The poison of the Golden-Eyed Lizard was insidious, and almost impossible to remove completely.
It would not be too difficult to save a person's life, as most doctors could do it. However, this would only remove most of the toxins. Those that had already invaded the body would slowly lurk and destroy the body from the inside out. With this destruction, the poisoned person would become weaker day by day. After about half a month, it could turn a lively and strong man into a cripple. The degree of insidiousness was not inferior to the high concentration Wild Potion that Lin Li had concocted.
Apart from the Priest's level-15 divine spell, Life Awakening, the only thing that could completely remove this poison was the Detoxification Potion.
So when Sean mentioned the Golden-Eyed Lizard, Lin Li knew what was going on.
"Take me to your house." Lin Li remembered very clearly that he had at least four bottles of Detoxification Potion in his pocket. This was a necessary potion for survival in the Sunset Mountains.
Sean was stunned for a moment, and then slowly understood the meaning of Lin Li's words. The simple and honest young man suddenly felt dizzy in his mind. In the midst of ecstasy, he was so happy that he was at a loss. He even stuttered a little. "Thank you … Thank you, Mage Felic … Thank … Thank you!"
Thus, along the way, Lin Li heard Sean constantly thanking him. He had to admit that this young man, who was as strong as a black bear, was really not eloquent. It was just a few words of thanks over and over again, and there was nothing new at all. Compared to the rich businessmen and celebrities at the Castellan Mansion's banquet, it was a world of difference. But in Lin Li's ears, it was unusually sincere …
Sean's family lived in the west of the city. This was the area with the lowest prices in Jarrosus, and it was close to the Adventurers Guild, so most low-level adventurers would choose to live here.
Of course, in terms of the quality of life in such a place, it was naturally far from other places.
Most of the surrounding buildings were a little shabby. From the color, it seemed that they had been there for some time. Many places still had wooden sheds, simple and decayed, which looked as if they could be blown away by the wind. Along the way, there were pedestrians passing by from time to time. Most of them were wearing leather armor and boots, dressed like low-level adventurers, just like Sean, who was following closely behind.
"Mage Felic, we're here." After passing through several buildings, Sean stopped in front of a small house.
Even though he was mentally prepared, Lin Li could not help but be surprised when he saw the small house. It was so simple and crude that even the Jarrosus Exchange in the black market looked a hundred times better than it.
It was not that Lin Li had never been to an adventurer's house, but it was his first time seeing such a simple house …
The furnishings in the house were even simpler. There were two chairs, two beds, and a wooden table. That was everything in the house. There were some sundries piled up in the corner. There were various low-level magical beasts' furs, as well as herbs such as silver leaves that could be seen everywhere. A middle-aged man was lying on one of the beds. He looked to be in his forties. His skin was tanned, and his body was strong like Sean's. The only difference was that his tanned face had a stubble. It seemed that he hadn't hung it for a long time.
This should be Sean's father.
He was sleeping soundly, and a patched blanket was covering him. Looking at the middle-aged man sleeping soundly, Lin Li could not help but think of McGrenn, who had brought him out of the Sunset Mountains.
"Sean, go get some water." As Lin Li spoke, he took out a bottle of Detoxification Potion from his pocket, but he did not hand it directly to Sean. Instead, he asked him to fetch some water. The Detoxification Potion was too potent. If one drank it directly, the poison could be removed, but it would cause diarrhea. Hence, it was usually diluted with water to make the effect of the potion smoother.
Sean quickly brought the water in an iron kettle. When he brought it over, there was some embarrassment on his dark face. "This is the only thing in the house that can hold water …"
"It doesn't matter. This is the same." Lin Li smiled, took the kettle from Sean, opened the glass bottle, and poured the thick black liquid into the kettle.
To be honest … the smell of the Detoxification Potion was too unpleasant.
This thing used a lot of ghost grass juice, and the smell was pungent and pungent. If you got close, you might even cry.
When the black and thick liquid was poured into the kettle, Lin Li hurriedly tightened the lid, and then carefully shook the Detoxification Potion.
"Take this to your father to drink. He will wake up in ten minutes at most."
