diymy Chapter 20 As for how experience is gained, don't ask.
Chapter 20 As for how experience is gained, don't ask.
In the chaotic flea market, Gu Xixia, dressed in a navy blue shirt and black silk trousers, walked beside Hu Xiaoyu.
The handsome man and beautiful woman easily attract attention, especially Gu Xixia, whose imposing height makes people turn their heads repeatedly.
"Will what you're looking for be in here?"
"Don't underestimate flea markets. Besides, I'm a zombie; you can't expect me to go to a Taoist temple to buy materials, can you?"
As Hu Xiaoyu spoke, the two arrived at a stall filled with various mountain products.
How much do I buy this section of Phellodendron bark?
The boss looked at the two people in front of him in surprise, his eyes darting around slightly.
"Oh, you're my first customer of the day, I'll give you a discount, five hundred."
Hu Xiaoyu left without even turning around.
"Wait a minute, four hundred and fifty, four hundred!"
The boss's shout came from behind, and Gu Xixia looked down at him, puzzled.
"Is it expensive?"
"It's outrageously expensive! This stuff is just a dye, and it's grown on a large scale."
"If talisman making weren't restricted by technology, would I be wasting my time here with her?!"
"It's only a few hundred yuan, is it okay?"
Hu Xiaoyu gave Gu Xixia a look of disappointment and frustration.
"A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. Do you think the money you spent on snacks and a car before just came from thin air?"
Gu Xixia smiled and followed Hu Xiaoyu forward.
"Three hundred, boss, three hundred is the lowest I can go!"
The owner's wistful call came from behind, and Hu Xiaoyu turned around to take out his phone to scan the code and pay.
Looking at the bright yellow amur cork tree fruit in the bag in Hu Xiaoyu's hand, Gu Xixia reached out and touched it.
Gu Xixia looked at the yellow stains on her pink fingertips, then brought them to her nose and smelled them.
"It has a strange smell."
"It's good that it has a smell. Dirty things hate this smell. While advanced technology can certainly produce yellow paper, it's meaningless to dirty things without this smell."
As soon as she finished speaking, Hu Xiaoyu gently scratched the berberis fruit in her hand with her fingernail, and a stinging pain came from the spot where it had touched her.
"The vintage is good, it's enough."
As Gu Xixia continued walking through the flea market, she realized that it had everything.
There were countless secondhand tools and toys that nobody wanted and who had gotten them from who-knows-where. Gu Xixia even saw an unusually old film camera.
Gu Xixia was somewhat tempted, but after asking about the price, she immediately lost interest.
"Hey beautiful, don't go! The price is negotiable."
The boss lowered the price several times, but couldn't keep her.
Hu Xiaoyu glanced at her.
"Buy it if you want. You're using your own salary now, and I won't say anything."
"I won't buy it precisely because I'm using my own salary. It's a broken camera, and it doesn't even work, yet it costs me three thousand yuan..."
Hu Xiaoyu shrugged and led Gu Xixia to the largest herbal medicine shop in the area.
They bought some more cinnabar here, and the two drove towards the suburbs.
"I know you use the cork tree bark to make yellow paper, and the cinnabar for drawing talismans. What else are we looking for now?"
Peach wood.
"Peach wood?"
Gu Xixia, in the passenger seat, glanced at Hu Xiaoyu.
"Are those peach wood swords online no good?"
Hu Xiaoyu gave her a disgruntled look.
"If you send me a different piece of wood and I still can't finish that thing off, is it your fault or mine?"
Gu Xixia pursed her lips upon hearing this.
That's true. When buying things online, it's easy to be misled by false advertising.
"Furthermore, ordinary peach wood cannot be used for peach wood swords, as ordinary peach wood is of little use to dirty things."
"What's the difference?"
"It must be a peach tree that is over a hundred years old, preferably one that has been struck by lightning."
"However, it's almost impossible to encounter one. Peach trees don't grow very tall, and the chances of them surviving after being struck by lightning are very small. If they are to be used to make swords, the chances are even lower."
"So I plan to go to the village to take a look, and if that doesn't work, I'll go to the mountains to look."
After listening to Hu Xiaoyu's explanation, Gu Xixia frowned slightly.
"If you had told me you were going up the mountain earlier, I wouldn't have worn this."
"Ha, as if wearing appropriate clothes to go up the mountain would stop you from whining. Just stay in the car."
The car continued forward, and Hu Xiaoyu said with a slight frown.
"It's only in Rongcheng. If it were in Jiangcheng, I could just go to my base and take out what's inside to use."
"The old guys preserved in there gave me quite a beating when I first woke up."
Seeing Hu Xiaoyu's helpless expression, Gu Xixia seemed to be deep in thought.
"So, some things on TV are true."
"Art originates from reality and may contain elements of exaggeration, but it must be based on research, otherwise it will lose its essence and end up being a poor imitation."
Arriving at a village in the suburbs, Hu Xiaoyu led Gu Xixia for a stroll along the old streets.
Because she was going out with Hu Xiaoyu, Gu Xixia didn't wear high heels.
Luckily, I wasn't wearing any, otherwise the village's cement roads, full of potholes, would have been unbearable.
Walking through the village, Gu Xixia felt as if she had returned to the town.
A similar tranquility prevailed, with few passersby in sight.
Occasionally someone passes by, mostly elderly people going to the village store to buy something.
The two wandered around the village but still couldn't find suitable peach wood.
The only somewhat possible one, after careful consideration, was that Hu Xiaoyu found it was still a few years short.
"Even a difference of a few years isn't acceptable?"
"This stuff can only be set too high, not too low. If it's set too low, the peach wood won't have the desired effect."
"Why is that?"
"I don't know. Maybe it's some kind of substance that increases with the age of the tree? I'm not a biologist, so I just need to know when it's usable."
"As for the rest, I don't care about that."
"Just like electricity is everywhere in life, you only need to know how to use it; there's no need to understand its composition."
Walking into the convenience store, Gu Xixia bought a bottle of frozen mineral water amidst the shopkeeper's amazed gaze.
She rarely drinks beverages or milk tea, not because she dislikes them, but because she's afraid they'll affect her blood.
Especially after hearing his views on gender and his behavior.
A shameful thought nagging at her heart made her even more unwilling to let her blood be contaminated.
In the end, having exhausted all other options, Hu Xiaoyu had no choice but to go up the mountain to find peach wood.
"I'll go with you."
"Where are you going? You're making me carry you halfway there?"
Under Gu Xixia's indifferent gaze, Hu Xiaoyu gave her a disdainful look and turned to walk up the mountain.
After reaching a certain depth and confirming that there were no surveillance cameras around, Hu Xiaoyu began to increase his speed.
With each step, you run three meters forward.
There are so many trees in the mountains and forests that it's dazzling to look at.
Fortunately, Hu Xiaoyu, being a zombie, had extensive experience with peach wood.
As for how I gained that experience, don't ask.
After searching for a long time in the mountains, I finally found a tree that was more than perfect.
Looking at the peach tree in front of me, half of it was dead and the other half had a few sparse green peaches hanging on it.
After a moment of silence, Hu Xiaoyu decided to break off a branch about the thickness of a forearm rather than kick the entire peach tree in half.
Have some decency; it's not easy for this peach tree, which is at least two hundred years old, to have survived this long.
With a little effort, even if we can't make a peach wood sword anymore, a peach wood scimitar will still work just the same.
What matters is not appearance, but essence!