Fanatics of the Magic Academy

Chapter 99 Potions

Rose slowly opened his eyes, emerging from the state of [deep ancient dragon meditation].

Of course, that's a nice way of putting it. To put it another way, Rose was kicked out of the dream again.

A week has passed since Rose attended the party.

Rose subconsciously activated her [Materialism] and found that her perception of her surroundings had become clearer than before.

Rose opened the panel and found that his faith had increased by a little after a long time, reaching 44 points.

And concentration has improved from 52 points to 56 points.

These past few days, Rose has been so engrossed in the dream library left by the ancient dragons that he forgot that [Deep Ancient Dragon Meditation] can actually improve his own stats.

Although his strength and agility cannot be improved due to his current physical development, his faith and concentration can still be improved.

These days, Rose has been spending his time in the Dream Library, studying the knowledge left behind by the ancient dragons and their followers. He discovered that he can increase his stats through [Ancient Dragon Meditation] much faster than the ancient dragon followers of 2 years ago.

After some investigation, he discovered that his own soul had carried a trace of ancient dragon electricity after it transmigrated, but this was, after all, a "foreign object".

【Gu Long Meditation】is about continuously integrating this current into one's soul and body, thereby constantly improving the harmony between body and soul, which is also known as the mastery of the body.

Then gradually increase your faith and focus.

Therefore, before the current within one's soul is completely integrated into oneself, the increase in stats achieved through [Ancient Dragon Meditation] far surpasses that of ordinary Ancient Dragon believers.

Moreover, Rose found something here that could be traded for at the next gathering: a potion used by ancient dragon cultists, as recorded in the library.

It's called "Silent Thunder".

The potion's effect is for believers with a faith level below 40, temporarily increasing their faith level by 10.

The principle behind it is to use drug ingredients to mimic an effect similar to the ancient dragon's electric current in the body, so that the user's soul and body are temporarily and forcibly merged, thereby enhancing faith and having a calming effect.

For believers, the side effects of this potion are negligible, because the believer's soul and body are already in perfect harmony. In fact, the alienation that occurs in the believer's body is a manifestation of the high degree of harmony between the soul and body.

However, for non-believers, it has side effects such as damage to the body and memory.

Rose chose this potion because he had long ago discovered that faith actually has a certain stabilizing effect on reason.

This potion not only increases faith by 10 points, but also has a calming effect, which is excellent for stabilizing reason.

As for the side effects of damaging the body and memory, Rose observed at the party that day that most drugs that stabilize reason actually have side effects.

Moreover, most of the side effects are far more serious than mere damage to the body and memory.

For example, it can temporarily increase sanity by 10 points, but it will decrease by 1 point every day for the next 12 days.

It's something like this: the higher your rationality, the lower your rationality becomes, and towards the end, you can hardly live without the medication.

At least Rose's potion won't lower sanity. For these slain mages, sanity is the most fundamental thing; everything else is not that important.

The damage to the body and memory is not a significant issue.

One problem is that most of the materials needed for this potion are from 2 years ago, and many of them should not be available in this era.

Fortunately, the followers of Gu Long have detailed explanations of the medicinal properties and mechanisms of these materials, so Rose might be able to find alternative materials based on these explanations.

However, a decent set of pharmaceutical equipment and a place that can support Rose's preparation are still needed.

Rose pinched the bridge of her nose, which meant she would have to move again. The place she was currently living in was a temporary one, and it was just enough for Rose and Tiana.

However, if it's something like mixing medicine, you still need a basement like Hope's.

Furthermore, I will need to concoct and experiment with some low-side-effect drugs to destroy sanity in order to trigger the "Fanatical Materialist" to increase faith.

Of course, there's no rush now; let's take it one step at a time.

Rose got out of bed. He planned to go see Mason, who was immune to the kill line, to return the book he had borrowed last time and ask him some questions.

Rose picked up Mason's notes and the book she had borrowed last time from the bedside table, gave Tiana a few words of advice, and then went out.

On the way, Rose bought a bag of fruit and soon arrived at Mason's tent.

With her high level of rationality, Rose noticed that Mason was flipping through a book in the tent.

He stood outside the tent and called out, "Mr. Mason, I'm here."

The sound of Mason turning pages in the tent stopped. He opened the tent and was taken aback when he saw Rose.

Because Rose had changed so much; Mason remembered that when he first met Rose, he was filthy and smelled like a homeless person.

Now, Rose is dressed neatly, her slightly wavy, smooth blonde hair is clearly styled, and her blue eyes look bright and piercing in this outfit. She also seems to have grown a little taller.

While Mason was still in a daze, Rose greeted him, "Mr. Mason, I've come to see you."

Mason snapped out of his reverie, smiled, and looked down at the fruit Rose was holding, saying, "Oh dear, since you're already here, why bring fruit? Come in and have a seat."

As Mason spoke, he took the bag from Rose's hand, then turned and crawled into the tent, with Rose following him inside.

The two sat in the tent. Rose handed the book and notes to Mason, who took them, examined them carefully, and then placed them on his makeshift bookshelf, saying, "Finished reading? That's slow, it's been more than half a month."

Rose apologized, "I'm sorry, Mr. Mason, I've had a lot of things to take care of lately."

Mason looked around the racetrack: "I can see that. How's the little girl you mentioned last time being taken care of?"

Rose responded, "It's alright. Part of the reason I came here was for this. Mr. Mason, do you know of any kindergartens nearby?"

Mason stroked his chin and thought for a moment before saying, "There definitely aren't any in this slum. I remember there's a community kindergarten in the working-class area, and a public kindergarten a bit further away."

Rose asked, "If someone is unregistered, will that have any impact on their household registration?"

Mason looked at Rose with some confusion, surprised that he would ask such a question. Then, thinking that Rose was only six years old, he understood and said, "It doesn't matter. Isn't the little girl you mentioned already six years old?"

It's already within the scope of compulsory education. Even if someone is unregistered, as long as they are old enough, they can attend school. As long as they are within the compulsory education age range, it won't have much of an impact.

The only thing affected by household registration is university admission.

This is not what Rose thought. Is it possible that compulsory education does not require a household registration?

Indeed, although this place is quite abnormal in some aspects, its social welfare system seems to be quite sound.

Mason thought for a moment and added, "Of course, not just anyone will be accepted; proof of residence in the vicinity is required."

Rose nodded, indicating that she understood; it seemed they really did have to move.

There's no need to rush to resolve the household registration issue for now.

Then, Rose continued, "Mr. Mason, do you know of any places nearby that sell equipment for preparing medicines?"

This really hit a nerve with Mason. He hesitated for a moment, then said, "Um...maybe they'll have them on the black market, but some rudimentary ones might be available. More sophisticated ones are unlikely. Also, those kinds of things are generally only accessible to magicians..."

"Oh, I almost forgot, you're a magician too, or you could try checking out those shady clinics."

Rose silently noted down the address Mason had given him, then got up to leave. He said to Mason, "Thank you for your care, Mr. Mason. I will come to see you often in the future."

Mason waved his hand, picked up a piece of fruit and started eating it, then continued flipping through books in the tent.