Chapter 53

"Here is the bitter bug, a bug with an extremely bitter taste, meow," Wenlong introduced.

"Eh... That's so disgusting..." Katharine couldn't help but say.

"Don't judge something just by its appearance. Some good things may look a bit disgusting and taste bad, but when combined with certain things, they can produce extraordinary effects, like this... meow."

As he spoke, Wenlong took out a bottle of wild mountain honey and mixed the golden honey with the bugs that looked a bit creepy, which made Katharine frown.

"I still prefer honey more," Katharine said.

"Honey is indeed very good, not only delicious but also very visually appealing with its golden color. But this honey is also made by bees. If you look closely, bees can actually look quite scary, especially if you've seen bee larvae, which might be even harder to accept... meow."

Katharine tilted her head and tried to imagine what bee larvae looked like, but she found it impossible to picture them.

"Never mind, there's no point in telling you this. In short, help this great lord turn this half-cooked meat into a paste. It will be needed for the next step, meow!"

"Turn it into a paste?"

"Yes, just like this! Meow!" Wenlong spread out his left hand and struck his palm with his right hand, which was in a hammer shape.

Seeing this, Katharine understood.

"Alright, Mr. Cat, I'll do it."

"Remember to control your strength," Wenlong said half-seriously, "you need to crush the meat just right, without scattering it. This is also a way to train your strength control. Remember, a hunter's training is everywhere and can be done at any time, even with ordinary tasks, meow!"

"Yes, no matter how difficult the training, I will do it well!" Katharine believed Wenlong's words without hesitation.

So, Katharine found a smooth, flat stone by the river, placed a large piece of half-cooked meat on it, and then raised her giant bone sword.

Clearly, she was going to use a vertical slash, but not the usual one. Instead, she turned the sword so that the flat side, not the blade, struck down.

"Smack!"

Not only did the half-cooked meat turn into pieces, but the stone underneath it also shattered. What made Katharine even more frustrated was that the scattered stone fragments and meat pieces were everywhere, making it impossible to collect them.

"Hmm... The training Mr. Cat talked about is indeed difficult," Katharine thought.

But Katharine was not discouraged. She found another smooth, flat stone by the river and placed the second piece of half-cooked meat on it.

"Control the strength, control the strength..."

Katharine raised her sword again and gently struck down.

However, this time her strength was too weak, and the half-cooked meat barely changed.

"Ah, the strength is too weak again?" Katharine couldn't help but complain.

But Katharine didn't give up. She continued to test, and after about ten tries, she finally got the strength right.

Just as Wenlong said, she managed to crush the half-cooked meat into a paste on the stone without damaging it.

But the next few times were inconsistent, with some successes and some failures. As the number of attempts increased, the number of successful attempts also increased. By the fortieth try, Katharine was able to do it consistently.

"Although it's a bit wasteful... a beaver has hundreds of pounds of fresh meat, so there should still be enough left to mix the strong walk potion..."

Wenlong thought, looking at the scattered meat pieces on the ground.

However, Wenlong's attention was more focused on what he was doing now.

Speaking of mixing potions, in the game, there was a specific mixing command. Players just needed to select the materials required for mixing and press the mixing command, and the system would automatically generate the mixed product. The specific mixing process was unknown to players.

But what Wenlong found strange was that after coming to this world, he not only knew the mixing formulas from the game but also understood the detailed mixing process.

This was true for both the recovery potion G he mixed earlier and the strong walk potion he was mixing now.

"Probably learning the mixing formulas in the game means mastering the entire mixing process in this world... However, compared to the game, mixing in real life is indeed much more complicated... But when I have money in the future, maybe I can recruit a few Ailu cats to help me with these tasks? Meow?"

Although he thought he might be able to pay others to do such tasks in the future and focus more on improving his hunting skills, the reality was that Wenlong couldn't do that now. He could only work hard to mix the rare strong walk potion himself.

"First, use the stone to crush the bitter bugs into a powder, then mix the powder with the honey in a 1:1 ratio, and stir gently..."

Following the method in his memory, Wenlong executed each step accurately. Soon, the originally golden honey, mixed with the bitter bug powder, gradually turned into a dark brown, mud-like substance.

Wenlong knew that when this dark brown, mud-like substance appeared, it meant the first step was complete.

This dark brown, mud-like honey, mixed with the bitter bug powder, was no longer just honey but a substance called an enhancer, an auxiliary drug that significantly boosts the effects of other substances.

Next, Wenlong took some of the meat paste from Katharine and mixed it with the black mud in the bottle in a 1:1 ratio.

Using a clean wooden stick, he continuously stirred the already thick mud until it became even thicker, to the point where the stick wouldn't fall over when placed in it. Only then did Wenlong stop stirring.

At this point, a substance even thicker than mud, almost like asphalt, appeared in front of Wenlong. This substance, in terms of its components, could already be considered a strong walk potion. However, to make it easier to carry and consume, Wenlong had one final step to complete.