Outside the office.
Julie paced anxiously.
"Li Wei, he should be able to succeed, he’s an ’Extraordinary’ after all! But even for Extraordinary individuals, there’s still a failure rate in concocting blood wine. Like ’the Doctor’, his first ti making the blood wine, he failed 17 tis in a row, nearly went bankrupt..."
"But... Li Wei is different, right? He’s so talented, if even he can’t do it, what will happen to Jasmine? Do we have to send her to the Special Affairs Bureau then? If so, her whole life might be spent in prison and secret laboratories..."
Just when her anxiety peaked, the office door burst open, and Zhong Shenxiu ca out.
"Did it work?"
Julie asked, full of hope.
"Co in!"
Zhong Shenxiu beckoned Julie into the office and said, "I have not concocted the ’Blood of Healing’!"
Julie’s eyes dimd montarily, as if truly saddened for a friend.
"Because I felt its effects could be better!" Zhong Shenxiu continued, presenting a cup of crimson cocktail, "Therefore, I attempted to modify it and created the ’Bloody Mary’!"
To him, this was indeed a trivial matter.
"You an... you modified a blood wine recipe and nad it ’Bloody Mary’?" Julie asked dumbfounded.
"Yes."
Zhong Shenxiu nodded, feeling it wouldn’t hurt to establish his genius persona.
And it had to be said, this kind of potion blending had so similarities to the Alchemy of the main world.
Thus, he was quite adept at it.
"My god, my god..."
Julie hardly knew what to say, and carefully stored away that cup of ’Bloody Mary’: "I have to go, to see how Jasmine is doing, and I must thank you no matter what this ti."
"Hold on..."
Zhong Shenxiu stopped Julie and said, "I have full confidence in the cocktail I blended! And next ti, I will need materials on the practice of the Naless Art, and more advanced mystical knowledge, like how to find the Pure White Wilderness, how to get through... that ’Dream Wanderings’, and if there’s anything else, I’m very interested. We can negotiate the price!"
"No problem."
Julie left a terse reply and hurried away.
It seed that after this incident, she began to accept Li Wei as one of the family.
...
Julie moved quickly, leaving the Whisperer Bar, making her way through the dark, to a black clinic.
This was once the stronghold of ’the Doctor’, but after his death, it had been abandoned.
Even so, the clinic was still stocked with a variety of dical supplies.
"Shadow, how is Jasmine?"
Julie opened the doors of the clinic and saw a dark shadow in the darkness.
"I’ve taken care of the wound on her shoulder; removed the bullet, stitched the flesh... Heh, but the spiritual corruption is impossible to remove, we can only temporarily suppress it with the power of rituals..."
The shadow replied gravely: "If she ultimately loses control and transforms into a monster, we wouldn’t have to worry about the wound getting infected anymore..."
"Now isn’t the ti for your dark humor."
Julie moved to a hospital room and saw the candles encircling the bed, the silver daggers... together forming a seal.
Jasmine’s shoulder was bandaged, and she opened her eyes.
One eye was lucid, the other so engorged with blood that it was severely discolored, containing only shades of black and red, a terrifying sight.
"Julie... promise !"
Jasmine spoke, "If I lose control, kill imdiately. I don’t want to die as a monster!"
"Don’t be afraid, I’ve brought you a potion."
Julie took out a liquor flask.
"That kid really concocted the Bloody Cure?"
The shadow that had appeared behind them at so point said in surprise, "Julie... your spirit really does favor you so!"
"I believe that the tail-eating snake of fate always watches over ."
Julie said, "You wouldn’t guess, but he actually advanced straight to ’Extraordinary’ status, and it hasn’t even been a week!"
"’Extraordinary’? It seems your plan of nurturing a doctor was a success."
The shadow was also sowhat excited. "That’s great... We finally have soone in our circle who can produce special potions again."
At this mont, Jasmine also revealed a relieved smile, opened the flask, and took a sip of the Bloody Mary, her brows moving slightly. "It tastes really good... No, this doesn’t seem like the flavor of the Bloody Cure."
"This..." Julie felt sowhat embarrassed. "He said he improved the formula; this version of the Bloody Mary is more effective and tastes better!"
"Bullshit, how could you believe him? Improving the formula is sothing even potion masters might not manage!" said the shadow, getting a bit frantic.
"At this point, I can only choose to trust him."
Julie let out a sigh and then, watching Jasmine finish the Bloody Mary, asked anxiously, "How do you feel?"
"The restlessness in my heart has cald down a lot..."
Jasmine answered honestly, "This feeling, it’s similar to how I felt after taking the Bloody Cure before. No, it’s better..."
"Hmm?"
Julie looked at her, and a look of surprise suddenly appeared on her face.
The blood-red color in Jasmine’s other eye had now gradually faded, leaving only so blood vessels visible.
Although it looked like she had stayed up for several nights, it was a huge improvent from before.
"Take a look..."
Julie picked up a mirror, and Jasmine imdiately saw with surprise that she had recovered quite a bit. "This is amazing!"
She rembered the Bloody Mary she had just drunk, becoming intoxicated by its sweet taste.
Beneath that unique flavor, the restlessness of her spirit seed to have been soothed.
Finally, Jasmine confird that she had indeed made it through this trial and let out a cheer.
The two won imdiately embraced each other.
The shadow beside them coughed and said, "Congratulations, Jasmine!"
"Thank you!"
Jasmine’s eyes were slightly moist. "But... I’m out of a job."
"It’s okay, I’ll find you a good job," Julie said softly to comfort her. "And... we have a new doctor now; life will get even better from here on."
"Will it?"
Although she had executed many people, Jasmine’s personality still seed a bit naïve.
The shadow, seeing this scene, couldn’t help but put a hand to the forehead and let out a sigh.
"Right, where is that doctor? I want to thank him," said Jasmine.
"This... he’s still in a probationary period; I haven’t decided yet whether to bring him into our circle," Julie answered sowhat awkwardly.
"In reality, you just want to delay a bit longer to earn a substantial fee as a middleman, right?" The shadow didn’t hold back in exposing the truth.
"No, I’m just evaluating..."
Julie looked down a bit guiltily, knowing that practicing the naless art indeed consud a lot of funds.
It was tough for her to resist the temptation of relying on the wealthy Li Wei.
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