It was already afternoon when Wiltok left, and it was just evening when he returned to the Adventurer's House Hotel in Braun Town. The fat cook Sarah dragged him to look left and right to make sure he had lost weight, then prepared a table full of meals and insisted on watching Wiltok finish them.
Wiltok's mind is still immature, and he always follows his own temperament in everything he does. This time when he returned to Braun Town, he didn't even say hello to Mayor Mine and left immediately. The purpose of his return was of course to find Dr. Cole to discuss the source blood potion.
According to his style, he should go to Cole's Pharmacy tonight. However, before Wiltok opened his eyes, all he heard was Sarah's voice, so much so that his accent was very similar to Sarah's, and the first person he saw was also Sarah. He always feels safe around the fat cook.
It can be said that Sarah is currently the only person who can make Wiltok change his mind.
Sarah said he had lost weight, and Vertok really felt like he had lost weight. It was just the table full of sumptuous dishes that made Wiltok frown. Even if his appetite increased, he still couldn't finish it all by himself.
So, Huck, John and several other bodyguards helped Wiltok, and then called Boss Bottom over for a meal. Don't talk while eating. It took more than an hour to finally put together the feast prepared by Sarah and the kitchen servants. Eliminate it cleanly.
Boss Bottom ate the most, until his face turned blue. Vertok would ask him if he was sick. Huck, however, hugged the bottle, hiccupped and said with a smile that Boss Bottom was not sick, he just had a heartache.
Isn't heartache considered illness?
Wiltok couldn't understand it, but what surprised him even more was that Boss Bottom didn't charge the meal to his account.
Perhaps Boss Bottom's heartache has something to do with his failure to keep accounts?
An idea flashed through Wiltok's mind, but there was no need to leave such a small matter to the "Knowledge Puzzle" analysis.
After dinner, he took a comfortable hot bath, returned to his long-lost guest room, got into the soft and comfortable bed, and had a good sleep.
Wiltok was very relaxed tonight and did not practice the secret form of the Golden Toad until he was woken up by the urge to urinate in the early morning of the next day. After taking the time to wash up, he went downstairs to have breakfast, and after saying hello to Sarah, Wiltok hurried to the pharmacy in the town.
The sparse morning light was difficult to penetrate the dark clouds covering the sky, and the entire town of Braun was shrouded in darkness and pattering freezing rain. Wearing a rainproof cloak sewn from otter skin, Wiltok walked through an alley on the street and took a shortcut to Dr. Cole's pharmacy.
At this time, Dr. Cole hadn't gotten up yet. The half-elf maid Susanna opened the door for Wiltok, took his rainproof cloak, hung it on the clothes rack at the door, and lit the crystal candle in the living room. Please invite Wiltok. Wait a moment in the living room. Susanna twisted her slender waist and walked lightly upstairs to wake her master.
The perception attribute increased to 15 points, and Wiltok's hearing became more acute. Sitting on the chair in the living room, he could hear Dr. Cole's whisper in the bedroom upstairs, and his rustling clothes. The voice was mixed with the coquettish voice of Corona, the other half-elf maid.
Not long after, the neatly dressed Dr. Cole went down the open stairs to the living room on the first floor. He saw Wiltok looking at him with a strange look. His slender cheeks suddenly turned red, and he smiled to hide his embarrassment. , "Weir, you came so early."
"It's you and Corona who slept in and refused to get up." Wiltok responded seriously.
Dr. Cole felt the pressure doubled. He looked around and muttered unconvincingly: "It's not even bright yet."
"It will be almost noon by the time it gets up."
Cole thought about it and realized that Wiltok was right. There are sixteen months in a year, and during the freezing rain season in the fifteenth month, the sky is always covered with dark clouds, and the light in the morning is as dim as the night. It has to wait until the morning. There will be light coming through.
"Let's not talk about this." Dr. Cole quickly waved his hand and changed the subject: "Last time I went to the plantation to treat you, and then, didn't you draw me some pictures of medicinal materials? If you remember correctly, There are a total of 25 kinds of medicinal materials. I recognize 21 of them, and I have never heard of the other 4. But it doesn’t matter. Based on the medicine formula and pharmaceutical process you provided, I can basically determine their common characteristics..."
Dr. Cole's eyes became hot and he continued: "The common characteristics of the medicinal materials are intertwined, pointing to the sublimation of the body... I conclude that it is a body-oriented awakening secret medicine. The abilities after condensing the secret blood are strength and self-healing. , strong bones, resistant to temperature differences, including extreme climates of hot and cold.”
Wiltok nodded slightly hesitantly. Cole's inference was basically consistent with the life tenacity talent constructed by the source blood secret method, which greatly increased his confidence in Dr. Cole's ability to prepare potions.
"The characteristics of medicinal materials can be shared, transformed, and sublimated... Therefore, I can find suitable substitutes for the medicinal materials in the formula, and then the potions made will have roughly the same effect." Dr. Cole nodded thoughtfully, and suddenly He raised his voice again and asked with sharp eyes: "But, let me ask you, why do most of the drugs in the pharmaceutical formula you provided have hallucinogenic effects?!"
