Volume 3 Journey Chapter 57 Pharmacy

  The village of the elves and that of humans are different. It can be said that a human village is a plane, with its development also extending in all directions, while an elven village is three-dimensional. Elves like to make use of space, their houses develop upwards. At first, the elves would build a house under a large tree, if the population increased, they would take this large tree as a support and build houses upwards.

  So if you enter the village of the elves, you will find that every large tree is a family of elves.

  I'm standing on a tree right now, um, on a tree. This is the home of the village chief of this spirit village, and also Freya's home. The spirits like quietness, so although there are nearly a hundred households of spirits living in the village, it feels very quiet. The animals here aren't afraid of people either, because the spirits don't harm animals, so the animals are very close to the spirits here. It's often possible to see some animals strolling leisurely on the plaza in the village.

  I climbed down the ladder on the tree to the ground, just as a forest deer walked by me. I reached out and stroked this tame animal, and the forest deer also stopped and approached me, sniffing my body with its nose, then licking my hand and face with its wet hot tongue, making me feel itchy.

  "Alyric, are you awake? How do you feel?" Freya emerged from behind a tree.

  "Ah, my injury has healed, I must thank you for taking care of me this whole time." I took a glance at Furei and sighed inwardly. Are all female elves dressed like this? The low-cut tight-fitting clothes made her two large breasts almost pop out, how did such a slender figure support those huge...I really don't understand how elves grow up. Her skirt was also split, revealing her long legs whenever she walked, sighing at the absurdity of it all.

  I didn't dare look more, I quickly glanced away and shifted my gaze elsewhere.

  I heard Freya laugh softly and say, "It's nothing, helping others can also bring happiness to oneself."

  I stared at my own feet and let out an "oh", without saying anything else. The atmosphere seemed a bit awkward.

  I really couldn't think of anything else to say, so I asked: "Uh... where did your grandfather go?"

  "He's making medicine in that treehouse behind us, want me to take you there?" Fure said.

  I took a deep breath and said, "Alright, take me there."

  ……

  "Alyric, you're just in time! I heard you're a magician? Come quick and help me out, I'm swamped!" Torda exclaimed as soon as he saw me, enthusiastically waving me over to do some hard labor.

  "But I don't know anything about pharmacy, I'm not sure if I can help you?" I asked cautiously.

  "It's okay, you can do fire magic, right? Come on, take away this heater and use your flame magic to heat up this pot for me. Remember not to burn the medicinal materials inside, the goal of heating is to dry out the water content of the medicinal materials, just control the temperature well and it'll be fine. Once this is done, I'll teach you how to grind the medicinal materials, it's very simple, you'll learn it in no time. Fure, don't idle around either, help me process those medicinal materials over there and then hand them over to Arick for drying." Toda's hands didn't stop moving as he instructed us while making medicine.

  I carefully controlled a small flame at the bottom of the pot to evenly heat it until the medicine inside was completely dried. This is a tiring task, not only do I need to control the temperature and size of the flame, but also pay attention to the uniform heating of the hot spots. When I finished processing these medicines, I was already sweating profusely. The only thing that comforted me was that through this precise control of the flame, I gained a lot of insight into some subtle changes in fire magic, and the spiritual power to control magical changes also benefited me greatly.

  Todd looked at the results of my hard work with great satisfaction, and then asked me to use water magic to help him rinse the medicinal materials, use magic to process some medicinal materials at low temperature, use wind magic to quickly dry the medicinal materials, and so on. As long as it can be done with magic, this old elf will not use tools again. It seems that he wants to squeeze out every last bit of value from me. I can only silently accept all this, after all, he saved my life. Just consider it repayment.

  From then on, I was taken to Todora every day to catch strong men, cruelly exploiting me. Fortunately, each time there was the beautiful spirit girl Freya accompanying me in suffering. Every time I saw her amazed at my magic, I could temporarily forget these sufferings.

  After a long illness, I gradually came to know many herbs and mastered a lot of pharmaceutical knowledge. With magic as the foundation, processing medicinal materials was also simpler than for ordinary people. So in learning this skill, I indeed had an innate advantage. Three months later, I could already independently produce most medicines. Trusting me, that shrewd old man eventually let go and allowed me to operate on my own, each time telling me what medicine to make and how much, letting me complete it, then he would leisurely rest.

  When Toda's hard work also brought me a benefit, my magic progressed rapidly. I once sneaked into the clearing in the woods to verify it, and now I no longer need the help of "Staff of the Gods" to release high-level magic effortlessly. This unexpected gain made me ecstatic, which means that my actual level has reached the standard of an advanced magician, and my strength has risen to another level! My heart is filled with gratitude towards Toda.

  Another month passed, and one day I was searching for herbs in the forest to prepare materials for my next potion. Far away, Furet came running towards me, shouting: "Alyric, Grandfather is calling you, he needs to see you about something."

  I nodded in response, put the herbs in my hand into the basket behind me, and stood up.

  Furei had run up in front of me, and I said to her: "Is your grandfather looking for me? Do you know what it's about?"

  Furei walked with me on the way back and said: "I don't know either, but I think it's a big deal. When I came, I saw him writing a letter."

  I arrived at Toda's house and knocked on the door.

  "Is it Alex? Come in." A voice came from inside.

  As I walked into the room, Todd was putting a letter in an envelope. Seeing me come in, Todd looked at me and said: "Alik, do you know why I asked you to help me make medicine, and teach you knowledge of pharmacy?"

  I shook my head and said, "Toda Grandfather, although I don't understand your purpose, through this period of training, not only have I grasped the knowledge of pharmacy, but my magic level has also improved a lot. My heart is filled with gratitude towards you."

  Tuo Da nodded in satisfaction and slowly told me something...