Chapter 54 The Missing Potion
11:40 p.m.
The high-level alchemy table was cleaned spotlessly.
Xia Zuo scrubbed the rag in the clear pool and pulled the water change rope ring.
The sewage with floating stains flows into the drain at the bottom of the pool, and clear water flows in from the small holes in the wall of the pool.
He dried the rag and hung it on the hook beside the sink. He turned around and picked up the poison bottle on the shelf and walked to the corridor.
The refined powder of Black Eye Poison requires 4 basic toxins, and the refining workload is greater than yesterday.
I tried it once this morning and it took a total of 1 hour and 20 minutes to make a bottle of perfect quality refined powder.
Now, this bottle of refined powder has been added to the black eye poison.
[Item name] Black-eyed poison·1 refining
[Prop type] Poison
[Item level] Apprentice level→Entry level
[Props Quality] Completeness 100%, perfect
[Related Resistance] Four lines of resistance
It is expected that after the resistance of all four series reaches 2%, the impact of this prop on the host will be significantly reduced.
[Props Description] The producer is Xia Zuo.
[Props Effect]
After drinking this poison, you will get 2 layers of vision effects and 2 layers of deafness effects, which last for 0.67 (0.66) minutes.
After refining the poison, the instructor did not allow the poison to be tested.
Xia Zuo didn't drink them on his own initiative.
He returned to the basic alchemy room and put the poison bottle in his hand on the shelf, keeping it with yesterday's poison.
There are 9 bottles of white palate poison's refined powder on the shelf, 1 bottle of white palate poison (1 refining), and 1 bottle of black eye poison (1 refining) that was just put on it.
You have to find an opportunity to consume these poisons and actually turn them into experience.
Xia Zuo glanced at the figure in the soft sofa and quietly walked out of the poison alchemy area.
…
The years flow in a regular schedule.
About a month passed.
Today is Saturday. Classes will be as normal in the morning. The afternoon, evening and next day are rest times.
At noon.
Xia Zuo came to the basic alchemy room with the refining results.
The poison bottles are piling up on the shelves. Had to clear out some clutter and store the entry-level poison separately.
The shelf was almost full, but Kulov still didn't offer to let students try the medicine. Whenever Xia Zuo brought it up, he would laugh, find excuses to change the topic, and then start meditating on his own.
Tutor, what's going on? ...Xia Zuo stood on the shelf and sighed silently.
It feels so uncomfortable to see so much experience in front of you but not be able to harvest it.
If it were not for the experience provided by the books in the library, the experience gained this month would be a big zero.
How about... secretly drink a bottle to relieve the cough and test how much experience you have?
Xia Zuo licked his lips hungrily.
Forget it, don’t lose a big deal for a small amount of money. Bear with it a little longer. When the cabinet is full, I can persuade the instructor to let me try the medicine.
He left the poison alchemy area with brisk steps and arrived at the castle hall before 12 noon to meet Anruer who was waiting here.
In the life of the university, there is no shortage of food, clothing, housing and transportation. For Xia Zuo, such days are very comfortable.
But Anruer is different.
She is a girl, and in addition to her basic needs in life, she also has additional needs brought about by her gender.
Especially when you are in contact with unpleasant-smelling oils day and night, this additional need becomes more urgent.
About two days ago, Anruer suddenly noticed wrinkles on her face. After refining the oil day and night for a long time, the tear troughs became much deeper. If the castle administrator hadn't forced him to go to bed at 10pm, the dark circles would have appeared long ago.
Although the number of wrinkles is small and the lines are very shallow, they still attract full attention.
Her first reaction was to seek help from the senior sister in Pharmacy and Alchemy.
The other party told her that the school did have functional medicines for skin care and wrinkle repair. But the lowest grade potion of just right quality requires 20 gold coins per bottle.
When Anruer heard the price, she was both shocked and hopeful.
With her stable income, it was only a matter of time before she could buy this potion.
Now, I can only settle for the next best thing and go outside the school to buy some things recommended by seniors to resist the damage caused by oils to the skin.
"Come on, come on~"
Anruer took her little boyfriend's arm and said:
"Let's have lunch quickly, and then go for a walk on the street. The senior sister said that there must be a lot of people in that store today, and we have to go there quickly, otherwise the items will be sold out."
Xia Zuo was pulled away by the other party. The two of them each had a portion of tomato minced meat noodles, then hurriedly walked through the gate of the school, walked on the spacious avenue in front of the gate, turned a few corners, and arrived in front of a beautifully decorated shop.
The entrance of this store is decorated with green vines on the door rails and door frames.
A variety of flowers are placed in the front hall, and the blooming flower bushes are used as fences for aisles and display cabinets.
The three-story house is built of milky white wood, with a surface as smooth as crystal jade.
This kind of rare wood is not a product of the Starry Night Kingdom.
