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Chapter 163 - 154 Sleeping Potion_1

Chapter 163: Chapter 154 Sleeping Potion_1

[Fisherman: An ordinary poor man living at the bottom of Sunset City, maintaining a meager income by fishing and selling fishes. He always struggles on the line of hunger. When you inherit this skin, your first consideration is not about the quantity of fish you can catch, but how not to starve. Gifted with ’Aquatic Proficiency’: Your movement speed underwater is 30% faster than the average man.]

Another skin without a lifespan mission.

Among the inhabitants of the Star Spirit World, those who do not have a natural lifespan mission seem to be destined to poverty, like the Grave Digger skin before which was also poor.

Luckily, this skin has a gift, not completely blank, and this gift seems not bad for now. An increase of 30% in the underwater movement speed, combined with the Merfolk Mask. At night relying on the high agility of the Vampire skin for travelling, the Fisherman skin can be switched on during the day for added speed underwater.

After reading the description of the skin, Mu You looked towards the two remaining gifts.

[Fish Net (Damaged): A net that can be used to catch magic fish species. Throw it into the water and wait for the fish to swim into the net. Once a day at most, you can retrieve the net. The results depend on luck. The higher the level of the fish, the lower the probability of being caught. Bait can slightly increase the probability of successful fishing. (Currently unusable due to damage.)]

[Mermaid Scale: A plain mermaid scale, but its presence indicates that a mermaid once showed up nearby.]

A net that can capture Magic Fish Species, but it’s already broken. Combined with the obtained Mermaid Scale and the text description of the Fisherman, Mu You naturally thought of a possibility: A Fisherman who depends on nature for food, living from hand to mouth each day. The life expectancy of such people is mostly less than one year.

He managed to hit the jackpot by catching a precious mermaid, but he was dragged into the water by the mermaid’s brute strength. In the end, the mermaid tore the net and escaped. The fisherman’s efforts were in vain, and he even lost his life. Without the opportunity for resurrection, he was buried at the sea bottom...

Thinking about it, Mu You clicked on the text for ’Mermaid Scale’.

A beautiful colored fish scale appeared in his hand.

Mermaid scales are an important material for magic potions, they can be used to produce Luck Potion, Potion of Appearance, and Confusion Potion. In Vivian’s notes about magic potions, there are detailed records.

Therefore, Mu You is very clear that there are many types of mermaids in the Star Spirit World. Unlike the Earth culture, where all the mermaids are beautiful, in the Star Spirit World, most mermaids have nothing to do with beauty, and they are often brutal. There are so many mermaid species in cold water areas that eat humans.

Mu You picked up the mermaid scale, touched the surface of the fish scale for its texture, and examined it against the light.

According to the classification method in Vivian’s notes, he quickly recognized that this should be a Nicaro Mermaid. This is a type of mermaid that does not like to live in groups. It lives in warm sea areas near various places. It is considered to have a high appearance among mermaids and its nature is relatively gentle. They usually don’t attack humans.

This can also be seen from the fact that the mermaid did not eat the body of the fisherman in the end.

Furthermore, based on the size of the fish scale, it appears to be a juvenile mermaid. This is normal. An adult mermaid would not make such a basic mistake of entering a human fishing net.

Of course, even if it is a juvenile mermaid, Mu You has no intentions towards it. All mermaids in the water are dominant, extremely powerful, their swimming speed is as rapid as a rocket, their songs have the power to enchant, it is almost impossible to catch a mermaid in the water.

Getting a mermaid scale this round is already a big profit. This one scale is basically equivalent to a bottle of high-grade potion in the future. Mu You does not have any extravagant hopes for more.

Putting away the fish scale, Mu You returned to the game.

[Detected that the fishing net is damaged, do you want to repair it with the magic beast material at hand?]

"Yes."

[You have repaired the fishing net with some spider silk and snake tendons, and got a ’Barely Usable Inferior Fishing Net’.]

[Poor Fishing Net: A damaged fishing net that has been poorly repaired. After throwing it into the water, it can catch fishes randomly. However, when retrieving the net, fishes have a high chance to escape from the irregular holes in the net, and the net will be damaged again under high pressure.]

This fishing net has been repaired in vain, it’s so difficult to catch fish but they have a high chance to escape.

However, at least it can be used in the water now. With the mentality that having is better than not having, Mu You threw it into the sea.

[You have thrown the fishing net into the shallow sea rocky area and marked it with a buoy. There is only one chance to retrieve the net per day, be sure not to miss it.]

The fishing net is in the water, there is temporarily nothing to do in the game, and he can’t leave Sunset City, so Mu You controls the game character to brush some monsters nearby, use up his energy, and log off.

But there are still many things to do in reality. After logging off, Mu You immediately entered the bag space and began making potions for the day.

The magic potion for today is much more normal than yesterday’s. Mu You chose a common and practical first-order magic potion: Dreamless Sleep Potion.

As its name suggests, the Sleep Potion can make the organism immediately fall asleep after taking it. The higher the quality of the potion, the deeper the sleep.

The main reason to choose this potion is to match the fishing net that just gained.

