ghost on paper

Chapter 8 Potions
Today, Truman stepped into a working area of ​​the potion workshop that he had never entered before.

It's a bit like the darkroom of the film era on Earth.

It is quite similar to the dyeing room in the handicraft era.

First, it passed through several low-hanging curtains from the ceiling to the floor, and one layer after another of dark curtains cut off all natural light.

While the field of vision gradually became dark, there were dots of light emitting from the curtain.

Further inside, into all the curtains, Truman seems to have walked into the center of the universe.

Against the dark background, bright stars hang above each other. This mysterious and magnificent scene makes Truman feel like he is in a dream.

Under the background of this cold and ruthless alien city, there is indeed a human tower built by magical power hidden.

Looking carefully, Truman saw that the 'stars' hanging in the high school were not 'stars', but spiritual scripts one by one, they straddled the heights like the Milky Way.

These spiritual texts are the daily work of Truman and other apprentices.

In this 'darkroom', the 'spiritual tide' that is not usually visible becomes visible to the naked eye, thus forming this mysterious and magnificent starry sky scene.

That curtain of curtains is the barrier that divides reality and magic, right?
The owner of the workshop walked in front, she lifted all the curtains, and Truman followed.

After arriving at the core area, the owner of the workshop gave Truman a few seconds to marvel before speaking:
"Next, you have to pay attention to my actions. Making potions is very simple, and ordinary people can also complete it. The key is whether you have enough 'shares'."

"Teacher, is everyone's share fixed?" Truman asked.

This is the doubt that Truman has always had.

Is 'share' can be promoted through work?
For Truman, this is the case, but for other apprentices, it seems that they have always maintained a state, showing that their daily workload is very stable, such as Lilith.

There are even apprentices who are eliminated from the competition every once in a while, let alone the strange death, it is an accident.

Naturally weeded out, some became insane and became lunatics, some lost their abilities, and could no longer translate a spiritual script. Has their 'share' returned to zero?
"Every situation is different, after all, everyone's talent is different~" said the owner of the workshop, "but there is no doubt that being promoted to Extraordinary will increase your 'share', the more 'share', the more spiritual texts that can be translated The more you have, the more potion formulas you can make."

"So, teacher, how many 'shares' do you have?" Truman asked.

This is a stupid question.

Heh~ The master of the workshop smiled and didn't answer. Instead, he started refining potions, or in other words, blending potions, and talked about another topic.

She said: "Truman, if you have the ability to make potions, then any Extraordinary will regard you as a guest of honor, and if you master some promotion formulas, then you will become a big shot that any Extraordinary organization will long for~"

I have to say that the pancakes drawn by the owner of the workshop are heart-warming.

Truman's desire for extraordinary is not because he knows how powerful extraordinary is, he just wants to survive in another world and live well in this strange and cold world.

Of course, it would be even better to be able to give back to the other side of the earth.

And the ability to learn how to make potions is equivalent to a doctor on the other side of the earth. He has extraordinary abilities and is very safe. Is there a profession that is more in line with Truman's requirements?
While talking, the owner of the workshop demonstrated to Truman the process of making potions.

Sure enough, it's not complicated. Use some basic materials as a foreshadowing, and then integrate spiritual texts into it, so that this potion can truly obtain spirituality beyond the ordinary.

Under the operation of the master of the workshop, those dots of spiritual texts entered the medicine bottle like falling stars.

The boiling 'spiritual tide' surrounded Truman like the waves of the shimmering sea.

At this moment, it was like a dream.

……

After coming out of the 'pharmaceutical area', Truman didn't come back to his senses for a long time. When he realized what he should do, his first thought was to 'borrow money'.

Including the harvest from the previous seven-character 'continuous word' mission, Truman currently has 17.2 gold pounds on hand, and there is still 7.8 gold pounds short of purchasing the 'Scholar''s extraordinary first-order formula.

But if you buy the formulas of 'craftsman' and 'actor', you only need to earn another 2.8 gold pounds.

The owner of the workshop introduced to Truman that in the pre-sequence of "Soul Refiner", "scholar" is the most suitable for making potions.

Because of the 'scholar' sequence, there are two 'skills' from the first level of extraordinary, and when you upgrade to the second and third levels, you will get additional 'skills'.

'Skills' are manifestations of extraordinary power, which are of great help in the process of making potions.

'Craftsman' and 'actor' can only get one 'skill' at the first level of extraordinary.

Of course, it doesn't mean that the sequence of two skills is definitely more powerful than the sequence of one skill, it's just that for the science of making potions, 'scholar' is more professional.

If there is a fight, who is stronger?
Facing Truman's problem, the owner of the workshop warned Truman.

"Don't rashly intervene in the battle between Extraordinary, or you will die very quickly."

"Of course, if you are fully prepared, you can also deal with extraordinary people of the same level and get a chance to escape."

"And why do you have to fight? What can you get from fighting? Money? Resources? We already have these. After calculating how much money and resources you can exchange for the potions made of small parchment and black graphite juice, you will lose The desire to fight is gone."

This statement is exactly what Truman wanted.

So hurry up and get promoted to a real businessman... oh no, a pharmacist.

Therefore, Truman's first thought was that he didn't have enough money, so he needed to raise funds first, and the richest person Truman knew was Lilith.

"Ask me to borrow... 25 gold pounds?"

When Lilith heard these words and this number, she opened her mouth in surprise, as if she saw a monster.

Truman didn't open his mouth like a lion, and with the savings on hand, he still needed 7.8 gold pounds to buy the 'scholar' formula.

You need about 15 gold pounds to buy the raw materials for the promotion potion, double.

The remaining few gold pounds are used for his possible living expenses. It is said that after the promotion, he will be weak for a while and unable to work.

And Lilith is rich, and Truman got to know her a little better, only then did he know that her working experience in the potion workshop was indeed as long as one year, and the amount of work she completed every day was very stable, earning 1 gold pounds a month .

She ate very frugally. According to Truman's consumption level, Lilith's annual food expenditure was at most 10 gold pounds.

She seems to have only one set of winter clothes, which means that her spending on clothes is very low, maybe an extra 10 quid for regular clothes in all seasons of the year.

At the same time, she lives at home without rent.

After excluding other expenses, Lilith will have at least 1 gold pounds in savings in a year.

Borrowing Truman's 25 gold pounds is completely within Lilith's tolerance.

"I want to buy an extraordinary formula from the workshop owner, and then I need to buy some pharmaceutical materials. Although it will cost 10 gold pounds more than buying the promotion potion directly, I will get a promotion formula and can share it with you."

"And just in case, these materials are doubled. If all goes well, I can even give you a promotion potion, which is equivalent to buying a promotion potion plus formula for you to spend 25 gold pounds. What a bargain. Ah~"

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