Chapter 516
Chapter 516 - 496: The Real Treasure
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In the Explorer’s assessment, the preferential treatment of specialists like Lu Ping’an was justified.
Ordinary explorers can probably only be considered "robbers," as they may easily make foolish mistakes, like treating treasures as garbage and garbage as heirlooms, even when deep inside the treasure vault.
Real experts and scholars can not only find the true treasures but also gain inspiration and wisdom sparks in the collision of power, knowledge, and rules between two worlds and bring out the most valuable gains.
Of course, the chances of this happening are quite low, but as long as they are not zero, it is worth continuous investment.
For example, what Lu Ping’an is doing now is more than just cultivating a new kind of Magic Plant... He is integrating the greatest treasure of the Silent Mountain Range World, the "Sun Holy Fire," into the Earth’s Gardening profession system. It is an annexation of the Earth’s World Rules with the Exotic Realm’s rules.
Difficult? It is inevitable. Without a "miracle" and "sufficient technical reserves," this project would not even be necessary from the start... To be blunt, without the Sun Vine bathed in Divine-Blood and the miracle created by fate, Lu Ping’an would not even have the most basic materials to begin his research.
After determining the real "treasure" in his hands, unlike others, Lu Ping’an was not in a hurry to explore and search for treasures everywhere.
He handed over these "trivial" miscellaneous tasks to others, patiently conducting his own research.
Is there any real discovery? It is not urgent to act at the moment. Now, while the homeland is still there, he should do all the "grafting" and "breeding" experiments with the local Magic Plants. According to the "common sense" of gardeners, he suspects that the compatibility between the native plants and the Holy Fire may be higher.
However, even though the rule building garden has already consumed many points, the project is still in the stage of trial and error and preliminary investment.
In order to produce feasible results so quickly, more time and points are needed.
Instead, someone had made additional gains first...
"I call this medicine the Holy Fire Pill. It can increase one’s fire resistance. If the user is a fire occupation professional, it can also enhance their control over the flames—the effects are good enough to qualify it as a third-tier Magic Potion..."
It was Miss Rou, the Magic Alchemist, who demonstrated her Career Ability and took the lead in presenting some results.
Using the "waste" from Lu Ping’an’s experiments as raw materials, she developed two types of Magic Potions.
One was the Holy Fire Pill, which enhanced one’s fire pit and flame control abilities. The other was received with great joy by Catherine.
"...I can feel that my flame power has increased. Although it is only a little bit, it has increased significantly, worth several weeks of my previous efforts."
Holy Fire Pill, a 2-tier Magic Potion, was made from the fruits of the degenerated descendants of the Sun Vine... Lu Ping’an didn’t know why she chose them, yet the research results came out quickly.
"Molecular Penetration" was Miss Rou’s Abnormal Ability, a "trash" ability that was hard to evaluate.
It was a "fusion" ability, merging A and B together or separating them.
It could mix water and oil as inseparable as milk and water... In the next moment, when she released her ability or manipulated it in reverse, she could separate the mixed milk and water again.
It sounds powerful, right? But she couldn’t interfere with living beings, and it required great focus for precise operations... which limited most of the attack methods.
However, when used in pharmaceuticals, this ability was a bug that broke "physical laws." It served as a catalyst for material mediation and fusion. She was able to quickly complete various trial and error adjustments and present various new medicines.
Lu Ping’an watched her use her ability to throw a bunch of materials into a pot and stir them like a mad witch. As she stirred, the materials came out... Lu Ping’an didn’t understand, but he felt it was incredible, and yet the "magic potion residue" became raw materials for new drugs.
Of course, the premise is that there is a sufficient amount of rare, special, yet connected materials... In this aspect, a large number of experimental byproducts have been recently produced by Lu Ping’an.
The present newborn Mouse-doctor, holding her two new drugs, was very proud.
She couldn’t wait to go back and publish her paper. This should even be enough for a graduate thesis.
In fact, what she brought out was not high-end at all, but the potential activation of "rare materials", that is, as a Magic Alchemist, she brought out the properties of the materials themselves, such as the regeneration potion made from the regeneration ability of Troll’s Blood.
However, although this item is relatively simple, it has the advantage of being both early and good.
She published papers and presented finished products first, which was her academic achievement... And her ability was indeed very suitable for the initial processing of various materials and the development of new drugs, and she had an obvious advantage in the application of materials, no wonder she was called a super magic potion genius.
The only problem is that the materials for this medicine require Sun Vines from unique magic plants and their subspecies, so it’s impossible to go public in the short term... Considering there isn’t enough for their own use, how could they sell it openly?
However, for researchers, it is still an irresistible huge academic achievement, especially considering its extremely practical value.
"How much can it sell for?"
"If it was before, the third-tier magic potion Sun Holy Fire Pill would cost at least 30,000 to start, and it can permanently enhance the flame affinity! The Holy Fire Pill is difficult to price, after all, only Holy Fire occupation professionals need it... But if I can process the materials and charge for labor, it would also start from 10,000."
Lu Ping’an now realized why some logistics professionals were so wealthy.
As long as they mastered a few popular magic potion formulas and manufacturing capabilities, and then found a stable Gardener supplier, wouldn’t they start making money afterward?
But for Lu Ping’an and others, what’s more important now is the "waste" after the experiment, so as not to be completely wasted.
Fearing a lot of test materials before Lu Ping’an had been wasted... Many new magic plant species that had been deemed worthless didn’t mean they couldn’t be used as magic potion materials, and Miss Rou’s talents ability was just right for activating the hidden value of materials.
It’s worth mentioning that there’s now a second Holy Fire Knight in the team... No one expected it to be the seemingly weak Mei Yuge.
Under normal circumstances, taking the test of Holy Fire is a dangerous gamble, as failure often means being roasted into a corpse... But thanks to Lu Ping’an’s ability to divide the test into six portions, this deadly test may not be lethal after all.
Someone took the Sun Holy Fire Pill to give it a try... It was a middle-aged Sealing Knight who volunteered to try it and also craved more power.
He failed, but Lu Ping’an managed to save his life using a "one-sixth" installment.
Later, two more people tried it, but they were probably only half-cooked... Not dying was already evidence of Lu Ping’an’s amazing ability.
Due to the tragic nature of the attempts, with people being burnt into firemen, no one tried it anymore.
However, Mei Yuge easily tried it and succeeded in one go... making the other Knights very envious.
Yes, the other two trialists were local Knights too.
Although Holy Fire is clearly more advanced and has amazing potential than Beastification, outsiders from the Combat Series are still somewhat hesitant about this ability, especially the permanence of the change in physique, which makes people concerned about whether it will break the balance between their past physical traits and profession.
Newcomers, on the other hand, who have nothing, are really up for a chaotic try... Buying is always better than nothing, right?
After digesting the initial gains from this battle, Lu Ping’an already has at least two fast talent cultivation paths in his hands unknowingly.
Lighting the Holy Fire/receiving the gift, accepting the corresponding training, taking drugs/borrowing the power of Holy Fire/beastification power, it may only take a few months... a few weeks, for Lu Ping’an to turn a Mortal into an Extraordinary warrior with certain self-preservation ability on the battlefield.
This is the biggest difference between Lu Ping’an and ordinary Explorers.
With the existence of the Earthly Divine Kingdom and this small team centered on the Life Sanctuary, his ability to digest resources, knowledge, and technology is countless times more than that of ordinary brute-force explorers.
And at this time, the new team also encountered a small problem... another group of outsiders from the Holy City came to this remote area.
— End of Chapter 516 —