ALL NOVEL Chapter 56 New Life
Xia Zuo was stunned.
Unexpectedly, after all calculations, the only flaw was on his face.
Evil old man...you have to take the blame.
"Well...it's a long story. Let's talk as we go."
Xia Zuo took Anru'er to the outside of the store, walked on the road, and explained his abnormality in a few sentences.
"...It is precisely because the potion I drank in the cave gave me good recovery ability that the fire-breathing potion did not leave any scars on my mouth."
"So that's it." An Ru'er nodded her head up and down, "I really envy you."
She raised her hand and rubbed the other person's face gently, "It feels so smooth and elastic."
Seeing that her little hand couldn't stop, Xia Zuo took out a bottle of medicine from his robe pocket:
"What do you think this is?"
Anruer took the potion bottle, opened the cork and smelled it, "Is it the fire-breathing potion?"
"Yep."
Under the brilliant afterglow of the setting sun, Xia Zuo stopped and turned around to face each other, "So, beautiful lady, are you willing to watch my fire-breathing performance? Tonight, there will only be two of us by the lake of the school. "
"I'm willing~" Anruer capped the bottle, opened her arms and hugged him, burying her face on his chest, "I'm very willing~"
"Then it's settled. We'll sit in the restaurant until dark, and then go to the lake."
"Okay~"
The two of them strolled down the street and walked slowly towards the school.
Anru'er didn't seem to realize why the fire-breathing performance was tonight, and Xia Zuo was secretly happy when she saw this. Since the audience cooperates, the show will be even better tonight.
…
7pm.
The night sky is deep, dotted with stars, and the white crescent moon is reflected on the rippling lake.
Xia Zuo and Anruer walked a short distance along the stone path illuminated by the alchemy lights, stepped onto the grass and came to the lake.
There is a lakeshore paved with rocks and pebbles at your feet, some distance away from the grass, so you don’t have to worry about accidentally igniting the grass during the fire-breathing performance.
Not far behind the two men, a surveillance guard floated silently.
The Castle Rules do not say that fire-breathing performances are prohibited within the school grounds.
Dim has nothing to do with Xia Zuo's performance. Maybe after tonight, Deem will add this to the Castle Code.
Xia Zuo glanced around.
There was no one else around.
He asked Anruer beside him to stand a little further away, took out a bottle of potion from his pocket and poured it into his mouth.
Next, light a match and use the match to light the torch.
"Pfft~"
"Huh~"
White flames appeared before his eyes, lighting up the surrounding grass.
"Wow" Anruer clasped her hands in front of her chest and stared at the pure white flame with her mouth half-opened.
Xia Zuo hadn't breathed fire for a long time, but his lung capacity had not shrunk. The white flame lasted for nearly twenty seconds before disappearing.
He changed the potion and sprayed flames of different colors one after another. White, red, purple, green,…
Anru'er was immersed in the close-up observation, always maintaining the same posture, staring blankly at the various flames flying on the lake.
Xia Zuo wiped the water stains from the corners of his mouth.
The torches are dimming and the fire is about to go out.
He looked at Anruer, smiled and said:
"Let me guess, is this the color you like..."
He poured the last potion into his mouth.
"Pfft~"
"Huh~"
The aqua-blue blazing flames shot upward, like a fountain spraying water columns into the sky.
"It's this color..." An Ru'er's eyes flickered, "How do you know..."
Xia Zuo sprayed out the last sip of the potion, and the water-blue flame suddenly burst out with a stronger light, and then dissipated in the air.
"Hehe. What do you think?"
He wiped the corners of his mouth, put away the torch and the matches that fell to the ground, and said at the same time:
"Do you still remember what happened at the testing station in Rosak City? You walked to the curtain, and Thales asked you to choose one of the two glass bottles, and you chose the aqua blue one."
Anruer hugged her, "You are so kind to me, you even remember this."
Xia Zuo stroked her hair and whispered in her ear:
"Happy birthday."
The delicate body in her arms stiffened for a moment, then trembled slightly, and small words like sobs came out intermittently:
"Thank you, Xia Zuo. How did you know...I can't even remember myself."
People in this world also have the habit of celebrating birthdays.
Just like the situation in the previous life, as age increases, the date of birthday becomes more and more blurred, and people gradually forget this special day in the toil of day and night.
But if someone can remember their birthday and take action to celebrate it, everyone will be more fond of the other person.
"The tutor has a roster of students. I found out about it from him."
Xia Zuo patted her back, took out a small box from his pocket and handed it to her:
"This is a birthday gift. Open it and take a look."
Anruer covered her mouth in surprise and stared at the small square box with trembling eyes.
She opened the lid of the box, and inside was a string with several small aqua gemstones strung on it, "This is..."
