The Book of Heaven

Chapter 156 The Mystery of Chalcedony
Bashu can still be regarded as the land of abundance in this era.

Years of peace in the empire have not only allowed most of the common people to live a stable life, but also allowed those who have the means to continue to accumulate wealth in their own families.

Wealth does not simply refer to gold and silver treasures or land and food.

In the world where Ma Zheng lived, there is an old saying called "Antiques in Prosperous Times, Gold in Troubled Times". In this world, gold is the same gold, and antiques have little meaning. On the contrary, some special substances themselves represent It has a high value and is difficult to depreciate.

Chalcedony is definitely one of them.

This kind of thing, which is only produced in small quantities in jade producing areas, is a priceless treasure for those who practice martial arts.

Zhao Shuying had traveled around the world in the early years, and he basically knew the distribution of martial arts sects and aristocratic families in the entire empire.

It is impossible for a truly powerful martial arts sect or family to lack chalcedony.

Don't look at Nanduotuo in Home City who almost regarded the bottle of chalcedony as the treasure of the town house. Firstly, it was because the bottle of chalcedony was of higher grade. Materials are as precious, and only by firmly grasping the origin of chalcedony can the Han Empire gain an advantage in high-end force.

Looking forward from a historical perspective, at least half of the wars launched by the empire in the hundreds of years after discovering the benefits of chalcedony to martial arts practitioners were related to the origin of chalcedony.

The final result of these wars is that at least [-]% of the chalcedony producing areas that have been discovered today are firmly controlled by the empire.

But Zhao Shuying told Ma Zheng that even though the empire could control the production sites of chalcedony, the actual annual output was still pitifully low, and some production sites even produced zero chalcedony a year!

As a future traveler, what Ma Zheng wants to know the most is the composition of chalcedony. If it can be mass-produced manually, wouldn't it be a big deal?
But soon Ma Zheng dismissed this unrealistic idea.

Regardless of whether he has the ability to produce, the first and most basic problem is that there is no such thing as chalcedony in later generations!

Not only chalcedony, but in this world, there are many special things that Ma Zheng has never heard of.

Since it is not something from that world, how can it be copied in the way of that world?Obviously this path is not feasible.

The second way Zhao Shuying gave Horseshoe was very simple and very violent, in one word - grab!

Although the production of chalcedony is limited, after hundreds of years of accumulation, the overall quantity is still very objective.Not only there are big families like the Zhao family, but even some ordinary families, not even martial arts families at all, just some forces in the family, with enough wealth, will use various means to accumulate chalcedony for their own family .

Just because there is no genius in martial arts in the family now, does not mean that there will be no talent in the future. Things like chalcedony must be well prepared.

As far as Zhao Shuying knew, even in the relatively remote area of ​​Bashu, the number of preserved chalcedony would not be small.

Besides, Ma Zheng doesn't necessarily need chalcedony, there are many genius treasures that can replace chalcedony, and some are even better than chalcedony.

"You don't want me to be a gangster, do you?"

After Ma Zheng listened to Zhao Shuying's proposal, he felt that if he really did this, wouldn't he be too arrogant?
Besides, he doesn't think he is invincible anymore. Thinking about Nanduotuo, he knows that a family that can keep such things as chalcedony will certainly not lack the power to guard the house. Not good is a moth to the flame.

"Wealth and wealth are sought in insurance, besides, isn't there still me here?"

A gleam of light flashed in Zhao Shuying's eyes, and that gleam of light represented four words in Ma Zheng's eyes - "lawlessness".

"Why, you don't need my help?"

It seems that Zhao Shuying is more impulsive to carry out this plan than Ma Zheng. Although he already knew that sometimes this woman is a lunatic, Ma Zheng felt that he was still a normal person, so he could only smile wryly: "Can you give me some Time to consider? Even if you know which family has chalcedony in their hands, only chalcedony of green wood attribute is the most suitable for me, right?"

"Hey, it seems that you really don't understand chalcedony."

Zhao Shuying's words made Ma Zheng feel guilty for a while, did he not understand chalcedony?There are so many things he doesn't understand.

Fortunately, Zhao Shuying is a very enthusiastic person in this regard, and explained the mystery to Ma Zheng casually.

In fact, it is also very simple. Chalcedony itself has a grade. It is strange that low-grade and high-grade chalcedony do not talk about the attributes of the five elements. There are strict requirements on the attributes of the five elements.

That is to say, the chalcedony that Ma Zheng got from Nanda Tuo's treasure house was exactly the middle grade chalcedony.

Although lower-grade chalcedony does not need to strictly distinguish attributes, the increase in internal energy after refining is not too high, and it only has the effect of increasing internal energy.

Not all mid-grade chalcedony requires five-element attributes to be taken, but only mid-grade chalcedony that requires five-element attributes can play a role in expanding meridians and strengthening the body. Otherwise, it is the same as low-grade chalcedony, which can only simply increase Internal interest.

As for the high-grade chalcedony, Zhao Shuying was unable to describe its effects in detail. She admitted that even with the influence of the Zhao family and her identity, she had only taken high-grade chalcedony once in her life—when she hit the innate realm , sent to her by the family.

"In other words, in fact, most ordinary chalcedony is only used to increase internal energy?"

"That's right." Zhao Shuying nodded at Ma Zheng, and said: "And this increase depends on the user's own kung fu skills and martial arts foundation, so as to determine how much of it can be refined."

"It turns out that there is an amplification effect in it." Ma Zheng is becoming more and more interested in chalcedony. It seems that this thing is specially customized for this world. It not only has various grades, but also has a limited consumption. The scope of those who are not aware of how much the chalcedony I took last time was refined.

Without comparison, it is impossible to judge. Even if Ma Zheng told Zhao Shuying all the reactions after taking it at that time, Zhao Shuying would not be able to draw the conclusion Ma Zheng wanted.

In fact, Ma Zheng's refining rate of chalcedony has reached [-]% unprecedented and unprecedented.If according to what he believes, chalcedony is specially customized by the heavens for this world, wouldn't it be easier for him to refine the chalcedony [-]%?
Just as Zhao Shuying continued to "induce" Ma Zheng to take the road of looting the entire Bashu chalcedony, Liu Dezhu suddenly came.

He didn't come in, but just stood outside the room, and shouted loudly with his throat open:
"Xiao Ma, Xiao Ma, what are you two doing? I want to come in!"

"Don't let him in, you go out and talk!"

No matter how crazy Zhao Shuying's personality was, he couldn't bear Liu De's words, and his silver teeth "bounced" in his mouth, and he squeezed out a sentence from between his teeth.

Ma Zheng had no choice but to follow suit. When he walked out of the room and asked, he realized that Liu Dezhu was here because of the owner of the Liu Family Manor, and Liu Yun actually wanted to see him.

(End of this chapter)