Chapter 40: Respiratory Medications

  Lei Ga found it hard to imagine that the words "a medicine with three parts poison" would come from someone who made a living by refining and concocting medicines. He looked at Xu Ling Tian's pale and weak face, as well as his thin and bony fingers, and gave up on asking about the mysterious medicine.

  There is one sentence he agrees with very much - medicine is just a supplement, and absolutely not a shortcut.

  To become a true legend, not only is medicine not a shortcut, but the Azure Sword is also not a shortcut. Losing the Azure Sword actually allowed him to calm down and start from scratch, laying a solid foundation step by step. Only then, when he recovers the Azure Sword again, can he use it with dignity.

  Xu Lingtian finished his professional advice and turned back to the platform, carefully sprinkling the silver powder onto the blunt blade of the black giant sword. The black sword body immediately let out a ghostly scream, followed by a thin thread of cyan smoke emerging from the blunt blade.

  Xu Lingtian hastily used an empty bottle to collect the green smoke, and then quickly plugged it with a cork. Looking at the spiritual essence in the bottle, his face immediately showed an uncontrollable smile, and his originally pale face flushed with a faint red glow.

  "The task was completed very well!"

  This was not the first time he had lavished praise on Rega without stint.

  Lei Ga didn't think much of it, he had long suspected that Xu Lingtian letting him kill the spirit body monster wasn't for the sake of the villagers in Dusk Village. When he saw Xu Lingtian extract the spirit essence from the black giant sword, this idea became even clearer.

  "What do you want this thing for?"

  "It's nothing, just some alchemy experiments."

  Xu Lingtian hid the bottle containing the spiritual essence in his tawny gray cloak and said lightly, "After Yín Lìshā's death, only constant work can make me temporarily forget the pain."

  Lei Ga indeed found that Xu Lingtian was different when working, but this reason seemed a bit far-fetched. However, even if he continued to ask, he wouldn't get a real answer from Xu Lingtian's mouth.

  "What is the next task?"

  Lei Ga asked while putting the black giant sword on the table back onto his back.

  "Are you sure you don't need a rest?" Xu Lingtian blinked his eyes.

  "No need, I want to end everything here as soon as possible and bring the Moon Demon Grass to the boss," Rega replied.

  "Alright then."

  Xu Lingtian turned around again and searched from the medicine cabinet, "I also want to end all this as soon as possible..."

  He scooped out a piece of green algae from a large jar filled with water, and took out a bottle of static seaweed oil, pouring it into the previously bubbling white solution. He then placed the solution bottle in a strange glass tube for heating. The rising steam immediately turned the inside of the tube into a vast expanse of whiteness.

  "After the water vapor cools down and forms distilled water, it's a great success."

  Lei Ga's mouth twitched slightly, "What kind of poison is this again?"

  The terrifying effect of the ghostly medicine still makes him have lingering fears, if it happens again, he really can't guarantee whether he can hold on or not.

  "Don't worry, this time it's absolutely not poison."

  Xu Lingtian explained: "Duckweed is completely non-toxic and can even provide oxygen. Fish oil is extracted from the body of a static sea monster, it's extremely valuable, those few drops just now are worth over ten gold coins. Of course, for alchemists, its effects are not outstanding, it can only delay fatigue and increase endurance, but because of this point, as well as its strange fragrance and moisturizing effect, it is deeply loved by the noble lords."

  Lui asked in confusion: "Do all noble men wear perfume like women?"

  "This, cough, fragrance is not the main thing, the key is delay and lubrication..."

  Xu Lingtian's mouth curved up in a faint smile of "one who has been through it". "You'll understand someday."

  "Duckweed, fish oil and a bottle of some unknown solution, what kind of medicine are you making?" Rega asked, unable to hold back.

  "Underwater breathing medicine."

  "It's a medicine that allows you to breathe freely in water like a fish."

  Although it's weird, it sounds better than the Ghost Potion. Le Ga took a deep breath and then asked Xu Lingtian, "So, the next task is to go underwater?"

  "That's right, but this task is more difficult for you."

  Lei Ga sneered, "Is it harder than drinking poison and killing a spiritual body within a limited time?"

  "I forgot to ask, what rank of warrior are you?"

  The question pierced Rega's heart like a needle tip. He swallowed hard with an expressionless face, then replied: "Fourth rank."

  Xu Lingtian's face flashed a thoughtful expression, and he muttered to himself: "Fourth-tier is not easy to handle. Apart from the breathing medicine, you'll need something else."

  He raised his eyelids and solemnly said to Leiga: "Wait for me here, don't go anywhere."

  As he spoke, he turned and walked out of the room, hurrying towards the house on the right.

  Lei Ga was hesitating whether to take the opportunity to sneak into the central room to investigate, when Xu Ling Tian quickly returned to the room with two bottles of medicine that had already been prepared.

  "This red potion is a high-potency recovery medicine. No matter how badly you're hurt, it will immediately restore you to top condition."