Wiltok frowned and said calmly: "Yes, the Origin Blood Potion has a name. I remember it was...'Warrior's Dream'. Yes, it is called the Dream Potion."
Dr. Cole was stunned for a moment, stood up suddenly, put his hands behind his back, and walked around the living room irritably, "No, no, I suspect you remembered it wrong, or you didn't remember the formula completely."
Wiltok used to believe that the memories fed back by the "golden light group" were true, but after he learned to doubt, he began to murmur in his heart.
Is it true that memory is infallible?
Therefore, he will now try to verify what he has remembered before he can determine whether there are any errors in his memory.
"You made a mistake, what's wrong?" Wiltok asked with suspicion and expectation.
Cole stopped, shook his head and said: "Everything is wrong... Do you know where hallucinogenic drugs are mainly used? When the awakened person holds a secret ceremony, takes the sublimation secret medicine, receives the transmission method, and condenses the secret blood, it must be To use hallucinogenic drugs, it can be hallucinogenic potions, but hallucinogenic incense is most commonly used.”
"The key is that hallucinogenic drugs must be used alone. However, the potion formula you provided contains half of the drugs with hallucinogenic effects. This completely violates an important principle of occult medicine!"
Wiltok thought for a while and then asked: "You said that after the awakened person condenses the secret blood, he becomes a professional. I never asked you before, what is the secret blood?"
Cole calmed down his excitement and slowly explained: "What is secret blood? How should I explain this question? Secret blood... It is a real concept without entity. Let me give you a few examples. You can see The barbarian slave girl picked up a tank of water. You know she is very powerful. If she sits there and doesn't move, can you tell that she is very powerful? Even if you don't see it, isn't she powerful? ? She must know how strong she is. Therefore, the strong female slave is a real concept without entity. "
"Similarly, half-elf professionals have some special abilities. For example, those with a similar physique can use stone skin. Usually you can't see their abilities. After they die, if you check their corpses, it will be no different from ordinary half-elves. . But professionals themselves can 'see' their own abilities, and also understand the effects and duration of abilities. When an awakened person condenses the secret blood, he is actually condensing his own special abilities, and igniting the secret blood is stimulating his own abilities."
"A first-level professional can condense up to four drops of secret blood and ignite all the secret blood at the same time. The effect of the ability will be doubled, and the consequences of backlash will be serious. If the secret blood is ignited in batches, the duration of the ability will be extended, the effect of the ability will be weaker, and the burden of backlash will be greater. light."
"The more secret blood a professional condenses, the richer the types of abilities, and the stronger the strength. The alliance divides levels according to the number of secret blood condensed by professionals. Those with less than 4 drops of secret blood are first-level professionals; 5 to 8 drops of secret blood. Blood is the second level; 9 to 12 drops of secret blood is the third level... four drops of secret blood are condensed into one level, and so on. Do you understand?"
Wiltok asked again: "What are the secret rituals, secret medicines, and teachings used for?"
Cole returned to his seat and explained patiently: "It is very difficult for professionals to condense the secret blood for the first time. It is almost impossible for them to do it alone. Holding secret rituals, taking sublimation secret medicine, and receiving teachings are all to increase the ability to condense the secret blood. Success rate."
"Different career paths have specific requirements for the secret ritual process, the type of sublimation secret medicine, and the person who transmits the law. However, all kinds of secret rituals must use hallucinogenic incense to help the awakened person's consciousness transcend the limitations of the body and wake up. In the dream, reciting the same mantra as the preacher will cause resonance with the characteristics, thereby increasing the success rate of condensing the secret blood. The preacher is like a guide, he can help the awakened person walk on the correct career path. Otherwise, hey, the awakened ones don’t know where to go in the dream, and most people will take the wrong path and waste a precious promotion opportunity."
Wiltok said "Oh", as if he understood, but also as if he didn't understand anything, "So that's what happened."
Dr. Cole stared at him and said amusedly and angrily: "An important principle of the secret medicine is to allow the toxicity of the medicine to be borne by the living medium, so as to reduce the damage of the secret medicine to the final receptor as much as possible, and to maximize the effectiveness of the secret medicine. Efficacy. But hallucinogenic drugs are very troublesome. Their inherent toxicity and hallucinatory effects are inseparable. Using living media to remove the toxicity, the hallucinogenic effects are easy to disappear... Well, let me put it more simply. The medicine you provided The formula, the toxicity of those hallucinogenic drugs is not strong, but the damage to the receptors is great... very great! I am sure that if the half-elf takes it directly, it is very likely to become an idiot. Therefore, it needs to be used on a living body first The medium removes the hallucinogenic toxicity, but if the secret medicine loses its hallucinogenic effect after two or even three extractions, is it still useful?”
