Chapter 58: A Dengmen

The population disappearance in Hogen City was finally solved.

The murderer was a mage apprentice who was wanted and fled to Hogen City because he mastered prohibited spells.

After fleeing to Hogen City, he didn't know how to restrain himself and kept plundering the local people of Hogen City, just to continue researching his prohibited spells.

According to the news Pierre got, it was the mage in the city who took action personally and captured the murderer on the spot when he was committing violence.

The news that the murderer was captured, after deliberate publicity, soon spread.

The uneasy and restless situation in Hogen City was brought under control.

This made Gao De let out a long sigh of relief.

The strange things were solved, and he could finally continue to farm with peace of mind.

Farming and developing is the right way!

After 30 days of lush Green Leaf Month, the flowers bloomed as brilliantly as fire.

The Green Leaf Month passed in a flash.

Flower Flame Month, 2nd day.

Seda Medicinal Garden.

Inside the workshop.

The table was covered with all kinds of sundries.

The waste liquid of various failed Primary Stamina Potion preparations was arranged in a row, occupying most of the table.

Gao De buried his head in recording, recording the process and reasons for the last failure on paper.

As a "high-achiever" who had received modern education, his logical thinking, analytical thinking, and other comprehensive abilities were already better than most people in this world.

And he had always had the good habit of summarizing.

The four words "summarizing" look simple, but in fact, let alone this world, even in the previous life, not many people could do this.

I don't know how many people, in the learning or working stage, made the same mistake the last time, and still made the same mistake when they encountered the same problem the next time.

Commonly known as not remembering the lesson.

In short, Gao De recorded and analyzed the process and reasons for every failure in his medicine making in detail.

And before attempting to prepare potions next time, he would pre-run it in his mind.

This allowed him, even without the guidance of a famous teacher, to rely only on that potion recipe to grope, stumbling all the way, but he could maintain steady progress and always walk on the right path.

Coupled with the potion talent inherited from his predecessor, through constant attempts, he was getting closer and closer to preparing Primary Stamina Potion for the first time.

"This time, strive to do it in one go and take it down!"

Gao De flipped through the notes he had made before, and after confirming that he had kept all the points that easily led to failure in mind, he decided to make the last attempt of the day.

He focused his attention and took the three main ingredients needed for Primary Stamina Potion in a wooden bowl.

First is the magic-infusion step.

Alpine Ironwood root extracts its "drought-resistant, cold-resistant" medicinal properties, Sun-Fire Fruit extracts its "fiery" medicinal properties... Place the magic-infused Sun-Fire Fruit pit into a mortar, add an appropriate amount of mountain spring water, and grind in a clockwise direction.

During the grinding process, add Wild Wolf gland fluid appropriately to neutralize its "fiery" medicinal properties, but ensure the "fiery" medicinal agent is not too low; many previous failures were caused by this... the mixture presents a pale golden hue... This time it was completely done in one go.

With the addition of the last auxiliary material into the potion, a magical aura flashed by, and then quickly dimmed.

"Success!"

With the flash of the magical aura, Gao De's tense spirit relaxed, and then he showed a satisfied smile.

Finally succeeded.

Successfully prepared Primary Stamina Potion for the first time.

Although the aura was not bright enough, this was just a matter of proficiency.

The breakthrough of one has been completed, and the rest is just simple and boring practice to improve proficiency.

"Rank 0 potion, the difficulty is just so-so!" Gao De couldn't help but sigh.

He came to this world on the 2nd day of the Awakening Month (February), 9655 of the Nolan Calendar.

Now it is the 2nd day of the Flower Flame Month (May), 9655.

Time has passed exactly three full months, 90 days.

But in just three months, the number of spells Gao De mastered has expanded from 2 at the beginning to 12 now; I think Master Seda was just so-so.

And in the field of potionology, he has also mastered the two best-selling potions in the Seda Medicinal Garden.

