"Is this a gift that you think is valuable enough to bother me about?" One of the only two marquises in the Gold Coin Federation, the current Marquis of Darke, Rayson Darke looked at the small crystal bottle with a look in his eyes. Full of dissatisfaction, "A bottle of alchemy potion... can it create a magic weapon? Or can it give me an indestructible body? Or, it is colorless and odorless, and cannot be detected by magic that detects poison, but it can be placed People dying?"
The fat man standing in front of him hunched over was covered in oil and sweat, half from running all the way and half from nervousness. He knew that the adult he served had a bad temper and would get angry easily if his enjoyment was interrupted. But he also knew that if he did not deliver this precious potion to the adult immediately, it would be even worse if he found out about it later.
So he stood there tremblingly, waiting for Marquis Dacre to finish getting angry, and then whispered in a respectful tone: "Sir, this is a bottle of life-extending potion."
"Life extension potion?" Marquis Dark looked at the bottle with some doubts. The light red clear potion in the bottle looked very ordinary, and it didn't look like it could extend life at all.
"Yes! It can prolong life. To be precise, it can temporarily stop the aging of the user's body, and the effect can last for about ten years."
After hearing the fat man's introduction, Marquis Dark couldn't help but become curious.
As one of the de facto rulers of the Gold Coin Federation, he has amazing power and wealth, and naturally can also obtain a large number of treasures. But even so, things that extend life aren't that easy to come by. Even for him, that's the case.
In theory, it is not difficult to extend life. Whether it is the fruit of the Tree of Life in the Ancient Forest, the Fountain of Youth in Longya, or finding a group of powerful mages to perform a life renewal ceremony, they can all effectively extend life span. However, these methods are quite difficult to implement. The Tree of Life has long since disappeared with the fall of the elves and gods, and no one knows where it is. The Dragon Cliff is not difficult to find, but the mortal king peeks at the collection of the great Dragon King. , is really a bit suspected of committing suicide; as for finding a group of mages to extend their lives... the cost is so high that it makes most kings feel distressed, and it is beyond the affordability of most countries.
After all, although the king is noble, he still has many successors. Why waste a huge amount of wealth just to let a bad old man live a few more years? The country is not the private property of the king! Even if he is willing to do so, those who jointly hold the power of the country will never allow it!
In this world, it is not difficult for the strong to live long, but it is even more difficult for mortals to live longer, even kings.
So, does this potion really have such a wonderful effect as my subordinate said
"Fat Tiger, to be honest, I don't really believe it." He said, "If it is such a magical thing, it would be enough if a great mage sent it to me. You... tsk tsk."
He shook his head with a bit of disdain.
The fat man, who was despised by his boss, smiled bitterly and explained in a low voice: "This just appeared in the auction house today. The people from the Church of the Mask of the Void brought it for auction. It is said that His Majesty was in a good mood and made such a potion. Will we auction two bottles?"
The Marquis of Dark was refreshed and suddenly believed a little.
It is certainly difficult for mortals to extend their lives, but to omnipotent gods, what does it mean? Not to mention, His Majesty the Mask of the Void has great magical powers, and is particularly powerful even among the gods.
If it were His work, it would not be surprising at all.
only…
"Why did His Majesty the Mask of the Void create this?" He picked up the crystal bottle and played with it, wondering.
"His Majesty's ideas have always been wonderful and unique. Maybe he just finds it interesting..."
The speculation of his subordinates made the Marquis of Dark laugh. After thinking about it carefully, he felt that it seemed quite reasonable - how many of the things that His Majesty did were normal? How many are easy to understand
Would normal people build a playground in a world of ice and snow? of course not!
"Yes, after all... He is a jellyfish." He said with a smile, "It is not a good idea for humans to speculate on the thinking of jellyfish."
After speaking, he placed the crystal bottle on the tray held by the maid next to him and stood up.
"Come with me, let's visit the Church of the Mask of the Void."
"... This is indeed the potion auctioned by our church. It was given by our Lord himself." A priest from the Church of the Mask of the Void carefully checked the bottle and the potion in the bottle with magic, and finally said with certainty, "That's right. , it’s a life-extending potion.”
Marquis Darke smiled, picked up the crystal bottle with the stopper removed, and drank the little potion in one gulp.
"It smells like grass and has a slight smell of blood." He smacked his lips and said thoughtfully, "Could it be that the raw material is the blood of a giant dragon? I've never heard that dragon blood can be drunk directly."
"My Lord's divine power is not something that mortals like us can speculate on." The priest replied with a smile.
The ruler of the Gold Coin Federation nodded, closed his eyes, and used his magical ability that was better than nothing to sense the condition of his body.
After a while, a look of surprise appeared on his face and he smiled broadly.
