Chapter 321: Drug Poison

Gao De was surprised, naturally for a reason.

When he first arrived in this world, he had already confirmed that his magic user talent, even in that small place of the Saint Xi En Principality, could only be considered mid-range, or even lower-mid-range.

Let alone now that he is in the Cornflower Dynasty.

In such a big environment, Gao De knew that the magic user rank he displayed was very ordinary, and the only thing that was truly outstanding was his spells.

However, his talent in spells was not easy to display.

Of course, the ordinariness of his magic user rank was only temporary.

In a year or two, when the resources he possessed in the northern realm were converted into concrete strength, Gao De believed he should be able to become a so-called magic user genius.

But the problem is, how did he become a top-tier magic user genius in the mouth of this Sea Hai Shao Bing magic user?

"133 in mental strength is the threshold for mid-first-circle, 166 is the threshold for late-first-circle, and 199 is the limit for first-circle. You are only early-first-circle now, but your mental strength is as high as 186, having already crossed the two thresholds of mid-first-circle and late-first-circle."

"This means that as long as you continue to cultivate normally, it is almost certain that your mental strength will definitely be able to break through the first-circle limit."

"As long as you can break the limit, whether it is magic power or mental strength, it is considered the most top-tier magic user talent!" The Sea Hai Shao Bing magic user gave an explanation directly in the face of Gao De's suspicion.

It was only after the other party introduced it like this that Gao De realized the gold content of his mental strength intensity.

Of course, in his heart, this could not be counted as his own talent, because Gao De knew clearly that his mental strength intensity came from the feedback of the fifth-rank Ice Jade Wutong leaf and Yujia Te Xila.

He originally thought that with his decent magic user rank and his origin, he might be able to scrape into the Sea Sentinels. If it really didn't work, he would try the special recruitment route of a "first-rank rune constructor."

As a result, who knew that because of his mental strength, he suddenly became the top-tier genius in the examiner's mouth.

It was visible to the naked eye that as the other party's verdict fell, the other three examiners, and even the remaining nine applicants in the exam room, looked at him with burning gazes.

"The re-examination will be held on the 16th of this month at Dorn Port. This is the specific address and time. Don't be late." The older Sea Hai Shao Bing magic user, after making the decision that Gao De passed the preliminary test, handed a roll of parchment to Gao De through the hand of a magic user.

Gao De hurriedly took it, while showing a joyful smile, and bowed to the Sea Hai Shao Bing magic user, "Thank you, my lord."

Because there were too many magic users wanting to join the Sea Sentinels, the registration time for the Sea Sentinels' selection was a full fifteen days, starting from the 1st of Frost Gold Month and ending on the 15th of Frost Gold Month, giving everyone plenty of time.

And this period of time was both for registration and for the preliminary test.

Those who passed the preliminary test would be gathered together on the 16th of Frost Gold Month to conduct a unified re-examination.

After putting away the 【North Wind】 he had temporarily placed on the table and carrying the parchment given by the older Sea Hai Shao Bing magic user, Gao De turned and left the "exam room."

However, as someone who passed the preliminary test, he was guided by the staff to go around through another passage, avoiding the flow of people in the square outside.

When he walked out of the "exam room," the sun was just right, just like Gao De's mood at this moment.

"Gao De." Just at this time, a female voice full of breath came from behind.

Gao De turned his head and saw that it was actually the female magic user among the two young Sea Hai Shao Bing magic users who came out to be responsible for the opening.

He stopped and asked very politely, "Is there anything else?"

The female magic user walked over and said generously, "Congratulations on passing the preliminary test. According to Master Fandong's tone, the re-examination will definitely not be a big problem for you. Your joining the Sea Sentinels is basically a nailed-down matter."

"Let's get to know each other in advance. My name is Mei Liya, and I am currently a first-class apprentice magic user of the Sea Sentinels." Mei Liya extended her right hand.

"Magic User Mei Liya, hello. I hope I can really succeed in entering the Sea Sentinels as you said." Gao De also extended his hand and shook hers lightly, touching and separating.

"The re-examination is actually just arranging for you to have a confrontation with earth-vein creatures at sea. There will be older magic users in the Sea Sentinels watching and evaluating on the side. It mainly looks at your ability to apply spells in the confrontation, psychological quality, and water affinity, rather than looking at winning or losing."

"Your origin is not particularly good, and it is understandable that you don't master many spells. But don't worry, the adults who evaluate will also consider this point, so you don't have to have too much burden."

Gao De smiled, "Thank you for the reminder, Magic User Mei Liya."

Mei Liya also smiled at him and didn't say anything more.

