That was what she said, anyway.
But Lan Qingyou knew exactly how massive her current workload was. Even if those tasks were child’s play, they still required time to complete.
Shang Chuan moved quickly, delivering the seawater and kelp to Lan Qingyou in no time.
However, knowing it was for Gu Xiaobei’s seasonings, he had prepared quite a large amount.
There was no helping it; one didn't need to look closely to see how well Gu Xiaobei’s business was doing. Just a glance at the number of new listings on the exchange every day told the story.
The crux of it was that those people would claim they wouldn't eat bugs while snatching them up faster than anyone else.
Once she had the materials, Lan Qingyou sprang into action.
She placed barrels of seawater and kelp onto the newly drawn separation and synthesis alchemy circles.
As for the tent, Ruan Qingyi was handling that. Lan Qingyou only needed to wait for the finished product and then conduct her experiments.
Salt.
This seemingly unremarkable substance was not only in high demand for Gu Xiaobei but was also used in alchemy.
In the later stages, her demand might even exceed Gu Xiaobei’s.
In Albert’s words, 【Salt is the base color of alchemy】.
Although Lan Qingyou couldn't fully grasp that yet, it didn't stop her from knowing the alchemy circle to produce it.
Of course, the salt used in alchemy wasn't the ordinary sea salt that could be casually refined from seawater.
Lan Qingyou spent the entire afternoon wrestling with seawater and kelp.
Ultimately, she extracted over three hundred jin of salt and about two hundred jin of MSG from the materials Shang Chuan had sent.
It wasn't a lot, but it wasn't a small amount either.
In terms of efficiency, it was merely mediocre.
Lan Qingyou had originally intended to extract a thousand jin in half a day, but she only managed five or six hundred, barely reaching half of her expectations.
Was her expectation too optimistic, or were her hands and feet just not nimble enough?
Oh, right—her feet definitely weren't nimble.
Feeling a bit deflated, Lan Qingyou looked at her legs and clicked her tongue, then sent the seasonings over to Gu Xiaobei.
To her, these things were just a minor effort. She didn't even mention money, just as Gu Xiaobei sent her three meals a day plus late-night snacks.
They both just did it with a tacit understanding.
Moreover, she had done this during the gap while waiting for Ruan Qingyi to finish the tent.
It was just a side task.
After Lan Qingyou sent the items, she finished dinner with Steel Wool, who had long since woken up and was scurrying around the stone slabs on the third floor playing with the magic rats like a free-range chicken. Only then did Ruan Qingyi finally deliver a tent.
This tent was still made of Magic Pattern Cloth, but it was much more vibrant than the previous one.
It was purple, and the magic patterns on it were more prominent, feeling noticeably textured to the touch.
Ruan Qingyi had really spared no expense on this.
Lan Qingyou felt the tent and nodded, then began to set it up.
It was only after the tent was pitched that Lan Qingyou realized how large it was.
It was rectangular, about 10 meters long and 5 meters wide, covering a full fifty square meters.
The Tower: “Isn't it a bit on the large side?”
The Star: “Not at all. When you're in the wild, it's inevitable to encounter mana turbulence or mana tides. If you really get caught in one, having a bit more space means you won't be bored out of your mind while stuck inside.”
That was true.
Lan Qingyou couldn't always time her trips perfectly to return before a storm. The probability of encountering mana turbulence or mana tides wasn't zero.
The Star: “Also, look around inside. I’ve prepared moisture-proof mats and other gear for you.”
Hearing this, Lan Qingyou searched the interior of the tent as instructed.
She really did find quite a few things.
Moisture-proof mats, waterproof bags, trekking poles, sleeping bags, pillows, towels, sun hats, umbrellas, and even a set of bedding similar to a light quilt.
It was a complete set of everything a tailor could possibly offer.
The Star: “I’ve also already enchanted the tent with Basic Constant Temperature and Basic Defense. Just be careful when you're drawing the magic shield circuits and it'll be fine. As for the other one, I'll finish it tomorrow. I'm going to rest now.”
Now, that was professional.
She hadn't even specified what she needed, yet the other party had prepared everything and even given her a kind reminder.
With Ruan Qingyi’s heads-up, Lan Qingyou would naturally be more careful while drawing.
After all, who wouldn't love a temperature-controlled tent that came with its own defense?
So, while Ruan Qingyi went offline to rest, Lan Qingyou brought out the ink she had brewed earlier.
Thanks to the Softening Potion, the Thorium that had been thoroughly mixed into the liquid hadn't hardened upon contact with the air. At most, it had become a bit dry from sitting out.
By mixing in a bit of Spring of Repose, the Thorium Ink was ready for use again.
Holding the crystal pen, Lan Qingyou walked into the tent with the ink.
After twirling the pen a few times, she dipped the hard tip into the ink and began to paint with flourish inside the tent.
With her previous study and practice, Lan Qingyou was now very familiar with drawing magic circuits.
It was just slightly troublesome because she had to avoid the existing enchantments.
She worked late into the night before the magic circuits were finally completed.
Normally, magic circuits were colorless because they were drawn using pure mana.
However, because Lan Qingyou’s skills weren't refined enough and she had used Thorium Ink as an aid, the entire interior of the tent looked incredibly gaudy due to the magic patterns and circuits.
It had a distinct vibe of graffiti about it.
But what could she do? Her own craftsmanship just wasn't up to par.
Nodding in satisfaction, Lan Qingyou finally went to wash up and sleep. She climbed out of bed early the next morning, dismantled the tent, and took it outside to set it up.
Normally, pitching a large tent like this would be extremely difficult for one person.
But Lan Qingyou’s talent allowed her to reduce weight.
Setting up a tent that weighed dozens of jin was effortless when its weight was effectively zero.
The only minor drawback was that this tent couldn't recover its own energy points like a shelter could.
Once dismantled, she would have to refill the shield with mana potions or mana crystals to increase its energy after the next setup.
Fortunately, perhaps due to the materials or the fact that she and Ruan Qingyi had developed it together, the tent had a full 100,000 energy points.
Just looking at it, it could stand firm in a mana tide for twenty-seven or twenty-eight hours without doing anything.
Even Lan Qingyou wasn't sure how it had reached that number.
After all, her expectation had been 50,000 points, and this was double that.
After pouring a pot of mana potion into the core in the center of the tent to activate it, Lan Qingyou stepped outside.
She pulled out her cards and an Explosion Potion at the same time.
Boom!
As the Explosion Potion detonated beside the tent, Lan Qingyou clearly saw the perimeter of the tent light up.
Quick hands win the prize.
Lan Qingyou immediately snapped a picture and posted it to the group as proof.
Rate on N.U.
