Lizzie's Workshop.
It is a potion workshop run by the Bareare family, specializing in the sale of various healing potions.
However, recently, business has not been good.
Due to the unknown situation deep in the Great Forest of Tob, the Adventurers' Guild has never provided accurate information, leading to a large number of adventurers reducing their outings.
In addition, the increasingly strict entry checks outside the city gates have made the keen adventurers sense something.
With no adventurers getting injured, the demand for purchasing healing potions has naturally decreased significantly.
However!
For Lizzie, this is not a big deal. Having sold healing potions for so many years, she has already accumulated a considerable amount of wealth.
"Grandma, is this ratio correct?" Nfirea picked up the prepared herbs in his hand and asked softly.
"En."
Lizzie nodded expressionlessly.
She was already very satisfied with her grandson's crafting method. At least at Nfirea's age, she couldn't have done it.
Ding-dong!
The door opened, and the bell hanging on the door rang lightly.
A customer has arrived!
Nfirea quickly and carefully put down the herbs in his hand and stood up to look towards the door.
A figure wearing a robe similar to that of a priest entered the workshop. The modified priest's robe was not at all bulky; instead, due to the constriction at the waist, the entire figure became somewhat upright.
At the first sight of this figure, Nfirea felt that the person should be gentle.
For most people, clothing is the simplest way to judge a person.
But!
When he saw the black hair, Nfirea was clearly stunned for a moment and couldn't help but take a closer look.
Doing this to a guest was quite rude.
However, Nfirea really couldn't help it because at this moment, Adam's appearance was completely different from when he first met Adam, to the point where it could be said that he was a different person.
If it weren't for that distinctive black hair, he might not have recognized him immediately.
If it could be said that initially Adam gave Nfirea the impression of being a somewhat mysterious and simple adventurer, now he was an elegant and gentle noble.
It wasn't just the change in clothing; his overall demeanor was also obviously different, which made Nfirea unable to describe for a moment.
"Long time no see, Nfirea."
Seeing Nfirea standing there in a daze, looking at himself, Adam waved his hand familiarly and spoke.
"You've gotten rich, Adam!" Nfirea held back for a while, and this sentence came out of his mouth.
"Indeed, I've made a small fortune." Adam was amused in his heart and smiled as he spoke.
Nfirea's face immediately showed a happy expression, and he quickly stepped forward, "It's been so long since we last met, I thought you had already left E-Rantel, Adam."
Thud!
Nfirea's footsteps suddenly stopped when he saw the little Invisible Hound peeking out from behind Adam.
At the same time, a faint old voice came: "Invisible Hound, it seems you've been to the Great Forest of Tob."
"Madame Bareare long time no see."
Adam looked up at Lizzie, who was sitting behind the counter with one hand propping up her chin and the other holding something like a pipe, puffing out white smoke.
"Will there be any danger, Adam?" Nfirea's expression suddenly became tense as he looked at Adam.
Although this sentence sounded like he was worried about himself, Adam, who had spent some time with Nfirea, knew clearly that Nfirea was not worried about him but was asking if bringing an Invisible Hound would be dangerous.
"This is something I accidentally picked up on the outskirts of the forest; it's friendly towards me." Adam spoke softly, which indirectly answered both of their questions.
Lizzie put down the pipe in her mouth and turned her head to look at Nfirea: "Nfirea, go to the back and calculate the number of healing potions that have started to deteriorate."
Upon hearing this, Nfirea scratched his short golden hair, his eyes showing a bit of apology as he raised his eyebrows at Adam, then quickly said, "Understood, Grandma."
After saying that, he left towards the back with some helplessness.
As Nfirea's footsteps disappeared, Lizzie looked at Adam again and suddenly said, "Has your trouble been resolved?"
This somewhat unexpected question made Adam not react for a moment, but he soon realized that Lizzie must have inferred some things based on his changes before and after.
"Not yet, but I already have some ideas." Adam said.
"That's good."
