The spine of the Titan was cut vertically into two halves, and surrounded the Bone Square to form the walls of the Black Front Fortress. The Titan's gigantic skull was supported on two shorter ribs, and its lower jaw was embedded in the ground of the Bone Square. It seemed to be roaring loudly as it formed the entrance to the Black Front Fortress.
Soon after Lin Li completed the construction of the Black Front Fortress, Angelano and Connoris also completed the transformation of the Death Knights. The 12 black-armored knights that were enveloped in a thick death aura had already turned into silver-armored knights that exuded a pure holy aura. However, the 12 Holy Death Knights did not become the first batch of residents of the Black Front Fortress. Instead, they were sent by Lin Li to the Scar of Death in the Blackstone Mountains. Lin Li ordered them to kill Undead creatures and devour soul fire while waiting for the other Death Knights that the Retribution Knight might summon.
Although the Black Front Fortress was built for the Death Knights, the first batch to move in was the Lich Ujfalusi and his Humerus Wyrm, as well as the Vampire Norfeller and Lin Li's Crimson Dragon. To Undead creatures, the strengthening effect of the Black Front Fortress was not inferior to the Psychic Array at all, except for the one in the Sky Castle …
After adding the crystal coffin, the Eternal Furnace had begun to take shape. Although it could not be considered complete, the only things that were lacking were some details. Lin Li could gradually perfect it with his own strength. The Titan's skeleton built the Black Front Fortress, giving Lin Li's Undead servants and Death Knights a stable and rapid place to improve their strength. Using the crystal coffin and Osric's alchemy knowledge, the 12 Death Knights were transformed into Holy Death Knights. Without any weaknesses, their strength was more than doubled. The gains that Lin Li had gained from his adventures during this period of time had basically been transformed into a powerful help for him and the Tower of Dusk.
The only thing that made Lin Li feel regretful and helpless was that the Stars of Fury that he thought was in Osric's hands was still missing. He had no idea what Osric had done before entering the crystal coffin alone. There were no clues in the memory of the perfect body, either. He wondered if it had been sealed, or if Connoris's fusion degree was not high enough.
However, although it was a pity, Lin Li did not dwell too much on it. After completing the Eternal Furnace and the Black Front Fortress, he focused most of his energy on studying the debris of the stars, Nothingness, and comprehending the nomological power of time and space. After all, even if he really got the Stars of Fury now, he wouldn't be able to exert its full power given that he had just reached the threshold of level-24. The most important thing was to understand the power of the debris of the stars.
Lin Li was no longer just having a hunch, but also having enough confidence that he would step into the Sanctuary-realm after obtaining all seven pieces of the debris of the stars. He now had five pieces of the debris of the stars — Holy Light, Gloomy Dark, Rebirth, Thunderbolt, and Nothingness. The nomological power contained in each piece of the debris of the stars was a huge fortune. As for Polar Snow and Raging Flames, they were almost within reach because of the huge order from the Felan Royal Family.
2,000 bottles of potions were equivalent to 2,000 Master-level potions in Anril now, but they could only be considered high-level potions in Lin Li's Tower of Dusk. Although it was impossible to stop all the pharmaceutical business and concentrate on preparing potions, the pharmacists of the Tower of Dusk were fortunately fully capable of preparing potions of this level on their own. Since it was a task that could give them contribution points, the mages who were knowledgeable in pharmaceutics were very willing to spend their spare time on this task. Hence, it was only a matter of time before the potion masters like Wilkinson completed the 2,000 bottles of potions.
After exploring the Sky Castle and Osric's mausoleum, Lin Li had plenty of time now. Apart from waiting for the Dragon Crystals of the Ice and Fire Twin Dragons and going to the underground palace in the Dragon Mountains, he had no plans to explore other treasures or ruins for the time being. Hence, in addition to reading the Book of Eternity and studying the debris of the stars, Lin Li also used this period of time to study some other things, such as the Viper's poison that had troubled the pope of the Brilliance Shrine for many years.
When Lin Li was appointed as the President of the Breezy Plains Guild of Magic, the Brilliance Shrine sent him a huge gift, which was the Summoning Lamp in which the Lord of Nightmares was sealed. The Summoning Lamp had helped Lin Li a lot later on, including subduing the Humerus Wyrm and defeating the elven mage Vidas. It had become a great help in many adventures. Hence, Lin Li couldn't forget the agreement with the Brilliance Shrine even if he wanted to.
When he made the agreement, Lin Li's pharmaceutical standards were not a problem, but the Viper's poison was a prehistoric magical beast's poison, after all. It could not be solved with a simple potion, and he had to consider many other aspects. Hence, Lin Li wasn't fully confident at that time, and the Brilliance Shrine wouldn't let their pope do the experiment, either.
