Chapter 1275
Garona pushed open the warehouse door nearby . Lu Li just stared at the number of herbs that were stored there .
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Lu Li still felt like he had been screwed, but he had no choice but to accept his fate .
In fact, Garona didn’t completely screw him over . Lu Li had never heard of any teachers providing their students with a lab and a mountain of materials for free . This was likely just sheer luck as the NPCs couldn’t understand the importance that the players placed on the competitions .
Garona soon left Lu Li to settle into his new place, but she seemed apologetic when she left, so she also left a book on poisons .
Venomous Tome (Special): Poison production success rate increased by 20% . There is a certain probability bonus EXP is awarded for successful production . There is also a certain probability that successful production can result in doubling of the poison . This item exclusively belongs to Lu Li .
This was a valuable item that immediately took effect when placed into Lu Li’s backpack . Lu Li’s original resentments had now suddenly vanished .
Instead of blaming someone else, it was better for him to resolve the problem quickly .
He rushed to the warehouse and picked several low-grade herbs . After filling his backpack, he returned back to the testing bench .
Although Garona’s poison system didn’t require any formulas, nor were there any special requirements to start with low level herbs, Lu Li reasoned that since this was still part of a game, it would follow the common principles when it came to levelling .
The first step was for him to get familiar with the equipment . Although the tower was in ruins, the equipment here was very advanced .
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There was no doubt that if you had a friend who was a good tinkerer (like the best gnome engineer), you wouldn’t have to worry about lacking in experimental equipment .
Lu Li took off his cloak and everything weighing him down . He washed his face with a hose in the lab’s washing room; the cool water felt quite refreshing .
There were so many things that had happened today that it was inevitable he would feel overwhelmed .
After he had completed his preparations, Lu Li took a deep breath before pulling out a bundle of Dragon Claw Grass and throwing it into the grinder . This was his first attempt at being at Poison Brewer .
Alchemy was a complicated science, but the practical steps to accomplishing it were not . You just had to prepare the various things needed according to the formula and follow the necessary steps . The reason why Engineering was difficult was because it had many manual operations .
Right now, this poison making process was even more complex .
It was all done by hand, and Lu Li didn’t know what the formulas were . While waiting for the grinding to finish, he scrambled around looking for an article on poison making .
There were no formulas provided, but there was some explanation about the herbs .
The most important thing was to note the compatibilities between the different properties of each herb . For example, the Dragon Claw Grass couldn’t be mixed with the Nine Knot Lotus . Although both were poisonous grasses, they neutralized each other .
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Just having the Dragon Claw Grass isn’t enough . What else are you going to put in?”
“Poinsettia?”
Poinsettia was a very toxic flower which had a poisonous body . Eating its stems and leaves were usually lethal, and the white juice in its stems and leaves was particularly toxic .
“Just try it, since there is so much material here for you anyway . ”
Lu Li snorted, but he knew he wouldn’t be able to bring himself to steal these herbs and sell them, nor could he put these in his own guild warehouse . Fortunately, since there was an abundance of materials, it wouldn’t matter too much if he wasted a little here .
But soon, Lu Li found himself taking it for granted .
After grinding the Dragon Claw Grass, only the pulp was left . The Poinsettia, when ground, would produce a significant amount of liquid . However, as soon as these two things were mixed, there was a reaction that just resulted in some liquid that remained .
Lu Li took a dagger and applied this solution onto his dagger .
There were some special modes in the game, where you could actually test the amount of damage on your own body . When an Alchemist tested healing effects or HP-increasing effects, they would often hurt themselves or a friend before taking the medicine to see its effect . When he cut himself, it did a little bit of damage . He didn’t expect this low-level herb to deal much damage, but the damage was reduced quite quickly . The effect dissipated very quickly and was not nearly-enduring enough . This meant that it wasn’t sticky enough .
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Nevertheless, since there was some damage, this meant that he was heading in the right direction . As long as he could solve the issue of the poison’s viscosity, he would obtain some EXP .
Lu Li rummaged through some more information . Although Garona didn’t personally teach Lu Li, she used mechanical dogs to send relevant information . Lu Li could always find what he needed through these materials . His teacher wasn’t really hands-on in instructing him .
He rummaged through the paper for a while and finally found something reliable .
The Snake Orchid was a plant grown in the Snake Valley . It had no medicinal properties and wasn’t toxic, but there were some alchemy recipes that always required it . Lu Li had previously been confused about it, but he had never considered the reason for it . After all, it was a just a game and few alchemists would spend time thinking about why the herbs in the recipe should matter .
Now, Lu Li had found a reasonable explanation in this herbs book .
This herb was a good neutralizer that could dilute the herbs that were reacting with one another without damaging their medicinal properties . In addition, it was a plant that didn’t absorb much liquid, nor did it produce any moisture after grinding . It could be used to absorb some of the excess liquid from the Dragon Claw Grass and Poinsettia .
Lu Li’s seemed to be quite lucky . When the System prompted that he had made a new poison and asked him to name it, he knew that he had been successful .
Unnamed Poison: 5 additional damage to the target for 2 minutes .
He had to admit that this was very weak, but Lu Li wasn’t disappointed . These were two of the lowest level herbs available, but it still gave a lot of EXP – 12 points .
This was absolutely impossible in ordinary alchemy . Lu Li remembered when he was farming with his first recipe that two or three bottles of a healing potion would only give him a little bit of EXP .
The process of feeling your way through the whole recipe was the reason for this excessive EXP award .
“Just call it Damage 1…”
Lu Li casually decided a name for this poison . He decided that his naming scheme would be its main effect following by a serial number . Any other effects would also be listed .
Garona, on the other hand, had named the poison she used to deal with Belgrave as the Vengeance Poison .
Lu Li tried to make a new poison with three herbs according the proportions that he had studied, but the results were frustrating . Not a single point of EXP was given . In alchemy, as long as the item was not completely useless, there was some EXP awarded .
This meant that Lu Li had to constantly discover new formulas to gain EXP .