Reverse flow of the Yellow Springs

Chapter 76 The Gilded Elixir
Cheese, draped in a loose bathrobe, leaned lazily against the sofa. But she wasn't as calm as she appeared.

She breathed softly, finally calming her agitated heartbeat.

Then, he looked at Li Yelai with a relieved expression, whose face was flushed and who was very embarrassed.

He couldn't help but laugh and said, "Look how nervous you are, are you thinking the wrong thing? It's my fault, my irresistible charm."

His words, as always, carried a playful and teasing tone.

Li Yelai tried his best to put on a nonchalant expression: "Hilarious, nothing like that."

His flushed face betrayed his disguise.

Afterwards, the two tacitly avoided mentioning what had just happened.

It was as if their eye contact, their heavy breathing, and the flutter in their hearts had all been like a dream.

Out of some emotion, Cheese wanted to tease Li Yelai, but she overestimated her ability to handle it.

Despite his constant stream of witty remarks and outrageous actions...

But there is no practical experience with cheese.

In other words, they have strong theoretical knowledge but zero practical application skills.

When Li Yelai's fingers inadvertently touched her skin, her heart raced and her breathing became heavy.

When he carried me out of the basement in the Wang family manor, this didn't happen this time. What's going on?

What's the point of joking about this?

I can't take it anymore.
So, Cheese decisively abandoned the idea of ​​having Li Ye help her change her clothes. She was afraid things would get out of control.
She hugged her pajamas and said, "I'm going to take a shower. You should take a shower too; you don't want to go home dressed like this, do you?"

Li Yelai's combat uniform was also stained with blood, which wasn't obvious when he was sitting in his colleague's car.

But walking directly on the street would be too conspicuous. He wasn't a psionicist with the Nether Path, so he couldn't hide his presence.

Li Yelai looked at Cheese with a complicated and unreadable expression: "You're not going to suggest that we shower together to save on water bills, are you?"

"Oh ho, you're even answering questions now?" Cheese said teasingly. "But don't get the wrong idea, we rich women all have two bathrooms in our homes!"

Cheese comes from a well-off family; she owns shares in her uncle's company and is also a processor. She never shortchanges herself.

This house is quite large, with three bedrooms, one living room, and two bathrooms; indeed, there are two bathrooms.

"Okay." Li Yelai nodded, then after thinking for a moment, he spread his hands: "But I don't have any clean clothes either."

Then, looking at Cheese with suspicion, he said, "You're not going to make me wear your clothes, are you? You're really up to no good! I absolutely refuse to be a cross-dresser!"

"So there's such a thing? It's not impossible..." Cheese pondered for a moment, then said regretfully, "However, I have your clothes here."

As she spoke, she got up and went into the bedroom, quickly bringing out a men's trench coat and trousers.

Those were Li Yelai's clothes. During the suppression of the Black Prison, Cheese, who was wearing pajamas at the time, woke Li Yelai up, but was unable to return to his room because of the Möbius strip.

So, he put on Li Yelai's clothes. Later, after the suppression ended, he took the clothes back home.

Li Yelai took the clothes and went into the bathroom. He needed to shower and calm down.

It was fortunate that Li Yelai was a spearman; otherwise, they really wouldn't have been able to control the situation.
Cheese picked up her clothes and went back to the bathroom in the bedroom.

As the warm water flowed over her body, she let out a satisfied murmur.

She also needs to calm down.

An hour later, when Cheese, having finished washing up, left the bathroom, Li Yelai had already left.

He then sent a message on the communicator: "I'm leaving now, take good care of yourself."

Cheese typed in response with his left hand: "Okay, be careful on the road."

Then, Cheese looked at the view outside the balcony.

I picked up the still-warm coffee and savored its bitterness.

But what came to mind was that evening.

The evening glow illuminated the hideous face and sharp teeth before me.

At that moment, it felt as if death was standing behind me, licking my neck.

But in the next instant, an even more ferocious fighting spirit surged forth, under the gaze of those terrifying double pupils. Death averted his gaze.

That was a moment she would remember for the rest of her life.

"Is it too hasty?" she whispered.

On the third day after the encirclement and suppression mission ended, Li Yelai, who was resting at home, received a notification on his communicator.

The official rewards have been distributed.