The problem with the fishing net is that it leaks fish. If this potion is added to the bait, and then the bait is put into the fishing net, the Magic Fish attracted to the net will fall asleep after eating the bait. In this way, there is no need to worry about the fish escaping when the net is retrieved.

Of course, this potion can’t be stored directly into the game once it is made in reality. But Mu You will go to the other world through the door soon, he can use it directly then. The rest can be hidden somewhere, waiting for the game character to fetch it.

The main ingredients for the Sleep Potion are three: 10 drops of Mandrake juice, one stalk of Wormwood, and 5 grams of Dreamless Flower pollen.

The latter two are low-level common medicinal materials, which he has plenty of. The most troublesome Mandrake juice, for Mu You, can also be taken at any time, so there is no problem with the materials.

Mu You went to the Mandrake, which was buried in the ground and sleeping. He held the grass leaves on top of its head with one hand, while the other hand was quietly holding a syringe hidden behind his back.

The next second, the screaming of the Mandrake resounded throughout the whole space...

A dozen seconds later, Mu You looked pleased at the green liquid filled in the tube in his hand. Ten drops were needed for a sleeping potion. This tube was enough to make about 20 bottles.

He looked down at the Mandrake lying lifelessly in a spread-eagle position, its eyes vacant and body drained. Drawing his magic wand, Mu You cast a ’Rapid Growth’ spell on it.

The originally weak Mandrake suddenly felt its shriveled body filling up once again. It sprang up and back away from Mu You, restoring its full guard against him after examining its rejuvenated body.

It seemed that ’Rapid Growth’ was useful for feeble magical beasts plants!

Mu You nodded, this would make it easier in the future. After drawing its lifeblood, he can immediately give it back, so as not to cause the Mandrake to wilt from excessive extraction.

Of course, the pain of the extraction was inevitable, so he should not expect the Mandrake to co-operate with him in the future.

...

At dawn.

Mu You stood before the fireplace, attentively watching the crucible. He was adjusting the flame and inputting energy through a glass rod, stirring the potion occasionally.

The liquid in the crucible was gurgling and bubbling. With Mu You’s adjustments, it gradually changed from a green potion with a strong bitter flavor to a tasteless and odorless potion.

A small energy vortex formed at the top of the potion. Once the brilliance of the magic potion appeared, Mu You exhaled, turned off the furnace and stopped moving.

This batch of sleeping potions was way easier to make than yesterday’s. Without the pressure of it exploding, it only took Mu You over a thousand tries to successfully complete a hundred consecutive challenges.

Only then did Mu You start the official refinement process. After using all the time in the Fool’s Boundary, he didn’t stop, but continued to use real time to refine the potions. He only finished when all the materials were used up.

He poured the potion into a prepared test tube and placed it on the test tube rack on the side. This was the 19th potion of the day.

Of the 19 potions, four were of ordinary grade, four were of excellent grade, and the rest were all of rare grade. The potency was so strong that drinking it would induce a day-long slumber undisturbed by any noise.

By the time he exited the space, Little Ya was already in the shop, studying her thick notebook diligently by the window in the early morning. It almost made Mu You feel as if he had travelled back to his high school days.

A few days ago, Mu You had given Little Ya his Star Spirit notebook, so she’ve been diligently studying Star Spirit Language ever since. With the rise of the language and numerous Star Spirit Language training institutions mushrooming throughout the country, there was talk of the language being integrated into the teaching system.

It was clear that in the future, this language would become popular, and learning it early would prove to be beneficial.

Little Ya was ambitious. With some occasional practice with Mu You, she was already a beginner and could hold simple conversations in Star Spirit Language after just a few days.

However, mastering the language was not an easy task. Mu You had spent half a year in a time boundary to thoroughly learn the Star Spirit Language. Little Ya still had a long way to go.

Mu You didn’t disturb his sister and found a quiet place to focus on making cards.

Nearing noon, Zhang Yang delivered ’A Thousand Faces’, which Mu You had pre-ordered.

This object was a hard mask in the shape of a fox’s face. However, once worn, the fox’s face would vanish, and other people would automatically perceive different faces.

"Ding...."

As Mu You was curiously testing the mask, the shop’s door chime rang again.

Both of them looked up and saw a tall girl standing at the door with a smile.

"Sister Xue, you’re finally back!"

Little Ya hurried forward and hugged Lin Xue, pulling her into the shop.

But Mu You noticed the suitcase Lin Xue was carrying and asked with bewilderment, "What’s with the luggage?"

"I plan to rent a place nearby and move here," Lin Xue replied.

"Oh? Why not come to my neighborhood then? There are plenty of houses for rent there!" Little Ya immediately suggested.

"Alright."

Lin Xue nodded. She wasn’t picky about the location, having someone familiar living nearby was more important.

"By the way, don’t you...need to attend the funeral?" Mu You asked tentatively, moving closer to her.

He had received a message from Lin Xue last night. Her grandma had passed away yesterday afternoon. Only a day had passed and considering the old lady had not been buried yet, Mu You felt something was slightly off with Lin Xue showing up at the shop and appearing to be settling in for a long stay.

"No need."

Lin Xue shook her head, stunning both of them with her first words, "I’ve brought my grandmother’s body here."