The social status of pharmacists was higher than that of mages in the first place. Although these young pharmacists were not of high levels, they had been labeled as geniuses since they were young. They were the cream of the crop among their peers, and the elites that the Pharmacist Guild focused on nurturing. Naturally, they were all proud and arrogant.
The biggest problem they were facing now was that they could not figure out the situation and President Balbo's attitude towards them. Although he said that they were here to receive training, it was not convincing at all. In their hearts, even though they could not think of a reason, they were more inclined to be exiled.
It was also because of this reason that no matter how angry and dissatisfied they were, there was still a trace of rationality that kept reminding them not to do anything too extreme to the young mage who was related to President Balbo. At the very least, he was still a member of the Pharmacist Guild. If they angered President Balbo again, they would probably be kicked out of the guild.
At this moment, the group of young pharmacists could only be described as aggrieved. They had never been so aggrieved before, and had nowhere to vent their frustrations. Hence, they could only wait for Lin Li to leave before gathering in groups of three to five to curse the heavens.
"Everyone, it's useless no matter how we curse now. So, no matter what the reason is, let's do it seriously. Maybe this is a test that Teacher has given us." Wilkinson's voice suddenly sounded, and the surrounding discussions and curses immediately quietened down.
As the proud disciple of President Balbo, Wilkinson was still the leader of the group even though he had been exiled. After hearing his words, everyone calmed down and thought about it, and realized that it was indeed reasonable. Regardless of whether they were exiled or not, they still had to rely on the annoying President if they wanted to return to the Pharmacist Guild.
After a few sighs, the group of people finally accepted their fate, and turned their attention back to the formula. On the table in front of everyone, there were tools for concocting potions. On one side, there was a medicine cabinet that was waist-high, filled with semi-finished medicinal ingredients. Everything needed had been prepared, and the formula was written clearly. What they had to do was so simple that it was boring. They just had to formulate the semi-finished medicinal herbs into potions.
The morning passed in a flash.
Lin Li put down the pen in his hand. There was a piece of parchment full of words in the middle of the table. It was the result of this morning's work. Beside it were dozens of pieces of papyrus filled with calculations. He carefully read the formula on the parchment again. When the pharmacists concocted a certain amount of Bone Erosion Powder, they could concoct this one.
In Lin Li's consideration, the defense of the new Black Clouds Town was the first problem to be solved. Since the amount of potions required was not large, he decided to let the pharmacists finish the work first. After that, he would teach them some things and let them concoct potions for sale.
However, at this moment, the door was pushed open with a loud bang. Lin Li couldn't help but frown and look towards the door, only to see that it was Wilkinson and two other intermediate pharmacists.
Before Lin Li could speak, Wilkinson said angrily, "President Felic, we don't know what kind of enmity you have with us because we've never heard of you before. No matter what kind of relationship you have with Teacher Balbo, or what kind of deal you have, we'll do whatever you ask us to do since we're here. There's nothing to complain about. However, what you're doing now is too much. We're not here to be your toys! "
Lin Li was stunned. Why did he say that? Why did he go overboard again?
"President Felic, although President Balbo has instructed us to listen to everything you say in the Tower of Dusk, don't forget that we're pharmacists!" the other pharmacist said angrily.
"Wait." Lin Li was bewildered. He frowned, and said, "Why don't I understand what you're saying at all? Didn't I just ask you to concoct Bone Erosion Powder? Why do you make it seem like I'm bullying you?"
"Bone Erosion Powder!" Wilkinson sneered angrily. "Are you still insisting that you want us to concoct Bone Erosion Powder?"
"Why? Is there a problem? Although the effect of this potion is much worse than that of Bone Erosion Powder, it's still improved based on the formula of Bone Erosion Powder. It's not wrong to call it Bone Erosion Powder." Lin Li was getting more and more confused. He thought to himself, Didn't I just ask you to concoct some low-level potions? It's not like you haven't done it in the Pharmacist Guild before. Why do you make it seem like I'm abusing you? You're not child laborers, and you're all in your twenties.
