A whole lot of Dragon Blood Potions
Dean, sitting next to him, nodded heavily and took over the conversation with a serious expression:
"Blanca is right. Last night, my family sent me a message urging me to set off immediately back to Cold Crow City. Not only our family, but all the major cities in the Northern Territory are now under martial law. The Academy's mobilization order, which was originally scheduled for about twenty days, will not be issued until then. It will be issued directly in a few days at most."
Dean paused here, his gaze sweeping over Lu Yuan, Blanca, Leon, and Harvey at the table, before solemnly instructing them:
"While the official orders for the deployment haven't been issued yet, everyone must seize these last few days to make thorough preparations. Those who can build up their strength should do so as soon as possible, and those who can go to the Abundance Tower and the Storehouse should stockpile as many life-saving supplies as possible. If you can't prepare on your own, quickly write to your respective clans to ask them to send some capable people to pick you up, or contact your lodgings in each city in advance. Don't wait until the mission actually arrives to scramble to catch up."
Harvey, who had been sitting quietly in the corner, reached out and touched the Night Owl that was dozing on his shoulder, and nodded steadily in response:
"I sent Message Bird yesterday to contact the family's spies in the Northern Territory. No matter which city they're assigned to, the intelligence routes can be laid out in advance."
Leon didn't waste any words, simply patting the hilt of his sword at his waist and uttering two words crisply:
"Clear."
Lu Yuan held the warm teacup and nodded gently. The news that the Astrologer Grand Knight Commander had announced in the Infirmary yesterday that the Northern Territory Tribal Alliance had rebelled as a whole and colluded with the Withered Glory Society to sacrifice refugees was still fresh in his mind. He knew better than anyone else present what kind of hellish scene the Northern Territory would become.
The group sat around the table, sipping hot tea and chatting for a while. They checked all the communication methods they had and the contact codes for the various cities in the Northern Territory before getting up and leaving the Side Hall together. They escorted Dean, who was carrying his luggage, to the snow-covered Side Gate of the North Campus.
No one said anything sour or polite at the door. Dean waved his fist forcefully at the four of them, then turned and strode into the swirling snow. Lu Yuan, Blanca, Leon, and Harvey stood under the Academy's porch and watched the figure disappear completely around the corner of the mountain path before they dispersed to attend to their preparations.
After seeing Dean off, who had gone ahead, the Purification and testing plan for the [Deceased's Wailing Crystal] submitted by the Lantern Knight to the Academy's higher-ups was officially approved that afternoon.
Lu Yuan arrived at the Hanging Tower's Pharmacy Group and, in person, compiled his complete techniques for purifying and dissolving the Wailing Crystal, washing away its resentment, and condensing it into snowflake-shaped detection crystals, along with the potion's proportions, into a booklet and handed it to the Lantern Knight without reservation.
In return, the North Campus of the Knight Academy showed great generosity, immediately settling the bill for Lu Yuan with a full one hundred Knight Token!
Furthermore, the Lantern Knight, representing the Pharmacy Group, signed a long-term contract with Lu Yuan in person. The contract stipulated that as long as the Pharmacy Group continued to produce and use this specially purified Deceased's Wailing Crystal, Lu Yuan would Extraction a considerable share of the Knight Token from each batch of crystals produced!
Seeing the huge sum of money that suddenly appeared in his Identity Badge, Lu Yuan was in a great mood. With his pockets full of money, he didn't waste a moment. The first thing he did after leaving the Hanging Tower was to head straight for the Abundance Tower.
When Lu Yuan first visited the Abundance Tower, he had already memorized the prices of all kinds of materials clearly. In the special materials area, a piece of Dragonblood Resin the size of a finger was priced at ten Knight Tokens, and in the strange materials area, a piece of Frozen Blood Amber was priced at four Knight Tokens.
He walked straight to the counter, swiped forty-two Knight Token without blinking, and bought three portions of Dragonblood Resin and three portions of Frozen Blood Amber in one go.
Clutching the main and auxiliary materials he had just purchased, Lu Yuan skillfully made his way to the Research Room area near the Training Ground, took out the small pass given to him by Gregory, and swiped it to open the innermost stone door.
Gregory had clearly made arrangements as promised when Inscription the bomb inscription that day. In the corner of the Research Room desk, three tightly sealed metal boxes were neatly placed, containing three portions of the Bone Eerie Bone Powder and the Human-Armor Beast Scales that the Eisenhart Family had transported in from outside.
Lu Yuan didn't disturb Gregory, who was engrossed in studying the seven-layered bomb casing on the other side. He simply greeted him and then pocketed the three boxes.
Including the three portions of Troll Regeneration Gland, Gargoyle Sand, Eerie Lion Blood, Fire Salamander Embers, and Mithril Powder that he casually swiped from the String Knight under the pretext of treating the Blue Knight in the Infirmary yesterday, he had gathered all nine ingredients needed to brew three bottles of [Dragon Blood Potion] in just half a day!
As usual, Lu Yuan turned into the adjacent independent Potion Room with complete Protective Barrier measures, locked the stone door behind him, and spread out the three sets of materials he had gathered, along with the high-level specially made sealed potion bottles he had obtained from the String Knight's Storehouse, on the large experimental table.
This time, they needed to refine three bottles at once, which was much more complicated than refining just one bottle. So, Lu Yuan simply made a thought and controlled the Awakening coat he was wearing to slide off his shoulders and stand next to the experimental table to help out.
The standard-issue jacket that he had personally Awakening, which he had exchanged for 300 points at the Night Watcher Branch in Snow Owl City, was now being used more and more skillfully. His two empty sleeves were nimbly busy, sometimes offering a grinding vessel, sometimes squatting beside the Heating Cauldron to watch the changes in the heat, and sometimes deftly moving the chopped medicinal herbs to Lu Yuan's side in order.
As for the most crucial Fire Salamander Embers, Oden still managed to control the fire by sending a wisp of his consciousness to take over Lu Yuan's left hand. With the tacit cooperation of one person, one soul, and an Awakening Coat, the true Dragon Blood Essence in the three pieces of dark red Dragonblood Resin was successively purified and extracted. It was then boiled and fused with the other eight violent medicinal herbs in the cauldron, and the medicinal properties were completely locked in by Frozen Blood Amber and Mithril Powder.
As the medicinal liquid churned in the Heating Cauldron and condensed three times into a deep red liquid radiating scalding heat and vital energy, Lu Yuan swiftly poured it into the three high-grade, specially made crystal potion bottles whose inner walls were engraved with locking Inscription. He then tightly sealed the Demon-Sealing Stopper, locking the domineering and active dragon blood medicinal properties inside the bottles, without any sign of leakage or dissipation like the first bottle!