My health recovery is incredibly fast.

Pochev frowned, clearly finding the bandits' actions very troublesome.

Xia Zuo shook his head slightly, feeling quite regretful.

The last box of poison was placed in the carriage, and the transport team's adjutant greeted Pochev.

Xia Zuo extended his hand and shook hands lightly with Pochev. "Have a safe journey, Lieutenant Pochev. Once the new batch of Lubai Su arrives at the academy, I will begin refining the poison and guarantee to complete your order within three months."

Pochev grasped the other man's right hand and shook it up and down, a warm smile on his face. "Thank you again, Your Excellency. We will be there on time to receive the poison."

Pochev waved his hand, and the soldiers boarded the carriage.

The carriage caravan turned around in the square and drove out of the city gate of the academy.

Xia Zuo turned and walked towards the castle hall, his steps steady as he ascended the steps.

The handover of the toxic substances that were urgently needed to be delivered was completed, and the toxic substances that needed to be left to stand for more than two months were also prepared.

He had previously discussed with his mentor that as long as he did the preparations well, he could undergo three intensive retreats, each lasting about 15 days.

The first one will be held today.

Xia Zuo had already given instructions to An Ru'er, so he went straight to his dormitory.

There were no dangers during this retreat, so Beatrice did not come to the dormitory to arrange the silver sand.

After entering the dormitory, Xia Zuo locked the door from the inside and went into the washroom to shower and change clothes.

Over the past two years, in order to study elemental toxins, he used his self-developed formulas for poisons and antidotes to obtain four samples of elemental toxins from Kulov. The first two samples were used up during the identification of the toxins.

On the desk was a leather case for handling poisons, containing the remaining two portions of elemental toxins.

Xia Zuo's plan for today is to first test the effects of the elemental toxins before attempting to tame the unruly elements.

Beatrice had warned against testing poisons, as the elemental toxins were extremely potent and could be life-threatening for those who tested them.

Xia Zuo has always been cautious about things that are under his control.

He makes ample preparations for things that are beyond his control.

After changing into his bathrobe, Xia Zuo went to his desk and pulled out his character template in his mind.

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[Level] LV.24

[Vitality] 38

[Health Points] 130/130 (Slight Poisoning)

[Base Health Regeneration Speed]

24 points/hour

[Free Attribute Points] 40 points

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Each of the 40 free attribute points can be used as a small health potion for 3 to 5 points.

To be on the safe side, Xia Zuo also specially purchased an expensive functional drug:

A powerful, large-scale recovery potion. After consumption, it restores 60 health points within 180 seconds.

This potion restores health through continuous healing, making it especially suitable for use before taking significant damage.

With so much potential healing here, it should be able to withstand the effects of the elemental toxins.

In previous identifications of elemental toxins, Xia Zuo had already determined that this was a non-volatile toxin, so there was no need to worry about its toxicity dissipating into the air.

He flipped open the seal on the suitcase, opened the transparent cover, and with his gloved right hand, pinched up some powder containing elemental toxins and calmly put it into his mouth.

It had no effect.

Expected.

He has done this many times before.

Today, we will officially measure the dosage at which the toxicity takes effect.

Xia Zuo took out a glass container from the suitcase and divided a box of elemental toxins into 20 equal portions.

He sat down on the edge of the bed with the tray in his hand and started by trying a 1/20th dose, gradually increasing the dose in increments of 1/20th.

On the fourth attempt, a noticeable reaction finally occurred. A burning sensation coursed through my body, accompanied by a slight pain wherever it passed.

However, the Golden Finger still did not send any information about successful consumption.

Xia Zuo pondered for a moment before redistributing the remaining elemental toxins.

He uncorked the bottle of the large, potent resuscitation drug, tilted his head back, and drank the bright red liquid.

Immediately afterwards, he picked up half of the box of elemental toxins and put it in his mouth.

A bitter taste spread across the tip of my tongue, mixing with saliva and flowing into my stomach.

An overwhelming sourness and spiciness burst forth at the back of the tongue, filling the entire mouth.

Xia Zuo saw various iridescent images before his eyes, and a strange stinging pain coursed through his body, making him feel as if he were in a furnace.

