After Transmigrating into a Book, I Was Entangled by a Crazy and Beautiful Villain - Chapter 41.2

Of course, this could be trained from a young age, but the alchemy lineage emphasized master-apprentice and family inheritance. If there was no one in the family doing this, unless you had great talent, you would probably never enter the field in this lifetime.

Song Linlin remembered that among her cohort, Zhiyu probably had some potential to be an alchemist, but she was only capable of refining simple functional pills at most. She couldn’t necessarily handle complicated pill formulas and wasn’t considered a true alchemist, only a hobbyist.

Looking at the furnace in front of her, which was clearly professional, Song Linlin couldn’t help but click her tongue. This Zhang San was only fifteen years old and was already an alchemist. Being able to use such a large furnace looked very impressive.

There was also a dedicated alchemy department in the Xuan Yun Sect, but she heard there weren’t many disciples there, yet every one of them enjoyed better living conditions than ordinary disciples like herself.

“Are you really an alchemist?” Song Linlin still found it hard to believe.

“Why would I lie to you?”

Zhang San directly tossed a small jade bottle to Song Linlin. Song Linlin quickly reached out and caught it, looking blankly at Zhang San, not understanding the intention.

“It’s for you. This is a bottle of grade three Ice Condensation Pills. I just refined them a few days ago, and their medicinal power is well-preserved.” Zhang San said nonchalantly. The casual manner suggested that what she threw out was not a bottle of precious pills at all, but some useless small item.

Song Linlin was completely stunned by Zhang San. She opened the lid, and a thick chill immediately emanated from the jade bottle, along with the unique clear fragrance of the pill.

She could feel the dense medicinal power inside the pills even through the bottle. This was definitely a good thing for people who practiced ice-element spells or cultivation methods.

Song Linlin couldn’t use it, but she remembered very clearly that in the Exchange Hall, even the lowest-grade grade three pill cost nearly one thousand contribution points per bottle.

At this moment, Song Linlin looked at Zhang San as if she were a living, Bodhisattva. How could she just give away something like this?

Zhang San continued to take out her private belongings from her Qiankun Ring one by one. Song Linlin moved closer to her, pulled Zhang San’s sleeve, and sincerely asked, “I can’t use this. Can I take it to sell?”

Zhang San frowned. Song Linlin’s heart sank. She thought about it and felt her request was indeed inappropriate. This was a pill someone gave her, and she was thinking of selling it. That was too ungrateful.

“Never m—”

Before Song Linlin could finish speaking, Zhang San asked doubtfully, “If you take it to sell, will someone actually buy it?”

Zhang San didn’t quite understand. In her sect, everyone could refine pills, so who would buy pills refined by other fellow disciples? If they wanted one, they would just refine it themselves. The only difficult part to solve was probably the pill formulas, which had to be exchanged for contribution points.

Moreover, their main focus was alchemy, and they didn’t have high demands on combat ability. They might not even use the pills they refined, so they would hand them all over to the sect in exchange for contribution points.

“Of course someone will buy it!” Song Linlin knew that quite a few people in the sect practiced ice-element cultivation methods. She had also seen someone sell this in the Exchange Hall, and it was sold for three thousand contribution points at that time.

The Exchange Hall was a place for disciples to buy things. Everything was sold there. You could buy items from the sect, but buying from the sect was definitely more expensive, though the benefit was a complete stock.

People who acquired good things on the outside would also set up stalls in the Exchange Hall. There were many miscellaneous items, and you could haggle, but the quality varied.

Song Linlin was too embarrassed to set up a stall. She only had one item to sell. Hard currency items like pills were better sold directly to the sect, and the buy-back price was very high.

“Then you can try to see if you can sell it.” Zhang San was also half-understanding. It was a novelty to her that someone would buy the pills she made for practice.

Song Linlin looked at the jade bottle.

“No need, keep it for yourself.” Zhang San had no desire for money; she wasn’t short of it. What she found most novel was that the item she made for practice could be sold.

Song Linlin accepted the jade bottle. “Alright then.”

She now looked at Zhang San as if she were a living Bodhisattva, just like Shen Wanyi—a good person. It seemed that being late this time was worth it, at least she met a child who could refine a grade three pill at such a young age.

Since she had accepted the gift, Song Linlin felt bad just standing there, so she helped Zhang San tidy up her belongings. The items all looked strange and were probably things needed for alchemy.

When they left the Purple Garden Residence, Song Linlin was in a good mood and walked towards the Exchange Hall. She went to the buy-back counter of the Exchange Hall. A middle-aged man was on duty today. Song Linlin directly said, “I want to exchange this bottle of pills for contribution points.”

