31: How can I buy such an expensive thing at a street stall?
“Boom! Boom! Boom!”
Tang Gao controlled the Justice Qi to form a defense around his body, constantly retreating while firing shells.
Facing the bombardment, the first shell hit the Magic Mechanical Puppet’s chest, blowing a large hole directly through it.
The entire puppet was blasted into the latter half of the cage area, embedded in the rebar, staring in despair as more shells continued to fly towards it.
Facts proved that more Cultivation was still somewhat useful.
It took Tang Gao several more shots to finally blow up this Mechanical Yao Race.
Tang Gao clicked his tongue, putting down the steaming cannon barrel: “If this were a Late Stage third-order Yao Race, the power might not be enough.”
The Yao Race’s physique is naturally much stronger than the Human Race’s; the same firepower might not be enough against the Yao Race.
Killing the Magic Mechanical Puppet, avenging the more than one hundred people, earned him Justice Value and Brutality Value.
He also obtained the Alchemy equipment from the Alchemist factory.
Tang Gao checked his score, which was excellent, but just short of perfect, and found new options had appeared.
“Clear Memory and Challenge Again” “Retain Memory and Challenge Again”
Below that, there were further subdivisions to choose whose memory to retain or clear.
Tang Gao chose to clear this memory and challenge again, intending to withdraw after achieving a perfect score.
…
Ten minutes later, Tang Gao lay on his bed, feeling completely refreshed and smiling brightly, very satisfied with the result.
He used rocket launchers throughout, killed the boss to get the key, went underground to deactivate the restraint device, and directly blew the Magic Mechanical Puppet to death on the spot.
“Awesome!”
He loved the exhilaration of speedrunning after getting a guide.
Tang Gao enjoyed the comfort for a moment, then sat up, briefly summarized his recent changes, and stroked his chin: “As my strength increases, the efficiency of speedrunning to achieve perfect ratings is getting higher and higher.
Three-star missions are no longer as difficult as before.”
Although his Cultivation was still very weak compared to the enemies in these missions.
But then again.
The greatest strength of humanity lies in its ability to use tools.
Relying on the weapons and equipment obtained, even a pseudo-third-order Mechanical Yao Race would die on the spot.
Tang Gao licked his lips, his eyes excited, feeling it wasn’t enough: “The difficulty has decreased, it’s too simple, I need to find more fun.”
After two days of difficult dungeons, he cleared this one in just two or three attempts, and he wasn’t used to it yet.
Tang Gao first began to claim his rewards.
“Mission Complete: Perfect Rating”
“Mission Rewards:”
“One Year of Cultivation, Alchemy Prodigy (Talent Card · First-Order Perfect Talent), Living Shadow Skill Level Up One Level”
“Alchemy Prodigy (Talent · First-Order Perfect Talent): Increases Alchemy efficiency by 100%, success rate by 60%, Pill quantity by 100%, small chance of increasing quality by one order.”
“Note: This talent is 100% effective for low-order; each higher order will incur a difficulty penalty.”
“Living Shadow New Effects:”
“Active: Shadow-Type Life gains the disguise skill.”
“Passive: Energy recovery ability significantly improved.”
Tang Gao leaned back strategically, his eyes wide, and couldn't help but exclaim a national essence: “Holy cow!”
One year of Cultivation was expected, no need to say more.
But this Talent Card was too abnormal!
It reduces Alchemy time by half, produces double the amount of Medicinal Pills, and the most terrifying part is the 60% increase in success rate!
Putting everything else aside, even a first-order Alchemist, as long as their fundamentals are solid, can achieve a nearly 20% success rate in producing finished Medicinal Pills, even if they are encountering a Pill Formula for the first time.
You directly increase it by 60% in one go, and if I let the Alchemist Avatar train a bit more, wouldn't that be a 100% success rate!?
Roughly speaking, this is equivalent to gaining a 100% Alchemy success rate for free!
Greatly reducing the cost of trial and error!
And there’s this small chance of increasing the grade by one order!
“I’m going to be rich!”
If a first-order Medicinal Pill increases by one order to second-order, that's completely two different prices!
It seems like only one order is added, but there’s pure exorbitant profit in it!
A Medicinal Pill that costs one yuan to produce sells for two yuan, but if its grade increases by one order to second-order, the price becomes twelve yuan.
It seems like an increase of ten yuan, but in reality, it's a tenfold increase in exorbitant profit!
The enhancement of the active effect solved the minor problem of obtaining the disguise skill, which is a small boost!
But, the main event is the second point!
“Holy moly, this energy recovery ability improvement is also very abnormal!”
Originally, the Clone Fusion had already greatly enhanced the mana pool, and now with a stronger energy recovery ability, the sustained combat capability was greatly guaranteed.
Tang Gao couldn't help but laugh out loud: “Mama mia, I hit the jackpot today!”
Not only did he receive generous rewards, but he also got so many rocket launchers and firearms; from now on, he could just walk sideways!
Of course, officially, he still needed to be a bit low-key.
But completing missions in the future would be much easier.
Tang Gao excitedly rubbed his hands, wanting to experiment right now: “First, give the Talent Card to the Alchemist Avatar, then have him use the Three-Leaf Clover Group’s Alchemist equipment to produce Medicinal Pills, and then sell their Medicinal Pills!”
Use the Three-Leaf Clover Group’s machines, use the Three-Leaf Clover Group’s Pill Formulas, use the Three-Leaf Clover Group’s technology, to slap the Three-Leaf Clover Group’s face!
Just thinking about it felt great!
“Talent has been installed for the Alchemist Avatar, and an Alchemy space has been configured for the Alchemist Avatar.”
