Good heavens!
Everything else had at least a brief introduction, but you? You just give me a bunch of 'Unknowns'?
What does that mean?
It means it's some damn good stuff!
Shaking her head and suppressing her excitement, Lan Qingyou felt around the area where the dialogue box had popped up. She didn't care that she was stirring up the silt at the bottom of the well until it was a murky mess.
Finally, she pried a stone out of the mud.
The stone was an irregularly shaped oval, about the size of a palm. Its surface was smooth, without even a trace of aquatic plants growing on it.
Lan Qingyou didn't have time to examine it closely; after all, the well water was still up to her neck.
After scanning the area and finding no other windows, she floated out.
She continued searching the surrounding area for a while, only returning when glowing sunset clouds appeared on the horizon.
The first thing she did upon returning wasn't identification, but taking a bath.
Having soaked in the freezing well water for so long and then being air-dried in the wind while flying, she was afraid she'd catch a cold if she didn't take a hot bath to work up a sweat.
After her bath, now in fresh clothes, she laid out all of today's gains.
A wooden rod over a meter long and as thick as half an arm, a broken compass, a butterfly chrysalis in a glass jar, a bottle of spring water, Water Element Essence, and the unknown stone.
And, of course, the cauldron she had been using for several days.
【Deep Sea Meteoric Iron Cauldron (C)】
【Effect: Increases the success rate of potions and decoctions by 50%.】
【Description: The ultimate tool that alchemists dream of. A world-class magic tool recognized by the world will. Whoever owns it enjoys its blessings; everyone who uses it says it's great. Unfortunately, after being left idle for a long time, its effectiveness is no longer what it once was. Perhaps you can try using it frequently to reawaken this slumbering world-class tool.】
【Emerald Stirring Rod (C)】
【Effect: Increases potion success rate by 50%.】
【Description: A stirring rod made from a branch of the World Tree. Using this rod ensures you don't have to worry about cross-contamination of flavors; it can even add a hint of the world's flavor to your potions. Unfortunately, after being left idle for a long time, its effectiveness is no longer what it once was. Perhaps you can try using it frequently to reawaken this slumbering world-class tool.】
【Broken Thorium Compass (E)】
【Effect: Increases the efficiency of your magic circles and alchemy circles by 50%.】
【Description: A circular array drawn using this can... Unfortunately, it is damaged. You can try to have a mechanic repair it. But be careful, because its attraction to mechanics is no less than its attraction to array masters and alchemists.】
【Elven Butterfly Chrysalis (S)】
【Description: An unhatched Elven Butterfly Chrysalis. It's a miracle you obtained a magic creature of this grade. Find an opportunity to hatch it, and you will see the gentlest and most beautiful butterfly in the world.】
【Spring of Rest (C)】
【Effect: Irrigation, forging, enchanting, alchemy.】
【Description: Spring water containing a large amount of mana. It can be used directly as base water for alchemy. Although its grade is not high, it is very precious.】
【Water Element Essence (D)】
【Effect: Can be used for alchemy and enchanting, as well as irrigation, effectively increasing the growth rate of water-attribute plants.】
【Description: The purest collection of water element energy, nurtured through the long-term convergence of water-attribute mana.】
【Stone of Rest (S)】
【Effect: Placing it on the ground allows it to continuously produce a flow of the Spring of Rest, with a chance to generate Water Element Essence.】
【Description: It is said that an arrogant alchemist of the past found another arrogant magic tool crafting master to jointly develop this stone because he found it troublesome to make mana water every time he brewed medicine. It is a world-class tool recognized by the world will.】
It seemed the Water Element Essence and the Spring of Rest were all produced by this Stone of Rest.
And the 'arrogant alchemist' mentioned in the description was likely Albert, right?
After reading the identification data for these items, Lan Qingyou let out a long sigh of relief.
"Phew—I didn't expect Albert's legacy to be so rich. It looks like I should find time to go 'archaeology' at his workshop site whenever I'm free. Who knows what other surprises are waiting?"
Lan Qingyou thought to herself.
Then, she placed a hand over her heart, closed her eyes, and said with an exceptionally sacred air:
"So, Albert, from today onwards, you are my teacher, even if we've never met. If there's more good stuff, please be sure to leave it in that camp. Allow me, your student, to better admire your brilliance."
For Lan Qingyou, who had taken over so much of his legacy and was also an alchemist, these items were all things that could effectively help her.
So, from the bottom of her heart, she was grateful to Albert.
Of course, it would be best if there were more tools.
However...
There was still work to be done.
Having obtained so many tools from the alchemy master Albert, Lan Qingyou immediately shifted her state of mind. With a spirited expression, she began filtering and bottling the potions to send them to her 'creditors.'
First, of course, was the person who sold her the 《Magic Creature Lore》.
Even though it was just a trade request, a deal was a deal.
Until this transaction was completed, the 《Magic Creature Lore》 would not reach her hands.
Although she now had the Identification Glasses, they required Knowledge to be even more effective.
No matter what, as long as she could break through to D-grade, the Identification Glasses would also break through to D-grade, becoming glasses capable of identifying D-grade items.
From this perspective, these glasses could be considered a growth-type magic tool.
Next was Shang Chuan. Although he was short a few dozen potions, being able to receive the first batch allowed his heart to finally settle.
After completing all this, Lan Qingyou returned to process today's harvest.
First and foremost was the Stone of Rest, which could self-produce the Spring of Rest.
Originally, Lan Qingyou had been having a headache over the water situation.
After all, relying on others to send her water was not a long-term solution.
Now that she had the Stone of Rest, she could obtain water resources anytime, anywhere.
However, because it produced a continuous flow of the Spring of Rest, Lan Qingyou had to search for a specific place to put it.
Eventually, after she placed the stone into the water tank that didn't have much water left, she discovered something.
This thing could indeed produce water, but it would only produce up to fifty centimeters.
It was the same as the water level in the well earlier.
This put Lan Qingyou's mind at ease.
After all, if water started gushing out of her tree house, anyone passing by would probably look up to investigate.
Putting it in the water tank was different.
Not only did she not have to worry about exposure, but in the future, she could just open the valve to release water for alchemy. It couldn't be more convenient.
While it was a bit of a waste for a large tank that could hold a hundred liters of water, this was the only way for now.
After washing the Emerald Stirring Rod along with the other tools she had used today, she placed them in the workshop.
There was nothing she could do about the thorium compass; she didn't know how to fix it, so she set it aside.
As for how to hatch the Elven Butterfly Chrysalis, she wasn't sure about that either.
After all, it wasn't even recorded in the 《Magic Creature Lore》 she had just received.
Er... rather, 《Magic Creature Lore》 was not a book that introduced individual magic creatures.
Instead, it systematically explained the concept of 'magic creatures.'
Under Magic Creature Lore, there were two branches: one was Botany and the other was Magic Beast Lore.
And under Botany, there were further branches.
One was the Herbology that Lan Qingyou was familiar with, and the other was Magic Plant Lore.
The man-eating flower that had appeared before belonged to the category of Magic Plant Lore.
Lan Qingyou couldn't help but marvel at how incredibly rich the academic subjects of this world truly were.
—There's a lot to learn.
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