Chapter 8 Magic Potion

Author: seedless melon

Chapter 8 Magic Potion

Today, Truman stepped into a working area of ​​the potion workshop that he had never entered before.

This is a bit like a darkroom in the film age on Earth.

It also looks like a dyeing room in the handicraft era.

First, we passed through several layers of low-hanging curtains from the ceiling to the floor. One layer after another of dark curtains blocked out all natural light.

As the field of vision gradually became dark, bits and pieces of bright light spread out from inside the curtain.

Going further inside, entering all the curtains, Truman seems to have walked into the center of the universe.

Against the dark background, bright stars hang above. This mysterious and majestic scene makes Truman feel like he is in a dream.

In the background of this cold and ruthless alien city, there is indeed a human tower built by magical power hidden.

Looking carefully, Truman saw that the "stars" hanging in the high school were not "stars", but spiritual texts. They stretched across the heights like the Milky Way.

These spiritual texts are the results of Truman’s and other apprentices’ daily work.

In this 'darkroom', the 'spiritual tide' that is usually invisible becomes visible to the naked eye, thus forming this mysterious and magnificent starry sky.

Is that curtain the barrier that separates reality and magic?

The owner of the workshop walked in front, and she lifted all the curtains, and Truman followed him in.

After arriving at the core area, the owner of the workshop gave Truman a few seconds to marvel before speaking:

"Next, you have to pay attention to my actions. Making potions is very simple and can be completed by ordinary people. The key is whether you have enough 'shares'."

"Teacher, is everyone's 'share' fixed?" Truman asked.

This is the doubt that Truman has always had.

Can the ‘share’ be increased through work?

For Truman, this is true, but for other apprentices, it seems to have always maintained a state, which is reflected in their daily workload being very stable, such as Lilith.

There are even apprentices who are eliminated from the game every once in a while. Not to mention the strange death, it is an accident.

Among those who were naturally eliminated, some became insane and became lunatics, and some lost their ability and could no longer translate a spiritual text. Have their 'shares' returned to zero?

"Every situation is different. After all, everyone has different talents~" the workshop owner said, "But there is no doubt that being promoted to extraordinary will increase your 'share'. The more 'shares' you have, the less spiritual texts you can translate.

The more there are, the more magic potion formulas can be prepared."

"So, teacher, how many 'shares' do you have?" Truman asked.

This is a stupid question.

Ha~ The owner of the workshop smiled and did not answer. Instead, he started refining the potion, or in other words, mixing the potion, and talked about another topic.

She said: "Truman, if you have the ability to make magic potions, then any extraordinary person will treat you as a guest. If you master some promotion formulas, then you will become a big shot that any extraordinary organization will desire~"

I have to say that the cakes painted by the workshop owner are heart-warming.

Truman longs for Feifan, not because he knows how powerful Feifan is, he just wants to survive in another world and live well in this weird and cold world.

Of course, it would be better if we could give something back to the earth.

And the ability to learn to make potions is equivalent to being a doctor on the other side of the earth. It has extraordinary abilities and is very safe. Is there any profession that is more in line with Truman's requirements than this?

While talking, the owner of the workshop demonstrated to Truman her process of making potions.

As expected, it is not complicated. Use some basic materials as a foundation, and then integrate spiritual texts into it, so that this potion can truly acquire a spirituality beyond the ordinary.

When those little bits of spiritual text were operated by the workshop owner, they entered the medicine bottle like falling stars.

The boiling "spiritual tide" surrounds Truman like waves in the shimmering sea.

This moment was like a dream.

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After coming out of the 'pharmaceutical area', Truman didn't come back to his senses for a long time. When he realized what he should do, his first thought was to 'borrow money'.

Including the harvest from the previous seven-character "Continuous Word" task, Truman currently has 17.2 gold pounds on hand, and is still 7.8 gold pounds short of purchasing the extraordinary first-level formula of the "scholar".

But if you buy the formulas of 'artisan' and 'actor', you only need to earn another 2.8 gold pounds.

The owner of the workshop introduced to Truman that among the prerequisites of the 'Soul Refiner', the 'Scholar' is the most suitable for making magic potions.

Because of the 'Scholar' sequence, one has two 'skills' starting from the first level of Transcendence, and when upgraded to the second and third levels, additional 'skills' will be obtained.

‘Skills’ are manifestations of extraordinary power and are of great help in the process of making potions.

‘Craftsmen’ and ‘actors’ can only obtain one ‘skill’ at the first level of transcendence.

Of course, this does not mean that a sequence of two skills is necessarily more powerful than a sequence of one skill. It is just that for the knowledge of making potions, 'scholars' are more professional.

If they fight, who is stronger?

Faced with Truman's problem, the owner of the workshop warned Truman.

"Don't rush into the battle between extraordinary people, otherwise you will die very quickly."

"Of course, if you are well prepared, you can also deal with extraordinary people of the same level and get a chance to escape."

"And why fight? What can be gained by fighting? Money? Resources? We already have these. Calculate how much money and resources can be exchanged for those potions made of small parchment and black graphite juice, and you will lose

The desire to fight."

This statement is exactly what Truman wants.

So hurry up and become a real businessman...oh no, a pharmacist.

Therefore, Truman's first thought was that he didn't have enough money, so he had to raise funds first. The richest person Truman knew was Lilith.

"Ask me to borrow... 25 gold pounds?"

When Lilith heard this sentence and this number, her mouth opened in surprise, as if she had seen a monster.

Truman is not just a lion with his mouth open. In addition to the savings on hand, he still needs 7.8 gold pounds to buy the 'scholar' formula.

You will need about 15 more gold pounds to purchase the raw materials for the promotion potion, in double quantities.

The remaining few gold pounds are used for his possible living expenses. It is said that after being promoted, he will be weak for a while and unable to work.

And Lilith was rich. After Truman got to know her a little better, he realized that her working experience in the potion workshop was indeed as long as one year. The amount of work she completed every day was very stable, and she could earn 10 gold pounds a month.

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She eats very frugally. Based on Truman's consumption level, Lilith's annual food expenditure is at most 10 gold pounds.

She seems to only have one set of winter clothes, which means her consumption of clothes is very low. Regular clothes for all seasons should be estimated at 10 gold pounds each year.

At the same time, she lives at home without rent.

Excluding other expenses, Lilith will have a deposit of at least 100 gold pounds in a year.

Borrowing 25 gold pounds from Truman was completely within Lilith's affordability.

"I want to buy an extraordinary formula from the workshop owner, and then I also need to buy some pharmaceutical materials. Although this will cost 10 gold pounds more than buying the promotion potion directly, I will get a promotion formula that I can share with you."

"And just in case, these materials are doubled. If everything goes well, I can even give you a promotion potion. This is equivalent to you spending 25 gold pounds to buy a promotion potion plus the formula. What a bargain. It’s business~”

Update ~ Updated at 11 o'clock every day, students will give you points on time. It is very important to follow the reading. I also guarantee that there will be new developments and new plots in each chapter.
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