Chapter 15: Small Business
Li Lang ran to the auto-analyzer upon hearing Ruby’s report regarding the completion of the analysis on the Recovery Pill. He skimmed through the pages of reports, which were much more detailed than what he received when analyzing any of the previous materials.
The first section went over the effects of the pill, which, as its name implied, helped the user recover from their wounds. It worked on all sorts of physical injuries by speeding up the natural recovery process exponentially.
The page with the materials was almost entirely labeled with either alphanumerical gibberish or question marks. Many new compounds were assigned temporary codenames while the database was still missing numerous materials.
“Good, very good! Now we just need to analyze all the herbs, too!”
Li Lang could tell the analyzer did its job well. Once it gained the information on the raw materials, it should be able to analyze its creation method. It may take a few trials and errors to fine-tune it, but this was a process Li Lang had done thousands of times before!
He excitedly placed one of the herbs he had recently gathered into the auto-analyzer, only to find the new timer showing 75 hours.
Glancing back at the small pile of herbs he had, he began to wonder if he had enough money to last that long. He had only brought a small portion of each herb into the artifact space, but there were still almost a dozen different types.
I’d have to get lucky to figure out the recipe within a month. I’ll need to come up with a way to start making some money in the meantime or else I’ll have to sell some of the herbs, but if I do, it won’t be so easy to attain them again…
Faced with this new reality, Li Lang quickly finished another round of cultivation and set off for the commercial street to explore new ideas.
The streets were bustling with people as always, as the stalls and street vendors hawked their wares. Seeing how busy some of the stalls were, he almost ran over to ask if they were hiring, but quickly gave up on the idea.
He doubted anyone would hire a young child like him, so he believed it was better to come up with some small business instead.
He walked down the street as he browsed through what the street vendors sold for inspiration. Most of them simply had their wares laid out on their blanket. The range of what was sold varied widely from common household items to antique silverware.