Chapter 25: Magic potion materials, Ye Xiu really is a good person!

After leaving the flower sprite tribe, Su Hao trudged through the increasingly heavy snow, circling the area twice; after confirming no one was following, he headed toward the shelter.

Although he wasn't afraid of being followed by others at the trading fair, the current shelter only had a single layer of camouflage-colored paint for disguise, with no other defensive facilities.

Therefore, if possible, Su Hao did not want his shelter exposed prematurely to others' eyes, to avoid unnecessary trouble.

After returning to the building housing the shelter, Su Hao pondered a moment, then went to a room on the second floor nearby, took out the corpses of the heavy-armored goblin warrior, Ye Xiu, and Ma Tao, and applied Item Refining Technique to them.

After all, there was a little girl in the shelter; if she saw him refining corpses, especially since two of those corpses were human, it might leave her with psychological trauma.

"Phew! Refining a supernatural being consumes a lot."

Feeling his mental power continuously surge within his mind, turning into three red rays that wrapped the corpses of Ye Xiu and the others, Su Hao felt a stabbing pain in his head and unconsciously rubbed his brow.

The mental consumption of Item Refining Technique is determined by the supernatural grade of the item being refined.

After becoming a Flesh-and-blood Controller, Su Hao's mental power greatly increased; if the refinement target is merely an ordinary item, the mental consumption is hardly noticeable.

But if the refinement target is a supernatural item, the consumption is much greater; refining a supernatural being's corpse consumes even more.

Simply refining the three corpses of Ye Xiu and company made Su Hao feel his mental power drained by nearly half.

"Looks like it's safer to bring back supernatural beings' corpses for refining later."

When Su Hao's head no longer hurt so much, the red light wrapping Ye Xiu and the others' corpses also gradually faded.

Their original corpses had vanished; in their place appeared a drop of jelly-like dark-red blood, a thumb-sized tooth, a drop of jelly-like green blood, and a wisp of gray gas hovering above the ground.

That drop of dark-red, jelly-like blood was Fallen Blood; Su Hao had seen it several times before, and he casually stowed it into his Storage Bag.

Next, he bent over and picked up the thumb-sized tooth.

【Heavy-Armored Goblin Warrior's Sharp Tooth】

Effect: The hardest, sharpest part of the heavy-armored goblin warrior's body is excellent material for forging weapons.

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"It can be used to synthesize a sharp longsword or a great axe; not bad."

Su Hao smiled, nodded, and stored the tooth in his Storage Bag.

Afterwards he turned his gaze to the drop of green blood and the wisp of gray gas hovering above the ground.

Since this tooth was refined from the heavy-armored goblin warrior's body, the remaining two materials must have been refined from Ye Xiu and Ma Tao's corpses.

They were both First Rank Supernatural Beings in life; could the materials refined from their bodies be the sequence runes that let one become a supernatural being?

Although he is already a Flesh-and-blood Controller, First Rank sequence runes are useless to him; only Second Rank sequence runes can allow him to advance.

Just because he has no use for them doesn't mean others don't.

Setting aside distant matters, for now the Da Xiong Mao and the little girl in the shelter have not yet used any sequence runes.

Know that after synthesis, the sequence runes have no side effects whatsoever; even a seven- or eight-year-old little girl can use them safely.

Even the lowliest supernatural being is far beyond an ordinary person; if the little girl could become a supernatural being, Su Hao would feel more at ease when he goes out exploring later.

As for the Da Xiong Mao, needless to say; in his previous life it relied on its own bloodline and eating purple-gold bamboo to become a local hegemon.

If it could be made into a professional, its combat power would definitely increase further.

Thinking of this, Su Hao's heartbeat quickened a bit; he immediately applied Item Appraisal Technique to the drop of green essence-blood.

【Deadly Essence-Blood】

Effect: Consuming it may grant a poison-affinity skill, or may cause death by poisoning.

If one has the poisoner's magic-potion formula, it can be used as the main ingredient to craft a poisoner's magic potion; consuming it yields a First Rank supernatural sequence — Poisoner.

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"Magic potion?"

Su Hao frowned slightly; this was something he had never heard of in his previous life.

In his previous life, the announcements from Divine Xia stated that to become a supernatural being, the only way was to use supernatural sequence runes.

But now he sees another way to become a supernatural being: consuming magic potions.

Sequence runes are single-use; once used, they're gone, and to obtain new ones one must continue exploring to acquire them.

But magic potions are different; as long as one has the formula and corresponding materials, they can be produced infinitely, cultivating supernatural beings without limit!

For others, even if they possess the magic-potion formula, obtaining the corresponding materials is still no small feat; being able to make a dose for oneself is already not bad.

But Su Hao is different; he possesses Item Refining Technique, making acquisition of materials easier than for others.

Moreover, he has the Synthesis Heart; perhaps the rare main ingredient for crafting magic potions can also be synthesized from common materials!

Thus, even if Su Hao cannot mass-produce magic potions unlimitedly, small-scale production should still be promising.

Who in the apocalypse could resist the temptation to become a supernatural being?

In the future, if Su Hao wants to build his own faction, he need say nothing else; merely producing some magic potions that can turn people into supernatural beings will draw countless people to his door.

"Too bad, I don't currently have the poisoner's magic-potion formula."

Su Hao shook his head regretfully, though it didn't matter; the poisoner and the Da Xiong Mao are not compatible, and if possible, giving the Da Xiong Mao a warrior-type supernatural sequence would be most suitable.

Likewise, the poisoner and the little girl are not compatible, or rather, Su Hao subjectively deems them incompatible; he does not wish to see a cute little sister turn into a tiny poisonous creature brimming with toxin.

After storing the deadly essence-blood in his Storage Bag, his gaze turned to the final wisp of gray gas.

【Beast's Breath】

Effect: If fed to a beast, it may give rise to sentience and turn it into a demon tribe; if fed to a demon tribe member, it can comprehensively increase physique and mental power.

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"This one can be used on the Da Xiong Mao."

Su Hao gave a slight nod and stored that wisp of gray gas in his Storage Bag as well.

Although this material is not said to be a main ingredient for crafting magic potions, its value is likewise not small; using it on the Da Xiong Mao can further enhance mental power and physique.

However, Su Hao does not plan to use it immediately; he intends to synthesize it in a few days to further boost its effect, then feed it to the Da Xiong Mao.

After storing all the refined materials in his Storage Bag, Su Hao opened Ye Xiu's Storage Bag and dumped out everything inside.

Really poor!

He glanced at the materials on the floor, and Su Hao curled his lips.

Inside this Storage Bag, there were only 300 units of wood, 400 units of stone, and 100 units of iron ore; the rest were just some poison kept in bottles.

After putting these materials back into the Storage Bag, Su Hao walked out of the room and headed toward the rooftop; it was time to return to the shelter.