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Chapter 225 Promotion

"Money... the problem has come full circle," Richard muttered to himself.

After Dessall's death, Richard's new beer business came to a complete standstill.

Naturally, the planned continuous and ample "cash flow" was no longer available.

However, this matter can be put aside for now; Richard has something more important to do.

Richard took out a strange green patterned box from his pocket. When he opened it, a bright red, teardrop-shaped crystal the size of a fingernail was clearly visible.

Without the energy shield of the box, the crystal is now emitting strong blood energy fluctuations and an enticingly sweet, bloody smell.

After yesterday's battle, Richard, without telling Fana, secretly extracted the source blood from the corpse of the high-level spider woman, Irene, while returning to his alchemy room, and successfully extracted a portion of first-tier spider woman bloodline essence—that is, spider woman source blood.

Last time, Richard had planned to use the Spider Woman's blood on Stephena, but due to various reasons at the time, it was ultimately shelved.

But this time, after experiencing this battle, Li realized that from any perspective, Stephena deserved this Spider Woman's blood.

For Spider Women of the same bloodline, Spider Woman blood is nothing short of a super-powerful tonic!

The original owner of Stephania's new body, Fritty, was a spider woman of exceptional talent. If this drop of source blood were to be infused...

It is conceivable that Stephania will soon reach the level of a formal wizard.

"Fingart, tell Stephanie to come to the alchemy room," Richard called out to Fingart at the door.

"Yes, Master!"

A short while later, Stephania arrived at Fana's laboratory with a puzzled look on her face.

"Master, did you call me?"

"Okay, take off your clothes!"

Without turning his head, Richard was bent over, stirring some kind of potion in the corner of the alchemy room.

"what?"

Richard's words immediately made Stephanie blush, and she began to shyly take off her clothes.

However, she kept thinking to herself, "Master, even if you wanted to, why did you choose a laboratory? And someone else's laboratory at that. It just feels weird."

"Does the owner prefer staying at other people's houses?"

Fingart, who was originally on guard outside the door, faintly heard Richard, the master of the alchemy room, say "Take off your clothes," and his expression turned strange.

When Richard turned around, he saw Stephanie, blushing, continuing to take off her underwear after removing her outer robe. He immediately slapped his forehead and said, "Stop! Sorry, I didn't explain clearly. Stephanie, you can go into that wooden box while wearing your underwear."

Stephanie paused abruptly, realizing she might have completely misunderstood. She looked in the direction Richard was pointing.

In a corner of the alchemy room, there was a rectangular wooden box resembling a coffin. It had no lid, and a pool of emerald green liquid could be clearly seen inside.

This must be some kind of potion that Richard was just stirring while bending over, right?

"Master, am I to lie down in that sleeping coffin?"

Stephanie timidly extended her fair finger and pointed to the coffin.

Judging from her slightly furrowed brows, she seemed somewhat afraid of this unfamiliar turquoise liquid.

Richard nodded and explained, "This is a potion I concocted. It should maximize the use of the Spider Woman's blood. However, the whole process might be a little painful, or rather, quite torturous, so you might have to bear with it."

Outside the alchemy room, Fingart overheard the words, "It hurts a little." and his expression immediately became even stranger.

Stephania nodded. Wearing only a white silk undergarment, she took a few steps with her long, straight, fair legs and slowly walked towards the coffin. As she got closer, her nostrils twitched, and she caught a whiff of the emerald green liquid.

Fortunately, the smell wasn't too bad; it probably contained magic leaf grass.

Smelling the sweet fragrance of the magic leaf grass, Stephania nodded to herself.

As she stepped into the coffin, a chill ran from her feet straight to her heart and lungs.

However, Stephanie did not resist, but followed Richard's instructions and slowly lay down in the sleeping coffin.

"Splash!" The emerald green water rippled, almost completely submerging Stephena's delicate body.

Richard was slightly taken aback when he saw Stephanie's shapely body immersed in the medicinal liquid, but he quickly focused and placed the spider woman's blood, about the size of a fingernail, into the emerald green liquid.

"Zzzzz~~~"

The emerald green liquid reacted violently the moment it came into contact with the Spider Woman's source blood!

As waves of red ripples spread out, the liquid inside the coffin changed from its original emerald green to a purplish-red, resembling aged red wine.

Among them, Stephanie, lying in her sleeping coffin, felt it most clearly.

