165 Thoradin Catalys (1/2)
When Jouyi saw Osul's face becoming more and more incensed, his heart sank. 'This is truly troublesome,' he worried.
This time, Jouyi was already thinking about subduing Osul if he made any moves. Although he would hurt the feelings of the Artisan, they were both a few hundred years old, and he would always have the chance to explain later.
When he saw Osul taking two steps towards Lin Yun with an ugly look on his face, he thought that he was about to harm him. But Osul stopped and frowned as he asked, ”You can fix it?”
'What?' Jouyi had already moved forward to stop Osul, but he suddenly stiffened when he heard those words. As he looked at the two of them, his eyes were filled with unconcealed doubts.
'When did Osul become so self-restrained?'
Whatever the case, this finally let Jouyi sigh in relief. As long as Osul didn't become hostile, there would still be a way out. As he thought about this, Jouyi secretly gave Lin Yun a meaningful glance, wanting to make him take advantage of this opportunity to hurriedly apologize.
But he was surprised when Lin Yun immediately shook away his meaningful glance.
”Haha, of course I can't...”
”...” Jouyi felt like cursing. 'Fuck, if I weren't here, do you think you could speak so much with Osul? Do you think that there is any meaning in bothering an Artisan?'
Lin Yun didn't feel nervous at all. He didn't even care about Osul's worsening expression, and after chuckling, he added, ”But an Artisan like Sir Osul shouldn't forget the 4th Formula of the Primal Chaos Theory.”
Osul was distracted for an instant, before displaying a disapproving expression. ”You are talking about the Thoradin Formula? That's impossible, although the Thoradin Catalyst could activate many effects, it can't reconstitute an already failed Heaven Awakening.”
”What if you add Holy Sand?”
”Impossible!” Osul didn't think for long before shaking his head at Lin Yun's opinion. ”Holy Sand contains the purest holy energy, it simply cannot blend into the Thoradin Catalyst!”
”Haha, Sir Osul…” Lin Yun's voice was neither slow nor fast as he calmly explained, ”Who told you that Holy Sand must be blended into the Thoradin Catalyst, couldn't it be the other way around?”
Silence filled the wooden house after these words. Osul looked at Lin Yun with an extremely strange expression for no less than a minute, before suddenly jumping up...
”Fuck!”
Jouyi never thought that the Artisan that he'd known for hundreds of years had such a lively side. He watched as Osul rushed to his refining table and moved his hands as if he were performing tricks, grabbing four or five magic materials, one of which was a small bottle of golden sand that emitted a golden light and a holy aura when brought out, making everyone feel warmth welling up within them.
This was Holy Sand, rumored to be a rare material transformed from the first ray of dawn. Such a small bottle of it could easily be exchanged for at least one Spiritual Magic Tool.
Artisan Osul's work was like an alchemy textbook, accurate and smooth, almost machine-like. He completed the special Thoradin Catalyst in a short three minutes.
This Thoradin Catalyst was special because Holy Sand was used as a medium for it.
”Merlin…” Osul held this special Thoradin Catalyst but didn't dare to mix it with the Heaven Awakening Potion. After calling out to Lin Yun, he found out that he wasn't being respectful enough for someone asking a question, and thus changed his way of address after some hesitation. ”That is... Great Mage Merlin, is it really effective?”
”Won't you know if you try it?”
”...”
Even Jouyi couldn't keep listening to Lin Yun's words. That was a Heaven Awakening Potion, which was worth a True Spirit Magic Tool! There would be only one chance to save the potion, yet he didn't seem to be taking it seriously.
Unfortunately, no matter how much Jouyi stared at Lin Yun, the latter didn't say a word.
Osul could only hope for the best as he poured the special Thoradin Catalyst into the compound that was devoid of mana fluctuations.
They now had to wait...
The Thoradin Catalyst was like that: it took a very long time to stimulate the effects of a potion, not to mention that this particular catalyst was very special, as it used the purest Holy Sand as a medium, increasing the time needed to take effect at least once over.
Osul naturally knew of the Thoradin Catalyst's properties and thus was prepared to wait. But this Artisan couldn't help being nervous as time slowly passed. After all, this was testing a brand new method. If he succeeded, it would lead to him making a huge breakthrough in the alchemy field.
As the seconds passed, more and more drops of sweat appeared on Osul's forehead. This Artisan had never felt that time was passing so slowly, even wishing that he could make it move faster.