Chapter 91: Master Alchemist

During this period, through the handling of medicinal materials and meticulous observation and learning, coupled with Gune's occasional guidance,

these young alchemists, whose talents were clearly quite outstanding, had already begun to skillfully master the processing of various medicinal properties.

Of course, the entire processing was carried out strictly according to the standards set by Gune.

They could not see the supernatural medicinal properties, nor could they see the supernatural characteristics within the materials.

They could only process them through strict standards and then obtain qualified semi-finished products.

These qualified semi-finished products saved Gune a great deal of effort when refining high-grade precious potions.

With just one to two hours of blending time each day, Gune could complete a daily output of nearly a hundred bottles.

Upon arriving at the Grand Alchemy Laboratory, Gune looked around and saw Leona, dressed in a white cloak of alchemy robes and wearing a face guard.

Originally, the group had no habit of wearing face guards.

It was not until one time, when an unfortunate female alchemist was handling the temperature of a crucible and it exploded, nearly disfiguring her face,

that everyone obediently put on face guards.

Fortunately, as supernatural beings, they had strong recovery abilities, and Gune promptly gave her several bottles of high-grade 'Blood Essence Potion,' allowing the girl's appearance to recover.

However, whether the psychological damage inflicted on her was restored remained unknown.

"Leona," Gune called out.

Leona, who was heating and concentrating the semi-finished liquid, glanced over and quickly ran over.

"Master Gune."

Arriving before Gune, Leona said respectfully.

In the alchemy laboratory, everyone addressed Gune as "Master."

Because they all knew that during this time, Gune had begun research on Rune Potions.

For an "expert-level alchemist" like Gune, who could easily mass-produce high-grade Rune Potions with terrifyingly high success rates,

becoming a "Master Alchemist" was just a matter of one "Rune Potion."

"Mm, go get nine... uh... ten 'Silver Armor Rats'!" Gune said.

"Silver Armor Rats." Upon hearing this, Leona's heart trembled slightly.

"Could it be..."

Silver Armor Rats were a type of rat with a certain supernatural bloodline.

They were gentle in temperament and reproduced relatively quickly. In this supernatural world, they held a status similar to that of lab mice in his previous life, both serving as experimental subjects.

When Gune asked Leona to bring Silver Armor Rats, the others naturally heard it as well.

Instantly, everyone couldn't help but turn their attention to Gune.

Many even began to get excited.

In the current supernatural academic world, as long as one researched and concocted a "Rune Potion,"

they would be considered a "Master Alchemist."

Of course, concocting according to someone else's method did not count.

An expert-level alchemist and a master-level alchemist were separated by just one Rune Potion.

During this time, everyone had recognized Gune's astonishing alchemical prowess and his keen ability to sniff out supernatural properties in potions.

They all believed that Gune would surely become a Master Alchemist.

They just hadn't expected this day to come so soon.

While Leona was leading people to fetch the Silver Armor Rats, Gune directly said, "Those who have finished their work, come over for a moment."

"Today, we will conduct a batch of Rune Potion experiments. Bring your notebooks and take notes."

Hearing this, everyone's hearts trembled slightly.

Indeed! Master Gune had already researched the Rune Potion.

In fact, many had already begun to harbor various thoughts.

Although after Gune researched the Rune Potion and confirmed its effectiveness, he would certainly report it to the Pioneer Corps and sign a confidentiality agreement, with the ownership of the potion belonging to the Pioneer Corps, and Gune would not be allowed to disclose the concoction method publicly.

But the problem was that although Gune could not disclose the concoction method publicly,

he could still concoct it for his own use.

Moreover, as long as Gune did not openly sell these potions and only quietly cooperated with others for small-scale transactions, the Pioneer Corps would not interfere too much.

If they could establish this channel with Gune, they would gain an additional direct channel to obtain Rune Potions—something that could not be measured in terms of money.

While these noble offspring were stirring with thoughts, Leona had already brought three alchemists back with a total of ten Silver Armor Rats.

Each Silver Armor Rat was contained in a cage made of black iron supernatural alloy.

Ordinary iron cages could not hold these Silver Armor Rats.

Silver Armor Rats, possessing certain supernatural characteristics, would use anything as hard as steel to grind their teeth.

Only cages made of black iron alloy with supernatural characteristics could hold them.

...

In the side laboratory of the Alchemy Laboratory,

this place was designed for conducting Rune Potion experiments.

It had not been used before, but starting today, it would begin to serve its purpose.

As the first Silver Armor Rat was placed in a safety glass box,

everyone became cautious.

The experiment was about to begin.

No one knew what anomalies might occur; some had even quietly cast an energy shield on themselves.

After placing it properly, Gune opened the potion labeled No. 1 and poured it through the pipe of the safety glass box.

The Rune Potion flowed directly into the water trough inside the supernatural black iron alloy cage.

The Silver Armor Rat immediately turned around, crouched by the water trough, and began licking quickly.

The supernatural properties of the Rune Potion took effect much faster than Gune had imagined.

In less than a minute, the Silver Armor Rat began to emit "squeaking" sounds and became restless.

Then, within Gune's visual range, the supernatural properties rapidly blossomed.

On top of the Silver Armor Rat's head, grass blades like green thatch began to grow rapidly.

Soon, grass started growing all over its body.

On its back, sides, belly, legs, and even its eyes, grass shoots quickly bloomed.

When the green thatch had visibly grown to the length of a finger,

the little Silver Armor Rat stopped struggling, lay motionless in the supernatural black iron alloy cage, and had lost its life.

And the strange thatch, stained with blood, grew exceptionally vigorously.

"The supernatural properties of 'Soul Saliva Grass' and 'Mystic Soul Eye' are clearly too strong, breaking the balance of the potion," Gune summarized in his mind.

Those behind who saw this scene all exchanged glances.

They had never seen such a terrifying supernatural potion; after drinking it, the body grew grass all over, and then the entire body was pierced by thatch, dying a miserable death. Just looking at it sent chills down their spines.

"Supernatural properties are different from supernatural medicinal properties."

Gune's voice quietly came through.

"The reason we humans can master the power of supernatural beings ultimately comes down to accommodating supernatural characteristics and forming a supernatural system."

"You are also aware of the incompatibility between different supernatural characteristics."

"At best, they cancel each other out; at worst, they cause mutation, loss of control, or even death."

"In the entire supernatural world, incompatibility is the norm, while compatibility is very rare."

"This Rune Potion is something that deeply enhances our supernatural characteristics."

"It changes our foundation, so naturally, various deep anomalies will occur."

"Don't mention this kind of full-body grass growth; even explosions are normal phenomena."

As he spoke, Gune had already poured the No. 2 Rune Potion into the second safety glass box.

Then, under Gune's gaze,

this second Silver Armor Rat, after drinking the Rune Potion, quickly shed all its fur, and its body began to swell like a balloon.

Then,

"Bang!"

The entire Silver Armor Rat exploded into a pulp of flesh and blood, splattering all over the safety glass box.

Gune: "..."

Everyone: "..."