Chapter 1787

Sabaody Archipelago, 72nd red tree area, underground base.

Su Xiao was concentrating on formulating the medicine in his hand. The sudden knocking interrupted his manufacturing. The energy particles in the solution turned white, and fine ice crystals covered the wall of the test tube. The formulation failed.

Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang opened the door. As expected, the visitor was Koala. She was carrying a huge tray with all kinds of delicacies on it.

"Hey, what's with this production volume? How long have you not rested?"

Koala saw the Stigmata Medicine lined up on the metal table and walked quickly into the room.

Hearing this, Su Xiao picked up the timer on the table, which showed 49 hours and 26 minutes. That is to say, he hadn't closed his eyes for two days. This was perhaps the only shortcoming of alchemy: once one focused on research, it was easy to get addicted to it.

"About two days."

"..."

Koala was speechless for a time, and a sense of guilt actually surged in her heart. She had always suspected Su Xiao had ulterior motives, but now, Su Xiao was manufacturing Stigmata Medicine for the Revolutionary Army day and night. This made her conscience hurt very much.

"If there's nothing else, take these medicines and you can go."

"Uh~"

The sense of guilt in Koala's heart vanished, and she was even choked by Su Xiao to the point of being unable to speak, and could only leave the room after putting away the Stigmata Medicine on the metal table.

Bang!

The door was tightly closed. Koala's lips moved outside the door, but in the end, she could only walk away looking somewhat depressed.

Su Xiao sat on the wooden bed in the room and opened the alchemy skill tree to check the Plant Harmonization chapter.

【Plant Harmonization chapter lv. 8 (Proficiency: 304/80)】

lv. 1 Unlock recipe: Vitality Liquid (Permanently increases Stamina attribute by 2 points after drinking; this effect takes effect below 20 attribute points).

lv. 3 Unlock recipe: Stigmata Medicine (Permanently increases Strength attribute by 1 point, Agility attribute by 1 point, and Life by 100 points after drinking; this effect takes effect below 20 attribute points).

lv. 8 Unlock recipe: Ancient Magic Agent (Permanently increases Intelligence attribute by 2 points after drinking; this effect takes effect below 50 attribute points).

Su Xiao tried to upgrade the Plant Harmonization chapter. Knowledge-based skills could be upgraded within derived worlds; he had practiced this many times. The Paradise Coins required to upgrade the Plant Harmonization chapter were not many, fixed at 10,000 points per level, and the proficiency required was the hardest to accumulate.

【Plant Harmonization chapter has been upgraded to lv. 9.】

【Plant Harmonization chapter has been upgraded to lv. 10.】

【Plant Harmonization chapter has been upgraded to lv. 11.】

【New recipe unlocked: Flame of Dawn.】

【Flame of Dawn: Each manufacture requires 480 Mana points, requires materials: Soul Essence, Source-less Spring, Dawn Crystal, Power Birth, Life Polymerization Substance H, Life Polymerization Substance C, Crystal Bottle.】

【Effect: After drinking/injecting, permanently increases Strength attribute by 3 points, Stamina attribute by 3 points (this medicine takes effect below 50 attribute points; repeated use can be fatal).】

Su Xiao flipped through the prompts. He couldn't understand why the recipe unlocked after upgrading the Plant Harmonization chapter to lv. 10 would have an explosive improvement.

A large amount of knowledge merged into his brain, plus the long-term medicine formulation, made Su Xiao's brain somewhat dizzy. After initially understanding the new knowledge in his brain, he knew why the recipe had an explosive improvement.

If he could upgrade the Plant Harmonization chapter to lv. 20, he could formulate permanent buff medicines that could be used below 80 attribute points. If he reached lv. 30, he would unlock recipes that could be used by those with true attributes above 80, at which point he could drink them himself.

It would be quite good to be able to upgrade the Plant Harmonization chapter to lv. 20 in the near future. As for upgrading to lv. 30, the possibility wasn't too high, and whether the materials required for that tier of medicine could be collected in the Pirate World was an unknown.

Su Xiao lay on the bed. Seeing this scene, Amu sat in front of the door to block it, while Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang blended into the environment and penetrated the wall to go to the ground above the base to keep watch, so as not to have enemies attack.

After sleeping for more than eight hours, the ring on Su Xiao's little finger vibrated. He immediately opened his eyes. In a derived world, he wouldn't completely relax his spirit to rest.

"Amu, go notify Koala and tell her the previous materials don't need to be prepared."

Not long after Amu notified Koala, Koala, wearing a green short dress, hurried over. She was wearing light makeup, and her appearance had changed. Judging from the look, she should have gone to execute an infiltration mission.

"Did something go wrong?"

Koala looked at Su Xiao sternly. Right now, headquarters attached great importance to Stigmata Medicine, so there must be no problems.

"You guys have experimented with the previous medicines, right?"

"Hmm, the effect is very good."

Koala was still reserved, but the news from headquarters was far more than just 'the effect is very good.'

"Since there is initial trust, we can start formulating medicines suitable for long-term supply."

