Chapter 27: Alchemy Potion Study

After a series of searches by the soldiers and confirming that there was no problem, Edward entered the city like an ordinary traveler mixed in with the crowd.

Looking around, he could see that the buildings were not too different from the Feylan Empire. However, compared to the Feylan Empire, the buildings here were less coordinated, but they still looked very orderly.

As he observed, he let the system detect the special mysterious energy fluctuations that existed here.

[System prompt: Scan analysis completed. The area of the city and the area of the capital are larger by 13.6%. Four mysterious undulations have been detected. According to classification, there are three Apprentice Wizards, and one Rank 2 Wizard. The distribution has been listed on the map, please check it.]

[System prompt: According to the treaties on the streets of the city, stickers, advertisements, and communication, the following information is obtained: The name of the city is called the White Orchid City. The nearest city is called the Eye of Storms which is 700 miles away. This is a city where ordinary people live. Extraordinary existences are extremely rare. However, according to the advertisements, there are many wizards in the Eye of Storms. There are many wizard organizations, and there are even some forces mixed in.]

After reading the information, Edward fell into deep thought. Even in a wizard’s paradise, it was rare for ordinary people to see a wizard.

They were not the same type of people after all. The battles between wizards could easily affect the normal humans, and as time passed, they became polarized.

For now, he should refine some of the alchemy potions in his mind. In the future, he might need to use them frequently.

According to the instructions given by the system, there were many plants that could be used to refine potions on the mountain that he had just come from. He just needed to collect some and it would be enough to refine potions.

“The most basic Strength Potion and Cleansing Potion. The former can squeeze out the potential of the body and increase the user’s strength in a short period of time, while the latter can remove some negative situations.”

It just so happened that the dizziness left behind when he was teleported had not recovered yet, so he could use this to test the potion.

As for the few wizards hidden in the city, Edward did not want to attend an exchange meeting regarding the wizards. He would rather not meet them to avoid future complications.

Or perhaps he could make alchemy potions to bait them and exchange for some common knowledge of the Wizard World, such as the distribution of forces.

At the same time, he could also test the gap between him and them. After all, he had never fought a wizard before.

Of course, the Archbishop did not count as one!

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It was getting late and the curtains were already drawn.

In the starry night, only a few people were left on the bustling streets during the day.

When Edward had left the Feylan Empire, he had brought along some gold coins with no insignia, but he had not expected them to be so useful.

Gold coins were hard currency no matter where they were, and gold coins without patterns saved him a lot of explanations.

In a hotel, he found the middle-aged boss and rented a nice-looking house.

“Respected customer, my name is Hakka. If you have any requests, you can get the waiter to inform me, as long as the price is right!”

The middle-aged boss smiled at Edward as he looked at the shiny gold coins.

Anyone who could use gold coins to pay for an inn was either rich or noble, not to mention Edward’s deceptively-looking face.

Together with the gorgeous black clothes, he looked like a noble.

Of course, he was a noble to begin with. Wait no, he was the heir of a country!

“Boss, I do have a request.” Edward called out to the boss with a smile.

“Help me collect some plants, and I’ll pay you when you’re done. Of course, the price is very appropriate.” Edward extended a slender finger and said, “One plant for ten gold coins!”

After hearing the request, Hakka was so shocked that he could not speak. He suddenly raised his voice and shouted sharply, “Esteemed guest, are you sure?! One plant for 10 gold coins?!”

Right now, he was already in a state of shock and astonishment. In his perspective, one gold coin was enough to buy a pile of expensive herbs, yet this customer actually gave ten gold coins for a single plant!

This was beyond his understanding of prices.

Earlier, Edward, who had rented a house here for a month, had generously given him five gold coins, and he had thought he had made a fortune. Before he could begin to rejoice, another impact left him short of oxygen.

Under Hakka’s enthusiastic speech, the matter was successfully settled.

“Sir, don’t worry, I will find all the plants on the map you gave me!”

He had to do everything to please such a generous guest. This was an opportunity.

Looking at Hakka’s enthusiastic face, Edward naturally had his own plans.

The distribution of these plants was very far away. If Edward were to make a move, he would be able to find all of them within a day. As for an ordinary person without a system, he would be able to find all of them within a week.

At that time, he would set a deadline for him.

The boss would definitely carry out a bounty search and the entire city would know about it.

Ordinary people would not be able to see the use of these plants, but wizards knew.

Only wizards would think about alchemists.

According to the records of traveling wizards, an alchemist could be a very popular profession. Even some of the more outstanding ones like Merlin’s Academy would pay a lot of money to hire them.

Hopefully, after a thousand years, all the alchemists who were rare to begin with would die!

Most importantly, a bottle of potion was very precious to these newbie wizards.

Edward did not believe that they would not come knocking!

He wanted to pretend to be an alchemist and enter the Eye of Storms to obtain more valuable information and items.

Bang!

Hakka left, bringing the map with him into the mountains.

Edward called out the system in his mind.

The system had already processed all the relevant knowledge regarding the branch of alchemy.

It also carved them into Edward’s memory.

The only thing he lacked now was the ingredients. Once the ingredients were in his hands, he would begin to concoct the first Cleansing Potion.

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The next morning, Edward, who had sufficient sleep, woke up early.

To his surprise, the owner named Hakka managed to find two of the recorded plants overnight.

Edward kept his promise and gave him 20 gold coins as remuneration. Since he was still short of eight plants, he did not believe Hakka could find them all in three days!

20 gold coins were like peanuts to him. Now, the huge space in the system was filled with gold coins.