My health recovery is incredibly fast.

Xia Zuo stood before the crucible with high spirits and reached out to pull the rope of the blower. A ball of intense flame spewed from the furnace mouth, licking the bottom of the crucible and radiating waves of heat.

The vents hissed and gurgled, mingling with the bubbling of liquid, providing a beautiful accompaniment for the engrossed poison alchemist.

Chapter 32 The Missing Potion

11:40 PM.

The advanced alchemy table was spotless.

Xia Zuo was washing a rag in the pool of clear water and pulling the rope to change the water.

Sewage with floating stains flows into the drain at the bottom of the pool, while clear water flows in through small holes in the pool wall.

He hung the rubbed and washed rag on the hook by the sink, then turned and picked up the poison bottle from the shelf and headed down the corridor.

The refined powder of Black Eye Agent requires four basic toxins, and the amount of work involved in its production is greater than yesterday.

I tried it this morning, and it took me a total of 1 hour and 20 minutes to make a bottle of perfectly refined powder.

This bottle of refined powder has now been added to the Black Eye Poison.

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Item Name: Black Eye Poison (1st Refinement)

Item type: poison

Item Grades: Apprentice Level, Beginner Level

Item quality completion rate 100%, perfect.

Related resistance four-line resistance

It is expected that once all four resistances reach 2, the effect of this item on the host will be significantly reduced.

The prop was made by Xia Zuo.

Item effects

After drinking enough poison, you will gain 2 stacks of hallucination and 2 stacks of deafness, lasting for 0.67-0.66 minutes.

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The instructor did not allow us to test the effects of the refined poison.

Xia Zuo did not take it upon himself to drink them.

He returned to the basic alchemy room, placed the vial of poison in his hand on the shelf, and stored it with yesterday's poison.

架子上有9瓶白腭毒剂的精炼粉末，1瓶白腭毒剂1次精炼，以及刚放上去的1瓶黑目毒剂1次精炼。

We need to find an opportunity to use up these toxins and truly transform them into experience.

Xia Zuo glanced at the figure on the soft sofa and quietly walked out of the poison alchemy area.

Time flows by in a regular routine.

About a month has passed.

Today is Saturday. Classes are held as usual in the morning. The afternoon, evening, and the following day are rest days.

noon.

Xia Zuo brought the results of his refining to the basic alchemy room.

The poison bottles on the shelves were piling up. I had to clear out some of the clutter and store the entry-level poisons separately.

The shelf was nearly full, and Kurov still hadn't suggested that the students test the drugs. Whenever Shazo brought it up, he would laugh it off, make excuses to change the subject, and then start meditating on his own.

What's wrong with the mentor? Xia Zuo stood on the shelf and sighed silently.

It's incredibly frustrating to have so much experience right in front of you, yet be unable to use it.

If it weren't for the books in the library providing experience, the experience gained this month would have been a complete loss.

How about I sneak a sip to satisfy my craving... cough, and test how much experience I have?

Xia Zuo licked his lips as if he were thirsty.

Forget it, don't let a small thing cause a big loss. I'll just have to be patient. Once this cabinet is full, I'll persuade my advisor to let me try the drug.

He left the poison alchemy area with light steps and arrived at the castle hall before noon to meet Anjou, who was waiting there.

Life at the university was comfortable, with everything one needed for: food, clothing, shelter, and transportation. For Xia Zuo, this kind of life was very pleasant.

But Anru was different.

She is a girl, and in addition to basic living needs, she also has additional needs that come with her gender.

This additional need is especially urgent given the constant contact with unpleasant-smelling oils day and night.

About two days ago, Anru suddenly noticed wrinkles on her face. The long hours spent refining oil potions had deepened her tear troughs, and if the castle administrators hadn't mandated a 10 PM bedtime, she would have already developed dark circles under her eyes.

Although the number of wrinkles is small and the lines are shallow, they still attract a lot of attention.

Her first instinct was to seek help from a senior student majoring in potion alchemy.

The other party told her that the academy did indeed have potions for skin care and wrinkle repair. However, even the lowest grade potion, which was just barely acceptable in quality, cost 20 gold coins per bottle.

