Lu Yuan did not look at the Seed.
He was already mixing the potion.
He uncorked the high-grade Holy Water, and orange-gold paste dripped down the side of the crucible in a thin stream, falling into the transparent Holy Water.
Hiss.
White mist rose.
The liquid turned from transparent to dark gold. Bubbles churned for several seconds before subsiding, and a clean scent resembling burning incense wafted from the bottle.
Lu Yuan shook the bottle twice. The potion mixed evenly and no longer separated into layers.
Gray-White Text flickered at the edge of his vision.
[Pharmacology: +0.5...37/100]
Lu Yuan did not look any further.
Holding the bottle, he crouched in front of Kael.
The Seed's aura was already affecting Kael's shoulder. The dark green veins had receded somewhat compared to when they were on the street, but they were retreating too slowly, unable even to keep up with their spread.
This was when the potion came in. Lu Yuan pressed one hand against Kael's shoulder and tilted the bottle with the other, slowly and evenly pouring the dark golden liquid over the blackened contamination.
Hiss.
The instant the potion touched the wound, it sizzled. A burnt smell mixed with a fresh fragrance rose into the air.
Kael frowned in his unconsciousness, his body instinctively trying to curl up, but Lu Yuan held him down and did not let him move.
The dark golden liquid seeped along the veins.
The twisted dark green lines beneath the skin began to burn away from their foremost tips.
Something invisible was driving the parasitic spores out of the flesh one by one, burning them to ash.
Dark green fluid mixed with fine black-gray debris seeped from the edge of the wound and trickled down Kael's shoulder. Kael's treatment was finished.
Lu Yuan