Above the mage!

Chapter 7 Life is like grass
Master Seda's face was livid, and it was unclear whether it was because of Yilan's death, or because of Gode's calmness after killing someone, or both.

"How dare you kill him? All of you are my apprentices and my personal property. I am the only one who has the right to decide your life or death."

"I know," Gao De nodded, his pale face showing helplessness, and explained: "But he wanted me to die, so I had to let him die first."

"After all, I don't want to die yet." When he said this, he raised his head and looked directly into Master Seda's eyes, appearing very sincere.

"You killed my apprentice without my consent, which means you are stealing my property. You must pay with your life." Master Seda looked at Gao De coldly, unmoved.

"It's better to die at the hands of the Master Mage than at the hands of this villain," Gao De said, looking at the stiff body on the bed. "Besides, he should be the one who really wants to seize your property."

"Yilan told me yesterday that he wanted me dead. My life is worth dying for, but if I delay your progress in developing the potion, that would be a big mistake," Gao De said meaningfully.
This is the reason why he dared to stab Yilan at night.

Gao De was sure that no matter what Master Seda thought about his killing of Yilan, or how he would react, he would never really let him pay with his life now.

Because at this moment, he has irreplaceable value to Master Seda - he is the only apprentice who has "survived" after the drug trial so far.

If Master Seda wants to successfully refine the potion as soon as possible, he must use his high virtue in the next drug test.

Therefore, before the next drug test, Master Seda would never let him die.

The next drug test will be the sword of Damocles hanging over Gaode's head, but also his golden ticket to immunity from death.

The same is true.

For the wizard Seda, who has absolute power and authority, after discovering that Yilan died at the hands of Gode, he did not immediately kill Gode, but kept "talking nonsense" to Gode, which means that Gode is valuable to him and is an existence that he cannot directly eliminate now.

Gaode’s purpose goes beyond this.

He took a breath and spoke to Master Seda again:

"Master Mage, Yilan disobeyed your authority first, and I resisted in self-defense. Besides, I can do what Yilan did, and it will not affect my original work. Without him, Master Mage, you will not suffer any loss, and you can also save a mouth to feed."

"Self-defense resistance, haha, you call this self-defense resistance..."

"A despicable means of fighting for power!" After listening to what God said, Master Seda glanced at the "messy" room, and seemed to have "understood" everything. He said coldly: "Even if Yilan deserves it, how to punish him is my business, not yours. You crossed the line by stabbing him at night.

You tested the potion for me, and if my potion was successful, you would have gained a lot, and I would have accepted you as my apprentice."

"But your cleverness will prevent you from being treated this way again."

"You will regret what you did today," Master Seda snorted coldly without waiting for Gao De to react, and turned to walk out, "You will do his work from now on, but all you will get is his job."

Obviously, Master Seda knew very well what Gaode relied on and what he "desired in his heart".

Watching Master Seda leave, Gao De did not feel the slightest bit of emotion due to his "threat".

Regarding what Master Seda said, "After the potion is successfully refined, you will get considerable benefits", Gao De first of all did not believe that this old fox would be so kind. In addition, he understood that the probability of successfully refining this potion was too low.

In the eyes of Master Seda, the fact that Gaode was still alive after testing the medicine meant that he was infinitely close to success.

But Gaode knows the real situation very well: Master Seda is still a long way from success!

As for the so-called regret for what I did today, that is not worth mentioning.

If he doesn't resist, the next time he tests the medicine will be the day he dies. Why would he care about what happens next?

Although the night attack on Yilan this time seemed reckless, it was actually a well-considered move by Gaode.

There were basically no consequences - his situation couldn't be any worse.

But the gains were a lot: while solving a big problem, I also prepared myself mentally for "killing" in advance in order to adapt to this cannibalistic environment.

Most importantly, he obtained the qualification to freely enter and exit the medicine garden that originally belonged to Yilan - only by going out can he have more chances to escape from the current predicament.

As for the inexplicably activated crescent gem, it was an unexpected surprise.

Swish!
A basin of clean water washed away the last trace of blood in the room. Gao De reached out and wiped the sweat from his forehead.

Although the incident of Yilan has been temporarily uncovered, the scene must still be dealt with. Otherwise, not only will it be bloody and creepy, but the body will also rot after a period of time.

Master Seda did not delegate anyone to deal with the matter, and Gaode, as the "murderer", took the initiative to finish the job.

The room has been cleaned.

"Let's bury his body in the back hill," said Amy, who volunteered to stay and help. "The apprentices who tested the medicine before were also buried there."

Gao De nodded without objection.

Two men, one holding the legs and the other holding the shoulders, lifted Yilan's body.

Amy looked at the roommate opposite her, who should have been very familiar with her but now felt strange. She hesitated for a long time before whispering to God, "I really didn't expect you to do such a thing."

He was a little timid because after seeing how Yilan died, he instinctively felt a little scared of Goder.

Most people are afraid of murderers.

"What would you do if someone wanted to kill you?" Gao De asked.

Amy was stunned and couldn't think of an answer for a moment.

He understood what Gao De meant, but he also knew that he would be at a loss what to do in such a situation and would certainly not be as decisive as Gao De.

"Let's go, you lead the way." Seeing that Amy was afraid of him, God was no longer as cautious as before.

After burying Yilan's body, Gode and Amy returned to the medicine garden.

It was also time for the apprentices to have breakfast.

The two had been busy for a long time, especially Gao De, who had killed people and buried bodies, and had consumed a lot of energy. He was already starving, so he immediately rushed to the restaurant.

When the apprentices in the restaurant saw Gao De coming in, the originally noisy environment immediately became quiet, leaving only the sound of chewing.

Witnessing Yilan's death with their own eyes had a great impact on these apprentices who were strictly speaking still children.

At this moment, the apprentices all regarded him as a tiger.

Gao De seemed unaware of what was happening. He just took his breakfast and found an empty seat to sit down.

He took a big bite of rye bread soaked in pea soup.

The taste is still indescribable, but it is not as hard to swallow as before.

I don’t know if it’s because I’m hungry or something else.

While swallowing his breakfast, Gao De reviewed his schedule for the day.

Even though I killed someone in the middle of the night, I still have to continue working today.

In the morning, he was responsible for the cultivation of some medicinal herbs in the medicine garden and feeding the little gray mice. In the afternoon, he was responsible for preparing the primary spider venom potion, and in the evening he practiced.

Day after day, a very fixed and boring schedule.

After drinking the last mouthful of hot pea soup, Goder stood up, said goodbye to Amy and walked towards the backyard.

That is the herb growing area in the garden.

Yesterday, with the help of his roommate Amy, Gao De had already gained a general understanding of the topographic structure and regional distribution of the medicine garden, and could basically go to each area independently.

(End of this chapter)