Su Xiao touched his chin as he spoke, with a smile on his face. He had already let the Revolutionary Army taste the sweetness, and it was time to let the other party know how expensive the Plant Harmonization chapter was. For this reason, he hadn't even chosen to formulate the more expensive Ancient Magic Agent at the beginning. One had to know that the higher the quality of the medicine, the more proficiency one would gain after successful formulation. If he had been formulating Ancient Magic Agents before, the proficiency gained in the same amount of time would have been three times higher.

Su Xiao hadn't slept or rested for two days and two nights, just to let the Revolutionary Army know how important the medicine he formulated was. And he had just mastered the recipe for Flame of Dawn medicine, which was destined to have a low success rate. If he had to resist with Paradise Coins himself, that would be a terrifying figure.

"What?"

Koala was somewhat blank. Judging from Su Xiao's tone, Stigmata was clearly a very weak medicine, just to establish initial trust with them.

"As I told you before, Stigmata is a recipe I developed a long time ago, and the effect isn't strong. For long-term formulation, Flame of Dawn is a better choice. If you guys plan to have me formulate Stigmata for a long time, I'll consider leaving the Revolutionary Army. Formulating that kind of initial medicine for a long time is boring."

"Wait, let me organize my thoughts."

Koala rubbed her forehead lightly. She felt that things were becoming difficult to handle. The ominous premonition from before was even stronger.

"These are the materials required for Flame of Dawn. If there's a problem with the materials, have headquarters contact me directly."

Koala took the list. This time she didn't have much change in expression, because she hadn't heard of most of the materials on it, which was equivalent to being rare.

"I will report this matter to headquarters. However, the third batch of materials for Stigmata has already been sent. Otherwise..."

Su Xiao didn't speak, just looked at Koala with a smile.

"Can't send them back, ha, haha."

"Send them back."

"Let's discuss it. These materials were all transported through special channels, the cost is very high~"

Koala appeared pitiful, however...

"I have no interest in continuing to manufacture that kind of defective product, so send them back."

Su Xiao didn't want to continue being tired to death, so he refused decisively.

"You probably don't have much luck with women."

Koala was almost stomping her feet in anger.

"..."

"Since you insist, we can only send them back. By the way, are you interested in taking an apprentice? I'm very talented."

Koala changed her strategy, wanting to solve the problem from the root.

"1476x48334+1573459+4347762, give me the answer within ten seconds."

"?"

Koala looked at Su Xiao blankly. She didn't even remember how many numbers Su Xiao had said, but she then thought of one thing and asked back: "Then you tell me, what is the answer?"

"77262205. Calculation ability is the most basic subject of alchemy."

"This..."

Koala was surprised to find that she couldn't determine whether the answer Su Xiao said was correct.

"Go notify headquarters. Your IQ doesn't allow you to learn alchemy."

Su Xiao closed the calculator on the tablet computer as he spoke. In reality, alchemy didn't have a very direct relationship with mathematics.

Koala let out a few long breaths to calm herself down. The other party was an important scientific researcher; she couldn't have a conflict with him. Moreover, not being able to beat him was also a death-seeking question, so she could only endure it. Under the circumstances of not being able to beat him, being cowardly wasn't shameful.

That afternoon, the materials Su Xiao needed were delivered, and he began to try formulating the new medicine.

Three hours later, with a crisp sound, the test tube exploded in Su Xiao's hand. The formulation failed. He wasn't discouraged; the materials weren't paid for by him, so he didn't feel any heartache at all.

Formulation failed, formulation failed, formulation failed...

After more than a dozen consecutive failures, Su Xiao only had 400-plus Mana points left. He sat cross-legged on the bed and meditated for more than three hours before his Mana was fully restored.

Time passed quickly, and before he knew it, it was two days before the Summit War started.

Su Xiao shook the test tube in his hand. The orange medicine shook in the test tube, and flames seemed to be burning in the liquid. This was the Flame of Dawn medicine.

Looking at the 49 bottles of Flame of Dawn medicine on the table, nearly 270 copies of materials only produced 49 bottles of finished products. If Su Xiao had to bear the material loss himself, that would be like cutting his own flesh.

Formulating Stigmata Medicine only gained 1 point of proficiency per successful formulation. Flame of Dawn was different; succeeding in one bottle increased proficiency by 15 points, which allowed Su Xiao to gain a total of 735 points of proficiency.

Not only that, among these 49 bottles of medicine, he completed one perfect formulation, and the attributes of the medicine obtained were exceptionally astonishing.

【Flame of Dawn (Perfect)】

Quality: Purple·Rare

Effect: After drinking/injecting, permanently increases Strength attribute by 5 points, Stamina attribute by 5 points (Strength, Stamina attributes below 50 points can use).

Rating: 150+

Selling Price: 37,000 Paradise Coins (No ownership, cannot be sold).

Su Xiao put down the medicine in his hand. Just now, the Whitebeard Pirates had contacted him; the Moby Dick had entered the second half of the Grand Line.