20demayo Chapter 37 Dragon Tiger Pill
Chapter 37 Dragon Tiger Pill
After Ronan moved to his new home, it became much easier for him to visit places like Flower Ridge Park, Elf Song Tavern, and Blue Flame Hammer.
These days, besides looking for missions, he also goes to Blue Flame Hammer every few days to check if his high-quality steel has arrived.
Several days passed and the steel still hadn't arrived. Guf apologized to him and said, "Buddy, the high-quality steel took longer than we expected. I wonder if the caravan encountered bandits or monsters."
"But don't worry, buddy, we've already recruited adventurers to investigate."
"If something goes wrong with that batch of high-quality steel, we will compensate you with three times the deposit."
Goof was an honest man, and he was more anxious than Ronan about the breach of contract.
After Ronan handed over the blueprints, the company responsible for building it was not Kraft, the third-generation company that only served ordinary customers, but Taft, the eldest-generation company.
Although Ronan only used high-quality steel to make an ordinary device, without any special effects, as long as it was sturdy and well-ventilated enough to meet the requirements for alchemy, it would be fine.
But the eldest brother, Taff, happened to see the ingenious structure of the alchemy furnace and decided to forge it himself.
"It seems to be the style of the Karatu continent," Taff said to Ronan upon meeting him.
Ronan originally looked like someone from the continent of Karatu, and now that it's been recognized, there's no need to hide much. He can simply say that his alchemy skills are inherited from the continent of Karatu.
As for what he was going to refine, he certainly wouldn't tell the dwarves.
During this time, Ronan had become quite familiar with the three dwarves.
The three dwarfs each had their own unique characteristics.
The eldest brother, Taf, was a hairy dwarf who was usually unkempt. His messy hair and curly beard made him look like a lion.
The third brother, Kaf, was bald and taciturn. He usually just nodded or shook his head, and the longest word he ever uttered was "hmm."
A few days later, Ronan went to Blue Flame Hammer again. The second brother, Guff, quickly came over and shook Ronan's hands: "Buddy, good news, your premium steel is back."
"The steel convoy encountered a group of gnolls, causing a delay, but with the help of the adventurers we recruited, they finally escaped the gnolls' clutches."
"That's good, guys. I'll leave my alchemy equipment to you three brothers." Ronan said, relieved after hearing the news.
"Don't worry, buddy," Guf thumped his chest.
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According to the three dwarf brothers' estimate, the furnace would be completed in five days.
Now that he knew there was no problem with forging the alchemy furnace, he could start preparing the materials for alchemy.
The first elixir he planned to refine was the "Dragon-Tiger Elixir" recorded in the "Heavenly Book".
The Dragon-Tiger Pill, named after the union of dragon and tiger, symbolizes the filling of the void and the release of fire. Consuming it is believed to increase the speed of cultivation.
According to the "Heavenly Book," the materials needed to refine the "Dragon Tiger Pill" are gold powder, cinnabar, yellow buds, dragon blood, and dragon pearls.
When recalling the formula, Ronan had some hesitation.
Because the material contains a large amount of heavy metals, some emperors in his previous life died from eating these things.
However, he thought again that since he was already a master cultivator at the seventh level of Qi Refining and had the Zhou Tian Qi Guiding Technique to remove toxins, he might as well give it a try.
So he stopped worrying about the heavy metals and started thinking about what items he should buy in Faerûn to replace the ingredients in the pill formula.
Gold dust, needless to say, is purely literal; this stuff is abundant everywhere.
Cinnabar is composed of mercuric sulfide. The reason cinnabar is needed is to extract mercury from it.
Mercury was readily available for sale in witchcraft general stores.
Because the casting material for the first-circle spell [Tansen Floating Disc] is a drop of mercury.
【Tansen Floating Disc Spell】is a common spell used by weak mages for transporting objects. This spell can create a disc-shaped horizontal force field with a diameter of nearly 1 meter and can carry up to 200 kilograms of objects.
As for Huangya, it is a lead compound, and the reason it is needed is to extract lead.
Lead was also sold in witchcraft general stores.
Lead is a good defensive material because it can block spells that detect good and evil, detect thoughts, and locate objects.
Many professionals buy this item to defend against mages' exploration and attacks.
As for dragon blood, according to the "Heavenly Book," it can be the blood of dragon-like creatures, such as gecko blood or crocodile blood.
Pure dragon blood in Faerûn is expensive, while kobold blood is cheap, but it's probably not as pure as his.
Therefore, he planned to use his own blood, which was his own personal elixir.
Perhaps, the dragon blood is of little use in his body, but once it is used in medicine, it can enhance his own medicinal properties and also stimulate the medicinal properties of other materials.
As for the Jiaozhu, it is a crystallized substance of a fish monster. He couldn't think of anything to replace it with, but the witchcraft general store had a wide variety of goods, so he should be able to find it by browsing around.
With that in mind, Ronan went to the witchcraft general store.
After entering the store, I went straight to the counter of the girl from Tiflin, Kayla, because that's where you can get a discount.
As Ronan approached the counter, he looked at Kayla's shelf.
Kayla remained silent, clasping her hands together and waiting quietly for Ronan to choose his items.
On the shelves were bottles of gold powder, mercury, and lead sheets.
Ronan looked around for a while longer and saw several white stones soaking in a jar. The jar was labeled: "The Crystallization of the Warriors of Shahua".
The Shahua Warriors are simply higher-level Shahua fishmen, with an average challenge level of 3.
Ronan pointed to the jar and asked, "What exactly is the crystallization of the Shahua Warriors?"
Kayla glanced at it and said, "It's the gallstones in the intestines of the Shahua fish-men."
Ronan immediately asked Kayla for the materials needed to refine three batches of pills.
After all, he was a novice alchemist, and he didn't have much hope of succeeding in his first batch, so he needed to prepare more materials.
Kayla frowned slightly when she heard Ronan say he wanted to buy these materials.
She was a druid and could also brew some potions, so she figured Ronan bought these items to use for brewing potions.
But what kind of medicine would require so much metal? Poison?
Unable to figure it out, Kayla stopped thinking about it and helped Ronan pack the items.
Ronan also bought some crucibles, pliers, and other alchemy tools.
He then paid at a 20% discount, put the package containing all his belongings into his dimensional bag, and left the witchcraft general store.
Five days later, Ronan went to retrieve the alchemy furnace as promised.
The alchemy furnace was dark and gloomy, with smooth lines and no trace of joints between the steel components.
It must be said that the "Blue Flame Hammer" lives up to its reputation as the best blacksmith shop in the lower city of Baldur's Gate.
To avoid attracting attention, Ronan had the dwarves make a wooden box to wrap the alchemy furnace, then hired a carriage to transport it back home.