Chapter 5: Magic String Elixir (Part I)

The golden text describes the recipe of the magic string potion in great detail, a total of seventy-two basic materials, each of which is marked with the detailed surname of the material at the back. At the end of the recipe, the author left a sentence that made Saleen a little wary.

"Magic String Potions can transform the body of a magic apprentice to form a special magic string, but this unnatural method will cost the magic apprentice an unpredictable price. I remind those who read this text that what you give will exceed what you get. ”

What you give, you will get more than you get!

Unpredictable cost......

Saleen hesitated, his sincere admiration for the author of the book, and he could not ignore the warnings left by the author.

What will it cost you?

Death? impossible.

If any magic potion poses a danger to the user, the inventor of the recipe will make a detailed note at the end. For example, the elderly cannot take it, the low-level mages cannot take it, or the person with a heart injury cannot take it, and so on. Or what side effects magic potions can cause, there will also be a final note.

If it wasn't a threat of death, what would it be? The author reminded in a very cautious tone that Salin couldn't figure out what price was so serious besides death that could match the formation of magic strings.

Saleen couldn't figure out what the author was implying when he couldn't figure it out. He closed the book and silently recited the names of the seventy-two materials, estimating the approximate price.

The cheapest material is only one silver coin, and the most expensive material is only two hundred gold coins, which roughly requires a thousand gold coins to make up the materials for a pair of magic string potions. The gold coins in Salin's hand now are less than three potion materials, and the formula does not mention the success rate of the magic string potion, according to ordinary rules, the success rate of this potion will be very low, the highest is less than 10%.

The success rate of concocting magic potions has nothing to do with luck, the most important thing is experience and mental power. Salin's mental power is enough, but he has very little experience. He had only studied magic potions for three months, and the success rate of magic potions that were easy to make was only about half.

That's just material worth one gold coin, and Saleen can accept it whether it's successful or not. The magic string potion is different, and if you fail once, you will lose 1,000 gold coins.

Ever since he discovered the formula, Saleen hadn't thought of giving up. He couldn't forget the poor man in the past, and he couldn't forget the accident when he was in prison and almost died. If Jason hadn't arrived, he would have died in prison. Jason doesn't show up every time, and if you want to live well, you have to have your own power.

Becoming a true magician was the only thing Saleen knew. But he can't waste it indefinitely, Jason doesn't give him pocket money, and if he wants to get the materials for magic potions, he must find a way to make money. Where to make money?

Gang of thieves, Dika!

Saleen's eyes lit up, and it was him. If a thief wants to commit a crime, various potions are indispensable. Regular equipment stores do not sell dangerous potions, and in order to obtain the magic potions that thieves need, they must have the help of a mage familiar to thieves. Saleen smiled, it seemed that knowing a thief was not a bad thing.

A week later, when Saleen entered the city, he left a message from the owner of the equipment store that he was looking for a man named Dika. Half a month later, he contacted the young thief.

This time Dika didn't ask anything, just waited for Saleen to say what he meant. You can't joke with the magician, the last time Salin's message was forwarded to the thief leader, and the thief leader immediately gave up his plan to win over Salin.

"I have magic potions for sale. "Saleen didn't beat around the bush.

"Okay, I'll take it. Dika happily agreed.

"I don't trust your commander, is there a way to kill him?" Salin scared Dika with his second sentence.

"Salin, absolutely not, there are more than twenty of them. "Decca is in a hurry.

"The last time you talked about the Chamber of Secrets, I went back and looked up the books, it's an old trade custom, I think, you all have to gather together on the last day of the week. I have a poison that will definitely kill you if you touch it, and I will give you a week to think about it, and if you are willing to do it, you will be the leader of the thieves in Ceylon City. ”

Salin took his huge skin and left with a smile on his face.

Would Decca be able to refuse his suggestion? If he refused, he would have to report to the regimental commander what Salin had said. In that case, he may be facing the wrath of a magician.

Decca did not dare to refuse Salin's suggestion, and a month later, the soldiers of the City Guard Department found the body of the thief in the secret room. There were twenty-four people in all, all of whom died of poison.

This was the first time Saleen had killed someone, not by himself, but by his poison.

The forged magic string potion recipe really worked, and the middle one was killed instantly. Salin was also secretly frightened, and he had to beware of this kind of method in the future, otherwise an oversight would cost his life.

Dealing with the foreign thieves, Dika quickly organized the local teenage thieves. Salin's magic potions had a steady market, and the gold coins increased day by day, and in one year, Salin earned a total of 3,000 gold coins.

Ceylon City doesn't have such a big market locally, and Decca is very smart, and Salin's potions are all customized by him for the needs of thieves. Except for the part used by themselves, most of them are sold to other places. It only took him half a year to form a stable sales network, and the nearby gang of thieves knew that Ceylon City sold special potions, and Decca also made some money from it.

