This dungeon has mushrooms growing on it.

Chapter 284, Section 283: Studying
[Seven Sins of Greed Trigger]

[Plunder Skill: Elvish LV1→LV2]

[Plunder Skill: Natural Magic LV2→LV3]

Recently, some inconspicuous mushrooms have quietly sprouted in the Elf Graveyard.

Lin Jun did not lay the mushroom mat in a grand manner; all operations were carried out through a hidden underground network of tunnels.

After the elves' burial ceremony, the burrowing puki will dig down to the burial site and decompose the body until only a skeleton remains.

Subsequently, the temporary fungal mat will be quickly decomposed and absorbed, and the tunnel will be carefully backfilled, leaving no obvious traces!

Of course, no one has noticed anything unusual so far.

It felt like waiting for an elf to feed you.

However, elves don't hold funerals very often; there were only two funerals this week.

Fortunately, Lin Jun wasn't in a hurry.

Meanwhile, Elaine was bored at home.

Because she nearly lost her life during her last solo adventure, her brother Salian decisively issued a curfew, strictly forbidding her from entering the Sacred Tree Dungeon alone again unless she could find reliable teammates to accompany her.

To this end, Salian even made a special trip to the sentries responsible for patrolling the perimeter of the forest, completely eliminating any thought she might have of sneaking out.

As for sending her to team up with a group of strangers for an adventure?

Why not just kill her?
"Why aren't animal companions considered teammates?" Elaine buried her face in Furball's soft fur and complained sullenly. "You guys are definitely more reliable than those strangers! Don't you think so, Furball?"

The parrot on my shoulder chirped twice in agreement.

The cabin now looks a bit empty. With winter approaching, Bean and Bubble have both gone into their caves to hibernate.

Xiao Ji is a restless girl who flies around everywhere every day, only occasionally coming back to show her face. Now, the only ones who can stay by her side are Mao Qiu and Fei Fei.

She listlessly rested her chin on the cold windowsill, gazing at the gray sky: "When is Xiaoji coming back?"

……

Outside the potion shop, the familiar sound of flapping wings could be heard.

Riel, who was lying by the counter, intently watching his grandfather prepare the medicine, suddenly twitched his long ears and sprang up!
She rushed to the window in a few strides, grabbed the window frame firmly with both hands, and her small body completely blocked the entire window.

I never expected a Puji to be so strong. Several times I tried to block the window, but Puji pushed it away with its tentacles. But this time it won't happen!
The scout landed with a thud on the empty herb rack outside the window, but didn't immediately sneak in as usual.

"Hmph!" Riel revealed a smug smile, as if he had won.

It landed on the ground with a plop, stretched out its tentacles, hooked onto the doorknob, and gently pulled!
squeak-

The shop door opened immediately.

Puji walked in very naturally, and with two light hops, landed steadily in the old spot behind the counter, plopped down, and sat down as if nothing had happened, watching the old elf make medicine.

Riel walked over with a pout, trying hard not to let her tears of frustration fall.

The old elf watched all this unfold, a helpless yet indulgent smile appearing on his wrinkled face, and he shook his head slightly.

suddenly,

"Ahem—!"

The old elf, his body hunched over, could barely stand by gripping the edge of the counter with his withered hands.

"Grandpa! What's wrong? Are you sick?" Riel's face turned pale with fright, and she quickly ran over to support her grandfather's trembling arm.

Puji, standing to the side, could see clearly that it wasn't an illness, but simply old age.

Extreme aging (all base attributes reduced by 80%)

It suffers the same negative status as the old bat. The difference is that the old bat had a sunstone to prolong its life, while the old elf did not.

Lin Jun remembered that when she first met him, this attribute debuff was 78%, but it had climbed to its maximum in just a few days.

It seems that the old elf's remaining lifespan is shorter than I expected, and he probably won't make it through this winter.

After nearly thirty seconds of heart-wrenching coughing, the old elf finally managed to catch his breath, his chest heaving violently.

He was panting, his hand trembling as he reached for the pot of unfinished medicine.

"Grandpa, you rest! Let me do it!" Riel said, her voice trembling with tears, as she forcefully grabbed her grandfather's hand.

A glimmer of light flashed in the old elf's cloudy eyes as he asked breathlessly, "Then... Riel, do you remember... how to make the hair growth potion?"

Riel glanced at the half-finished product in the pot and nodded vigorously: "I remember! Now we need to process the moonflower grass first, remove the roots... and then..." She recalled the steps her grandfather had taught her while frantically starting to work.

“Then… it’s… it’s adding…” Riel stared at the pot of light green liquid, his little brows furrowed as he tried to recall the next crucial step.

What was added again? Was it morning dew and flower stamens?

No, that's for purification... or is it stone core powder?
That doesn't seem right either... Grandpa clearly said it many times!
Fine beads of sweat began to appear on her forehead; the more anxious she became, the blanker her mind became.

Just when she was racking her brains and was on the verge of tears—

pat!

A small clump of brown, dried roots, still fragrant with the scent of earth, was picked up by the scout on the nearby counter with its mycelial tentacles and tossed into a bubbling crucible!
"Ah! What are you doing!" Riel exclaimed in surprise, both angry and anxious, and instinctively reached out to grab him.

However, her movements froze.

The inconspicuous tuft of roots fell into the light green liquid and dissolved quickly.

Immediately afterward, the color of the liquid changed at a speed visible to the naked eye, the light green quickly deepening, as if it had been injected with rich vitality, and in a few breaths it turned into a dark green that represented success!
This shows that Puji not only used the right materials, but also the right amount!

"You...you...you you you!" Riel pointed at the scout on the counter, his little face filled with disbelief. "Could it be...you really learned how to make medicine?!"

She glanced at the pot of perfectly deep green growth potion, then at the little Puji that seemed indifferent, even leisurely swinging its little feet: "A Puji... actually... actually knows more about alchemy than me... Grandpa taught me for so long, and I still haven't remembered it..."

Actually, no. In just over a week, Lin Jun only learned a few things, which just happened to include this growth potion.

The old elf lying in the wicker chair behind was also somewhat surprised.

But I was just surprised.

Puji has an owner, and it looks like a modified familiar.

It's understandable that some familiars are a bit smarter; after all, he only knows how to concoct medicine and doesn't understand these things well enough.

The old elf reached out and gently ruffled Riel's hair.

“Ryle,” the old elf’s voice was hoarse but unusually gentle, “Don’t be discouraged. Your grandfather has many, many more potion recipes and brewing techniques that I haven’t had a chance to teach you properly yet.”

He leaned forward slightly, a smile of encouragement on his wrinkled face: "In the days to come, Grandpa will teach you everything he knows, little by little, okay? Our Riel is so smart, he'll definitely be able to learn."

Riel sniffed hard and nodded emphatically, "Mmm!"

Puji, who was standing to the side, couldn't understand the tenderness between the grandfather and grandson. Seeing that they weren't planning to continue refining medicine for the time being, he pounced on the next house.
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Underground city.

The bound minotaur volunteers' hair grew wildly, and they soon turned into hairy minotaurs.

Lin Jun was very satisfied with the results.

"Norris, there's something good for you to try!"

　Tomorrow at midnight

　　
　
(End of this chapter)