The Mighty Dragons Are Dead

He allocated a ton of volcanic glass and handed it over to the master craftsmen at the Fire Dragon Brick Factory to conduct glassblowing experiments—this was a highly technical craft that required constant exploration and refinement to blow suitable glassware.

At the same time, the skill of glassblowing also required repeated practice to cultivate truly qualified glass craftsmen.

Moreover, glass manufacturing might sound simple, but producing flawless and transparent glass was not an easy task, and it was likely to require a long period of exploration—at least in the short term, glass would not be able to compete with crystal, even crystal that had been drained of magic power.

Liszt himself stayed on Black Horse Island, extracting fire dragon magic power.

The master craftsmen at the Fire Dragon Brick Factory blew a very large volcanic glass bottle, which was translucent and had an apparent quality of real glass.

Of course.

There was still a fundamental difference between volcanic glass and regular glass; this was just a glass-like substance. Glass is fragile, but volcanic glass is not easily broken, and its stress tolerance is much greater than that of ordinary glass.

With this large volcanic glass bottle, his efficiency in extracting fire dragon magic power was further accelerated.

He fixed the volcanic glass bottle in place, inserted a volcanic glass tube into its mouth, broke the bubbles in the volcanic glass ore, and immediately fitted it onto the volcanic glass tube. With a gentle blow, the fire dragon magic power naturally squeezed into the volcanic glass bottle. Once overflowing with fire dragon magic power, he would then extract it into fire dragon jars.

The efficiency improved more than twofold.

While he was happily harvesting fire dragon magic power on Black Horse Island, Chris sent a letter from Fresh Flower Town, accompanied by a batch of magic potions.

Upon opening the letter and reading it, he quickly lit up.

Because among these magic potions, there finally appeared a magic potion made from the auxiliary medicine variety Dragon Hollyhock—Dragon Kui Auxiliary Medicine. This was the fifth type of magic power potion produced on the estate, following the Flame Magic Potion, Thorn Magic Potion, Ice Fire Magic Potion (Ice Snow Flame Mushrooms), and Dark Magic Medicine (Black Tulip).

Of course.

Currently, Ice Snow Flame Mushrooms could not be cultivated, so the Ice Fire Magic Potion could not be used for the time being; Black Tulip was supplied to Levis, and production of the Dark Magic Medicine had also ceased.

Only the Flame Magic Potion and Thorn Magic Potion were essential for Liszt's regular potion consumption.

There were only five vials of Dragon Kui Auxiliary Medicine.

The auxiliary medicine variety Dragon Hollyhock had not yet fully matured, and currently, only some fully matured Auxiliary Medicine Dragon Mallow was harvested, leaving seeds to be sown in the Dragon Kui Field on Black Horse Island. The rest of the plants were all used to extract Dragon Kui Auxiliary Medicine, barely yielding five vials of it.

He adjusted his mental state and took out paper and pen.

Liszt began his potion consumption, first tasting the effects of the Dragon Kui Auxiliary Medicine alone—after the magic potion was ingested, he could soon feel a surge of magic power rising from within his body.

However, compared to any other magic potion, the rise of magic power from Dragon Kui Auxiliary Medicine was slower.

It was like a small stream, flowing gently and persistently.

It moistened the meridians where Dou Qi circulated, bit by bit, and felt very comfortable. However, it could not help Liszt to break through and expand the total volume of Dou Qi within his body.

It was too soft and only made one feel drowsy, without the ability to muster the strength for a breakthrough.

"A very strange magic potion. If taken alone, it basically has no effect... Perhaps the meaning of 'auxiliary' is that it must be combined with other magic potions to explode with effect, and cannot be chosen as a stand-alone option for consumption?" This situation had not exceeded Liszt's expectations.

The Smoke Mission had already suggested that Dragon Hollyhock was an auxiliary magic potion variety.

After carefully experiencing the effect of the Dragon Kui Auxiliary Medicine, he quickly took out a vial of Flame Magic Potion and drank it down swiftly. In an instant, fierce flames ignited in his abdomen, and violent Dou Qi charged towards his limbs and bones, increasing the total amount of Dou Qi in his body. This was the expected behavior of the Flame Magic Potion.

However, the next moment he suddenly understood why Dragon Kui Auxiliary Medicine belonged to the category of auxiliary magic potions.

