I'm not a magician

For a pharmacist, the most difficult thing in refining medicine is not to memorize the formula and record the process, nor is it to obtain precious materials and familiarize themselves with their characteristics.

The most difficult thing is to combine materials with different properties to ensure that they can stimulate the characteristics to the greatest extent. These characteristics are connected and arranged in a certain sequence, which is the effect that a bottle of medicine can exert.

In other words, a top pharmacist does not need to memorize many recipes, he only needs to sense carefully, and he can find information unique to them from materials of different types, sizes, and shapes.

Ji Chi has never studied pharmacy systematically, and few pharmacists can reach such a state. He is like an ignorant child with great strength, but he is still looking for a small wooden branch that is convenient for him.

Tang placed the materials he had found on the wooden table in the hotel, and said without looking back, "Now we are missing the Fairy Spring. I remember that Master has this in his hand, right?"

Bud came back to his senses, found a palm-sized fir bottle from the toolbox, and handed it to Tang with the sound of water shaking, "You found it all so quickly?"

"A lot of businessmen have come to the sea area recently, and they all have some precious goods." Tang casually explained, and he counted the materials on the table again, "That's all, by the way, refining medicine requires special work Is there room? Do we still need to go out and find a place for you to light a fire?"

Tang asked Ji Chi.

Bud still had the look of "you guys are just kidding": "Ignorance, what do you think of refining medicine? I think it's still..."

"No need." Ji Chi interrupted him, he took the potion from Anna's hand, and walked towards the pile of materials, "It's fine here, I seem to know what to do."

As he spoke, he spilled the bottle of potion on the table mercilessly, and smeared the spilled liquid into a thin layer under Anna's heartbroken eyes.

The connection between the elements became clearer, and it was presented in front of his eyes like a clear explanatory atlas.

The first is the Elven Spring, which is like a solid chain, connecting all the elemental reactions in series, so the materials should be refined by immersing in the spring water.

Then there is the Phantom Grass, which plays the most important role in the potion, and the proper dosage directly determines whether the potion will be successful.

Then there are moonlight fruits, shaped wooden branches... All kinds of materials are put into the open glass vessel in a certain order, and blue and blue flames burn not far below the vessel.

Ji Chi seems to be immersed in a mysterious state. In his eyes, the steps of the potion have been completely disassembled. He only needs to follow the reference book... No, maybe he can improve it a little bit, so that the elements can be completely separated. more tightly combined.

Bud's complaints gradually faded away. Together with Tang and Anna, he admired Ji Chi's smelting potion with some fascination.

In ancient times, a holy pharmacist said that a perfect and smooth production is like an intoxicating opera, and the pinnacle of any profession is an art.

They were finally lucky enough to appreciate this scene. Ji Chi seemed to be playing a silent music. The transparent glass rod was his conductor, and the special stirring rhythm was his score. Everything was elegant and natural.

The last is Mermaid's Tears.

Ji Chi looked at the bright white pearl for a while. It didn't need much treatment. As a symbol of a mermaid, its ultimate mission was to dissolve it into the potion.

The pearls fall into the viscous liquid and dissolve quickly at high temperature. After a few seconds, the color of the liquid in the glass vessel changes suddenly, from transparent to blue, which is as fascinating as the ocean. The soft light is like waves, Spread all over the room.

【Mermaid Potion】

Quality: [Epic]

Effect: [Turn into a real mermaid, get a temporary skill (singing of the siren), valid for three months]

It turned out to be an epic potion?A look of surprise flashed in Ji Chi's eyes.

It stands to reason that these materials are not considered precious. Even if a holy pharmacist comes to refine them, there is only a very small probability that they will be refined into [excellent] quality. It is simply impossible to cross the two rarities.

However, there are also levels in the epic, and this should be the lowest level.Ji Chi carefully packed it into a bottle. This was the first item he developed without using skills. No matter what the quality was, the success was enough to surprise him.

Ji Chi raised the corner of his mouth and looked up at the others.

Bud was speechless a long time ago, looking at him in horror, his lips opened and closed several times without making a sound.

As the pinnacles of the two professions, they can naturally see that this potion is by no means as simple as [excellent] [excellent].

Tang had suppressed all his smiles, and with a solemn face, he asked softly, "So you are the Eastern Holy Pharmacist of the Saint Tri Empire?"

The tone of voice was raised to express doubts, but his complicated and trembling eyes had already confirmed the result.

Ji Chi put the [Mermaid Potion] back into his magic bag, and said modestly but seriously: "It's just a fluke, I still have a lot to learn."

Bud, Don, Anna: "..."

Listen to what this is all about!How could I not be so lucky!

