Chapter 4010: Price

Bubbling air bubbles surged upward. Su Xiao didn't leave the water, while Xiang Bubu Wang beside him had turned into a fish swimming in a chaotic manner—the dog-paddle style might be unique in the dog world.

Su Xiao's plan this time was very simple. He didn't believe that there was no spying from other Ducain family councilors when dealing with the Beast Lord, especially since the Abyssal Daughter had taken the initiative to approach him earlier, wanting Su Xiao to cooperate with her as a top-tier pharmacist.

The matter was simple: first, the mastermind of this affair, Lady Scorpion, the ruler of Empress City. Empress City was the largest force in this world, at least in terms of scale; its urban area and size were greater than the Beast race's Eternal Ring City.

What the Beast Lord possessed was the ancestral gene sequence of the Elf race, which was why it could produce a large number of Elf race individuals through the 'Breeding Factory'. What Lady Scorpion possessed was the ancestral gene sequence of the Human race, and thus, the ones Lady Scorpion enslaved were naturally humans.

Compared to the Elf race's talent in craftsmanship, the Human race seemed average, but once the base number was large, there would inevitably be 'hexagonal warriors'. Therefore, Empress City's industry, various productivity, commerce, and foreign trade were all very developed. Empress City's districts 2 to 5 were even tourist and amusement areas for outsiders.

Among the three councilors, Lady Scorpion wasn't the strongest, but she was definitely the most visionary and intelligent. Empress City was the only one of the four major Ducain cities that didn't establish a 'Breeding Factory'—at least, not on the surface.

Lady Scorpion's strategy was to hide the 'Breeding Factory' deep underground in several districts, thereby producing a massive number of elite human individuals, then selecting the best among them, and then conducting deep 'Abyssal Corruption'.

In this way, Lady Scorpion had a steady stream of excellent slaves who were loyal to her and could stably and efficiently manage Empress City, making Empress City even more prosperous.

However, doing so would cause the resource nutrients Lady Scorpion could absorb from Empress City to plummet by two-thirds. Lady Scorpion had no choice regarding this; the Human race's ancestral gene sequence was too adaptable.

Initially, Lady Scorpion, like other councilors and the Council Head, controlled the ants under her rule. However, the Human race had a characteristic: they would pass on certain traits to the next generation. For example, after 'Abyssal Corruption', their bodies and souls would naturally develop a certain 'Corruption Resistance'.

Wanting to deprive them of fertility at the genetic level was both difficult and required sustained, extremely high costs. Therefore, 'Abyssal Corruption' sometimes couldn't suppress the reproductive instinct of human slaves, leading to the appearance of second-generation human slaves.

The 'Corruption Resistance' inherited from their parents gave the new generation of humans a relatively normal reproductive instinct, and third-generation humans would soon appear.

By the time the fifth to sixth generation of humans appeared, the 'Corruption Resistance' they were born with was already quite high. What they had to do was clearly not to continue being ants in Empress City, but to consider how to resist and become strong.

This world was once a battlefield for Ancient Dragons against the Sun, and for Ducain against the Law-Breakers. During these two battles, many other forces entered due to stance or interest issues. Therefore, what this world lacked least was secret treasures or inheritances left behind by dying powerful beings.

Years later, Lady Scorpion confirmed one thing: using the Ducain family's 'Abyssal Corruption' to control humans was a bad idea. Thus, the current Empress City 2.0 version was born.

Compared to the 1.0 version, which frequently encountered rebellions and had its supply depots bombed several times a week, being able to collect one-third of Empress City's profit output was already an incredibly high harvest.

There was no doubt that Lady Scorpion's ambition was by no means just being a councilor. She had long coveted the position of Council Head, especially since she knew a secret: the Abyssal race was not immortal.

That's right, the Abyssal race would also die of old age. However, after they died of old age, they would 'reborn' in the Abyss. Lady Scorpion, who knew the secret of the Abyssal race's rebirth, naturally understood that it was just another Ducain family member who was 90% similar to her.

