The next day, Ye Jiu successfully prepared the purified water. She shook the purified water in the transparent glass bottle and said, "It's amazing. The leaves of the Cleansing Grass are white, but the final product is transparent."
"The chemical reaction between the herb and other herbs is more troublesome if the color is opaque," Lorian commented.
"That's true. If the color is wrong, we'll have to match it again. But we're not afraid of having to match it again. We haven't finished pulling out that weed yet, so it should continue to grow new leaves if nothing unexpected happens."
Ye Jiu put down the potion bottle in her hand, put the stopper back on it, and picked up the potion book on the table to look at the effects of the purified water.
"Yes, it's for dealing with demons. It has a corrosive effect when splashed on demons and it has a strong adhesion to them."
After helping Ye Jiu clean up the mess from purifying the water, Lorian added, "And it only works on demons; for other races, it's just ordinary water."
"Wow!" Ye Jiu exclaimed, "It only works on demons? Then what's the point of making it? Didn't the seven races sign a treaty of peaceful coexistence a long time ago? They can't attack demons." Ye Jiu closed the book and complained, "Although they are indeed brutal and have committed many evils."
Lorien, wiping the table, slowed her movements as she pondered the question she had raised. "Perhaps it's just to let them learn the recipe, or just to let them experience the process of finding herbs."
"That's true. It's also possible that if we don't learn it, it will be lost. What if we don't have any means to counter them in the future?"
Ye Jiu propped her chin up and said, "Although we signed a treaty of peaceful coexistence, so many years have passed, it's really hard to say how long peace will last."
Demons and humans have a long history of enmity, and it would not be an exaggeration to call them mortal enemies. Even after a hundred years, that period of history is something that many people can never forgive.
"Oh right, I also promised Vivian I'd bring her some materials." Ye Jiu immediately stood up and began counting the herbs she had left. "I can give her a few pieces of the Cleansing Herb, and a few stalks of the Spirit-Connecting Herb..."
Ye Jiu packed all the extra herbs into a box, intending to give them to Vivian before class tomorrow.
...
Conference room at Celtic Magic Academy.
Eldrek and all the teachers sat at a round table and discussed the issue face to face.
He had been unable to sleep since learning about this last night. He discussed it with Colotita all night but couldn't come to a conclusion. In the end, he decided to ask all the teachers for their advice.
First, Colotita placed the recording stone and the paper with the summoning circle drawn on it on the table, letting everyone take turns reading it. "Although it's hard to believe, the demons are progressing faster than we thought."
During the war between humans and demons a century ago, the vast majority of magicians trained by the Celt Magic Academy fought against demons, and together with the royal grand mage, they sealed away the demon lord Morthos. Thus, the war between humans and demons ended with a narrow victory for humanity.
With the signing of the Treaty of Peaceful Coexistence, the human side should have released Morthos, but the royal family pretended to be stupid and kept delaying the release of Morthos. For the same reason, they could not kill Morthos completely and kept dragging it out.
They thought they could hold out for another hundred years, but a few years ago the seal began to show signs of weakening, and the demons became restless, making frequent small moves.
The higher-ups at Celtic Magic Academy had been preparing for battle for a long time, and although the teachers didn't say it, the psychological pressure was growing.
This is like the sword of Damocles hanging over one's head, keeping one awake at night.
"This is a summoning circle drawn by a demon?!"
Eldrek nodded heavily. "Yes, and it looks like it was finished a long time ago. I just don't know how many sacrifices they prepared, or how many people have disappeared because of demons in places we don't know about."
At this point, everyone's mood became heavy. Yes, there are only two ways to break the seal: one is to gather all the people who sealed him to break the seal together, and the other is to draw a summoning circle and prepare offerings to help him increase his strength and forcibly break the seal.
The demons can only choose the second method if they want Morthos to return.
"One strong adult male from each of the six major races (excluding demons), the higher their magical talent, the better." Someone added these conditions for the sacrifice.
Eldrek forced a smile onto his wrinkled face. "Perhaps their progress isn't going well. After all, children with high magical talent are always the center of attention, and their disappearance will definitely attract attention."
"Our first priority is to deal with this summoning circle," Clotita continued. "We need to destroy it without letting the demons know who did it."
"It's very simple. Pour purified water on it. This will not only mask the human scent and confuse their sense of smell, but also completely destroy the summoning circle."
"I don't think so. Purified water was developed by humans. Wouldn't using purified water to water plants expose us?"
"But purified water can be sold. Although humans were the first to create it, other races are not incapable of doing it. We have not prohibited the distribution of the formula."
...
The meeting room was buzzing with excitement as they discussed the results.
Although it was noisy, we quickly came up with a solution and went to the quiet forest that night to deal with the summoning circle.
...
Ye Jiu's campus life returned to normalcy.
But for some reason, everyone's studies suddenly became more demanding, and the magic they were learning became increasingly difficult. Although it was expected that students at this age would be learning advanced magic, the advanced magic they were learning now was on a completely different level from the magic they had learned a few weeks ago.
The school was full of students rushing around; no one had time to stroll leisurely around the campus.
But this change had no effect on Ye Jiu. Even though the magic was much more difficult, she could learn it easily. The feeling of easily becoming a top student was really amazing.
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