Chapter 137: Cockscomb Fruit

Liang Qu picked up the exchange book, and the first page was the directory list.

Treasure plants, treasure materials, elixirs, techniques, martial arts, weapons, armor, books—everything that should be there is there.

The registrar said: "Small achievements can be saved. Master Liang, if you don't want to exchange, you can take the small achievement book back and look carefully at what you can use. This booklet is not worth much."

Although there are illustrations in the small achievement exchange book, it is not expensive. One copy is a few dozen wen, and those serving in the River Patrol Office will spend money to buy a copy.

Liang Qu came over with Xu Yuelong's waist token, and he had written his strength realm during registration, only third-pass, not even a martial artist, yet he earned five small achievements in one night, clearly having great ability.

The registrar didn't mind spending a few dozen wen to do a favor.

Liang Qu was not polite, grabbed the small achievement book, leaned against the desk, and flipped through it page by page.

Treasure plant category

【Cockscomb Fruit】

【Treasure plant cultivated by the Great Minister of Agriculture, grows submerged in water, matures once every four seasons, slightly sweet, has the effects of nourishing blood and qi, benefiting the kidneys and solidifying essence, nourishing the spleen and stopping diarrhea, removing dampness and stopping discharge. Taking it can increase martial arts cultivation.】

【Exchange requirement: Two small achievements can exchange for three pieces】

【Note: Taking more than three pieces in a single day is prone to abdominal distension, and the effect is halved.】

"Is this splitting the small achievements?"

Liang Qu pointed to the exchange requirement of the Cockscomb Fruit, quite strange.

The registrar looked at it and replied: "Master Liang doesn't know, this is actually the welfare of the River Patrol Office."

"Welfare? How so?"

"The Great Minister of Agriculture breeds countless treasure plants, and the Cockscomb Fruit is just one of the varieties that is relatively easy to breed.

Our River Patrol Office is close to the water, so cultivating this kind of fruit is very convenient, and the inventory is extremely large, so the exchange requirement was lowered. Two small achievements can exchange for three pieces.

If you change to the Demon Suppression Division and want to exchange for this Cockscomb Fruit, the exact same thing would require one small achievement for one piece. However, they also have corresponding good things. Master, look down at that Red Maple Flower Fruit.

Exchanging for Red Maple Flower Fruit in the Demon Suppression Division and the Three Judicial Departments, the price is two for three!"

Liang Qu moved his gaze down along the registrar's finger.

【Red Maple Flower Fruit】

【Treasure plant cultivated by the Great Minister of Agriculture, matures once every six seasons, has the effects of nourishing blood and invigorating blood, regulating menstruation and stopping pain, moisturizing the intestines and facilitating bowel movements. Taking it can increase martial arts cultivation.】

【Exchange requirement: One small achievement】

【Note: Taking more than three pieces in a single day is prone to abdominal distension, and the effect is halved.】

Liang Qu understood.

The same small achievement, in the River Patrol Office and the Demon Suppression Division, the price of the things exchanged will also change slightly.

Cockscomb Fruit being two for three is equivalent to a job benefit that other units don't have, but there may be others.

The registrar also reminded: "They are all benefits, but our Cockscomb Fruit is much better than the Demon Suppression Division's Red Maple Flower Fruit!"

"Why is this? Is the effect of Cockscomb Fruit on increasing cultivation better?"

"That's not it. The effects of the two on martial arts cultivation are almost the same."

The registrar looked around, seeing that no one was paying attention, and let Liang Qu lean over.

Liang Qu leaned on the desk, and the registrar leaned over and whispered: "It is benefiting the kidneys and solidifying essence! Red Maple Flower Fruit doesn't have this effect. In the past, people from the Demon Suppression Division and the Three Judicial Departments often came to exchange. We use two Cockscomb Fruits plus four or five taels of silver to exchange for three Red Maple Flower Fruits, which is definitely worth it. At least there is a cheapness of one or two taels!

Some people don't like this, so they often go to exchange, but this matter cannot be done openly. Such strategic materials are usually not allowed to circulate in the market.

It's just that we exchange with people from the Demon Suppression Division and the Three Judicial Departments, which counts as internal digestion, left hand pouring to right hand, and the people above turn a blind eye. Master Liang must not say it out."

Liang Qu nodded.

The number of males in martial arts cultivation far exceeds females, and even before the fourth-pass martial master, males have the advantage under the same realm. It is not strange to have such a demand gap.

It is understandable not to allow going out to sell and earn money.

The Great Shun gives out an exchange list, and the prices of things inside are lower than the market price, which is done to strengthen their own people's strength.

If you circulate it to the market, your own strength doesn't grow, and you also fatten outsiders.

Small-scale one or two times in private is fine, but the big opening absolutely cannot be opened. If you are investigated, at least you will be charged with the crime of reselling military supplies. According to the clear law, you will be killed if it is heavy.