What the Abyssal race truly had that was immortal was more like a causal existence, rather than a specific individual. Moreover, understanding the Abyssal race through individuals was indeed too superficial. They were born in the Abyss and were born from one of the two most powerful forces in the Star Realm.

As a race born at the pinnacle, if the Abyssal race wanted to be even stronger, they naturally had to pay more prices. And for Lady Scorpion to go further and replace that old immortal whose causal existence was already exuding a rotten aura, it would inevitably be very difficult.

After years of accumulation, she finally saw hope. The problem was that time waited for no one. She needed to obtain the amount of resources that Empress City would take thousands of years to accumulate in a short period.

She had to use some unconventional means to achieve this. The root of the problem—the increasingly turbulent situation in the Void—caused the price of 'permanent gain' potions that could rapidly increase combat power tiers to soar by 5 times. No, as of half a month ago, it had already soared to 6.5 times.

Lady Scorpion naturally set her sights on the 'Pharmacist Guild'. The problem was that their backer was the Arcane Eternal Star. Not to mention the current situation of the Ducain family, even at their peak, they would have been beaten back to the Abyss to be reborn. Even the Law-Breaker faction at its peak hadn't beaten them, let alone the Arcane Eternal Star, which had defeated the peak Law-Breaker faction.

Since she couldn't move the 'Pharmacist Guild', she naturally had to start from other aspects. There were only six pharmacist masters who weren't in the 'Pharmacist Guild' all year round. Five of them lived in seclusion all year round, and the top-tier causality types couldn't even divine their tracks.

In reality, top-tier causality types weren't that useless; it was that they said they didn't know even when they did. Because these top-tier pharmacist masters were both their friends and their ultimate human resource network, why would they divine their tracks for outsiders?

Saint Flame Pharmacist had long been targeted by Lady Scorpion, especially after he bombed the Arcane Eternal Star's resource planet. Lady Scorpion was certain that this Law-Breaker was her opportunity to go further.

After paying a great price to know that this Law-Breaker had arrived in 'Eberias', Lady Scorpion began to sell off assets that were hard to liquidate, converting them into hard currency.

She was just waiting to obtain them, then use them to obtain massive amounts of potion materials from the 'Goblin Chamber of Commerce'. When these massive materials were formulated into 'permanent gain' potions and sold to the 'Goblin Chamber of Commerce', her assets would multiply several times.

By then, not only would she have saved enough resources, but she would also have nearly double the surplus. This would make her promotion more secure, and after promotion, she would surpass the tier of that old immortal.

Regarding the difficulty of dealing with Law-Breakers, Lady Scorpion hadn't directly clashed with previous Law-Breakers; she wasn't a combat type, after all. But in her view, the Law-Breaker's strength among the same tier was beyond doubt. As for strategy, she could only say that they were definitely not fools, but they weren't exactly god-like in their adaptability either.

Not to mention, Lady Scorpion held a trump card. She had long been eyeing the legacies of the Ancient Dragon race and the Sun race. Watching those treasures being taken away, Lady Scorpion chose to abduct the White Dragon Girl. She didn't believe that obtaining those Ancient Dragon legacies was without a price, and this price was very likely related to the last Ancient Dragon descendant inside this Forbidden Tower.

However, for the sake of insurance, Lady Scorpion didn't directly imprison the White Dragon Girl but sent her to a place outsiders would never dare to step foot in, and she had already thought of an excuse: the Council Head · Egu Baya had abducted the White Dragon Girl, but she knew the location.

In this way, she could both hold the Saint Flame Pharmacist hostage and faintly imply a shared hatred. Of course, this wasn't enough to control the Saint Flame Pharmacist; Lady Scorpion had also prepared other means.

As for how Su Xiao knew Lady Scorpion's intentions, he owed it to the straightforward Abyssal Daughter. When they first met in this world, the Abyssal Daughter's purpose was discerned. Originally, to save her sister, she was prepared to grit her teeth and stand on Lady Scorpion's side. However, she became a 'traitor' the moment she appeared, caught from one pirate ship onto another.