[Mr. Night General, thank you for your efforts in the mission. You have received a reward of 30000 Giant City Coins and 100 Merit Points. You currently have 305 Merit Points.]
One mission gave me 100 merit points, plus a rare Mountain King clone.

The reward this time was quite generous. Li Yelai had thought that with the Mountain Lord's clone, the merit points would be reduced.

"In this way, I have enough to buy the Awakening Potion." Li Yelai was somewhat pleased. The Awakening Potion of All Things costs three hundred merit points.

Furthermore, the third border city itself can produce the [Mimicry Scale Armor] potion, so there is no need to purchase it from other major cities, and therefore no additional transportation costs are required.

However, after buying the potion, Li Yelai only had 5 merit points left.

It can be said that I returned to before liberation overnight.

But Li Yelai did not hesitate and immediately got up and went to the branch to purchase magic potions.

Ever since Little Mad King revealed that Giant City was about to take action against the restricted area, Li Yelai had felt a growing sense of urgency. He needed to become stronger as soon as possible before things escalated.

Soon, Li Ye arrived at the branch.

He first went to the equipment department.

He had previously brought his trophy, the Flaming Broken Blade, here for dismantling.

It has now been completely disassembled.

They disassembled a mysterious substance from the path to zero, along with several extraordinary materials.

"You can use this to create new psionic weapons, or you can keep it, or you can sell it to us directly. Here is the price list."

Whether it was prejudice or not, Li Yelai always felt that the staff in the equipment department, regardless of gender or age, exuded an aura of unscrupulous businessmen.

After glancing at the price list, Li Yelai felt that this was not prejudice, but the truth!

"You only charge fifteen merit points for the mysterious substance from the Zero Path? These materials are derivatives of various extraordinary creatures or forbidden items. How come it's only ten points?" Li Yelai's eyes widened. "Didn't you say last time that it would cost thirty points to buy a mysterious substance from you? A C-grade psionic weapon would cost sixty points! So you're just doubling the price?"

It is important to know that the mysterious substance is extracted from the well of souls of psychics after their death.

The more advanced and mysterious the substance, the higher its price. Conversely, the lower the price, the more expensive it is.

But surely it shouldn't be only 3 PM? That's outrageous!
Moreover, although the Flame Blade was broken, both of its C-grade psionic weapons were retrieved by Li Ye.

There should be no change in the materials, but the overall price has been suppressed to 25 merit points.

Their equipment department sells a C-grade psionic weapon for sixty points.

That's more than double the profit! The middleman is making way too much money!
No wonder my colleagues all say the equipment department is full of crooks!

"You're absolutely right!" said a member of the Equipment Department. "Mr. Night, every time we recast, dismantle, or modify something, it takes a lot of manpower."

“No, that’s too little. Even though it’s a C-grade weapon, you could easily modify it into a dagger and sell it for more than twenty-five points.” Li Yelai frowned and began to raise the price: “Fifty points!”

Yes, he has no intention of creating new psionic weapons.

He already possesses two psionic weapons, the Crimson Dragon Halberd and the Summoning Bell, and has no intention of replacing either.

If three psionic weapons are used at the same time, they might become distorted at any moment.

And since I needed to buy potions with my merit points and didn't have many left, I decided to sell these materials so I could use them for future maintenance or repair of my psionic armor.

"Fifty points is too much! Twenty-eight points is already a very high price!" The equipment department staff were shocked by Li Yelai's price gouging and strongly objected.

"Ha, you're forcing me to use my ultimate move!" Li Yelai said with a serious expression.

"Even if it were the team leaders, we'd still charge the same price." The equipment department staff looked on with trepidation.

Then, one by one, they hid their car keys.

As members of the same division, they were well aware of Li Yelai's reputation as a vehicle assassin!

They were afraid that Li Ye would take a liking to their car.

Of course, Li Yelai wouldn't go so far as to harm his own companions, even though they were a group of unscrupulous merchants.
So he turned and left, and after a while, he invited over a captain who was strolling around the branch.

If it were any other captain, the equipment department wouldn't back down. So what if they try to negotiate a lower price? Even the king of the penalty area would get a cut!

However, the captain that Li Yelai invited was a handsome young man.

He carried a sword and shield on his back and rubbed his hands together excitedly.

They seemed to be really looking forward to the upcoming price negotiation.

The newcomer was none other than the captain of the fourth team, Yueying!

That's the ultimate troll, capable of driving even taboo subjects to despair.

