บท 31: The More Precious Alchemist!
บรรณาธิการ: Atlas Studios
This was the power of potions.
The other potions also had their own functions.
By now, potions had completely integrated into human society.
There was even a new profession — alchemists.
One could tell what an alchemist did by their name alone.
They were people who could refine potions.
Alchemists were very rare.
This was because one needed precise control over their spirit in order to become an alchemist.
Only those born with extraordinary spiritual perception could become an alchemist.
However, very few people were born with extraordinary spiritual perception, and even fewer had the opportunity to become an alchemist.
As a result, alchemists were extremely rare.
However, the rarity of the occupation also represented its value.
Thus, no matter where an alchemist went, they would definitely become an honored guest.
This was absolute.
As a result, everyone had a need for alchemists.
The only reason was because potions were extremely rare and powerful.
Thus, if one was on friendly terms with an alchemist, it meant that one would definitely obtain potions.
All these reasons contributed to the extraordinary status of alchemists.
If an alchemist appeared in Saint Laurent City…
Then James was sure that the former richest man in Saint Laurent City would do anything to befriend them.
In fact, even Mr. Rolce from the Adventurer's Guild yesterday had a lower status compared to that of alchemists.
Even if it was just a low-leveled alchemist.
That was right, alchemists were also split into levels.
The level of an alchemist was related to what level of potions they could refine.
What level of potions one could refine determined what alchemist level one was at.
Meanwhile, the levels of potions were the same as the levels of strength.
They were divided into Platinum, Gold, and so on.
The Chaos Potion was a Platinum-rank potion.
As for the other potions that Elise had just read out, they were generally at the Platinum-rank as well.
This meant that the potion formulae recorded in this book ranged from the lowest Black Iron-rank potions to Platinum-rank potions.
Hearing this, James was already very excited.
Even though he and Elise did not have the qualifications to become alchemists, this book was priceless if it was sold.
After all, alchemists were extremely rare.
Therefore, most potion formulae were in the hands of famous alchemists.
If one wanted to become an alchemist, besides possessing outstanding spiritual perception, they also had to find an alchemist as a teacher.
Otherwise, they would not be able to refine potions if they only had the ability, but not the formulae to do so.
Furthermore, every potion formula, regardless of whether it was common or original, would not be made public by any alchemist.
After all, once they published the formulae, this would mean they could not monopolize them forever.
Furthermore, as time passed, there would be more and more alchemists.
As a result, the earliest batch of alchemists would lose their esteemed status and would no longer be popular everywhere.
Therefore, in order to maintain their status, every alchemist would collect all the potion formulae they knew.
Thus, no potion formulae were circulating in the market now.
In other words, he now had a complete book of potion formulae.
It could possibly be the only book in the entire Empire.
If it was put up for auction and no accidents occurred, it would definitely fetch a sky-high price.
That price was not something that the 75 Gold Coins from the eyeball could compare with.
However, James would definitely never do something so stupid.
Putting aside the fact that they might have the qualifications to become an alchemist, even if they didn't have the qualifications to do so, he wouldn't sell this out.
Firstly, the monopoly of potion formulae was an unspoken rule that almost all alchemists followed.
If he were to sell this book, he would be breaking this unspoken rule.
He would also offend all the alchemists in the world.
If a person went against the rules, they would either be crushed by the current or become the new current.
However, James believed that he did not have the ability to reform the current situation in the potion industry.
Thus, only by following the trend of the times could they better survive.
Secondly, this book was a sacrifice.
It was a sacrifice for the Evil God!
If only one book of potion formulae was sold on the market, it would definitely attract the attention of all the powers in the world.
Furthermore, the powers or people who sacrificed this book of potion formulae would definitely know about this.
A sacrificial offering that was consecrated to the Evil God had returned to the human world.
What did this mean?
They would either discover that there was something wrong with the array, or the Evil God had come to the human world.
If news of the Evil God's arrival in this world leaked out…
No one knew what kind of waves that would cause.
In any case, James, who was mistaken as the Evil God, would definitely suffer greatly.
After all, he would definitely be afraid that others would find out that he had been mistaken as the Evil God.
If one was constantly anxious and suspicious, one would definitely break down very quickly.
By then, he would be close to death.
Therefore, it was better to keep the book of potion formulae with him forever.
The best case scenario was that either he or Elise could become an alchemist.
In that case, everything would be perfect.
However, he did not have high expectations for such things. After all, there were too few people who could become an alchemist.
There were about 10 billion people in the Empire, but there were only at most a few thousand alchemists at any one time.
Even though there were definitely no alchemists who had revealed themselves…
There would only be at most 10,000 alchemists in the Empire.
There were only 10,000 alchemists among 10 billion people.
What kind of probability was this?
It was almost impossible.
Therefore, this book was simply useless in his hands.
"That's great, Mr. James. With these potion formulae, I'll be able to refine potions to help you!
At that moment, Elise let out a surprised cry.
"Oh!"
James calmly nodded. Then, he was suddenly dumbfounded.
He looked at Elise with disbelief and asked, "What— what did you just say?!"
He wondered if he had heard her wrongly.
Did he hear Elise say that she could refine potions?
"I just said that with these potion formulas, I'll be able to refine potions to help you."
"Is there a problem?"
Elise tilted her head and looked at James with a strange expression.
She did not understand why he was so agitated!
"You—you mean you're an alchemist?" James asked incredulously.
"An alchemist? What's that?"
At this moment, James recalled that Elise had lived in that backward little village ever since she was a child. Thus, she did not know what an alchemist was.
He hurriedly said, "A person who can refine potions!"
"Elise, you just said that you can refine potions, right? Are you sure?!"
Seeing how excited James was, Elise nodded and said with certainty, "Yes, Mr. James, I'm sure I can refine potions!"
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