After accumulating more than 5,000 gold coins, Salin's level of crafting potions has also improved by leaps and bounds. His level is finally level 3 magic apprentice, he can cast 5 level 0 magic in a row, and at the same time master 7 level 0 magic - reading, poison detection, acid splashing, fire burning, elemental fusion, magic alert, magic detection.

After recuperation, Salin's body is also much stronger, although he still looks a little thin, in fact, he can carry hundreds of pounds of skin on his back and walk like flying. Every week, he had to go into town to shop, and Jason always kept that huge skin bag full.

As the plan approached the final stage, Saleen had already made up the materials for the three pairs of magic string potions, and out of the shrewdness of the merchants, Saleen did not spend all the gold coins, what if the first few successes were?

In the first week of June, the weather is hot and humid, and people's skin is always sweaty. Salin had just turned fifteen years old when he decided to start making magic string potions. Salin was a little nervous, and even wanted to kneel down and pray, but unfortunately he had no faith.

Although the priests of the Holy See always said that temporary divine graces would not be partial, Salin did not believe this in his bones, and it was easier to make the Skaudians believers than to let the Qinyin give up their pride.

Saleen pulled his case from under the bed and pulled out the family crest. The things left by my father were basically sold, and this is the only one that he still has to keep around.

The black metal badge is shield-shaped, palm-sized, and very heavy. The dark green magic pattern represents the uniqueness of the family, and there was once a great magician who designed the badge for this family. Whoever imitates this insignia is tantamount to challenging the dignity of the magician.

This meaning was only understood by Saleen after following Jason.

The badge is the thickness of a thumb, and in the center, is a deep mark in the shape of a lightning bolt. This deep scar destroys the complete surname of the magic pattern, making it impossible for Salin to deduce who the magician designed the badge was in the first place.

What an honor it was to have a great magician in the service of the Metatrin family!

"Father, you bless me to become a powerful magician. Salin stroked the emblem, feeling the uneven secret pattern on it, another set of magic patterns, which had also been destroyed by the lightning-shaped deep mark in the center of the badge.

Creak?

Suddenly, Salin noticed a faint blue light flashing in the lightning-shaped scarf. He rubbed his eyes, but the blue color was gone.

What is this? Is it a magic mark? My own family has already decayed like this, and even if there was a magic mark in the first place, I am afraid it would have disappeared long ago.

Salin was a little uneasy, and the more he read, the more he understood how vast and deep the world of magic was. In the same way, this is also a world full of dangers, and if you are not careful, you will be crushed and you will never recover.

Salin subconsciously cast a magic detection on the badge.

The hazy light covered the badge in Salin's hand, and time seemed to stop instantly, and Salin was horrified to find that his magic detection skills were suddenly interrupted, like a man falling off a cliff, and when he was halfway down, he suddenly hovered there.

I'm afraid this pause didn't even have a moment's time, and if it weren't for the fact that Salin had already begun to master the instantaneous principle of magic, and his mental power was meticulous, he wouldn't have been able to detect this pause at all.

Then the magical light that shrouded the emblem was absorbed into the emblem in a shorter time, and the elemental power frantically surged towards the lightning-shaped deep scar in the center of the badge. The elemental power mobilized by a level 0 magic is simply not enough to absorb like this, and Salin felt that the hand holding the badge was as cold as snow, and the elemental power, spiritual power, qi and blood in his body were all withdrawn at this moment.

The building was empty, and Salin's body directly became an empty shell-like existence. His eyes lost their sparkle, life went out, and his heart stopped beating.

Saleen felt like he was in the dark, surrounded by nothingness, no color, no sound, no taste, nothing, and all memories from birth to fifteen seemed to disappear.

Is this death? The only thought left for Salin is the purest reaction of life to death.

Salin's body fell backwards and fell to the floor. In the center of the badge in his hand, in the lightning-shaped deep scarf, blue light reappeared, and an undetectable electric light submerged into Salin's body, heading straight for Salin's heart.

Salin's heart had stopped beating, but at this moment, it was violently pumped by the electric current, and the blood was squeezed all over the body by the violent compression.

Bang!

Salin's body came to life, his senses regained at the same time, and the nothingness around him vanished. Saleen's body bounced violently off the floor, almost hitting the ceiling, and then fell hard.

The fall caused blood to flow from his mouth and nose, purple and with hard lumps.

Saleen was in indescribable pain, and all the negativity befell his body as his body regained its senses. Weakness, pain, cold, burning......

These terrible feelings were repeated over and over again, and Salin had no strength to struggle except for the first bounce. He didn't even have the ability to lift his fingers, his eyelids were so tightly closed that he almost collapsed.

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