Chapter 144

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The raw materials for making glass were found in books, and then everyone brainstormed and substituted some of them.

The quartz sand was brought from the foot of the snow-capped mountains by the orc tribe not long ago, and the quantity is large and sufficient.

The day before yesterday, Luo sent someone to make the mixer and mold according to the instructions.

The glass furnace was also located near the machine factory.

The subsequent firing process is even easier.

There are two children with fire magic talents in the town. Hera's illness has almost recovered, and Iko is willing to let his sister go out and walk around more.

Plus Joan, she has been studying with Joel for a long time, and now she can master the basic fire magic skillfully, and can also come up with some innovative moves on her own.

With their fire-based high-temperature heating, the temperature can be controlled at any time and the firing process is very smooth.

"The master is back." Luo was sitting at the table. It seemed that someone had already informed him that Lian Yun and the others had just arrived.

Next to him was an open box with a not very transparent bottle inside, which looked very similar to the medicine bottle in Lian Yun's backpack.

"This is the first batch tested." Luo picked up the bottle and handed it to Lian Yun.

The bottle had a slight green tint, probably due to impurities, but the thickness of the first firing was quite good. Lian Yun knocked on it and listened to the sound. The quality was also very good.

"It was our first time baking, so everyone was not very skilled yet and there were some mistakes in the ratio of ingredients. We will do better next time," Luo Wensheng explained.

Lian Yun smiled and said, "That's pretty good. Thank you for your hard work."

Luo accepted Lian Yun's praise obediently.

"Luo! Haven't you eaten yet..."

Suddenly a voice came from outside the door. Lian Yun turned around and found Hera walking in excitedly with a tray. The voice stopped abruptly when she saw them.

"My lords! You are back." Hera's voice suddenly lowered and she smiled shyly.

"Hera." Lian Yun nodded at her.

Hera looked much better after recovering from her illness, though she had lost some weight and had a pointed face, which made her very adorable.

Lian Yun looked at Hera, then at Luo who was silent.

These two people...didn't they fight when they first met?

Now they seem to be on good terms.

Hera gently placed the tray on the table next to Luo. "I brought you bread and steak, as well as some jam. I heard from Abe that this is what you usually like to eat."

Luo nodded calmly: "Thank you."

Hera pursed her lips, glanced at him, and walked out the door in silence. Suddenly, she thought of something and looked at Lian Yun again, her expression relaxed.

"Thank you for the medicine, sir. I feel much better now! I went to the mines with them yesterday!"

"Hmm?" Lian Yun looked at her with interest. "Did you go to help?"

"Yes! I worked with Joan, Danny, and others to blast the mines, which helped relieve a lot of their burden."

Hera was so proud of herself for being able to help that even her hair seemed to glow.

“That’s really good.”

Lian Yun ignored the compliments and suddenly remembered something: "Where's Yi Ke?"

"Brother?" Hera paused, as if recalling something, with a confused look on her face.

"My brother said he was thinking about something, and he would talk to the adults when he figured it out."

Lian Yun and Lan Na looked at each other.

Although I don’t know what made Yi Ke want to confess, it’s a good thing anyway.

They can wait, just hope it's not too late.

"Thank you for your hard work, Luo. Enjoy your meal." Lian Yun said.

"Sir." Luo heard that Lian Yun was about to leave, and unconsciously tightened his grip on the corner of the table, "Are you still going out, sir?"

Lian Yun paused, wondering why he would ask such a question.

However, noticing his subtle movements, Lian Yun patiently explained, "I need to contact the mayors of each city, so I have to run around a lot. What's wrong?"

Luo's hand still did not relax.

But even he himself was a little confused as to why he asked such a question.

"……No."

Luo shook his head slowly.

"Are you going further, my Lord?"

Lian Yun frowned slightly.

"You mean..."

Lian Yun looked around and saw that Hera had gone far away, then he quietly confirmed: "You mean, the main city?"

This matter is of great importance, and she has tried her best to avoid letting more people know about it.

Luo's expression relaxed slightly: "Is that so."

"I didn't mean to hide it from you. I just wanted to try my best to narrow the circle of people who knew about this." Lian Yun didn't want Luo to have any grudges against him because of this. "But how did you know?"

Luo shook his head slightly: "I don't know."

He always had some ominous premonitions these days. When Lian Yun went out, he was always worried. He was relieved until she came back, but he became panicked again when he heard that she was leaving.

He also thought that maybe he was too dependent on adults, but when the adults just mentioned that they had been to the main city, he seemed to have found the real source of this uneasy feeling in an instant.

"You mean, it would be dangerous for me to go to the main city?"

Lian Yun was silent.

If Luo didn't know that he had been to the main city and was about to go to the main city again through the portal, there was no reason for him to make up an excuse to keep himself.

That was his hunch.

Would it really be dangerous if I went there again?

She glanced at Lanner, who was also silent.

Lian Yun knew very well that she couldn't ask Lana for advice on this matter. Even if he didn't like Luo, for her safety, he would definitely persuade her to stay.

But she had already made an appointment with Mogo and Alicia for the next meeting.

Although the Lord of Buli Lake has reminded himself that Mogo's connections may not really play a role, it is a possible way out after all.

If you really don't go, this line will really be broken.

Even if we give up Mogo, what about Alicia?

Every day she waited in agony for the unknown outcome, and the feeling was just like when she once stood outside the cordon, helplessly watching the rescue.

There is no other way but to place hope in the unknown.

But now that this hope is gone, how can she hold on?

Alicia's current identity cannot last too long. One day, or soon, she will need to leave.

