To become stronger, one must master the rhythm; otherwise, it will be like a car that cannot brake, eventually crashing.
Currently, I have 13,000 paradise coins, which is not a small amount, but it's not ample for enhancing equipment. To accumulate enough paradise coins, I need to wait for Qi Changwei to reply to me and sell the purple staff in my hand.
During this time, Qin Jie decided to improve his herbalism proficiency.
Inside the room, Qin Jie placed a cloth on the table, then arranged all the Materials in front of him.
miranda's petals and leaves, the branches of the Dragon Yin wooden man, the branches from the Sakura Dragon base, and a pile of medicinal Materials Emma had selected for him.
However, before consuming and analyzing these Materials, Qin Jie had best take an antidote.
After all, only by analyzing these Materials can he understand their properties, just like a joke Qin Jie heard when he was a child.
What were Shennong's last words before he died?
Answer: "Holy crap, this herb is poisonous."
To avoid being poisoned, it is essential to prepare an antidote.
And the antidote happened to be in his bag, given by Emma.
[Antidote]
Quality: White
Effect: After consumption, it can reduce toxin damage by 57% within the next 5 minutes.
Rating: 7 (Note: White items are rated from 1 to 10.)
Price: 20 paradise coins.
But compared to this one, Qin Jie wanted to make one himself. He wanted to see the difference between the antidote he made and the one Emma gave him, because if his own creation was worthless, then improving his medicine skill would lose its meaning.
The recipe for the antidote was in his mind, but Qin Jie lacked some raw Materials. However, the advantage of Paradise is that Qin Jie can directly spend some paradise coins to substitute for these missing Materials.
The Materials for one antidote only cost 60 paradise coins, a small sum Qin Jie could afford.
[Crafting an antidote requires 15 mana points.]
Tsk, crafting medicine also requires mana points, but his intelligence is only 10, which is quite unfriendly.
Qin Jie clicked his tongue but still chose to craft it.
A moment later, a white light shone, and the next moment, a pill appeared in Qin Jie's hand.
[Antidote]
Quality: White
Effect: After consumption, it can reduce toxin damage by 36% within the next 5 minutes.
Rating: 3 (Note: White items are rated from 1 to 10.)
Price: 20 paradise coins.
Description: Novice on the road, consume with caution.
The attributes were good. As for the description, Qin Jie pretended not to see it; after all, his antidote was upgraded through skills, so while the quality might not be outstanding, it was definitely up to par.
Then Qin Jie looked at the antidote he made in his hand, hesitated for a moment, and finally ate the one Emma made.
Hmm, the one I made has collection value and shouldn't be eaten casually.
Yes, that's right.
After consuming it, Qin Jie first picked up miranda's petals.
miranda's petals were entirely black. Originally, their surface color should have been like jade, but after being cut off by Qin Jie and separated from the mother body, they withered extensively and were now shriveled.
Picking up miranda's petals, Qin Jie put them in his mouth and chewed.
Hmm—unexpectedly, they were quite dry, crispy, and had a fresh herbal scent.
Although he didn't want to admit it, they were surprisingly delicious.
[Analysis complete, Medicine proficiency + 87]
Some knowledge appeared in Qin Jie's mind.
miranda's petals can stop bleeding and promote digestion when eaten, but only if consumed 24 hours after being cut from the mother body, otherwise there is a chance of parasitic infection in the body.
Qin Jie pouted. Speaking of which, does this thing only parasitize?
The main body parasitizes, pollen parasitizes, infected monsters have parasitic abilities, even petals can parasitize, and after full growth, it can even parasitize the world.
Even the vine staff dropped from the treasure chest has parasitic properties!
The taste of the Dragon Yin wooden man's branches, however, was terrible. Although it was wood, the texture was very loose, crumbling into fragments as soon as it entered the mouth, somewhat like shredded meat floss, but the taste was far worse than meat floss.
As for the branches from the Sakura Dragon base—Qin Jie took a bite, and his eyebrows immediately shot up.
It can stop bleeding, restore internal organ injuries, and detoxify.
He didn't expect this thing to be so effective.
Although the proficiency bonus from its analysis was not as much as miranda's petals, the effect of the Sakura Dragon base branches was excellent. If it could be used to make medicine, who knows what might happen.
To be honest, the hardness of miranda's petals, even after wilting, was close to glass, but Qin Jie's attributes were no longer comparable to ordinary people, so he could easily eat them.
As for wood and such, Qin Jie had no trouble chewing it. It could be said that the strength of his teeth now was probably similar to a large animal trap, capable of easily biting through the bones of large animals.
And Qin Jie's proficiency greatly increased during the analysis process. His gaze quickly turned to the medicinal Materials given by Emma.
Most of these were ordinary medicinal Materials, but they were diverse, and many had their medicinal properties marked in advance by Emma.
However, Emma probably never imagined when she marked them that Qin Jie would actually eat these medicinal Materials directly.
Perhaps because he often drank traditional Chinese medicine as a child, Qin Jie was not completely unable to accept the taste of these medicinal Materials. Although the taste of raw medicinal Materials was extremely bitter, Qin Jie could still eat them without changing his expression.
While analyzing medicinal Materials doesn't necessarily require eating them—there are also items for sale in the Paradise market that analyze medicinal Materials, and a basic set of equipment can be bought for a few hundred paradise coins—
Qin Jie simply wasn't willing to buy them.
This practice is actually the same principle as enhancing attributes without anesthesia. Qin Jie greatly enjoyed the process of personally experiencing becoming stronger, which is why he chose to eat these medicinal Materials and then analyze them bit by bit.
Of course, perhaps it could be more straightforwardly called Qin Jie's quirk.
After analyzing these herbs one by one, Qin Jie's Medicine proficiency had already reached LV5. Although he hadn't unlocked any medicine recipes, it allowed Qin Jie to remember the characteristics of these medicines.
In due time, if Qin Jie's understanding of Medicine deepened, he might be able to create his own recipes in the future.
He was very much looking forward to what would happen then.
Then, Qin Jie picked up his tablet, and saw that Qi Changwei had already sent him a message half an hour ago.
Qi Changwei: Is this staff yours to sell?
(Ten minutes passed.)
Qi Changwei: I asked around for you, and someone is willing to buy this staff for 43,000. If you want to sell it, you can give it to me, and I'm confident I can negotiate the price up to 48,000.
48,000 was indeed a good price. Although Qi Changwei was only an employee, his judgment was quite good, and Qin Jie naturally accepted this price, as bargaining with others was a troublesome task, and it was better to skip it if possible.