I'm in Battle Through the Heavens, and I have a control panel.

Chapter 17 Regret

Seventeen days have passed in the blink of an eye.

In the alchemy room in the backyard of Wan Yao Zhai in Qingshan Town, Xiao Zheng sat cross-legged, his silver-white lightning-attribute battle aura slowly receding.

He opened his eyes, a glint of light flashing in them, and opened the proficiency panel.

【Nine Star Warriors (17/18)】

Xiao Zheng's lips curled up slightly: "If I can rest for one more day tomorrow, I will be a nine-star Dou Zhe."

dong dong~

Just then, there was a knock on the door.

Xiao Zheng looked towards the door: "Come in."

The shopkeeper pushed open the door and entered, his face showing some urgency: "Master Xiao, I have an urgent matter I would like to trouble you with."

A sense of helplessness welled up in Xiao Zheng's heart.

It seems that my cultivation practice may have to be postponed.

He nodded to the shopkeeper: "Please speak, shopkeeper."

"The store received an urgent order for a batch of pills, all of which are first-grade pills, namely Qi Condensation Pill, Qi Recovery Pill, and Detoxification Pill. The customer requires delivery within 23 days."

The shopkeeper rubbed his hands together: "Previously, we had to hire people from various major cities to fulfill the shop's orders, but this time there's no time, so we can only ask Elder Xiao to take over."

"Don't worry about the reward. Once all the pills are refined, I'll give you 100,000 gold coins. How about that?"

One hundred thousand gold coins.

Xiao Zheng's eyes flickered; this was a huge sum of money for him right now.

With this money, he can buy many things.

Although his cultivation might be delayed, making money is a great thing, since he'll be a nine-star Dou Zhe in just one day.

"Okay, I'll take it."

Xiao Zheng agreed without hesitation.

The shopkeeper was overjoyed: "That's wonderful! Little Fairy Doctor will bring the medicinal herbs over in a moment and help you with the preparations."

"I'll have to trouble you, Xiao, for the next twenty-three days."

Xiao Zheng nodded.

Not long after the shopkeeper left, Little Fairy Doctor arrived with the medicinal herbs.

In the time that followed, Xiao Zheng focused all his energy on alchemy.

Twenty-two days passed in the blink of an eye, and he finished refining all the pills his clients needed a day ahead of schedule.

There was one day left until delivery.

Little Fairy Doctor said with admiration, "Brother Xiao Zheng, it has to be you. You finished refining so many pills in just twenty-two days."

Over the past twenty-two days, Xiao Zheng and Little Fairy Doctor have spent every day together, and the two have become familiar with each other.

After learning that Xiao Zheng was a few months older than her, Little Fairy Doctor changed her address to Xiao Zheng Brother.

Xiao Zheng was quite pleased with this title, because in the original story, even Xiao Yan didn't receive this treatment from Little Fairy Doctor.

Xiao Zheng smiled and said, "You've had a hard time these past twenty-odd days. Everything's alright here now, so go back to your room and get some rest."

Little Fairy Doctor stretched.

After working for more than twenty days, she was indeed a little tired. Upon hearing this, she did not refuse: "Thank you for your concern, Brother Xiao Zheng. I will go and rest for a while."

"You should rest for a while too."

Xiao Zheng nodded.

After Little Fairy Doctor left, Xiao Zheng saw that there were still many medicinal herbs left in the room, and these herbs were just enough to make Golden Wound Pill.

Adhering to the principle of not wasting anything, he simply started refining pills again.

Xiao Zheng is going to refine a second-grade Golden Wound Pill and try to become a second-grade alchemist!

After three consecutive failures, he finally succeeded in refining his first Golden Wound Pill on the fourth attempt.

The proficiency panel has changed.

[Identity: Alchemist (Rank 1, 0/2)]

Xiao Zheng's lips curled up slightly.

From then on, he possessed the alchemy skills of a second-grade alchemist; the only thing he lacked was official certification.

The next morning, the shopkeeper came to check on the progress and was overjoyed to see that Xiao Zheng had finished refining all the pills. He immediately gave Xiao Zheng the agreed-upon 10 gold coins.