Tang Gao’s eyes widened: “Is it that good!?”
Good heavens, not only is the equipment complete, but there’s also a place for Alchemy!?
“Let’s go, let’s go, we’re going to sell Medicinal Pills now, start a price war, and let these backward capitalist groups see what the iron fist of Clone autocracy is all about!”
Tang Gao laughed heartily, hands on his hips, wanting to show these guys what a beating from advanced Clone productivity looked like!
…
At nine in the evening, on the bustling Liang City Commercial Street, a young man with a scent of herbs and a gentle smile stood on the street.
He set up a small table, arranged Medicinal Pill bottles, recorded his voice into a loudspeaker, and began to sell:
“No money, no deposit, only Materials! Good quality, excellent quality, perfect quality Three-Leaf Clover Group Medicinal Pills on sale! One Medicinal Pill for three portions of Materials! Materials not limited! Just match the price!”
The Alchemist Avatar even had the leisure to open a bottle of herbal Medicinal Pills, crush them, and sprinkle them around the table, emitting a fresh grassy scent.
This injected a unique natural fragrance into the bustling Commercial Street, invigorating passersby, who cast curious glances.
It had been a long time since they had smelled such a natural, fresh scent in the concrete jungle.
A middle-aged man with a briefcase smelled it, his eyes lit up, and he leaned over, unable to help but smile kindly: “Young man, did you just graduate? Your pitch is too exaggerated; aren’t you afraid of biting your tongue?”
This young man had real skills, but using this pitch was too much.
The Three-Leaf Clover Group had a lot of scandals, but when it came to Medicinal Pill quality and output, there was nothing to fault.
It was truly difficult for ordinary people and organizations to achieve what the Three-Leaf Clover Group had, which was why they became so big.
Tang Gao was displeased, rolling his eyes: “No tricks, no scams, the technology used is still hot from the Three-Leaf Clover Group’s data for Alchemy.
The quality of these Medicinal Pills is right here; if you don’t believe it, you don’t have to buy.”
The briefcase-carrying uncle laughed: “Young man, you’re quite fiery.
Alright, alright, let me take a look at your Medicinal Pills.
How about that bottle of herbal Medicinal Pills in your hand, sell it to me?”
“This stuff actually works well as an air freshener, and it smells pretty good.”
The Three-Leaf Clover Group’s data had already been made public online, so it made sense for this kid to use the Three-Leaf Clover Group’s technology.
The difficulty of counterfeiting low-order Medicinal Pills was not high for professionals to begin with.
Tang Gao clicked his tongue, directly tossing it over, not forgetting to introduce it: “This is a civilian Qingxin Pill, it can calm the mind and help with Cultivation for tranquility and meditation for nourishing the spirit.
I don’t want money; I only want Alchemy Materials.
Just match the price according to Tao Ba’s prices.”
“Civilian” generally refers to those who have not reached the level of a Cultivator.
Ordinary Martial Artist, Daoists, etc., even though they are not Cultivators, will also use these things.
Even if not a Cultivation profession, ordinary people using these things also have very good effects.
The briefcase-carrying uncle caught it, his expression a mix of surprise: “Qingxin Pill? A bottle of Qingxin Pill starting at one thousand?”
“Such an expensive item, can I buy it at a street stall?”
Tang Gao shrugged, adding: “You’re mistaken, this is a good quality Qingxin Pill, a bottle starts at one thousand five.
I’m selling it at cost price now, you only need to give me two hundred yuan worth of Materials.”
The briefcase-carrying uncle’s mouth twitched for a moment, feeling this was still very absurd, and pointed at his own nose: “Do you know who I am? Do you know what kind of behavior this is?”
“If I have this money, why wouldn’t I go to a legitimate store to buy it?”
“And buy it at your street stall.”
Tang Gao blinked: “I don’t know you, so how would I know who you are?”
The briefcase-carrying uncle revealed his bag, which had a line of text on it.
Market Supervision Bureau.
Tang Gao leaned back strategically, suddenly enlightened: “Oh~ ran into a professional?”
The briefcase-carrying uncle extended his hand, chuckling: “You can call me Comrade Xiao Liu, young man.
I see you’re young too, so let me give you some basic knowledge.
Counterfeiting and illegal profiteering can involve fraud.
If you were selling air fresheners for tens or two to three hundred yuan, I wouldn’t care.
Just by smelling it, I know your technique is worth this price, and selling at this price is absolutely no problem.
But if your item isn’t worth this price, and the illegal profiteering exceeds 3000 yuan, it’s enough for a case to be filed.
Young man, if you lower your price slightly, you won’t even need to go to the Market Supervision Bureau.
I can approve a permit for you right now, allowing you to sell Medicinal Pills legitimately.”
Tang Gao pouted: “Are you a Medicinal Pill professional?”
Comrade Xiao Liu shook his head: “I’m not, but I haven’t eaten pork, but haven’t I seen pigs run?”
Having handled so much work, he still had some discernment and judgment.
Tang Gao rolled his eyes: “Then why are you making blind conclusions? No investigation, no right to speak, understand?”
My own… ah no, the Medicinal Pills my Clone refined, how could I not know their quality?
I even specifically checked Tao Ba’s prices before I came; I’m definitely not lying.
Comrade Xiao Liu was amused by the retort, nodded, took out his phone from his pocket, and smiled: “Alright, then I’ll invite a professional to appraise it.
As long as your quality meets the standards, young man, you won’t even need to apply for approval at the bureau.
Not only will I give you a permit, but I’ll also promote you on the spot!”