“Spring Elixir, Effect: Rapid hair growth, Note: Hair will sprout out like wild grass that can’t be burned away, Warning: This product is prohibited for use on other body parts, or else the consequences are at your own risk.”
“Tree Person Elixir, Effect: After consumption, body hair will be replaced by vegetation.”
“Laughing Elixir, Effect: After consumption, you will laugh uncontrollably whenever you speak.”
“Tear Elixir, Effect: After consumption, you will cry uncontrollably.”
What kind of hellish alchemy recipes are these? Can’t there be something more normal? Jasmine, who had mastered basic alchemy, was eager to try her hand at creating something significant. So she entered the ring, searching for alchemy recipes to practice with, only to find that these beginner recipes were increasingly bizarre. Just reading their effects made her lose interest, leaving her quite confused.
After some hesitation, she decided to accept Mira Belle’s help. Rationally, she knew it was unwise, but her intuition said otherwise.
For some reason, she couldn’t muster any wariness towards that extremely suspicious woman, and even felt a bit of kinship… As expected, beautiful women are good at deceiving people. Even though she repeatedly reminded herself that this witch was suspicious, Jasmine couldn’t bring herself to be too guarded against her.
So, under the woman’s ambiguous smile, she completed the lesson hand-in-hand.
That woman really knew how to tease people. Even though it was just a projection, she managed to make Jasmine, who was a young dragon girl at the time, blush with just her words.
Not only that, she also instilled some strange ideas in Mo Li, such as…
“Your name is Jasmine, right? It’s a very nice name. By the way, do you have someone you like?”
Why does everyone ask if I have someone I like when they meet me? It’s like they’re all my elders, eager for me to get married and have children.
“Oh, you don’t? But I’m sure there are many who secretly like you.”
“You’re so beautiful, I can’t believe you don’t have any suitors. After all, men are creatures driven by their lower halves. I guarantee no male can resist your looks.”
“If the man you fancy confesses to you, don’t hesitate…”
“Are you encouraging me to have a passionate romance?” Jasmine rolled her eyes at her.
What’s with this feeling of being lectured by a family elder?
“No, I’m telling you that if you meet such a man, don’t hesitate. Politely refuse him, then step back and give him a good kick where it counts,” Mira Belle said with a grin.
“…”
In short, Jasmine was in a daze throughout the lesson, as if she were wandering in a fairyland. By the time she woke up from the sea of consciousness, she had already mastered all the basic knowledge of alchemy.
“Seriously… isn’t there a normal alchemy recipe in this tower?” She spent the whole morning searching through jars and pots, and the only feeling she had was hunger. Even the ceramic jars looked like delicious dishes to her.
In fact, there were practical recipes, but the material requirements were too extravagant. At this stage, unless Jasmine sold herself, she could only stare at the recipes, unable to do anything.
“Isn’t there a recipe that requires something related to dragons?” Jasmine muttered, covering herself.
Speaking of which, is there any spare clothing she could borrow here? Jumping down from the attic early in the morning with just a cloak wasn’t cold, but being naked wasn’t exactly proper.
Maybe she really got lucky. She accidentally bumped into a jar, which rolled on the ground like a wheel, and a rolled-up piece of paper fell out.
“Hey, what’s this…” Jasmine picked up the paper roll at her feet, opened it, and was immediately delighted. However, upon closer inspection, her expression turned strange.
This paper roll recipe, stored in a corner jar, was indeed the alchemy recipe she had been searching for, primarily using parts from a dragon. The difficulty wasn’t high, and a light alchemist could make it.
However…
“Rejuvenation Elixir, Effect: Promotes blood circulation, detoxifies, beautifies, and… enhances virility.” Jasmine’s mouth twitched.
Why does everything related to dragons have to involve virility? But promoting blood circulation, detoxifying, and beautifying is quite appealing. Compared to bone-setting, hemostasis, and curse immunity, this kind of all-purpose injury treatment elixir is more popular.
The auxiliary ingredients aren’t expensive, just common nourishing items like yam. The main ingredient, of course, is dragon saliva.
Not bad, not bad at all.
It looks like it can be easily made, and there’s no need to worry about raw material issues. The price can be kept low enough for everyone to afford, and the effect is bound to be outstanding. After all, the raw material includes the saliva of a thousand white feathers. Who wouldn’t like something of good quality and low price? With good quality and low price, there will naturally be many repeat customers.
Yes, it’s decided.
Mo Li tossed the recipe to the ground like useless paper scraps, not even glancing at it.
Whatever, she couldn’t bring herself to do this kind of thing.
Don’t joke around. Everyone knows what people buy this kind of clearly effective elixir for.
No matter what, it’s an elixir made from her own saliva! She couldn’t stand it, whether the elixir was meant to be applied or ingested!
This was essentially selling her own dignity!
Just thinking about some greasy, pot-bellied uncle using this elixir made her shiver.
Jasmine may be poor, but she has her pride! She’d rather starve to death than do something so shameful.
“Grumble, grumble, grumble…” However, pride can’t be eaten, and a child with ambition still gets hungry. It’s a very sad thing.
“There must be another way. Alright, stop growling. When mom… oops, dad has money, I’ll buy you something good to eat.” Fighting the maddening hunger, Jasmine forced herself to keep searching for a suitable recipe.
Soon, night fell, and the day came to an end.
“The nine hundred and eighty-seventh, the nine hundred and eighty-eighth, the nine hundred and eighty…” As she counted, Jasmine felt dizzy, and everything in the spire seemed to spin.
“Strange, why… is the bookshelf moving on its own?”
“Thud!” The young dragon fell backward, her eyes spinning like mosquito coils.
“Hungry, hungry…” After a day without food, the young dragon, who was still growing, finally couldn’t take it anymore and fainted from hunger.
The place where she opened the ring in the morning was a deserted grove. As she lay unconscious, a figure dropped from the trees and walked straight to the white-haired girl.