The reason she called Gao De and told him these things was because she had just watched the preliminary test process and also heard the words of the lieutenant-level Sea Hai Shao Bing magic user, knowing that Gao De was nine out of ten likely to join the Sea Sentinels, so she greeted him in advance to form a good relationship.

If it were said that she was fawning over Gao De because of the so-called "top-tier magic user talent," that would only exist in imagination.

Who among the magic users who can become Sea Sentinels is not gifted, and who is not proud?

Even if looking at the evaluation alone, Gao De's talent is higher than her own, so what?

The path of the magic user is not something that talent alone can decide.

Besides, even if Gao De's talent is good, he is currently only an early-first-circle magic user, and he hasn't even entered the Sea Sentinels yet!

Even if Gao De can really catch up from behind in the future, that will be something to talk about when the time comes.

After a circle, Gao De returned to the side gate of the Sea Abyss White Tower.

The young guide had been waiting here for a long time. He leaned against the wall of the street opposite the gate, his eyes occasionally glancing inside the gate.

The moment he saw Gao De appear, he shuddered, and then his eyes fell on Gao De's face for the first time, wanting to get some information from his expression.

It's just that Gao De had already calmed his mood, so his expression at this moment was calm, making the young guide unable to see anything.

Seeing the other party's cautious posture, Gao De smiled slightly, "Let's go, let's go have lunch first, and then you can tell me about Dorn."

The young guide responded busily.

This time, the young guide took Gao De to another slightly larger restaurant, which still specialized in local specialty dishes.

It's just that the specialty dishes of this restaurant didn't revolve around sea oysters, but were more "hard" dishes, obviously he also saw that Gao De was not very used to eating sea oysters.

Before long, a piece of pickled and smoked salmon was placed on a large plate and brought up, paired with fresh fish meat wrapped in batter and fried until golden and crispy, paired with thick fries and special sauce, the aroma overflowing.

Gao De asked about the things he cared about while enjoying lunch.

"You mean, the White Fish Potion Shop will put a batch of Alfalfa Paste on the shelves every seventh day? Alfalfa Paste is a first-rank potion that can increase the rate at which first-circle magic users absorb and convert magic power. After drinking it, cultivating in a place with sufficient magic power, one day can be worth ten days of efficiency?" Gao De couldn't help but be surprised when he heard what the other party said.

The young guide nodded vigorously, "Alfalfa Paste is very popular with magic users. The White Fish Potion Shop only sells one bottle for 10 Cornflower Coins, but if you can grab it and resell it, you can easily make a 30% to 40% price difference."

"It's just a pity that the White Fish Potion Shop has set a limit, only allowing magic users to buy Alfalfa Paste, and one person can buy at most five bottles at a time." Speaking of this, the young guide's face was full of regret, obviously having thought about being a scalper, but being blocked by this rule.

"This White Fish Potion Shop is a new shop that has been open for less than half a month. It is said that there is a big noble in the city behind it. With such a hard backer, they will have the resources of Alfalfa Paste. And it's just opened, so to gather popularity, they will take such popular Alfalfa Paste out to put on the shelves for sale."

The young guide said mysteriously, "This kind of potion is a best-seller. I heard the raw materials are very rare, so the output is extremely limited. Basically, it is internally digested as soon as it is formulated and will not flow into the market."

"The White Fish Potion Shop just put Alfalfa Paste on the shelves once on the 27th of last month, and the effect was good, so they are preparing to put it on the shelves one or two more times. Now not many people in the city know about this, and everyone has the heart to hide it, wanting to enjoy the next batch of Alfalfa Paste alone."

"But even if they don't say it, the shop will actively promote it, so I estimate that after this time, the news should spread over a large area, and there will be a lot of people by then." He kindly reminded.

"I understand." Gao De nodded slightly, very satisfied.

The reason why he hired a guide at a high price, besides needing the other party to lead the way, was more because he hoped to learn about the general situation of Dorn City, including some secrets, from the mouths of locals like them.

Just like the news right now.

Otherwise, 5 Silver Dragon rewards for a day and a half, this money is too easy to earn.

Some things are not strange to locals, but outsiders arriving for the first time are blind, and it is easy to have information gaps.

Just like if Gao De hadn't happened to save Bade's life by chance, where would he have finished the naturalization process so quickly, and just happened to catch the Sea Sentinels' third-quarter selection this year.

After listening to what the young guide said, Gao De was naturally moved. He asked for the address of the White Fish Potion Shop in detail, preparing to wait until two days later to line up to grab the medicine.

"Tree seeds?" Hearing the new question Gao De raised, the young guide was stunned and fell into thought.

Although he knew the situation in Dorn City very well and was engaged in the business of a guide, Gao De's questions were really a bit unpopular and tricky.

