Wilkinson hesitated for a moment, and stole a glance at his companions, who seemed to be gloating. Someone even mouthed, "Let me do it if you don't dare."
Gritting his teeth, Wilkinson said, "Master Felic, here's the thing. When we came to the Breezy Plains, my teacher once mentioned to me that there's a medicinal herb store called Seven Leaf Grass in Roland City. He told me to help him find a few medicinal herbs when I have the chance. Do you think I can … "
"Seven Leaf Grass Medicinal Herb Shop?" Lin Li asked with interest as he put down his teacup.
Wilkinson nodded, and said, "Yes, my teacher told me that this Seven Leaf Grass Medicinal Herb Shop has always been very well-stocked, and many rare medicinal herbs that can't be found elsewhere can be found here."
"Oh, alright then. Since I'm free, I'll go with you to take a look. Let's see what's so special about this medicinal herb shop that even Master Balbo admires." Lin Li didn't ask much, and simply got up to leave. In fact, how could he not know what Wilkinson was thinking? If Balbo lacked any medicinal herbs, he would have plenty of ways to obtain them. Why would he ask his student to find a chance to help him find them?
However, Lin Li was also a little bored. He had seen the interior and exterior of the castle, and there wasn't much he could do. There wasn't a place to practice magic, nor was there a workshop to prepare potions. He couldn't possibly sit here and drink tea for the entire afternoon.
"Let's go. What's wrong with them?" Lin Li gestured for them to leave, but he saw that the other pharmacists were dejected and did not move.
"Hah, them? They're tired, and don't want to go out. Let them stay and rest," Wilkinson said smugly as he looked at his companions.
"Okay, since you've lost the bet, let's go," Lin Li said smilingly.
Wilkinson chuckled dryly and hurriedly followed him.
After declining the suggestion of the castle's butler to send a carriage, Lin Li and Wilkinson left the castle with the two Undead servants behind them, and walked towards the place that the butler had told them to go.
Along the way, Wilkinson told Lin Li about the legend of Seven Leaf Grass.
In the legends of Anril, there used to be a stalk of seven-leaf grass growing under the Tree of Eternity. Due to the growth of the essence of eternity, it had the power to bring people back to life.
It was said that the first queen of the High Elves was injured by a prehistoric magical beast called the Sphinx, which had a lion's body and a goat's head. The sharp claws of the lion-bodied, goat-headed magical beast carried a poison that was even more potent than the viper's poison. It was said that even the gods could not neutralize this poison.
However, just as the High Elven Queen was about to choose a successor, a figure as powerful as the incarnation of a god picked a stalk of Seven Leaf Grass under the Tree of Eternity, and concocted an antidote for the High Elven Queen to consume. Finally, the poison was successfully neutralized.
"As powerful as the incarnation of the gods …" Two names flashed through Lin Li's mind when he heard this description — the Immortal King and Geresco. Geresco was at the end of the Dark Age, so the one who detoxified the poison of the first High Elven Queen might be the Immortal King. Thinking about it, Lin Li felt that it was highly possible. Apart from the timing, the Immortal King seemed to be an all-rounder. Since he could use the remains of the Dragon of Destruction to build a Sky Castle for the High Elves, it was not surprising that he knew how to concoct a potion.
The Seven Leaf Grass Herb Shop was located next to a small square in the southwest corner of Roland City. It was a three-story building with a white dome that seemed to have gone through a lot of changes compared to the surrounding buildings. There were no words written on the shop sign, and only a drawing of the legendary Seven Leaf Grass seemed to show the extreme confidence of the owner of the shop.
After all, pharmacists were rarer than mages, and it was impossible for them to be as popular as Warriors. Furthermore, the main source of customers of the medicinal herb store were pharmacists, who were scarce in number. How could it be lively?
When they walked into the herb shop, they did not smell the mixed medicinal fragrance that was usually found in other herb shops. That just meant that the management of the various herbs in the shop was very good. The smell indicated the spread of energy, and the mixed medicinal fragrance indicated that there was a problem with the preservation of various herbs. There would definitely be energy infiltration between the herbs, and it would easily cause changes in the medicinal properties. In particular, when concocting some high-level potions, some slight changes would cause the concoction to fail.
