Part 1 The Joker Chapter 168 – “The Joker” Magic Potion
Whew, finally passed …… This is it ……
Hearing Cresta Sessima’s announcement, Klein, who had been mentally prepared for this, was first relieved, and then slightly confused, feeling that it wasn’t real enough, and that it was like a dream.
In his expectation, the examination should be more difficult and longer, but after careful consideration, he felt that the current state is what should have been presented, if he did not digest the “Diviner” magic potion in a month and seek promotion, and instead waited for three years to complete the examination, the examination may not even alert the Holy Church, and it is only handled by the captain of Tingen City’s Nightwatchman Squad. The captain of the Tingen City Nightwatchman Squad is in charge.
I thought there would be an investigation into the family situation, interpersonal relationships …… Well, perhaps His Excellency Cecima arrived in Tingen two days ago and secretly completed this step …… I thought that the examination would include the completion of the assigned tasks, heh, this is really me overthinking, the examination’s The purpose of the examination was merely to confirm the extent to which I had digested the magic potion, and whether there were any hidden dangers, whether I had a clear understanding of the “Playing Law”, and whether I had shared my experience with others …… One by one, the thoughts flashed through Klein’s mind, causing him to reveal a heartfelt smile:
”Thank you, Lord Cesima.”
”Praise the Goddess!”
Krysta nodded gently, “Promotion is to better serve the Goddess and better guard the good believers, remember that, and trust me, it will help you resist the temptation to get out of control just as well, remember, the temptation.”
”Temptation ……” Klein chewed on the word.
Krystai surveyed him with dark green eyes and said very seriously:
”The ‘playing method’ can help you digest the magic potion and reduce the risk of losing control, but it’s not a cure-all, and it even makes you confuse the role you’re playing with the existence of your own self at some point, you know, opera and theater actors like this are bound to have serious psychological problems, and to a certain extent that you will truly go insane.”
Remember, you’re just playing …… This is the only caveat that Silver City summarized, and it’s basically the same as Deacon Cecima’s description …… Klein nodded his head thoughtfully, indicating that he agreed with the other’s point of view.
”Also.” Krystai emphasized again, “Loss of control is not only related to the magic potion, but also closely related to your own emotional state and mental health, well, the most important thing for an extraordinary person is to be able to control themselves, only then can they resist the temptation of those evil gods and demons, and resist the corrosion of emotions and desires such as jealousy and greed, of course, I don’t mean to completely rule out similar emotions and desires, this is something that human beings, even half-god and half-human existences, cannot do, well, perhaps only certain special sequences can achieve that state.”
”It’s to keep these emotions and desires within a reasonable level, not to be controlled by them to do something irrational and abnormal?” Klein suddenly thought of Old Neil and couldn’t help but open his mouth to ask rhetorically.
Krysta nodded solemnly:
”Yes.”
After answering, a few wisps of wrinkles blossomed out of the corners of his eyes and he said:
”That’s what I’m going to instruct you to do, next I’ll give you the recipe for the, uh, ‘Joker’ magic potion and the corresponding ingredients.”
He bent down and lifted the silver and white chest onto the long table, then turned his body and moved a few steps to block Klein’s view.
Waiting until the surrounding light eerily disappeared again, Klein, who stood in pure darkness, suddenly realized that the formula and materials were in the chest containing the holy relics, only that his own eyes were completely attracted by the pure white bone sword before, and he didn’t pay attention or couldn’t notice if there were any other items in it at all.
After a few minutes, the light of the gas lamp re-illuminated the alchemy room, and Cresta stepped back with the chest, allowing the items laid out on the long table to be presented to Krynn’s eyes.
Among them, the most notable was a palm-sized gray ram’s horn, which seemed to have been shrunk from its normal size, crystalline and luminous, with layer after layer of strange patterns faintly visible inside.
Next to the ram’s horn was a blue rose, its petals had red lines that hooked up with each other and seemed to transform into a grinning human face.
Adult Hornachis gray goat unicorn crystals, complete human face roses, well, the main ingredients of the “clown” magic potion is complete! He nodded imperceptibly and took a few steps to the long table.
”80 ml of pure water, 5 drops of Mandragora juice, 7 grams of black-edged sunflower powder, 10 grams of golden cloak grass powder, 3 drops of poisonous corvus juice ……” Klein looked at the parchment spread out and compared what was written on it to the recipe he had memorized.
After confirming that it was correct, he thought back to Old Neil’s original demonstration.
Taking in a breath and exhaling it slowly, Klein collected his emotions and distilled the pure water needed for the magic potion with the help of the device in the alchemy room.
–In the magic potion formula, pure water refers to water that has been repeatedly distilled.
Then, he cleaned the black iron pot and put in the auxiliary materials in order, skillfully like the high school where he did the most chemistry experiments.
Since there was no catalyzing of the extraordinary materials yet, he did not notice any obvious change in the liquid inside the iron pot, and at most, he could see powdered impurities suspended inside.
