Skynder quickly looked over it and could tell at a glance that it was different from a usual poison recipe. Both the materials used to create it and the thods used to concoct it were abnormal and very specific.
He looked up at the Imperial Scholar.
"This particular poison is only useful on the common weeds in this area. Our gardeners use it, though it is created elsewhere. It is not particularly useful, but it is extrely valuable. Many would pay a lot of money for it, not just to get rid of weeds, but because it could give them or those who work for them an insight on how to create similar poison recipes."
Skynder nodded. "Thank you."
"Of course. Anything to further the knowledge of such a talented individual."
Although his words were spoken normally, Skynder imagined that deep inside, it was just empty words.
"Now, let begin to teach you about so of the unusual components in the concoction process."
The Imperial Scholar began to describe, explain, and suggest. His focus was on the unusual concoction thod included in the recipe.
It was more complicated than a normal poison recipe, requiring the heat to be skillfully manipulated and the timing to be nearly perfect.
The Imperial Scholar finished up exactly as the hour ended.
"Alright. Good luck with your concocting."
Skynder thanked him again and left. He headed directly to the herb shop. He had already been told about the few materials on the list he hadn't known. None were nearly as valuable as the Yellow Lightning Thorn, and neither were they restricted or classified.
The uniqueness of the recipe lay in the concoction process, not the materials.
Leaving the herb shop with a large bag on his back, Skynder headed over to Master Chef Garb's restaurant. He entered, and Master Chef Garb looked at him.
"Using the poison room." Skynder said.
Master Chef Garb nodded.
As Skynder walked towards the door, he paused. "Is it safe to have a poison room so close to food?"
Master Chef Garb looked back at him. "Is it safe to have a poison room anywhere?"
Skynder nodded in agreent and headed down the stairs once again. In the sa room, he took out everything and began. He mixed materials, tid additions perfectly, and manipulated the heat, though he struggled to do so.
He failed his first attempt, as well as his second. However, after the first, his skill had clearly grown. As he began his third, there was an obvious difference. Still, it was not enough.
He failed on his third attempt and his fourth attempt, finally succeeding on his fifth attempt.
He produced a few vials of the poison. He didn't value the poison itself that much. Instead, he valued the practice and experience he had gained, as well as his new insights on different types of poisons.
Skynder cleaned up and headed upstairs to test the poison out. As he walked outside, he looked at one of the boards. On it was a test date. The next ti that they t with the Imperial Scholar, they would be tested on what they learned through his thods, and be given points as a result.
Skynder noted it in his head and walked over to the grass. After looking around for a little bit, he found a patch of the common weeds in the Imperial Capital. Although there were many different types of weeds, these were the most common species around.
Skynder uncapped a vial and dripped a few drops on the weeds. He also intentionally got so on the grass. He watched as the poison that touched the weeds was sucked inside of it, but the poison that touched the grass simply slid off, not affecting it.
Monts later, he saw the weeds shriveling up at a speed visible to the naked eye. After five minutes, all that remained of the weed patch was a bunch of dry, dead weeds.
Skynder was impressed by the effectiveness of the poison. The normal grass and ground was completely untouched, while the weeds were completely eradicated. It did what it needed to do and it did it perfectly.
Since he had a test in two days, he decided to head to the library and study.
Clearly, everybody had gotten the mo, as the library was just as full as when it first opened. Skynder made his way to the dical section and began to study. Unlike usual, he actually began to study dicine and healing. He had been intending to do so for a long ti, but had always focused on poison.
Now, he decided it was the right ti.
As expected, dicine was very similar to poison. From the thods to create a dicine or a cure, to the materials used. All of it was eerily similar. For the first ti, Skynder truly understood the saying, "A master of dicine is a master of poison".
Even just by accident, it seed possible to make poison from a few of the dicine recipes. Just a single additional material or one missing could make a concoction go from healing to killing.
Skynder stayed inside of the library for more than sixteen hours before leaving and falling asleep. He made sure he got plenty of sleep and went to the library as soon as he woke up.
When he arrived it was around 10 PM, or 14 hours before his test with the Imperial Scholar. He would spend all of the ti before that studying.
In the library, he perused various sections, even stepping out of the dicine section to look at how broken bones were healed. He beca curious as to how doctors actually worked, but staved off his curiosity for the sake of the test.
It felt like the blink of an eye, but 11 AM arrived. Skynder had an hour before his test. To say he was not a little tired would be a lie.
Therefore, he left a bit early and stopped at a cafe, picking up the most energizing coffee that they gave out.
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