I have two principles as a human being:
1. Never lie.
2. Never believe anything anyone says, including myself.
“Sir, I must point out that your second principle contradicts the ...
Cheng Shi ignored his words again.
"I named it 'Sudden Return of Light'. Drinking this potion can make you forget all the pain and restore your body to its peak condition immediately!"
"But?" Zhao Qian seemed to have guessed something and continued with a frown.
“Well, but…
The medicine has strong side effects.
The injured will fall ill again after five days, and the speed at which they are approaching death will be extremely accelerated!
In other words, this is a potion that overdraws your vitality. You can think of it as a five-day last gasp of life."
After Cheng Shi finished speaking, he turned and looked at Cui Dingtian.
"Mr. Cui, I know you are looking for your son, but there may be hope if you survive, but if you die here..."
Cui Dingtian's blurred consciousness was struggling to resist the coming of death. His hand suddenly grasped Cheng Shi and squeezed hard.
Understood.
Without saying a word, Cheng Shi tore off a piece of flesh from his arm and put it in.
This action surprised everyone.
"Refining medicine with flesh and blood?" Gao Yu was confused.
"What else? Flesh and blood are the best medicinal materials. My flesh and blood contains the power of healing.
But my flesh and blood alone may not be enough. Even if this potion does not require [divinity], it still carries the power of [prosperity] and [memory]...”
Needless to say, everyone's eyes followed Cheng Shi and looked at Tao Yi and Su Yida.
Tao Yi's eyes widened in shock, but soon nodded firmly.
She endured the severe pain, drove the branch to scrape off a piece of flesh from her arm, and put it into the medicine furnace.
After doing all this, she seemed to be afraid that the power of [Prosperity] was not enough, so she drove the branches again to scrape off the flesh of her other hand.
To be fair, Mr. Cui is in this state now entirely because of saving everyone.
In Ms. Tao's opinion, whether considering the help of teammates in the future or out of gratitude, they must be saved if possible.
What's more, this little bit of physical pain is nothing compared to what I felt underwater before.
Her idea was very simple, but Cheng Shi stopped her in time.
"Alchemy requires controlling the amount and proportion. For some things, the more the better!"
After saying that, he pushed the medicine furnace in front of Su Yida.
Su Yida's face was gloomy and uncertain.
To be honest, he had no objection to saving Cui Dingtian and was very happy to help.
Because whether it is Cui Dingtian's strength or his character, he is the best teammate worthy of reliance.
But the problem is that he is not a true believer in [Memory]!
Seeing that Cheng Shi spoke so convincingly, he had no doubt that this pastor could make this kind of potion.
But he was afraid that if the medicine refining failed, his identity might be exposed.
There are actually no serious consequences for exposing one's identity. The most serious thing is that because of this incident, the entire trial team is likely to directly lose three combat forces.
Cui Dingtian, himself, and...Tao Yi!
This is almost a catastrophe!
Since Su Yida has such concerns, how could Cheng Shi not think of it?
Won't!
He had already figured everything out.
Because he is lying too!
To be honest, before he got Athos's alchemy notes, he didn't even know what a medicine furnace looked like.
All his medicines were made out of thin air.
But not today.
The closure of his personal space deprived him of the environment in which he could make up stories.
So, if you want to get things done, you have to put on a show!
His brain was working frantically, almost emptying out all his knowledge about alchemy, and then he tried his best to add details and describe the effects, in order to make the alchemy more credible.
If it weren't for Tao Yi and Su Yida, perhaps things wouldn't have gone so smoothly.
But fate is ingenious here:
There happens to be a believer of [Prosperity] and a believer of [Memory] in the team.
Even if this believer of [Memory] is essentially a [fraud].
But it doesn’t matter!
Let us recall the ability of the talent [Sacrifice to Nothingness]: when five outsiders besides oneself acknowledge the existence of a fabricated object, the object exists.
There is no doubt that at this moment, everyone present believed that Cheng Shi could refine this potion.
Then, except Cheng Shi, the other four people believed that Su Yida was a mage of [Memory] and believed that he had the power of [Memory].
Only Su Yida himself had doubts as to whether his flesh and blood could be used to successfully refine medicine.
Therefore, the biggest bet in this game is not anyone else, but Su Yida himself.
What Cheng Shi was betting on was that Su Yida could convince himself, convince his heart to admit that he did possess the power of [Memory], and therefore the medicine refining would not fail.
In this game, Cheng Shi is not simply deceiving Su Yida.
Instead, he was waiting for Su Yida to deceive himself!
As expected, countless thoughts flashed through Su Yida's mind at that moment, and finally a reasonable and absurd inference was born:
That is, although the power of one's own [Memory] was obtained through deception, it is still the power of [Memory] in the eyes of others.
Therefore, according to His will, the medicine refining should not fail.
A look of hesitation flashed across his eyes, and Su Yida made up his mind. He tore off the flesh and blood from his arm and threw it into the furnace.
Done!
The moment Su Yida took action, Cheng Shi knew it was successful!
Fuck that five-day burst of energy!
As long as you can hold on for three days and survive the trial, there will be plenty of chances to save your life later.
If we can't make it through three days and everyone dies, there's nothing more to discuss.
Cheng Shi excitedly closed the medicine furnace and looked at Zhao Qian with a crazy smile.
"I need fire!"
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