After making the prerequisite preparations, Klein turned his attention to the two main materials, and in his heart, he heartily celebrated:
”Regardless of whether it’s Honachis Grey Goat Unicorn Crystals or Human Face Roses, there’s no quantitative description …… Perhaps adult Goat Horn Crystals, or intact Human Face Roses, are no different from their counterparts in terms of quantity, and just fit the bill… …Well, that’s something that’s definitely possible in the world of Mystic Extraordinary ……”
”In that case, I don’t need to worry about putting in too much of the main ingredient!”
After smoothing out for a few seconds, Klein picked up the human-faced rose and threw it into the iron pot.
As soon as the bizarre flower touched the liquid, it immediately emitted a zippy sound, and the illusory laughter around it grew sharper and sharper:
Hahaha, hahaha!
Without delay, Klein hurriedly grasped the crystal mysterious ram’s horn and threw it into the iron pot as well.
Poof!
The laughter that made people’s scalp numb suddenly disappeared, and the dots of gray awns that floated in the surrounding area rapidly contracted inside the iron pot.
Klein looked down and saw that the liquid inside was tinted with gold, yellow, and red colors, which were intertwined with each other but exceptionally clear.
Gurgling, gurgling, one by one, bubbles tumbled and surged within the liquid, but they could not escape and could only shatter eerily.
Such a sight reminded Klein of Sprite, the fizzy drinkers of his last life.
It felt so good to drink …… His mind flashed greasily with ideas that fit his national character.
Holding down his nervousness, excitement and anticipation, Klein, with the help of the device, transferred the liquid inside the black iron pot into a glass bottle.
And what made him feel surprised was that the magic potion didn’t have half a bit left inside the iron pot.
It is worthy of being a magic potion …… that can make one achieve transcendence Klein raised his right hand and gazed at the good looking golden, yellow and red liquid in his palm.
Next to him, Cresta Sesima kept quiet and opened his mouth to laugh at this moment:
”Don’t worry, at least I don’t see any problems with the process of mixing your magic potion.”
”I waited here to deal with some unexpected conditions after you took the magic potion, you can rest assured that as long as the problems are not serious, I should be able to salvage them all.”
Well, Klein nodded, but then placed the Joker’s Potion back on the long table.
He unclipped the silver chain in his left cuff and replaced it with his non-dominant hand grip, then let the citrine pendant hang smoothly above the potion, just barely touching the liquid.
For extraordinary people of other professions, the pendulum method can only divine “yes” and “no”, of course, in the case of insufficient basic information, forced to use the method of elimination, the pendulum will stop there, not to rotate, which is also known as the failure of divination.
As a “soothsayer”, Klein has long experimented with his spiritual pendulum method, and he can still vaguely determine the degree of “yes” and “no”.
His eyes turned deeper, and Klein murmured:
”This potion is harmful.”
”This potion is harmful.”
……
After seven times, he opened his half-closed eyes and saw the citrine pendant doing a clockwise rotation, but to a small degree.
Clockwise means yes, which means this cup of magic potion is harmful …… The small amplitude means that the degree of harmfulness is low …… Well, magic potions bring about a loss of control, and there is definitely badness, and the low degree proves that there is no problem with the magic potion… …Klein sighed in relief and wrapped the Spirit Pendulum back onto his left wrist and covered it with his sleeve.
This time, Krysta couldn’t help but sigh:
”…… You are truly a professional diviner.”
”It’s important to make full use of your strengths, but not to rely on it too much and think it’s omnipotent.” Klein replied in a low voice and picked up the cup of Joker’s Potion.
Drink it and I’ll become a Sequence 8 Extraordinary ……
With a flash of thought, Klein no longer hesitated, lifted up the cup, raised his head slightly, and gulped down the magic potion.
Bitter! So bitter!
Not tasty at all!
He instantly understood what it means to look good but actually tastes bad, only to feel that his entire face wrinkled up, wanting to vomit but unable to do so.
Immediately after that, Klein realized that his face was reddening, while the rest of his body had similar changes.
He was pretty sure that he now looked like a steaming shrimp while his spirit drew out and turned into a fine needle that blended into a drop of magic potion and stabbed into a cell.
It was a sensation of “seeing” cells without a microscope, and Klein stood there and “saw” the intruder enter the tiniest realm of his body.
For a few seconds, he felt like a robot, being transformed by parts and circuits.
After an unknown period of time, he mirrored himself in his mind’s eye, as if he had heard himself singing through his ear.
With the help of this eerie reflection, Klein found himself able to pinpoint facial expressions and body movements.
At the same time, his ears buzzed and he heard the murmurs and cries that had not been heard for so long echoing around him once again:
”Hornachis …… Fregla …… Hornachis …… Fregla… …Hornachis …… Fregla ……”
Whew, Klein visualized the cascading orbs of light and slowly entered a meditative state, shaking off a little of the small amount of spirituality spilling out, slightly out of his control.
At this point, he knew for sure that he had been promoted, and that he was a Sequence 8 “Joker”.