Subsequent matters weren't hard to deal with. That was why Su Xiao had a death-match with the Beast Lord. After he successfully killed the Beast Lord's second son, he was certain that Lady Scorpion wanted to use the Beast Lord. After all, watching the Beast Lord's second son die, the two sides would further fall out when the Beast Lord pursued the matter later. Moreover, in the next Ducain council meeting, Lady Scorpion would lose a great deal of prestige.

That is to say, Su Xiao was certain that Lady Scorpion wouldn't intervene in his death-match with the Beast Lord. It was more likely she would send a confidant with strong control abilities and teleportation means to wait until he and the Beast Lord had finished their death-match, then take him away while he was weak.

If Su Xiao lost to the Beast Lord, it would be even easier for Lady Scorpion to handle; the soul shell she had prepared for a long time could be used immediately, and it would be even easier to control this pharmacist master.

To guard against this, Su Xiao had the Pain High Priest and Black Leech, who had accompanied him, not intervene, hiding in the different space opened by Baha. It was worth mentioning that after Baha used the 【Follower Promotion Badge】 to complete an upgrade, the different space it opened was even more hidden. It even had the means to control the different space it was in to perform spatial movement.

Baha also began to understand one thing: as a follower, it was impossible to develop comprehensively in the late stage. It only retained the ultimate "Assassination" and "Spatial Concealment." In this way, it could be the assassination specialist of the Dawn Team and could also protect Ignoring Xiang Bubu Wang, Amu, Benny, and the Boss, who was severely injured after the life-and-death battle.

As for Amu, its positioning had always been particularly specific and accurate: taking beatings.

At this moment, Su Xiao was in an underwater different space. That was why neither the fat brute nor the humanoid figure composed of milky-white maggots had discovered his existence. That maggot aggregate was clearly a perception-type specialist. It could only be said that Baha had truly grown a lot.

But it was to be expected. The 【Follower Promotion Badge】 obtained by Xiang Bubu Wang, Amu, Baha, and Benny was derived from Su Xiao's promotion to supreme-tier. With his outrageous specifications for promoting to supreme-tier, these 【Follower Promotion Badges】 also had particularly outrageous effects—many times more effective than normal 【Follower Promotion Badges】.

In the water, Su Xiao felt himself. After his injuries initially healed, he opened the title list, chose the 【Violator】 title, and equipped it. For the next few days, Law-Breaker · Bai Ye would temporarily vanish, or rather, be trapped by Lady Scorpion in a certain district of Empress City.

"Title Effect 1: Disguise (Passive). After equipping this title, you will gain the disguise · Apocalypse Paradise Violator, and activate the corresponding temporary brand."

"Hint: Because you are a Hunter, when performing this disguise, there will be no time limit, and you can perform this disguise without any cost or fee."

After choosing the appearance of an Apocalypse Paradise Violator who had died in this world, the disguise began. A few seconds later, Su Xiao had turned into a middle-aged man with a lazy expression, somewhat unkempt and sloppy, but more of a free-spirited feeling.

Having Baha withdraw the different space, Su Xiao returned to the water surface and arrived beside the Beast Lord's corpse. This place had turned into a wooden growth, fully over ten meters high, like a messy, sealed building.

Su Xiao pressed one hand on it and could perceive the hollow in the center of these wooden growths. The hollow place that looked like it had been bitten off was where the 【Ducain Family Badge】 held by the Beast Lord was.

That is to say, this badge had fallen into Lady Scorpion's hands. If everything went smoothly, this wasn't bad news.

Su Xiao pressed one hand on the wooden growth, and the crystal layer spread and began to assimilate it. With a 'bang', a large piece of crystal shattered, revealing a light red crystal core. This crystal core was about the size of a fist, with a light red glow inside, flashing on and off.

【You obtained 'Corruption Core · Elf'.】

Su Xiao didn't believe the Beast Lord could control all the Elves in the Elf Kingdom. The opponent's ability system determined this point, so there must be an item medium that allowed the Beast Lord to do this, which was this 'Corruption Core · Elf'.

The one who made this thing must be a master-level figure in the corruption system; the Beast Lord, this powerful technique-type, definitely couldn't do this.

After Su Xiao closed his eyes and perceived, a teleportation array formed under his feet. Xiang Bubu Wang and Baha both ran onto the teleportation array.