The man, who was lazily leaning back in his reclining chair, put down the palm-leaf fan in his hand, straightened up slightly, picked up a brush, and recorded something on paper. He asked, “What pill? What grade?”

“Grade three pill, Ice Condensation Pill,” Song Linlin truthfully replied.

“Oh?”

The man, who was initially casual, finally lifted his eyes and observed Song Linlin. He felt she looked quite young and had initially thought she was only there to exchange ordinary items. He hadn’t expected it to be a bottle of pills, and a grade three pill at that.

Not many people came to trade such things.

He couldn’t help but ask, “Did you refine this yourself?”

“No, no.”

How dare Song Linlin claim such a thing? She was still completely ignorant of alchemy. “This was refined by a friend of mine.”

At this, the middle-aged man nodded and didn’t ask further. The Exchange Hall had dedicated appraisers. They would estimate an appropriate contribution point value based on the item’s worth. However, if you felt the price was too low, you could still back out and not exchange the item.

Song Linlin handed the small bottle to him. He took the item and went to the back room for professional appraisal. Soon, the man came out again; the process was very fast.

He said, “One bottle of grade three Ice Condensation Pills. The quality is excellent, and the medicinal power is perfectly preserved. The value is three thousand five hundred Sect Contribution Points. Do you want to exchange it?”

“Three thousand five hundred?”

Song Linlin was slightly surprised. This was five hundred points higher than the bottle she had seen before. She thought it must be because Zhang San’s quality was better, so the price was naturally a bit higher. This was a pleasant surprise.

Without hesitation, Song Linlin nodded, “Exchange.”

Since she hadn’t cultivated ice-element spells, this item was useless to her, and its medicinal power would gradually fade over time. It was better to exchange it for contribution points now.

“Good.”

The man lowered his head and continued recording, detailing the transaction. After successfully exchanging the bottle of pills and getting this huge sum of money, Song Linlin returned home feeling very satisfied.

She was in a great mood, and her steps were much lighter. Song Linlin leisurely pushed open the door and shouted inside, “I’m back.”

After returning to the bedroom and seeing Chi Qianning, Song Linlin moved a chair to sit next to her, leaned in, and grinned, “I met a very young alchemist today.”

Chi Qianning listened quietly, showing no expression, waiting for Song Linlin to continue the story. Song Linlin wasn’t affected by her silence and continued, “She’s so young! Only fifteen years old, and she can refine grade three pills, and the best quality ones at that!”

“She’s truly a good person. She even gave me a bottle of Ice Condensation Pills. I couldn’t use it, so I exchanged it for contribution points. That pill was worth three thousand five hundred contribution points.”

“I did sect missions for a month and only got about a thousand points. Is being an alchemist that profitable?!”

“It’s just that her name is a bit strange, called Zhang San.”

Song Linlin rambled on. After listening, Chi Qianning thought for a moment and said, “She probably isn’t a member of the Xuan Yun Sect.”

“Eh, how do you know?” Song Linlin hadn’t told her that Zhang San wasn’t from the Xuan Yun Sect.

Chi Qianning took a sip of tea, put down her cup, and said lightly, “The Xuan Yun Sect is not a specialized alchemy sect. It can’t cultivate such disciples. Someone with this level of talent wouldn’t stay here; they would have been scouted away by the alchemy sects long ago.”

This statement was too blunt and had a hint of mockery, but Song Linlin admitted it was true. After all, the Xuan Yun Sect was a cultivation sect, and cultivation was the main focus.

As for Chi Qianning mocking her sect, Song Linlin felt nothing. She wasn’t the Sect Master, so what others said didn’t concern her.

Chi Qianning thought for a moment and continued, “She should be from the Medicine King Valley. Their people are the most skilled at alchemy. Zhang is a surname, and there is also a Zhang lineage there that is very famous for its accomplishments in alchemy.”

Zhang San is from the Medicine King Valley?

Song Linlin nodded after hearing Chi Qianning’s analysis. It was indeed very plausible. She estimated that Zhang San must be from the Medicine King Valley.

Wait, Song Linlin suddenly remembered something. Back in Yuanqing City, in front of Ye Tingran and Zhiyu, in order to catch the owner of the medicine shop, she had pretended to be Zhang San from the Medicine King Valley!

At the time, Song Linlin just casually made up a name to trick people, but then Zhiyu told her that there really was a person named Zhang San in the Medicine King Valley.

Song Linlin hadn’t paid attention before. She had no connection to the Medicine King Valley, so impersonating Zhang San once was probably fine.

Could it be that the Zhang San she met today was the actual Zhang San from the Medicine King Valley?!