BXBX NOVEL Chapter 1283: Potion #5
"We begin the third round of voting. If you agree to the motion, hold up the red face of the flag. If you oppose, hold up the white face. If you abstain, do not raise the flag. You have one minute to make your decision."
Zhang Lie\'s pressure naturally decided the outcome of the voting.
The council meeting ended very quickly afterwards. Yun Bing and the Lie king both presented their own resolutions, but after what happened with Zhang Lie, the resolutions passed smoothly. The kingdoms who had impermanent seats on the high council likewise made proposals, but there was nothing exceptional or groundbreaking.
After the meeting, Zhang Lie and Zhu both returned to the Yeluo chieftain\'s laboratory.
With research from the entirety of the Milky Way, the Yeluo chieftain and Zhang Lie\'s progress was exceptionally rapid. Zhu, the ruler of the realm herself, was entirely focused on helping Zhang Lie with this task. She identified, sought out, and brought back ingredients, and was even able to nurture the growth of rare or special herbs by invoking the world\'s authority.
Even so, the process was an arduous one, and Zhang Lie and the Yeluo chieftain suffered many failures. It was fortunate that the unified world\'s blessing had led to the growth of so many herbs and plants, along with Zhu\'s authority. Otherwise, the research would have progressed at a much slower pace. Zhang Lie was certain that, had the three thousand worlds not been unified, Potion #5 would never have been researched.
In the laboratory was a vial of potion that glowed with inner light. Zhang Lie and the Yeluo chieftain looked at each other, then at the potion, expectantly.
The liquid was like a burning nebula, and it seemed as though it harbored an entire galaxy.
The Yeluo chieftain announced, "Once we add a superior world\'s energy into the potion, it\'ll be complete."
Zhang Lie retrieved the precious crystal of superior world\'s energy that he had been saving for such an occasion.
This crystal was no mere source of superior world\'s energy; its provenance was unusual.
This was what Zhang Lie had received as the spoils of war, which he had fought the other superior kings of antiquity to receive. The world\'s energy within was beyond the level of a superior world, and even the wealthy superior kings had salivated at the sight of the crystal.
In some sense, this crystal was responsible for the subsequent conflict between the superior kings of antiquity and Zhang Lie\'s posse.
The Yeluo chieftain\'s eyes were bright with delight. "To think that a superior world\'s energy could be infused into potions and medicine—this is a genius idea! Only someone like you could have thought of something so novel and exceptional, Your Majesty."
Zhang Lie rolled his eyes and was just about to infuse the superior world\'s energy into the potion when Zhu suddenly said, "Why don\'t you let me do it, Zhang Lie? I have access to the unified world\'s energy, and it\'s of a far higher quality than that crystal you possess."
The crystal of superior world\'s energy was impressive, and it was of higher quality than even a standard superior world\'s energy, but even it paled in comparison with the unified world\'s energy.
The Yeluo chieftain said, "Although we\'ve adjusted the recipe and put in the best ingredients we could find in the third realm, I don\'t know if the base will be able to support such high-quality energy..."
The best ingredients weren\'t necessarily the most optimal.
Rather, it was important to strike a balance between dosage and potency. If that equilibrium were broken, even a divine panacea could transform into the most lethal poison.
Zhu asked, "It\'s a higher-quality version of the same type of energy! Wouldn\'t that make the effects more potent?"
Zhang Lie replied, "We may as well try both. We made additional vials to test this step of the procedure, after all.
The moment Zhang Lie infused his crystal into the potion, a chemical reaction happened. The glowing liquid suddenly shifted hue and intensity, like a rapidly burning galaxy. After changing colors a few times, it turned into a chaotic rainbow mess.
Zhang Lie glanced at Potion #5 fervently.
He had anticipated that it would have taken half a year, or even a whole year, to finish producing a vial of Potion #5, but with the Yeluo chieftain and Zhu\'s help, it had only taken three months.
After consuming Potion #5, Zhang Lie would become even stronger than before.
As Zhu infused the unified world\'s energy into her own vial, the chemical reaction was even more intense than with Zhang Lie\'s vial.
Light flared; the entire vial of potion was frothing, as though it might explode at any moment. Zhu hurriedly isolated the vial in space to prevent the resulting explosion from destroying the laboratory.
With a huge chain reaction, the vial of potion suddenly exploded, shocking all three people present. A sonic boom echoed throughout the laboratory.
The Yeluo chieftain crawled up from the ground. "As I said, the most important thing is balance."
Zhu\'s barriers were full of cracks, and all that energy had almost broken through the protective isolation.
Zhang Lie\'s face turned serious. "Look, Chieftain."
"What\'s the matter?"
Zhu stripped away the protective barriers. After the explosion had occurred, the potion had transformed into a pool of liquid glowing with rainbow light and floating in midair, like a nascent planet.
The Yeluo chieftain looked disturbed. "I\'ve never seen the likes of such a potion."
He had spent half his life studying plants, herbs, and potions, and he had brewed over ten thousand potions in his lifetime, hundreds of which were novel. He had never seen anything close to the likes of... this.
"Is this still a potion?"
Zhang Lie asked, "Shall we test it?"
The Yeluo chieftain asked, "Who would be our test subject?"
"Who else but me?"
No one else would be suitable or compatible with the potion, after all.
The Yeluo chieftain asked, "Are you trying to kill yourself? Have you been dumped?"
Zhang Lie suddenly thundered, "If you keep joking around like that, I might just start using you as a punching bag!"
The Yeluo chieftain hurriedly explained himself. "Your Majesty, I\'m simply worried about your body. I\'ve never seen the likes of this potion before. Who knows what will happen if you drink it?"
Zhang Lie asked, "Is this Potion #5?"
The Yeluo chieftain replied, "It\'s difficult to say without testing it. From the color and texture of the liquid, it\'s very similar to what we would expect, though with another layer of special effects."
Zhang Lie asked, "Is this potion at least some sort of off-shoot of Potion #5?"
"Indubitably, Your Majesty."
Even the Yeluo chieftain couldn\'t be certain of what would happen after infusing the unified world\'s energy into Potion #5, and whether it had transformed into a lethal poison. On instinct, he felt that the potent medicinal energy contained within the potion might as well have been lethal poison.
"If it truly is Potion #5, then what do we have to worry about?"
The Yeluo chieftain seemed skeptical. "No one knows what might happen if you drink it. You might even explode, Your Majesty!"
"That\'s why I\'d like to try it and see."