Except that his mage realm is not as good as Master Seda's, in other aspects, Gao De has already caught up with him.

Thinking of this, a sense of satisfaction filling his whole body arose in Gao De's heart. Master Seda, who was a big "boss" to him three months ago, doesn't seem so unreachable now.

"Abstain from arrogance and impetuosity, abstain from arrogance and impetuosity." Gao De reminded himself a few times.

After all, he also knew clearly that Master Seda, whom he regarded as a big "boss," was just a mage apprentice in the end.

Yes, an apprentice.

Not even a mage yet.

Now he is even more so.

He hasn't even stepped into the threshold of the mage world!

Gao De abstained from arrogance and impetuosity, but the summer wind was slightly restless, blowing in from the window.

The door of the workshop was knocked hurriedly, and with his permission, Amy pushed the door and entered, looking nervous.

"Gao De, someone is looking for you."

Gao De's expression changed slightly.

"Who? How many people?"

"Don't know who, five or six people, now waiting outside the medicinal garden."

"I know, I'll go out and see."

Gao De frowned; he really couldn't think of who would come to visit.

Looking for him? Unlikely; his acquaintances in Hogen City, counting them all, only Pierre.

Looking for Master Seda?

Even more impossible.

Through the family letters left by Master Seda, Gao De had confirmed that Master Seda had been in seclusion in Hogen City for ten years, focusing on researching Psychic Potion, without any "social activities."

When he came to Hogen City, he was "fleeing," and he didn't have time to change his name, let alone expose his location to previous acquaintances.

Not looking for himself, not looking for Master Seda, then who could be visiting? While thinking this way, Gao De had already crossed the corridor and arrived at the courtyard of the medicinal garden.

Outside the gate.

Five or six figures were already stuck at the entrance of the medicinal garden.

Gao De opened the gate.

Leading them was a luxuriously dressed middle-aged man.

Behind him stood five people, four of whom were wearing linen clothes; at a glance, one could tell they were "thugs," and there was one whom Gao De recognized.

It was the clerk from the Phil Potion Shop.

Seeing Gao De come out, the clerk immediately stepped forward and introduced to Gao De: "This is our shopkeeper, Mr. Oliver."

"Visiting suddenly, you won't blame me, right?" Oliver looked at Gao De, revealing a faint smile.

"Shopkeeper, you are too polite," Gao De, who didn't know the other party's intention, piled up a smile and said neither humble nor arrogant: "It is the honor of the medicinal garden that you can visit."

"It's just that Master Seda is away on business during this period and hasn't returned yet. If you have anything, why not wait until Master Seda returns another day."

"It seems Master Seda is not here, and the medicinal garden is temporarily in your charge." Oliver clapped his hands.

"Since you're here, you didn't come for nothing. I visited today for only one thing; please pass it on after Master Seda returns."

"What is it?"

"Ghostlight, Rose, and our Phil Potion Shop have been sharing the potion market in Hogen City for many years. We three have been competing openly and secretly for many years, all wanting to occupy this market alone." Oliver said calmly.

"It's just that the strength and foundation of our three families are about the same, plus mutual checks and balances, and we have never been able to reach a result."

Gao De was very familiar with this.

The triangle is the most stable.

"However, recently, because of the changes outside the city, the potion market in Hogen City is becoming more and more prosperous."

"This is an opportunity, and our shop is prepared to seize this opportunity to grow," Oliver narrowed his eyes, "The first step to growth is expansion, isn't it?"

"Our shop has been cooperating with your Seda Medicinal Garden for nearly ten years, and I also highly recognize Master Seda's ability. Our shop intends to acquire your medicinal garden and hire Master Seda as our potion maker; as for the price, it's negotiable."

"Nothing else, just lots of money."

Gao De was silent.

He could see that this Oliver said he was a shopkeeper, but in fact, he was just a "senior wage earner," and there was a real "big boss" behind him.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 59 =====