Thud—

When the scene before his eyes recovered, Su Xiao had arrived in the central tower of District 6 of the Elf Kingdom. Just arriving here, he felt the presence of numerous supreme-tier entities—all Elf Fallen.

Clang!

As the perception circle spread, slashes appeared. Because they were too synchronized, it sounded like a single slash. In an instant, the Elf Fallen stationed here were all slashed into pieces.

The bloody smell spread. Su Xiao had long been used to this smell. He stepped on the stairs and walked to the top of the central tower. This was a hundred-meter-high altitude. The wind wasn't strong, and today was a rare sunny day, revealing a faint shadow of the sun. It seemed to be caused by the Beast Lord's ability.

Crack, crack, crack—

Su Xiao exerted force in his hand. Almost simultaneously, in the Elf Kingdom below, all the Corrupted, Fallen, and secondary Elf descendants under the Beast Lord's command all clutched their chests with both hands, letting out painful roars.

The higher the degree of corruption and the more loyal they were to the Beast Lord, the more intense the pain the Elf race felt at this moment. Some secondary descendants simply began to bleed from their seven orifices.

Bang!!

The 'Corruption Core · Elf' in Su Xiao's hand was crushed. All the Fallen and secondary descendants in the Elf Kingdom burst and died. Some Elf race members with deeper corruption also fell and died. Those with shallow corruption clutched their heads and roared in pain, black smoke drifting from their bodies.

An Elf race member, about 20 years old but looking as old as 50, climbed up from the ground several times before standing up while leaning on a nearby street lamp.

He looked around, first confused, then various memories flooded into his mind—the past labor, pain, despair, etc., making him unable to control himself and burst into tears. His spirit nearly collapsed, and it took a long time before he calmed down.

The tear-stained Elf race member subconsciously looked at the central tower in the center of the district. He was certain that the great person who saved him and all his compatriots was on that tower. Unfortunately, the tower was already empty.

Why didn't Su Xiao stay here to accept the thanks of the Elf race? Because he didn't care. He came here just to slash and destroy the Beast Lord, nothing more. Once the goal was achieved, he left.

The Leader Train traveled on the wilderness. On the train were only Su Xiao, who had removed his disguise, Xiang Bubu Wang, and Baha. Xiang Bubu Wang was rolling around in boredom. It originally had high ambitions to perform well in this world, but unfortunately, this world didn't even have a network, let alone the ultimate evolutionary form of the network, the 'Network Cluster'.

【You have completed Bounty 1 · Beast's End: Kill the Beast Lord and shatter the 'Corruption Core · Elf'.】

【Due to the multi-fold bounty of 'Hunter List · Blood Pact' + bounty correction, you will obtain a bounty with a total value of 5000 ounces of Space-Time Power.】

【You obtained Space-Time Stone Fragment × 250 (this is an equivalent, can be sold to Reincarnation Paradise at any time to obtain 2500 ounces of Space-Time Power).】

【You obtained 'Overlord Treasure Chest · ★★★★★' (this item is equivalent to the value of 2400 ounces of Space-Time Power in this judgment).】

【You obtained Goblin Scratch-off (this item is equivalent to the value of 10 ounces of Space-Time Power in this judgment).】

After checking the relevant information, Su Xiao knew the gold content of 【Overlord Treasure Chest · ★★★★★】. There was a 20% probability of opening an Overlord equipment in the top 100 comprehensive evaluations of Overlord equipment. Even if it wasn't in the top 100, it was definitely within the top 500.

The strength division of Overlord equipment was relatively vague. Before, it was a score, but in the late stage, the full score for Overlord equipment was 6000 equipment points. However, some Overlord equipment barely reached 6000 points, while others displayed this much because the limit score for Overlord equipment was 6000 points.

As for why Overlord equipment didn't have a higher notarized score, this involved the Overlord equipment ranking system, which was an equipment system notarized by the Void Tree.

Among these 100 Overlord equipment in the ranking, the higher the rank, the stronger its comprehensive traits. The Overlord equipment 【Devourer】 Su Xiao obtained was quite strong, but unfortunately, it didn't even make it into the top 500.