Standing in the hall of the herb shop, there were neatly arranged medicine cabinets made of Concealed Light Crystal. Such medicine cabinets allowed people to see the herbs inside from the outside, but the light outside would not affect the properties of the herbs inside. This design could be considered very considerate. It allowed pharmacists who came to buy herbs to directly and conveniently choose the herbs they wanted, and would not cause the properties of the herbs to be affected by the outside world because of the frequent opening of the medicine cabinets. However, the cost of such a considerate design was not affordable for ordinary people. Even the herb warehouse of the Pharmacist Guild did not have a large number of such medicine cabinets made of Concealed Light Crystal.
At this point, Lin Li had a good impression of this Seven Leaf Grass medicinal herb store. The only problem was that the middle-aged man, who was probably the manager, did not greet them at all, let alone get up to greet them. Why did he think that the middle-aged man was the manager? From the layout of the shop, he could tell that the owner of the shop should actually be someone who was more considerate to his customers. How could he be someone who would sit still even after seeing the customers enter?
What kind of place was this? The Seven Leaf Grass Herb Shop was famous in the entire Breezy Plains. Even the chief pharmacist of the Castellan Mansion was a regular customer here. Although people always compared Seven Leaf Grass to the Time Consignment Shop, in the eyes of the manager, Seven Leaf Grass was noble because it served noble pharmacists. On the other hand, the Time Consignment Shop was at the bottom because it sold potions and magical equipment for Warriors and mages.
With drooping eyelids, the manager looked at the four people who had just come in and felt a burst of annoyance. How could a beggar expect anyone to give him a meal in a restaurant!? Although the four of them were all wearing magic robes, mages were useless here. Besides, they looked like they were just mages who were in dire straits.
Wilkinson and the other pharmacists were now celebrities of the Breezy Plains, and all the forces knew them. Hence, when they followed Lin Li to Roland City for the auction this time, Wilkinson and his companions had deliberately changed into their pharmacist attire.
As for Lin Li, he only cared about his own comfort and didn't care about what others thought of him. Before he transmigrated here, he was a slovenly otaku. It would be impossible for him to take the initiative to dress up.
Ujfalusi and Norfeller were in a more pitiful state. Because they were Undead creatures, they could not hide the strong aura of decay that they exuded. Hence, no matter how decent their clothes were, they would still look rotten to others.
After confirming the identities of the four people at a glance, the manager who didn't even think highly of the Time Consignment Shop would definitely not take them seriously. As long as they didn't disturb him, he would let them get lost. He couldn't be bothered to talk to them. At the thought of this, the manager humphed in displeasure and lowered his eyelids as if he had fallen asleep.
Wilkinson wasn't a nerd who didn't know the ways of the world. How could he not see the obvious contempt? Ever since he entered the Pharmacist Guild, he had been accepted as a student by Teacher Balbo because of his hard work and talent. No one dared to show such obvious contempt in front of him. Even behind his back, he had made great achievements through hard work, and those who were jealous of him wouldn't dare to look down on him.
Although calmness was a basic requirement for a pharmacist when preparing potions, Wilkinson was only in his twenties, after all. How could he tolerate the contempt of others in front of him? However, when he was about to flare up, he discovered that Master Felic had already gone to look at the herbs, and the two Undead servants didn't seem to be affected at all.
Of course, Undead creatures wouldn't have any emotional fluctuations. They were already dead, and only had their souls trapped in their bodies. They were no longer humans, so why would they care about what others thought of them? To Ujfalusi and Norfeller, the only thing they cared about was the safety of their master, Lin Li. Unless someone threatened Lin Li's safety, everything else had nothing to do with them.
As for Lin Li, it didn't matter if his attitude was warm or not. After all, he was here to buy herbs, not to buy smiles. How could he have so much time to educate others? He walked along the rows of crystal medicine cabinets in the hall, and really found a few herbs that he needed.
Lin Li took some time to study the potion formulas that William had left behind previously. The Divine Potion was very difficult to concoct, and even though he was a pharmaceutics Guru, he still didn't have much confidence in concocting it. Moreover, it wasn't easy to prepare all the herbs that he needed.
The herbs that he saw now were used in the other formulas. Lin Li felt that the formulas other than the ones for the Divine Potion weren't randomly put together with the ones for the Divine Potion. It seemed that he might be able to gain some insight and gain more confidence in concocting the Divine Potion by concocting these formulas.
Although the crystal medicine cabinets were arranged like the shelves in a supermarket, the herbs inside weren't for anyone to take. According to the memory in his mind, Lin Li wrote down all the herbs that he could find here on a piece of paper. Then, he approached the middle-aged man, and said, "Please help me get these herbs." He then pushed the piece of paper that recorded the herbs over to the middle-aged man.
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