In the outer courtyard of the palace, in Aldas' laboratory, familiar screams rang out early in the morning.
Even the brave and strong palace guards in the distance could not help showing fear when they heard such screams. In their opinion, it would be better to bleed or even die on the battlefield than to suffer the terrible torture of being unable to live or die.
It was still the same bottles and jars as in the past few days, but the roles of feeding medicine and testing medicine were reversed.
"Sly, how does this medicine feel?" Chen Rui looked at Sly, who was lying on the ground gasping for breath, with interest.
Sly said weakly: "Master, this soul-splitting grass potion is too strong. Sly feels that his head has split open and he is about to die..."
"No, I just saw it wrong. This is actually a dizziness grass potion," Chen Rui showed doubts, "Did I use the wrong amount? Or is it because the little demon has a special physique, and the effect of the dizziness grass will be transformed into a similar soul-splitting effect? ​​No! It's better to cut open the brain and see."
The little demon, who seemed to be in danger just now, suddenly turned over and sat up, dragging his clothes and begging: "Great master, your humble servant just feels a little dizzy, and there is absolutely no pain. This dizziness potion is very, very effective! Please don't cut open Sly's head!"
As soon as the words fell, the little demon saw Chen Rui shaking the bottle in front of him, and it was written "No. 81, awakening potion". It turned out that this was a bottle of enhancement potion for dizziness and sleep!
Sly almost cried: It is said that mean and cunning are synonymous with little demons, how come this human is more cunning than little demons!
"My omnipotent master, your wisdom is comparable to the moon in the demon world! Your humblest servant should not be blinded by fear. Next time, even if the master asks Sly to go to Lanbo Lake, I will bring the poisonous dragon back to the master!" The little demon immediately began to sing praises, which he was best at. His loyal and humble appearance was not even a bit like the "Lord Sly" at the beginning?
With this character, he brought the poisonous dragon back? Chen Rui smiled and said, "If it weren't for the master-servant contract a few days ago, Lord Sly would probably still be waiting to drink my blood and eat my flesh?"
When the little demon mentioned a few days ago, he couldn't help but feel sad. That was the beginning of Lord Sly's nightmare. Lord Gauss, whom the princess trusted the most, brought this human to Sly. Lord Gauss was a servant demon who was proficient in magic. With his help, Lord Sly was forced to sign a master-servant contract with this human. If Sly dared to disobey Chen Rui, he would suffer a strong backlash from the contract or even death.
At this point, the little demon had no choice but to accept his fate. Just as he was about to continue to flatter the new master, Chen Rui spoke up: "Sli, I know you are not convinced, but you were there when I told the little princess and the master the secret of inheritance that day. The princess summoned me this time and has issued a gag order. Before I become a master, I cannot reveal this secret to anyone. You were originally going to be killed, but I saved you."
Sli was shocked, and then he thought of the rumors about the princess's cold-bloodedness. He shuddered immediately. It seems that what the new master said is true: But even if he was saved by this human, what does it matter? The rule of the demon world is that the strong are respected, and the little demon clan has always been famous for bullying the weak and fearing the strong. Now Lord Sli is actually serving a human who is weaker than himself!
This is probably the first record-breaking case in the circle of little demons, and even in the history of the entire demon world!
Chen Rui seemed to see through Sli's thoughts and smiled: "Sli, your life is in my hands now. If I want to avenge your previous evil deeds, you would have been tortured to death by now, but I don't want to do that. The princess promised me personally that when I reach the level of a master in the future, she will give me the same honor and courtesy as Master Aldass. What I need now is not an experimental subject, nor a clown who can only praise, but a follower who is truly loyal and works."
Sli's mind began to turn quickly. This human was indeed valued by the princess and Master Aldass, and his future was limitless. If he could really become a follower of a master, it would not only not be a shame, but a supreme honor.
Sli's mood was a little excited for a while. The little inferior demon was a low-level demon that had always been at the bottom of the demon world. He was weak and usually oppressed. Originally in the laboratory, Sli was just a chores, not even a servant. Now there is a God-given opportunity in front of him, how could he miss it?
"Master, what do you want Sli to do?" The little demon noticed that the master was not interested in flattery, so he cleverly simplified the words and asked respectfully.
Chen Rui was quite satisfied with Sli's performance. He had learned the coercion and inducement from Princess Xia, so he didn't worry that the little demon would not obey.
"Don't worry, I won't use you to test the medicine again, but I want you to learn some knowledge of herbs. In the future, you will collect various herbs according to my instructions and find out various news."
