"Ah, I see the first ingredient right there - I will pick it carefully so I do not damage it," mumbled Poropo as he went to pick the red fern within the East Forest near Magnolia. The first of three ingredients had been successfully found and picked.
"Now I just need to find two more - the alchemist said the blue lichen would be trickier...oh Iron Deity..." Poropo began praying he would find the ingredients swiftly in order to earn a swift reward - this job was cheap but peaceful. As long as the monk did not encounter any rabid animals he would be happy.
Poropo wandered around in search of any fallen and rotting logs - not just any tree or log would do. The log would have to be old enough for lichen to start growing at the bottom - an undisturbed, old log. Fortunately, the second ingredient was quickly found as well with the upturning of a few logs. However, Poropo did feel a bit sad picking such a rare fungus, "Oh Iron Deity, please bless with beautiful forest with a healthy abundance of blue lichen to replace this fallen lichen."
The devote monk prayed for the rest of the rare lichen in this forest and moved on to try and find the third ingredient - the most difficult of the three ingredients to find would be a red-leafed vine. Red leaves on a vine are the result of an illness so instead of being rare for any specific location or growing behavior these red-leafed vines were rare for being sick, "I will likely not feel bad for picking these vines, hah hah hah!"