If we consider verbal sparring as a form of actual combat strength, he would probably surpass all the kings.

Quality? What's that? Moonshadow had no idea!
When they saw Yueying clearing her throat, the equipment department immediately backed down.

Thirty points, no more than that!

Moon Shadow coughed.

"Thirty-five points! Really, that's the most I can get!"

Moon Shadow took a deep breath, her eyes shining.

"Forty points! Forty points! Any higher and we'll lose money!"

Yueying nodded and said to Li Ye, "That's about right. If there are any good things like this in the future, be sure to come to me."

Li Yelai nodded obediently: "Understood, Captain Moonshadow!"

Captain Moonshadow is terrifying!
With the help of the 'nuclear weapon' Moonshadow, Li Yelai gained forty merit points.

However, seeing the relieved expressions on the faces of the equipment department staff, they probably could raise the price a little more. What a bunch of shrewd businessmen!
After saying goodbye to Captain Moonshadow, Li Ye came to the exchange area in the branch.

He decisively spent 300 merit points to buy the Awakening Potion [Mimicry Scales].

The staff at the exchange area said to Li Ye, "We'll start preparing the potion now. You can come back in half an hour to collect it. You can also go backstage to watch the refining process."

"Can I also watch the potion-making process?" Li Yelai asked.

"Of course, this is a complimentary service, since you're the one who has to drink it. You can see what's in it," the staff member said with a smile. "However, if you feel disgusted, you don't have to watch."

"Let's take a look then, just to broaden our horizons," Li Yelai nodded. He was quite curious about potions.

So, Li Yelai followed the staff into the back of the exchange area.

It was discovered that there were three night watchmen in the back office. There was also a pharmacist wearing a white coat.

It is said that there may be some dangers when concocting potions, and it is only safe if a powerful psychic is present.

Upon receiving the news, Captain Yang Chen also sent someone to deliver a mysterious document.

It was a heart covered in black scales, personally escorted to the backstage by a four-sense psychic.

The pharmacist looked at the faintly beating heart with some fear.

"Black Dragon Armor." The handler escorting the heart mouthed the words, then handed the box containing the heart to the apothecary.

The pharmacist sighed softly and glanced at Li Yelai, who was observing outside the window.

They then began to concoct the magic potion.

Mimicking vines, heavenly dew, and armored scales.
One by one, extraordinary materials were placed into the crucible by the pharmacist. As the materials collided, a strange sound emanated from the crucible.

Even Li Yelai, who was observing outside the window, could faintly hear that eerie roar.

A night watchman guarding the backstage area cautiously approached the cauldron, while the apothecary shook his head.

Then, he grabbed the scaly heart that seemed to still be beating.

A sharp scalpel flashed in his hand, and he quickly pierced the gaps in the scales.

After removing the scalpel, the heart was suspended above the crucible.

Soon, three drops of golden blood dripped from the wound, and as the three drops of blood flowed out, the heart withered instantly.

But from inside the crucible, a dragon's roar could be heard.

In a daze, Li Yelai saw a black dragon roar out of the crucible. It was ferocious and terrifying!

Then, it was suppressed and torn apart by three enormous figures.

Li Yelai knew that it was a projection of the virtual realm!

During the potion-making process, some highly active materials were projected into the virtual realm, but were suppressed by the virtual projections of the three four-sense psionicists.

With the projection destroyed, the crucible returned to calm.

After the pharmacist added some more extraordinary materials, he waited for the crucible to cool completely.

He then took a cup of gilded liquid from the crucible.

The Myriad Awakenings Elixir [Mimicry - Scales] has been successfully crafted.

"Potion making is actually this dangerous?" Li Yelai said gravely, "Thank you for your hard work."

The staff member in the exchange area spoke up quietly: "What are you talking about? The dangers you processors face are far greater than this. Many of our processor colleagues have never been seen again after receiving the potion."

As a staff member in the exchange area, he had no psychic abilities. However, he was well aware of the responsibilities and dangers faced by the processors.

Because too many familiar processors have never returned.

Soon, the bottle of gilded magic potion was personally delivered to Li Yelai by the apothecary.

"Remember, never use potions without absolute certainty. While using potions can guarantee the acquisition of a certain ability, the user may also be affected by the power within. Be extremely cautious!" the apothecary said solemnly.

"I understand." Li Yelai nodded solemnly.

(End of this chapter)