Good news returns, legendary alchemist! (5600)

Chapter 575: Gospel Returns, Legendary Alchemist! (5600)

He solemnly placed the formula into his backpack.

Cao Xing said, "Isabelle, this formula is very important to us!"

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The Saint Light Priest smiled faintly, "I am also glad to be able to help you."

At that moment, Cao Xing also noticed that Isabelle seemed a bit different from before.

It seemed that her aura had undergone some kind of change.

Previously, the feeling she gave Cao Xing was one of holiness mixed with a trace of dark power.

But now, it was completely holy, as if that dark power had disappeared.

From their previous interactions, Cao Xing knew that the trace of dark power was Isabelle's Dark Witch form.

And now, this trace of dark power had vanished.

In other words, her Dark Witch form had also disappeared?

Although he was somewhat puzzled, Cao Xing did not ask further.

After all, this was Isabelle's private matter, and the Dark Witch form was also herself; either personality was about the same to Cao Xing.

He continued, "Isabelle, you just returned from inheriting the legacy, so I should let you rest."

"But you also know that the Blood Legion is about to descend."

"All of us now need to hurry and deal with those Ice Nest Monsters outside, and try to raise our levels as much as possible."

"After you break through to the tenth rank, I will find a way to directly make you a Legendary Saint Light Sage!"

Hearing that last sentence, even this calm Saint Light Priest could not help but show a look of shock in her eyes.

After all, that was Legendary-level power!

Even in their Church, there were not many Saint Light Sages.

She wanted to confirm, but the words died on her lips.

Because Isabelle knew that the lord would not deceive her.

For a moment, a strong desire and fighting spirit burst forth in her eyes!

Isabelle nodded solemnly, "I understand, respected Lord, I will go punish more evil!"

With that, the Saint Light Priest casually waved her hand, and a glowing light shuttle appeared beneath her feet, carrying her flying forward.

The speed she burst out with was even a bit faster than the old Griffin King.

Now, her Light Element Mastery had directly been raised to Legendary, so using such a method was naturally easy.

After Isabelle left, Cao Xing quickly headed to the Alchemy Workshop, planning to find Francesca and ask about this formula.

As soon as he entered, he saw Sabina working.

Speaking of which, this woman had been working in his territory for almost three months.

Previously, Cao Xing had promised to let her go deal with her enemies.

Now, the agreed date was almost here.

Sabina also noticed Cao Xing's arrival, quickly adjusted her clothes to make her appearance more presentable.

Then she came to his side and respectfully saluted, "Lord, good day."

Cao Xing nodded slightly, then said, "Sabina, our agreed date is approaching."

"Next, you can do what you want to do. Whether you leave the territory or go take revenge on your enemies, I will support you."

This woman had a series of blessings bestowed by Cao Xing, and she also knew some combat methods, so her true combat power was about equivalent to a seventh-rank boss-level creature.

Dealing with a few minor nobles would be a piece of cake.

However, upon hearing this, the woman did not show the expected excitement or joy; instead, a hesitant look appeared in her eyes.

She spoke softly, "Lord, is it that Sabina is no longer valuable?"

Cao Xing was slightly stunned and asked in confusion, "Why do you say that?"

Hearing this, the intellectual woman lightly bit her lower lip.

"Recently, I have no more potions to brew, and you have not given me new tasks, so I have not been able to contribute to the territory."

"I also know that my abilities are not ranked high in this territory. If—if you want to send me away…"

Hearing this, Cao Xing knew she had misunderstood.

Then he smiled and shook his head, "Don't worry, it's not that I think you are worthless, but because I want to fulfill my promise."

"Even if you go back now, if you ever want to return, the territory's doors are always open for you."

Hearing this, a touched expression appeared in Sabina's eyes.

She replied without hesitation, "I don't want to leave. I want to stay in this territory for a lifetime, Lord. Please don't send me away—"

Cao Xing asked, "Then what about your enemies?"

Hearing this question, a trace of hesitation appeared in Sabina's eyes.

Before this, her only life goal had been revenge.

However, after staying in this territory for a few months, she seemed to have found a new meaning, and even her obsession with revenge

was no longer as strong as before.

