Mountains and giant beasts, cabins in the woods

Sumali is a professional at purifying substances from solutions.

Liu Xingmo only remembered the general knowledge that penicillin is water-soluble.

Knowing this, Su Mali skillfully operated various instruments, performing filtration and separation, acid-base back-extraction, high-temperature crystallization, and so on.

Liu Xingmo obtained a small pinch of white powder. He took out a little and sprinkled it on the bacteria in the petri dish.

After most of the day had passed, a blank circle appeared among the colorful bacteria.

Penicillin has been successfully produced! Although it is only the most basic antibiotic, it has a powerful killing effect on most bacteria!

The medical technology in this world lacks effective sterilization methods. Whether it's magic or elixirs, the essence is to enhance immunity in order to defeat bacteria.

The effects of penicillin can be combined with other treatments, giving patients who seem beyond saving a chance to recover!

This stuff has side effects, so a skin test is necessary before use. But if the target is a tough-skinned creature like a wild boar, then you can use it without worry.

Sumali was quite curious about the white powder: "Xingmo, what kind of medicine is this? There is no record of it in either alchemy or elixirs."

"Haha, this is science and technology."

"Hmm~ Okay, it's something I don't know. I also have some good news for you. After talking with Da Bo and Xiao Mei yesterday, I've found a direction for the healing elixir."

"Excellent!" Liu Xingmo exclaimed confidently. "Mary, let's make our potions famous throughout the entire Xing'an Mountains!"

Around noon.

Su Dabao and Du Xiaomei came to visit again. They ate Schisandra chinensis and wanted to repay them through their labor.

Liu Xingmo and Su Mali warmly welcomed the two, and then the four of them went directly to the study to begin researching the healing potion.

This means transforming the traditional herbal formula "Bone-Setting and Tendon-Regenerating Powder" into an alchemical agent and mass-producing it using a production line.

With Du Xiaomei's suggestion, the biggest hurdle was overcome, and the entire plan was designed by evening.

With the addition of more machines, the workshop will be able to mass-produce the healing potion.

Liu Xingmo couldn't wait to send a message to the Yinqianshan mine, urging them to expedite the production of related equipment.

Su Dabao and Du Xiaomei stayed for dinner before saying goodbye and leaving.

The two, carrying lanterns, disappeared into the fireflies-twined grass.

Thick clouds obscured the moon, and starlight was hidden in the darkness.

At this moment, another small figure silently arrived at the entrance of Mushroom Castle.

Sumali gave a slight bow: "Miss Setia, you've arrived."

"I've prepared what you asked for." The petite girl handed over a book. "All the first and second-tier blood magic spells are here. I've translated them into easy-to-understand Chinese."

Liu Xingmo took the book, glanced through it briefly, then shook his head and sighed, "Sister Setia, you're so stingy! Why are there only first and second-tier magic? At least give me a third-tier spell as a token gesture!"

"You brat! Don't you know the rules?" the blonde, blue-eyed girl said indignantly. "Only first and second-tier knowledge is recorded on paper. Third-tier and above are the core foundation of families and gangs, passed down orally!"

Liu Xingmo shouted, "Really? I didn't know that. You're not lying to me, are you?"

Setia jumped up and down in frustration: "Huh? With your level of skill, of course you can't handle these things! Go back and practice properly, and you'll understand the rules!"

Liu Xingmo wanted to say more.

Sumali grabbed his arm: "Xingmo, there's a reason why third-level experts are called instructors in Black Dragon Village."

"Haha, I'm from the library, how could I not know?" Liu Xingmo smiled casually. "I thought the rules in the East and the West were different, so I tested him out."

"Bastard!" The girl in the dress tore off the lace-trimmed puff sleeve and started punching the young man in front of her.

Liu Xingmo took off running, using his wife as a pillar, desperately dodging the assassins in the shadows.

Setia followed along, circling around.

Sumali, at the eye of the storm, helplessly rubbed her forehead with her hand.

Half a day later, Setia swiped a bottle of blood potion and left in a huff.

Watching her retreating figure, Liu Xingmo said helplessly, "Setia is so old, yet she acts like a child. Do all vampires like to act young?"

"What are you talking about? My dear husband?" Sumali rolled her eyes at him.

"It's nothing, let me study magic properly!" Liu Xingmo chuckled as he returned to the house.

Light an oil lamp in the study and open the magic book.

This slightly thick notebook is filled with neat handwriting.

There is no table of contents, no preface; after a brief introduction to a magic spell, it proceeds to complex instructions on how to use it.

On the very last page, the author wrote his message in bold handwriting:

Liu Xingmo, you big idiot! If you can't learn it, it means you're stupid. Don't come to me asking.

"What does this mean? Is this considered being tsundere? Or does she really not want me to ask her?" Liu Xingmo chuckled. "Women and petty people are indeed difficult to deal with, and Setia has managed to do both by herself. Alas! The Grand Duke of Silvermoon Fortress is truly pitiful."

"Don't talk nonsense, Miss Setia is a very good girl." Sumari arrived silently at the study door.

"No matter how good she is, her birth chart clashes with mine. That's the mysterious and unpredictable nature of fate."

……

After their bickering ended, they began to seriously study magic.

Command techniques, trauma techniques, atrophy techniques...

Blood magic is a technique that uses blood energy to interfere with the physical bodies of other living beings; simply put, it's about applying negative buffs. To use it, one needs a high level of spiritual and mental strength.

In contrast, the Bloodline Cultivation system in the Central Plains region uses the flow of blood and qi through the meridians to enhance physical attributes—essentially providing a positive buff. To utilize this system, a robust physique is required.

Liu Xingmo nodded as he read.

If one can integrate Eastern and Western technologies, the path of blood alone will be the path to heaven.

At least the difficulties of the second and third order can be overcome more easily, and one can naturally move on to the fourth order.

Liu Xingmo began to focus on learning the meditation techniques that accompany blood magic.

Having already mastered the general meditation method through "Basic Spells," learning it now isn't difficult; it just requires time to continuously refine.

Liu Xingmo sat on the cushion in his study and entered a deep meditative state, allowing his blood and energy to circulate in his brain.

The strange life energy, manipulated by mental power, was compressed and condensed, atomized and boiled, trembled and twisted, constantly changing its properties...

Liu Xingmo practiced for most of the day, but felt dizzy and his vision blurred.

He took out a petal of the Heart-Gathering Flower, tore off a strip, and chewed it. Gradually, his consciousness returned to clarity.

The soul trembled slightly, a small piece peeled off, and condensed into a soul imprint. It was a second-level, first-tier Wood Path, finally born as the soul strengthened.

Liu Xingmo let out a long breath, sat up straight, and threw himself back into studying magic.

On the other side, Su Mali was also carefully reviewing the students' notes.

She had been stuck at the first level for a long time, but now she has a better inheritance, enough to accumulate strength and make a breakthrough.

She closed the book and said in a deep voice, "Xingmo, I'm about to be promoted too."