Tide-Attracting Scent Balm
Oden couldn't help but complain:
"This thing has eaten so much that it's gotten so huge."
So theoretically, its aura should be enough. Even if it's not enough, it doesn't matter. At worst, we can teach Lu Yuan how to capture the Worm of Knowledge when he leaves and opens the Sea of Knowledge again.
However, he probably wouldn't need to teach them himself. With Lu Yuan holding that kind of Authority, catching a couple of Worm of Knowledge would be a piece of cake for him.
Lu Yuan nodded upon hearing this, and Oden continued:
"After you've finished, just take this jar of Tide-Attracting Scent Balm to the border between the Radiant Zone and the Deep Zone of the Sea of Knowledge, and during a lull in the Rising Tide, use reason to ignite it."
"Then a wave remarkably similar to that of creatures wandering in the Deep Zone will form within the Sea of Knowledge, drawing ancient ruins and unique beings washed ashore from the Deep Zone to us along with the tide."
Lu Yuan looked down at the three Lead-Sealed Wooden Box on the table, and mentally reviewed the dosage, order of addition, and final operation of each medicinal herb reported by Oden. After confirming that there were no omissions, Lu Yuan put them back.
The reason is simple: Lu Yuan doesn't plan to refine it in his own room, but rather in a special room next to the Potion Room. After all, it involves the aura of the Worm of Knowledge, so it's better to be careful.
There wasn't much else to do in the house at the moment. After seeing off the Rock Grand Knight Commander, Lu Yuan took the three Lead-Sealed Wooden Box containing medicinal herbs salvaged from the Deep Zone and left his two-story house. He then followed the mountain path to the independent refining room specially set up next to the Hanging Tower Potion Room.
He took out the wooden plaque Gregory had given him earlier, lightly swiped it on the sensing Formation Patterns next to the stone door, walked in, closed the door behind him, and opened the array door inside that isolated the room from air and sound.
The independent refining room was fully equipped. Lu Yuan placed the Deep Sea Nightmare Grass, Insect-Attracting Flower, and Void Fluorescent Powder on the experimental table one by one. Without being told, the Awakening Coat on his shoulders slid off on its own, and he skillfully used his two sleeves to help out.
With Oden's guidance in his mind and the tacit cooperation of the Awakening Coat, Lu Yuan methodically set up the pot and controlled the temperature, purifying the three medicinal herbs one by one according to the formula ratio he had just memorized, and steadily completed the fusion of the Deep Sea Nightmare Grass juice and the Insect-Attracting Flower.
In the blink of an eye, the refining process had progressed to the final step of solidifying the ointment. Seeing that the ointment in the pot was about to take shape, Lu Yuan had a slight thought and gently patted the Worm of Knowledge that was fast asleep deep in his left eye.
Speaking of which, I don't know what's wrong with this little guy lately. He's been sleeping soundly all day long, nestled under the left eye Authority. Before, he would always try to get something to eat when he had nothing to do, but now he hardly touches any food at all and just sleeps soundly.
However, seeing that the radiance flowing across the body of the Worm of Knowledge grew stronger day by day, and that there were no unusual changes in the entries and descriptions of the Worm of Knowledge in the Gray-White Text, Lu Yuan simply let it be.
The Worm of Knowledge, which was fast asleep under the Authority, was awakened by Lu Yuan. It raised its head in a daze and stared blankly for a long time before realizing that Lu Yuan was signaling it to send a wisp of its breath over.
It opened its mouth and gently spat out a wisp of colorful silk thread that was visible to the naked eye. The thread slowly floated out of its mouth and was drawn out of Lu Yuan's body through his left eye.
In his mind's eye, Oden stared at the colorful thread that floated out, momentarily stunned, and couldn't help but mutter in surprise:
"Hmm? Why is the aura of you, the Worm of Knowledge, this color?"
"Shouldn't the aura of a normal Worm of Knowledge be a solid or light color? How come this thing is exhaling colorful breath?"
Upon hearing this, Lu Yuan was also taken aback. Indeed, the color was different from what he had initially seen, so he couldn't help but ask, "Can this be used?"
"It should work... As long as it carries the scent of the Worm of Knowledge, the color doesn't matter. Maybe it'll even work better if it blends in."
After the Worm of Knowledge in its left eye finished spitting out that wisp of colorful silk, it completely ignored Oden's astonishment, lazily twisted its fat body, and lay back down under the Authority to continue its deep sleep.
Lu Yuan then separated a wisp of reason to envelop the colorful aura, guiding it along the edge of the pot into the soon-to-solidify ointment, allowing the aura and the ointment to gradually blend together.
In just a short while, the Tide-Attracting Scent Balm, specially made for salvaging from the Deep Zone of the Sea of Knowledge, was completely refined and placed into a specially made sealed jar by Lu Yuan. However, the surface of the balm in the jar had an extra layer of faint colored luster, which looked quite strange.
Oden mentally circled the jar of iridescent perfume twice, clicking his tongue in amazement:
"In all my years, I've never seen such Tide-Attracting Scent Balm."
Lu Yuan looked at the pale color floating on the surface of the jar, feeling somewhat puzzled. Just then, several lines of Gray-White Text jumped out from in front of his line of sight:
[Pharmacology: +2...22.2/50]
[Tide-Attracting Scent Balm (Special Pharmaceutical Product) (Special)]
[A unique product, embodying the Crystal of generations, has now resurfaced, but it seems to possess a peculiar aura, which may have an unexpected effect on the Sea of Knowledge.]
Lu Yuan glanced at the Gray-White Text in front of him, a slight twitch at the corner of his mouth. He thought to himself that having acquired these two points of Pharmacology experience meant that the product had definitely been successfully refined.
As for the later statement about the unexpected reaction to the Sea of Knowledge, he wasn't sure what it meant, but as long as he could bring out the things from the Deep Zone, that would be fine. This also showed that the aura of the Worm of Knowledge in his left eye had indeed become quite special.
Oden stood by and observed for a long time. Even with his extensive experience, he had never encountered such a situation before. In the end, he could only wave his hand helplessly and say:
"Judging by its quality, it's definitely been successfully refined. We'll test it out in the Sea of Knowledge after we leave the Academy. If it doesn't work, we can just catch two more ordinary Worm of Knowledge and make another jar."
Lu Yuan nodded, put the sealed jar containing the Tide-Attracting Scent Balm into his pocket, draped the Awakening Coat back over his shoulders, cleaned the table, and then pushed open the door and walked out of the refining room.
Before they knew it, quite a bit of time had been spent refining the ointment. It was already dark outside, and the lamps along the roads inside the Knight Academy were lighting up one after another, while the Inscription on the stone pillars shimmered faintly in the night.
Fine snowflakes began to fall again from the dark night sky, but the howling wind outside the mountain was completely blocked by the unknown array that enveloped the Knight Academy, so the academy could not feel even the slightest biting cold wind.