The originally cool liquid suddenly changed its taste!

It now seemed as if countless tiny snakes made of flowing water were seeping into her body from the surface of her skin, and a strong tingling sensation arose from the deepest part of her body.

It's getting more and more intense!

If it were just pain, Stephania believed she could endure it for a long time.

However, this tingling sensation touched her weakness.

Before long, Stephania couldn't take it anymore, "Ah! Master, I can't take it!!"

Outside the door, Fingart could no longer maintain his composure. He took a few steps forward, shook his head slightly, and said, "Alas! Although Master is... he is still a young man after all."

Just then, Fingart heard footsteps coming from the connecting corridor.

He looked up and saw the petite Ms. Fana walking towards him.

"Oops!"

Immediately, Fingart realized that he absolutely could not let Ms. Fana in!

"Good day, Ms. Fana!" Fingart said respectfully with a slight bow.

Ms. Fana is very capable and has helped her master a lot this time. Moreover, both she and her master are currently staying at someone else's house, so Fingart has great respect for Fana.

"Is Master Levi in ​​the alchemy room? Perfect timing, I need him to make a potion for me," Ms. Fana said with a slight smile on her delicate face.

"Well... it might not be convenient right now. My master said we shouldn't disturb him. Ms. Fana, would it be alright if I informed you as soon as my master's experiment is finished?"

At this point, Fingart had no choice but to step forward and block Fana's path, explaining.

Ms. Fana has been a great help to her master, so he must not allow his master's glorious image to be tarnished in front of Ms. Fana.

But he couldn't think of a good solution at the moment, so he could only awkwardly stop the other party halfway.

"Huh, is Master Li Wei currently working on some important potion-making process? He didn't even tell me! He told me yesterday that I could contact him anytime."

Fana was a little puzzled, but she didn't find it strange.

After all, it's not uncommon for alchemy masters to suddenly have an inspiration one day, which is quite normal. So, she turned around and prepared to leave.

Suddenly, faint female cries could be heard from inside the alchemy room, which startled Fana. She stopped in her tracks and listened intently.

"Ah! Master can't take it anymore!"

Fana immediately turned around, looked at Fingart suspiciously, and asked, "Besides Master Levi, is there anyone else inside?"

"This...this," Fingart wiped the fine beads of sweat from his forehead.

After thinking about it, Fana sighed, "Master, I have no choice but to keep it a secret." Fanga nodded, confirming Fana's guess.

"This...Master's follower...Stephena is also inside."

At this moment, the sounds coming from inside the door became clearer and clearer, flowing into their ears intermittently.

This immediately made Fana blush crimson, and she turned and fled in panic. She stopped at the corner of the porch, turned back to Fingart, and said from afar, "Tell your master to clean the alchemy room thoroughly after he's done."

Then he walked away without looking back!

This made Fingart shake his large head and mutter to himself, "Master, your lifelong reputation is probably ruined!"

Inside the alchemy room, Richard, who was constantly monitoring Stephanie's physical condition, naturally had no time to notice what was happening at the door.

Although he could clearly sense someone approaching based on his current perception, and judging from the aura it should be Fana, Richard focused most of his attention on the changes in Stephanie's body.

Two hours later, the purplish-red liquid slowly turned into slightly cloudy clear water.

Richard nodded; this was roughly in line with his expectations.

The Spider Woman's bloodline has been fully activated, and the vast majority of it should have been absorbed by Stephena.

This is equivalent to further enhancing the already high-potential body of Stephena.

If Stephena's original body was a high-level talent that was rare among spider women, only seen once every few decades, then her current body is a top-level talent that is rare once every hundred years.

Stephena had long since stopped shouting and had slowly fallen into a deep sleep.

This should be a self-protective reaction of the body during its adaptation period.

Richard stepped forward and picked up Stephanie's delicate body. Instantly, a warm, burning sensation emanated from Stephanie's smooth skin.

He placed it on an empty experimental table to the side, and Richard cast a level zero spell, Scorching Wind, which quickly dried Stephania's white undergarments and covered her with a robe.

After finishing all this, Richard opened the door to the alchemy room and beckoned to Fingart:

"Was Fana here just now?"

Fingart replied respectfully, "Yes, Master. Ms. Fana came by just now, but she left after hearing that you were conducting experiments."

Richard nodded, rubbed his temples with his right hand, and said wearily, "I forgot to tell you, if it's Fana, it's fine to let her come in too."