Five days later, Mannheim, the royal city of mermaids, was on the bottom of the sea in the center of the Weiss sea area.

On the flat bottom of the sea, a bustling and grand city quietly entrenched in the clear sea water. The fluorescent blue bottom crystal mines are its street lamps, the colorful coral groups are its buildings, and the colorful fish and shrimps are its decorations. .

The city is silent and beautiful.

The third prince Odis led a group of guards, among whom were a few female mermaids, all of whom had an extremely beautiful appearance. They swam all the way to the royal palace in the center of Mannheim, their long and smooth fish tails slapping sparkles in the sea. sparkling ripples.

Seeing that there was only a short distance from the palace, a female mermaid with azure blue tail finally couldn't help sobbing softly: "I don't want to be a sacrifice... Please! Please..."

The mermaid who was with her also looked scared and sad. The white pearls rolled all the way and sank to the bottom of the sea, where they were pushed back and forth by naughty fish and shrimp.

The third prince did not scold them angrily, and there was a faint sadness in his brows and eyes. He sighed softly, knowing that his comfort was too pale, so he could only promise in a warm voice: "I'm sorry, but this is related to the future of the whole family. You are the pride of the whole family, and your family will be well taken care of."

While speaking, a group of people came to the palace of the king.

It is said to be the palace of the king, but since the death of the old man fish king, no one has lived here for a long time. The eldest prince, third prince, and fourth prince led their clansmen to divide the huge Mannheim into three areas of influence. .

These three forces usually get along in harmony and harmony, but when it comes to the sacrifice every five years, it is the moment when competition begins.

Only the prince who sacrificed the most mermaid can let his people get more god-given grass.

When the third prince arrived at the royal palace, the eldest prince Wayne was already waiting by the throne, and his expression was not very good. When he saw the third prince coming in, he glanced at the female fishes behind Odis, and there was a look of disappointment in his eyes. color.

"Brother." The third prince bowed to him, his light golden fish tail stood upright on the smooth floor of the palace like a human leg.

The eldest prince nodded slightly at him, fell silent for a while, and said with some difficulty: "If there is no suitable candidate this year, my sister..."

The third prince lowered his eyes and pursed his lips. He seemed to be trying to suppress himself, but finally couldn't help but burst out in front of his familiar brother: "I'm really fed up with this ritual! We can't unite to attack the temple again Is it? We are already much stronger than our father!"

The eldest prince stopped him seriously: "Otis! Shut up! That's a god-made thing! If Ake'anji is the incarnation of the God of Light, then it is the closest existence to the ancient god. Tell me, who is qualified? Against God? Haven't we mourned enough!"

The third prince held his breath and turned his head to the side, the tails of his eyes were red, and said in a shy voice: "But my sister is gone, so I can't protect my sister this time..."

The eldest prince was silent, so why didn't his heart ache.

"Brother, it doesn't matter." The fifth princess turned pale with fear at this time, but she still forced herself to be calm, and she struggled to put on a beautiful smile, "I'm just going to save the people, isn't it?"

She swam forward, inherited her mother's bright and beautiful fiery red fish tail, reached out and held the hands of the two brothers and shook them: "This year's god-given grass will be shared equally with all the clansmen, okay... I don't want to see you quarreling gone."

While the two princes were in distress, the fourth prince's happy and surprised voice suddenly came from outside the palace: "Brother! Nina! Look what I found?"

The fourth prince jumped in front of them with his red tail waving, and he gently stroked the thick red hair of the fifth princess: "You don't have to go to the ceremony this year!"

Nina raised her head, a flash of surprise flashed in her eyes, but it quickly dimmed: "So is it another victim... There is no difference, there is always someone to sacrifice, and I will go sooner or later...Brother, don't laugh like that , the lady will be very sorry."

The fourth prince woke up from the surprise that his sister could survive. This is not an entertaining beauty pageant. Behind every winner is blood.

He suppressed his smile, and let out a string of bubbles from his mouth depressedly: "It was my fault, and I will apologize to her."

As he said that, the sound of inhalation and exclamation came from the door one after another, and the sound became louder and louder, causing the sobbing mermaids to look up.

A slender figure swam in from the palace gate.

She has a skin as white as moonlight on the sea, black eyes like the most expensive black pearls in the deep sea, and smooth black hair not hanging around her waist like a mermaid, but floating short by her ears, revealing a beautiful and round face. Neck curve.

She was wearing a human black shirt on her upper body, floating upwards under the buoyancy of the sea water, revealing the soft and white skin around her waist.

Of course, the most eye-catching thing is the slender fish tail, which is pure black, and each scale is neat and smooth, like the best black crystal, reflecting mysterious light.

"The legendary mermaid..." the eldest prince muttered, "There really is a mermaid..."