Cole finally came to his conclusion: "Neither the secret medicine of awakening nor the secret medicine of sublimation uses hallucinogenic drugs, and there are too many types of hallucinogenic drugs in the formula of the secret medicine of source blood, so I think you have misremembered the formula. .”
Wiltok blinked and asked according to the feedback method of "Knowledge Puzzle": "Do professionals with a physical constitution also have the ability to heal and regenerate?"
"The career path of the Oak Guard is good at self-healing of injuries." Cole paused for a moment and continued: "If it is regeneration, the high-level Oak Guard should ignite the secret blood to achieve regeneration." He then added: " When a level 4 professional condenses 16 drops of secret blood, the career path is complete. Starting from level 5, a professional enters a new realm and is often revered as a professional. Those who reach level 6 or above are revered as a professional master. In fact, We don’t need to make the distinction so clearly, just call high-level professionals collectively the Venerables, which corresponds to the Sages.”
Vertok nodded and asked: "You just said that hallucinogenic drugs are an essential material for half-elves to advance to the profession?"
"It is an indispensable drug in the secret ritual." Dr. Cole shook his head and emphasized: "There is no need for hallucinogenic drugs to awaken the secret medicine and sublimate the secret form."
Vertok spread his hands and said: "I never said that the origin blood potion is the secret potion of awakening, nor did I say that it is the secret potion of sublimation."
His calm expression and sharp eyes are very contagious and full of convincing power. Cole couldn't help but feel in a trance, as if the half-elf in front of him was not an innocent boy suffering from amnesia, but an authoritative sage who was proficient in pharmacy.
An idea flashed in the doctor's mind, and he jumped up from the chair and stammered: "You... their research has reached this point, combining the secret medicine of awakening and the secret medicine of sublimation?"
Wiltok's expression darkened and he asked: "Who are you? Who are they?"
Cole seemed to have been poured cold water on him, and he hesitated: "Oh, I made a slip of the tongue, I'm sorry, I was too excited just now... I mean, I want to say, this is impossible, this is absolutely impossible! "
Wiltok showed a familiar confused expression again and asked: "What is impossible?"
Cole forcibly restrained his confused mood, organized his thoughts, and said: "I mean, the hallucinogenic drugs in the dream potion you provided are very weak, but the hallucination itself is very dangerous, and it will directly damage the brain... .”
Damage the brain?
Vertok has amnesia?
Dr. Cole almost covered his mouth. He thought of many things at this moment:
Vertok used this type of new secret medicine, damaged his brain, and suffered from amnesia... He really came out of that place, maybe he was one of their core executives? Could it be that their lair has been breached? Was it the Earth Temple, the Dragon King Palace, or the Highland Council?
"Mr. Cole, Dr. Cole, are you in a daze too?" Wiltok looked at Cole sympathetically and shook his hand, trying to wake him up.
Cole quietly ignited a drop of secret blood to control the turbulent emotions by stimulating his brain power. After regaining his composure, he said: "I am convinced that if the dream potion is taken directly, most of the half-elf receptors will become complete idiots, or even sleep forever, unable to do anything. Wake up...unless the mystery of this kind of potion has exceeded my understanding of secret medicine!"
He grabbed the armrest of the chair, his knuckles turning white from excessive exertion, his eyes twitching, as if there were two scorching flames in his eyes, and he said solemnly: "I hope you have remembered the formula of the medicine incorrectly... If you remember correctly, , then I judge that the dream potion is of very high value. I hope you still remember the agreement with Bartome. You tell us the complete method of using the dream potion, and we will offer a price that satisfies you..."
Things that Wiltok couldn't figure out were all analyzed and processed by the "Knowledge Puzzle". He frowned, and after a while he nodded and said: "The origin blood potion can only be used with a special forging method. It is best to practice this kind of forging method from an early age, and take a strong potion regularly in the meantime... But I can’t guarantee that other half-elves will succeed in practicing blacksmithing and taking dream potion, nor can I guarantee their safety.”
No matter what, the source of blood potion must be made first. Letting Dr. Cole choose to actively cooperate is the best way to achieve our goals.
Sure enough, after listening to Wiltok's words, Dr. Cole waved his fist excitedly, "I knew that the forging method you practice every day is a special secret ritual. This brand-new career path does not require a method transmitter at all. Low-level civilians also have it. The opportunity to be a professional. It’s crazy... No wonder, oh no, I’m so excited, I don’t know what I’m talking about when I get excited, I slip up all the time.”
Wiltok tilted his head and looked at him suspiciously, but decided to get down to business first and said: "No matter what, we have to prepare the source blood potion first and see the effect."
"Yes, yes, yes." Dr. Cole nodded repeatedly, and then said: "Do you still remember the formula of the strong potion? It's best to draw the medicine inside like last time, and I will help you identify it."
"Strengthening potion? It's not necessary."
Wiltok touched his nose, shook his head and said, "Let me think about it and tell you when I think about it."