"Wilkinson, I told you not to look for him. Let's go back now. I believe President Balbo won't blame us now," another pharmacist said.
"Bang!"
"Shut up, you two!" Lin Li finally couldn't help but slam the table and stand up. He first reprimanded the two pharmacists, and then said to Wilkinson, "Tell me, what's going on? Make it clear. Also, I'm free to come and go, and I never force anyone to do anything. Don't take people away to threaten me. "
Actually, Lin Li wasn't angry, and was instead a little dumbfounded. It seemed that these young genius pharmacists had been spoiled too much in the Pharmacist Guild, and were still behaving childishly.
Although Lin Li didn't deliberately show it, he was a Legendary-mage, after all. His rebuke made the two young intermediate pharmacists shut up immediately. Although the two of them quickly snapped back to their senses and felt a little embarrassed, they couldn't open their mouths to say anything.
Actually, Wilkinson was also terrified, but he forced himself to remain calm on the surface. He said, "Alright, President Felic, since you still refuse to admit it, I'll say it on your behalf."
After hearing Wilkinson's explanation, Lin Li was suddenly speechless, and he felt as if a crow had just flown over his head. It turned out that it was really his fault, but his mistake was to trust their abilities too much.
Actually, the matter was very simple. When they were concocting the potions, there were six or seven people who made the first move, but they somehow got knocked out by the potions they concocted. In the beginning, they thought that those few people had made a mistake, but two more of them followed the formula seriously, and still failed to escape the fate of being knocked out by the smoke.
At this moment, everyone felt that something was amiss. Wilkinson and the others looked at the formula again and again, and were surprised to find that there was an extremely unreasonable part in the formula. It could be said that the entire formula had become useless. Even if Balbo were to concoct it, he wouldn't be able to successfully concoct the potion.
From a normal point of view, it was a design error in the formula, but from a conspiracy point of view, it was a trap. Out of disgust towards Lin Li, almost everyone was inclined to believe that it was a conspiracy theory, and thought that it was another trick that Lin Li had used to tease them. It was a common sense mistake that went against the basic theories of pharmaceutics. Even low-level pharmacists would know that it was wrong to do so.
If such a low-level mistake was taken out, even a pharmaceutics apprentice would be able to tell if it was right or wrong as long as they had learned the basics of pharmaceutics. However, the pharmacists didn't believe that anyone would make such a low-level mistake due to their trust in Lin Li. In the end, some of them fell for it one after another.
Lin Li was extremely surprised to hear that, but he wasn't surprised that there was a problem with his formula. After all, the formula had been verified in detail, and it had been successfully concocted. Hence, it was impossible for there to be any low-level mistakes. What surprised him was that the geniuses of the Pharmacist Guild couldn't even concoct such a low-level potion. Their standards were really too low.
"President Felic, I'm very sorry. In order to treat my companions as soon as possible, we are going to return to Alanna immediately. We will also report the entire matter to President Balbo truthfully, "Wilkinson said with a solemn expression before turning around to leave with the other two.
"Stop right there!" Lin Li stood up and left his desk. "It's your freedom to leave if you want to, and I won't stop you. However, it's impossible for me to be your shield. "After saying that, he pushed away the three people who were blocking the door and walked out.
Wilkinson and the others didn't know what Lin Li meant, and wanted to flare up. However, seeing that Lin Li had already left, they had no choice but to follow him reluctantly.
Soon, Lin Li arrived at the room where the potions were concocted. He pushed the door open and walked in, only to see that the young pharmacists were all gathered together, and there were nine unconscious ones lying on the ground. Fortunately, there was a ventilation device under each workbench. Otherwise, they wouldn't be the only ones who would be affected.
