Chapter Thirty-Six: The Phantom Potion

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  Lei lowered his head and looked at the epitaph, with a mix of emotions in his heart.

  There was no name on the tombstone, but with this epitaph, he could be sure that it was Elisa's grave.

  Here lies the happiest woman in the world...

  Yin Lisha is indeed a happy woman. A woman's greatest happiness is having a man who is willing to give up everything for her. Even after she died so long ago, Xu Lingtian still loves her with all his heart, and is even sorrowful to the point of not eating any food for three years.

  Because of love, she was turned into a man-eating devil by her own husband...

  Love is truly a thing that can drive people crazy, it's thousands of times more deadly than the sharpest sword in the world. A sword can only cut off a person's head, but love can rot a person's heart and soul, making the living more terrifying than the dead. A sword is born to inspire fear, but love only needs sweetness to completely transform a person into another self, foolishly and blindly, knowing that the road ahead is full of bitterness yet unable to extricate themselves.

  Love can lead a kind person to take the wrong path, and a normal heart becomes distorted. Xu Lingtian went so far as to change the laws of nature, using evil means to revive Yin Lisha, just to have her by his side. In the end, it only led to another, even more tragic catastrophe.

  Xu Lingtian himself definitely did not expect this ending, if he had expected it, he would not have let Yin Lisha come back to life.

  Lei Ga let out a soft sigh, and suddenly had doubts about his own thoughts. If he knew it would end like this, would Xu Ling Tian really give up? Then what was the point of exchanging the rare Moon Demon Grass for the mysterious task?

  "Rest in peace, don't wake up again, you all paid a terrible price for love."

  Lei silently pulled out two apples and placed them on Yelisha's tombstone. The tombstone stood quietly in its original place, just like... a tombstone.

  After completing Xu Lingtian's entrustment, Lei Ga took out the medicine spade and began to search for tomb moss around Yinsiya's grave. This was the first task assigned to him by Xu Lingtian, and only after completing it could he receive the subsequent series of tasks and gradually explore Xu Lingtian's true intentions.

  The graveyard moss was a slippery moss that grew in the ankle-deep weeds, and under the heavy fog color, it was hard to find. Leiga had never seen the graveyard moss, but through Xu Lingtian's description, he was confident that he could identify it completely.

  After more than ten minutes, he straightened up, stretched his waist and back anxiously, and there was nothing in his hand except for the medicine spade. The tomb moss is extremely difficult to find, and Leiga even feels that there is no such strange herb around here, and this task is just Xulintian's intention to make things difficult for him.

  But this idea was soon denied by himself, Xie Pu might tease people, but Xu Lingtian would never do that. He did everything with a strong sense of purpose.

  Lei Ga pondered for a moment, then took off his two short boots and let his bare feet tread on the weeds, moving forward little by little.

  Two minutes later, his toes touched a wet and sticky thing, feeling like stepping on a big lump of snot. He immediately bent down, pulled away the surrounding weeds, and finally found the first sprout of graveyard moss.

  Lei Ga used a medicine spade to carefully collect the tomb moss and put it into his bag.

  With the success of the first time, the next thing is much simpler. He walked barefoot and circled around Yoon Lisa's tomb, circling only half a circle, and put the other two graveyard mosses into his pocket.

  After putting away the tombstone moss and medicinal hoe, Leiga put on his short boots, turned back to gaze at Elyssa's tombstone for a moment, before turning around and walking out of the cemetery.

  The night watchman at the cemetery seemed to have fallen asleep in the small wooden hut, with his feet propped up on the table, his body leaning back against the chair back, his eyes closed, and a lewd smile hanging from the corner of his mouth, completely unaware that someone had left.

  Lei Ga didn't plan on disturbing him either, and walked along the small path towards the end of Dusk Village.

  Although Xu Lingtian didn't tell him the specific location, the alchemist's residence shouldn't be too hard to find.

  Sure, here is the translation:

  As expected, after walking along the road for over ten minutes, a tall stone house appeared in Rega's line of sight.

  Muse Village is just a small border village. Most villagers don't have the money to build stone houses, so this house must be the residence of Xu Lingtian and Yin Lisha.

  The stone house had iron gates tightly closed, and the walls reflected a faint white light of the stone material under the dim sunlight. At the top of the high walls, clusters of fog seemed to be standing guard like ghostly sentinels.

  Lei picked up the door knocker and was about to knock when he found that the iron gate had no latch. He then pushed the door open and entered.

  "Alchemist, I'm here."

  The courtyard was overgrown with weeds, as if it had been completely abandoned. Three gloomy rooms stood in a row, each covered with black curtains, and the air was thick with the smell of various strange medicines that made one's head spin even before approaching.

  Lei Ga couldn't help but think of Xu Ling Tian's words yesterday, this place is indeed not suitable for entertaining him.

