A bountiful harvest and a beginning
Besides teaching the Potion Fundamentals, the String Knight was in charge of the logistics and Storehouse management of the entire North Campus of the Knight Academy. Naturally, he was also in charge of approving the allocation of the supplies that Lu Yuan had reported.
The white-haired old knight listened quietly as Lu Yuan rattled off the frighteningly long list of medicinal herbs. His shrewd, fox-like eyes narrowed slightly. With the keen eyesight of a senior pharmacist, he had already seen through the trickery after hearing only half of it.
The High-Grade Holy Water, Holy Light Vine, and Ice-source Grass Heart that Lu Yuan mentioned earlier were indeed legitimate materials for stabilizing the mind and curbing Contamination. However, the Fire Salamander Embers, Troll Regeneration Gland, and even those strange materials associated with the Deep Sea and the aura of knowledge that Lu Yuan later brought along were utterly inexplicable and had absolutely Mutation to do with the Pathway to save the Blue Knight!
The Lantern Knight standing nearby, who was also in charge of the daily Storehouse of the Pharmacy Group, couldn't help but twitch his eye slightly when he heard the list of three portions of each of the berserk fire and blood-nourishing herbs. He had clearly realized that this kid was taking advantage of the situation to smuggle in his own goods.
However, the Lantern Knight was not in charge of the Academy's overall logistics, so he pretended not to have heard anything and didn't press the matter further.
The String Knight, a cunning old fox who had lived most of his life, was extremely shrewd and knew perfectly well that Lu Yuan was using the pretext of saving people to fleece the Academy.
But if Lu Yuan could truly pull the Blue Knight back from the brink of death, let alone casually taking those few rare, treasured materials from the Storehouse, even emptying an entire floor of the Potion Room would be a huge profit. The two tacitly kept quiet, String Knight nodded in agreement without a word.
"I'll bring it to you in a bit."
As soon as he finished speaking, the String Knight turned around and walked to the door of the Infirmary. He called over several Deacon stewards waiting outside and personally gave them the long list that Lu Yuan had just given him, as well as the complete set of high-level pharmaceutical equipment, instructing the Storehouse to allocate and deliver them as quickly as possible.
In just a quarter of an hour, several support knights hurriedly pushed a cart full of various Lead-Sealed Wooden Boxes, Specially Made Lock-Effect Crystal Bottles, and Precision Alchemical Heating Cauldron back to the Infirmary, and neatly arranged all the materials and equipment on the large table next to the sickbed.
The String Knight personally stepped forward and scanned the medicinal herbs on the table, confirming that even the most obscure Deep Sea ingredients were present. Only then did he turn to Lu Yuan, who was standing by the table, and solemnly instructed him in a deep voice:
"Everything's here. It's all yours now."
After saying this, the String Knight showed no intention of staying to pry into Lu Yuan's unique secrets. He gave a wink to the Lantern Knight beside him, and the two of them stepped out of the Infirmary together. They then closed and locked the heavy soundproof wooden door tightly for Lu Yuan, leaving the entire room to him alone.
Hearing the footsteps of the two people in the corridor outside stop at the door and become quiet, Lu Yuan did not rush to light the fire to prepare the medicine. Instead, he first went forward to check the gaps in the doors and windows, then turned around and quickly began to divide the spoils.
He first picked out the three items that Oden had specifically requested on the table Deep Sea Nightmare Grass, Insect-Attracting Flower, and Void Fluorescent Powder. Along with the three portions of Troll Regeneration Gland, Gargoyle Sand, Eerie Lion Blood, Fire Salamander Embers, Mithril Powder, several high-grade custom-made crystal bottles Inscription with fine locking runes, and a large batch of special materials related to the Sea of Knowledge, he gathered them all up and stuffed them into his Storage Box and hid them away.
Having completed this easiest step, Lu Yuan then turned his attention entirely back to the weak Blue Knight on the sickbed. He set up a complete set of sophisticated pharmaceutical equipment on the long table and began to Formulated Potion strictly according to the optimal solution steps that [Forbidden Studies - Deep Study] had just listed in his field of vision.
Oden, inside the body of the Drowner, also peeked out a wisp of consciousness, watching him operate with great interest.
To remove the Contamination from the root of the Pathway, the first step was to completely stabilize the Blue Knight's near-rampaging injuries. Lu Yuan skillfully placed the four cold-natured Purification herbs— Purity Grass, Dawnflower, Ice-source Grass Heart, and Snow Lantern Flower —in batches into Mortar and Extraction Dish to complete the purification. He then precisely blended the filtered, clear herbal essence with a whole bottle of High-Grade Holy Water.
As the liquid medicine transformed into a pool of pale blue potion emitting a cool, faint glow in the glass container, Lu Yuan strode to the bedside, gently lifted the Blue Knight's cold chin, and carefully fed her the specially made stabilizing potion little by little.
The gentle yet potent medicinal power spread down his throat, and the Blue Knight's tightly furrowed brows visibly relaxed slightly. The restless, Alienation Path aura around him, which was on the verge of breaking through the Stellar Formation Patterns and going berserk, also temporarily calmed down.
After laying a solid foundation, we arrived at the most crucial step in the entire treatment process, the one that allowed no room for error.
Before activating the Authority deep within his left eye, Lu Yuan acted with extreme caution.
This is the Northern Knight Academy of the Auris Empire, with more than one high-level expert overseeing it. He absolutely cannot gamble on whether this Infirmary or the entire North Campus has any monitoring Inscription targeting high-level auras. When he activates the Sea of Knowledge, he absolutely cannot act as ostentatiously as he would in the wilderness. He can only dare to tear open a very small opening, and his actions must be as fast as lightning!
Lu Yuan took a deep breath, reached into his inner pocket and took out the small bottle containing the [Leaf of Hope]. He poured out one of the vibrant green leaves, with a faint golden light flowing between its veins, and held it between his fingers. He then resealed the bottle and put the remaining two leaves back into his pocket.
He lowered his eyes and focused intently on communicating with the Authority deep within his left eye. In the void just inches in front of him, he restrained himself and gently tore open a tiny slit, less than half a finger's width, as thin as a spider's thread.
In an instant, a wisp of Sea of Knowledge, composed of countless fine, colorful characters, silently flowed out from the barely perceptible gap. Without emitting the slightest spillage, it precisely enveloped the Leaf of Hope held in Lu Yuan's fingertips, beginning to wash and refine the entire leaf with its high-level knowledge!
Under the constant baptism of the colorful seawater, the mixed obsessions and scattered imprints of the surviving people of the Land of the Dead Silence that had settled deep in the leaves were gradually washed away. The entire leaf became more and more translucent and crystal clear at a speed visible to the naked eye, leaving only a pure and pale golden radiance flowing quietly between the veins.