In fact, pharmacists were no worse than the infamous Necromancers when it came to creating disasters. However, because many people needed pharmacists, pharmacists were not at the point where everyone wanted them. That was the reality. If they needed Necromancers, they would be able to ignore the crimes of Necromancers regardless of how many crimes they had committed.
However, the Pharmacist Guild did make some concessions. For example, they listed the Bone Erosion Powder on the list of prohibited drugs, and prohibited all members from learning and researching it. At least on the surface, their attitude was very firm.
At this moment, the faces of the 35 young pharmacists changed. They were enraged because they felt like they had been tricked. Their anger was not because they were asked to concoct prohibited drugs, but because the Bone Erosion Powder was a high-level drug that could only be successfully concocted by high-level or Master-level pharmacists.
However, they were actually asked to concoct it by a group of low-level and intermediate pharmacists, and even said that there were only three chances of failure. Not to mention them, even their teachers might not be able to concoct it after three failures. It was clearly a scam.
"President Felic! Can we assume that you are deliberately humiliating us? "a very young intermediate pharmacist said as he stepped forward.
"Oh, why do you say that? Is there anything about you that's worthy of me humiliating?" Lin Li asked in an infuriating manner.
Most pharmacists were also mages, even though they might not be very strong in magic. Hence, as soon as Lin Li finished speaking, a few of the pharmacists could not help but start chanting spells.
"What are you trying to do? Stop!"
It was the intermediate pharmacist who had just spoken. He seemed to have some status among the crowd, even though he seemed to be younger than the rest of them. Under his rebuke, the few people who were about to cast magic had no choice but to stop indignantly. However, they still glared at the person who had humiliated them with resentment.
Lin Li looked at the young intermediate pharmacist with interest, and only then did he remember that he still did not know the names of these pharmacists. That did not seem to be very good. Putting aside his politeness for the time being, it was not convenient for him to scold them. Hence, he asked, "What's your name?"
"Hey, did you hear that? He doesn't even know Wilkinson!"
"Wilkinson is Master Balbo's favorite disciple. He was already an intermediate pharmacist at the age of 21 …"
"In the entire Alanna, no one can compare to Wilkinson in terms of talent in pharmaceutics."
"How ignorant …"
The crowd scrambled to introduce the young intermediate pharmacist, and their tone was full of pride. At the same time, they looked at Lin Li with a provocative gaze. Becoming an Intermediate Pharmacist at the age of 21 could be said to be an absolute genius in the history of the pharmacist industry. Hence, the young pharmacists who were also known as geniuses were not jealous of Wilkinson at all. Instead, they were proud of him. It was because they knew very well that being jealous of Wilkinson would only cause them endless trouble.
However, there was one thing they could not figure out. As the proud disciple of Master Balbo, why would he be banished to such a place? Had he fallen out of favor? Absolutely impossible! Even Elin, who had made a huge mistake, had been forgiven by Master Balbo. How could Wilkinson be banished if he had not made any mistakes?
Several Master-level figures in the Pharmacist Guild, including President Balbo, had given Wilkinson a very positive evaluation, and felt that he would most likely reach the level of a Master of pharmaceutics before the age of 30. It was evident how much these Master-level figures valued Wilkinson. He could be said to be the hope of the entire Pharmacist Guild.
Not to mention the others, even Wilkinson himself could not figure out what he had done wrong. Some people said that Elin had bad-mouthed him behind Teacher Balbo's back, but Wilkinson knew very well that Teacher Balbo was not someone who would be easily influenced by others. Unless Teacher Balbo was really dissatisfied with him. But wouldn't that be going back to the same topic? What did he do wrong!?
"Wilkinson, I don't agree that you think I'm humiliating you on purpose. Let's not talk about whether you're worthy of my time. What do you have to say that I'm deliberately humiliating you? "Lin Li said to Wilkinson in disdain, ignoring the murderous gazes.
"Okay, then I'll ask you something, President Felic. You should know that our abilities are limited. In that case, why did you ask us to prepare the high-level potion, and only allow us to fail three times? Could it be that you asked us to come here for the purpose of obtaining funds through this method? " Wilkinson asked in a calm tone, but he was secretly stabbing Lin Li in the back, trying to say, "Are you so poor that you want to use this method to take money from us?"
"Ha, haha, high-level potion? If this is considered a high-level potion, then your abilities have indeed disappointed me. "Lin Li was not angered by Wilkinson's words, and instead continued to provoke them.
Wilkinson frowned, but reached out to stop his companion who was about to flare up again. He seemed to have sensed something wrong from Lin Li's words. At the thought of this, he turned his head to look at the blackboard in front of the room, only to see the words "Bone Erosion Powder" clearly written on it. However, the more he read, the more he felt that something was amiss.
Bone Erosion Powder was classified as a banned potion, and its formula could only be seen by a few people. Although Wilkinson was President Balbo's favorite disciple, he was not allowed to see the formula of Bone Erosion Powder. However, as a pharmacist who had a solid foundation in basic knowledge, Wilkinson was very certain that the formula was just a low-level potion after seeing the formula on the blackboard.
At this moment, the others couldn't help but turn to look at Wilkinson when they saw that he was staring at the blackboard in silence. Wilkinson wasn't the only one who could tell that from the formula. Everyone who could be chosen by Balbo to be sent here was considered to be extremely talented. In fact, if they hadn't been affected by anger, they would have long seen the problem with the formula.
"This … This is the formula of Bone Erosion Powder?" Everyone couldn't believe their eyes. How could the formula of a legendary banned potion be so simple? From the materials required and the process of preparation, they were completely certain that it was just a low-level potion formula.