Also, wood itself is flammable.
Xia Zuo walked closer to the doorpost in front of the door and smelled it, smelling the faint smell of fire retardant oil.
As you can imagine, the entire wooden building materials of the house are impregnated with fire-retardant oil. The strong floral fragrance in the shop covers up the smell of oil very well.
The front hall is full of flowers. People who come to this store for the first time will think that it is a flower shop.
Xia Zuo's eyes followed the doorpost, and the name of the bronzing shop came into view:
【Flower Protection
——Jinjinghua Skin Care Products Store】
In the lower right corner of the signboard, a line of words is engraved in a smaller font:
[Golden Wattle Sisters, Starry Night City Branch]
The Golden Wattle Sisters are an association of herbal alchemists from the Eastern Continent. No wonder they are wealthy.
Within the Alchemy School, there are organizations of different sizes, large and small.
There are actually relatively few academic organizations like Starry Night Academy. Generally, there is at most one in each kingdom.
The most common is the Alchemist Guild.
The school pays attention to cultivating mage apprentices, is strict in entering and exiting, and has strict requirements on the behavioral norms of its members.
Although the Alchemist Guild has an internal department to train alchemists, its purpose is purely commercial profit.
The membership review of the Alchemist Association is based on registration.
As long as the teacher is reputable and has no bad records, you can register and join after paying a deposit. Regardless of food, drink or accommodation, they only provide a way to make money and at most charge some handling fees.
The Golden Wattle Sisterhood is one such organization.
Its members are all women.
Secondly, one must have entry-level herbal alchemy in order to qualify for membership.
There are specializations in the art, and each organization of the alchemy school has its own area of expertise.
Starry Night Academy divides disciplines based on alchemical products.
If an alchemical product has positive effects and can be taken, it is potion alchemy.
It has positive effects but cannot be taken, that is oil alchemy.
It can be taken, but it has negative effects, that is poison alchemy.
It cannot be taken and has positive or negative effects, that is the alchemy of strange objects.
Within Starry Night Academy, there are three branches of Strange Object Alchemy, two branches of Potion Alchemy, and only one branch each of Poison and Oil Alchemy.
It is not difficult to see from the number of branches that rare objects and pharmaceutical alchemy are the two subjects that Starry Night Academy is best at.
The Sisterhood of the Golden Wattle specializes in herbal alchemy.
As long as there are herbs in the raw materials, she will be involved.
The emblem carved on the signboard is a legendary medicinal herb - Golden Wattle.
It resembles a blooming rose.
There are raised short thorns on the flower branches and petals, and the edges of the petals are serrated. The stamens and petals are golden, and the color of the stamens is lighter, close to golden white.
Having an admirable and charming appearance, and at the same time having enough strength to protect oneself, this is the belief conveyed by the Golden Wattle emblem.
Xia Zuo looked away from the emblem, his eyes lingered on the clerk's soft waist for a moment, and then he noticed the metal dagger buckled on his belt.
He glanced at the situation in the store. Both the customers and the clerks were female. It would be awkward for a male creature to walk in.
"I'll go somewhere else and come back to you later."
"Yeah, yeah~" Anruer nodded, her eyes attracted by the crystal clear glass bottles on the display cabinet, "Go ahead, go ahead. I'll wait for you here."
Xia Zuo watched the other party walk in absent-mindedly, and shrugged his shoulders indifferently.
He threw the detecting technique at the glass bottle on the display cabinet, looked at the price again, secretly smacked his tongue, turned and walked to the other end of the street.
As he walked on the road, he reached for the money bag in the pocket of his robe. There were about 31 silver dollars in it, which was private money accumulated during the circus career.
Just enough to buy the cheapest skin care products from Golden Wattle Pharmacy…
Well, in order to complete tonight's plan, the fire-breathing show has to make its appearance again after a long absence.
The oil alchemy area has the props needed for the fire-breathing performance. But those things are, after all, Professor Zhuo Lang's personal belongings. Not suitable for use.
Why not go to the store and use your own money to buy fire-breathing chemicals and solvents.
Xia Zuo opened the door and walked into Xingye Pharmacy.
The elderly shop owner was sitting behind the display cabinet. He looked up and saw the starry night robe. He smiled kindly and invited customers to take a look.
Don’t imagine there will be a discount.
The income from Starry Night Pharmacy will be handed over to Starry Night Academy and then used for the expenses of the academy. After returning to school, I eat a few more steaks in the restaurant and I get back all the money I spent today.
Xia Zuo chatted with the boss for a few words, then walked around slowly in front of the display cabinet.
The content recorded in [Knowledge Reserve] is different from the past. It is several times richer than when I first visited Xingye Pharmacy two years ago.
The information returned by the detection technique when dropped on the glass bottle is no longer a simple sentence.