Fortunately, the elves and the Moonsaber Panther in the Haiga Mountain Range gave Lin Li a chance to verify his theory even though they were only poisoned by the descendants of the Viper. Now, he was 90% confident about curing the Viper's poison in the pope's body. Now that he had the confidence and time, Lin Li didn't want to keep delaying the agreement. Hence, he put it on the agenda.
The greatest characteristic of the Viper's poison was its high concealment and devouring of vitality. If Lin Li hadn't intervened in time, the elves wouldn't have been able to survive for a few days under the devouring of the Viper's poison. Even the Moonsaber Panther, a sacred beast of the elves that had a longer lifespan than the elves, could not resist the erosion of the Viper's poison. Besides, it was only the poison of the descendants of the Viper.
When Lin Li first gave the elves the antidote, the main problem was actually the concealment of the poison, and the actual detoxification of the poison was not a big deal. However, the pope of the Brilliance Shrine had been poisoned by the real prehistoric magical beast Viper's poison. Hence, Lin Li naturally couldn't use the low-level antidote that he had used on the elves.
At the same time, in order to attract the authentic Viper's poison, Lin Li would need to formulate a potion that could greatly increase vitality. In order to ensure that nothing went wrong, Lin Li chose the Guru-level potion, the Gift of the Earth Goddess, which was enough to give an ordinary person a lifespan of 1,000 years. The massive vitality of the potion was definitely enough for the Viper's poison to take the bait. It was also thanks to this period of time that Lin Li had gained some understanding of the nomological power of the debris of the stars, Rebirth. Otherwise, it wouldn't be easy for him to formulate the Gift of the Earth Goddess even if he was already a pharmaceutics Guru.
Even now, formulating the Gift of the Earth Goddess was still a huge challenge for Lin Li. He spent 10 days preparing, and carried out in-depth treatment and extraction of various precious herbs. He then spent another three days repeatedly deducing the steps of the preparation. After all, it was a Guru-level potion, and every herb used was extremely precious. Putting aside the loss of a single failure, some herbs might not be replenished in a short period of time.
Most of the pharmacists led by Wilkinson had already reached the Master-level, and they could be considered to be at the pinnacle of the pharmaceutical field in Anril. Hence, some pharmacists inevitably became complacent, and thought that there was nothing more to learn in the field of pharmaceutics.
However, Lin Li's formulation of the Gift of the Earth Goddess, from the handling of herbs to the preparation of the potion, made everyone realize once again that the so-called pharmaceutics Masters were actually just getting started in the field of pharmaceutics. The medicinal principles and techniques involved in the concoction made everyone who had once been proud and complacent with what they had learned feel extremely ashamed at this moment.
After formulating the potion, Lin Li answered the endless questions of the pharmacists while thinking about when to go to the Brilliance Shrine to fulfill the agreement. After all, the Brilliance Shrine was located in the Ledin Kingdom, and was quite far away from the Tower of Dusk. Besides, the detoxification of Pope Rosario could not be done simply by drinking the potion. He also had to consider Rosario's specific situation. Hence, Lin Li had no idea how much time he would have to spend in the Brilliance Shrine. Perhaps it would be more than 10 days, or perhaps a month or two.
However, to Lin Li's surprise, the people from the Brilliance Shrine had already come knocking on his door before he could make a plan. The person who came was no stranger to Lin Li. It was Archbishop Martin, whom he had met once when he attended his inauguration ceremony. However, Englos and Martin seemed to have suddenly thought of something, and hurried back to the Brilliance Shrine midway. Hence, Lin Li and Archbishop Martin did not have much to talk to.
This time, Archbishop Martin had come alone, and he looked travel-worn, as if he had rushed there directly from the Brilliance Shrine. His eyes were filled with unconcealable anxiety and worry.
"President Felic, I heard that there was once an elf who was poisoned by the descendants of the Viper in the Haiga Mountain Range, and it was cured by you?" As soon as Archbishop Martin saw Lin Li, he immediately couldn't wait to verify the authenticity of the news. After seeing Lin Li nod, the anxiety and worry in his eyes lessened a little. He then requested to talk to Lin Li in private.
Lin Li knew that Archbishop Martin wanted to talk about the agreement. After all, the matter of Pope Rosario being poisoned by the Viper concerned the survival of the Brilliance Shrine. Even in the Brilliance Shrine, only a few people knew about it. Hence, after Lin Li brought Archbishop Martin to the guest room, he instructed the people outside not to disturb him, and then asked about the specific situation.
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