As for the top ten Overlord equipment, there was no need to think about that for now. Even if obtained, it might be impossible to equip. While this type of Overlord equipment was extremely powerful, the equipment requirements were also outrageously high, as if saying to the holder: you are not qualified.

Su Xiao looked at the 【Goblin Scratch-off】 in his hand. He was hesitating whether to sell this thing to Caesar. If he did, it would definitely be enough to make the Goblin Chamber of Commerce suffer. In this world, this chamber of commerce had collaborated quite a bit with the Abyssal race. Although not enemies, they were collaborators of enemies.

Just then, Su Xiao faintly felt a sense of light. This was the scene transmitted back by the avatar formed using 【Self Power】. As for whether Lady Scorpion could see through the avatar created by 【Self Power】—he wasn't looking down on Lady Scorpion, but 【Self Power】 was obtained by Su Xiao challenging the 'Soul Image · Tenth Position: Nightmare · Law-Breaker Shadow' of the 【Greed Chapter】.

Not to mention Lady Scorpion, even someone stronger, if they weren't a perception-type or causality-type, wouldn't be able to detect any clues.

Su Xiao sat on the soft and hard train sofa and began to enter 100% control of the avatar.

After a brief darkness, slightly dim light appeared. He opened his eyes and was already in a pharmacist workshop of several hundred square meters. All kinds of formulation tools were available, and there were traces of debugging and use. Formulating potions in this kind of pharmacist workshop would be very smooth.

Seeing Su Xiao wake up, the fat brute standing guard with arms crossed spoke in a muffled voice:

"Old Worm, go notify the Empress, the person is awake."

The worm-man, composed entirely of milky-white maggots, didn't speak and turned to walk out. It was over three meters tall but looked very thin.

A few minutes later, the 'clatter, clatter, clatter' sound of metal footsteps came. A lady about 1.8 meters tall, wearing metal high heels, walked over. She had long hair like black flames, which made her red lips even more prominent. In those amber eyes, there wasn't the indifference and cruelty of the Beast Lord, but a hint of a smile. It was hard to imagine that this was actually an Abyssal race member.

Lady Scorpion's attire had a simple but lazy beauty. Dressed entirely in black, in clothes somewhat similar to a loose nightgown, she looked at Su Xiao with a smile and said:

"Let's have a contest."

Lady Scorpion's voice was very gentle, making one feel her almost soft warmth just by hearing it.

"On your heart is my dark soul mark. Before you break free from it, you must help me formulate the secret medicine I need. After you break free, you can hide or kill as you please. You were trying to escape the enemy lines; I can understand that, so I'll give you three chances to fail. By the fourth time, if you try to escape again, you'll really die, oh."

The smile in Lady Scorpion's eyes grew even gentler. She turned and walked slowly outside, saying: "Don't use any spatial abilities; that will burn your heart with the dark mark, which is painful and meaningless. By the way, I hope you are used to the food here."

Having said that, Lady Scorpion left. Guarding behind her was the worm-man composed of milky-white maggots, while the fat brute remained in the pharmacist workshop, sitting on an extra-large sofa, staring at Su Xiao with pitch-black eyes.

Before long, a little old man with a white goatee, severe baldness, and several age spots on his face walked over with a smile and said:

"Respected Mr. Saint Flame, hello. I am the Empress's butler · Burgil. You can call me by my name, or call me Butler. From now on, any needs you have regarding potion formulation, I will satisfy them as quickly and to the greatest extent possible. Of course, regarding some of your personal needs, as long as they aren't too excessive, I can have my subordinates help you complete them."

Burgil was very polite, but Su Xiao didn't care. This little old butler and the fat brute were playing good cop, bad cop—a routine he often used in low-to-mid-tier worlds.

The reason Su Xiao deliberately let Lady Scorpion's subordinates intercept his avatar was to come here in person. He ignored the butler and half-knelt on the ground, suddenly releasing his blood energy, and at the same time, began his own operation.

