Throne Steps

Most of the invitations of the nobles like to make appointments one month or even several months in advance.But Lairier seemed to just want to have an afternoon tea—to put it bluntly, a 1V1 one-on-one fight with Li Chen—so she just made an appointment for the afternoon three days later.

At that time, there was no class or part-time job, so Li Chen usually spent time in the library.It has to be said that Her Highness Sarnlich, whose status is comparable to that of a "princess", still took some time for Li Chen's activities.

Li Chen would rather it was just a coincidence.The matter on Saenz's side is not over yet, so what is going on with this Lailier!Is she a colleague or rival of Saenz?From where did I come to the conclusion that "this person named Rigsella needs to talk about it"...

In fact, Li Chen didn't want to get involved in Sarnlich's right and wrong so early, but it has only been less than two months since the start of school, and the situation seems to have reached a situation where he must choose.I hope everything is just his illusion.

"Rigsella, this is the potion that needs to be made today."

Li Chen recovered from the clerk's words.He took the medicine list and glanced up and down: "So much?"

"Isn't it!" The clerk responded to him, thought for a while and leaned closer and whispered, "These medicines have always been available in large quantities and at low prices. Now that you have just started making medicines, those old guys are naturally..."

"I understand." Li Chen nodded.Most of the list are low-to-medium-grade common medicines, with low profits but high demand.Pharmacists get a commission when making medicines, and some experienced pharmacists in pharmacies are naturally not willing to accept this kind of thankless work.Li Chen was considered a newcomer, and he was immediately unlucky as soon as he arrived.

Although he is fully capable of making the most advanced potions that are not even recorded in books, Li Chen will not be so stupid as to stand out.He looked at the list again, and whispered to the clerk, "Today there is fragrance, I'll make a dozen or so more, you can take it yourself!"

Aromatics have the effect of clearing the mind and body, and are gadgets that noble girls like to throw in their bath water.Although it is not expensive, it is not something that ordinary people will often buy.The clerk's girlfriend seemed to like it a lot, so Li Chen secretly made more and stuffed them for him every time.After coming and going, the clerk often told Li Chen some secrets that only veterans know.

Anyway, in order to facilitate drug testing, the actual number of reagents produced is always greater than the number ordered, and no one cares about what to do with the excess.The clerk knew what was written on the list a long time ago, and now that his wish has been fulfilled, he couldn't help nodding, turned around and grabbed a handful of snacks that he brought with him, and gave it to Li Chen: "Please!"

Li Chen nodded and smiled, then turned and entered the pharmacy room.

Low- and middle-grade potions are tasks that only need to be formulated without using magic power. In comparison, even the nutritional potions that Li Chen used to make are much more advanced than this.Although there are a lot of items on the list, Li Chen starts with the ones that require few raw materials, and makes a big bottle each time, and then fills them into small medicine bottles one by one.When one is lucky, one potion is poured and another ingredient is added to the bottle, and another potion is also completed.

Pharmaceutical jobs generally don't take much time.Li Chen sometimes stayed in the pharmacy for a long time, and when he went out, he would bring some high-grade nutrients or blood tonics with him—anyway, there were a lot of raw materials in the pharmacy, and he wouldn't be found if he used them.

But today's pharmacy has just been completed, and the reminder light in the pharmacy room is on, flickering.Generally speaking, in order not to affect the pharmacy, outsiders rarely disturb the pharmacy process; even if something happens, they can basically only use the magic flashing light to remind.Ringing bells or breaking and entering are only allowed when there is a real safety concern.

But Li Chen had already finished his work, so he swayed to open the door: "What's the matter?"

The clerk stood at the door, bent over and asked him in a low voice, "Can you make blood tonic and coagulant?"

"……Eh?"

"We don't have any stock anymore... But that one, look, it's at the counter—" The clerk turned slightly to let Lichen see the direction of the counter, "I must buy it now."

Li Chen immediately understood what the clerk meant.He took a closer look at the other party - tall and strong, with a suit of battle armor and a two-handed sword hanging on his back - he was obviously a warrior, and judging from his demeanor, he should have quite a lot of experience in walking the society.

While he was looking at him, the other party was also looking at him.There was a hint of suspicion in the slightly fierce eyes, obviously thinking about what this half-grown child could do.

Li Chen nodded at him, then turned back and asked the clerk: "Is there any order list?"

The clerk quickly handed him a long strip.

So many... Li Chen scanned it carefully, and found that most of the list was combat medicine, and the dosage was very high.According to these quantities, I am afraid it must be a mercenary group.

After confirming that there were no medicines that he could not make, Li Chen asked the clerk to get a pen and paper.He first marked the number at the end of each item in the drug list, and then wrote a longer list with more words on another piece of paper.

"If he is willing to do this... let him buy these materials, and then pick me up when I get off work - they have to provide a place for pharmaceuticals." Li Chen said in a low voice, "and the list he added The number is the processing fee for each item."

The clerk nodded and returned to the counter to negotiate with the soldier.Because Li Chen didn't give any room for bargaining at all, the clerk just repeated the words according to the script, and then handed the two lists to the other party.

The soldier looked at his list, then at Li Chen's list, frowned and thought for a while, then walked straight towards Li Chen.

The clerk thought that Li Chen had retreated into the pharmacy room, but now seeing the soldier walking directly towards him, Li Chen didn't even know how to hide, so he couldn't help breaking out in a cold sweat.

