C4 Make the Medicine

The flow of customers in the farmers' market was not small. In less than two hours, the big sis had sold ten chickens, and Lu Shan had finally completed one of his novice tasks.

When Lu Shan killed the tenth chicken, a system prompt immediately appeared in his mind:

"Novice mission 2. Killing — Completed (10/10), extra 10 points for Upgrade Experience Value. "

And then there was nothing else. The reward for the previous mission, however, did not appear.

Lu Shan was stunned, he thought that the system wouldn't go back on its word, right? Then why didn't the promised reward be given out?

He looked at the bottle of chicken blood that had just filled his hand, and his heart skipped a beat …

Could it be … That blood pill was obtained from this bottle of chicken blood!

Thinking about this, Lu Shan called out the Upgrade Box in his mind when the elder sister wasn't paying attention, and put the big bottle of chicken blood into a space among the Upgrade Box.

After that, he saw a burst of precious light. After a moment, the large bottle of chicken blood disappeared, leaving behind only a bright red pill the size of a chicken egg yolk in the space within the treasure box.

So it was like that!

Lu Shan was quite excited as he reached to grab the red pill. He immediately received a notification sound from his mind.

"Blood pill (Low or Substandard), after consumption, it can instantly activate five times the force of Qi and blood." Duration of 5 Minutes... This item is restricted to people below level 3. "

Lu Shan remembered that previously, when the system released the mission, it said that this blood pill could unleash 5 to 10 times the blood energy. Now, the blood pill that he had obtained could only stimulate 5 times the blood energy. His reward of blood core was simply trash out of the low-level potions!

However, this couldn't be blamed on others. Who told Lu Shan to kill ten chickens? He estimated that when he completed this task, if he had chosen to kill ten cattle, horses, and so on and then use their blood to fuse them, the resulting blood elixir would have the effect of increasing his blood vitality tenfold. But... Where could he find ten oxen or horses for him to kill?

He then looked at the number of times the Upgrade Box had been used, and discovered that it was still marked as (0/10). It seemed like the number of times he had used the Upgrade Box not only to convert the chicken blood into a blood pill, but also to not consume the Upgrade Box!

After completing the mission, Lu Shan helped Big Sis kill another chicken. But unfortunately … After killing the chicken, there were no more notifications in his mind. He looked at the levelling up experience displayed on the Upgrade Box again (20/100).

It seemed like it was impossible for him to level up by relying on "killing monsters"! Since that was the case, there was no need for him to waste any more time here. Furthermore, it was already dark and he had yet to find a place to rest. He couldn't possibly sleep on the streets tonight, right?

Thus, Lu Shan bade farewell to the live chicken shop's elder sister. He carried his travel bag and found a small inn to stay at first.

After putting down his luggage, Lu Shan ordered a big bowl of noodles at the Shuangqing Noodle Shop near the inn. After filling his stomach, he started to worry about the other newbie mission.

After completing the mission, he would no longer have to worry about his aunt coming every month! However … If he was unable to complete the task, the penalty of shrinking his height by five centimeters would be equally unbearable.

Originally, he didn't study medicine, so it could be said that he had no clue on how to concoct medicine. However, when he saw that bottle of chicken blood being turned into a blood pill within the Upgrade Box, he saw a glimmer of hope.

Perhaps … The medicine required for this quest could be made with the help of Upgrade Box.

Thinking about this, Lu Shan ran to a pharmacy and bought over a hundred different kinds of herbs in one go. He wanted to see if he could rely on luck to concoct a low-level potion using these herbs.

Lu Shan didn't have much money with him, so he didn't dare to choose ginseng, deer antler, or other expensive herbs. He only bought a few grams of each herb.

But even so, it still cost him more than six hundred dollars. Seeing that there was only about a thousand yuan left in his pocket, Lu Shan couldn't help but feel his heart ache.

I thought I had picked up a treasure after suddenly obtaining such a mysterious Upgrade Box! In the end, he didn't get a single profit, but instead spent almost a thousand yuan to buy it!

However … For the sake of his height, no matter how much he had to pay, he could only accept it!

After returning to the inn, Lu Shan started to open the bags of Chinese medicine and put them into the five boxes of Upgrade Box one by one.

No response? Try another way... Still no reaction? Then change it again …

There were a total of a hundred different types of medicinal herbs. Every five of them would be in a group. How many different combinations could there be? Since Lu Shan couldn't calculate it, he could only keep trying.

However, even after working all the way until around 10 PM, he still did not manage to see any reaction from the Upgrade Box.

It's over! It seemed that without any foundation in pharmacy, it would be impossible to complete the task of dispensing the ingredients within 24 hours!

Get... Just shrink your height! Maybe if they were shorter, they could still appear more adorable!

Lu Shan comforted himself helplessly. He felt his stomach growl again, so he decided to ignore the matter of the ingredients. He might as well fill his stomach first! He picked up his wallet and left the inn...

Lu Shan had been studying in a nearby university city for a few years, so he was quite familiar with the environment around here. Immediately, he walked around two streets with familiarity and arrived at a bustling street full of food.

Although he did not have much money on hand, he did not have any work to do. However, Lu Shan felt that he couldn't treat himself unfairly. Occasionally, he would try to buy some money to rely on himself, so it was only right for him to do so!