Invincible Copy System
Chapter Summary
No wonder Fang Qiang mentioned over 500,000; his own bottle was officially priced at only 200,000. When the two vials of medicine were placed on the table, Liu Ning finally noticed the difference: Fang Qiang's was transparent, while his own was sky blue. I do know a few friends like that, but these people will take a commission, so it’ll probably sell for around 450,000, a bit less than the official price.” Fang Qiang thought for a moment and said, after all, he wasn't a professional merchant.
Fang Qiang's surprise left Liu Ning even more bewildered. Could it be that there were different levels of replication?
Suddenly, Liu Ning realized that when he replicated Old Man Wu's Thousand Gold Spring, its grade was much higher than his. The Black-Horned Ant was also...
Could it be that this one's grade was also much higher? No wonder Fang Qiang mentioned over 500,000; his own bottle was officially priced at only 200,000.
When the two vials of medicine were placed on the table, Liu Ning finally noticed the difference: Fang Qiang's was transparent, while his own was sky blue. It turned out the darker the color, the better.
Under Fang Qiang's explanation, Liu Ning felt like he had attended a crash course.
Fang Qiang's medicine was the lowest grade, purchasable for 200,000, and could heal wounds in a dozen hours.
The next higher grade was the medium-grade medicine, light blue in color.
Its official price ranged from 300,000 to 350,000, and it could heal wounds in about 8 hours.
Above that was the high-grade medicine, which was sky blue, with an official price between 500,000 and 550,000. It could heal wounds in 3 hours, which was the bottle Liu Ning held.
Even higher was the dark blue special-grade medicine.
This one cost over 1,000,000; if lucky, it could be acquired for under 1,200,000, but if unlucky, 2,000,000 was also normal.
Of course, the effect was astonishing, restoring the user to normal within half an hour, almost like a divine elixir.
Above this, there was also a super special-grade medicine, which finished its work in half a minute after consumption.
Naturally, the price was also astounding, requiring tens of millions; most people couldn't afford it.
After Fang Qiang's explanation, Liu Ning basically understood the grading of medicines. All medicines were divided into 10 grades, with healing potions being Grade 1 medicine, but each type of medicine was further divided into 5 levels: low-grade, medium-grade, high-grade, special-grade, and super special-grade.
In outdoor combat, every minute was precious, so naturally, more expensive medicines were used. In the city, there was no such necessity, but the frequency of medicine consumption in the city was low. Most people consumed medicine in the wild, especially those above the level of advanced warriors, who would prepare several bottles for each battle.
“You should keep this bottle for yourself! Keeping this bottle of medicine is almost like having an extra life. If you get injured in the wild, this thing can save your life.”
Seeing Liu Ning in a daze, Fang Qiang thought he was contemplating whether to sell it.
“Captain, you know my situation. My mother isn’t well, and our whole family is squeezed into that small place. I should sell it and buy a house!”
Liu Ning continued along Fang Qiang’s line of thought, mainly because he didn’t have such sales channels, and besides, what was the point of keeping it? He could just replicate it!
Fang Qiang nodded; this was the choice of most people. Even if they drank this in the wild, it would still take several hours to recover. If they still lost their lives, it would be for nothing. It was better to buy a house for their family. His own house was over 50 square meters, with an average price of around 12,000, which was already the cheapest house in the city. If they moved closer to the city center, the price would immediately multiply several times. Houses now were more expensive than before the great disaster.
“Then I’ll find someone to help you sell it. I do know a few friends like that, but these people will take a commission, so it’ll probably sell for around 450,000, a bit less than the official price.”
Fang Qiang thought for a moment and said, after all, he wasn't a professional merchant. He had to wait for a professional merchant to make an offer. Liu Ning nodded beside him, knowing Fang Qiang was a straightforward person and wouldn't cheat him.
“Just buy a house in this area. We really can’t afford the prices in the city center. Selling this medicine, plus the money you got from the gathering point, you can buy a decent three-bedroom apartment, which will allow your mother to live comfortably.”
He even planned out the house purchase for Liu Ning.
Buying a house was a spur-of-the-moment decision for Liu Ning; he hadn't thought of it until Fang Qiang brought it up. However, Liu Ning had now decided to buy one. What was money to him? Wasn't it just a matter of replicating it a few more times?
While Fang Qiang wasn't paying attention, Liu Ning replicated the medicine again, instantly having another 500,000 in hand.
