Chapter 91: Money Shortage

Zi Di coughed, most of her spirit was expended and she was quite exhausted.

She had a sincere feeling of satisfaction.

To refine so many iron level potions was once unprecedented for her.

“The final step’s mixture is very difficult; it’ll be ruined if even a little is off. Although I didn’t fail, the quality is only bronze level.”

“This set of alchemy equipment makes things much more convenient. It can remind me of crucial moments at the right time.

“Although the Magic Medicine Bathtub is not a normal medicine refinement tool, it is still a gold level tool. One refinement can produce ten finished goods.”

“Not only is the output improved, the spirit consumption, time, and other inputs by the refining pharmacist are also cut down. It saves on a great deal of labor and production costs.”

“As for material costs, it doesn’t seem that big on the surface.”

“Because during this process, the magic power consumed is 15 times higher than conventional refinements.

One of the rules of alchemy was equivalent exchange.

It was impossible for there to be a tenfold output to happen for no reason.

“Even so, refining medicine like this is more cost effective.”

“Because the Green Hat Potion doesn’t have many materials.”

“Materials cannot be reduced, but elemental crystals can be bought at bulk prices.”

“It’s all thanks to the Deep Sea Magic Fish’s magic power furnace. The magic power furnace is also a gold level component, and its performance surpasses the bathtub greatly.”

Having the tower spirit, the yellow crab alchemy puppet, the Magic Medicine Bathtub, the Deep Sea Monster Fish, and the alchemy formation was an extraordinary luxury indeed, amplifying Zi Di’s medicine refinement level by many times.

Zi Di finished ruminating, and began to rest, honing her strength for the second medicine refinement.

As Zi Di was refining medicine, Zong Ge was entering a church.

It was the Wealth Goddess’ church.

If one were to say the Sheng Ming Church radiated a light of reverence, then the Wealth Church had a style of extreme lavishness.

There were all kinds of golden decorations, expensive furniture, silver candlesticks, detailed ceiling frescos, and hanging crystal lamps.

Zong Ge emitted a silver level aura, and when he entered the church, he drew attention.

The clergy in the church respectfully lead him into the discussion room.

Zong Ge lifted his arm and immediately stated his reason for coming, “I need healing.”

“This arm was once severed.”

“Ordinary treatment methods can’t cure it.”

“It needs at least gold level healing.”

Tan Qiu had a gold level healing potion, but after the Snake Rat naval battle, Tan Qiu didn’t want to give his only bottle of it to an outsider.

He wanted to save it for himself.

Therefore, Zong Ge couldn’t exchange merits for it.

The clergy first examined Zong Ge’s injury, then said, “This kind of injury really is hard to deal with, even the priest present cannot fix it.”

“After all, the priest is only a silver level.”

“Lord Shi Qi, you have come at an inopportune time. The priest just left, for today he is going to the cemetery to preside over funeral ceremonies.

Zong Ge pursed his brows.

But at that moment, the clergy perked up with a smile, “But Lord Shi Qi, our Wealth Church stands out from the masses.”

“Even though the priest cannot do it, we can ask a bishop over to heal you.”

Zong Ge’s brows wrinkled tighter.

He knew a lot about the Wealth Church.

The pursuit of riches was the core doctrine of this church.

Thus, if one had the coin, they could have a gold level bishop travel across land and sea to Two Eyes Island to heal Zong Ge.

But that required enough money!

Firstly, gold level healing divine spells were very expensive. In addition, having a bishop rushing over here themselves was even more troublesome.

It wasn’t easy requesting the aid of a gold level character.

It took a long time for Tan Qiu to request Guang Ke’s aid.

If Zong Ge wanted to ask a bishop to heal his injury, he would have to spend much more than Tan Qiu did!

And the most conflicting thing was this; he was very poor.

Zong Ge left the church as Cang Xu visited the cemetery.

The guard at the gate let him through, thinking that Cang Xu was one of the guests participating in the funeral.

Cang Xu watched the burial rites being held from a distance.

The Wealth Church priest wore gold and silver, adorning himself in rich attire.

A coffin had just been lowered into a deep hole.

The priest prayed, “My dear friends, please don’t be sad.”

“My lord summons her believers away so that they can continue to strive for the accomplishment and enjoyment of acquiring riches.”

“My God, your grace will soon free the parted from the fetters of death and allow them to join you in your peaceful and radiance heaven, for because of your love, we can enjoy the happiness wealth brings.”

“A rich smell of money is assailing my face.” Cang Xu sighed to himself.

Then, he saw the priest use a divine spell.

The golden rays of light covered the coffin, then spread out to engulf that part of the cemetery.

Upon seeing that, Cang Xu’s expectations were reduced by a lot.

He had come here to gather necromancy materials.

But the cemetery was obviously purified everywhere, the Wealth Goddess’ divine power had washed through here time and again.

After the priest’s prayer ended, the people attending the internment began to get up.

They lined up, and slowly walked around the edge of the pit, forcing a circle.

