The Recipe Provided by Oden

Lu Yuan paused, suddenly intrigued. He turned back towards the Hanging Tower while mentally asking Oden: What's the formula like? What are its effects? And what were the considerations behind it?

"My formula is made up of five anti-medicinal ingredients," Oden said slowly.

"What we've created is a topical Detection Potion that reacts well with plague-related medicinal materials. Theoretically, if a person is indeed infected with the plague, this agent, after being used by them, can indicate to some extent whether they are infected. Of course, this is only a preliminary version, and I'm not entirely sure if it will be effective, since plague-related medicinal materials were indeed very scarce in our time."

After Oden finished speaking, he reported the five medicinal herbs to Lu Yuan one by one: Purity Grass, Dawnflower, Moon Dew Grass, Chalk Root, and Plague-Cleansing Leaf, which were the same five herbs that Oden had blindly guessed back then.

Lu Yuan silently memorized it in his mind, but as he kept memorizing, his pace slowed down.

What he needs to do now is to reapply to Frey for the medicinal materials needed for this treatment plan, and the medicinal material applications for the Pharmacy Group must go through Frey's hands, since she is the head of the Lamplighter Pharmacy Group.

Just moments ago, Frey had left him drenched in a cold sweat from her interrogation. Now, he turned to hand the application form to Frey. To make matters worse, the prescription clearly indicated something related to Plague Potion, and given Frey's personality, she might just pounce on him right then and there.

As Lu Yuan thought about this, his head began to throb slightly, but Oden didn't care. He finished rattling off the medicinal herbs and their proportions, then shrank back to wait and watch the show. Clearly, Oden was doing it on purpose.

Lu Yuan hesitated for a long time at the door of the Pharmacy Group before finally mustering his courage and knocking.

Frey was still on the Sofa in the rest area, with a notebook on her lap and a pen in her hand, writing something with her head down. She seemed to be pondering something. When she saw Lu Yuan push the door open and come in, she looked up with some curiosity.

"Oh? You're back again? Is there anything else?"

Lu Yuan handed over the written prescription, "I need to apply for these medicinal herbs."

Frey took the package and glanced at the types of herbs on it. Her eyes immediately lit up. Having spent so much time in the Pharmacy Group, she knew exactly what Lu Yuan was after just by looking at these few herbs.

"So you've figured out how to counter the Plague Potion?"

Lu Yuan could only nod.

"You promised you'd bring me along," Frey said without any hesitation, tucking the form into her notebook and putting it away. "Come pick up the materials tomorrow, and I'll come over then."

She looked up at Lu Yuan, opened her mouth, and spoke as if it were the most natural thing in Lu Yuan world, without any intention of being polite to him.

Seeing Frey's appearance, with beads of sweat forming on her forehead, Lu Yuan could only nod in agreement and turn to leave.

As soon as he stepped outside, Lu Yuan wanted to slap himself twice. Why had he been so stupid as to agree to Frey?

Oden, who had watched the whole thing from inside his legs, couldn't help but burst into laughter. Clearly, Oden had done it on purpose.

There was nothing else to do. The medicinal herbs wouldn't arrive until tomorrow, so Lu Yuan decided to go back and rest, and calm himself down.

On the way back, Lu Yuan mentally told Oden to shut up, but Oden just kept babbling on and on, showing no sign of stopping.

"Lu Yuan, you're not getting any younger now, haven't you ever thought about finding a female companion?"

Lu Yuan was somewhat speechless at Oden's question. "No, why do you always care about this?"

"Of course I'd care," Oden said matter-of-factly.

"I'm at least half your teacher, and you're the only heir to our Forbidden Studies. If you die someday, at least leave a descendant, so we can have an explanation and leave some hope for us old folks, right? Besides..."

"If you really do kick the bucket, we've already reserved a statue for you in our Hall of Knowledge. Your son or daughter can then avenge you, and you might even be able to meet again. What do you say?"

Hearing this, Lu Yuan rolled his eyes helplessly. This guy was just like all his aunts and uncles from his previous life, urging everyone he met to get married.

But after rolling his eyes, Lu Yuan's expression slowly turned serious. In his mind, he earnestly replied to Oden that he was simply not going to consider these things for the time being.

The reason is quite simple: Lu Yuan's own strength is too weak right now, and this world is so dangerous. He has personally witnessed the Taboo happen to him. At that time, his friends died one by one in front of him, and more than one of them died.

They roared and charged toward the Taboo, only to vanish in mid-air like embers in Flame. Lu Yuan could do nothing but watch helplessly; he still remembers that feeling of powerlessness.

Therefore, at least until he reaches the pinnacle of his strength, Lu Yuan will not consider finding a partner.

Oden listened to Lu Yuan's words and, unusually, didn't say anything more, because he knew very well that if the kid didn't want to, then he didn't want to, and no amount of persuasion would work.

Although this guy seems to listen to advice on the surface, he actually has a ruthless and stubborn streak deep down, but that's a good thing.

Oden said, "Alright, it's just a pity that the girl has a crush on you; it'll just be a one-sided love."

Oden muttered to himself, then couldn't help but mutter again, "But you're incredibly lucky to have survived, daring to provoke the Taboo and still coming back alive. You truly deserve to be the heir to our Forbidden Studies."

Oden kept muttering to himself all the way back, and Lu Yuan replied to him in a disjointed manner. When they returned to the cabin, Lu Yuan fell asleep as soon as his head hit the pillow.

The next morning, Lu Yuan opened his eyes and saw a line of Gray-White Text appear before him.

[Sanity: +14...116.5/200]

Looking at these words, Lu Yuan felt a little more at ease. He had slept until 2 PM, and at this rate, he would be fully recovered in a few days.

In the morning, Lu Yuan went to the Inscription area of Hanging Tower as usual.

As for the matter of the Rock Grand Knight Commander pushing back the Inscription, since the Empire is still investigating, there are no new arrangements at the moment. So when Lu Yuan entered and registered, he simply swiped his card as usual. With two Knight Token arriving in his account, Lu Yuan didn't plan to stay any longer and prepared to leave after swiping his card.

Many people in the Inscription Zone were still engrossed in flipping through books. Ever since Lu Yuan mentioned the Withered Glory Society, they had all become more and more excited, heading straight for the records of the Withered Glory Society. A few of them even greeted Lu Yuan when he entered. Lu Yuan smiled and responded twice, but he didn't stop walking at all. After swiping his card, he slipped out.