Sli's little eyes lit up immediately. Collecting herbs was already a job that only apprentices could do, and the master had to learn herbal knowledge and find out information by himself. It seemed that he really planned to train him as a follower. The little demon immediately lay on the ground gratefully, habitually saying a lot of words of loyalty and praise, but then remembered that the master didn't like this, so the long speech came to an abrupt end, and he just showed a humble and submissive look, wishing to express all his loyalty with body language.
Chen Rui couldn't help but laugh at Sli's look. With the master-servant contract and the carrot and stick, the little demon should have completely surrendered. Although he relied on his wit to gain a foothold in Dark Moon City, he was a human after all, and the progress of the super system still had the last part, which might require more herbs for testing. With Sli as an errand boy, a lot of trouble could be saved.
"Okay, go take a look at the master's book on basic herbs, and learn to recognize the easiest herbs first." Chen Rui handed the thick book to Sli.
Sli was excited. This was Master Aldass's book! I heard that ordinary alchemy apprentices had to spend a lot of tuition to reach the level of learning knowledge, and the master actually showed it to him! The little demon was sincerely grateful, took it respectfully, and retreated.
Chen Rui no longer needed the book. After his soul traveled through time and merged with Arthur's consciousness, his memory increased N times, and his mind became exceptionally clear. In addition to the enhancement effect brought by the symbiotic contract, he had already learned the basics of herbal medicine by heart in just a few days.
The characteristic of the super system startup progress is that the stronger the medicinal properties, the faster the progress, but repeated medicinal properties have little effect, even the poison of Pagliu is no exception. The poisons in the laboratory were almost all tested last time. Chen Rui wanted to figure out the ingredients of those medicines, and then try to configure new medicines to start the super system as soon as possible. At present, he has not tested whether other methods can speed up the progress, so he can only consider pharmacy.
Sly walked in again and said, "Master, Master Athena is here."
Athena walked into the laboratory and saw that Aldass was not there, and asked, "Where is the master?"
"The master studied diamond chess all night last night and is still sleeping now."
The day before yesterday, Chen Rui made an independent diamond chess with the help of Sly and gave it to Aldass. As a result, Aldass was overjoyed and immediately indulged in it. Chen Rui suspected that if this continued, this master of medicine would defect to the weapon-making camp.
Athena casually said, "So that's how it is. Has Alice come to see you these two days?"
"Yes," Chen Rui said with a wry smile, "I sent her away with the independent diamond chess the day before yesterday. She wants new things all day long. If this continues, I'm going to run out of ideas. Do you still want to listen to the Romance of the Three Kingdoms today?"
Athena's eyes lit up and she nodded quickly. Chen Rui had deliberately catered to her interests these days and selected excerpts from the Romance of the Three Kingdoms to tell her. Of course, due to the needs of the environment, the abilities of the famous generals were greatly deified, such as Guan Erye's Qinglong Yanyue Sword became a divine weapon, which could kill thousands of people at will; Zhang Sanye could make waterfalls flow backwards with a roar; Liu Bei had water magic that could make tears flow thousands of miles...
Athena admired the strong who had the power to defy the heavens the most. She was immediately obsessed with it and ran to the laboratory every day. However, Chen Rui only told Athena these stories and made it clear that they were their little secrets, which was a small trick.
"Wait, today... let's go to Lake Lanbo," Athena suddenly thought of her purpose, and couldn't bear to part with the good story, "Tell me on the way back, okay?"
Chen Rui just remembered that he had been living a comfortable life these days and almost forgot about the dragon language inscription, and nodded quickly.
"I'm ready for the triangular rhinoceros, let's go now!"
Sly watched the master and Athena go away, and the surprise in his heart was like a stormy wave. How long has the master been in the demon world? This lady Athena actually took the initiative to date! You know, even General Allen can't get close to Lady Athena...
With great respect for the master, the little inferior demon was full of unprecedented longing for the glorious future of the "master follower".
Outside the palace, the two sat on the triangular rhinoceros that had been prepared long ago. This time, both were equipped with complete saddles. Obviously, the treatment of humans was completely different from the last time. After successfully leaving the city, the two rushed all the way to Lake Lanbo.
At the place where he had agreed with Pagliu last time, Chen Rui suddenly saw the human-shaped poisonous dragon still concentrating on studying the simple independent diamond chess set. It was obvious that he had spent all his energy on this thing these days.
Chen Rui asked Athena to wait in the distance and walked forward.
When Pagliu saw him, he asked fiercely: "Who are you?"
Chen Rui suddenly felt that he could not afford to be hurt - bad memory? He had forgotten too much! It was clearly Alzheimer's disease!