Still, she deeply hated those people, which made Sabina's expression somewhat conflicted.

Seeing her like this, Cao Xing decided not to tease her anymore and chuckled, "Don't worry, it's fine if you don't want to go out. After recent matters are settled, I will send Herlie out to take care of those people for you."

"You just focus on brewing potions for me in the territory."

Hearing this, Sabina immediately nodded like a pecking chick, "Yes, Lord."

"I will wholeheartedly serve the territory!"

After saying that, she turned and continued tinkering at the workbench.

After handling Sabina's matter, Cao Xing went to the beautiful witch.

She had been completely focused on the cauldron in front of her, not even hearing his conversation with Sabina.

At this moment, she was elegantly holding a black book, occasionally tossing a few petals

or herbs into the cauldron, then stirring.

Her movements were quite skilled and pleasing to the eye.

Speaking of which, because Francesca had half-elf blood, in terms of beauty, she was among the top three in the entire territory.

And this time, Cao Xing had also seen real elves.

Although those elves were also good-looking, even fresh and refined, each one a top-notch beauty.

But in comparison, Francesca was still much more beautiful than those Ancient Elves.

Of course, Cao Xing was not here to admire her beauty, but to conduct business.

He took out a yellowed blueprint from his backpack and said:

"Francesca, help me take a look at this formula."

The beautiful witch stopped her potion-making.

She reached out her white right hand to take it, spread the secret formula out, and examined it.

As she looked, her beautiful pupils gradually became more focused, as if she was also interested in this formula.

After a few minutes, she gently nodded, "This is an interesting formula, and after improvement by the developer, the steps have been simplified a lot."

"Can you make it?" Cao Xing asked.

"Yes, but you need to prepare the corresponding materials."

Francesca casually replied, "If all raw materials are sufficient, I can make about two to three hundred bottles a day."

Cao Xing was delighted and then asked, "Do you know where to find these materials listed?"

Francesca glanced at it, then said lightly, "Blood Coagulation Grass is a relatively common magical plant,

it grows in some forests or near water sources containing magic power, so it's not hard to find."

"As for the Blue Blood Lotus later, even I have never heard of it."

"You can only try using your magical method."

The magical method she referred to was naturally the trading market. Cao Xing had previously obtained large quantities of rare materials through the market, which left a deep impression on her.

"I see, I'll go look for them."

After saying that, Cao Xing left the Alchemy Workshop and headed straight to the [Market] area.

After opening the trading interface, a series of consignment information appeared before him.

It had been some time since his last large-scale trade.

Currently, on the markets of the four major districts, many strange things had appeared again.

Various consignment information, even over ten thousand pages!

Of course, Cao Xing did not look much; he directly entered [Blood Coagulation Grass].

Instantly, more than a dozen pages of consignment information appeared.

As Francesca had said, this was a blue-grade material, relatively common.

"Good, one key material solved."

"Now—the other key material, Blue Blood Lotus—"

"I hope I can find it as well."

With a nervous heart, Cao Xing entered the keyword.

The next moment, two full pages of consignment information popped up.

Seeing this, a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth!

"Good, good, good! As expected of a trading channel with hundreds of thousands of people, you can find anything!"

"Even such precious herbs are available in such quantity."

"This way, I can mass-produce [Blood Suppression Secret Medicine]!"

Counting today, there were still eight days until the new expansion opened.

According to Francesca, she could now make two to three hundred bottles a day.

That is to say, before the Blood Legion descended, they could make about two thousand bottles.

Although not many, it was enough to equip most of the combat personnel on Cao Xing's side with one bottle each.

At this time, he remembered another thing.

"Speaking of which, I still have a dozen or so Proficiency Emblems in my backpack, obtained after completing the [Uproot] quest."

"And Francesca's Alchemy Mastery has long reached Master level; I wonder if it can be raised further?"

"If possible, it should greatly speed up potion-making!"

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"After all, a Grandmaster Alchemist's speed is four or five times faster than an Expert Alchemist's, and even more!"

"And at a higher realm, the alchemy speed must be even more terrifying!"

Cao Xing decided to ask Francesca later.

What he needed to do now was to first collect a large amount of Blood Coagulation Grass and Blue Blood Lotus.