After the shopkeeper left, Xiao Zheng breathed a sigh of relief; he could continue cultivating again.

Twenty days have passed in the blink of an eye.

For the past twenty days, Xiao Zheng has not received any new orders, so he has devoted himself to cultivation, raising his proficiency in the Thunder Pattern Technique to 19/19.

Early that morning, after finishing his cultivation, Xiao Zheng looked at the panel with a helpless expression: "I'm stuck again."

If he wants to break through to the Dou Shi level, he needs to obtain a higher-level cultivation technique.

Xiao Zheng looked at the 3 Creation Points on the panel and hesitated.

Or, how about using this thing to refine the Thunder Pattern Technique?

Never mind...

Using Creation Points to enlighten Yellow-Rank cultivation techniques is such a waste.

Let's try to find a way to buy the cultivation technique.

He currently has 12 gold coins, 10 of which came from alchemy and 2 from his monthly salary over the past two months.

This money is enough for Xiao Zheng to buy a mid-level Yellow Rank cultivation technique. If he's lucky, he might even be able to find a high-level Yellow Rank one.

However, Qingshan Town is too small and there is no place to sell high-level cultivation techniques, nor is there an auction house here, so if he wants to buy cultivation techniques, he can only go elsewhere.

After thinking for a moment, Xiao Zheng decided to go to Blackrock City.

This way, I can also get my alchemist certificate while I'm at it.

Although he had another option, which was to go to Wutan City.

However, it is obvious that returning to Wutan City would easily lead to trouble, so it is not being considered.

in the afternoon.

Xiao Zheng approached the shopkeeper: "Shopkeeper, didn't you say you wanted Mr. Yao to write a letter of introduction for the Alchemist Guild? Is it finished yet?"

A flicker of panic crossed the shopkeeper's face, followed by a dry cough: "This..."

"Master Xiao, I haven't told Mr. Yao yet because I didn't know when you needed it. I'll go ask right now."

He turned and left.

Just then, Little Fairy Doctor walked over and asked in confusion, "Did you just ask the shopkeeper for a letter of introduction?"

"That's strange. I remember Mr. Yao wrote it for you not long after you arrived. Why does the shopkeeper say it hasn't been written yet?"

Upon hearing this, Xiao Zheng immediately understood.

It seems that the previous orders for pills made the shopkeeper and Mr. Yao realize his value, so they don't want to let him leave now.

Little Fairy Doctor also realized what was happening, and looked helpless: "What are you planning to do next?"

Xiao Zheng glanced at Little Fairy Doctor: "Of course I'm leaving."

Little Fairy Doctor frowned slightly: "Leaving isn't difficult, but without a letter of introduction, how will you take the alchemist certification exam?"

Xiao Zheng pondered for a moment.

In the original story, Xiao Yan did not have a letter of introduction when he first went to take the exam.

However, Xiao Yan later revealed his purple flames, which led the gatekeeper to mistake him for a fourth-grade alchemist, thus enabling him to successfully infiltrate the guild.

Xiao Yan hasn't obtained the purple flame yet, so perhaps...

Go ahead of Xiao Yan and go to the Monster Mountain Range to collect the purple flame.

not.

Xiao Zheng quickly dismissed the idea.

Leaving aside the fact that Purple Flame is deep in the Monster Mountain Range, the Amethyst Winged Lion King that guards Purple Flame is not someone he can handle.

Therefore, there's little difference between trying to steal the purple flame and dying.

However, although his current cultivation level is not high, he is already able to condense his battle qi flames without the aid of a medicine cauldron.

That might fool the security guard...

However, if his secret of being able to condense battle qi flames at a low cultivation level were accidentally revealed, it might cause some trouble.

Hi!

I don't want to think about that anymore, let's go to Blackrock City first.

Xiao Zheng was only fifteen years old, yet he was already able to refine second-grade pills.

He just needs to find an opportunity to show off in front of the big shots in Blackrock City, and getting a letter of introduction shouldn't be difficult.

Xiao Zheng smiled at Little Fairy Doctor and said, "I have a way to handle the letter of introduction."

"As long as you have a way."

