Chapter 284 283. Study
[Seven Sins of Greed Trigger]
[Plundering Skill: Elvish LV1→LV2]
[Plundering Skill: Natural Magic LV2→LV3]
Some inconspicuous mushrooms have recently quietly emerged in the elf cemetery.
Lin Jun did not lay the fungal mat in a high-profile manner. All operations were completed through secret underground tunnels.
After the elves' burial ceremony is over, the Drill Puji will dig from the ground to the burial location and decompose the corpse until only a skeleton remains.
Afterwards, that part of the temporary fungal mat will be quickly decomposed and absorbed, and the tunnel will be carefully backfilled, leaving no obvious traces!
Of course, no one has noticed anything unusual so far.
It feels like waiting for an elf to feed you.
However, the elves do not hold funerals very often, and there have only been two funerals this week.
Fortunately, Lin Jun is not in a hurry
On the other side, Ellawen was staying at home bored.
Because she almost lost her life in her last adventure alone, her brother Salian decisively issued a house arrest order, strictly forbidding her to enter the Shenmu Dungeon alone again unless she can find reliable teammates to accompany her.
For this purpose, Salian even specifically greeted the sentry responsible for patrolling the outskirts of the forest, completely cutting off her idea of sneaking out.
As for asking her to team up with a group of strangers for an adventure?
It would be better to just kill her!
"Why aren't animal companions considered teammates?" Arravin grumbled, burying her face in Furball's soft fur. "You're obviously much more reliable than those strangers! Isn't that right, Furball?"
The parrot on my shoulder chirped twice in agreement.
The cabin now seems a little empty. With the arrival of winter, Douding and Bubble have both hidden in the cave and started hibernating.
Xiaoji is a person who can't sit still. She flies around everywhere every day and only comes back to show her face occasionally. Now, the only ones who can accompany her are Maoqiu and Feifei.
She rested her chin listlessly on the cold window sill, gazing at the gray sky. "When will Xiaoji come back?"
…
Outside the potion shop, the familiar sound of flapping wings was heard.
Riel, who was originally lying beside the counter, concentrating on watching his grandfather prepare the medicine, suddenly shook his long ears and jumped up!
She rushed to the window in a few steps, grabbed the window frame tightly with both hands, and blocked the entire window tightly with her small body.
I never thought that a Puji would have so much strength. I pushed the window open several times with my tentacles, but that won’t happen this time!
The scout plopped down on the empty herb rack outside the window, but did not immediately climb in as usual.
"Hmph!" Riel showed a smug smile as if he was sure of victory.
Puji fell to the ground, stretched out its tentacles, hooked the door handle and pulled it gently!
Squeak——
The shop door opened in response.
Puji walked in very naturally, and with two light jumps, he landed steadily at his old position on the counter. He sat down as if nothing had happened and watched the old elf making medicine.
Riel walked over with her mouth pursed, trying hard not to let the tears of frustration fall.
The old elf saw all of this, a helpless yet doting smile appeared on his wrinkled face, and he shook his head slightly.
Sudden,
“Ahem—!”
The old elf hunched over, his skinny hands clutching the edge of the counter to barely keep his balance.
"Grandpa! What's wrong with you? Are you sick?" Rui'er's face turned pale with fright, and he quickly ran over to support his grandfather's violently trembling arm.
Puji, who was standing by, could see clearly that he was not sick, he was just old.
[Extreme Aging (All basic attributes reduced by 80%)]
The same negative state as the old bat before.
The difference is that the old bat has the sunstone to prolong his life, but the old elf does not.
Lin Jun remembered that when he first met him, this attribute debuff was still 78%, but it had reached its highest point in just a few days.
It seems that the remaining lifespan of this old elf is even shorter than I expected, and I'm afraid it won't survive this winter.
After nearly thirty seconds of heart-wrenching coughing, the old elf finally caught his breath with difficulty, his chest heaving violently.
He panted, his hand trembling as he reached out to the pot of unfinished potion.
"Grandpa, take a rest! Let me do it!" Ruier cried and pulled his grandfather's hand hard.
A glimmer of light flashed in the old elf's cloudy eyes, and he asked breathlessly, "Then... Rui'er still remembers... how to prepare the hair growth potion?"
Rui'er looked at the semi-finished product in the pot and nodded vigorously: "Remember! Now we have to process the moongrass first, remove the roots... and then..." She recalled the steps taught by her grandfather and started to work in a hurry.
"Then... yes... yes, add..." Riel stared at the pot of light green liquid, frowning tightly, trying hard to recall the next key step.
What did you add? Morning dew stamens?
No, that's for purification... or is it stone heart powder?
It doesn’t seem right…Grandpa has clearly said it many times!
Fine beads of sweat began to seep out of her forehead. The more anxious she became, the blanker her mind became.
Just when she was racking her brains and was about to cry——
Snap!
A small handful of brown, dry roots with the fragrance of soil were picked up by the scout on the counter next to them, rolled up with mycelial tentacles, and thrown into the bubbling crucible!
"Ah! What are you doing!" Riel exclaimed, angry and anxious, and subconsciously wanted to reach out to grab it.
However, her movements froze.
I saw that inconspicuous bunch of roots fall into the light green liquid and quickly dissolve.
Then the color of the medicine liquid changed at a speed visible to the naked eye. The light green quickly deepened, as if it was injected with rich vitality. In just a few breaths, it turned into dark green, representing success!
This shows that Puji not only used the right ingredients, but also the right amounts!
"You...you...you you you!" Rui Er pointed at the scout on the counter and chuckled, his face filled with disbelief. "Could it be...you really learned how to make medicine by watching?!"
She looked at the pot of perfectly dark green growth potion, then at the Puji, who seemed unconcerned and even swung his feet leisurely. "A Puji... actually... actually knows more about refining medicine than me... Grandpa taught me for so long, and I still haven't remembered it..."
In fact, not really. In just over a week, Lin Jun only learned a few, which happened to include this growth potion.
The old elf lying in the wicker chair at the back was also a little surprised.
But it was just a surprise.
Puji has an owner and looks like a modified familiar.
It is understandable that some familiars are smarter. After all, he only knows how to make medicine and does not know enough about these things.
The old elf reached out and gently ruffled Riel's hair.
"Rail," the old elf said in a hoarse yet unusually gentle voice, "Don't be discouraged. Grandpa still has many, many potion recipes and refining techniques that I haven't had time to teach you yet."
He leaned forward slightly, an encouraging smile on his wrinkled face. "In the days ahead, Grandpa will teach you everything I know, little by little, okay? Our Rui'er is so smart, he's sure to learn it."
Rui'er sniffed hard and nodded heavily: "Yeah!"
Puji, who was standing by, didn't understand the warmth and affection between the grandfather and grandson. Seeing that they didn't plan to continue refining the medicine for the time being, he rushed to the next house.
——
Dungeon.
The bound minotaur volunteers' hair grew wildly, and they soon turned into hairy bullmen.
Lin Jun was very satisfied with the results.
“Norris, there’s something good for you to try!”
(End of this chapter)
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