Chapter 447: The Powerful Effect of Nightshade Auxiliary Drug

Setting aside one ton of volcanic glass, Liszt handed it over to the master craftsmen at the Fire Dragon Brick Factory for glass-blowing experiments—a technical task that requires continuous exploration and refinement to produce suitable glassware.

Glass-blowing also requires repeated practice to cultivate truly qualified glass artisans.

Moreover, while glass manufacturing sounds simple, creating flawless transparent glass is no simple feat and may require a long period of exploration—for now, glass can't rival crystal, even if the crystal is depleted of its magic power.

Liszt stayed behind on Black Horse Island, extracting Fire Dragon's magic power.

The master craftsmen at the Fire Dragon Brick Factory blew a large volcanic glass bottle, semi-transparent in color, vaguely resembling real glass.

Of course.

Volcanic glass is essentially different from glass; it is merely a glass-like substance. Glass is fragile, but volcanic glass is not easily broken, with a stress range far greater than ordinary glass.

Using this large volcanic glass bottle boosted his efficiency in extracting Fire Dragon's magic power.

By fixing the volcanic glass bottle and inserting a volcanic glass tube into its mouth, puncturing the bubbles in the volcanic glass ore, and immediately attaching it to the volcanic glass tube, a gentle breeze would naturally draw the Fire Dragon's magic power into the volcanic glass bottle. Once the Fire Dragon's magic power overflowed, it was then extracted and stored in Fire Dragon jars.

Efficiency more than doubled.

As he joyfully gathered Fire Dragon's magic power on Black Horse Island, Cris sent a letter from Flower Town, along with a batch of potions.

Opening the letter, he was instantly delighted.

Because among this batch of potions, there finally appeared a magic potion refined from the auxiliary potion variety, nightshade—the Nightshade Auxiliary Potion. This marks the fifth magic potion produced in the territory, following the Flame Potion, Thorn Potion, Ice-Fire Potion, and Black Potion.

Of course.

Currently, the Ice-Fire Mushroom cannot be cultivated, so the Ice-Fire Potion is temporarily unavailable; the Black Tulip is reserved for Levis, and the Black Potion is no longer produced.

Liszt only needs the Flame Potion and Thorn Potion for his daily use.

There are only five Nightshade Auxiliary Potions.

The auxiliary potion variety, nightshade, is not yet fully mature, and only some fully mature auxiliary nightshade has been harvested, leaving seeds to be sown in the nightshade fields on Black Horse Island. The remaining plants were all used to extract the Nightshade Auxiliary Potion, just enough to produce five potions.

After calming his mind and grabbing paper and pen.

Liszt began to take the potions, first tasting the effects of the Nightshade Auxiliary Potion alone—after consuming the magic potion, he soon felt a surge of magic power welling up inside.

However, compared to any other potion, the rise of magic power from the Nightshade Auxiliary Potion was much slower.

Like a gentle, flowing stream.

It gradually nourished the meridians where mana circulated, feeling very comfortable. However, it did not help Liszt achieve a breakthrough or expand the total amount of mana in his body.

Mild and feeble, it merely made him sleepy, unable to muster the strength for a breakthrough.

"A peculiar potion, taking it alone has little to no effect... perhaps 'auxiliary' means it must be paired with other potions to be effective?" This outcome was within Liszt's expectations.

The smoke task itself had hinted that this was an auxiliary potion variety, nightshade.

After thoroughly testing the Nightshade Auxiliary Potion, he quickly took out a Flame Potion and drank it. Immediately, a fierce fire ignited in his belly, and violent mana surged through his limbs, increasing the total amount of mana in his body. This is the expected effect of the Flame Potion.

However, the next moment, he suddenly understood why the Nightshade Auxiliary Potion is classified as an auxiliary potion.

The Flame Potion, which should have ceased its violent surge, seemed to react with the Nightshade Auxiliary Potion, making the Flame Potion burst with even greater force.

Mana surged through Liszt's meridians in relentless waves.

This feeling was just like the first time he took the Flame Potion—an uncontrollable surge of energy, his body heating up uncontrollably.

He had to go all out with a series of moves to calm the mana within his body. Following this, he gained a new understanding of the Dragon Nightshade Supplement. It had not been fully consumed; while the Flame Potion had completely integrated into his body, the Dragon Nightshade Supplement continued to release its effects steadily over time, repairing the minor damages to his meridians caused by the earlier mana surges.

His body felt as if it was soaking in a hot spring.

It felt so soothing that he nearly let out a moan.

The Dragon Nightshade Supplement's effects lasted about twenty minutes before fading. He closed his eyes and carefully reflected on his current physical condition, coming to the conclusion that the Dragon Nightshade Supplement had tripled the effectiveness of the Flame Potion and reduced its side effects to a negligible level.

"Impressive!"

"The value of the Dragon Nightshade Supplement is even greater than these potions," Liszt exclaimed excitedly, clenching his fist.

If the value of the Dragon Nightshade Supplement is 1 gold coin, and the value of the Flame Potion is also 1 gold coin, then the combination of the Dragon Nightshade Supplement and the Flame Potion equals the effect of three Flame Potions. This means spending 2 gold coins to get the equivalent of 3 gold coins' worth. Considering that three Flame Potions would cause damage to the meridians, while the supplement can conveniently repair them, the total value could even be equivalent to 4 gold coins.

The value can roughly be calculated this way.

In short, the value of the Dragon Nightshade Supplement is three times that of the Flame Potion, so its price can naturally be set at three times.

Moreover, knights in need of potions will be eager to get their hands on it, as everyone would love the effect of the Dragon Nightshade Supplement combined with a regular potion, especially because it saves a lot of time—using a combination of Dragon Nightshade Supplement and Flame Potion once is equivalent to using the Flame Potion alone four times.

"Of course, I won't sell the Dragon Nightshade Supplement for now; it must benefit me first!"

Liszt smiled brightly: "Acquiring the Dragon Nightshade Worm from Viscount Yunas was a smart move. Who could have guessed the Dragon Nightshade Supplement would be this powerful?"

Afterwards.

He continued to test the effects of the Thorn Potion combined with the Nightshade auxiliary, and the conclusion was similar—it enhanced the effect threefold and continuously repaired the meridians.

"With my current physical condition, I can probably withstand one dose of the Nightshade auxiliary plus the Flame Potion, and two doses of the Nightshade auxiliary plus the Thorn Potion... Previously, I could only drink one Flame Potion and one Thorn Potion a day... The efficiency is now 4.5 times what it was before!"

One day of taking potions now equals four and a half days in the past.

"When I find the optimal way to take potions, this efficiency might increase to the point where one day now surpasses five or even six days in the past. It's like leveling up at lightning speed."

He kept taking potions like this.

He had a hunch he could make it to sky knight by year's end.

Originally, he had set a goal to reach the sky before the age of twenty. This year he is seventeen, with less than three years left until twenty. With the efficiency of taking potions increased five or six times, the time needed would naturally shrink to less than a year, maybe even just half a year, becoming a sky knight before the age of eighteen.

"Phew!"

"The Nightshade auxiliary must be planted over two hundred acres, and we must continue to purchase Nightshade worms from external sources!" Not only do elite Earth Knights need potions, but sky knights also rely on them.

As long as you're training daily, you can't go without potions.

The more Nightshade auxiliary we have, the better.