After the amazement, the hall was completely silent.

There is no need to vote, this black fish is definitely a well-deserved candidate for sacrifice, but... the only black fish, so short-lived and never seen again?

The mermaids fell silent. Many looked at Nina and then at the black mermaid, full of reluctance.

Nina bit her lip, she swam forward and faced Ji Chi.

Ji Chi looked at her calmly, feeling a little flustered.

What are you going to do, girl?

She bent down slightly, gently stroked Ji Chi's smooth tail scales, sighed under Ji Chi's weird expression, and said firmly: "I'll go this year, Miss Black Fish, you must live a good life. The tribe brings good luck."

Ji Chi looked at her complicatedly, oh, is that you, the ocean version of the saint?It would be perfect for St. Claire to be half as talkative as you... But no thanks, this task will expire in five years.

The eldest prince interrupted her with a frown: "What are you talking about, Nina!"

He rubbed the furrowed brows, sighed and explained: "Nina, I don't want you to go, not only because you are my sister, but because this behavior is deceiving God! Our mermaids have already eaten It’s been hard enough, there’s no need to take another wrong step.”

He turned to Ji Chi: "Miss, thank you for your dedication, we will always remember you."

What else could Ji Chi say, he could only nod silently.

You guys are really talking a lot of nonsense, can you finish it quickly?I'm really not used to the coldness of my butt...

"Okay, that's it." The eldest prince waved his hand wearily, "There is no need to hold the ballot this time, let's go to the Temple of Hephaestus."

There were quite a few mermaids in the team escorting the offerings to the temple, about a hundred people, most of them were members of the fourth prince's clan, because Ji Chi was found by him.

The main purpose of so many mermaids is not to take care of Ji Chi, but to pick the god-given grass near the temple.

This kind of seaweed is very special, it can only grow in the sea area near the temple, and it is an indispensable thing for the mermaid tribe.

Because mermaids need to eat a certain amount of god-given grass every year in order to be healthy and strong.

The fourth prince's family has not received enough divine grass for many years, and it is obviously much more emaciated than the other two princes.

The three princes are also in the team this time, and when they get near the temple, they will offer sacrifices to the monster with the most sincere sincerity.

It takes a day and a night to travel from Mannheim to the temple. They swam from morning to dark and then to dawn, only resting for a few short 10 minutes for eating.

Ji Chi hasn't eaten since he became a mermaid, but he is miraculously not very hungry, which may be the reason for his complete transformation into a mermaid. This body is much more resistant to hunger than a human.

He declined the live sea fish offered by several princes, and just sat quietly on a piece of coral, looking at the gorgeous underwater scenery.

The princes didn't force him to eat either. They knew that Miss Blackfish must be so scared that she couldn't eat anything. Although she was quiet and indifferent all the way, who could not be afraid before death came?

The princes looked at Ji Chi with pity and pity, and their hearts were full of reluctance and sorrow.

Ji Chi didn't know how many things they had made up in their brains, he was just silently counting the time.

He didn't drink all the potion this time, because the whole bottle of potion took too long to take effect. Ji Chi didn't want to be exclaimed by a group of people after returning to the academy, "You don't even want to be a human anymore?!" Only a little bit Control the dose of medicine.

He only took a small sip, and sure enough, the effective time was shortened from three months to one day, and during this day, as long as he opened his mouth to speak, the siren's singing skill would be automatically triggered, which could charm people's hearts to a certain extent.

Just when Ji Chi was hesitating whether to go to the sea to take another sip of potion, the eldest prince beside him suddenly reminded: "We're coming soon, the Temple of Hephaestus."

Ji Chi looked up, and there was a haze in front of him, as if covered by a matte film, which could not see through all the light and shadow, but he could see the black shadow of a huge monster flashing past.

Fear flashed in the eldest prince's eyes. He swallowed and said in a hoarse voice, "We won't be able to see you off on the next journey. After we finish singing the sacrificial song... it will come to pick you up."

He said the last sentence very quietly, it seemed that even he couldn't help being afraid.

The princes ordered their followers to swim far away, and they sank to the bottom of the sea with Ji Chi.

This area is where the god-given grass grows. Those seaweeds are more like twinkling lanterns, floating on the water, like praying lanterns all over the night sky.

Standing behind Ji Chi, the three princes sang ancient songs reverently in a low voice.

Amidst the faint singing on the bottom of the sea, a black shadow in front of him grew bigger and clearer. When the black shadow completely arrived in front of Ji Chi, he raised his head and visually measured its physique—it was more than 50 meters high.

Before everyone could react, a black deformed palm stretched out from the membrane barrier, grabbed Ji Chi accurately, and dragged it into the realm of the temple.