Chapter 2 -The Pharmaceutics Rookie
Lin Li woke up in a log cabin. Probably due to the hasty construction, the cabin looked a tad shabby. There was no furniture except for a chair and a bed in the room. The door was unlatched and a pungent odor of medicine wafted through the crack in it, so Lin Li could not open his eyes for a long time.
The Bull’s Strength potion? But it doesn’t smell quite right… Lin Li took a few sniffs and pondered for a long time before he finally understood. Damn! It’s a failed one, no wonder it didn’t smell right to me. But who’s the genius adding leaves from the Wisdom Tree to the potion? Was he not satisfied that the conflicting smell of the combination of the four ingredients was not strong enough?
The concoction was just a high-grade potion. A pharmaceutics guru like Lin Li could easily find out the reasons for failure just by taking a whiff. But it didn’t mean anyone else could. He had yet to sit up from the bed when he heard an exasperated grunt through the crack in the door.
“Impossible! There was no mistake this time, how could it fail again? Is there a problem with the ingredients? Yes, there must be a problem with the ingredients. Great! This dang old man, selling counterfeit goods at my doorstep! l’ll make sure you give me my money back!”
Another fit of temper from the owner of the voice. Lin Li was just about to cover his ears and go back to sleep when the door that was unlatched swung open.
An old man in his sixties or seventies stood behind the door. He had white hair and a face full of wrinkles, but his actions were full of vigor, displaying no signs of old age at all. He wore a long white robe dappled with stains, probably due to the frequent use of potions. There were black and blue traces everywhere on his robe, which made it look kind of messy.
“Kid, I know you’re awake. Stop pretending you’re asleep and get up quickly.” The old man pushed the door open and sat on the vine chair in a huff. In his mind, he was probably still thinking about the failed Bull’s Strength Potion.