  The black canopy of the middle house opened, and Xu Lingtian walked out with a slight stagger. He was still wearing his tawny gray cloak, but the hood had been put down, revealing his tired face and head full of silver hair.

  Lei Ga thought that Xu Ling Tian had not eaten anything in these three years and probably hadn't slept either.

  He politely smiled and nodded at Leiga, "Hello Leiga, did you manage to do what I asked for?"

  "Yes, I placed both apples on her tombstone." Rega replied calmly.

  "Oh? Can you tell me what's written on the tombstone?" Xu Lingtian asked with narrowed eyes.

  This is clearly an attempt to test Rega's trustworthiness.

  "Are you sure you want to listen?"

  Lei Ga pursed his lips, and after seeing Xu Lingtian nod slightly, he said slowly: "The tombstone reads: Here lies the happiest woman in the world. Because of love, she was turned into a man-eating demon by her own husband."

  Xu Lingtian's facial muscles twisted in agony, as if someone had dealt him a fatal blow. He paused for half a beat before speaking slowly: "You're right, you didn't deceive me. Please forgive my test of you, because there are too few people in this world who keep their promises, and I couldn't help but be cautious. I... thank you."

  Lei Ga's expressionless face nodded slightly, seemingly accepting Xu Lingtian's apology. He took out the three sprigs of graveyard moss from the package, but intentionally left the herbal medicine spade inside.

  "These are the tombstones you wanted."

  Xu Lingtian's eyes lit up, "I thought you'd spend the whole day on it, didn't expect you to find them so quickly. You know, Graveyard Moss isn't easy to find."

  Xu Lingtian seemed to have not noticed the matter of the medicine shovel, he stretched out his thin and bony hands, took over the grave moss, carefully checked the integrity of the herbs, then sniffed it under his nose, and praised: "Not bad, very good."

  If Shep praised him like that, Leiga would be thrilled, but being praised by Xu Lingtian only made his back feel chilly.

  "My first task is already completed, what's the second one?"

  "Come with me."

  Xu Lingtian walked up to the house on the left, lifted the black curtain with his hand and went in.

  Lei Ga couldn't think much and followed him in.

  The room was extremely stuffy, like a steamer, and the pungent smell made Lega wrinkle his nose. A dozen large tables were pieced together to form a huge platform filled with duct containers, on which two candles were placed on either side, burning dazzling blue flames.

  Xu Lingtian saw Lei Ga staring at the candlelight, and smiled to explain: "Magic candles, never extinguished. This was exchanged from a female merchant of the Holy Light Sisterhood. You can sit anywhere for now, I still need some time to configure the ghost medicine, huh? Where's my Nostoc linckia?"

  Xu Lingtian began to be busy in front of the platform.

  "Elixir of Ghosts?"

  Lei Ga thought it was better for him to stand up, lest he hear some even more terrifying names and jump up in fright.

  "Ah, Ghost Medicine."

  Xu Lingtian spoke without looking back, cutting off the roots of one of the tomb mosses and placing them in a pre-prepared green solution, his eyes scanning the platform. Since entering work mode, Xu Lingtian seemed to have completely transformed into another person, becoming extremely excited.

  "Ah ha, Mugwort, so it was here all along."

  He cut off the leaves of the mugwort and put them into another red solution, then waited until the roots of the tomb and the leaves of the mugwort had completely dissolved. After that, he mixed the two solutions together, stirring evenly. "It's almost done, just let it sit for a little while and you can drink it."

  "Wait a minute—"

  The cow parsley looked fine, but thinking of the damp and sticky feeling of the graveyard made Lega's stomach churn. "You have to tell me first, what is this ghost medicine?"

  "I forgot you don't know anything about alchemy, let me think for a moment how I should explain it to you..."

  Xu Lingtian slightly furrowed his brow, "According to the book, the Ghost Potion is a very difficult potion to make, only alchemists above the Master level can successfully refine it. The standard for its success lies not in how complicated the steps are to configure two completely opposing solutions, but rather that the alchemist must carefully calculate the drinker's physical tolerance, if it's too little, the effect will be lost, and if it's too much, it will cost their life——"

  "Are you trying to get yourself killed?!"

  Lei Ga's eyes widened, "Is the Ghost Medicine a poison?"

  Xu Lingtian clapped his hands, "Right, very accurate! How come I didn't think of this explanation? The ghost potion is actually a poison. Simply put, after drinking it, you will become a ghost that no one can see, but you only have 45 minutes to survive."

  "Is this another test? Like sending an apple?"

  "No, this is your second task: transform into a ghost form and find and kill the spirit monster within forty-five minutes."

  "What kind of mission is this?!" Rega was getting fed up.

  Xu Lingtian said with a serious face: "I warned you long ago, my mission is very dangerous, and now there's no regret medicine for you to take."

  He held up the vial of poison in front of Lega.