basic swordsmanship

Chapter 85 Strengthening Direction
The black dress, elegant white gloves, and the slender sword disguised as a cane, as well as the torch and oil lamp in his hand, have almost become symbols of the Night Watch.

Several night watchmen checked around for a long time before leaving separately. As for whether these night watchmen found out, Tang An didn't know.

He is very sleepy now, he just wants to have a good sleep.

On the second day, recalling the experience of last night, Tang An was also very afraid. Thinking about it now, if Eddie on the nautical compass couldn't deal with the coachman, he would be finished.

Fortunately, the nautical compass is as strong as ever.

Tang An belonged to the type of being prepared for danger in times of peace. Although he survived the crisis smoothly and even gained the upper hand, he understood that this time he had become enemies with that ghost carriage.

Counting with his fingers, in the past period of time alone, Tang An offended Singer of Doom, Charlie the Bald, and the Ghost Carriage. I don't know if the Midnight Ripper counted or not. To explore this world, you must improve your own strength.

The evil spirit can't be counted on, this guy is uncontrollable.

Although Adride in the nautical compass is Tang An's biggest hole card, relying on this one hole card alone is a bit like putting all the eggs in one basket.

In case this hole card fails, then it will be a chicken-and-egg fight.

So we must improve our strength, that is, find other baskets to put eggs in.

Extraordinary Potion is the mainstream enhancement in World No. 16. Tang An felt that he had to find a way to improve the ability of the insight. Check the insight interface and the skill tree of the insight. Only the 'sight' is highlighted, and the rest 'Ability Nodes' are all dark.

How to light it up?

Tang An woke up the hound and asked him about it.

The hound obviously knew more about the extraordinary potion. It could be seen that the hound didn't seem to remember what happened last night very clearly. Tang An thought the other party would ask, but the hound didn't seem to remember anything.

Tang An guessed that it might be caused by the influence of the shadowy ghost.

But it’s okay not to remember.

As for how to increase the extraordinary ability, the hound told Tang An that it needed a 'catalyst'.

Catalyst potions are different from extraordinary potions. Extraordinary potions are the threshold, the premise of all supernatural abilities, like a seed, the foundation.

As for the catalytic agent, it is the 'catalyst' that catalyzes the seed. Simply put, the seed of the extraordinary agent will not increase the fruit by itself. It must be taken to give birth to the supernatural ability derived from it.

The ability acquired at the beginning is a level 1 ability, and by taking a level 2 catalytic potion, there is a certain probability that a level 2 ability will be spawned.

And so on.

"Boss, as far as I know, the current strongest superhuman has already spawned a level 5 supernatural ability, but that is in the Holy City. Here, we have at most a level 3 supernatural ability, and it is extremely rare. Originally, we The proportion of extraordinary people is not high, and those who can give birth to follow-up abilities are even rarer." The hound talked a lot, and they were all useful dry goods.

But most importantly, the hound didn't say anything.

"How do you get the catalyst?" Tang An asked.

The hound looked helpless: "Although that thing is not as rare as the extraordinary potion, it is also extremely difficult to obtain. As far as I know, it is only available in the temple, and it is only distributed to the councils of cities and counties at all levels and the sword of justice. There is a quota, and outsiders can’t get it at all.”

"However, there are exceptions. The black market in various places occasionally circulates, but the number is very small, and it may not be encountered once a year. And as long as it appears, it will be bought immediately at a high price."

Tang An understood this time.

It can be said that the last time he got the extraordinary potion, it was definitely luck, no wonder the hounds and the others were jealous and followed all the way to snatch it.

As for the catalytic potion, it may be more precious than the extraordinary potion.

Now Tang An is a newcomer, Tang An is also very familiar with the authorities here in the plot world on the 16th.

Relatively speaking, the mechanism here is very simple.

Congress is the highest authority, and there are county and local councils in various places, which are in charge of each region. What is interesting is that neither Congress nor its members have military power here. The only one with force is the 'Temple', the sword of justice. Belongs to the temple, and is the law-enforcer everywhere.

And the relationship between the temple and the Congress cooperates with each other and restricts each other.

Extraordinary potions and catalytic potions are exclusive to the temple, and it is for this reason that the temple has the status it has today.

Just like the hound himself, he had acquired the extraordinary ability to smell a few years ago, but in the past few years, he had no chance to come into contact with the catalytic agent, let alone use it to improve his extraordinary ability.

"The Temple's control over catalysts is much higher than that of extraordinary potions. Last year, I heard that there would be a bottle of catalysts for sale in the black market. At that time, I tried my best to make money. As a result, someone offered 300 yuan for the bottle of catalysts. 300 gold coins, that is a huge sum of money that I can't even imagine. From then on, I give up, and even if I have so many gold coins, I bought the catalyst, but can I leave alive? The black market is an unknown." The hound talked about the past with a dejected expression on his face.

Although he is an extraordinary person with a super sense of smell, this ability is only suitable for tracking and searching. If he is in trouble, it will not be of much use.

Tang An was silent while touching his chin.

For him, the catalytic agent must be obtained, only in this way can he improve his extraordinary ability.

At this time, the hound became excited for some reason, and whispered: "If it's the boss, it should be possible to get the catalyst, right?"

Tang An shook his head and joked, 300 gold coins was still a huge amount of money even for Tang An, and the most important thing was not the money, but that the thing was marketable and priceless, and there were a lot of people who wanted to buy it, but there was no stock at all.

Perhaps joining the temple is a good choice.

After all, the catalyst is produced by the temple, and it is a 'commodity' monopolized by the temple. Apart from joining the temple, Tang An really can't think of any other way.

But when it comes to potions, since catalytic potions are also potions, if you are a pharmacist, you should be able to make them, right?
Tang An remembered that in Vivienne's basement, there was a complete set of medicine making equipment and a lot of materials. He asked again, but the hound told Tang An that according to the law here, people who do not have the consent of the temple are not The study of pharmacy is allowed, otherwise, it is a crime.

In other words, not to mention making potions privately, even learning is illegal.

When Tang An heard this, he suddenly realized.

No wonder that mysterious and terrifying pharmacist hides in the black thorns, no wonder Bald Charlie transports pharmaceutical equipment in such a hidden way that no one wants to know, no wonder Bald Charlie set up a pharmacy workbench in a hidden basement, And it was blocked with an iron gate.

Now, these questions have answers.

Only when huge interests and power are involved will they be controlled in this way.

But would Tang An care about the laws of this world?
Thinking of this, Tang An smiled happily.

(End of this chapter)