Chapter 96

The teahouse provides more than just tea, just as a casino provides more than just gambling.

Winnie briefly left the teahouse and returned with a small leather suitcase, just as she had done before, taking on the task of running errands again.

Xalan did not want to expose himself; perhaps he already had, but it was always better to be cautious.

Xalan did not look inside the small leather suitcase; he was not in a hurry to do so.

As noon approached, the hunger in his stomach prompted him to order a few exquisite dishes. He was quite hungry, and the young girl in front of him, who was panting and sweating, was also hungry.

During the meal, neither of them spoke, and it was very quiet. Only after the table was cleared of the leftover food by the serving attendant did they have the opportunity to talk.

Xalan took the small leather suitcase from the side and opened it. This time, there were fewer items in the suitcase, but they were much more practical.

Three bottles of purple liquid and three bottles of transparent liquid.

The purple was a healing potion, and the transparent was poison. This was just Xalan's guess, and his guess was correct.

He took a bottle of the purple healing potion and handed it to her.

"Will there be no side effects this time?" he asked.

"No."

Winnie bit her lip and took the potion. She understood his actions; she had to test the poison for him again.

This was the result of her anger. Perhaps without her anger, he would still have done this, because he had said he did not trust her.

She opened the bottle and tilted her head back, drinking it all. Her delicate hand gently wiped the purple residue from her lips. She looked at him, her face stubborn.

Playing with another bottle of the purple potion in her hand, Xalan seemed not to notice the girl's gaze and asked, "How effective is it?"

"It can heal within seven days." He was not asking about her feelings but about the effectiveness of the potion, so Winnie nodded and confirmed it.

"Seven days..." Xalan put down the bottle and tapped his fingers on the table. "What about two days?"

"Impossible—" Perhaps due to her professional caution as a potion maker, Winnie shook her head. "Two days are absolutely not enough to heal. The internal corrosion damage is not ordinary damage. Seven days is the fastest it can heal."

"So, the potion can indeed suppress the corrosion, but what about the effect within two days?" Xalan asked immediately.

"Two days?" Winnie hesitated, sensing his urgency, his desperate need for a healthy body. "According to the potency of the potion, within two days it can only suppress the corrosion. However, if you engage in intense activity, it could exacerbate the corrosion, making the potion ineffective. So, the seven days are mainly to allow the potion time to repair the internal organs after eliminating the corrosion..."

Xalan nodded. He knew the girl was not lying, as he had clearly felt the instability of the internal energy flow while fighting the颠覆獠牙 killer.

However, for now, the most important thing was to reduce the burden of suppressing the corrosion.

So, Xalan said, "I need to kill someone in the next few days."

Winnie was taken aback and lowered her head. Although she understood his urgency, she felt he was being too irresponsible with his injuries. According to the potion maker's diagnosis, such a person would eventually die from the strain on their body.

But she had no reason to advise him.

"If you want to suppress the internal corrosion, it's best to take two bottles of the potion at once, but—" Winnie hesitated, looking at him with some apprehension.

"Speak."

"The dosage of two bottles can significantly reduce the internal corrosion and even possibly expel it entirely, but the intense and repeated stress on the body will be a significant problem in the future..."

"In other words, two bottles of the potion might heal your injuries in a short time, but it will affect your future?" Xalan interrupted her stammering and said.

"Yes."

There was another thing Winnie did not say. She knew that as a warrior, they had their own training system, and the ultimate goal of every warrior was to take the final step in the FerNu law.

If he continued to recklessly overuse his body, he would never be able to take that step, and as a warrior, it would mean the end of his future.

She was a potion maker, and her professional ethics made her care about each of her patients.

Moreover, he was an important source of funding for her experiments. If he died, where would she find another person like him? But he completely ignored her good intentions, and she had no reason to persist.

Perhaps she did not know that he had something that could completely ignore the obstacles to advancement, and a small physical collapse was nothing to him.

"Is this poison?" After getting a satisfactory answer, Xalan held up a bottle of the transparent potion.

"Yes." Looking at the clear, colorless liquid in his hand, Winnie nodded carefully, as the creator of the potion, she knew its lethal power better than anyone.

"I'm curious, can a bottle of this liquid kill a high-ranking swordsman?" Xalan shook the potion, skeptical.

He had reason to be skeptical, as she was a junior potion maker.

Healing potions and poisons are two completely different categories. Although poisons are generally easier to make than healing potions, a poison that can kill a high-ranking swordsman is not something a junior potion maker can easily create.

"Please don't doubt my abilities." Winnie stood up, her face puffed up, seemingly indignant. "If you don't believe me, you can try it yourself."