However, although there were many materials on the market, it was too slow to private message each person for a trade.

Cao Xing decided to directly post a consignment message, using the materials he had to purchase others.

Then, he began to input the information one by one.

[Consignment Item: Fresh Lizard Meat (Orange)]

[Stock Reserve: 50,000 portions]

[Required Items: Blood Coagulation Grass, Blue Blood Lotus]

[Consignor: Cao Xing]

[Seller's Note: 1 portion of Lizard Meat = 10 Blood Coagulation Grass = 1 Blue Blood Lotus. Limited quantity, buy now while supplies last.]

As before, the Epic-grade Lizard Meat was still in high demand.

Less than half a minute after he put it on the shelves, Cao Xing received a massive amount of trade information.

[Trade successful! You obtained [Blood Coagulation Grass (Blue)]*100, you lost [Fresh Lizard Meat (Orange)]*1000g*.]

[Trade successful! You obtained [Blue Blood Lotus (Orange)]*5, you lost [Fresh Lizard Meat (Orange)]

]*500g…

[Trade successful]

A large amount of Blood Coagulation Grass and Blue Blood Lotus entered his bag.

Although Cao Xing only needed two types of materials this time, the market was simply too hot!

In just five or six minutes, fifty thousand portions of Lizard Meat, which was five thousand pieces, were sold out!

And Cao Xing even temporarily added ten thousand more portions, which were still snatched up by the Survivors in a short time.

After the transaction ended, he patted his backpack contentedly, then glanced at the quantity of materials inside.

[Blood Coagulation Grass (Blue)]*345890

[Blue Blood Lotus (Orange)]*25411

These materials combined could even refine more than twenty thousand portions of [Blood Suppression Secret Potion]!

Excitement appeared in Cao Xing's eyes, and he said joyfully, "Good, good, good! For a short while, I don't have to worry about materials."

Then, he quickly pushed open the Alchemy Workshop door and found Francesca.

As soon as he entered, he shouted loudly.

"All the materials are gathered."

The witch, upon hearing this, had an interesting smile on her lips, seemingly curious about Cao Xing's method of collecting materials.

"Put them in the storage box, I can start making them right away."

Cao Xing nodded, but before that, he first glanced at her proficiency panel.

[Master-level Alchemy Mastery: 196267/200000]

Seeing this number, Cao Xing was a little surprised.

"Good heavens, it's almost full already!"

"So, she only needs to increase her proficiency by a few thousand points to reach a higher alchemist realm?"

So, Cao Xing directly asked, "Francesca, can your Alchemy Mastery be improved again?"

The half-blood witch looked up, then nodded lightly, saying, "Yes."

"You are already a Master-level Alchemist, what realm will you reach if you advance further?"

The witch replied, "Life skills like this are not like our power system, which requires going from Master to Hero, then to Legendary."

"When Master-level Alchemy Mastery breaks through, it directly becomes Legendary Alchemist."

"And once I become a Legendary Alchemist, there will be a qualitative change."

"Not only will the speed of alchemy greatly increase by several times, but special effects will also appear during alchemy.

"

"What special effects?" Cao Xing asked, puzzled.

"When refining potions, there's a chance to raise the quality of the finished product by one grade. Of course, this chance is very small."

A look of realization appeared in Cao Xing's eyes.

He continued to ask, "Then, are there any conditions for you to break through to a Legendary Alchemist now?"

Just like Harold's Forging Mastery needed [Artisan Soul] to advance to Master, Cao Xing was worried that Francesca's attempt to become a Legendary Alchemist would also require some strange things.

The witch gently shook her head and said, "No, as long as my accumulation is sufficient, I can strive for Legendary." Hearing this, a look of pleasant surprise appeared on Cao Xing's face.

He was about to speak when Francesca interrupted, "However, raising a life skill to Legendary,

is a very difficult thing—"

"Even after refining medicine for hundreds of years, I have only just touched the threshold."

"Even if my experience accumulation is sufficient, attempting to break through to the Legendary realm now would likely result in failure."

Cao Xing frowned slightly, "What happens if you fail?"

Francesca recalled for a moment, then said, "Perhaps—some memories and insights into alchemy will be lost."