But two Cockscomb Fruits plus four or five taels of silver to exchange for three Red Maple Flower Fruits, and there is a cheapness of one or two taels?

"In this way, a treasure fruit with similar effects outside can be worth seven or eight taels of silver?"

The value of small achievements is much higher than Liang Qu imagined. His five small achievements today are equivalent to earning more than thirty taels of silver in one day!

"Not much difference. Sometimes when it's urgent, ten taels are possible. The things inside are special supplies. The amount planted every year is not small, but there are many places to use them.

River Patrol Office, Demon Suppression Division, Three Judicial Departments, and the Western Army, Northern Army, so many mouths are waiting here, and they are still in short supply. There is a difference. Otherwise, why would martial artists like to be an official? It must be profitable, don't you think?"

"Hmm, then give me three Cockscomb Fruits first."

It's not that he covets any benefit of benefiting the kidneys and solidifying essence; it's mainly that he wants to see if there is Marsh Essence on the Cockscomb Fruit, so he exchanged for three to try.

The registrar recorded it upon hearing this.

"By the way, if treasure plants that can be planted are found in the water, does contributing one copy also have merit?"

"That is correct, but treasure plants that can be planted in large quantities and have certain effects are not easy to find, especially those under the water. If you can really find them, the merit will not be small. Master Liang, your this..."

Liang Qu didn't speak and shook his head slightly. The registrar didn't ask any more questions.

With the progress of Liang Qu's strength, the healing effect of ordinary lotus roots is not as good as before. It can still heal, but it is not at the level of restoring wounds visible to the naked eye.

However, besides ordinary lotus roots, with the help of the innate skill of the immobile one as a Horn Wood Crocodile, the most central lotus root has appeared with lotus roots containing Marsh Essence, reaching a level of 0.5 to 0.6 essence. This effect is the same as before.

Since contributing plantable treasure plants also has merit, you can try it.

This thing only needs a few sections of lotus root as samples, and it can also borrow the Great Shun's hand to figure out the cultivation problem of lotus roots, including whether it can be combined with other things to refine better ointments or pills.

Liang Qu continued to look down. Besides the treasure plants exchanged for one small achievement, there are treasure plants that require five small achievements, ten small achievements, and even one hundred small achievements to exchange for, such as the God Spring Wood. There are many types.

Just the treasure plant column has more than a hundred types. Many functions are repeated. The registrar also pointed out that the ones that are actually frequently exchanged are those few dozen, all in the front. If you want to exchange for rare ones, there is no inventory, and you have to go to other places to transfer them.

There are more treasure materials, and there are dozens of treasure medicines, including those that increase cultivation, heal injuries, and add states. Liang Qu even saw one called Clear Tiger Bear Whip Pill, and the effect is simple and rude.

There is a Raw Muscle White Bone Pill, which requires one hundred and sixty small achievements. Below the Wolf Smoke realm, as long as there is no severed limb, basic mobility can be restored within ten breaths, with no side effects. He is quite tempted.

Liang Qu flipped to the technique and martial arts section.

【Breath Holding Method】, lower-grade method, one small achievement.

【Passing Arm Fist】, lower-grade martial art, five small achievements.

【Turtle Snake Force】, lower-grade martial art, eight small achievements.

【Fowl Water Step】, lower-grade martial art, twelve small achievements.

【Water Holding Decision】, lower-grade technique, twenty-one small achievements.

【Roaming Spirit Arrow Method】, middle-grade martial art, one hundred small achievements.

【Mixed Origin Teng Water Art】, middle-grade technique, three hundred and sixty small achievements.

Lower-grade techniques and martial arts are mostly below fifty small achievements.

Middle-grade techniques and martial arts need to be between fifty and five hundred, among which the value of techniques is generally higher than that of single martial arts.

Many techniques in the River Patrol Office are definitely not as good as those taught by Master Yang in terms of grade, but most are related to water, and the focus is mainly on movement and fighting under water, which has its own unique features.

That 'Breath Holding Method' worth one small achievement is a method for long-term underwater activities.

What is relatively unexpected is that the finless porpoise is also on the small achievement exchange book. As long as one hundred small achievements, you can hold another finless porpoise token and drive one.

Thinking of Round Head's wife still here, Liang Qu took it to heart. Besides promotion, there is another way.

"Three Cockscomb Fruits first, save the remaining three small achievements."

Liang Qu put away the small booklet and got three fruits the size of chicken heads, with black skin all over, and a circle of meat skin on the head of the fruit, resembling a cockscomb.

"No wonder it's called Cockscomb Fruit, it really looks like a chicken head."

Liang Qu returned to the small boat, looked around, and ate one.

【Marsh Essence +8】 ===== CHAPTER 138 =====