Chapter 654: Poison Room - 654
The Imperial Scholar pushed the poison recipe forward and spoke. "This is a very temporary paralyzation poison. It will last around ten seconds on most targets, though some will be able to move after seven or so seconds."
Skymender took a look at the poison recipe and began to memorize it. He would have to look up some of the plants in the library, as it was naturally impossible for him to have memorized every single plant in the world at his age.
"One of these plants is considered classified. You will not be able to find information on it nor purchase it anywhere with the permission of someone with access to classified things. That is where I can help you. In order to assist you in furthering your studies, it is necessary that I give you access to this classified plant. Go to the clothing shop that you got your current clothes from and tell the woman that the Imperial Scholar has given you access to the Yellow Lightning Thorn plant." The Imperial Scholar explained.
Skymender thanked him and put the recipe in his pocket.
"You still have plenty of time left. I can't give you anything else today, but I can still teach you." The Imperial Scholar said.
Skymender thought for a moment before speaking. "Can you speak on the process of curing a disease, in your experience?"
The Imperial Scholar nodded.
"There haven't been any extremely dangerous disease outbreaks in my time, but there have been a few that could have blown up to that level if not handled properly. One of them was a disease that was not fatal to anyone except old people and newborn children. Still, being sick with it was painful and inconveniencing. In order to cure that disease, we had to find those infected with it and study them, especially their symptoms. We could match their symptoms with the symptoms of other diseases. By finding similarities, we can narrow down the methods of curing we try. Sometimes we take blood, sometimes we take skin or bones. It is a very complex process."
The Imperial Scholar spoke in great detail of his experiences in dealing with diseases. Eventually, the hour passed.
"That's it for today. I recommend you get at least four hours of sleep a night."
Skymender thanked him for his teachings and left the office.
He then headed back to the library.
He continued to read. He spent another day like this. Eventually, he figured he should get some sleep. He walked back, stopping by a board and noting the next time he would meet with the Imperial Scholar. It was exactly 48 hours from the last time.
In other words, in tomorrow at noon.
Skymender fell asleep in his room for a total of 5 hours before heading back to the library.
Eventually, he had his next meeting with the Imperial Scholar. He spoke in detail about poison and curing poisons. After this meeting, Skymender finally headed to the clothing shop where he would be able to get the Yellow Lightning Thorn plant.
Stepping inside the store, the receptionist barely glanced at him before focusing on something else. After all, people usually just came inside and took what they wanted. However, Skymender walked up to the desk and got her attention.
"I apologize, sir. Do you need my assistance?" She asked.
Skymender nodded. "The Imperial Scholar sent me to tell you that I have access to the Yellow Lightning Thorn plant."
The girl nodded and stepped away, going into a door behind the desk.
A few minutes later, she came out with a wooden box. "According to the rules, do not open this anywhere besides a certified poison room."
Skymender nodded. "And where are the poison rooms?"
"There is one under the restaurant of Master Chef Garb, as well as another under the shoe store."
Skymender thanked her and left. He headed to Chef Master Garbs restaurant. Seeing it made him remember that Miria existed. He had completely forgotten about her after the Imperial Scholar declared what the last month would look like.
To say that he cared about her existence would be a lie, but he had not gotten all of the information he could have out of her. What he had learned could be summed up pretty simply.
The true winner is not based on total points alone. Luke is a hidden danger not to be underestimated. There is an Imperial Scholar Camp every ten years. There will not necessarily be a winner, as the true winner would be someone accepted as the next Imperial Scholar. Only a few would be invited once again next year. You only get two chances to participate in the Imperial Scholar Camp. Everything is different after a new year. Finally, the Imperial Scholar had said last year that the conditions for becoming the true winner were ridiculous, almost impossible.
This was all the information he had been given. It was useful, especially so for anticipating the next time he came.
Skymender did not expect to become the true winner. If the conditions were truly ridiculous, as described so by even the Imperial Scholar, then the fact that he was not even currently in first place meant that he had a low chance of succeeding.
Besides, Miria had also said that the only chance one truly had of being a true winner was in the second year.
As he entered Master Chef Garb's restaurant, he also thought of the only current way to gain intelligence points. Every week, the Imperial Scholar would test what you had learned and give you points based off of that.
It was completely up to his discretion. This had been information given during his first one on one teaching.
Skymender snapped out of his thoughts as he saw Master Chef Garb sitting in the middle of a ring of fire.
There were no customers as of now. Skymender walked up to him, and Master Chef Garb opened his eyes.
"Hello. I need to use the poison room. How does that work?" Skymender asked.
