Chapter 222 - Catalytic Potion
The old man’s eyes lit up upon hearing that. Balbo was the president of the Pharmacists Guild; every single pharmacist needed to heed his orders in the whole Felan Kingdom. No one dared to defy him at all.
“You will know it later…” Balbo laughed, refusing to reveal what he was referring to. He brought the two people through the hall and along the flight of stairs on the right side up to the third floor.
It was rare to meet any pharmacist since it was a rare occupation. Although the Pharmacists Guild was huge, it was quieter than the Emerald Tower. When the two men followed Balbo behind his back, they only saw two students rushing around, busying with their things. As for the real pharmacists, they did not see any at all.
Most of the doors leading to rooms on level-three were tightly shut. At times, the smell of the thick potion could be smelled. While they walked along the corridor, they could smell the fumes coming out from the crack of the doors.
“Please follow me,” Balbo said as he pushed the door open gently.
“Good morning, President Balbo.” A cloud of white fog filled the air. A few pharmacists were observing the bubbling liquid in a beaker, and were mostly holding onto a glass test tube filled with red liquid. When Balbo walked in, they were pouring a specific amount of red liquid into the beaker drop by drop.
“Good morning, everybody.” Balbo could not help but frown when he saw at the liquid in the beaker. “How is it? Do you have any ideas?”
“I…” Lin Li scratched his head. He did not know how to explain it to Andoine.
“What’s the issue?”
“Mr. Mentor, I want to teach you that, but I don’t have the materials needed. Why don’t you find them for me and I demonstrate for you once on the spot?” Lin Li tried to discourage Andoine.
Even if he was willing to find the ingredients, Lin Li would just tell him about those that would require great difficulty to find. Lin Li was confident that Andoine would not be able to find things like the blood of the great wyrm, the feather of the phoenix, and a lot of others…
“This…” Just when Andoine was stuck and did not know how to answer Lin Li, the room’s door creaked. Balbo came in with something in his hands, smiling. His grin was unusually wide, and the moment he entered the room, he asked Andoine, “I think I heard Felic say he wanted some materials? Andoine, don’t be too formal with me. We, the Pharmacists Guild, don’t have many other things, but we have an unlimited range of herbs. You can just tell me frankly, and I will ask my men to prepare it for you.”
After Balbo finished talking, he looked at Lin Li intentionally.
“…” Lin Li really felt like crashing himself to death against a wall.
Goddammit, trouble’s big! That old dude must have heard everything!