After an unknown amount of time, Zhang Xuan stopped, his eyes shining.

“There really is…”

Persistence paid off, and he finally found books recording special physiques and elixirs.

“In the 373rd year of Tianxuan, Princess Shen Qiu, daughter of King Shen Ling, possessed a Pure Yin Physique. She successfully activated it by taking the third-grade elixir [Po Yin Dan]…”

“Po Yin Dan?”

Zhang Xuan’s eyes lit up.

He continued flipping.

“In the 126th year of Tianxuan, there was a case of Dragon Rhinoceros Bloodline. Elixirs could not activate it; it required smearing the whole body with the blood of a Dragon Rhinoceros Beast to activate… However, the success rate was very low!”

In another book, he found the method for activating the Dragon Rhinoceros Bloodline.

“Let’s see if it’s correct!”

Taking the two books to the copying area, Zhang Xuan copied the two passages. With a thought, the Library of Heaven’s Path displayed the copied content and its flaws.

“Pure Yin Physique: can be activated with Po Yin Dan. Flaw: only activates about ten percent of the physique, unable to fully unleash its power…”

“Dragon Rhinoceros Bloodline: can be activated with the blood of a Giant Rhinoceros Beast. Flaw: only activates about ten percent of the bloodline, unable to fully unleash its power…”

Seeing the flaws marked in the library, Zhang Xuan was momentarily stunned.

“Only activate ten percent?”

He had thought that with the right elixir, it could be fully activated, but it turned out to be only ten percent.

“Still, even ten percent is enough!” Zhang Xuan smiled faintly.

Special physiques were immensely powerful. Even activating just ten percent could allow someone to advance by leaps and bounds and easily handle a mere freshman competition!

“Now I just need to find the third-grade Po Yin Dan and the blood of a Giant Rhinoceros Beast!”

Having found what he needed, Zhang Xuan breathed a sigh of relief, finished flipping through the remaining books, and then walked out of the library toward Ouyang Cheng’s room.

As the guild leader, he was probably the only one who could help find these two items.

Having gone through all the books in the high-level library, he also had a general idea of the medicinal liquid Wang Ying needed and the elixir Liu Yang needed, which he could buy together.

“Alchemist Zhang!”

Seeing him approach, Ouyang Cheng quickly stood up.

“Guild Leader Ouyang, I have a favor to ask of you.”

Zhang Xuan got straight to the point: “I’d like to purchase a few items, and I may need your help.”

“Oh? What do you need? If the guild has them, no problem!”

Ouyang Cheng nodded.

“I need a Po Yin Dan, a Wen Mai Dan, a portion of Giant Rhinoceros Beast blood, and a Yang Ti medicinal liquid.” Zhang Xuan listed what he wanted.

The Wen Mai Dan was for Liu Yang. His insufficient cultivation while forcefully practicing martial arts had caused his right hand’s meridians to wither, requiring Wen Mai Dan to nourish them.

The Yang Ti liquid was for Wang Ying. Although her leg injuries had healed, they were not as good as normal, and this liquid was needed to warm and nourish them for faster recovery.

“Wen Mai Dan and Yang Ti liquid are easy to find; I can help you get them. But Po Yin Dan and Giant Rhinoceros Beast blood… are not so easy!”

Ouyang Cheng hadn’t expected him to ask for so many things at once and couldn’t help frowning.

“Not so easy? Can they be found?” Zhang Xuan looked at him.

Having found the solution, it would be frustrating if he couldn’t get the materials.

“We don’t have these items in the guild, but if I apply to headquarters, they should be able to procure them.” Ouyang Cheng said.

“That’s good…”

Zhang Xuan breathed a sigh of relief.

“However…” Ouyang Cheng frowned again: “Headquarters is too far from here. Even using special methods to transfer from other kingdoms, it will take at least ten days!”

“Ten days?”

Zhang Xuan was taken aback, then said: “Alright, ten days it is!”

The freshman competition was still fourteen days away. Arriving in ten days, though a bit tight, would still be in time.

“Then I’ll apply to headquarters now. You can pick them up in ten days. As for the Wen Mai Dan and Yang Ti liquid, I can get them for you right now!”

Guild Leader Ouyang smiled.

“Yes, thank you for your trouble, Guild Leader!” Zhang Xuan nodded. “How much for all four items? Should I pay now or wait until everything arrives?”

Having robbed the swindler Yang Mo, he had over a million gold coins in hand, making him quite wealthy.

Buying a few medicinal ingredients for his students to help them improve was nothing.

It also served to show his greatness as a teacher!

Just a little money—was he a stingy person?

“Wen Mai Dan and Yang Ti liquid aren’t expensive. Together, they cost four hundred thousand gold coins.” Ouyang Cheng calculated, then continued: “Po Yin Dan and Giant Rhinoceros Beast blood are a bit pricier. The former is among the top third-grade elixirs, and the Giant Rhinoceros Beast is a Xiantian beast, a whole level above a savage beast!”

“As an alchemist, you enjoy privileges. I’ll give you a discount. Po Yin Dan is about twenty million gold coins, and Giant Rhinoceros Beast blood is three million gold coins. Let’s round it off—you can pay twenty-three million!”

Ouyang Cheng calculated and said.

After speaking, seeing no response from the other side, he looked up and saw Zhang Xuan already more than ten meters away, waving his arms: “I was just asking casually, don’t take it seriously…”

“…” Ouyang Cheng.