blueteamnovel Chapter 33 [Type 1 Potion - The Boiling Heart of the Night]
Chapter 33 [Type 1 Potion - The Boiling Heart of the Night]
At his computer desk, Lin Ye held a scalpel in his hand, looking at the corpse of a golden night bat with outstretched wings in front of him.
Beside the corpse was a transparent beaker filled with dark red blood; a single golden night bat could yield just over 300g of blood.
Use tweezers to pluck the mane from the neck of the golden night bat carcass, selecting only the fully gilded parts that are longer than 7cm.
Before long, nearly two hundred golden hairs were plucked, and after sorting through them, about one hundred and forty remained.
Nodding slightly, I can extract so many golden-furred hairs from a high-quality golden night bat.
Based on this, under normal circumstances, the material extracted from an adult Golden Night Bat should be just enough for one bottle of Boiling Blood of the Night.
After carefully collecting the golden mane, he gently sliced open the corpse of the Golden Night Bat with a scalpel and removed a dark red heart the size of a longan, placing it on a tray beside him.
As a top student in the Department of Pharmacy at Coastal University, it's quite normal for him to have some expertise in anatomy, right?
Before long, the other two golden night bat corpses were processed in the same way, and the materials were taken out and put away.
After doing all this, he breathed a slight sigh of relief.
A single golden night bat costs over a thousand yuan; if you make a mistake, the loss will be too great.
After resting for a few minutes, my gaze fell to the side, where three small bottles, each containing 30g of white tin powder, were already prepared.
Without lingering, he lit the alcohol lamp and placed the golden bristles on it to dry.
After a short while, the dried golden mane curled slightly and its color became somewhat dull.
The powder was removed, mixed with white tin powder, and a beautiful powder with gold and silver mixed together was formed.
He took the glass plate and began to draw the 'Night Demon' runes.
The 'Night Demon' rune is similar to the 'Night' rune; both are variant runes.
Furthermore, it belongs to the special runes marked in the Rhine script.
This is a rune used in summoning rituals, and the summoned target often originates from the underworld.
Or, to put it more simply, they have a more common name—Hell.
The main body of the 'Nightmare' rune consists of two concentric circles.
The three positions outside the outer circle, between the inner and outer circles, and inside the inner circle respectively symbolize heaven, earth, and hell.
The inner circle has a vertical line inside, which connects to the top and bottom of the inner circle, symbolizing the connection between hell and the human world.
Between the inner and outer rings are two symmetrical circles.
The upper circle connects to the vertex of the outer circle and the top of the vertical line of the inner circle, while the lower circle connects to the bottom point of the outer circle and the bottom of the vertical line of the inner circle.
Each of the two symmetrical circles contains an eye-shaped pattern, with a semi-circular arc extending to the left and right, connecting the inner and outer circles.
The rune roughly means that the eye of hell is connected to the human world, observing the world in the darkness beneath heaven.
This can be interpreted as a demon spying on humanity at night through human eyes.
"Clatter!"
A lighter ignites an incense stick, and the red-hot tip lightly touches the 'Night Demon' rune.
Just like when preparing "Black Goat's Night," there was no open flame; instead, it spread like burning charcoal, much like volcanic lava gradually cooling.
The Night Demon Rune burned slowly, much slower than the Night Rune, taking nearly twenty minutes to finally burn out.
Collect the 'Nightmare Rune Ashes' into a glass bottle, and repeat the process to make two more 'Nightmare Rune Ashes'.
On the computer desk, three bottles of Golden Night Bat Blood were quietly placed.
Lin Ye stood up and casually cut off three black bamboo lotus succulents from the windowsill.
When placed in a manual juicer and the juice is squeezed out, it is a dark green, cloudy liquid.
After being poured into the blood of the Golden Night Bat, the three bottles of dark red blood gradually turned purplish-green in a short time.
Lin Ye nodded slightly. This step was just a simple mixing process, and in theory, there shouldn't be any failures.
The real challenge lies in the subsequent steps.
I took out my phone and opened Chaoxin.
"Mom, I'm having extra training at the boxing gym tonight, I won't be coming home."
Less than twenty seconds after I sent the message, my phone vibrated twice.
Mom: Okay.
[Mom]: Take care and get some rest.
[Mom]: Martial arts skills aren't learned in a day.
[Mom]: Don't overwork yourself.
[Mom]: And...
Looking at the string of messages, Lin Ye remained silent for a few minutes before replying.
"Okay, Mom, I'll be careful."
He put away his phone, packed up the potion ingredients on the table, and went straight out the door.
......