Upon seeing Lin Li walk in, the pharmacists who had already labeled Lin Li as a villain naturally didn't have a good expression on their faces. They would have long attacked him if not for the fact that they were in someone else's territory.
While everyone was glaring at him with undisguised anger, Lin Li strode towards a workbench with a look of disdain on his face. Judging from the utensils that had been knocked over, he could tell that it belonged to an unlucky pharmacist. He looked at the herbs on the table, and immediately had an idea of what had happened. He also knew what drug had caused the person to fall.
At this moment, Wilkinson chased after Lin Li with his men. The pharmacists in the room didn't know what Lin Li was there for, and when they saw Wilkinson, they immediately surrounded him in a bid to ask him about their concerns. However, Wilkinson waved his hand to stop them, and looked at Lin Li in bewilderment.
At this moment, Lin Li was busy at the workbench as if there was no one else around. He took out semi-finished medicinal herbs from the medicine cabinet, and then used various utensils to prepare a potion. That surprised Wilkinson and the other pharmacists, because they could tell from Lin Li's actions that he seemed to have a solid foundation in pharmaceutics.
Lin Li was actually a little depressed now. He really didn't expect the so-called geniuses to be so incompetent. However, after all, there was a problem with the potion he was concocting, and he couldn't just let them carry the person back to Balbo without doing anything. Since it wouldn't take much effort, he might as well concoct some antidotes for them himself.
Although the weakened Bone Erosion Powder was only of a low-level, the antidote required was a high-level potion. Fortunately, these people were poisoned during the preparation process. They were not really poisoned by the Bone Eroding Powder, but by a kind of medicinal material. After a few moments, Lin Li placed a small glass of light blue liquid on the magic furnace, and used a straw to suck out half a tube of golden liquid before gently dripping it into the glass.
"Bang!" A muffled explosion sounded, and the blue mist rose, only to be sucked away by the ventilation device on the workbench in the blink of an eye. Lin Li took down the glass, and the blue liquid that was originally in it had already turned into a silvery-white powder.
"What else do you want!?" Seeing that Lin Li was walking over with a glass, a group of pharmacists immediately stood in front of their unconscious companions.
"A bunch of idiots!" Lin Li sighed and shook his head slightly. All of a sudden, he sprinkled the powder in the glass in front of the pharmacists who were standing in front of him.
All of a sudden, they started coughing and cursing non-stop.
Wilkinson dashed out of the silvery-white powder while covering his mouth, and questioned Lin Li, "President Felic, what are you trying to do!?"
Lin Li pointed behind Wilkinson nonchalantly, and said, "What am I trying to do? Don't tell me you're really going to carry them back? "
Wilkinson turned around, only to see that the silver powder behind him had already disappeared. However, the few people who were initially unconscious had all stood up and were looking around in bewilderment.
Noticing Wilkinson's bewildered gaze, the pharmacists stopped cursing, and instead glanced at themselves before looking at their companions. Seeing that there was nothing unusual, they finally remembered to look behind them. Just like Wilkinson, everyone was dumbfounded by what they saw.
It had only been a while since Lin Li entered, yet he managed to concoct an antidote in such a short period of time. That was shocking. Of course, being able to concoct the potion so quickly did not mean that Lin Li's level was high. It only meant that he was very familiar with the concoction of such potions. Others might be able to concoct the same potion thousands of times, too. All of the pharmacists present comforted themselves, because compared to the boring explanation, there was another possibility that was too horrifying to accept.
All of a sudden, Wilkinson and the others snapped out of their trance and looked over, only to see that Lin Li had knocked on a glass bottle.
Seeing that everyone was looking over, Lin Li put down the glass rod, and calmly said, "I proposed this training plan to President Balbo, and the principle is that everything is voluntary. However, it seems that you don't want to stay here. It doesn't matter. It's up to you whether you want to stay or leave. However, there's one thing I don't want to be blamed by President Balbo the next time I see him. "
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