"It would require refining a large number of potions to compensate for it."

Cao Xing suddenly understood something.

"You mean, failing to advance to Legendary will result in a loss of proficiency?"

The witch paused, seemingly not understanding what he meant by proficiency.

But she still replied, "Probably—"

A smile appeared on Cao Xing's face, "That's easy!"

With that, he directly took out a total of 16 Proficiency Emblems from his backpack.

Then, he immediately used one on Francesca!

As the emblem in Cao Xing's hand disappeared.

Instantly, the witch felt a vast memory suddenly appear in her mind!

These memories were full of various knowledge and techniques about alchemy, even comparable to two or three months of her usual alchemy gains!

A moment later, these memories were completely digested by her.

Cao Xing noticed that Francesca's proficiency was already full.

Then he asked, "How is it? This thing should be able to restore the experience or proficiency you lost, right?"

Francesca nodded solemnly, "Yes."

"But this amount is not enough. One failed attempt will result in the loss of half of the memories and experience.

Cao Xing calculated in his mind.

Half means 100,000 proficiency.

These 15 Expert-grade Emblems combined only amounted to 75,000 proficiency, which was indeed not enough.

He frowned slightly.

Francesca continued, "Moreover, for us alchemists, blacksmiths, and other sub-professions attempting to reach Legendary, while not as troublesome as combat professions attempting Legendary, there are still certain restrictions."

"That is, the number of attempts each person has to reach Legendary is fixed."

"Each failure will result in the loss of a certain foundation, and this foundation cannot be replenished."

"If one fails three times, then there will be no hope of ever reaching Legendary."

Cao Xing's eyes flickered; this was the first time he had heard such a statement.

Three failures completely cut off the path to Legendary.

It seems that a Legendary sub-profession is even rarer than a combat profession!

The witch seemed to see Cao Xing's worry and chuckled, "Do you want me to try to break through to Legendary now?"

"You don't have to worry too much, it's not like I will definitely fail this time. What if I succeed on the first try?"

A smile also appeared on Cao Xing's face.

That's right, he was a man with dozens of luck points, what if Francesca succeeded on the first try?

And even if she failed, she would still be a Master-level Alchemist, with no real loss.

"Then let's try, strive for a one-time breakthrough."

"Okay." Francesca lightly nodded her hazel head.

Then, she said, "I need a quiet environment now."

"The breakthrough will probably take about ten hours."

Cao Xing nodded slightly, "I understand, go ahead."

After speaking, the witch left the Alchemy Workshop and returned to her room.

Cao Xing also walked out from inside.

Standing in the territory, Cao Xing was somewhat looking forward to Francesca's breakthrough.

"Currently, what I need to prepare is almost ready."

"Isabelle has also successfully returned and become the best candidate for breaking through to Legendary."

"And there's only a short week until the new expansion pack opens. Now, I also need to accelerate my sprint!"

Thinking of this, a pair of transparent Wind Wings instantly appeared behind him.

With a slight flutter in the air, he flew directly into the sky.

Cao Xing left the territory to fight against the enhanced Ice Nests.

Time flew by, and the daytime quickly passed.

Around four o'clock in the afternoon, Cao Xing returned to the territory on time.

After nearly ten hours of fighting during the day, he once again gained a large amount of experience points, and his level soared by three!

And not long after he returned.

Cao Xing suddenly sensed a vast aura rising from one of the houses in the territory's residential area.

"Buzz!"

Like a whirlwind sweeping through a primeval forest, carrying a heart-trembling fluctuation,

"Whoosh!"

All the plants in the entire territory swayed violently, including the canopies of the Pale Tree, all moving in one direction.

As if celebrating the birth of a great existence!

As this whirlwind became more intense, it was accompanied by the fresh scent of herbs and the smell of earth.

"This commotion—could it be that Francesca is about to succeed?"

A look of uncertainty appeared in Cao Xing's eyes.

At the same time, a system prompt appeared.

[Your territory member: Francesca has diligently cultivated and finally broken through her limits. Her Alchemy Mastery has been elevated to Legendary!]

[Congratulations! You now possess a Legendary Alchemist, Territory Prosperity +500———·]