The Blade Spirit, with a Blade Spirit intensity reaching 1924 points, had finished converting the Beast Lord's 'Abyssal Source Energy' at a speed more exaggerated than expected. This meant 'Replacement' had entered an available state.

After fighting the Beast Lord, the replacement could still be used three times today. Su Xiao activated this ability with his avatar, attempting to swap the avatar's position with the Blade Spirit far away. In the past, this was, of course, wishful thinking, but now, with the Blade Spirit intensity reaching an outrageous 1924 points, the core ability 'Blade Spirit Awakening' corresponding to the Blade Spirit was upgraded by Su Xiao to an outrageous 'Lv. MAX+++++++++++++++++++', making the impossible a matter of course.

Almost the instant the avatar and the Blade Spirit completed the swap, Su Xiao personally arrived at this pharmacist workshop in an unknown district of Empress City.

Moreover, Su Xiao could leave at any time using the 'Replacement' ability. If he stayed here until tomorrow, he could even use the Blade Spirit's 'Replacement' twice to swap the avatar located on the Leader Train back.

As for the 'Dark Mark' Lady Scorpion left on the avatar, there was no need to worry. Su Xiao wrapped his heart with Blue Steel Shadow energy, appearing to be trying to erode the non-existent 'Dark Mark'. In fact, it was a smoke bomb to shield Lady Scorpion's perception of the 'Dark Mark'.

And, Su Xiao didn't plan to leave the pharmacist workshop actively later. The probability of Lady Scorpion actively activating this 'Dark Mark' was very low, so there wouldn't be any flaws for the time being.

One might ask, why did Su Xiao want to come here to formulate potions? This was because of the 【Peak Work】 title, which had been upgraded to full potential 'Limit Refining · Four Times'.

【Peak Work】

Title Effect 1: Peak Craftsmanship (Passive). When performing potion formulation, your state can transcend the limit, and while maintaining focus, you have a 100% probability of formulating a 'Peak' grade potion...

Title Effect 2: Transcend Self (Passive). If you successfully formulate an Eternal-grade 'Peak' grade potion, you will have a deeper understanding and feeling of the pharmacy you have mastered, allowing you to transcend the limit level of pharmacy.

Hint: Each time you successfully formulate an Eternal-grade 'Peak' grade potion, your pharmacy has a 6.85% probability of permanently increasing by Lv. 1.

Current Pharmacy Level: Lv. 95 (this is the max level under conventional circumstances for pharmacy).

Hint: This ability can increase pharmacy up to Lv. 100.

With Su Xiao's 'good luck', he needed to formulate a massive number of 'Eternal-grade potions' to trigger the 'Transcend Self (Passive)' five times to bring pharmacy to Lv. 100, which was the max level. The problem was, such opportunities were rare.

Even if there were forces providing materials of this specification, Su Xiao didn't have that much time to formulate. Now, both problems were solved simultaneously. The first stage of this main quest had a 30-day quest time limit. Using 10 days to improve pharmacy was still very cost-effective, not to mention he had already defeated the Beast Lord.

The surrounding blood energy dissipated, and the layers of defensive barriers also dissipated. Seeing this scene, the fat brute laughed loudly, while Burgil stood aside with hands behind his back, as if he had long expected this situation.

Su Xiao sat on a wooden chair, remained silent for half a minute, and finally spoke:

"Formula."

"Hmm?"

Burgil was slightly surprised, then smiled even more enthusiastically. This situation undoubtedly saved him a lot of unnecessary talk.

"It's like this, Mr. Saint Flame. This is the top-tier 'permanent gain potion formula' we exchanged for at a great price. Please take a look."

Burgil handed over a roll of parchment, his expression inevitably showing a bit of showing off.

"..."

After Su Xiao looked at the potion formula for a while, his brows furrowed deeper the more he looked. He asked: "Where did you get this kind of trash."

As soon as Su Xiao said this, the smile on Burgil's face nearly collapsed, and the fat brute directly darkened its face, the flesh it was chewing no longer tasting fresh. This was something it and Burgil had obtained at a great price. If it were deemed trash, they would suffer later.

Su Xiao ignored their expressions and continued: "Although this formula is a bit trashy, there is a lot of room for improvement."

