skillful

Chapter 9 Holly Wood Core
Since you want to be successful, you naturally have to choose the ones with higher value to collect!

Although the value of the iron core wood was not bad, Ji Youcai felt that it was not worth his ten points of skill experience!
Peach wood is very good, but unfortunately there are not many here, and if the value is too high, it will be too eye-catching, so as a compromise, holly wood is just right!
The seeds and bark of holly can be used for medicine, and are often used as the main material of tonic by the pharmacists' association; holly leaves have the effect of clearing away heat and detoxification, can cure bronchitis and burns, and are also materials for making medicines; the wood core of holly It is said that it can be used as a magic staff for magic professionals, and its value is not low!
"Botanical name: Holly

Tree age: 21 years

Characteristics: A plant with medicinal value, its seeds, bark and leaves can be used as medicine.Its wood core can be used to craft items for spellcasting!

Status: Collected...

There are still 59 seconds until the acquisition is successful, 58 seconds and 57 seconds...

3...2...1 seconds!
Skill suspension not performed!
Collection succeeded!

Obtained items: 1 holly wood core!
The host's aura is leaked, and you are punished by -10 skill experience!Current skill experience - 718 points! "

Following the reminder, Ji Youcai's body suddenly became cold, as if a basin of cold water was poured on his head in the midst of ninety-nine days of winter, his whole body felt like he was stung by ants, with goose bumps all over his body, his hair standing on end, like a giant beast passed by Glancing at the sense of crisis!
Fortunately, this situation only existed for a moment. If it was longer, maybe I would give up this dangerous move and wait until the skills are normal before using them!

When the skill was successful, Ji Youcai felt that the extending tentacles of the skill grabbed something and pulled it out suddenly. His hand sank, and a green "twig" about two feet long, the thickness of a thumb, was impressively grasped.

Yes, this so-called wooden core is in the shape of a branch with branches and leaves removed. However, compared to ordinary branches, although it is more vigorous, it is also uglier, not to mention the uneven stick body, and even There is also a huge gap-shaped depression at one end, as if a child had pinched it out of plasticine and then someone pressed it hard on one end. It was weird and ugly.

"Item name: Holly wood core.

Item characteristics: The holder can get the effect of spirit +1 and spirit recovery speed +0.1 per hour.

Item usage: Material, can be used to make props. "

Although it didn't look good, Ji Youcai still put away the holly wood core. After all, it was obtained with ten points of experience and could not be wasted.What's more, it is not useless, its own characteristics also show its own value!
However, in the following time, Ji Youcai no longer successfully collected items, because he wanted to use the wooden core in his hand to test the water first to see how much return he could get. If it was only worth three or five copper coins, he would It's going to be another way, but if it's more than 20 copper coins, then he can make a living with it temporarily.

……

I also met some other loggers on the way, but because I didn't know them well, I didn't go up to talk to them.

A day passed in a hurry, and Ji Youcai went straight to the carpenters' union after returning to the small town. Because he knew that Zhang Gan was going to learn how to make wooden swords from his instructor, he didn't bother him even though his heart was itchy during the day.

When Ji Youcai arrived, Zhang Qian happened to be back from eating out. Knowing that he had something to ask for himself, he didn't refuse, and invited him into the room to discuss.

When he saw Ji Youcai take out the wooden core for the first time, Zhang Gan was a little puzzled why he brought a branch, but at the second glance, his hand pouring tea suddenly stopped, put down the tea set in a hurry, and grabbed the holly wood core!
"This is... a wooden core?! And it's a complete wooden core?!" Zhang Gan blushed with excitement, grabbed Ji Youcai's arm, and asked eagerly, "Where did you get this?"

"Is there any problem with this wooden core?" Ji Youcai was a little puzzled. It's just a wooden core, so why be so excited?
"No, there's no problem..." Zhang Qian calmed down, let go of Ji Youcai, poured him tea again, and then explained: "Do you know what a wooden core is? It's the center of a tree, quite As far as the human brain is concerned, if a tree loses part of its roots, stems, branches and leaves, it is like a person with a broken limb. Although it is disabled, it is not fatal, but if it does not have a wooden core, it seems that a person has lost his soul, even if he does not die. It's hard to live long!"

"The wood core is the essence of a tree. If you lose a little bit, you will be seriously injured or even die. Therefore, even if every tree has no spirituality, it will unconsciously protect its own wood core!"

"When encountering situations that may completely wither away, some trees will even scatter their wood cores and merge into their roots and branches! This is also the reason why many trees struck by lightning come back to life and dead trees bloom in spring!"

"So, it is not a simple matter to obtain a pure or even a complete wooden core!"