After thinking for a long time, he answered somewhat hesitantly, "The north side is the gathering area for magic plant shops. Most of the magic plant gardens in Dorn City are there. You might be able to go there and take a look..."

"But remember to avoid the Mud Garden and the Mushroom Flat," he reminded solemnly, "These two magic plant gardens are large, but their reputation is not very good. They often spread news of bullying customers and specifically pit outsiders..."

"Selling supernatural materials?"

Facing the new question Gao De threw out again, the young guide paused and quickly followed up with an answer, "You can go to the Alley Magic Material Shop or the Blue Magic Material Shop. The scale of these two magic material shops is only considered mid-range, but they are both old shops that have been operating for over a hundred years."

"And, they don't have noble endorsements, but are opened by Sea Hai Shao Bing magic users, focusing on fair prices and no cheating, so they can open for so long."

"Sea Hai Shao Bing magic users can also open shops and do business?" Gao De couldn't help but be surprised when he heard this.

In his inherent cognition, the military and business should be separated, and the Sea Sentinels undoubtedly belong to a type of military, and it is a high-level military branch. How can they still be involved in business?

"Of course, as long as it doesn't delay their own duties. And it is said that among the rewards set within the Sea Sentinels, there are even direct rewards of storefronts!" The young guide's tone increased slightly.

"So that's how it is..." Gao De was thoughtful, feeling more and more that his decision was right.

"Spell formulas?" The next moment, hearing Gao De's new question, the young guide suddenly got spirit and the whole person was excited.

He was very familiar with this.

"If you want to buy those conventional spell formulas, just look for the Dorn Magic User Association. The spell formulas there are not only the most complete among all magic user organizations, but the prices are also the most fair, and they have never fluctuated for so many years."

"But if you want to buy some rare spell formulas, or even rare spell formulas..."

Speaking of this, the young guide paused, first looked around cautiously, then leaned close to Gao De, and lowered his voice, "You can go to the Troll Skull Alley on Dezhen Linjie and take a look. There are often some supernatural items, supernatural materials, and even spell formulas of unknown origin for sale. If you are lucky, you might even be able to pick up a big leak."

Gao De looked deeply at the young guide.

Although the other party didn't say it directly, how could he not understand? This Troll Skull Alley should be the so-called "black market," a place to sell stolen goods.

This piece of information alone was actually worth "5 Silver Dragons."

Gao De's gaze toward the young guide became more and more satisfied.

After lunch, Gao De felt that he had gained a lot and had a preliminary understanding of Dorn City.

In the afternoon, he simply let the young guide take him around a few larger districts in Dorn City and by the way, learned about the general situation of the upper rulers of Dorn City.

Before dinner, he paid the salary readily and sent the young guide away.

Before joining the Sea Sentinels, Gao De did not prepare to have any big movements.

Time passed quietly while waiting for the Sea Sentinels' re-examination, and in a blink of an eye, two days passed, arriving at the 7th of Frost Gold Month.

According to what the young guide said, Gao De got up early specifically and arrived at the entrance before the White Fish Potion Shop opened for business.

As a result, he was not the earliest; there were already more than ten people lining up here.

Who said the other world is not competitive... Gao De curled his lips when he saw this, but also honestly joined the queue.

After waiting for half an hour, when the queue changed from more than ten people to nearly thirty, the White Fish Potion Shop finally opened its door.

The long line surged in immediately.

Without exception, they were all here to grab Alfalfa Paste.

"Look, I am the first customer today. Can you let me buy a few more bottles?" The magic user ranked first had a thicker skin and tried to bargain.

That pharmacist looked at him, then looked at the others, knowing that his idea was actually the thought of most of the others on the scene.

He cleared his throat and said loudly, "It's not that we are stingy and only sell you five bottles of Alfalfa Paste."

"First, everyone wants this thing. If it is not limited to purchase, it is very likely to be monopolized by a few people, and it will not be your turn at all. By then, let alone five bottles, you won't be able to buy even one."

This is the truth. Gao De nodded slightly.

"Another point..."

"You must know that potions all have drug poison."

"Although the content is not high, drinking potions normally, you can easily resolve it just by relying on your own magic power operation. But because this Alfalfa Paste has an exceptionally strong medicinal effect, the drug poison it contains is also higher than other first-rank potions."

"Alfalfa Paste can be drunk at most five bottles within half a year. Once this number is exceeded, the effect will not change, but it will cause the drug poison to be unable to be resolved and deposit in the body."

"And once the drug poison is deposited too much, it will cause bad effects on your subsequent cultivation, especially when you are upgrading the circle... You should not want to lose big because of small things, right?"

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