Sacrifice Seed

Chapter 016

"Wizard Potions..."

Li Mu put down the book in his hand, lost in thought.

Wizard Potions, which only existed in legends, might be the key to him obtaining the Wizard Seed Profession.

Although some Ancient Magic Plants were extinct, it wasn't impossible to find substitutes.

Even if a magic plant went extinct, the medicinal components contained within it could likely be extracted from other magic plants. This would be a piece of cake for the Phoenix's Medical Bay. The real difficulty was how to obtain those extinct magic plants?

Even though these magic plants were extinct in nature, it wasn't certain that finished products collected back then hadn't been preserved.

As long as he could get even a tiny bit, he could analyze its medicinal components.

Then, find substitutes, and with a sufficiently skilled Potion Master, perhaps Wizard Potions, which had gone extinct, could be brought back to life. Therefore, the urgent task was to find specimens of these extinct magic plants. As long as enough Gold Galleons were available, it shouldn't be difficult to collect them.

Having changed his appearance again, Li Mu returned to Diagon Alley.

Several days had passed, and the atmosphere in Diagon Alley remained tense.

Outside Ollivander's Wand Shop, many wizards loitered, secretly observing. Clearly, the theft of over a thousand wands had caused quite a stir, as it concerned whether thousands of young wizards would have wands to use for the next few years.

Li Mu went to the apothecary again and directly approached the owner, issuing an extremely high-priced commission.

Upon seeing the Ancient Magic Plants listed in the bounty, the apothecary owner knew they were needed to concoct Wizard Potions. For many years, numerous Potion Masters had tried to collect these plants, but not a single one had succeeded in creating Wizard Potions.

No one would refuse Gold Galleons, even though he had made a substantial profit just a few days prior.

The magic plants were secured; now, all that was missing was a Potion Master.

When thinking of the most formidable Potion Master in Britain, Li Mu's first thought was the Potions Professor at Hogwarts, the only wizarding school in the British Magic World, Severus Snape. However, persuading him to serve him wouldn't be easy.

Snape, being the youngest Potion Master, was already a hidden tycoon and didn't lack Gold Galleons.

Capturing Snape and forcing him to serve through sheer force was beyond his current capabilities.

After much thought, Li Mu could only think of targeting Snape's weakness. Although this person's personality in the movie was gloomy, stern, indifferent, and harsh, he was incredibly devoted to love and deeply loved Lily, the mother of the protagonist Harry.

Even after his beloved Lily died, he still protected Lily's son, Harry, out of love for her.

Therefore, Lily was Snape's weakness. By exploiting this weakness, he could make Snape obey his every command.

To exploit this weakness, he needed to resurrect Lily.

After careful consideration, Li Mu boarded the train to Little Hangleton, Britain.

After several transfers along the way, he finally arrived at the sparsely populated, dilapidated town.

Here is the English translation of the provided Chinese text:

Here is the Gaunt Shack, a critical location from the original story, which hides the Resurrection Stone, one of the Deathly Hallows left by the legendary Death. The Resurrection Stone can revive the souls of the dead, though the revived beings are filled with negative and pessimistic emotions.

Even if resurrected with the help of the Resurrection Stone, it only brings pain and torment.

Therefore, this is a resurrection item with severe side effects, and every user of the Resurrection Stone ultimately meets a bad end.

The town is not large, and Li Mu quickly found the dilapidated and abandoned Gaunt Shack.

This was the old home of the mother of the second Dark Lord, Voldemort. The Ring, embedded with the Resurrection Stone, had always been a heirloom of the Gaunt Family, eventually falling into the hands of Voldemort, Tom Riddle, who split a part of his soul and integrated it into the Ring to create a Horcrux.

As long as the Horcrux remains intact, Voldemort can be resurrected using the soul stored within it.

Li Mu held his Kindling Wand and began to use it to sense the magical fluctuations within the Gaunt Shack.

In just a moment, he found the Resurrection Stone embedded in the golden Ring.

Through the Spark Meditation Technique, Li Mu directly brought the Resurrection Stone into the Phoenix using his spiritual consciousness.

However, as soon as it entered the Phoenix, the ship's HuoZhong became exceptionally active.

A special cabin on the Phoenix, which had always been sealed, also activated at this moment.

"Sacrifice Chamber!"

Li Mu exclaimed.

As far as he knew, HuoZhong Captains in other worlds could obtain not only HuoZhong Source Power but also Subordinate Modules for their Seedships, Subordinate Miracle Buildings for their Spark Cities, Exclusive Seed Artifacts for HuoZhong Professionals, and even directly obtain various precious Special Seeds.

All these rewards were given by Gaia.

The standard for rewarding HuoZhong Source Power was simple: conquer Human Civilization and destroy alien civilizations.

As for the standards for other rewards, completely conquering Human Civilization and completely destroying all alien civilizations would definitely earn rewards from Gaia. Additionally, obtaining treasures from other worlds that possessed a long history or were inherently powerful, and then sacrificing them to Gaia, would also yield rewards.

Each Seedship had a special Sacrifice Chamber designed to carry Sacrifice Seeds for the purpose of sacrificing treasures.

Now that the sealed Sacrifice Chamber had suddenly opened, it was clear that the Resurrection Stone met the conditions for sacrifice.

However, whether he would receive a reward was unknown. If the sacrifice failed, it would be better for him to use Fantasy Conversion on the Resurrection Stone. But if the sacrifice succeeded, the reward would undoubtedly be a HuoZhong Artifact that could be further strengthened.

After some consideration, Li Mu decided to proceed with Fantasy Conversion.

After all, this was related to controlling Snape and making him useful. There were not a few treasures in this world that were not inferior to the Resurrection Stone, so he didn't need to gamble on whether sacrificing the Resurrection Stone would earn him a reward from Gaia. However, Fantasy Conversion failed to activate this time.

This was because the HuoZhong Source Power was far from enough. Li Mu scratched his head and decisively headed to the Sacrifice Chamber.

This was fate telling him not to perform Fantasy Conversion. Since that was the case, he had no reason to be reluctant to make the sacrifice.

Within the five-meter-wide Sacrifice Chamber, a Sacrifice Seed floated in the air.

Li Mu tossed the Resurrection Stone towards the Sacrifice Seed. The instant the Resurrection Stone fell into it, countless white streams of air surged out. All these streams of air merged into the Sacrifice Seed. By the time the Resurrection Stone had flowed out its last wisp of white air, the Sacrifice Seed suddenly gushed out a massive amount of HuoZhong Source Power.

This HuoZhong Source Power merged into the Resurrection Stone, and a scream that abruptly cut off was heard from within.

"Poor Voldemort."

Li Mu laughed happily.

Looking at the changes in the Resurrection Stone now, this sacrifice was clearly successful this time.

He just didn't know what those white streams of air were.

After a moment, the Resurrection Stone had absorbed all the HuoZhong Source Power and detached itself from the Illusory Flame.

The brand-new Resurrection Stone had deep purple flames burning on its surface.

This purple was mysterious and magnificent. Li Mu firmly believed he had never seen such a beautiful purple before. This was the first purple HuoZhong creation he had obtained, but it would definitely not be the last. With anticipation for the Resurrection Stone's attributes, he reached out and grabbed it.

PS: Thanks to brother [Book Friend 20170608220908403] for the 500 reward, and thanks to brothers [Lan Feng Zi Yun 11] and [Falsis] for the 100 reward each.