"But isn't there a lot of wooden cores on the market to make staffs, amulets, accessories and other equipment? Are they all fake?"

"You can also say that!" It was not Zhang Qian who answered, but Zhang Zhiyuan who came in from outside.

"Uncle... Teacher, why are you here?" Zhang Gan's expression suddenly became stiff.

"It's okay, just come and take a look."

"I met Master Zhang."

"You're welcome. Can you show me the core?"

Zhang Qian hurriedly handed over the holly wood core.

"It is indeed a pure wood core, not only without any defects, but also very fresh. If I guessed correctly, this wood core should come from holly wood..."

"...Master's opinion! Indeed!"

"In fact, the so-called wooden core items on the market can't be called fake, and of course, they can't be called real either."

"why?"

"Qian'er just said that trees are actually alive. If they are alive, they know how to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages. The older the tree, the more spiritual it is, the more so. If you want to cut wood to get the core, it is tantamount to It’s like telling someone in front of me that I’m going to cut off your head and dig out your heart, would you agree if it was you?” This is an obvious fact, so he wasn’t asking for an answer from Ji Youcai, so He continued to explain without pausing: "In this way, there are only two ways to obtain pure wood cores! One is to rob, and the other is to outwit!"

"The risk of robbing is very high. If it is not controlled, it will destroy the integrity of the wood core. Even if it is carefully controlled, it may cause the wood core to begin to diffuse into the trunk due to untimely stripping. Such a trunk can also be said to be Wooden core, but the quality is impure, the more serious the spread of the wood core, the lower the quality of this fake wood core! Many ornaments, pendants, and accessories in the market are made of broken wood cores, except Most of the unscrupulous traders are genuine, and most of the weapons are made of the latter's fake wood core! So it can be said to be real or fake!"

"It is very troublesome to outsmart, not only need a keen sense to sense the wood core hidden somewhere in the tree, but also have a strong mental restraint ability to fix and seal the wood core, and finally can take out the wood core by various methods !However, this method is either unsuccessful, but as long as it succeeds, it must be a complete wooden core!"

To put it bluntly, the former is a common method for physics professions, and the latter is a common method for magic professions.

"The logging technique of the carpenters' union belongs to the former!" Zhang Zhiyuan said, took a sip from his teacup, and frowned: "The tea is cold, dry, go to the kitchen and boil some water, remember to bring it to a boil!"

"...Okay." Zhang Qian looked down at the teacup that was still warm in his hand, knowing that his uncle was deliberately going to distract him, so he gave Ji Youcai a worried look, and walked out.

"Okay, what purpose do you have to say!"

"Purpose?" Ji Youcai was taken aback, why did this sound so wrong?

"I originally thought that you approached my stupid nephew for money and learning logging skills, but when I saw you brought this wood core, I knew I was wrong! This wood core should be collected by yourself, right? Whether you are Whether you have special skills or your own strength is enough, this means that you don’t need to learn low-level logging techniques at all. Then, your purpose should be to get close to me through this, right? With Qian’er’s ability, he can’t identify it at all. The real value of this wooden core cannot be processed, and it will inevitably come to me in the end. This is your real purpose, right? Am I wrong?"

Ji Youcai was speechless, this guy has too much imagination, right?
But if you think about your behavior carefully, it seems that it is really so authentic?But I really didn't think so much about it!
"Master, you can see clearly, I admire it!" When the matter came to this point, Ji Youcai didn't bother to argue, so he continued to speak smoothly: "Since that's the case, I won't beat around the bush."

"You said."

"I really want someone to help me appraise the value of this wooden core." Well, this is the truth, although this person originally refers to Zhang Gan, Ji Youcai thought about his words: "But now I am really down and out. Brother Gan helped me, and I knew it would be repaying him to trouble him all the time, but I didn’t have anyone else I knew well here, so I had no choice but to do so.”

"I have no intention of deceiving Brother Zhang Gan, I just want him to help me identify the wooden core. After all, the carpenter's union must know more about the value of this object."

"Although it's not my intention to alarm the master, it would be great if the master is willing to help me identify it!"

"Okay, but what's in it for me?"

"I don't have anything, what does the master think I can give? Or, what does the master want from me?"

"Although I'm not a combat professional, I still have a bit of insight. Your strength is not high. You look like an ordinary person when you breathe. Your footsteps are floating. You're obviously not a warrior. And your performance doesn't look like a powerful spellcaster. So if I'm not wrong, you should rely on your own special skills to obtain this wooden core—or innate skills?"

"It's just a special talent skill."

"I see." Seeing that Ji Youcai didn't want to say more, he didn't care: "Then, let's talk about how to deal with this wooden core..."

(End of this chapter)