Chapter 823: Plague God’s Reincarnation? (1/2)

Lin Yun was full of confidence because, despite his current alchemy standards as an Artisan transcending the entire era, he couldn't have come up with an antidote formula for the poison of the Ancient Poison Dragon even if he went all-out.

He had found the formula for the potion that could deal with the Ancient Poison Dragon in the decaying library and had casually read through it back then, but he hadn't expected to use it now.

Moreover, the way to compound that potion was only prepared by a Saint Alchemist ten millennia later.

The main part was that this potion's main materials were those small plants in the cracks surrounding the hole. Without those small plants, it would be impossible to deal with the Ancient Poison Dragon's poison, even with the formula.

After all, the most terrifying thing about Ancient Poison Dragons was the fact that each one had poison that was different.

If there was a slight difference in the materials, detoxifying would be impossible.

That most important material for detoxification could only be found in the surroundings of an Ancient Poison Dragon's resting place.

Thus, Lin Yun's first reaction when finding the corpse of the Ancient Poison Dragon wasn't to walk forward, but rather to crazily search the surroundings.

And sure enough, he found eight stalks of Poison Dragon Grass. All of it had been collected by Lin Yun, so he wasn't afraid that someone would snatch the body of the Ancient Poison Dragon.

In any case, since no one could touch the Ancient Poison Dragon's corpse, moving it was impossible. Anyone who touched it would die. Going back to get a good understanding of the antidote before interacting with the Dragon was the logical course of action.

Lin Yun's unhesitant departure stunned Deloy. He anxiously looked at the corpse of the Ancient Poison Dragon before leaving the Poison Mist Valley.

Lin Yun didn't immediately take his group back to the pit after the Gaugass Battlemages left, but instead dispatched someone to guard the surroundings of the Poison Mist Valley. In any case, no one but the Gaugass Battlemages would go into the Poison Mist Valley.

He had found the greatest harvest of the Poison Mist Valley, but had no way to get it. He believed that the Gaugass Battlemages would also lose interest in that place eventually. Without Lin Yun's poison resistance potion, the unexplored parts of the Poison Mist Valley were quite worthless.

Lin Yun wasn't worried. After returning, he would settle in his laboratory and start compounding the antidote for the Ancient Poison Dragon's poison.

With the Poison Dragon Grass he had collected, he could compound many antidotes, and it would be an antidote that could perfectly offset the poison of that Ancient Poison Dragon. With the antidote's protection, the corpse of the Ancient Poison Dragon would be no different from an ordinary Dragon's corpse. That way, they would be able to smoothly harvest and use the corpse of the Ancient Poison Dragon to its full potential.

That formula had appeared at the peak of Noscent, and although the compounding requirements weren't especially high, it did need an Artisan. Lin Yun just happened to be an Artisan far beyond the standards of this era.

While compounding, there would be many details and complicated parts, and the Poison Dragon Grass itself was very toxic, so the compounding tools needed to be specially forged. Just forging a new set of alchemy tools took Lin Yun three days.

But while compounding the antidote, it was necessary to retain the toxicity of the Poison Dragon Grass, while also making sure that the potion wouldn't directly poison someone. This balance was very important. A small deviation and the antidote would be just like the Ancient Poison Dragon's poison, killing people with a single touch.

With the standards of this era's alchemists, if one lacked the complete formula or the compounding details, even a peak Artisan wouldn't succeed without thousands upon thousands of experiments.

That formula came from a Saint Alchemist. The skills that such a powerhouse casually used, as well as his detailed and accurate machine-like work, wasn't something an Artisan could compare to.

Thus, as Lin Yun compounded, he was on edge as if he was facing an enemy. Not only did he keep his mana active so that he could react at a moment's notice, but he also kept a specially forged thirty-centimeter-thick Steel Essence Shield at his side, and he could hide behind it immediately. That thick shield could delay the poison for at least a second.

That time would be enough for Lin Yun to escape.

After all, that Poison Dragon Grass had grown from absorbing the essence of the Ancient Poison Dragon's poison. For an ordinary person, touching it was no different from touching the Ancient Poison Dragon itself. They would die an ugly death.

Lin Yun worked rapidly and accurately with the efficiency of a machine for a dozen continuous hours. He broke down this work into hundreds of small steps and procedures and followed the compounding method to quickly compound the potion.

Crush to paste, dissolve, use centrifugal force, dialyze, counteract, catalyze...

After a series of operations that could make an Artisan's eyes blur, it took ten hours to successfully compound a few bottles of antidote.

Looking at the few bottles on the tablet, Lin Yun sighed in relief and almost went limp on the ground.

These few potion bottles represented the peak of his level. If he hadn't known the formula and compounding process in advance, he wouldn't have been able to compound them.

Despite this, he had to keep going until the end.