Although it was not very clear, he did feel some changes in his body. The feeling of aging that had been increasing since he was fifty disappeared.
This is not to say that he suddenly regained his youthful vitality, but he truly felt that he had stopped aging, as if the power of time had suddenly lost its effect on him.
"This is so amazing!" he said happily, "How many more potions like this are there? I'll buy them all!"
"Your Majesty, birth, old age, sickness and death are the iron laws that cannot be violated by anything. Even my Lord can only delay this process a little." The priest who had already received instructions from Sui Xiong replied, "For the same person, One bottle of potion is enough. If you take it again after ten years, it will only have one-third of the effect. If you take it for the third time after thirteen years, it will have almost no effect."
Marquis Dark frowned, but he was not too disappointed - being able to live ten more years was already a great gain. As a successful ruler and businessman, he had always been very clear about the principle of "you can't be too greedy".
But after thinking about it, he had another idea - if he used this magical potion to trade with those big shots whose status was equal to his own, he would definitely get extraordinary benefits!
It's just... He asked tentatively: "Has His Majesty the Mask of the Void distributed a lot of such potions?"
"Not many." The pastor replied, "His Majesty said that there are not many people in a country who can afford this medicine, so He distributed a few bottles in the capital of each country, and that's it."
Marquis Darke sighed: "That's true! I can think of things, there's no reason why a god can't think of them."
He didn't feel particularly sorry, and told him that if there was such a potion again, he must keep a bottle for himself. Money was not an issue.
Although the second bottle can only extend his life for three years, three years is still a big deal!
A similar situation happened that night in the capitals of various countries on the main plane. Those high-ranking figures were all shocked by this mere bottle of light red potion, and happily gave away large sums of money.
Not only that, because of the effect of the life-extending potion, senior officials in various countries have a good impression of the Church of the Void Mask. Even the Holy Angel Kingdom, which has always been exclusive, rarely showed goodwill to the Church of the Mask of the Void.
"Mortals are so fragile!" Looking at the mountains of gold coins, Sui Xiong couldn't help but sigh, "Just a mere ten years of life makes them so crazy!"
"Fortunately, it's only ten years!" The God of Justice shook his head and sighed, "If it had been longer, I'm afraid you would have been in big trouble!"
"What trouble can I get into?"
"Between us brothers, we won't talk about the old man's nonsense like 'life and death are the order of the world'. I will only say one thing!" The God of Justice looked at Sui Xiong with a very serious expression, "The rich and powerful people It is wrong to live for more than ten years! If you really allow them to live longer, or even live indefinitely, then I will stop you, brother!"
Sui Xiong was stunned, thought for a while, and nodded silently.
The God of Justice is right. For those who are rich and powerful, "death" is almost the only equal thing between them and the poor. If they can afford enough life-extending potions because they are rich and powerful and can live indefinitely, then even this last equality has been eliminated.
In such a situation, not only would the God of Justice be dissatisfied, but even Sui Xiong himself would not be able to bear it...
However, the current situation is not that bad after all. If it only extends life by more than ten years, it is not a serious problem.
After all... It is normal in any world that rich and powerful people live better and longer than poor people, and there is nothing wrong with it.
It is not good to focus on money, but there is no need to hate the rich.
"What should I do with the money?" he asked, looking at the pile of gold coins.
"You can do whatever you want." The God of Justice said nonchalantly, "If you have money, use it. If you don't, forget about it. If you can't think of a use for the time being, it's not bad to pile it up and use it as a bed. .”
"Ah?" Sui Xiong was stunned and couldn't help but think of a famous legend.
Then, he thought of the use of the money.
A few days later.
"No! No! Let me go! Let me go!" Hao hugged his beloved quilt tightly and shouted, "I'll stay here! I'm not going anywhere! Let me go! Let me go!"
Probably because he had unleashed his potential, Jerad couldn't pull her away after several attempts, but he was panting from exhaustion.
Seeing this, Sui Xiong had no choice but to take action himself and rolled up her and the quilt with his huge tentacles.
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu didn't keep your words! You clearly agreed to let me see the maze..." Xie, who thought he was going to lose this lucrative job, cried loudly, and his tears fell on the ground drop by drop, splashing a lot of dust.
A few minutes later, they came to a newly built cave by Sui Xiong. It was similar to the previous one, only deeper. At the back of the cave, there is also a teleportation array leading to the ground, which can facilitate travel.
"This is your new home." Sui Xiong put Lai down, "I just want to help you change your bed."
Hail's eyes widened, looking at the pile of gold coins in front of her that was almost bigger than her body. Although her tears hadn't dried yet, she was already laughing wildly.
She jumped out with an agility that even shocked Sui Xiong, lay down on the pile of gold coins, and used her claws to slide through the pile of gold coins as if swimming, laughing happily.