The Elven Cultivator

Anton didn’t hesitate for long. He quickly made up his mind.

’Relying on myself to gather resources for cultivation is ultimately too slow.’

’I have to make use of the Clan’s power.’

After a moment of thought, Anton quickly came up with a plan.

If he wanted to convince the Clan to help him obtain Lizard-man blood, he would have to show the Elder Council the benefits it would bring the Clan.

Anton looked at the two remaining Dragon Yuan Pills in his hand.

’This is obviously a good excuse.’

’The Dragon Yuan Pill can temper the body, allowing it to better adapt to the world’s energy and to absorb and store more Spiritual Qi. In that case, it should also have a significant effect on expanding Magic Power circuits.’

’Magic Power and Spiritual Qi are, in essence, both forms of worldly energy, differing only in density.’

’Since the Dragon Yuan Pill can accelerate the refinement of Spiritual Qi, it can surely accelerate the accumulation of Magic Power as well.’

’It might even be more effective on the latter.’

It was obvious how incredibly appealing a medicine that could speed up Magic Power accumulation would be to Warriors and Casters.

’Presenting a complete Dragon Yuan Pill would be too shocking. Besides, I’ll need the lion’s share of any future Dragon Yuan Pills I refine, so I can only spare a small portion for others.’

After some calculation, Anton decided to dilute the Dragon Yuan Pills into a liquid potion before presenting them.

This way, just a small fraction of a Dragon Yuan Pill could produce a large amount of the potion.

Another benefit was that he could control the potion’s effects to a suitable level—enough to entice the Elder Council without being too sensational.

A liquid potion was also more in line with the customs of the Dawn Continent and would be more easily accepted.

’As for the name, I’ll call it the Dragon Yuan Potion.’

That said, presenting the Dragon Yuan Potion out of the blue wouldn’t be a wise move.

After all, Anton had previously shown little interest in potion-making and had given no indication he was practicing it. To suddenly produce a powerful potion would be far too incredible to believe.

’It would be better to lay some groundwork first.’

’First, I’ll pretend to study for a while, then I’ll ”improve” one or two relatively common ”potions.” Finally, I’ll present the Dragon Yuan Potion... Yes, that’s what I’ll do.’

’As for the gap in the meantime, I’ll just use the blood from those Lizard-man captives for now.’

After smoothing out the details of his plan, Anton immediately took action.

He first went to Darian and expressed his desire to learn potion-making.

Although Darian found it a bit strange that Anton had suddenly become interested in potion-making, he didn’t ask too many questions. Instead, he patiently guided Anton on which books to start with.

Casters generally learned a magical craft.

This was not only because learning Magic was astronomically expensive, as mastering a craft could open up revenue streams to cover the huge costs. More importantly, the process of studying a magical craft was, in essence, another way of understanding and practicing Magic.

A powerful Caster was often also a master in a certain field of magical craft.

Some exceptionally talented and energetic Casters even mastered multiple magical crafts at the same time.

Deep down, Darian was actually very supportive of Anton’s decision to learn potion-making.

He even suggested to the Great Elder that Anton be allowed free access to the Rootstock Library from now on, letting him borrow any book he wished.

The Great Elder approved without a second thought.

Geniuses always received more privileges.

After six months of diligent ”studying,” Anton began to ”improve” potions.

After careful consideration, Anton decided to choose the Flesh-Regenerating Pill as his first ”improved” potion.

As its name implied, the Flesh-Regenerating Pill’s effect was to regenerate flesh and heal wounds. It was a type of Low Tier Pill.

Its refinement difficulty was far lower than the Nourishing Yuan Pill. Many Alchemy Masters who were new to the Alchemy Dao would choose the Flesh-Regenerating Pill for practice.

The key was that the materials needed to refine the Flesh-Regenerating Pill were mostly medicinal herbs rich in life energy. These could be replaced with Life Spring Water, which greatly reduced the difficulty of modifying the formula.

Anton took less than half a month to successfully modify the formula and refine a batch of Flesh-Regenerating Pills.

He then converted the Pills into a liquid solution and put it into a crystal glass bottle.

And just like that, a potion was successfully created.

...

”A Flesh-Regenerating Potion?”

Darian stared at the small bottle in his hand, which contained a greenish-red liquid, his expression one of astonishment.

It was no wonder he was so surprised. Anton had suddenly run over to him first thing in the morning to say he’d improved a potion; it was all rather abrupt.

Although Low Tier healing potions had one of the highest numbers of variant formulas, anyone who could effectively improve upon them was, without exception, a potion master who had been immersed in the field for many years.

And Anton? He had only been truly studying potion-making for less than a year, all told.

To have reached the point of improving a potion in such a short time sounded like a fairy tale.

”...Are you sure you’re not joking?” Darian couldn’t help but confirm again.

”Of course not,” Anton said confidently. ”Besides healing external wounds and repairing damaged internal organs, the Flesh-Regenerating Potion can also regenerate severed limbs.”

Darian was stunned.

The first two effects were one thing; conventional healing potions could do that much.

But regenerating severed limbs... that was an effect only top-tier healing potions could achieve. Even Life Spring Water didn’t have such an effect.

And the cost of making a single top-tier healing potion was higher, not lower, than crafting a Micro-Light Level magical item.

”What’s the cost of this Flesh-Regenerating Potion of yours?”

Anton answered truthfully, ”The cost of the supplementary materials is very low, less than one Silver Coin. The key is the main ingredient, which requires Life Spring Water.”

Darian’s brow furrowed slightly at his words.

Life Spring Water itself had healing properties and was quite valuable.

A healing potion made with Life Spring Water as the main ingredient would have its cost-effectiveness greatly diminished.

But Anton’s next words shocked Darian.

”One drop of Life Spring Water can make ten bottles of Flesh-Regenerating Potion.”

Ten bottles?!

Darian was stunned once again.

If that was the case, the potion’s cost-effectiveness was very tempting.

The premise was that its effects were truly as powerful as Anton claimed.

Verifying this wouldn’t be difficult.

After several thousand years of development, potion analysis on the Dawn Continent was already highly sophisticated, with its own complete set of testing procedures.

After spending half a day busy in the laboratory, Darian looked at the preliminary test results, his confidence in the Flesh-Regenerating Potion soaring.

Immediately afterward, he went to where the Lizard-man captives were being held, found one whose left arm had been severed, and forcefully fed it the Flesh-Regenerating Potion.

When he saw new flesh budding from the wound of the Lizard-man’s severed arm, both Darian and the Elf Warrior guarding the captive revealed expressions of irrepressible shock.

Although the process was slow, the Lizard-man’s severed arm was indeed gradually regenerating.

At this rate, a completely new arm would grow back in three days at most.

”It can really regenerate severed limbs...”

Darian took a deep breath, and his gaze on the potion bottle in his hand instantly became fervent.

He knew very well the immense value of such a low-cost, high-efficacy new healing potion.

Compared to previous healing potions, this was on another level entirely. Calling it an attack from a higher dimension wouldn’t be an exaggeration.