Lizzie nodded, took out a familiar potion from under the counter, and placed it on the counter.
"This alchemical potion was made by you, right?"
"No wonder you discussed herbs and alchemy with Nfirea back then; I didn't expect you to be hiding such alchemical techniques."
Isn't this the alchemical potion I gave to Berolay? Adam thought to himself.
Seeing Adam in a daze, Lizzie looked as if she had seen it all before: "In E-Rantel, there are no secrets; if there are, it's just that no one wants to investigate."
Heh!
The Khajii of Zurrernorn, hiding here for so long without being discovered, if it weren't for Ainz taking action, E-Rantel would probably have been slaughtered by two bone dragons.
Also, Nfirea was captured and had to seek help from Ainz, even putting up all his assets.
Hearing Lizzie's somewhat arrogant words, Adam couldn't help but ridicule in his heart, but his facial expression remained unchanged.
"With such skills, you probably didn't come to buy potions, did you?"
"I want to sell some herbs."
"I can buy them at the highest price, but before that." Lizzie paused, pushed the alchemical potion forward with her hand, and looked at Adam with a burning gaze: "I hope to buy the manufacturing technique of the alchemical solution with money."
"For two thousand gold coins?"
"If you think it's not enough, you can name your price."
Lizzie leaned forward, her wrinkled face showing excitement.
This alchemy technique, completely different from what she knew, had been tormenting her, and she couldn't figure out how it was made.
So that's it.
No wonder from the moment I entered, I felt that Lizzie's gaze towards me was a bit off.
Two thousand gold coins!
To be honest, Adam was indeed a bit tempted, but he knew very well that this technique was not something Lizzie could learn.
Because it relied on the passive ability of the "Magic Swordsman" profession and the 10th level of Alchemist.
Seeing that Adam didn't speak, Lizzie thought the condition was too low and was about to offer a higher price.
"Do you have the materials?" Adam asked directly.
Lizzie showed a look of pleasant surprise, nodded quickly, turned around, and left towards the back of the hall.
After a while, Lizzie came out holding several complete corpses of Hanging Spiders, followed by Nfirea, who was carrying a pile of delicate instruments with a bewildered face.
Nfirea looked at Adam, although he didn't speak, but it was obvious he was asking what happened.
"Put the things down and hurry up with your work." Lizzie patted Nfirea's head.
"Oh."
Nfirea could only respond, leaving reluctantly, looking back three times with each step.
"Do you need anything else? Just say it." Lizzie was emotional.
"No need, these are enough." Adam waved his hand, looking at the several Hanging Spiders, his gaze flickered.
As a former opponent, he knew very well how tricky these Hanging Spiders were; he didn't expect their corpses to be preserved so well.
"One sac of Hanging Spider venom."
As soon as Adam spoke, Lizzie swiftly took out a venom sac and handed it to him without hesitation.
Under Lizzie's serious gaze, Adam took the venom sac, threw it into a portion of ordinary water, and casually activated his alchemy skill. In just two or three breaths, the venom sac completely dissolved into the water, and then the impurities in the solution disappeared at an incredible speed.
With a flash of blue light, a clear and bright blue alchemical potion appeared.
"Done."
Adam casually threw it over.
Lizzie caught it in a panic, her eyes full of confusion, but she still subconsciously cast the "Item Identification" magic.
Silence.
"Cough, can you make another one?" Lizzie looked up at Adam, her voice much softer.
Adam casually made another bottle.
This time, Lizzie fell completely silent. She saw very clearly that Adam didn't use any special methods or unimaginable techniques.
It was exactly the process of making an ordinary low-quality alchemical solution.
She didn't understand!
But at least one thing was certain: this kid Adam had an extremely high understanding of alchemy.
Lizzie always thought her grandson was a genius, but comparing him to this person, she realized that the real genius was right in front of her!
After a long silence, Lizzie looked up again, forcing a stiff smile on her wrinkled face: "Let's talk about the herbs now."
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