"Leaving aside your aptitude." The warrior was like a hill, casting a shadow over Li Chen, "Do you think I really don't know anything?"

Li Chen looked up at him.

The soldier's words were harsh and full of threats: "In your material list, there are more things that I don't need."

Li Chen smiled indifferently, hooked his fingers at the soldier, imitating the gentle tone of Saenz in his memory: "Come down."

It's not that his words are really persuasive, it's just that the soldier saw that he was just a child, and he didn't speak loudly when he raised his head, so he bent down.

"Dear friend, you still haven't noticed anything." Li Chen faced him face to face, looking straight into the other's eyes, "The sum of the processing fee and raw materials has already exceeded the original price of the medicine!"

The soldier looked at him strangely. Although he was a little annoyed, he didn't understand why Li Chen wanted to tell him.

Li Chen smiled slightly, took the medicine list in the soldier's hand, and brought a pen, then pulled the soldier's palm and spread it out - spread the paper on it and began to write on it.

Before the soldier had time to be amazed that Li Chen was writing backwards, he stared slightly during the process of adding words.

Hemostat - "Advanced".

Antidote - "Advanced".

Coagulants - "Advanced"…

After a series of "advanced", Li Chen added a few more lines - "advanced nutritional agent", "advanced cryptic agent", "advanced refreshing agent", and even sleeping pills and mosquito repellants.

The soldier lowered his voice, but couldn't restrain his surprise in a low tone: "Do you know what you are writing?"

"Of course I know, it's a high-grade potion that restricts circulation." Li Chen put down the pen calmly, and gently pushed up the soldier's four fingers, and the note was held in the opponent's hand, "However, who would know? ?”

The soldier looked at Li Chen with a complicated expression: "Why are you..."

"Yeah...why?" Li Chen stretched out his hands, as if in a friendly hug, and chuckled in the soldier's ear, "Probably because I'm short of money."

His fingers lightly slid across the hilt of the big sword behind the warrior, and then withdrew his hand: "How do you think about it?"

"I have to go back and discuss it with someone, kid." The soldier whispered, "If I can confirm it, I will come to pick you up when the time comes—I hope you are not lying."

"Deal." Li Chen replied, looking at the soldier's puzzled expression, he smiled, "I mean, a deal."

Of course Li Chen knew how dangerous what he was doing was.

Leaving aside whether this mercenary group can guarantee his own safety, he now only has Pesa's "standard" junior medicine technician qualification certificate. Once he is found selling high-level medicine privately, it is enough for him to drink a pot.Although minors can (probably) be given a lighter punishment for breaking the law, Pesa—or even the army—has absolutely no good fruit to eat.

What's more, Sarnlich's interest in him is very strong, and it is really not a good strategy to stand out blindly at this time.

But the plan can't keep up with the changes.When Li Chen saw the warrior's two-handed sword, he made the decision to "close" almost instantly.

——The iconic pattern on the hilt is exactly the same as that on the necromancer's dagger.

Ever since Li Chen came out of the small black room, he had never seen such a pattern again.He had consulted some books that recorded various forging workshops, and the famous symbols were all different, which led him to think that the pattern on the dagger was random and meaningless, and the investigation was deadlocked.But today, with the appearance of this soldier, Li Chen found the clue he was looking for again.

That extremely sharp—or extremely peculiar—dagger should indeed have some origins.If you follow the clues of the great sword, the time to cut off the metal ring on the foot may be just around the corner.

——In other words, can that great sword directly...

Li Chen suddenly trembled.He lifted up his trousers and looked at his still developing slender legs, then thought about the model of the two-handed sword, and quickly shook off the flashing thought.

I just don't want to wear something that (maybe) affects my ability, reveals my identity, or even (probably) is the symbol of a prisoner, so I don't want to lose my legs...

Li Chen took a piece of paper to write and draw. "Close" is indeed a temporary decision, but a step-by-step plan is required for the follow-up.Although we haven't really contacted the opponent yet, and the specific implementation may have to change at any time in the future, it is always right to formulate a general direction, even if we have different paths, we can work hard to achieve the same goal.

By the time the reminder light in the pharmacy came back on, Li Chen had already written a whole sheet of paper.He passed the entire paper over again, and then burned it slowly over a liquid lamp.Only after the paper turned to ashes and the liquid lamp was extinguished did he open the door.

"He's here." The clerk whispered, "Waiting for you in the alley next to him."

Li Chen nodded, took out the key of the pharmacy and two gold coins and put them in the clerk's hand: "Then I'm off work, please tell the pharmacist."

Two gold coins are definitely not a small amount to pass away casually for common people.The clerk naturally understood what Li Chen meant, and quietly put the keys and gold coins into his pockets: "Don't worry, Regsella!"

Li Chen nodded and went out of the shop.Temptation is not the safest way to keep secrets, but he still doesn't have the ability to completely seal the secrets.What's more, this is something that hasn't been revealed yet, and the lure is enough for that guy to shut up.

But... Li Chen turned into the alley, and decided to move the clerk into the list that needs to be guarded against.

The soldier stood in the alley, followed by a small carriage.Li Chen approached him, and the already dim environment with the shadow of the soldier made it even darker.

The tall man shook a strip of cloth and a small roll of hemp rope in his hand: "Sorry."

Li Chen turned around consciously, put his hands behind his back, and closed his eyes.