Chapter 168: The Effects of Taking It

Lu Jiu assessed her skills. She was very satisfied with her archery skills and her magician skills. But if her spellcasting skills were broader, she could handle multiple monsters simultaneously. Lots of wild monsters.

"I'm really looking forward to the effects of the body tempering pill refined by the talented store manager. Unfortunately, I just ate a few tempering fruits before. If I refine it for her, I might be able to produce a few more pills."

But the tempered fruit tastes good, and she can't eat it anymore, even though she has a lot of it in stock.

Seeing her confused and hopeless expression, Shen Jufeng calmly said, "I can provide you with a few, and you can quit after eating them."

After saying that, he took out a few tempered fruits from his backpack. The purple fruits deeply tempted Lu Jiu. She smiled so much that her almond-shaped eyes narrowed, and she accepted them without any courtesy. "Thank you, Deputy City Lord, for your generosity."

Shen Jufeng muttered in his heart: What a Deputy City Lord! It's not due to your hard work.

It didn't take long for Lu Jiu to become happy. The next day, Lu Jiu received requests from the NPCs in the city, asking to exchange half of their wages for Body Tempering Pills. The patrol NPCs even requested that all of their wages be exchanged for Body Tempering Pills.

Lu Jiu laughed with these guys and said that since there were no body tempering pills available, she would continue to settle wages in gold coins.

Just kidding, she didn't even see one herself, but these guys came to ask for it. Sure enough, the exchange of information among the NPCs was not at all what she had understood. They all did their own thing, and no one could see each other.

After dealing with the NPCs, Lu Jiu cleaned up and went out. She still had to go out and clear the wilderness with her teammates.

When they gathered at the city gate, Zhuang Yun pulled out a women's shoulder bag and handed it to Lu Jiu, saying, "An An's skills in making plaid backpacks have improved recently. This is a backpack with six compartments that she made, and she specifically asked me to bring it to you."

Zhuang Yun is still a little bit amused. His beloved daughter made the first high-quality backpack, but she did not give it to her father.

Lu Jiu couldn't help but laugh when she saw that her eyes were fixated on the bag. "It's amazing. There are many bags available in the city's tailor shops due to the presence of highly skilled tailors. An An can go further on this road in the future."

People are drawn to good equipment. Even if they can't go out to clear the wilderness, a skilled tailor can still acquire valuable resources by making high-quality equipment.

Zhuang Yun also thought of this, "Yes, so I encourage her to study more if she likes it. As the saying goes, mastering three hundred and sixty skills will lead to success."

Everyone in the city respects shop NPCs, except for the fact that they are NPCs. They can also produce high-quality equipment and props.

An An is now well-known in the city, even though she is not a professional resident.

After Lu Jiu put her bag away, the three of them started to set off. As they walked along the road, she looked up at the towering trees that were already stripped of their leaves. She was slightly happy, thinking that these trees might still produce better-quality tempered fruits in the future.

Seeing that she was still staring at the giant tree, Zhuang Yun joked, "You're still looking at it. It's already bald."

Somehow, when Lu Jiu heard the word bald, she couldn't help but remember the old man who ran a stall in the city with a Mediterranean hairstyle, and she burst into laughter.

"When you say bald, I think of that Mediterranean uncle with a few strands of hair stubbornly placed in the middle, hahaha!"

Zhuang Yun expressed admiration for her brain circuitry and had no idea how she connected it there. "Stop laughing and walk properly."

Shen Jufeng turned his head, gazed at the beautiful snow scene, and sighed slightly.

The sand sculpture teammates are so happy.

In Paradise City, Lin Jiang had been resting at home for several days, and his body had recovered. For this reason, his parents even went to Ke Qun and sent him a lot of food as a thank-you gift.

They are ordinary residents, and the most they can give is this.

Ke Qun happily accepted, but now he is more focused on the newly opened pharmacy. In his eyes, the new pharmacy is a golden egg.

It took a while to get through it peacefully, but the weather has been getting colder and colder recently. Lu Jiu adjusted the protective shield to nearly its maximum value, which would raise the temperature.

Blizzard is coming again. The warm sunshine and light snow have become a thing of the past, and now we must once again contend with severe weather.

Lu Jiu stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window. There was so much snow in the sky that it almost formed into snowflakes and fell. For safety reasons, she asked the residents in the city to adjust their working hours to two hours at noon in order to shovel snow.

The streets have returned to their previous state of coldness. Everyone is sitting at home, watching the snowy scene outside before they only have to go to watch their favorite TV program.

Fortunately, department stores have begun to sell various props for playing games such as Go, poker, mahjong, and more.

Winter is already halfway through, and no one knows how long this blizzard will last.

Suddenly, an email came in. It was from the manager of the pharmacy, saying that the Body Tempering Pill had been successfully refined.

Lu Jiu directly used the teleportation channel to arrive at the pharmacy. She was very luxurious. For convenience and secret operations, she established teleportation channels in several frequently visited locations throughout the city.

The store manager was already waiting for her. Lu Jiu stepped forward and asked, "Where is the elixir?"

The other party handed her a small bottle containing five elixirs the size of soybeans. "This is the Body Tempering Pill. Because of the tempering pill, the fruit is of low quality, resulting in the production of a low-level refined elixir. However, it still serves its purpose."

Lu Jiu looked at the elixir in the bottle and felt curious. "Can consuming this elixir enhance my skills and attributes?"

The store manager shook her head. she said, "It's not that big of an effect. The essence of the Body Tempering Pill is to accumulate less and produce more. When physical and mental strength reach a certain level, skill attributes will naturally increase accordingly. It's not what you think."

Lu Jiu realized, "That's it! That is also a good thing. Are these five pills yours?"

The store manager took out several other bottles, all of which were filled with Body Tempering Pills. "These are mine. You don't need to take the Body Tempering Pills frequently; just two or three pills a week. That's it. Its effect on you now is to eliminate fatigue and instantly fill you with energy."

Lu Jiu put away the bottle and said, "If you have time, refine more of this elixir. Don't put it on the shelves for now. Wait until it accumulates to a certain level. Let's talk about the quantity."

"Okay."

Lu Jiu returned to her residence with the Body Tempering Pills and sent two of them to Shen Jufeng via email. Shen Jufeng had also given her a few Tempering Fruits before and asked him to take them as soon as possible.

Shen Jufeng was practicing calligraphy in his room. He had recently finished dealing with the tedious tasks, so he decided to practice calligraphy to relax his mind.

Unexpectedly, Lu Jiu's email arrived just now. Looking at the two body-tempering pills, he chuckled and took one out to eat.

In just a moment, his slight fatigue was swept away, and his mind regained clarity. It was a pity that he was not in the wild now, otherwise, he would still be eager to test his skills.

He responded with an email.

[The effect is good. I suggest you try it now.]

The other side responded quickly: [I have eaten it, and I feel very clear-headed now, which is very good. 】

It feels like the whole world is crystal clear before your eyes, and your thinking speed is faster than ever before. Lu Jiu even remembered some things that happened when she was a child.

She should have forgotten those things a long time ago.

I also remember the time when I first met Shen Jufeng. I didn't notice the details, but everything became clear in my memory. The other person's eyes changed from scrutinizing at the beginning to indifference later on.