Chapter 233 - Cheering
But after looking, the audience felt something was wrong. It was especially so for people like Hoffman. He had a fat body, but he was somebody that specialized in researching all sorts of details of techniques. He could immediately see that this kid was not somebody that was easy to deal with. There was nothing to fault, be it the details or techniques.
Hoffman had always thought that out of all the emerging young pharmacists in these few years, Elin was the most talented; he was also Balbo’s disciple. Hoffman always perceived Elin as the most promising one, but he did not think that two youngsters would appear together at today’s gathering. Forget that Milo failed. Even though that weird recipe reached the final point, there was nothing much to commend about his skill. It was only average at best.
But this one was really impressive. This kid’s origin was unknown. He looked like he was in his twenties on the outside, but he looked like he was seventy or eighty when concocting potions. Be it skills or methods, they could all be described as perfect. From the time when he stood at the potion table, Hoffman had already noticed a certain detail. This youngster’s speed was not fast, but he was terrifyingly steady. From start to finish, his hands had never shaken once. It was as if those were not a pair of hands, but a precision machine.
Hoffman was a master pharmacist and pursued pharmaceutical techniques in a bigoted fashion. From sixteen years old to fifty, he had made contact with all sorts of potions. With perseverance and consistency, he finally tempered his pharmaceutical techniques to the point where it was full of praise from Balbo.
But when this youngster walked over to the potion table, Hoffman suddenly realized that the techniques he was so proud of could not be compared to those of this youngster in his twenties.
Hoffman was in a daze immediately…
“This, this, this… This can’t be real, right?” Hoffman stood there stupefied, watching him extract the peacebloom’s sap and then separating the Dragon Tongue Orchid from the Silverleaf. Even though his actions seemed slow, there was not a single shred of delay or mistake.
When both of them were discussing, the concoction of the Void Power Potion had entered the final phase.
Just as the red petals of the Sunflower had entered the crucible, all of the pharmacist started to feel anxious simultaneously.
Everyone knew this was the last step.
Just now that young mage, Milo, failed at this step. The question that was on everyone’s mind was whether this mage that was younger than Milo would be able to overcome this crucial step. If he could not overcome it, then naturally there was nothing to be said, but if he were to overcome it, it would also mean that a new star had been born in pharmaceutics.
And this star was brighter than any other before.
This recipe had baffled the whole Pharmacists Guild, and even all of the pharmacists in the Felan Kingdom. Hoffman’s technique could be considered as flawless, right? The Necromancer Sendros’ potion attainments could also be considered unfathomable, right? Yet even they could not complete this weird recipe.
If a youngster that was not even twenty could complete it, it would be something that would shake the whole Alanna.
“Kid, do it well. Let Hoffman, that damned fatty, know that being fat would not mean that pharmaceutical standard would be high!” someone from the crowd shouted, and it immediately invited a roaring laughter.
“Kid, come on!”
“Yes, do it well, kid. If you can complete this recipe, I will introduce my daughter to you!”
“Garrison, you’re always so shameless. You should accumulate some virtue. Your daughter is almost forty, and you got the cheek to allow her to rob the cradle?”
“F*ck, I’m talking about my younger daughter!”
“What the f*ck, your younger daughter is not even thirteen, right? Do you need to be so relentless?”
“What, indignant? Give birth to a daughter too if you have the guts…”
The atmosphere in the guild pharmaceutical lab started to become bustling for no apparent reason.
At this point, almost all of the pharmacists were cheering Lin Li on.
Among them, there were a few of them that had looked down on him for knowing High Elves Print previously. There were some of them that had dealings with the Thunder City Guild of Magic. There were even more unfamiliar pharmacists that Lin Li had never met before. Their cheering had nothing to do with friendship or gratitude or enmity. It was purely out of passion for pharmaceutics.
At this point, everyone had hoped from the bottom of their hearts that he would succeed.
“Thank you everyone for your support!”
The instant that the sunflower petals’ flare flashed, Lin Li gently added the Moonlight Grass that had a silver shimmer. This was followed by a white smoke permeating the air. Lin Li stood within the white smoke and smoothly extinguished the fire below the crucible. He then turned around and bowed to the onlooking pharmacist. After that, he left the potion table without even turning back…
The permeating white smoke had a tinge of sweet smell. It made the whole guild pharmaceutical lab blurry. The group of pharmacists were focused on the smoke.
Balbo was the first to stand up. Because his actions were too intense, the vine chair under him had been knocked over. Although he looked very calm, both of his hands that were firmly placed on the sides had started shaking slightly. The next person to stand up was Grimm Burnside, and then it was the anxious Andoine. This was followed by all of the pharmacists in succession…
They used this manner to pay respects to this young mage.
Indeed, he’d really succeeded.
Based on the description on the recipe, once the potion had been concocted, it would be in a dense and transparent state. A sweet smell could be smelt when near. It was like the smell of barley candy. Everything was exactly the same as the liquid in the crucible.
This young mage that was not even twenty had solved a difficult problem that no pharmacist in the whole Felan could solve. Today’s gathering would definitely allow this young man to be the brightest star in pharmaceutics.
After a moment of silence, the pharmaceutical lab erupted with cheers. Hundred or more pharmacists, regardless if they knew each other or if they had any sentiments towards each other, were drowning in joy at this moment. What this young mage had solved was not a simple potion issue, but a difficult problem that had frustrated all of the pharmacists in Felan. The birth of this potion also signified a giant step forward for pharmaceutics!