Xia Zuo knew that it was easy for people to misunderstand that such a small box contained a ring.
Actually, this is not the case.
"This is a hair rope." Xia Zuo suppressed a smile and watched her put the rope on her slender wrist.
"Oh, I told you earlier..." Anruer patted the other person's chest gently, raised her hand to take off the black rope ring on the ponytail, and put on a new hair rope, "Does it look good?"
"Good-looking." Xia Zuo hugged her waist, "Then, are you willing..."
"I do." Anruer answered first, hooking her arms around his neck with a confused look in her eyes.
"From today on, we are officially dating." Xia Zuo stopped the other party's lips in time and looked in the direction of the surveillance guards and onlookers.
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He planned to just skip it.
"Okay. It's done. Let's go back. Well...it's still early. I'm going to go to the poison refining area and practice refining poisons."
Xia Zuo took the initiative to change the topic, put his right hand on the other person's waist and walked towards the castle.
Anruer leaned into her boyfriend's arms, "When is your birthday?"
Xia Zuo looked at the lights of the castle and blinked, "I can't remember clearly. I have to ask my mentor."
…
Poison Alchemy Zone.
Xia Zuo sent Anruer into the corridor of the dormitory and walked in alone.
He spent a month compressing the time for refining the powder of black eye poison from the initial 1 hour and 20 minutes to about 1 hour now.
He planned to study the connection method between various alchemical links and the way he moved between the alchemical equipment.
After the refining time of this powder is completely stabilized within 1 hour, start refining the next refined powder.
This learning sequence is the same as that of the trainee level.
The refining difficulty ranges from simple to complex, and the refined powders of white palate poison, black eye poison, brown foot poison, Venus poison and green bone poison are refined in order.
When approaching the basic alchemy room, Xia Zuo walked lightly and unexpectedly saw his mentor sitting at the desk, controlling three pens and writing on three notepads at the same time.
"You came."
Kurov raised his head. The three pens paused.
"Come, come and sit. I happen to have something to tell you."
"Good evening, professor." Xia Zuo walked quickly to the chair and sat down. His intuition told him that his tutor was in a good mood today.
"Look at these."
Kulov controlled three albums and placed them on the table:
"This is the album for the next freshmen of Poison Alchemy. In one month, they will arrive at the school. At that time, you will be responsible for teaching them the contents of the apprentice level."
"Ah I?"
Xia Zuo straightened his waist and looked at the album in front of him with wide eyes.
Kulov put his hands on the table, fingers facing each other:
"Yes, that's right. It's you who teach them. You see, we don't have elemental servants here. Unlike other alchemy areas, elemental servants can be used to teach new students. Here, only you can serve as the assistant teacher."
"identity…"
Xia Zuo read the word carefully...could it be said that teaching assistant is also a part-time job.
Being a teaching assistant will definitely squeeze out time for refining the poison.
But if the teaching assistant can provide new ways to gain experience, then you can try it first.
Xia Zuo pointed to the [Gender] column on the first album and said:
"Professor, girls...oh, no, I don't mean to discriminate against women. I just want to ask, can women's physical fitness afford to try drugs?"
There was another thing on his mind that he didn't say.
Black Eye Poison is a poison that produces visual hallucinations.
Leave aside those little dots of light floating out of your body.
In the visual hallucination effect, the hallucinations that everyone can see are different and have nothing to do with the will attribute.
In Xia Zuo's case, things in front of him were distorted and spinning. Anruer, like him, also sees distorted lines.
Mason and Brandon were more unlucky.
One of them will see dense, expanding black spots.
Another is when everything in sight changes into the shape of a banana.
When he first tried the poison, Mason was so frightened by the dense black spots that he twitched, while Brandon held his forearm and licked it obsessively.
After trying the black eye poison several times, Mason and Brandon's symptoms gradually worsened and they overturned many glass bottles containing the poison.
Before they were about to cause more trouble in the vision, Kulov transferred them to the discipline of potion alchemy.
Generally speaking, boys are more serious about this kind of embarrassing things, and they will be over when they are over.
But girls are more sensitive, and among the incoming freshmen, there is only one girl.
By then, if something embarrassing happens, it may be difficult to end...
"Don't worry. When the freshmen try drinking the black eye poison for the first time, I will be watching. If they don't see distorted lines, I will directly transfer them to other subjects."
Kulov took out a wooden box from the drawer and put it in front of the other party:
"Open it and drink the potion inside. After drinking, you can continue to test the potion. Otherwise, the pile of poisons on the shelf will kill you."
"Oh, yes, Professor."