Four o'clock in the afternoon, on the outskirts of Coastal City, in the Qingkun Mountain Scenic Area.
Lin Ye stepped off the bus, took a deep breath, and felt the fresh air fill his nostrils.
We'll postpone our trip to the wild mountains for now. Aside from the danger, it's just too much trouble, and if we can't find anything, it'll be a complete waste of time.
Looking ahead, a large mountain stretches across the landscape, with three or five peaks rising and falling in succession, and lush forests covering the entire mountainside.
It looks to be at least one or two thousand meters high, definitely considered a high mountain near the coastal city.
An asphalt road leads up the mountain, and after a bend, you can't see what's behind you.
When we arrived at the ticket office at the foot of the mountain, the price had increased by ten yuan because it was Saturday, making the total price twenty yuan.
After a quick scan confirmed that no fire source was being carried, the staff gave us a map of the scenic area and let us through.
Walking up the asphalt road, there weren't many tourists in the scenic area; most were families with children taking advantage of the summer vacation.
More than half an hour later, the asphalt road became flat, and we had entered the interior of Qingkun Mountain.
He looked at the scenic area map handed out to him.
"Where is Zhushui Cave located... at an altitude of 1,800 meters?"
I couldn't help but look up into the depths of the mountains, where I could vaguely see a small river flowing down from the mountaintop.
He quietly put away the map and continued on his way.
"I wonder if there are any magical medicinal herbs like the Black Snail Grass in Qingkun Mountain?"
"We still need to work harder on the translation, otherwise it would be a sin to miss out on the precious potion ingredients."
......
As darkness fell, the tourists in the scenic area gradually disappeared from sight.
Inside Zhushui Cave, Lin Ye stood slightly to the side in an undeveloped, wild cave passage, avoiding the searchlights of the staff.
After confirming that no one was around, Lin Ye put on his headlamp and turned to walk deeper into the cave.
The narrow passageway wasn't very high, requiring one to bend over to move forward.
That's normal; if it were so easy to pass through, it would have been developed long ago.
The sound of flowing water grew clearer in his ears. After walking for about an hour, the cave gradually expanded, and Lin Ye was able to stand up straight.
"Whoosh whoosh whoosh~~~"
The clear sound of flowing water came from ahead, and Lin Ye was delighted, so he quickly walked over.
"Clatter."
With his shoes sinking into the soft river mud, Lin Ye stopped walking.
Looking around, it was a small cave with humid and warm air.
A stream flows from the right and then flows through an underground river beneath the rocks on the left.
I glanced at the time: 20:28.
Without further hesitation, he laid out a waterproof cloth, took out the potion ingredients, and placed them away.
Uncork the vial containing the blood of the Golden Night Bat, pour in the 'Night Demon Rune Ashes', and gently shake to mix.
In just a few seconds, the purplish-green color in the blood quickly faded and turned purplish-gray.
Seeing this, Lin Ye quickly put in the heart of a golden night bat.
Insert the stopper and place it on the stand, making sure it's stable and won't wobble.
The same procedure was followed for the other two bottles. After finishing, Lin Ye breathed a sigh of relief.
I sat down directly on the ground, my headlamp illuminating the rock face in front of me, where I could vaguely see the murals.
It seems to be a record of tribal members hunting some kind of wild animal.
Time passed by, and Lin Ye sat up and down, glancing at the glass bottle from time to time.
More than three hours later, my phone vibrated slightly; it was 23:55 PM.
Lin Ye turned off his headlamp, and the surroundings suddenly became pitch black. There was no difference between having his eyes open and closed.
This is to prevent light from affecting the potion's effects.
A few minutes later, it was already past midnight.
Hehe~~
Suddenly, Lin Ye's pupils contracted, and he swung a punch fiercely behind him.
The fist grazed the air but didn't hit anything.
"Clatter!"
He turned on his headlamp and looked around; there was no one or any other living thing besides himself.
His face was cold and stern as he cautiously scanned his surroundings, not missing a single detail.
Just now, he vaguely thought he heard something laughing, and even felt a slight breeze brush against his neck.
That's clearly something breathing!
A creature capable of exhaling this kind of airflow must be quite large! At least as big as a human!
Forcing himself to calm down, he looked at the three bottles of potions. The liquid had become clear and transparent, with a deep purple heart the size of a longan suspended in the middle.
All three bottles were successfully mixed.
Without much joy, he quickly got up, packed his things, and left.
P.S.: I might change the book title in the next couple of days. The new title is "Beginning with the Ouroboros Stele, Achieving Extraordinary Qualities." Please read on tomorrow!