Xia Zuo found the gorgeous velvet box and used detection on the potion bottle on the red cushion.
[Item name] Perfect recovery potion
[Type of props] Injury medicine and supplements
[Item Level] Master Level
[Props Quality] Completeness 100%, perfect
[Related Resistance] Water Resistance
[Props Description] The producer is unknown.
[Props Effect]
After drinking it, 100 blood points will be restored instantly.
Xia Zuo moved lightly and used detection techniques on these potions that had no side effects.
They are all tied to water resistance only.
The same goes for gelatinous satiety potions, universal detoxifying potions, and slightly addictive painkillers.
Xia Zuo looked at the dark red display cabinet. Here are potions specially designed for breathing method practitioners.
Among them, only one agent is not toxic.
[Item name] Weak body repair potion
[Prop Type] Functional Potion
[Item level] Entry level
[Props Quality] Completeness 100%, perfect
[Related Resistance] Water Resistance
[Props Description] The producer is unknown.
[Props Effect]
After drinking it, the body's hidden injuries are repaired extremely slowly, which can reduce the negative effects caused by breathing methods. The effect lasts for 30 days. Repeated drinking within the duration will not enhance the curative effect.
The weak body repair potion is not of high quality. An entry-level potion alchemist can make it.
The hard part is the recipe.
There is no information about it in the academy, so it is impossible to refine it yourself.
Xia Zuo originally wanted to contract Audrey and the others for the body repair potion, but now it seems that this is not feasible.
He turned his gaze sideways with regret and stared at the next potion.
[Item name] Weak strength burst potion
[Prop Type] Functional Potion
[Item level] Entry level
[Props Quality] Completeness 100%, perfect
[Related Resistance 1] Water Resistance
[Related Resistance 2] Earth Resistance
[Props Description] The producer is unknown.
[Props Effect]
After drinking it, the strength attribute will be increased by 1 to 3 points within 30 seconds. You can drink up to 3 bottles within 1 hour, otherwise you will fall into a state of mild poisoning. If you drink this potion without practicing breathing techniques, you will fall into a moderate poisoning state and will have no other effects.
Sure enough.
As long as it is related to toxicity, it will be related to earth resistance.
Xia Zuo suspected that the characteristics of the earth element may include "poisonous", "poisonous", or similar things.
He silently wrote down this inspiration and continued to explore the remaining potions.
There are many kinds of medicines that can improve physical fitness in a short period of time.
Strength, agility, endurance, perception, and will, each of these five attributes has corresponding explosive potions.
It is very consistent with the characteristics of the breathing method - strengthening the body of the practitioner.
The only disadvantage of the breathing method is that the hidden wounds left during the first practice can only be solved with body repair medicine.
Xia Zuo speculated that the hidden damage should be a negative effect of deducting the upper limit of blood volume or vitality value.
In other words, the breathing method is to sacrifice vitality in exchange for the improvement of the other five attributes.
If he had not entered school, he would have practiced breathing techniques at the age of 18.
Hidden wounds will not be a concern.
[Immortal Body] says, "Any injury will be repaired by itself as the blood volume increases."
The hidden injuries caused by the breathing method only affect the body. In other words, the hidden damage can be eliminated by returning the blood to full.
But, then again.
Why is there no Vitality Burst Potion?
Xia Zuo stood there, blinking in confusion, realizing that he had discovered a blind spot in potion alchemy.
Vitality provides the upper limit of blood volume and the speed of blood recovery.
Blood recovery can be achieved through supplements.
What about the upper limit of blood volume?
Why is there no potion that temporarily or permanently increases the upper limit of blood volume?
Xia Zuo walked around the display cabinet.
This is really the case. In the entire store, the only thing related to vitality are supplements.
The body repair potion is used to repair hidden injuries. It only restores the deducted upper limit of blood volume and does not substantially increase the upper limit of blood volume.
Could it be that the Alchemy School has not thoroughly studied vitality and produced a potion that increases the upper limit of blood volume?
Xia Zuo remembered Goldfinger’s definition of vitality:
[Vitality is the inner source of life. 】
As long as the source does not dry up, life will never end. Increasing vitality is, in some ways, tantamount to extending life.
Even the ancient emperors of the previous life were obsessed with extending their lives.
Do the princes and nobles of this world have similar thoughts? Do the mages have similar thoughts?
For a moment, Xia Zuo's thoughts fell into a quagmire.
He reviewed all the teaching materials in [Knowledge Reserve].
None of them involve increasing the upper limit of blood volume.
How strange.
How about checking out other pharmacies? Maybe, it's just that the alchemy of Starry Night Academy does not involve the upper limit of blood volume.
Xia Zuo slapped his head and drove the complicated thoughts out of his mind.
He went to the shop owner, bought a few bottles of fire-breathing potion, stuffed it into his pocket, opened the shop door and returned to the bustling street.
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