Chapter 58: Awakening Potion

  There's still one more chapter at 12 o'clock, and I'll be rolling on the ground begging for recommendation votes!

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  The legendary magician wants to have a private talk with Lin Li, who dares to be impolite and come forward? The guests were curious, but they had no choice but to slowly disperse. Under the orders of the city lord, soon servants came over, lifted up Bathroel who was still unconscious, and quickly restored the banquet hall to its original state.

  The crystal lamp still emits soft light, and the music that sounds in my ears is still gentle and soothing.

  The fat man continued to introduce his daughter to Kevin, while the buxom aunt continued to chat flirtatiously. The worldly guests were still busy socializing and making deals, one after another, picking up where they had left off earlier.

  The previous chaos was as if it had never happened, and everything returned to the beginning.

  In this quiet corner, several screens were separated, and the dim crystal lamp light made it slightly darker, just suitable for guests to discuss some more confidential matters. The old and young each found a chair to sit down, just about to speak when the two people awkwardly discovered that there were others in this quiet corner, and for a moment, both of them were stunned.

  Rowling's face was tear-stained, and in the stunned gaze of the two, she called out a little fearfully: "Grandpa Green."

  "Heh heh, so it's little Rowan." Old Green smiled warmly, his eyes kind and benevolent as he gazed at Rowan: "Come, tell Grandpa Green, what are you doing sitting here all alone?"

  "It's too noisy outside, I want to be alone for a while..." Roline looked at Lin Li with a complicated expression, then her face turned red as she spoke in a low voice.

  "Hehe, then come sit with Grandpa Green. Because of his acquaintance with Grandma Roland, Old Green had taught her some knowledge of pharmacy, but later got busy with other things and didn't have time to continue teaching her. However, he always liked this little girl who was skilled in medicine, and even thought about developing her into a pharmacist's guild."

  Lao Green thought to himself, since he was going to instruct anyway, why not let this little girl listen in as well, maybe she could learn something. However, despite thinking this way, Lao Green still very politely asked Lin Li for his opinion: "Young fellow, do you have any objections?"

  "No objection......" Since the old man had already spoken, Lin Li naturally wouldn't refute him and lose face. Besides, it wasn't a confidential matter, so letting Luo Lin hear it didn't matter either.

  Lin Li moved the chair again, making room for Roland, and the three sat down around the table. Only then did Old Green nod at Lin Li, indicating that he could ask questions now.

  "Take a look at this antidote first." Lin Li pulled out a light blue glass bottle from his pocket and handed it to Green-Burnsided.

  "Ah..." Old Green took over the glass bottle, opened the cap and brought it to his nose, taking a light sniff.

  Then, Rowling, who had been quietly sitting there, found that Old Green's expression on his face suddenly changed. It was an incredible expression, as if he saw not a blue glass bottle, but a dead elephant bitten by ants.

  "This can't be, is this really a sobering agent?" Old Green's eyes widened, his gaze at Lin Li was already filled with doubt: "What did you add to it?"

  "A pinch of Voidbloom, and a pinch of Dragon's Blood." Lin Li scratched his head, looking somewhat troubled: "Recently, I've been trying to increase the concentration of the Awakening Draught. In order to make the Awakening Draught even more pure, I've tried over thirty different herbs. Finally, I found that if you mix Voidbloom with Dragon's Blood, it can achieve a similar effect... however..."

  "But what about it?" By this time, Old Grein's expression had become somewhat urgent. As a magician himself, he was well aware of what a bottle of high-concentration wakefulness potion meant for magicians - longer durations of spellcasting beyond one's level, and faster magical recovery.

  The problem with wakefulness potions has always been their extremely short duration, a single vial of wakefulness potion can only sustain its effect for ten seconds. As a result, even within the Alchemist Guild itself, very few people bother to concoct wakefulness potions; and on the rare occasions when they do manage to brew one or two vials, most of them end up being discarded as charity to various magical guilds.

  When Lin Li said he was "trying to increase the concentration of wake-up medicine", Lao Green actually wanted to advise him, and the Pharmaceutical Association had made similar attempts, but so far no one has achieved any results.

  The potion itself is an extremely sensitive thing, with various conflicting properties in a small bottle of potion, maintaining a delicate and fragile balance.

  Especially for something like a wakefulness agent, the formula of which has been passed down from the dark ages, it has long since been proven that there is not even a shred of room for change.

  So when Old Green opened the bottle cap, he was completely stunned. This one bottle of sobering agent was enough to subvert the common sense of most pharmacists.

  He had always thought that the genius pharmacist in Andou's mouth was just a young man with great pharmaceutical talent, maybe slightly better than Roline, but not much stronger after all, since Roline was also a rare genius.

  But as soon as Lin Li finished speaking, Old Grein realized he was wrong, and it was a mistake of epic proportions.

  This young magician named Ferry before my eyes is not a genius of potion at all, but a great master of potion who has already achieved great success - he even has a good chance to surpass the category of masters in an extremely short period of time.

  It was only then that Old Green understood why this young wizard named Ferry had been so bold as to want to discuss...

  Because he indeed has the qualifications to discuss with himself, others have never thought of worshiping what masters, nor have they thought of asking him to point out what. Others simply treat themselves as a fellow who can be discussed.

  After realizing all this, even the old Green who had lived for over a hundred years couldn't help but feel his old face slightly flushed... It felt as if he was excitedly rushing forward, only to be suddenly slapped in the face, with embarrassment and loss mixed together, making the expression on Old Green's face incredibly complex.

  But Lao Ge Lin was not like ordinary young people, he had lived for over a hundred years, and many things had long been seen through. The endless embarrassment was quickly thrown to the back of his mind, and he devoted himself to discussing the sobering agent with Lin Li.

  This time, however, Old Green no longer dared to treat him as a junior who needed guidance, but rather as a qualified master of pharmacy worthy of collaborating with himself.