Chapter 52: Traces

Night fell.

After refining a batch of potions, Gunie lay down on the bed in the corner of the secret room, wrapped in a thick quilt.

As he manipulated his blood to flow faster, the bedclothes soon became warm and cozy.

In his mind, he was pondering matters related to his potions.

"The cooperation with the Pioneer Group on high-grade precious potions has been settled. I just need to maintain a refining speed of twenty bottles per day."

"At the same time, Viscount Dylan's side should also have a considerable quantity, also at ninety percent of the price. Viscount Dylan should have news for me tomorrow."

"Via's family will also have a fair number."

"Here comes the key point," Gunie thought to himself.

"If I can only refine just over ninety bottles, the income from hard work, though decent, is ultimately not high."

"But in reality, my current proficiency in blending high-grade precious potions has stabilized at over one hundred bottles."

"After I get more familiar, one hundred batches of materials can quickly rise to one hundred and five."

"And in a month or two, I might even reach an extremely high level of one hundred and ten."

"At that point, my daily income from potion alchemy will be quite substantial."

"After idling for half a year, the Bone Element Potion Incantation was idled to level seven. Now, the time has finally come to make money using my alchemist skills," Gunie sighed inwardly.

"Once I have gold pounds, I can buy suitable超凡 equipment, magical items, and even more powerful incantations at the Transcendent Exchange or some black markets."

"Even within the Pioneer Group, I can use gold pounds to purchase many good things."

From Old Cohen and Via, Gunie knew that the Pioneer Group had many excellent items.

A powerful incantation master not only needs to be strong himself but also requires powerful超凡 equipment and magical items.

"Even in the Transcendent world, money can make the devil turn the mill."

Gunie said quietly.

After sorting out the potion matters, Gunie calmed his mind and opened the system.

At this moment, besides [Idle], [Adventure], and [Rebirth],

a new function [Planting] had appeared in the system.

As Gunie had expected, when he obtained the Transcendent herb seeds, the [Planting] function naturally emerged.

[Planting] page.

At present, there was only one "planting slot."

The subsequent "planting slots" were being unlocked by accumulating energy.

Gunie had conducted some experiments on this planting slot.

He could plant living Transcendent plants or seeds in it.

He even tried pulling out an ordinary plant, "mosquito-repellent grass," from Beli's small pot.

Ordinary plants could also be planted in this slot.

For larger plants, three or four meters tall and as thick as an arm, Gunie had originally wanted to try.

But thinking that if he went to uproot a tree by the roadside in the dead of night and got caught, he might be mistaken for a lunatic, he abandoned the idea of destroying public property.

However, Gunie guessed that given the system's powerful nature,

as long as something was "plantable," it could likely be planted in the slot.

If so, then the "planting slot" was very interesting.

First, the growth rate in this slot was extremely fast.

How fast exactly, Gunie couldn't estimate precisely.

But two hours ago, the "Dragon Blood Wood" seed he had planted had already sprouted and grown into a sapling, even though Dragon Blood Wood was a Transcendent plant that grew very slowly.

Gunie roughly estimated that the growth rate was several hundred times faster, possibly even over a thousand.

Second, planting in the slot resulted in perfect growth.

You didn't need to tend to it at all; the seed would develop perfectly on its own.

Many Transcendent plants needed to absorb Transcendent power from the environment to grow.

But in the planting slot, they were in a state of optimal growth.

In summary,

several hundred or even thousand times faster growth,

a perfect growth environment,

and apparently no size restrictions.

Gunie easily thought of a plant from historical myths and legends—Yggdrasil, the so-called "World Tree."

In theory, Gunie could plant the "World Tree" in his "planting slot."

Unfortunately, the World Tree, a being from myths and legends, was only recorded in ancient texts; Gunie naturally couldn't plant it.

He couldn't plant mythical species like the World Tree.

But couldn't he plant other powerful Transcendent plants?

For example, the "Elf Life Tree" deep in the Otto Mountains to the north.

Or the "Twisted Crown Tree" of the Southern Wilderness Barbarians.

Or the "Cursed Tree" in the deep sea mist of the Transcendent Sea.

As long as he obtained the seeds of these powerful Transcendent plants that sheltered entire regions, he could grow them.

Even now, Gunie could plant some plants for his own use, like the Dragon Blood Wood.

Aged Dragon Blood Wood was an excellent material for making storage chests and sealing tools.

Alternatively, if Gunie obtained seeds of Transcendent plants with incantation properties,

he could plant them and later make them into powerful incantation staves.

In short, the potential of [Planting] was considerable and awaited exploration.

...

The next day, early morning.

Viscount Dylan came to Old Cohen's house.

This did not surprise Gunie.

After all, high-grade precious potions had no side effects,

and long-term use could enhance certain abilities.

Take the "Flash Arc Potion" for example; after drinking it for a month or two, a Shadow's physical and neural reaction speed would improve significantly.

When fighting other Shadows of the same level, they would have an advantage.

And if they persisted for four or five months, the advantage would be substantial enough to easily decide the outcome between two Shadows of similar strength.

No strong person would refuse to enhance their attributes through potions.

Moreover, these attributes were often crucial aspects with few other ways to improve besides potions.

This was why Gunie was confident Viscount Dylan would come.

After a discussion with Gunie, they successfully finalized a batch of potion cooperation.

In the following days, Gunie entered a period of study and potion refining.

With the idle training of "Pious Knight Breathing Method," "Blood Pool Codex," and "Soul Seal Codex," Gunie made rapid progress.

On the third day, Gunie felt that the Transcendent characteristics of a Blood Curse Master had merged with him.

At this point, if Gunie wished to break through, he could easily become a Blood Curse Master.

But Gunie did not do so.

Instead, he continued to idle, enhancing his soul, blood, and body.

When breakthrough was possible, it was better to accumulate more time and deepen his foundation.

This way, when breaking through, the Transcendent power's transformation would have a higher margin for error.

Even with the idle function, Gunie needed to treat every breakthrough seriously.

After all, resurrection could not be wasted casually.

...

That day, the weather was still cold.

At a little past three in the afternoon, Gunie finished his classes and was dismissed early.

When Gunie reached the door of No. 155 and took out his key,

he inadvertently caught a glimpse of a little girl in tattered clothes with a dirty face standing in the small alley at the left front corner, looking at him.

Seeing this, Gunie's hand tightened.

"Finally found their traces?"

When he let go, the key in his hand was already somewhat deformed.