This Text Adventure Game is definitely poisonous
Chapter 564 - 317: A Profession Born for Gossip_2

Chapter 564: Chapter 317: A Profession Born for Gossip_2

[Lot lights the candle and observes the dance of the flame ...]

[After a moment, Lot sighs and extinguishes the candle. He had reached a conclusion and handed you an envelope he fetched from his sleeve.]

[You have received the ’Promotion Recommendation Letter from the Divination Club’.]

The president of this divination club was interesting, seemingly having detected his cheating, and finally using divination to determine whether to write him a letter.

But it was all in vain. With the pocket watch at hand, no matter the question, he could always answer. He was bound to obtain this recommendation letter unless the other party reneged on the promise made earlier.

[Lot tells you that this divination room will be your personal divination room from now on. The members of the Divination Club will be busy every day as students from all grades will approach you for various divinations. You better visit often too. Initially, remember not to charge any fee and prioritize practicing. Once you have garnered enough popularity and your reputation is widespread, you can set standard charges and officially start offering paid divination services.]

Mu You was pleased. Before his departure, the club president generously provided him with a stable divination spot. Every day, while improving his proficiency, he could also earn some remuneration - a very good club membership benefit.

Now that he had secured the recommendations from the Flight Club and the Divination Club, which were initially uncertain, only the Potion Club, his strongest suit, remained. How could he possibly mess this up?

[Magic Potion is one of the areas you excel in. As someone who has personally refined a fifth-order magic potion, theoretically, your potion refining level should overshadow all the students in the academy. Only the Potion Club would not reject you!]

[After leaving the Divination Club, confidence was flowing in your heart. You walked with your head held high and stepped through the grand doors of the neighboring Potion Club.]

[You were stopped by a Potion Club member guarding the door!]

["Upon examination, your qualification in Magic Potions Study does not meet our club’s membership standard. Thank you for your participation. Please consider other clubs." With a smile on her face, the young witch checking talents, examining the detection result before her, rejected your club membership application.]

"..."

Mu You felt slightly awkward; he had forgotten that club entry required a talent test first. In terms of Magic Potion qualification, he really wasn’t cut out.

He had no choice but to reveal his identity as a Magic Potion Master at this point.

[You did not leave, but informed the witch that you were already a second-order Magic Potion Master and that her equipment must have made an error.]

[The suspicious witch stared at you, asking for your Wizard Association-certified Magic Potion Master level badge.]

The Wizard Association provides Magic Potion Master level certification services, namely a license for magic potion masters. This badge is equivalent to a certificate and holds high credibility, accepted throughout the Star Spirit World.

However, Mu You definitely did not possess such a thing.

[You told the witch that you haven’t taken the Wizard Association’s assessment, but you can stably refine all the root magic potions of the second order and below, meeting the standards of a second-order Magic Potion Master.]

[The witch did not believe you. Unable to confirm your claims, she could only be cautious as she was just a Magic Alchemy Apprentice. Offending a second-order Magic Potion Master was out of her league. She asked you to wait while she consulted the club president.]

[Harvey Andrew, the president of the Potion Club, appeared before you.]

[Harvey, having understood the situation, stated that in your case, it would only be possible to prove your strength by refining medicine on-site.]

[You must refine ten different first and second-order magic potions within two hours, and the success rate cannot be less than 70%.]

As expected, it’s necessary to present a demonstration first.

The opposition’s success rate of 70% was established precisely according to the standards of the Wizard Association’s assessment. However, by comparison, this standard was significantly lacking as compared to Vivian’s standards. His daily practice was based on a success rate of 99%.

[You arrived in the Potion Club’s Alchemy Room and soon began refining potions, watched by a crowd...]

[.....you have successfully produced seven second-order magic potions in an incredible speed with a 100% success rate!]

[Thanks to your solid foundation built by daily practice, your skill that you displayed at this moment left all in awe, eliminating all doubts about your identity. A second-order Magic Potion Master with such proficient skills was quite rare in the entire club, and your skills were more than sufficient enough to take on the executive position in the club!]

