Elite Mages' Academy

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Song Junlang’s experiment seemed to go on for quite some time. Xiao Lin did not bother him and simply watched in silence despite not understanding a single thing.

About ten minutes later, Song Junlang suddenly turned back and strode toward the door. As soon as Xiao Lin was about to open his mouth and say something, Song Junlang took the opportunity to pull him out of the room and shut the door heavily behind them.

Boom!

A dull explosion erupted from the room. The shock wave directly blasted the door to pieces, leaving Xiao Lin thoroughly shocked. Department Head Song let out a drawn-out sigh of relief before leaning forward and peering in. He then walked back into to the room and motioned for Xiao Lin to come over, saying, “All good. You can come in now.”

Xiao Lin looked at the messy room. All those bottles and cans had long shattered into fragments. It looked like a war had broken out in there. He tactfully chose to stand outside the door and ask, “Department Head Song, are you refining explosives? Or are you researching some explosive scrolls?”

“Nonsense. I specifically called you in because I’ve prepared a Super Tonic Pill for you!”

“Huh? Su-Super Tonic Pill?”

“Mm. That’s right.”

Song Junglang carefully extracted a pill from the glittering debris. It seemed rather hot because he blew on it a couple of times. He then used a paper towel to wipe some dust off the pill before handing it over to Xiao Lin.

Intrigued, Xiao Lin slowly walked into the room to take that beautiful-looking pill. It was about the size of a baby’s fist and was smooth to the touch. Still suspicious, he asked, “You’re not expecting me to eat this, are you?”

Department Head Song replied bluntly. “Duh. It just so happens to be hot right now, so hurry up and eat it. I’ll pour you some water.”

Xiao Lin poured cold water over Song Junlang’s enthusiasm and said warily, “Let’s get the record straight this time around. What is this, what’s the use of eating it, and most importantly, what are the side effects? ??If you don’t give me the full details, I sure as hell won’t eat it!”

Department Head Song murmured helplessly, “You’re really troublesome. I had to go through a lot just to get this stuff for you. Don’t you know how tiring it was for me to travel back and forth between the academy and the New World? There aren’t a lot of materials available at Dawn Academy, so I had to pay a special visit to the Foreign Affairs Department and chat with a couple of people from the other academies...”

Xiao Lin was unmoved and interrupted him, “Get to the point.”

“Ahem, okay, this is my latest era-defining product. It’s called the Super Tonic Pill. I won’t tell you the specific process in detail since you won’t understand it anyway, but in a nutshell, this Super Tonic Pill combines the essence of a variety of hybrid creatures, which will produce a qualitative improvement of one’s physical attributes instead of mere quantitative changes like before,” Song Junlang explained proudly.

“Can this so-called qualitative change allow a person to directly break through to Black Iron-rank? ”

“You can put it that way. To some extent, it works the same as that super potion from the Royal British Academy, the one that temporarily prevents Planet Norma’s effects on a person. But mine is more advanced though, because the effect is permanent!”

It sounded pretty awesome to Xiao Lin even though he did not understand it that well, but he had the habit of considering its negative effects first, since those statements came from Song Junlang’s mouth. He weighed the pill and said suspiciously, “If what you said is true, then why should a freshman waste their time to practice if they could just take this pill to directly reach Black Iron-rank?”

Song Junlang waved his hand, apparently to chastise Xiao Lin for his naïveté. “Things will never be as simple as that. The ingredients of this Super Tonic Pill are complex and it can’t be mass-produced. In particular, the proportion of each ingredient has to be tailored to the user, otherwise side effects would occur if the dose is too strong. I spent three months collecting data on your response to various hybrid animals, then specially formulated a Super Tonic Pill that would only have an effect on you.”

“And the side effects? Don’t expect me to eat this if you don’t spell it out clearly for me,” Xiao Lin was still suspicious over it.

“Um, well, of course there will be side effects. If something is that powerful, you can be sure that they’d have more side effects. It’s considered to be Planet Norma’s law of equilibrium,” Song Junlang muttered a few words, then slowly continued, “I said it before, this Super Tonic Pill is a collection of essences from a number of carefully selected hybrid creatures. Similarly, the side effects will be that of all the creatures combined.”

Xiao Lin froze for two or three seconds and immediately felt his hair stand on end. He stuffed the Super Tonic Pill back into Department Head Song’s hand and lambasted, “Damn it! And you have the nerve to tell me to eat this? While it’s still hot!? The side effects are all the creatures combined? My God, doesn’t that mean I have to experience all that suffering another time!”

“Uh, small correction there, it’ll probably be several times stronger than that.”

“Gee, thanks for that reminder!” Xiao Lin shot back angrily.

After Xiao Lin threw a fit, Song Junlang cleared his throat and said helplessly, “You could’ve waited for me to finish talking. Indeed, if this Super Tonic Pill is given to someone else, it’s not surprising that they’d die immediately after consuming such a high-power food, given the fact that their constitution is that of an Earthling.”

“Someone else?” Xiao Lin noticed the tone by which Song Junlang shifted the subject.

“You’re different, Xiao Lin!” Song Junlang’s eyes lit up with enthusiasm. “I noticed that from the results of our experiments the past few months. To tell you the truth, I wasn’t absolutely certain at first, but after the last dragon blood experiment ended, the final safety net for my plan is now in place, which means you don’t need to worry at all.”

“In other words, you really did use me as experimental material...”

The corners of Song Junlang’s mouth twitched and he laughed. “Where is that coming from? I think of you as a friend... In any case, I won’t talk much about the specific terminology here because it’s still difficult for you to understand right now.”

“Then explain it in plain language.” Xiao Lin blinked but refused to let Song Junlang go. When Xiao Lin considered how Song Junlang had a bad track record with the way things were done in the past, he vowed that he would not try anything else unless he fully understood the principles of those medications.

Song Junlang was stunned for a moment. He spread his palms and said in a very innocent tone, “Okay, okay. If I were to use the simplest of terms to explain it in a way you can understand, it can be described as fighting poison with poison.”

“Fighting poison with poison? Are you trying to say that I accumulated plenty of those side effects because I ate too much of your diet therapy animals? And that those side effects can somehow restrict the side effects in this Super Tonic Pill?” The explanation itself left Xiao Lin feeling quite speechless.

“That’s more or less the basis for it, but the side effects of this Super Tonic Pill cannot be offset by the effect of ordinary diet therapy. The only thing that can effectively fight poison with poison is dragon blood!”

Song Junlang was getting more and more excited with every explanation. In his words, that research took him a very long time. It might even be said that data collected since the very beginning of his diet therapy research laid the foundation that culminated with the Super Tonic Pill.