  Xu Lingtian explained while handing Rega a strong recovery potion. "Note that if you drink the strong recovery potion, drinking another one of the same type within two hours will have no effect, so I've only prepared one bottle for you."

  Lei nodded and put the strong recovery potion into his bag. "What's that other purple bottle of medicine?"

  "I need you to deal with a third-class savage beast. Although it's equivalent to a sixth-class Dou Qi, but you'll be fighting underwater, and the power of your fourth-class Dou Qi will be reduced due to the environmental disadvantage, while the opponent will be strengthened. This purple potion is a weakening agent, specifically used to deal with this kind of savage beast. If used properly, you can shrink its body size and attack power by ten times."

  Lei Ga's eyes lit up in front of him, "This medicine is really good stuff, I don't know if it works on humans."

  Xu Lingtian let out a bitter laugh, "The weakening potion is only effective on ferocious beasts and is extremely expensive to produce. If it weren't for..."

  "He suddenly changed his tone, 'Oh right, you must use this weakening potion when the opponent is off guard and preparing to escape, otherwise it won't have any effect.'"

  "After all, we still have to win first."

  Lei Ga smiled lightly, this wasn't a bad thing after all, at least he could practice his sword skills in actual combat.

  The black giant sword and the cyan halberd require completely different swordsmanship to wield. The cyan halberd only needs to lift its wrist, then fall, to take away the enemy's head, while the black giant sword is dull and clumsy, requiring both hands to work together to raise it high. By the time it's finally raised, the enemy has probably already made defensive preparations. Therefore, one must use all their wits to gain the upper hand in combat.

  This would be a nearly self-torturing exercise, the downside being that every confrontation would be a life-or-death gamble, but the upside being that once you could wield a massive sword with one hand as smoothly as flowing mercury, even if you were to switch it out for a tree branch, your movements would still be lightning-fast and impossible to dodge.

  "Alright, what's the mission objective this time? Fish? Loach? River monster?"

  Lobster.

  Xu Lingtian said: "There is a dark river on the west side of Dusk Village, which leads to another village called Dustmire Village at Raven Ridge. At the narrowest point where the two villages meet, the river is widest and deepest, that's where the crayfish are——"

  "You're not kidding, right?"

  Lei Ga couldn't wait for Xu Ling Tian to finish speaking, and hastily interrupted him, "Lobster? Is that the kind of stupid and delicious lobster that's good when roasted?"

  In the days of wandering with the herons, lobsters were their favorite food, of course, the key was easy to catch, wherever there was a river, they could basically find that thing. Leiga had never thought about what a third-rate lobster would look like - dumber? Or does it taste better when roasted?

  "I'm not joking."

  Xu Lingtian said with a serious face: "The lobster's name is Nu Zhua, and it has killed three fifth-level warriors who came to capture it together. It is also quite famous in Wuyaling for its ferocity. Its body is enormous, its shell is indestructible, and its pincer claws have incredible crushing power. If you underestimate it, you will definitely suffer a great loss. Although your life or death has nothing to do with me, I still hope you can complete the task."

  Lei Ga wiped away the disdain on his face and nodded seriously.

  "Alchemist, I'll bring it to you."

  "I want to live."

  "Rageclaw is hiding in a cave at the bottom of the river. To lure it out, you'll need to keep killing its kin until a certain number is reached. Then, Rageclaw will burst out of the cave and attack you with reckless abandon. You must withstand its fury and wear it down until it's exhausted and fearful. When it tries to escape, throw a weakening agent at it to shrink it, then capture it alive and bring it back to me. Only then can you consider the task complete."

  "What if it dies?"

  "Then your mission has failed and you can only return empty-handed to your boss." Xulintian said coldly.

  Although this requirement is not excessive, it still made Leiga frown slightly.

  "Alright, I understand."

  The water vapor in the glass tube had cooled, and Xu Lingtian used an empty medicine bottle to collect the transparent ** from the other side of the tube, then plugged it with a stopper and handed it to Lei Ga.

  "This is the underwater breathing agent, although several drops of essence fish oil have been added, but after all, the delayed effect is limited, and it can only last for half an hour. Remember to take it again when you dive in."

  "Whatever you do, don't get the colors mixed up," Xu Lingtian warned. "The red one is the recovery potion, the purple one is the weakening potion, and the clear one is the breathing potion."

  "Don't worry, I won't mess it up."

  Lega put the underwater breathing medicine in a package with the recovery and weakening medicines.

  "Alright then, hope you can complete this task smoothly."

  Xu Lingtian's gray eyes were filled with expectation.

  Before leaving, Lei Ga asked: "After completing this task, how many more tasks can I get the Moon Demon Grass?"

  "One."

  Xu Lingtian said without hesitation: "After completing this one, there is only the last one left. I guarantee that the last task will be simpler than the first two."

  Lei Ga did not say anything else and turned around to walk out of the room.

  Once this is done, there's just one last task left, Alchemist, your secret will soon be revealed...