Anru was both surprised and hopeful when she heard the price.

With a stable income, it's only a matter of time before she can buy the drug.

Now, I can only settle for second best and buy some products recommended by senior students outside the university to protect my skin from the damage caused by oils.

"Come quick, come quick!"

Anru grabbed her boyfriend's arm:

"Let's eat lunch quickly, and then go for a walk around the streets. My senior said that the store will definitely be packed today, so we have to hurry over or they'll sell out."

Xia Zuo was pulled along by the other person. The two of them ate a bowl of tomato and minced meat noodles, then hurriedly passed through the city gate of the academy, walked a long way on the wide avenue in front of the gate, and turned a few corners to arrive at the front of an exquisitely decorated shop.

The entrance to this shop is decorated with green vines on the door frame and door railing.

The lobby is filled with all kinds of fresh flowers, and the blooming flower clusters serve as walkways and enclosures for display cases.

The three-story house was built with milky-white wood, its surface as smooth as crystal jade.

This rare type of wood is not from the Starry Night Kingdom.

Moreover, wood itself is flammable.

Xia Zuo leaned closer to the doorpost and sniffed it, detecting a faint smell of fire retardant.

It's easy to imagine that all the wooden building materials in the entire room were impregnated with fire-retardant oil. The rich floral fragrance in the shop effectively masked the smell of the oil.

The front hall is filled with blooming flowers, and first-time visitors might mistake it for a flower shop.

Xia Zuo's gaze followed the doorpost upwards, and the gilded shop name came into view:

Flower Protection

Golden Bauhinia Skincare Specialty Store

In the lower right corner of the signboard, a line of text is engraved in a smaller font:

Golden Bauhinia Sisterhood, Starry Night City Branch

The Golden Vitex Sisterhood is an association of herbalists and alchemists from the Eastern Continent; no wonder they are so wealthy.

Within the alchemical school, there exist organizations of varying sizes.

Such academy-style organizations as Starry Night Academy are actually quite rare; generally, each kingdom has at most one.

The most common is the Alchemist's Guild.

The academy emphasizes the training of apprentice monks, with strict admission and graduation requirements, and has high standards for the conduct of its members.

The Alchemist Guild, although it has an internal department for training alchemists, is purely for commercial profit.

Membership in the Alchemists' Guild is vetted through a registration system.

As long as you have a legitimate reason for joining and no criminal record, you can register and join after paying a deposit. We don't provide food, lodging, or accommodation; we only offer a way to make money...at most, we'll charge some handling fees.

The Golden Bauhinia Sisterhood is such an organization.

Her members are all women.

Secondly, one must have basic herbal alchemy skills to qualify for membership.

Each profession has its own area of ​​expertise, and the various organizations within the alchemical school each have their own areas of specialization.

Starry Night Academy uses alchemical products to divide its disciplines.

An alchemical product that has positive effects and can be ingested is called potion alchemy.

It has positive effects, but it cannot be ingested; that is oil alchemy.

It can be taken, but it has negative effects; that's poison alchemy.

If something cannot be taken, or has positive or negative effects, then that is the art of alchemy.

Within the Starry Night Academy, there are three branches of rare alchemy, two branches of potion alchemy, and only one branch each of poison and oil alchemy.

Judging from the number of branches, it is easy to see that rare items and alchemy are the two disciplines that Starry Night Academy excels at the most.

The Golden Vitex Sisterhood specializes in herbal alchemy.

She would dabble in anything that contained herbs in the raw materials.

The emblem carved on the signboard is the golden thorn flower, a legendary medicinal herb.

It resembles a blooming rose.

The flower stems and petals have raised short thorns, the edges of the petals are serrated, and the stamens and petals are golden, with the stamens being a lighter color, close to golden white.

Possessing an enviable and beautiful appearance, while also having sufficient strength to protect oneself, is the belief conveyed by the Golden Bauhinia emblem.

Xia Zuo withdrew his gaze from the emblem, his eyes lingering briefly on the shop assistant's supple waist before noticing the metal dagger fastened to her belt.

He glanced around the store; the customers and staff were all female, so it would be rather awkward for a male to walk in.

"I'll go wander around somewhere else and come find you in a bit."