abnabooks Chapter 38 Preliminary Conception of Muscle-Building Drugs
Chapter 38 Preliminary Conception of Muscle-Building Drugs
The moment the thought arose, it ignited his thoughts like wildfire.
"Yeah, to build muscle." Li Ang suddenly stood up and paced around the room.
The wizards in the wizard tower, including the apprentices, mostly looked frail and weak.
The elementalists might be slightly stronger, but the potion and stargazing practitioners are so weak they could be blown away by a gust of wind.
What if he could concoct a safe potion that could effectively enhance physical fitness and promote muscle growth? That would definitely be a promising opportunity.
"I just wonder if anything like that exists in the world..."
He thought of his mentor, Eve, and going directly to ask her would undoubtedly be the fastest way.
But if I keep bothering her with questions, especially those that involve the core direction of the competition, won't that make her feel annoyed?
He needed something to bridge the gap—money? Materials? Did his mentor, Eve, need him, her junior apprentice, to deliver them?
Suddenly, a thought flashed through Li Ang's mind, and he remembered the book "Star Knight and Her Seven Little Friends" and her slightly embarrassed "passing the time".
"Novels, she loves reading novels!" Li Ang almost burst out laughing.
He dared not speak of anything else, but in his previous life he had read and listened to countless online novels. Although he couldn't remember many details, he still remembered the core plots and exciting moments clearly.
Without hesitation, Li Ang immediately took out paper and pen, and after a moment's thought, decided to borrow a classic opening line from the "broken engagement" genre.
He changed the protagonist's gender to female, set her profession as a knight, and gave her a name that better suited the style of this world: Xiao Yilisha Yanfeng.
The pen scratched across the paper, telling the story of a gifted young girl whose cultivation had regressed for some reason, who was humiliated by her materialistic fiancé breaking off their engagement, and who angrily shouted:
He wrote the opening lines of the story, "Thirty years east of the river, thirty years west of the river, never underestimate a poor young girl," and adapted the details he couldn't remember.
Li Ang quickly finished writing the first dozen or so chapters. He carefully organized the papers, simply bound them into a book, and looked at this plagiarized and adapted knight novel. Li Ang felt a little uneasy.
"Hopefully it will be of some use."
The next day, the Potions School, which had been closed for several days, resumed classes, and the apprentices finally finished copying the leaflets the day before.
Inside the small classroom on the fourth floor, a strong earthy smell filled the air.
On the podium, Karin, the instructor, still had that languid look, but today there was a large basket covered with a black cloth in front of her.
"Today's lesson," Karin tapped the table, signaling the apprentices to officially begin class.
"Extracting venom from the limestone scorpion."
She lifted the black cloth, revealing dozens of smaller cages in the basket. Inside each cage were palm-sized scorpions, grayish-brown in color, with their tails raised high, crawling restlessly.
"Their venom, though weakly toxic, is an auxiliary ingredient in several paralyzing and analgesic drugs," Karin said, her speech still very fast.
"The key to extraction is speed, accuracy, and stability. Use tweezers to hold them below their cephalothorax, right here. They will instinctively sting the mouth of the glass bottle you hand them, and the venom will flow out naturally... Don't be silly and try to pinch their tails."
She demonstrated it once, her movements fluid, and the venom of a scorpion was precisely injected into the narrow-mouthed glass bottle.
"One cage per person, about twenty in total. One standard crystal bottle, until all are filled. Let's begin."
Ellie's retinue began distributing cages containing scorpions, along with the accompanying tools.
A suppressed gasp and frantic scrambling sounds suddenly filled the classroom.
Although Karin said the venom was weak, the constantly opening and closing pincers and the trembling venomous needles still sent chills down the spines of most of the apprentices.
"Ouch!" An apprentice made a mistake and was stung on the finger by a scorpion's tail, causing him to wince in pain.
Karin glanced at him and said casually, "It's nothing, the pain will subside in a couple of days, continue."
When Li Ang received his share, looking at the restless little creatures in the cage, he seriously suspected that a large part of the purpose of this so-called practical course was to collect these basic materials for the school of thought for free.
However, he dared not complain and could only roll up his sleeves and start operating.
He mimicked Karin's movements, precisely clamping the scorpion's vital points.
Sure enough, the scorpion suddenly thrust its stinger into the mouth of the bottle in front of it, and a stream of slightly yellow liquid shot into the bottom of the bottle.
With his first success, things went even more smoothly afterward. He moved faster and faster, and his efficiency far surpassed that of others.
The apprentices around them gradually calmed down from their initial panic. Although some were still stung from time to time and cried out in pain, they gradually grasped the knack as Karin remained calm and unharmed.
In the end, Li Ang was the first to complete the task. The crystal bottle contained about half a bottle of slightly yellow venom. He sealed the bottle and handed it to Ellie's attendant.
Almost simultaneously with Li Ang, Rufus, a blond-haired young wizard from a family of wizards, passed by Li Ang and whispered, "Li Ang, I'll definitely win next time."
Li Ang scratched his head, thinking to himself, "When did I start competing against you?"
The third to complete the task was Lottie. After resolving her mental strength issues, the experience she had absorbed since childhood finally came in handy.
After everyone had submitted their Venom, Karin counted the total amount, nodded in satisfaction, and left the classroom first after saying "get out of class dismissed."
Ellie's attendants, carrying a large basket and venom, followed closely behind. Seeing this, the apprentices scattered and left the small classroom.
After a quick lunch at the cafeteria, Li Ang immediately immersed himself in his mentor Eve's workshop, taking on commissions until evening.
He checked the time; it was almost time. He straightened his robes and headed back to his mentor Eve's living room.
Li Ang arrived at his mentor Eve's door with practiced ease, knocked, and the door opened silently once again.
Perhaps not expecting him to come at this time, Eve hadn't prepared in advance. She was still wearing her comfortable silk nightgown, and her long, light blue hair was casually draped over her shoulders.
She held a new novel in her hands, its cover colorful, depicting an elf wielding a sword confronting a dragon.
Hearing the noise, Eve seemed startled and instinctively closed the novel, stuffing it under the sofa cushion in such a quick movement that it almost left a blur.
She coughed lightly, trying to regain her usual cool expression, but a very faint blush seemed to flash across the base of her long ears.
"Is something the matter?" Her voice seemed a little softer than usual, carrying a subtle warmth.
Li Ang bowed respectfully, suppressing a slight smile, and explained his purpose: "Instructor Eve, I'm preparing for the 'Silver Cauldron' competition. I'd like to ask you, are there any potions... that can safely enhance physical fitness, promote muscle growth, or simply put, make the body look stronger?"