Steam Era: The Lord of 'Puluo'-Chapter 45 - 36 Rust Pill_2

All 43 Snake-Patterned Chrysanthemums were absorbed by the Lotus Flower, and the petals closed once again. It seemed that it needed to be directly exposed to the Copper Lotus Flower’s line of sight for it to react.

Line of sight? This term seems somewhat inappropriate. Can the Copper Lotus Flower actually see?

While pondering, Li Banfeng suddenly heard a crisp sound. Holding the candle, he looked down and searched for some time, finding that the Rust Pill had fallen to the ground.

Didn’t I put it into my wallet?

Li Banfeng picked up the wallet and saw that there was a hole at the bottom of the leather wallet, surrounded by blue-black burn marks.

Was it corroded? The Rust Pill actually has corrosive power? What would happen if one ate the Rust Pill? Forget about Home Cultivators, even Poison Cultivators would most likely not withstand it!

Li Banfeng became even more curious!

He laid an old cloth on the ground and carefully placed the Rust Pill inside an Iron Tobacco Box.

An iron box, could it withstand the corrosion?

It couldn’t!

The corrosion was even more obvious than on the wallet. As soon as the Iron Tobacco Box touched the Rust Pill, it started rusting rapidly. By the time Li Banfeng took out the Rust Pill, the box was covered with rust, concealing its original appearance.

If an iron box doesn’t work, would a wooden one do?

Li Banfeng placed the Rust Pill into a glasses case and observed for a moment. Finding that the Rust Pill did not corrode wood, he finally set the glasses case in a corner of the room with peace of mind.

Li Banfeng silently waited next to the Copper Lotus Flower. After what he estimated to be roughly half an hour, the Lotus Petals opened again, revealing an additional Lotus Seed inside.

Li Banfeng held the Lotus Seed in his hand, and as soon as it left the Lotus Heart, it rapidly expanded.

BOOM! After a muffled sound, the black and white Elixir burst forth.

This was the Snake-Patterned Pill!

Li Banfeng counted them; there were a total of 10 Elixirs.

Previously, he had used 37 Snake-Patterned Chrysanthemums to refine 8 Elixirs. By this calculation, the Copper Lotus Flower’s refinement ratio was 4.5 plants to one Elixir, more proficient than the methods of the major Medicine Shops.

This time, the consumption of Snake-Patterned Chrysanthemums was even less, with a higher yield rate, which was likely related to the larger size of the chrysanthemums picked by Gold-rimmed Glasses.

Li Banfeng poured out all the Snake-Patterned Chrysanthemums, including those of Qin Xiaopang, Oil Peach, Cao Ye, Old Smoker, Hu Gaizi, Baldy, and his followers...

A total of 332 flowers were all collected by the Copper Lotus Flower into its heart.

After more than half an hour, the petals bloomed once more, and this time there were 3 Lotus Seeds within the Lotus Heart.

Li Banfeng peeled the Lotus Seeds and quietly waited for each one to burst.

A few minutes later, Li Banfeng picked up the Snake-Patterned Pills that had burst from the Lotus Seeds and scattered across the ground. He collected a total of 76.

Adding to the 18 Snake-Patterned Pills he and Gold-rimmed Glasses had refined earlier, the total came to 94.

Money! This was stack upon stack of money!

Li Banfeng bought two cloth bags at the general store, but in reality, he only used one of them to hold the Elixirs; the other was filled with his vomit.

He placed the Elixirs into the remaining clean cloth bag and then gathered the belongings of Gold-rimmed Glasses and Hu Gaizi.

Gold-rimmed Glasses had 2,613 yuan in cash, and Hu Gaizi had 3,528.5 yuan on him.

The present Li Banfeng was not concerned with this small sum of money. He took it out of respect for the two deceased.

After all, having made their acquaintance and even partnered up with them, one must take good care of their possessions!

After resting in the Portable Residence for over two more hours, Li Banfeng left Kuwu Mountain and went to where various Medicine Shops were gathering.

The Cultivators carrying Snake-Patterned Chrysanthemums were still arguing with the Medicine Shops. They claimed not to sell, but no one had left the vicinity.

If not to the Medicine Shops, who else would they sell to?

They only hoped that through such resistance they could negotiate a slightly better price for themselves, just as a middle-aged Cultivator said, "Thirty would be acceptable! But twenty-five? That’s just too exploitative!"

Li Banfeng had no interest in watching their entanglement. Little Fatty and the others were waiting for him to return at a quiet spot.

Li Banfeng had been gone for nearly three hours, which made Little Fatty extremely anxious!

"I shouldn’t have let him go alone! This area is vast; where on earth could *he* find that old lady? He also endured a whole night on the mountain; isn’t this risking his life?"

Little Fatty paced back and forth, rubbing his hands together.

Cao Ye said with his head lowered, "If Brother Bai Sha can really exchange them for Elixirs, I’d be content with half..."

Oil Peach mumbled to himself, "That old lady... what kind of person is she? Could it be that he’s met a Lucky Star..."

Upon seeing Li Banfeng’s figure, everyone was overjoyed. Li Banfeng was not in the mood for thanks or pleasantries. He directly distributed the Elixirs.

"Oil Peach, you had 38 plants, which have been exchanged for 4 Elixirs."

Oil Peach was startled. "Weren’t two missing?"

Li Banfeng said, "I made up for them, to make it an even number."

Looking at Li Banfeng, Oil Peach felt both grateful and guilty.

Li Banfeng then took out 6 Elixirs. "Cao Ye, you had 61 plants. The difference was too big to make up for, so I had to round it down."

Delighted, Cao Ye hurriedly checked the authenticity of the Elixirs.

Next was Little Fatty.

His share wasn’t easy to calculate. Originally, Little Fatty had 20 Snake-Patterned Chrysanthemums, enough for 2 Elixirs.

After they divided Old Smoker’s and Baldy’s group’s haul of Snake-Patterned Chrysanthemums, Little Fatty had 84 plants.

In total, he now had 104 plants. Considering Little Fatty’s help along the way, Li Banfeng gave him 11 Elixirs. ƒгeeweɓn૦vel.com

Little Fatty, holding the Elixirs, couldn’t stop his hands from shaking.

"One is worth 10,000 yuan! Come on, let’s go sell them right now!"

Cao Ye stopped Little Fatty. "Fatty Brother, where do you plan on selling them?"

"To the Medicine Shops, of course. Isn’t that the obvious choice?"

Cao Ye shook his head. "We can’t sell to the Medicine Shops. The origins of these Elixirs cannot be explained."

Little Fatty frowned. "How can their origins not be explained? Aren’t they, isn’t it, you know, that..."

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