As soon as he finished speaking, Fingart was stunned into silence. His already large mouth could now fit a whole turkey.

"Master, you should still take care of your health."

Seeing his master's exhausted appearance, Fingart gave a subtle reminder.

"Okay, thank you. By the way, Fingart, you stay here and look after Stephania. Once she wakes up, have her come to me."

"Yes, Master!"

Richard left the alchemy room and strode towards the connecting corridor.

Watching Richard's departing figure, Fingart glanced again through the crack in the door at Stephania lying on the alchemy platform, shook his head, and sighed, "Human stamina is indeed far superior to that of night elves, and... and us merfolk, we're just too amazing!"

"However, what does Master mean by letting Stephania continue searching for him after she wakes up? Could it be..."

Fingart suddenly realized!

When Richard found Fana in the garden, he discovered that she was staring blankly at a purple iris.

"Fana, are you looking at irises? I heard from Fingart that you came looking for me?"

Richard's voice startled Fana, and when she turned to look at him, she felt slightly awkward.

"Yes, I just heard from Fingart that you were busy with experiments, so I didn't want to disturb you."

"Oh, it's nothing really, just helped Stephanie improve her aptitude. If I'd known it was you, I would have let you come and observe too," Richard said, stretching.

"Observe?" Fana stared at Richard in disbelief, her cherry-like mouth almost wide enough to fit an egg!

I thought to myself, are all humans this open-minded? They can even observe something like this!

However, Richard immediately noticed that Fana's expression seemed a little strange.

"What's wrong?" Richard asked suspiciously.

"Oh no. It's nothing. There's no need for you to observe; it involves your privacy." Fana forced a smile, lowered her head, and didn't dare to look Richard in the eye, a blush rising on both cheeks.

"We are friends who fight side by side, and some things don't need to be divided so clearly."

Richard thought Fana meant that if he came to observe, he would get something for nothing, like some rare recipes, so he explained generously.

This immediately caused Fana to lower her head even further, her cheeks flushed even more, like two bright red apples, her slender fingers fidgeting nervously, and even her soles were nervously scratching at the lawn in the garden.

As Richard spoke, he also sensed something was off; he felt there was something strange about the atmosphere of their conversation.

Moreover, Fana's feet kept moving.

Is this meant to be cut into a hole?

Just then, a joyful shout came from behind.

"Master! I've advanced! I've actually advanced!" Stephania, wearing a veil and a black, form-fitting wizard's robe, ran quickly toward Richard.

Fana looked up at Richard and Stephanie with a puzzled expression, wondering if doing that kind of thing could really increase one's strength.

The aura emanating from Stephania at this moment was several times stronger than before, a fact that even a blind person could sense.

That's why Fana had a momentary lapse in judgment.

A huge question mark appeared in Fana's mind: Could her strength have increased so much?

Should I observe next time or not?

Richard was overjoyed; he hadn't expected Stephanie to be promoted so quickly.

Originally, according to Richard's estimate, even if Stephena could absorb the Spider Woman's source blood almost perfectly, it would take at least half a month or a month before she would have a chance to successfully enter the level of a formal wizard.

I never expected the promotion to come so quickly!

When Stephania saw Fana standing nearby, she immediately stopped herself from rushing into Richard's arms, adjusted her wizard's robe, and greeted Fana, "Hello, Ms. Fana."

Stephania was very grateful to Fana, after all, without her help, she and Fingart might have already sacrificed themselves.

"Hello." Fana looked up at the radiant Stephanie.

"Master, thank you for your care and help! If it weren't for the potion you prepared for me, I'm afraid I wouldn't have been able to fully absorb the effects of the source blood, and naturally I wouldn't have been able to advance so quickly."

"Haha, you're my follower, it's what I should do. As for the potion? Someone was yelling and screaming for a long time just now, saying they couldn't take it anymore." Richard was in a great mood and couldn't help but tease Stephanie.

This immediately made Stephanie blush and bury her head in her chest.

Huh! A potion? Fana's beautiful eyes fluttered a few times, as if her entire line of thought had gone completely off track!

That wretched Fingart, he actually led me astray.

Suddenly, Fingart, who was resting in his room, felt a chill on his neck.

"By the way, Stephania, has your talent awakened?" Richard suddenly remembered something and immediately asked.

(End of this chapter)