When James heard this…
He almost fainted from excitement.
He didn't expect that Elise could refine potions.
This happiness came too suddenly.
Even though the Adventurer's Guild in Saint Laurent City did not have a single alchemist…
He had an alchemist of his own.
But then, it occurred to him that Elise had never left her little village.
Thus, her understanding of potions might be slightly different.
He had to clarify things so that he would not be happy for nothing.
He calmed his excited mind and asked Elise, "Elise, are you sure that the potions you're talking about are the kinds recorded in the book?"
"Yes, Mr. James, I'm sure!" Elise nodded and said.
"I've even refined some Silver-ranked potions recorded in the book before!"
"By the way, Mr. James, why are you so surprised that I can refine potions?"
"Oh?" James was confused when he heard this.
Was it not surprising that he had an alchemist by his side?
However, he remembered that Elise used to live in a very backward and isolated village, so he understood.
Perhaps the process of her becoming an alchemist was too simple. As a result, she did not know how precious she was.
He said to Elise, "Of course. Our empire has more than ten billion people, but only less than ten thousand people who can become alchemists!"
"Isn't this proportion surprising?"
"What?" Hearing this, Elise's puzzled expression finally turned into astonishment.
"This— this will—"
James smiled gently as he rubbed Elise's head. "So now you know how outstanding you are! Little girl!"
"B-but everyone back home knows how to refine potions." Elise was puzzled.
She was puzzled by the proportion that James had mentioned.
Weren't hands all that were needed for refining potions?
Why did this place only have 10,000 people who could do so?
"What!"
Upon hearing Elise's words, it was now James's turn to be dumbfounded.
Everyone in her village could refine potions?
"Elise, how many people are there in your village?"
"Probably a few hundred!"
"And everyone can refine potions?"
"Yes!"
James was silent.
How could this be?
There were only two explanations for the current situation.
The first was that those alchemists had deceived everyone!
They had jointly announced that only those with extraordinary spiritual perception could become alchemists. This was to control the entire world of potions.
The other was that the people from Elise's village possessed special physiques. In particular, their spiritual perception was stronger than others when they were born.
After some thought, James decided that the second scenario was most likely.
On the other hand, the possibility of the first scenario being true was too small.
Putting aside whether they could work together and tell such a huge lie…
Even if this was possible, this was indeed a lie that could be exposed at any time.
After all, if anyone could refine potions, it was impossible to hide this fact for thousands of years.
Even if every person who became an alchemist spontaneously kept this lie, as long as someone casually experimented and became an alchemist, this lie would lose its meaning.
Therefore, the final conclusion was that Elise's spiritual perception surpassed that of ordinary people, allowing her to become an alchemist.
It might be because the people in her village had a special physique, which allowed all of them to have spiritual perceptions that surpassed that of ordinary people.
If this speculation was true, it meant that…
There was an entire village of alchemists!
There were hundreds of them!
This… was too terrifying.
If he could recruit all these people, then it meant that he would have hundreds of alchemists by his side.
Even the royal family did not have so many alchemists!
James began to fantasize.
It was possible for him to fulfill this objective.
After all, those villagers were his fanatical believers. Although he was not the Evil God, they did not know about this!
Shaking his head, James stopped thinking about the future.
Instead, he asked Elise, "Can you refine potions now?"
"Yes!"
Elise nodded, but she looked troubled.
"According to our current conditions, these sacrifices will be able to fulfill the ingredients needed to refine the potion. However, we are still lacking the tools to refine the potion!"
James had heard about these hardware conditions.
However, he did not expect that these sacrifices could make up the ingredients needed for potions.
This way, he would have the best way to deal with these troublesome sacrifices.
"As for the tools, I'll go out to purchase them now. You can prepare the ingredients first!"
"Yes!"
After hiding the entrance to the cellar, James left the house.
In the past, this cellar was only used to store all kinds of shameful offerings, but it was now taken seriously.
After all, apart from storing sacrifices, this cellar had also become their base for refining potions.
Therefore, he couldn't let anyone find out about it.
Even if he was only out for a period of time, he had to hide it well.
After all, there was nothing wrong with being more cautious.
James came to the Central Region of Saint Laurent City.
This was the center of Saint Laurent City, as well as the center of administration and business in the city.
The Adventurer's Guild he had registered at was located here too.
Today, he came to the Adventurer's Guild once again.
It couldn't be helped. After all, Saint Laurent City was not a good city among all the cities in the Empire.
The entire city did not fit the standards of a large city in the Empire.
Apart from the Adventurer's Guild, Saint Laurent City did not even have a place to sell special tools.
After all, Saint Laurent City did not have a large market for people with extraordinary powers. Thus, these special stores naturally could not be opened.
Thankfully, the Adventurer's Guild had all the relevant tools for refining potions.
It was located at the same place where weapons were sold.
The Adventurer's Guild was as lively as ever.
The hall was noisy and there was an endless stream of people…
However, when James entered the Adventurer's Guild, the crowd seemed to suddenly quieten down before becoming even noisier.
With James's Gold-rank hearing, he could naturally tell.
After all, there were people in the hall who had seen him with the eyeball of a Platinum-rank monster the day before. Thus, even though Mr. Rolce had brought him into the inner room and told him to leave through the secret passage…
Everyone knew that a Platinum-rank eyeball was definitely not cheap.
Thus, when some adventurers saw the Level 5 Silver badge on him…
Their gaze towards him instantly changed.
James naturally noticed the malice and covetous intent in their gaze.
However, he did not care.
If anyone dared to covet his money, he would definitely let them know.
He would let them know how wrong a decision it was to target him!
Not long after, he arrived at the place that sold tools.