Bone Erosion Powder should be considered a weapon of mass destruction in Anril. Although Lin Li admitted that he was not a moral model, he didn't want to spread the formula of such a vicious and forbidden potion. Besides, it would be very troublesome if any accidents happened during the preparation of the Bone Erosion Powder. Only a Master-level pharmacist would be confident in concocting it, and it would be impossible for the group of low-level and intermediate pharmacists to do so.
Seeing the bewilderment on everyone's faces, Lin Li walked towards the blackboard, and said, "Strictly speaking, this should be called an improved Bone Erosion Powder, or a weakened version. By replacing some medicinal herbs, the toxicity of the Bone Erosion Powder has been reduced, but it can still play a certain role. With your abilities, it shouldn't be too difficult for you to make such a low-level potion. "
Although the pharmacists were displeased with Lin Li, they had no choice but to bear with it because of President Balbo's relationship with him. Unless they didn't want to stay in the Pharmacist Guild anymore, they had no choice but to bear with it. The group of pharmacists didn't answer Lin Li's words, and instead looked at the blackboard behind him. They treated him as though he was invisible, and it could be considered a way to vent their anger.
Only Wilkinson, who had just spoken, looked at Lin Li with some bewilderment in his eyes, unlike the others. As the proud disciple of Balbo, the President of the Pharmacist Guild, Wilkinson relied not only on his talent in pharmaceutics, but also on his extraordinary efforts. Although he had only been promoted to an intermediate pharmacist for less than a year, he had already memorized nearly 1,000 potion formulas that were below the intermediate level in the Pharmacist Guild's collection.
However, Wilkinson was bewildered now, because the formula of the Bone Erosion Powder on the blackboard didn't exist in his memory at all. In other words, he had never seen the so-called weakened version of the Bone Erosion Powder formula before. In that case, where did this formula come from? Which master came up with it recently? However, the Pharmacist Guild should have known about it first. After all, it involved the banned Bone Erosion Powder.
Could it be … him …
Wilkinson was shocked by his own crazy idea, and he hurriedly collected his thoughts and shifted his gaze from the young President to the blackboard where the formula was recorded. At the same time, he was also amused by his crazy idea just now.
Every potion formula had been tested countless times by pharmacists, and many of them even risked their lives and put in a lot of effort to establish it. The more advanced the potion formula was, the more difficult the process would be. Everyone knew how vicious the Bone Erosion Powder was, but who knew how many pharmacists had tasted it during the process of researching the formula of the Bone Erosion Powder?
The research of potion formulas was complicated and difficult, and it wasn't easy to modify the formula either. Every formula that had been passed down had been through thousands of trials and tribulations. It could be said that modifying a potion formula was even more difficult than researching a new one. In particular, for a high-level potion like the Bone Erosion Powder, even the slightest change would mean putting oneself in danger.
Wilkinson was certain that even his teacher, Master Balbo, wouldn't be able to make any beneficial changes to the formula of the real Bone Erosion Powder. Hence, he didn't believe that President Felic, who was about the same age as him and wasn't an official pharmacist, could make any changes to the formula of the Bone Erosion Powder with his own abilities.
Hence, the so-called improved Bone Erosion Powder formula was most likely just borrowed the name of the Bone Erosion Powder, and probably had nothing to do with the real Bone Erosion Powder. After figuring that out, Wilkinson let out a long sigh of relief, feeling amused by his crazy thoughts just now. He had never thought that there wasn't a pharmaceutics genius who was better than him in this world, but there was a limit to how good he could be.
In Wilkinson's opinion, if Lin Li, the young President of the Guild of Magic, was an intermediate pharmacist, he would definitely be amazed by his talent. However, if he was a high-level pharmacist or even a Master of pharmaceutics, he would have to pinch himself hard to wake up from his dream.
Wilkinson's thoughts were the same as those of the other young pharmacists. They felt that a pharmaceutics Master should be an elder like President Balbo, and definitely not a young mage who had just turned 20.
Lin Li, who had been completely treated as air, simply smiled nonchalantly without saying anything else. He turned around and left the room, leaving the group of young pharmacists to study the potion formula. Since they were all outstanding talents sent by Balbo, it shouldn't be a problem for them to formulate such a low-level potion formula.
Lin Li planned to use the greatly weakened Bone Erosion Powder in the defense of the new Black Clouds Town. Although it would be better to deal with enemies with greater power, it would be better to keep it with the residents of Black Clouds Town for a longer time. If there was a leak, the power of the original version of Bone Erosion Powder would be too great to rescue them. Although it was used to deal with enemies, Lin Li had to reduce the effects of the potion for the sake of the safety of the residents. However, he still had to ensure that it was effective against the enemies.
In fact, among the low-level potions, there were also some poison formulas, such as making people lethargic, vomiting, or itchy all over. However, those low-level potions were really low-level, and those with a little bit of strength might not necessarily fall for it. Hence, Lin Li chose such a troublesome method to improve the recipe of a high-level poison.
The power of Bone Erosion Powder was overbearing, and reducing the dosage would only slow down the onset of the effects. The damage caused was still incurable. After Lin Li's improvement, the Bone Erosion Powder required fewer ingredients, was simpler to prepare, and had a stronger penetrative power. Most importantly, the damage caused could be healed with another potion. Although such a low-level potion was considered a low-level potion in terms of ingredients and preparation, its effect was not inferior to that of an intermediate potion.
Lin Li planned to change a few more formulas. Although the potion couldn't be too powerful, the combination of various potions would be enough to make even a Legendary powerhouse lose face.
After Lin Li left the room, the young pharmacists who were originally focused on the formulas on the blackboard were like students who were no longer supervised by their teachers. The entire room was bustling with noise and excitement.
You've already exceeded your reading limit for today. If you want to read more, please log in.
Login
Select text and click 'Report' to let us know about any bad translation.