Chapter 655: Different Types of Poison - 655
"Huh?" Master Chef Garb said. "Oh right. I forgot about that. You can just enter. The door is next to the bathroom door."
Skymender thanked him and walked over. Opening the door, he saw a set of wooden stairs that led down. He began to walk down them, and eventually, they turned, still heading down but in the opposite direction.
After a while, he came across another wooden door. He pushed it open and stepped inside. Above was a lamp, and all around was concrete. There was a vent on the side. Against one of the concrete walls was a table with equipment on it. Skymender looked around for a few moments, recognizing the tools as classic equipment.
He put down the wooden box with the Yellow Lightning Thorn inside and walked back up the stairs. Taking a few trips, he brought down a bunch of different materials and herbs. All of them, excluding the Yellow Lightning Thorn, were taken from a herb store. It did not get many customers, only those that occasionally cooked for themselves.
Surprisingly, they had a great selection of poisonous materials.
Skymender imagined that he was the first person to concoct poison in the Imperial Scholar Camp, but he naturally didn't know.
With all of the materials in the basement, Skymender could begin. Although he had memorized the recipe, he took it out and looked over it once again. Now with full confidence, he began. He took a few of the non reactive materials and began to mix them together, as instructed.
He made a few different mixtures, storing them in glass vials. This was the first step.
The next began by mixing a few of the reactive materials together. Although Skymender did not have a cauldron, he did have a pot and constant heat.
As Skymender began to mix the reactive materials together, he saw a mist come up. As it entered his nose, he felt a slight numbing sensation.
When all of the reactive materials were in the pot and mixed up, the third step began. Skymender began to pour the prepared vials of non reactive substances into the reactive substance. They mixed together, changing the color from dark brown to a slight yellowish green.
Now, it was time for the final step. He opened the wooden box and grabbed the Yellow Lightning Thorn.
As its name suggested, it was a yellow plant with thorns. One of the thorns poked him, and he felt that part of his hand turn numb.
Skymender quickly threw it in the pot whole and began to mix it. The substance's color changed, now turning almost clear. No more mist was released, and Skymender was barely sure that he had done it correctly. However, there was only one way to know.
He put the substance in vials, a total of ten.
He then took one of the vials and uncapped it. Taking a small sip, he felt as if electric had coursed through his body.
His body paused and fell. Luckily, he had already known the effects and had instantly capped the vial after taking a sip. He and the vial fell. He stared up at the ceiling for around ten seconds before feeling instantly returned to his body.
He was amazed. It would have been one thing if it had been a slow process, but it was instant, both coming and going unnoticeably.
Naturally, Skymender's first thought was to become immune to it. He uncapped the same vial and took another sip, capping it instantly.
He fell to the ground and counted. He repeated this process ten times, draining half of the vial. The first time, it had been almost exactly ten seconds. However, the tenth time, he had counted a little bit more than nine and a half seconds. It was hard to be 100% accurate.
Continuing on, he finished up one of the vials, knocking the time it took him to recover down to almost exactly nine and a half seconds. It didn't seem like much, because it wasn't, but it was progress.
Skymender took the nine remaining vials with him and left. He stored them in his room before heading to the library. A day or so later, he once again met up with the Imperial Scholar.
"How did it go?" He asked.
"It went well." Skymender responded.
"Good. You only had one chance. The Yellow Lightning Thorn is both valuable and restricted. Not many know of it, as even a Sword Master would be somewhat affected by it. Don't be stupid with it." The Imperial Scholar said.
Skymender nodded, agreeing. He did not have any plans to poison anyone any time soon.
"Alright. Let's begin."
The Imperial Scholar did not even ask what Skymender wanted to learn about, as he already knew the answer. He began to talk about poison. Eventually, near the end, he began to write out another poison recipe.
"Now I won't give you any recipes for killing or extreme harming, but I can show you how broad the study of poisons can actually be. For example, this poison can be used on a plant, rapidly killing it down to its roots. Even this counts as a poison."
Skymender had heard of something like that before. Supposedly, farmers used some sort of poison to kill weeds or other plants that were harming their fields. There were also poisons that could be used against tiny bugs that harmed their crops.
This was actually a common practice, but Skymender had never associated these things with poison before.
"Though difficult, poisons can be made to only specifically target one type of thing, whether that be plants, animals, humans, or even just a single species such as a cow or pig. Throughout the years, competing businesses have researched such poisons to use against their competitors. While there are very few tales of success, and those that do succeed usually face punishment for their dangerous actions, there are no doubt some who have greatly benefited from these practices."
He handed Skymender a piece of paper. "Here."
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