Lian Yun promised that he would take her away.

"grown ups……"

Lana's blue eyes looked deeply at Lian Yun.

Seeing the latter's determined eyes, he sighed softly.

"I can't persuade you, I just hope you won't forget me again."

He would never let an adult take risks alone again.

Luo listened to what the two said and frowned unconsciously: "My Lord, are you still going?"

"Thank you for reminding me, Luo." Lian Yun whispered, "I will be more careful."

"...Okay." Luo let go of his hand slightly dejectedly, holding the bottle, and sat there quietly.

The real first production of glass began in full swing.

The town now has enough manpower to open a few more pool furnaces and add a few more production lines. However, with the processing of several young magicians on this production line, the production speed is already very high.

Even if the production line is reopened, without the magician's blessing, the output will drop significantly.

A large number of glass bottles and other products were produced here in just a few days.

The pharmacy is also conducting intensive research on new drugs.

A large quantity of snow mountain herbs has been sent by the Orc Tribe.

As soon as they were delivered, Louis and Nora added the herbs directly to the new prescription to extract the ingredients.

And this morning, the final extraction is about to be completed.

As Lian Yun and Lan Na turned the street where the pharmacy was located, they smelled a medicinal fragrance from afar, which was very different from the previous smell.

"Will there be such a big difference just by adding one medicine?" Lian Yun murmured.

The two of them quickened their pace and walked to the door of the pharmacy.

Nora was holding a glass bottle and dipping it into cold water. Louis was standing beside her, holding Lian Yun's medicine bottle in his hand with a serious look on his face.

Hearing their footsteps, Louis nodded at the two of them, motioning them to come over.

Nora gently shook the glass bottle in the water.

In the transparent glass bottle, the light blue liquid was fluctuating along the wall with Nora's movements.

Yes, it's blue.

Nora's gentle face was filled with joy. "I couldn't achieve such a natural color before, but finally..."

As she spoke, she slowly lifted the glass bottle and handed it to Lian Yun with anticipation.

"grown ups."

Lian Yun took the bottle and then took his own medicine bottle from Louis.

She pulled the corks from the two bottles, put them to her nose, closed her eyes slightly and sniffed.

“…very similar.”

The fresh, almost imperceptible sweet smell was very different from what they smelled from afar.

Nora smiled contentedly. "That's it. Every time it's extracted, the flavor becomes weaker and weaker."

The medicinal aroma that now permeates the streets is even the same smell that was emitted when it was first extracted yesterday.

After Lian Yun smelled it, he handed it to Louis. As a pharmacist, Louis was very sensitive to the subtle differences in smells and could tell whether the drug was successful or not just by smelling it.

“…The concentration is much weaker.”

Just like its color.

"This is the highest concentration we can achieve." Although Louis said this, he could not hide his joy.

He took Nora to try so many ways for so long, whether it was the library or his own collection of books, he turned every page with Nora countless times.

Finally, the clouds have been cleared and the results are visible.

After agreeing with Lian Yun that the prescription would be formally finalized tomorrow, Lian Yun and others left.

Louis twirled his beard, sat down and breathed a sigh of relief.

These days he was either standing to process the herbs or waiting for the results. He hadn't even had a good night's sleep, and was worried about the outcome in his dreams.

Now I can finally sit down.

"This rocking chair will get rusty if you don't sit on it." Nora carefully poured Louis a glass of water and smiled lightly, "You can take a good rest now."

"You've worked hard, too." Louis took the water, looked at her, and pursed his lips before uttering only one word: "Thank you."

...He knew that without Nora's tireless help and companionship, he would not have been able to do it alone.

Nora had been in the pharmacy for so long that she was already familiar with Louis's stubborn temper. He had a sharp tongue but a soft heart, and rarely said anything that could move others.

But Nora wasn't one to enjoy compliments.

She had been studying with Louis for so long, and she felt that what she gained far outweighed what she put in.

Although Louis was taciturn, he answered her questions with all his heart and without reservation.

In the process, she also learned more about her illness.

"I should be the one saying thank you..." Nora pursed her lips, "Teacher."

Louis never mentioned taking him as his apprentice, and Nora always called him Mr. Louis, but she had long regarded Louis as her teacher in both life and her study of pharmacy.

Louis was stunned for a moment, then the corners of his mouth couldn't help but rise. He nodded repeatedly, leaned back in the recliner, and laughed.

Nora also smiled.

The two looked at each other, their laughter paused for a second, and then they couldn't help laughing even more.

The store's portal will open again tomorrow. Lian Yun tossed and turned in bed, unable to sleep.

It was good that she knew in advance that there might be danger, but the unknown also makes people more or less afraid.

Even she is no exception.

Having stayed in another world for so long and experienced so many dangerous things, she has not been able to be defeated. She has long been accustomed to sudden accidents.

But the more critical the moment, the more she realized her passivity and the more powerless she felt.

...I don’t know where Xiaobai has gone again. Maybe he is giving a lecture to the group of flying sand rats?

That’s good too, Xiaobai has his own things to do.

But now she has no one to talk to.

Unable to fall asleep, Lian Yun simply sat up, put on some clothes, opened the window and breathed in some fresh air.

The wooden window was pushed open. Lian Yun took a deep breath, looked at the sky for a while, listened to the sound of the river not far away, and gradually became lost in thought.

...No, there doesn't seem to be any water channel near my house?

Lian Yun lowered his head and happened to meet the eyes of Lan Na, who was dressed in black.

Lana, who also couldn't sleep, looked up at her while holding a kettle to water the system tree.

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