[Club President Harvey shakes your hands, welcoming the addition of the new member.]

The demonstration was problem-free, and Mu You joined the Potion Club smoothly. He did not waste any time and directly informed the club president of his needs.

The result was analogous to the Divination Club, he had to complete a set examination here to retrieve a recommendation letter.

Moreover, considering the Magic Potions Club is the largest club in the entire school, its examination is arguably the toughest among all other clubs.

[Harvey tells you that the examination content is ’Potion analysis’: He and the five vice presidents will each provide you with a low-level magic potion that failed to be refined properly. You need to analyze the residual potion to find the ingredients, retroactively determine the potion’s name as well as the cause of the refinement failure.]

A magic potion that failed during the refining process would consequently have most of its medicinal properties destroyed. In these cases, deducing the ingredients by analyzing the remnants of the potion is undeniably difficult. Even more difficult than this is deducing the cause of the failure, which requires the magic potion master to understand the formula and refining process of all low-level magic potions perfectly. To achieve this, the magic potion master must be as familiar with that process as they are with eating and drinking. But a person with that level of proficiency would have already transcended the level of a low-level magic potion master long ago.

If the examinations of Divination and Flying are relatively considerate, then the one of the Magic Potions Club is indeed a truly difficult examination, seemingly designed with the purpose of not allowing anyone to pass right from the start.

[Seeing you in a daze, Harvey leans in and tells you a secret: This examination was set up by the founding president of the Magic Potions Club, ’Anson Vivian’. Even if the rules are twisted, we, the descendants, cannot change it. To date, no one has ever completed this examination. This is a well-known fact in the academy. If you’re here for a recommendation letter, he recommends that you join another club as soon as possible.]

As expected, even the club president himself admitted that these rules are twisted... But Vivian?

Mu You looked over the text mentioning this name several times, ultimately confirming that this was indeed Vivian’s name.

"What?"

Vivian, who had been dozing off on a distant tree branch, felt Mu You’s gaze on her.

"Did you... also study at the Red Rose Academy before?" Mu You asked with an odd expression.

"Red Rose, huh..."

Vivian was taken aback for a moment before shaking her head and saying, "That was a long time ago, I wasn’t studying, but I did serve as a magic potions tutor for about a year in the academy... Why?"

Vivian noticed his unusual facial expression.

Mu You sighed and described to her the events that occurred in the game.

"Oh? That rule is still in place?" Vivian seemed a bit surprised upon hearing this.

"You bet it’s still there! And now it’s troubling your pupil!" Mu You thought with a wry smile.

Vivian glanced at him and suddenly said, "This rule was originally created to strengthen the foundational learning of the Magic Potion students back then, so it’s perfect for you to give it a try. Let me see how far your foundation has got..."

"I’ll... give it a try..."

With no other options, given the circumstances, he had to reluctantly take on the challenge.

Moreover, if he really couldn’t dissect it, he could still ask for Vivian’s advice. Anyway, the priority was to get a pass in the game.

[You tell Harvey that you are prepared to start the examination.]

[Harvey does not refuse and leads you to an empty alchemy room. There are all kinds of tools you might need.]

[You have obtained six unknown residual potions.]

[Please find out all the potion ingredients and the causes of failure within one hour]

Such a task could never be completed by a game character, so after the other characters in the game had left, Mu You directly extracted the six potions into reality and organized them carefully on the worktop.

Meanwhile, Vivian flapped her wings and flew over, quietly watching his actions.

Mu You prepared the various tools, such as the beaker, test tube, etc. He used the forceps to pick up a pinch of the leftover residue, spread it out on the white paper, and began to analyze.

"Dragon Heart Grass, Salamander Poison Gland, Silver Powder, Regeneration Grass... This should be a Strong Antidote. The reason for the failure in refinement... There is an excessive proportion of poison gland, which disrupts the balance of the medicinal properties..."

The first potion was relatively simple, Mu You had analyzed it smoothly. Seeing Vivian nod her head, he knew he had done it right.

Mu You relieved a sigh. If they were all of this level difficulty, it seemed it wouldn’t be too difficult.