After agreeing on the next meeting time, Liu Ning didn't linger. After all, Fang Qiang still needed to take the healing medicine, otherwise his body wouldn't recover for the next outing. This was the drawback of low-grade healing medicine: it required some preparation before drinking and a long waiting period afterward. High-grade and special-grade healing medicines didn't have as many restrictions and could be taken anytime.
Seeing that he still had some cash, Liu Ning started replicating vigorously as soon as he left the door. However, when Liu Ning finished replicating the third bottle, a system prompt appeared.
System prompt: The monthly replication limit for each item is three times. Exceeding this limit will prevent replication.
Seeing this condition, Liu Ning was speechless. Why didn't it say anything when it was greedily taking money? Why were there now usage limits?
After cursing for a while, Liu Ning calmed down. The system had its reasons for doing this. If Liu Ning could replicate without limit, then there would be no need to leave the city; he could just replicate these things at home and quickly reach the peak.
At the very beginning of the system, there was a passage that Liu Ning hadn't read carefully at the time. Now, he bothered to look at it. The system's ultimate goal was to turn Liu Ning into a strong person, not someone who just stayed at home and waited to die.
Liu Ning nodded. The system's intention was good, and he didn't want to become a good-for-nothing. So, Liu Ning quickly shifted his attention. Hadn't he also replicated a formula? He could concoct medicine himself.
After getting into a taxi, Liu Ning began to research how to concoct medicine. In this day and age, taxis were a luxury, with starting fares over 100 yuan, all because energy was so scarce!
In the past, if his family's monthly income was only 3,000 yuan, Liu Ning wouldn't dare to take a taxi even if he was beaten to death. But now, it didn't matter; this small amount of money was just a drop in the bucket.
First, he opened the formula in his mind and chose to learn it. Liu Ning felt a huge wave of knowledge surge towards him. In less than half a minute, everything was learned. If he had the ingredients now, Liu Ning could concoct it on the spot, and everything felt as if he had done it countless times before.
For a full half minute, Liu Ning didn't say a word. The system was truly terrifying.
After demonstrating it in his mind, Liu Ning then looked up some pharmacist apprentices online. Liu Ning could absolutely guarantee that he could outperform them by a mile in the concoction process. As for the results, he would have to try concocting it once.
Liu Ning quickly told the driver to turn, now he had to go to the medicine market, strike while the iron was hot, and see how capable he was.
Hearing Liu Ning's destination, the driver looked at Liu Ning's appearance and thought he was another young man with dreams, but in half an hour, he would realize he wasn't pharmacist material and would surely come out dejected.
During this time, Liu Ning also learned more about the profession of a pharmacist online.
As the name suggested, they combined medicinal ingredients and sales materials to create bottle after bottle of various medicines, helping strong individuals heal injuries or improve their own levels.
Pharmacists were also divided into 10 grades, depending on the grade of materials you concocted, which determined your own grade.
In fact, anyone could concoct medicine, but the results varied. What ordinary people concocted was garbage, which could be thrown into the sewer as wastewater. What pharmacist apprentices concocted could only be considered average, at most a low-grade quality of Grade 1 medicine.
Of course, the success rate would not exceed 20%.
Liu Ning directly skipped these parts. He didn't have time to research this now. What he needed to research was the price comparison between medicinal ingredients and medicines.
The internet also provided an example: the medicine Liu Ning just replicated had only three ingredients, and they could be bought for about 10,000 yuan.
Liu Ning's mind spun. The lowest grade sold for 200,000; this was truly terrifying. Even if he only concocted the lowest grade each time, that was a 20-fold profit. Of course, it wasn't guaranteed to succeed every time, but as long as one out of 20 attempts succeeded, he would break even.
Hmm?
Liu Ning noticed another point: when the medicine was concocted, the output was based on the pharmacist's grade. Low-grade pharmacists could produce 20 milliliters, while high-grade ones could even produce hundreds of milliliters. This was the difference in skill.
Each dose of medicine was 10 milliliters. If you suddenly concocted hundreds of milliliters...
Liu Ning began to grin foolishly. How many times the profit would that be? If it was 200 milliliters, that would be 200 times the profit. This was practically a money printing machine, and one that ran 24 hours a day without stopping.
Thinking of this, he quickly urged the driver to speed up. He still had to hurry and concoct medicine. A millionaire, or even a billionaire, might be just around the corner.