Little Fairy Doctor nodded, then suddenly felt a pang of sadness: "So... Brother Xiao Zheng, you're leaving already?"

Just as Xiao Zheng was about to nod, he suddenly noticed that two middle-aged men had suddenly guarded the entrance and exit of Wan Yao Zhai.

His gaze sharpened slightly as he carefully examined the two people.

The two noticed Xiao Zheng's gaze and unabashedly released their battle qi, revealing themselves to be... Battle Masters!

Xiao Zheng frowned slightly. It was not hard to tell from the other party's behavior that they were coming for him.

The other party was guarding the door, probably to prevent him from running away?

Those two people must be either the shopkeeper's or Mr. Yao's men.

If he wants to leave, he'll have to force his way out.

The problem is that he is only a nine-star Dou Zhe, while his opponent is a Dou Shi of unknown rank.

Furthermore, Xiao Zheng currently only knows one move, the Absorption Palm, in terms of combat, and his combat strength is not high, so it is probably unlikely that he will be able to break through.

Xiao Zheng gestured towards the door with his eyes and said to Little Fairy Doctor, "I'd like to."

Little Fairy Doctor glanced at the doorway and instantly understood Xiao Zheng's meaning.

Her eyes darted around, and she pulled Xiao Zheng into the inner room, whispering, "I have an idea that might help you get out of this predicament."

Xiao Zheng raised his eyebrows: "Tell me about it."

Little Fairy Doctor narrowed her eyes: "It's simple, go into the mountains to gather herbs."

Xiao Zheng's eyes lit up.

Going into the mountains to collect medicinal herbs?

That's definitely a good idea.

Little Fairy Doctor is the captain of the herb-gathering team, so arranging this shouldn't be difficult for her.

However, if the Wan Yao Zhai herb-gathering team wants to go to the Monster Mountain Range to gather herbs, they still need the manager's approval.

If the shopkeeper finds out he wants to go too, he probably won't agree easily.

But it wouldn't hurt to give it a try.

Xiao Zheng then cupped his hands in a gesture of respect to Little Fairy Doctor: "Then I'll have to trouble you, sister."

Little Fairy Doctor handed Xiao Zheng a "Wait for my news" message before leaving the inner room.

Xiao Zheng stared blankly at the curtain at the inner room.

No matter how we leave this time, should we take Little Fairy Doctor with us?

There are two reasons.

Firstly, because this girl's background is so pitiful, it makes people feel sorry for her.

Secondly, the two have spent the past two months together and have developed a deep friendship.

Thirdly, Little Fairy Doctor possesses a body of calamity and poison. If given a Seven-Colored Poison Scripture, she could grow rapidly in a very short time.

This way, Xiao Zheng will have a powerful henchman by his side.

……

Outside a room in the backyard.

As soon as Little Fairy Doctor reached the door of the room, she heard the shopkeeper talking to someone.

She knew that the other person was Mr. Yao, the owner of Wan Yao Zhai.

Mr. Yao: "When you get back, tell Master Xiao that our shop is small and the letter of introduction we gave them won't be recognized by the Alchemist Guild."

"Let Master Xiao work here in peace for now. I'll take care of the letter of introduction for him... As for when it will be done, well, that's up to us."

The shopkeeper said, "Brilliant! Mr. Yao's move is truly brilliant! Alright, I'll pass on the message to Master Xiao right away."

door of the room.

When Little Fairy Doctor heard the shopkeeper approaching the door, she was about to hide when she saw the door open.

The shopkeeper was taken aback when he saw her: "Little Fairy Doctor, is there something you need?"

Little Fairy Doctor coughed lightly, cleared her throat, and said, "It's like this..."

"Shopkeeper, Master Xiao has recently developed a prescription that requires the 'Shadow Flower' from the Monster Mountain Range to test."

"So he asked me to take him into the mountains to collect herbs."

The shopkeeper and Mr. Yao in the room were both cunning and shrewd businessmen, and they immediately guessed Xiao Zheng's intentions upon hearing this.

Xiao Zheng's sudden decision to go into the mountains was clearly an attempt to use the opportunity to escape!