Chapter 76 - Elixir of the Sages (1/2)

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There was a heavy mist in the potion lab. Lin Li was busying himself with a solemn expression on his face.

He was about to concoct the Elixir of the Sages, a true master-grade potion.

This was the first time Lin Li used a master-grade formula ever since he’d transmigrated. The previous Sobriety Potion and the Arcane Magic Potion were merely medium-grade formulas. Even the Awakening Potion that allowed Gerian to stun Old Merlin outside the Emerald Tower was only a product of a high-grade formula…

A master-grade potion that made use of the petals of the black lotus was not to be mentioned in the same breath with the other potions he had concocted before.

Even Lin Li, who was accustomed to using the Flaming Hands for heating, lit up an amethyst lamp today. This was a luxury item that a real pharmacy master was qualified to possess. The amethyst was by nature extremely sensitive to mana. By filling it with a low-level fire magical crystal, the temperature could be precisely adjusted through the use of mana.

Half a small beaker of peacebloom succus was placed on top of the lamp holder woven by the Eternal Adamantine thread.

As the temperature of the amethyst lamp rose little by little, the beaker containing the peacebloom succus gradually began to boil.

Lin Li gently swung the test tube in his hands, carefully shaking the wild steelbloom succus up. But in his heart, he was carefully calculating the time taken for the peacebloom succus to boil. The Elixir of the Sages was a fragile thing, and would not allow any room for error. If the boiling time was too long, it would lead to serious volatilization of the potion, and the effect would be greatly reduced when used. If the boiling time was too short, its mind-calming effects would not be completely achieved. A bottle of Elixir of the Sages that could predict the future would likely become a maddening lethal potion.

The wild steelbloom succus in the test tube was completely shaken up, which was also the moment when the peacebloom succus in the beaker turned from turbid to clear. Lin Li quickly poured down the succus of the wild steelbloom. The mixture of two solutions—one cold and one hot—not only fogged the potion lab, but also quieted the boiling liquid in the beaker in an instant.

The wild steelbloom grew in dark, damp places and had some medicinal properties tending towards cold. It was suitable to be used to cool the boiling peacebloom succus.

After pouring the wild steelbloom succus, Lin Li did not adjust the temperature of the amethyst lamp. According to his calculations, it would take at least 30 seconds for the liquid in the beaker to boil again.

Although 30 seconds was not long, it was enough for him to complete a bottle of the potion.

Lin Li used the silver knife in his hand and gently cut four stalks of dracaena gra.s.s into portions of equal length. And then there was another cut, and a piece of terocone was cut in half. One half of terocone and the four stalks of dracaena gra.s.s were put into the beaker at the same time, and they floated lightly in the clear liquid.

After all these, Lin Li released an Ice Blast, creating a cold mist on the potion table. The little black lotus petal was enveloped in that mist. Under the stimulation of the two distinct attributes, a hiss was heard…

The cold mist dispersed almost instantaneously, while the temperature on the potion table was still hot.

Lin Li was not fl.u.s.tered as he released another Ice Blast.