Recovery

Chapter 5 Recovery

Time passed unnoticed, and Adir stood amidst a patch of flowers and grass, looking somewhat disheveled.

His movements looked strange. Despite being covered in wounds, he would occasionally bend down and pick up some plant leaves or roots to chew, which looked rather odd.

However, there are usually not many people here, so Adir doesn't need to worry about others seeing him like this.

This continued for a while before Adir stopped, looking around with a slight frown.

The garden, though not very large, still covers seven or eight acres and contains a considerable number and variety of plants. Given his current physical limitations, it would be quite difficult for him to try out every single variety.

"I remember there are people here who specialize in buying and caring for flowers and plants. I'll just have them pick a portion of these plants and send them over." Looking around, Adir thought to himself with a hint of helplessness.

Fortunately, what we have now is enough.

He pulled his attention away and recalled the potion formula in his mind.

These are the results he achieved this time.

As a descendant of nobility and a knight's apprentice, Adir's daily life involves more than just training. He also has some knowledge of wild herbs and common potion recipes, though not in-depth.

With this information in mind, and by analyzing the characteristics and components of the plants in front of me through the chip, I can easily come up with a usable medicine plan thanks to the chip's computing power.

"Ding! Using Natalia root, Modo leaves, and other ingredients as the main components, a perfect potion can be obtained through specific steps. Expected effects include: accelerating wound healing and expelling specific toxins..."

"Name it the Healing Agent!"

Adir mentally commanded that the potion be named, then turned to look at the garden before him, selected enough materials from the many plants, wrapped them in a cloth, and barely held them with his injured left hand.

Propping himself up with his right hand, Adir had no interest in staying there any longer and headed straight outside.

After walking a distance, Adir went into the kitchen and told the others to leave.

The servants and cooks in the kitchen were somewhat confused, but they dared not disobey Adir's orders, so they simply left, leaving Adir alone.

He put down the package in his hand, took out the materials inside, and then looked at some tools that had been prepared in advance.

The method for making the healing potion is not too complicated; you can find almost everything you need in the kitchen.

Adil processed these materials one by one according to the method given by the chip before starting the configuration.

"Chip, used to test whether the reagent is up to standard."

After the results were in, Adir looked at the steaming, dark soup in front of him and asked the chip a question.

"The target reagent deviates from the expected result by more than one-tenth, indicating that the preparation is substandard."

Upon hearing the result, Adir showed little reaction, simply ordering, "The reason for the testing error."

"Too much of the ingredients were added, and some components failed to be released during cooking..." A mechanical voice kept echoing in my mind.

In Adir's mind, the process of preparing the potion was constantly being replayed, with every wrong action carefully marked and replayed in his mind.

Adir pondered for a moment, then picked up the materials again and began to prepare them.

With the help of reviewing the previous failure process and the assistance of the chip, the configuration went smoothly this time. Although there were still some deviations, it was considered acceptable.

"Directions for use: Oral administration."

The chip's notification sounded in his mind. Adir looked at the dark potion in front of him, and without hesitation, he stepped forward, picked it up, and swallowed it.

An extremely nauseous feeling spread through his body, giving Adir a faint urge to vomit.

He stood there, leaning against the wall with his right hand, forcing himself to endure the feeling, his face showing no expression whatsoever.

"The wound heals faster; use it once every three days. The estimated recovery time is thirty-three days."

The mechanical voice of the chip in his mind filled Adir with joy.

"It shrank by a full two months, so it seems this healing potion is quite effective."

Thinking of this, a certain quality he carried over from his past life made him instinctively begin to explore the greater value of this potion.

"Although the knights of this world are powerful, their medicine seems to be quite backward, and they mostly rely on their strong physique to tough it out. In a place like this, a potion with such remarkable effects, once proven effective, should be very popular among the warriors. Especially those aspiring knights, who are all nobles and not short of money."

At this thought, Adir's eyes lit up.

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More than half a month has passed in the blink of an eye.

In the early morning, a middle-aged man dressed in light brown clothes, covered in mud, walked cautiously towards the area from outside, carrying a large leather bag in his hand.

His face showed humility and caution as he carefully lowered his head, appearing very careful in his movements, as if afraid of attracting the attention or reprimands of others.