As they circled, they took out prepared gifts from their pockets. Most of it was coins, but there were also some gold bracelets, pearl necklaces, gemstone rings, and other adornments.

These were funerary objects, one of the Wealth Church’s teachings.

The believers believed that the dead would take these funerary objects with them, and when they started working in the Wealth Goddess’ divine domain, they would use these things as capital to make more profits.

“It seems the deceased’s status was not low.” Cang Xu thought to himself when he saw the rich funerary objects.

He continued to look around the cemetery, his heart now creating a new expectation.

“Perhaps, there are no necromancy materials in this cemetery.”

Two Eyes Island has been developed for many years, and the Wealth Church has established a parish here for a long time too, thus basically everyone here is a believer in the Wealth Goddess.”

“Therefore, the cemetery funerary objects excite the people a little.”

What was grave robbing to a necromancer?

It was a routine scenario of their cultivation.

But Cang Xu wasn’t urgently going about it.

He had come this time to mainly scout out the spot.

Since there was priest present, it was also inconvenient for him to do such a thing.

“This is the island’s biggest graveyard; it must have sufficient guards.”

“Everyone knows that Wealth Church believers value the doctrine of funerary objects.”

“I must plan it slowly.”

Zong Ge needed money.

Cang Xu also needed money.

Which magician didn’t need money?

Necromancers were no exception.

By the time Zong Ge had returned to the ship as night fell, he had already seen the first batch of medicine.

Altogether there were 600 jars of Sweet Blood Potion, as well as 50 cases of Green Hat Healing Potion.

Each jar wasn’t that big, they could be held in an adult human’s palm.

Each case of Green Hat Healing Potion had 80 glass bottles inside it.

Cang Xu carefully examined them.

He found that the Sweet Blood Potions were mostly bronze level while the healing potions were a step higher in quality, most of them were iron level.

Cang Xu wasn’t an expert in making medicine, thus when the team divided up work, he was in charge of looking for necromancy materials.

Upon seeing Zi Di’s triumphant success heaped before him, he felt very gratified. Besides some information, his trip to the cemetery was fruitless.

Zi Di had returned to the ship. Although he wanted to keep on refining medicine, other work preoccupied her. Next up, she had to return to the Wisteria store herself.

“We will keep the iron level Sweet Blood Potions and the silver level healing potions.” Zi Di presented, “Thus first batch will be put onto the market, then refinement will continue.”

Of course, the best things would be kept for themselves.

The survivors’ struggle on Snake Rat Island helped them gain their footing. In the early stages of establishing the Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps, they most definitely had ordinary members and assets. Naturally, their financial situation was strained, but they had space to move about.

Cang Xu didn’t understand market analysis, but he believed Zi Di’s plan was dependable, “We should probe the market’s reaction, then amend the medicine refinement plan accordingly.”

Zi Di asked, “What have you gained on your side?”

The Deep Sea Monster Fish’s medication room was quite good, however, the survivors only had two magicians, both of which were necromancers.

During meditation, they needed to expend necromancy materials to build a meditation environment.

But they had already exhausted their supply of necromancy materials.

This caused Zi Di’s and Cang Xu’s meditations to be very inefficient.

They couldn’t cultivate in the cemetery. For during meditation, they would have intense magic power fluctuations. This was because magicians absorbed external elements and transformed them into their own magic power.

Cang Xu shook his head regretfully, “The cemetery’s defenses are very tight, because most of Two Eyes Island’s inhabitants are Wealth Goddess believers.”

Zi Di understood.

She was a merchant; it was impossible for her to not know of the Wealth Church’s teachings.

Cang Xun continued, “The priest here is very diligent, and with divine force washing off the cemetery innumerable times, it is very difficult for necromancy materials to form.”

“I’ve already placed my hopes on the bargain sale.”

“Moreover, the cemetery here actually has a distinguishing quality.

“You know? Because Two Eyes Island is a coral ball cage tree, it is constantly growing.

“Although Hun Tong seized Two Eyes Island, he is not a fishman and can’t controlling the growing method.”

“There are many graves that were gradually buried in the depths as the coral ball cage tree grew.”

“If it was a normal burial, it would be easy to discern the location. But the coral ball cage grows in all directions, it is spherical. This causes the coffins buried inside it to be caught amongst the growing branches, making it difficult to pinpoint.”

“Because of this, perhaps you can still excavate some fishman graves in the branches near the cemetery.”

Cang Xu said some interesting things.

At evening, the two left for the Wisteria store together.

The Wisteria store’s business was still cold.

But there was a carriage parked outside it, and the carriage was unexpectedly an iron level vehicle.

Zi Di and Cang Xu entered the store.

They didn’t need to flash the wisteria secret order, and the salesclerk respectfully received them.

“Lord elders, please come this way.”

“The store manager stopping by is from the Flint Merchant Alliance, they are here to discuss some business matters.” The salesclerk took Zi Di and Cang Xu to another room in the back.

“The Flint Merchant Alliance?” Zi Di was slightly astounded.