After speaking, Su Xiao picked up a piece of parchment on the formulation table, pressed his index finger on it, and outlined the formula for the potion called 'Star Spirit Liquid' with mental power. Two hours later, a concept for an ultimate upgraded version of the 'Star Spirit Liquid' potion formula was completed.

Su Xiao wasn't being perfunctory. If the plan went smoothly, this was accumulating resources for himself. Even if it didn't go smoothly, it was still a huge profit. Naturally, he had to make the concocted potions have higher value.

As for saying the 'Star Spirit Liquid' potion formula was trash, the formulation result of this potion wasn't bad; it was actually very strong. The key was that the formulation process didn't consider rationality at all, leading to an outrageously high formulation difficulty and wasting a large amount of materials.

Burgil took the 'Star Spirit Liquid' potion formula and, after careful observation, felt dizzy. The little old man hurried away and returned in less than half an hour, his old face smiling like a blooming chrysanthemum.

"Mr. Saint Flame, this potion... can you really formulate it?"

"..."

Su Xiao didn't speak and arrived at the formulation table, beginning to familiarize himself with various formulation tools. Seeing this, Burgil raised his hand, and a dozen servants began to transport various potion materials into the workshop.

Equipping 【Peak Work】, Su Xiao began to formulate. Now that materials were sufficient and there was no pressure of failure loss, he formulated with extra comfort, becoming immersed in it without realizing it.

At the very beginning, the fat brute stared intently, both to monitor and to steal a bit of learning from the pharmacist master, thinking it might be useful in the future. As a result, after staring for a few minutes, it felt its brain was about to explode, and it suffered a pig-brain overload on the spot.

When Su Xiao stopped formulating, over a hundred bottles of 'Star Spirit Liquid' were placed on the stabilization table, wisps of cold mist drifting upward. Burgil picked up a bottle of 'Star Spirit Liquid':

"Mr. Saint Flame, how many times the efficacy of the original potion is this improved version?"

"About 5 times."

"Hmm?!"

Burgil's old eyes widened in disbelief. The fat brute stood up with a 'whoosh', looked at Su Xiao, and picked up a bottle of 'Star Spirit Liquid'. It wasn't afraid of any toxins in the Void, so it drank it in one gulp.

This 'permanent gain' secret medicine that could increase physical strength, stamina, and soul strength was originally ineffective for the Abyssal race, or rather, the gain was not large enough, leading to this ineffective situation.

But now, the fat brute clearly felt that its strength had increased slightly, its physique was stronger, and its soul level had also grown. One had to know that at its level, any improvement was exceptionally rare.

The fat brute nodded at Burgil, and Burgil was overjoyed, turning and leaving the pharmacist workshop to report this good news to Lady Scorpion.

Before long, Burgil returned with a beaming smile, the smile on his face blooming to the extreme.

"Mr. Saint Flame, you can continue."

"I'm tired, I need to rest."

"This..."

Burgil looked troubled and asked tentatively: "How long do you need to rest?"

"A few days."

"You!"

The fat brute on the side stood up and wanted to punch Su Xiao, but was desperately stopped by Burgil. He naturally knew the implication of this Law-Breaker.

"Mr. Bai Ye, the attitude of both sides toward each other is actually quite beyond our expectations, don't you think? So, giving you some remuneration is also possible. Name your price, what are the conditions."

Burgil could become Lady Scorpion's butler; he naturally wasn't a simple character.

"Fragment of the Awakening Monument."

"This..."

Burgil looked hesitant. This time, it was Su Xiao who was surprised. He had just mentioned it casually. Looking at the appearance, Empress City really had an 'Awakening Monument Fragment'? But on second thought, how could there be such a coincidence.

Suddenly, he thought of a possibility. Those sisters were in Empress City. Using those sisters' 'Destiny Pre-payment' ability to get an 'Awakening Monument Fragment' was very possible. However, who would bear the 'price'?

Su Xiao and Burgil looked at the fat brute, i. e., Ehao, almost simultaneously, which made Ehao, who was originally angry, feel a chill down its spine. ===== CHAPTER 4011 =====