The Flame Magic Potion, which should have ceased its violent reactions at this point, seemed to undergo some kind of combination reaction with the Dragon Kui Auxiliary Medicine, causing the Flame Magic Potion to explode with even more ferocity.

Wave after wave surged through Liszt's Dou Qi meridians.

This sensation was just like the first time he consumed the Flame Magic Potion, an uncontrollable upheaval, heat welling up in his body. Only by executing a rigorous set of "Fire Dragon Drill" was he able to settle the tumultuous Dou Qi within himself. Afterward, he gained new insights into the Dragon Kui Auxiliary Medicine.

It hadn't been completely consumed; even after the Flame Magic Potion had fully integrated into his body, the Dragon Kui Auxiliary Medicine continued to release a steady stream, repairing the minor damage to the meridians caused by the earlier Dou Qi impacts.

It felt as if he was soaking in a hot spring.

So comfortable that he wanted to moan out loud.

After approximately twenty minutes, the effects of the Dragon Kui Auxiliary Medicine finally subsided. He closed his eyes to carefully savor his body's current state and came to a conclusion—the Dragon Kui Auxiliary Medicine had tripled the effects of the Flame Magic Potion and had reduced the side effects to virtually negligible levels.

"Very strong!"

"The value of the Dragon Kui Auxiliary Medicine exceeds that of these Magic Potions by a large margin," Liszt exclaimed with excitement, clenching his fist.

If the value of the Dragon Kui Auxiliary Medicine was 1 Gold Coin, and the value of the Flame Magic Potion was also 1 Gold Coin,

then the combination of the Dragon Kui Auxiliary Medicine with the Flame Magic Potion equated to the effects of three Flame Magic Potions. In other words, spending 2 Gold Coins yielded the value of 3 Gold Coins. Considering that consuming three Flame Magic Potions would damage the meridians, while the Auxiliary Magic Medicine concurrently repaired them, the total value was even equivalent to 4 Gold Coins.

The value could be roughly calculated as such.

In short, the value of the Dragon Kui Auxiliary Medicine was three times that of the Flame Magic Potion, so naturally, its price could be set at three times higher, or even ten times as much.

And the knights in need of Magic Potions would flock to it. Everyone would appreciate the effects of combining the Dragon Kui Auxiliary Medicine with a regular Magic Potion, as it could significantly save time—using the combination once equaled using the Flame Magic Potion alone four times.

"Of course, I won't be selling the Dragon Kui Auxiliary Medicine for now; it needs to serve me first!"

With a radiant smile, Liszt said, "Taking over Viscount Jonas's Dragon Kui Bugs was indeed a wise decision; who would have thought the Dragon Kui Auxiliary Medicine could be so potent."

Subsequently,

he continued testing the effects of combining the Dragon Kui Auxiliary Medicine with the Thorn Magic Potion and reached a similar conclusion—it could also enhance the effect by three times and continue to repair meridians.

"Given my current physical condition, I could probably withstand a combination of Dragon Kui Auxiliary Medicine and Flame Magic Potion once, as well as two combinations of Dragon Kui Auxiliary Medicine and Thorn Magic Potion... Before, I could only drink one Flame Magic Potion and one Thorn Magic Potion per day... This is 4.5 times more efficient than my previous drug-taking routine!"

Now, taking drugs for one day was equivalent to four and a half days before.n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

"Once I find the optimal method for drug-taking, I fear this efficiency could increase to the point where one day now surpasses five or even six days before, a truly meteoric ascent."

Continuing to consume drugs in such an unbroken manner,

he had a premonition that he might become a Sky Knight within the year.

Originally, he had set his goal to reach the skies by the age of twenty; he was seventeen now, with less than three years until twenty. If the efficiency of taking drugs increased by five to six times, naturally, the time required would shorten to within a year, or even half a year, making him a Sky Knight before the age of eighteen.

"Phew!"

"I must plant Auxiliary Medicine Dragon Mallow over more than two hundred acres, and moreover, I need to continue purchasing Dragon Kui Bugs from outside!" Not only do the Elite Earth Knights need to consume drugs, but the Sky Knights do as well.

As long as there's training day by day, there is no escaping from drug consumption.

The more Auxiliary Medicine Dragon Mallow, the better.