She did not know he was a high-ranking swordsman, but her professional habits did not allow her to be questioned.

Xalan nodded, paying attention to the girl's agitation. A person with sufficient confidence always makes others trust them, but he would only confirm the truth of her words through actual actions.

"Tell me about its effects."

Winnie sat back down, seemingly trying to calm herself. After a moment, she said, "This poison is colorless and odorless, indistinguishable from ordinary liquids. However, once it comes into contact with a bloody wound, it reacts with the blood and rapidly destroys tissue, spreading to the heart and causing death."

"But you won't forget that warriors can expel toxins through their internal energy flow, especially high-ranking swordsmen. Ordinary poisons have no effect on them," Xalan reminded her.

"Rest assured!" Winnie lifted her head proudly, her face full of satisfaction. "My teacher's notes recorded that he once made this poison to successfully kill a high-ranking swordsman. Although I doubted its authenticity, my teacher is not the type to exaggerate, so I have a strong belief that it is true. I successfully replicated this poison through my teacher's notes!"

"I see." Xalan looked at the girl again, not realizing she had such talent in making poisons.

"When using this poison to kill, it's best to do so within two hours, as this is when the poison is most potent. Since the poison's effect does not increase with concentration, it must be applied evenly to the blade to ensure success," the girl explained, revealing her hidden nature.

Xalan's cold face suddenly curved into a smile of interest. A flash of his ring, and the small leather suitcase and potions disappeared, replaced by another bottle of a gray, unfamiliar potion.

"What is this?" Xalan's actions clearly caught Winnie's attention, especially the sudden appearance of the gray, unfamiliar potion on the table.

"Stealth potion, a reward from someone." Watching the girl curiously pick up the potion and examine it, Xalan said indifferently.

Winnie opened the bottle and sniffed the potion with her delicate nose, her serious expression was strangely alluring.

"Very complex... I can only detect a few ingredients..." the girl murmured to herself.

Once she was immersed in her field, Winnie would lose herself, perhaps this was why she had such talent in potion making at her age.

Unable to figure it out, Winnie's curiosity was like a thousand cats scratching her heart. She looked at Xalan with bright, curious eyes, trying to get him to tell her something.

Xalan did not refuse the girl's curious request and said, "I think you should know that warriors can easily sense each other through their aura. They can even judge each other's strength by the intensity of the aura. Hiding one's aura is not difficult, but once the internal energy flow moves, the aura will inevitably leak out. Of course, this is not a problem after stepping into the FerNu law... So, this stealth potion not only helps warriors hide their aura but also prevents the aura from leaking out when they attack. This potion is very useful for ambush and assassination."

Winnie listened carefully to Xalan's explanation and then asked urgently, "I have also encountered such potions in the Alchemy Association, but their actual effects were not satisfactory. If there were perfect products, they could be sold for a very attractive price... What about the actual effect of this potion?"

"Very good, no warrior who has not fully stepped into the FerNu law can detect it," Xalan said meaningfully, looking at the girl.

Winnie's small hand under her large cloak tightly gripped the potion, her eyes fixed on it. If she could make such a potion, her future experimental funding would be no problem!

"Do you need me to replicate this potion?" Winnie asked with a smile.

"Of course." Xalan said, otherwise, he would not have casually taken out such a precious potion.

"Do you think I can replicate it?"

After getting a definite answer from him, the girl carefully sealed the bottle and put it in her large cloak pocket. She looked up, her face beaming, but also a bit anxious. What if she couldn't replicate it?

"Can't—" Xalan said lightly.

"Ah—"

Winnie was a bit disheartened, seemingly disappointed by Xalan's words.

"But I believe you will be able to in the future."

Xalan's next words immediately lifted the girl's spirits. She nodded vigorously and said, "Rest assured, I will not let you down."

"Perhaps." Xalan said casually.

"If there's nothing else, I want to go back and analyze the components of this potion. Once I analyze it, I will conduct experiments based on the proportions of each ingredient. If the analysis is successful, I will conduct synthesis experiments, and if... "

Seeing the girl counting on her fingers and talking incessantly, Xalan shook his head and interrupted her impatiently, "Alright, your task is complete. I hope you will stay in the Alchemy Association when we contact next time."

The dark circles under the girl's eyes told him that she had been working hard to complete his tasks. He did not want to see a tired and dead "assistant" next time.

"Understood, Mr. Xalan. I hope our next cooperation will be pleasant."

Winnie smiled brightly, stood up, and waved goodbye. She was confident that he would come back to her.

Because he had already started to trust her.