I can finally test the medicine~I can finally harvest experience~
Xia Zuo picked up the potion bottle with a calm expression, threw out the detection technique, and carefully examined the crystal blue potion in the bottle with the light of the alchemy lamp.
[Prop name] Unknown
[Prop type] Unknown
[Item Level] Unknown
[Prop quality] Unknown
【Associated Resistance】Unknown
[Props Description] The producer is unknown.
[Props Effect]
After drinking it, it is expected to increase the vitality attribute by 2 points.
(Failed to obtain more information due to insufficient [knowledge reserve].)
ah? Did the slap in the face come so quickly?
It was only in the afternoon that I came to the conclusion that there is no alchemical product that enhances vitality.
Saw you here tonight? !
No wonder Kulov's vitality attribute can exceed 5 points, it must be the effect of this potion.
Xia Zuo noticed a tiny red thread swimming in the crystal blue potion.
He glanced at the instructor who controlled the three pens and knew that the other person would not tell him what they were, so he uncorked the potion bottle and drank the potion.
Xia Zuo licked his lips. The potion had no taste and there was no movement on his body.
There is no such thing as a wave of heat all over the body and black mud on the skin.
The message from Goldfinger came to my mind:
"Successfully taking the unknown potion, the vitality attribute increases by 2 points, and 150 experience points are gained.
"[Level] LV.12
"[Experience] 350+150→500/1600
"[Free Attribute Points] 5
"[Vitality] 14+2→16
"[HP] 45+2+3→50
"[Basic blood recovery speed]
"0.12 o'clock/minute (7 o'clock/hour)"
150 experience points!
It's equivalent to memorizing three or four books and drinking dozens of homemade poisons!
This kind of experience reward is extremely rich, and it will also directly give attribute points to the potion. Can you get two more potions?
Xia Zuo suppressed his inner excitement, put the medicine bottle back, and closed the wooden box. "Professor, I don't have any feeling about the use of this medicine."
"The toxicity has been removed, so of course you won't feel it. Do you want to roll on the ground in pain? The price of this potion is enough to buy two streets of shops.
"As for the use of this potion...just think of it as it can remove the toxins deposited in the body. You will know when you become a skilled poison alchemist and prepare to be promoted to the expert level."
Kurov continued without raising his head:
"Read the three picture books. I will first write down the precautions for you as a teaching assistant to avoid making mistakes. You go back later today and I will say hello to Dim. We have to discuss the teaching matters of these three freshmen. .”
"Yes, Professor."
Xia Zuo lowered his head and looked at the album, hearing the sound of continuous writing in his ears.
I didn't expect it, I didn't expect that I would have to take care of new students after only one year in school.
Hey, I wonder if there is any salary?
He didn't spend too much time in fantasy. He looked forward to the status bonus of the assistant teacher for a while, and then settled down to read the freshman picture book.
The process for enrolling students at Starry Night Academy is registration, background review, affinity test, spiritual ocean test, and admission.
The two tests come after the background check. Anyone with unknown origins, tainted resumes, or flaws in character will not be eligible for the test.
Therefore, every freshmen is the best among the same age group. The same is true for the three new students of Poison Alchemy this time.
Two boys, one named Huo Qi, came from Yenan Province. The other was called Bisange and came from the province of Sbreer. Both are 19 years old, one year older than Xia Zuo.
Judging from the resume recorded in the album, Hotch's father was the owner of several mines, and his acquired affinity was earth resistance.
The family has a mine and a lot of wealth. The supply of books is definitely not small, and the spiritual ocean will naturally not be bad.
His performance in the Spirit Ocean test session was outstanding. In the third minute when I put my palm on the mouth of the glass bottle, there was almost no pain reaction, and it only took more than ten seconds to enter a calm state.
Probably, his mental attribute is 12 points, or 13 points?
If it weren't for the acquired affinity for earth resistance, Hodge might have been snatched away by the Elemental Embodiment discipline.
Much inferior to Sanger. Born as an ordinary person, his spiritual ocean is only just right.
Judging from his study and examination experience this semester, Bisanger is a cannon fodder type of student.
It's a blunt statement, a bit harsh, but it's true.
For such students, the biggest gain is to enter a school for two years and then return to their original living environment to get a better job.
His next generation will have a better growing environment and more books to support them, and they will be more likely to stay in school and continue their studies.
This is probably the deep-seated intention of the school to spend resources and recruit acquired affinity students on a large scale, thereby invisibly increasing the output rate of acquired affinity students throughout the kingdom.
After all, the vision of an institution is different from that of an individual. You must take a long-term view of everything. Just like hundreds of years ago, the natural forest was cut down and alchemical trees were planted to drive away wild beasts.
These are just speculations made by Xia Zuo based on his experiences in his previous life. Any similarity is purely coincidental.
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