“Thank you all so much.”
After enjoying the delicious Serpent Tail Chicken feast, the passing adventurers quickly recovered. They asked about how to become stronger before departing, one after another.
Lu Li and his group were also satisfied and continued to explore the maze.
Baihe Chuanhua was still not satisfied: “God, can we hatch the Serpent Tail Chicken eggs? They're so delicious!”
“Hatching is no problem.” Lu Li shrugged, “But we don't have a place to raise them.”
Yotsuya Mizuko nodded: “Even if we bought a villa, we wouldn't be able to raise this kind of thing. Anyway, there are many magical creatures in the maze, we can just catch them whenever we want to eat them.”
Leos was also quite disappointed when he heard this.
As a magical creature enthusiast, how could he not want to raise magical creatures!
If he could have magical creatures to eat every day, that would be a heavenly life.
They walked for a while, approaching noon, and suddenly saw a patch of Mandrakes.
This herb is a basic magical potion ingredient. The top is emerald green, resembling a vegetable, while the roots below look like a person with their mouth open, roaring.
What's even more magical is that when this herb is pulled up, it screams, a soul-crushing sound that can drive people insane and even lead to death.
Therefore, harvesting this herb usually requires trained dogs. They will tie a rope to the roots and let the dogs withstand the soul-crushing sound.
Marusicl was explaining the method of harvesting Mandrakes, when she saw Senci already starting to pull up the herb.
“Don't!”
Marusicl screamed. She saw Senci, incredibly nimble, cutting off the head of the Mandrake with a sharp knife before it could scream.
“This, this...”
Marusicl looked at it, feeling her mind go numb.
A perfectly good magical herb, but such a barbaric harvesting method?
Baihe Chuanhua saw this and wanted to join in the fun.
Lu Li quickly stopped her: “Xiao Hua, don't try anything stupid. If you go insane, it will be troublesome.”
Yotsuya Mizuko immediately stepped forward and pulled back Baihe Chuanhua, who was full of curiosity.
Baihe Chuanhua was helpless and could only regretfully give up.
Lu Li: “Marusicl, what kind of potion can Mandrake be used to make?”
“Spiritual Power Recovery Potion.” Marusicl said, handing over a magic book. “The recipe is in this book.”
As a top student in magic academy, even while exploring the maze, Marusicl brought many books with her.
Lu Li took it and carefully looked through it.
The book Marusicl gave him was a magical potion related book. It contained introductions to various magical herbs available on the market, recipes, and related spells.
For example, Extraction, Fusion...
It has to be said, the magic in this world has been developed for many years, forming a system, quite comprehensive.
Lu Li had already merged with his counterpart in this world, recognizing the common language of this world. He flipped through the book and memorized it.
He held his staff and cast Extraction on a Mandrake. The next moment, the Mandrake withered, and a stream of potion flew up out of thin air, landing in the flower bud on his staff.
Marusicl was stunned: “Why did you directly cast Extraction?”
“Also, why collect the potion in your staff?”
Lu Li helplessly said: “Because I don't have the necessary equipment. I can only temporarily collect the potion in my staff.”
As a wild deity, he wasn't omniscient and omnipotent, naturally he didn't prepare tools like glass bottles in advance.
Marusicl was helpless: “You're really reckless, will it even work?”
“It should be fine.” Lu Li looked at a distance and found another herb for Spiritual Power Potion. He waved his staff and directly extracted it. “The next step is Fusion.”
With a thought, a light flashed on his staff. The flower bud opened up, like a delicate vessel, revealing the potion inside.
The potion was purple and emitted beautiful light.
Marusicl went forward: “It's the same as the Spiritual Power Potion sold outside. No, it seems to be purer. This, how did you succeed on the first try?”
“Is it the power of the gods again? Gods are too overpowered.”
Baihe Chuanhua curiously raised her hand: “Marusicl, is Spiritual Power Potion expensive?”
“Of course, it costs one gold coin per vial.”
Baihe Chuanhua was shocked. Her eyes fell upon the Mandrakes scattered all over the ground, as if she saw piles of gold coins.
“However, there are so many Mandrakes here, why didn't you harvest them? That's a lot of gold coins!”
Zilchak was helping Senci process the ingredients while explaining: “Potion making isn't that easy. It's unimaginable for ordinary people to make potions as easily as the God. Besides, harvesting Mandrakes is dangerous!”
Leos nodded: “That's right. Potion masters are rare!”
As they spoke, a few servings of omelets made with Mandrake roots and Serpent Tail Chicken eggs were ready.
Compared to ordinary eggs, Serpent Tail Chicken eggs are more golden yellow, making the omelets even more beautiful.
“It smells so good!” Baihe Chuanhua was very eager, picking up her serving.
“Wait a moment.” Lu Li stopped her, waving his staff, “The Mandrakes harvested using Senci's method will have a slight bitterness. Let me use Extraction to extract it, it will be tastier.”
As the staff waved, several drops of liquid flew from a few servings of omelets. Lu Li casually threw them to the ground.
Senci was eager to try a bite, and gave a thumbs-up: “Extraction is amazing. It's definitely much tastier than usual.”
Marusicl complained while eating the omelet: “Really, Extraction isn't a cooking technique.”
Baihe Chuanhua happily ate: “Marusicl, don't care about these details. Don't you think it's delicious?”
She looked at Mizuko, her eyes landing on the Mandrake head in Mizuko's plate.
“Mizuko...”
Yotsuya Mizuko saw her expression and knew what she meant. She smiled indulgently and said, “Alright, take this!”
“Thank you!” Baihe Chuanhua was overjoyed. “Mandrakes are so delicious!”
Marusicl looked up helplessly: “It's clearly a magical herb.”
“What does it matter!” Baihe Chuanhua didn't care.
After lunch, the group continued their journey.
Before setting off, Baihe Chuanhua, who particularly liked Mandrakes, pulled up another dozen and put them in her backpack. She planned to add them to their dinner tonight.
Lu Li used his potion-making and alchemy skills to prepare ten vials of Spiritual Power Potion and stored them in his staff, just in case.
Knowing that the Red Dragon was not asleep but moving around, the group was very urgent. They soon reached the fourth level, the water region.
On the way, they encountered Treasure Worms and Treasure Chest Monsters. Senci made them into easy-to-carry snacks and ate them as they walked.
Saving people was urgent, everyone was in a hurry.
After catching a large group of Treasure Worms, Lu Li's group naturally encountered the unlucky Kabul and his group.