142. Deadly Potion

"Charles City, Colington Manor?"

Leaving the shop selling materials, Sulu muttered the address he'd gotten from the shopkeeper, his expression gradually turning into a cold smile, "Something's wrong!"

The other party isn't anyone to him, so why would they hand over important information to him?

Sulu never hesitates to assume the worst about others.

"But... the Face of the Face-Snatcher is very important! So we'll have to investigate it first... In any case, charging headlong into it is no different from committing suicide!"

Sulu wandered around the Black Market again and regretfully found that it was just as the shopkeeper had said.

The rare items on his material list were not only unavailable at that particular store, but also at other stores.

In the end, Sulu walked towards the exit of the Black Market with regret.

At this moment, his superb Inspiration had already made him sense some Greed eyes watching him.

'pity...'

He smiled, stepped out of the exit, and entered the Black Fog.

The light ahead grew brighter, and after walking a few steps quickly, Sulu realized that he had arrived at the depths of an alley.

He straightened his clothes, took off his hood, and casually carried his suitcase out of the alley, gazing at the sign on the street— 'Queen's Road '.

"Looks like we've entered the city?"

Sulu didn't think much of it. The departure from the Black Market was random, and the scope even covered the entire Charles City. This rule seemed to be connected to the entire secret realm.

If this were forcibly changed, the Black Market would cease to exist.

Therefore, the concepts of tailing and killing are all just a joke.

"But... even with such security measures, a significant number of people still die in the Black Market every year... because they can be marked and detected... the supernatural side has plenty of methods!"

Sulu's Inspiration gradually spread throughout the suitcase. Although he found nothing unusual, he decided to immediately change all the packaging and carefully check all the materials.

After all that trouble, Sulu checked into a hotel.

early morning.

Sulu, lying in bed, opened her eyes, her gaze unconsciously sweeping over the bedside table.

There was a calendar on it.

"In the blink of an eye, it's already July of the 279th year of the Federation Calendar!"

He sighed, got up, washed up, and then had a hearty breakfast in the restaurant next door.

Sulu is now considered quite wealthy, possessing nearly two thousand Silver Dollar and over a hundred Gold Dragon dragons in cash, so he certainly wouldn't skimp on such things.

"The matter of the Face-Snatcher is important... but even more important is myself!"

Inside the bedroom, Sulu calmly glanced at the Attribute Panel:

Name: [Sulu Potter]

Occupations: [Occultist] (Tier 2), [Rogue] (Tier 2)

Job Rank: [2]

Title: [None]

Strength: [2.2], Agility: [3.0], Constitution: [2.1], Spirit: [4.2]

Inspiration: [4.2]

Skills: [Corpse Maiden Creation LV1], [Krav Maga Combat Arts LV5], [Soul Projection LV4], [Spirit Pressure LV2], [Spirit Chain LV1], [Wonder Item Crafting LV1], [Potion Crafting LV1]

Passive: [Common Hebraic LV3], [Basic Physics LV5], [Demon Hunting Lore LV4], [Ancient Hebraic LV2], [Gulam Language LV2], [Occult Lore LV2], [Sturdy LV1], [Agile Footwork LV1]

XP:[850]

"My Gulam Language has also been upgraded to LV2, so Professor Alanis's Ancient Language Notes are basically useless to me now."

"Actually... its improvement is perhaps largely thanks to the new research conducted among the Gaosuo indigenous tribes."

"I actually only had 350 experience points when I left the Inner Circle. It's all thanks to Russ's contribution that I have so many. I can keep them for now..."

After briefly assessing the situation, especially the significant gap in improving attributes using experience points, Sulu abandoned the plan.

Experience points are a good thing, and he plans to accumulate them for future use.

After all, this isn't the Inner Circle of that time; there are no safe and stable channels for gaining experience points here.

Having some experience points is more useful than anything else.

"Next... is to prepare potions, strive to meet the requirements for becoming a [Thaumaturge] as soon as possible, and retain enough experience so that I can be promoted whenever needed!"

"Besides that, there's collecting materials, forging Curio, and modifying the Crow Mask; these can be done simultaneously..."

After figuring out his future plans, Sulu turned his attention to the materials he had purchased.

He left the complete set of alchemy equipment in the Inner Circle Green Tree Castle. At this point, he could only hastily purchase some common potion-making instruments, which were barely usable.

"Before that, the first thing to do is to seal off the entire room... to ensure that I won't be disturbed while I'm refining the medicine, and to prevent any mysterious power from leaking out."

The contamination from supernatural powers is terrifying, especially the Vicious Potion of the Gaosuo. If a leak were to occur accidentally, Sulu would be fine, but the ordinary people in the hotel would be in a different situation.

First, he sealed his room occultally using a ritual, and after hanging a "Do Not Disturb" sign outside the door, Sulu came to the long table with a calm expression.

The materials for brewing the ' Vicious Potion ' were already laid out on the mahogany table.

"Blood of Two-tailed Lizard, seeds of Kuding Flower..."

Sulu recalled the potion formula, his expression quite strange. "I understand... The way the Gaosuo concoct potions is different from that of the Inner Circle, more mysterious, and more brutal... It conforms to their habits and behavioral patterns."

This was a good thing for him, meaning he didn't need a special alchemy table, and even the tools he could collect at random were far more advanced than those of the primitive, bloodthirsty Gaosuo.

Sulu stopped thinking about it, took a deep breath, set up the crucible, poured in the ingredients, and began stirring and cooking.

Meanwhile, around the crucible, he began to draw a Spirit World magic circle using the blood of the Two-tailed Lizard, adding powder made from Kuding Flower at several nodes.

"That Insect Spirit that lingers in the Spirit World..."

Next, Sulu spoke in Gulam Language, his voice hissing like that of a giant python.

If he hadn't reached level 2 in Gulam Language, even if he could write fluently, he might not have been able to recite it in the form of a spell.

"In the name of Sulu Potter!"

"I summon your arrival!"

"With the blood of your beloved creatures, forge the path to your return... The fragrance of Kuding Flower will be your guiding light!"

Indeed, what Sulu is currently performing is a ritual to summon a creature from the Spirit World!

For the [Occultist], the biggest hurdle in the alchemy of the Gaoso native Wizard was one he overcame with remarkable ease.

In a moment of Inspiration, Sulu immediately sensed the changes in the Spirit World.

A strange creature from the Spirit World, resembling a green caterpillar but with a human face, cautiously poked its head out from mid-air, its target clearly the crucible where a potion was being boiled.

Snap!

Just then, Sulu's Inspiration transformed into a palm, grabbing the green worm from the Spirit World and pressing it into the boiling pot.

Raging!

Spirit Fire burned, a faint, almost imperceptible weeping sound suddenly spread throughout the surroundings.