One second after ingesting the elemental toxin, Xia Zuo's vision went black, and he stiffly collapsed onto the bed.

In the darkness, a message from the cheat system echoed in my mind:

“服用元素毒素，获得3层迟缓、3层僵硬、3层呆滞、3层禁闭、3层混乱、3层哀伤、3层血炙效果、3层脓疮效果。

"3 stacks of Slow effect, reducing movement speed by 90% for 3 hours."

"A 3-layer stiffness effect reduces mobility by 90% for 3 hours."

"A three-layered sluggish effect that makes thinking sluggish and difficult, lasting for 3 hours."

"A three-layer confinement effect, loss of five senses and pain sensation, lasting for 3 hours."

"3 layers of confusion effect, the result of the action is inconsistent with the purpose, lasting for 3 hours."

"3 stacks of Grief effect, causing at least 3 instances of Grief every hour, lasting for 3 hours."

"3 layers of Blood Burning effect, blood burns, damages the body, causes 45 points of blood loss per hour, lasts for 3 hours."

"3 layers of blood stasis effect, blood stagnation, damage to the body, loss of 45 points of health per hour, lasting for 3 hours."

(The health deduction data has already taken into account willpower and resistance.)

Yay! The poison test was a success!

Once the minimum dose required for the poison to take effect is reached, subsequent ingestion of the poison will only prolong the duration of the effect and will not produce any new toxic effects.

In other words, this attempt to obtain all eight toxic effects of the elemental toxins at once represents all the toxic effects of the elemental toxins.

Based on his years of experience in poison making, Xia Zuo was 8% certain that these eight poison effects were not those of the basic toxins.

In other words, the elemental toxins consist of eight different compound toxins.

In the days that follow, all you need to do is use the meditation alchemy table to find the compound toxins that correspond to these toxic effects, and then combine these toxins to refine them into elemental toxins.

At this moment, Xia Zuo was unable to move, hear, see, or smell anything.

But the image of the character in my mind is still clear.

The combined effect of 3 stacks of Blood Burning and 3 stacks of Blood Stasis deducts 90 points of health per hour, for a total of 270 points of health deducted over three hours.

40 free attribute points are more than enough!

The only unexpected thing was that the toxic effects lasted for 3 hours.

The large-scale, potent revival potion was a complete waste... This huge sum of 80 silver dollars went down the drain, which was even more unbearable than the poisoning itself...

The grief effect takes effect, intensifying the grief mood.

Xia Zuo felt increasingly heartbroken that he had wasted 80 silver dollars. He closed his eyes and lay on the bed, tears sliding down his cheeks and wetting the sheets under his head.

The sluggish effect is a bit troublesome.

After becoming mentally sluggish, one can't even calculate the amount of health lost.

Xia Zuo could only resort to the simplest but safest approach—increasing the health regeneration rate to 45 points per hour. After triggering all the effects of [Emergency Hour], the health regeneration rate would then match the normal health regeneration rate.

He focused his attention on the plus sign next to "Vitality".

Fortunately, the confinement effect blocked the pain receptors, and apart from a slight tingling sensation, he felt nothing else, preventing him from being unable to add points despite the excruciating pain.

The confusion effect appears to have no effect on point allocation.

Xia Zuo added points dozens of times in a row without missing a single point; he was able to accurately place the point on the correct plus sign each time.

The process of testing the effects of the poison became a simple skill point allocation game, without ever experiencing severe pain.

It's just a shame about wasting 80 silver dollars...

Why..

Three hours later.

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[Level] LV.24

[Vitality] 38+20→58

[Health Points] 80/210 (Slight Poisoning)

[Base Health Regeneration Speed]

45 points/hour

[Real-time Health Regeneration Speed]

67.5 points/hour (Emergency Notice in effect.)

[Free Attribute Points] 40-20→20 points

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Xia Zuo shook his groggy head and sat up, looking down at his clothes by pulling open his collar.

The bright red skin is rapidly returning to its normal color, and the lumps beneath the skin are quickly dissolving.

The elemental toxin, which would be fatal to others, left not even a scar on Xia Zuo's body.