"En … En … Thank you … Mage Felic …" Sean's voice was choked. He had lived for more than 20 years, and this was the first time he was so happy that he wanted to cry.
In order to help his father detoxify the poison, Sean had traveled almost half of Jarrosus City, looking for one doctor after another. But even the cheapest medicine required 1,000 gold coins, which was a huge sum of money that the family could not afford.
In order to raise enough money and to save his father's life, Sean had tried almost all the ways. He had sold everything that could be sold at home, and even borrowed a sum of money from the Adventurers Guild. But it was still far from 1,000 gold coins …
Then he thought of the double-edged sword …
In fact, even Sean himself did not know the origin of the sword.
He only vaguely remembered his father saying that a few hundred years ago, there was a big shot in the Polillo Family, and this sword was his weapon.
But a weapon used by a big shot might not necessarily be sold at a high price.
Sean had carried this sword to almost all the weapon shops in Jarrosus.
But no boss was willing to pay 600 gold coins for it.
Sean had already lost all hope when he was in the Gilded Rose.
This was his last hope. Even the Gilded Rose was only willing to pay 100 gold coins. Sean really did not know how he could earn these 600 gold coins.
Everything that happened after that was like a dream to him …
When that heavy bag of gold coins was like a little light in the darkness, it illuminated Sean's eyes in an instant.
At that moment, Sean was like a drowning man struggling desperately in the water. When he was about to give up, someone reached out to him with a warm helping hand …
Sean did not know any great principles. He just secretly swore that he must repay this kind mage, no matter what!
And at this time, Lin Li found something strange.
That thing was among the junk in the corner. To be more precise, it was stuck to a few silver leaves. It looked black, like a little stain …
Except for those who understood its value, most people would only cast it aside as weeds when they saw it.
But Lin Li knew that it actually had another name.
Its name was Black Lotus!
"Sean, did you and your father sell some herbs in the city?" Lin Li gradually understood when he thought of the batch of herbs he had collected.
"Mage Felic, how did you know?" Sean looked a little surprised.
"Sure enough …" Lin Li suddenly laughed, and happily patted Sean on the shoulder. "Sean, you've helped me a lot this time!"
"Haha …" Sean's laughter was very simple and honest. Although he did not understand what Lin Li was talking about, he could see that Mage Felic was very happy.
"Come, come, come … Sean, look at this first." Lin Li pulled the honest-looking young man to the corner, and then bent down to carefully pick out half of the black lotus petal from the pile of silverleaf. "Do you still remember where you got this herb?" he asked.
"This … This is also a herb?" Sean looked at the half of the black lotus petal and scratched his head in doubt.
"Of course!"
"Aiya …" The honest-looking young man looked very annoyed. He slapped himself hard on the forehead. With his beast-like strength, this slap immediately made a muffled sound. "Last time when I picked the silver-leaved grass, I only picked two of them. Afterwards, I felt that they were black and ugly, so I mixed them into the silver-leaved grass. I was afraid that people wouldn't buy them, so I took them out and threw them away. I shouldn't have thrown them away …"
"…" Lin Li suddenly wanted to hit the wall.
Mixing the black lotus with the silver leaves, and then picking it out and throwing it away because it was black and did not look good … Was this something a human would do?
"Is this really a herb?" Seeing the strange look on the Magic Shooter, Sean was much more careful when he asked.
"… Yes."
"Aiya …" Sean slapped his forehead again. "I should have picked the other two as well!"
"What?" Lin Li was shocked. "There are two more?"
Seeing that Lin Li was asking so cautiously, Sean did not dare to be careless. He carefully recalled, and said with some uncertainty, "It could also be three …"
"…" Lin Li felt that he had no strength. "Where is it …"
"It's in the Fire Plume Ridge. Usually when I go there with Dad to do missions, we will pick some herbs to sell."
"Alanna's Fire Plume Ridge?" Lin Li vaguely remembered that Andoine seemed to have mentioned this place. It was said to be an extinct volcano.
Thinking about it carefully, it was really possible. The temperature of an extinct volcano should be able to meet the extreme environment for the growth of the black lotus, but it seemed a little too much to grow four or five at a time. Could it be that that place was not just an extinct volcano?
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