He finally breathed a sigh of relief upon reaching a certain place, cautiously looking at the room before him: "Lord Adir, are you there?"

He called out softly, as if afraid of disturbing someone, appearing cautious and careful.

click!

With a soft sound, the door was opened by the person inside, and a young man dressed in black with a pale face walked out. He looked like Adir.

Compared to more than half a month ago, his physical condition has improved significantly. Not only have most of his wounds healed, but he can now walk freely even though he couldn't stand on his own before. Apart from his complexion still being a little pale, he looks no different from an ordinary person.

"Come in." Adir looked at the person at the door and let him in.

The middle-aged man replied that he was right, and walked into Adir's room with his head down. He then opened the large leather bag he was carrying, revealing some items inside.

Inside the large leather bag were three smaller bags. One contained some insects crawling around inside, which looked quite disgusting. Another contained some wildflowers and plants.

The last one contained some plants with golden flowers on them.

Adir glanced at the materials casually and frowned immediately: "Why is there less agave this time? Didn't I tell you to send a hundred last time?"

The bag contained golden agave. However, compared to the ones that had been carefully tended in the garden, these agaves were not only unsightly, with damaged stems and leaves, but also generally looked stunted, lacking the former elegance.

However, Adir didn't pay much attention to these external differences. What he cared about was the number of agave plants in front of him, which was much less than he had originally expected.

"I'm sorry, sir."

Upon hearing Adir's dissatisfaction, the middle-aged man's legs instinctively went weak, and he almost knelt on the ground. A look of fear and unease appeared on his rough and dark face: "Although agave is everywhere in the wild, it is still a long time before it is in full bloom. There are very few that can meet your requirements, sir."

"Please give me two more days, sir. This time I will definitely deliver a sufficient quantity to you."

After explaining, he looked terrified and hurriedly promised Adir, afraid of being blamed by him.

Seeing the middle-aged man's appearance, Adir's originally gloomy face softened slightly.

He realized he had been somewhat presumptuous before. The wild is full of things, but that doesn't mean that things that meet the criteria are easy to find.

"Well, adding what we had left over, this should be enough."

Thinking of this, Adir took out a small bag from the side, which contained some gold coins, and threw it to the other person.

"Let's let this mistake go for now, but if it happens again, I think a lot of people around here will want to take this job."

Seeing the other person's delighted expression as they held the money bag, Adir didn't forget to offer a reminder, his eyes fixed on the other person with icy coldness.

The person in front of him was actually a hunter from the surrounding area, employed by Adir to bring him the materials he needed on time.

These things are basically just wildflowers and weeds in the wild, and are not worth much money at all. But in Adir, they can be exchanged for very generous rewards for these people, so naturally there are plenty of people vying to do it.

Upon hearing Adir's words, the middle-aged man's expression tightened. He had five children at home who needed to be fed, and he desperately needed this well-paid job to supplement his family's income. Naturally, he couldn't afford to lose this job.

He also knew that with the conditions Adir offered, countless people would want to see him make a mistake so they could take over his position, so he absolutely could not let them have their way.

In an instant, a fawning expression appeared on his face, and he kept making promises in a mix of local dialect until Adir told him to leave.

After the man left, Adir closed the door, took some materials he had never seen before from the large bag, put them in his mouth, and tested them one by one.

Only after testing all the new materials did a look of disappointment appear on his face.

"There are no materials that can improve physical fitness."

He looked at the materials in front of him with disappointment, then looked at his own physical fitness.

姓名:阿帝尔.法库斯。力量：2.4（2.8）。敏捷：1.9（2.3）。体质：2（2.5）。

After taking healing potions for a long time, Adir's injuries have almost healed, and most of his attributes are beginning to return to normal. However, his maximum strength and agility have increased by 0.1, a significant leap forward.

The increase in agility is naturally due to long-term consumption of agave during this period. As for the increase in strength, it comes from a black plant root discovered some time ago, which can increase strength by 0.1 with long-term consumption.

However, by now, the black plant has no effect on him anymore. It seems that Adir has developed resistance to it, and no matter how he uses it, he can no longer increase his strength.

As for the agave, although it has already increased Adir's agility by 0.1, according to the chip's detection, it has not yet reached its limit, and continuing to take it will still have some benefits.

(End of this chapter)