Chapter 24 Beneath the Medical School
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Although I didn't see scenes like a biochemical laboratory along the way as I had imagined, the variety of strange materials still expanded my horizons.

According to the descriptions on the labels next to each specimen, these things are all very rare.

For example, there is the blood of the snow fox from the extreme north snow plains that can only be reached by crossing the entire Fractured Mountain Range, which has cold resistance properties. And then there is the juice of the abyss vine from the frozen tundra marsh on the other side of the Forest Sea, which can serve as an antidote to any poison and can be directly consumed for detoxification.

I haven't had the chance to visit these places yet, so it seems necessary to take note of these names. One must remember to bring some back if there's an opportunity in the future.

Even if I don't need them personally, selling them is still money after all.

"Are these things okay to be frozen like this?"

"I don't know how the people before us distinguished which things needed to be frozen and which ones didn't. In any case, we categorize them based on the information provided by our predecessors," explained Alykexia.

"I see."

Well, since they researched it themselves, I won't bring up any theories about cells being killed by freezing. Maybe the system in this world is different from ours.

Turning left and right in the warehouse that resembled an exhibition, we finally arrived in front of a gigantic iron block.

"This…"

This thing reminded me of Scrooge McDuck's money bin; it would be even more alike if there were a dollar sign on it.

"Brother, it seems like there's a very strong energy contained in this thing," Oyado suddenly remarked.

I nodded, then looked towards Alykexia.

Alykexia walked to a nearby location and pulled a lever.

The whole warehouse seemed to shake, then the large iron block in front of us slowly opened from the middle, revealing its contents.

"My goodness…"

"Oh~"

Oyado's eyes instantly lit up.

Seeing what was inside also astonished me. I had been wondering what kind of plant the Funeral Song of the Dragon was, but I never expected it to be like this.

"Well, the Funeral Song of the Dragon is not easy to grow, after all… It's a plant that only grows from a dragon's corpse," I said.

Indeed, inside the big iron box wasn't just a pile of plants, but a dragon corpse.

The dragon corpse looked quite intact, with only some scales and horns removed, leaving the rest of the body to cultivate the Funeral Song of the Dragon plant.

I moved closer and examined the leaves on top; indeed, they were exactly as Lanya had described.

"Fascinating."

I plucked one out.

"It's ironic that the plant to combat dragons actually grows from the dragon's own corpse."

"If you knew that throughout history, dragon-slaying swords were made with dragon horns for their tips, wouldn't that be even more astonishing?"

"In the end, only dragons can combat dragons…"

I turned to Alykexia.

"You seem to know quite a lot."

"Well… I did some research last night after returning home, so now I'm well-informed about both the physiological habits and mating preferences of dragons."

"Do we really need to know about that kind of stuff?"

"For unforeseen circumstances."

What kind of unforeseen circumstances warrant the need to know about this kind of thing? It's terrifying how this guy operates.

Oh well, it's their nature and I shouldn't try to change their character.

"Hey hey hey! What are you doing!"

At that moment, a person who looked like a doctor came running over.

"This is a very rare thing, what are you doing!"

How troublesome. I casually waved my hand and stored several Dirge of Dragons songs in a ring where he couldn't see, of course, there was nothing in my hand.

But I saw Oyado slowly disappearing into the air at this moment. What are you up to?

However, I felt Oyado wouldn't do anything outrageous, so I walked up to the doctor with the Dirge of Dragons in hand and looked at him.

"I'm just here for some materials, what's the matter? Are you going to stop me or stop her?"

I pointed at Alikexia beside me.

"Of course..."

He was about to say something, but after carefully observing Alikexia next to him, his expression turned complex.

"So it's you... and you even brought an outsider this time, what do you want?"

"What's it to you? Is it bothering you?" Alikexia stared at him.

"Hmph, if it weren't for your good grandfather, you wouldn't be able to stay here!"

"The potions I make sell better than the potions you useless people make. Don't forget, who is more suitable to stay here!"

"But if those merchants knew that a little girl was making the potions, they wouldn't buy them, would they?" The doctor smirked.

"If they knew that most of the potions you sell are mostly water, then what?"

"Hmph! I'll make sure you're kicked out of the medical school!"

With that, that guy turned and walked away.

Silence fell for a moment, and Alikexia sighed.

"Sorry for making you witness that."

"No, no, this actually gave me some interesting insights, and I suddenly had an idea."

"What idea?"

"To help clean up the waste in the medical school." I smiled.

"And then acquire your medical school."

Ding~

New Mission Found: Side Mission — Medical School Conflict

Resolve internal issues in the medical school and turn it into a qualified medical college.

Goal: Annual revenue of over 10,000 gold coins, approval rating of over 85%.

Mission Reward: Medical Manual — can make potions directly from materials without using items.

I smiled as I looked at the mission that appeared. It seems that this mission from dear World coincides with my idea.

"But we'll have to do this after we return from the event, as we are short on time now."

"That's true."

"Let's go, that doctor is still watching us from afar, this is enough, let's go."

Saying that, I put the grass in my hand into a bag.

Of course, this was just to prevent the doctor lurking in the shadows from suspecting that I had put several more Dirge of Dragons songs into the ring.

"We're running out of time, let's go back and prepare."

"Okay, okay!"

I didn't know when Oyado appeared behind us, wearing a smile on her face.

Though I don't know what she did, as long as she's happy.

"Alright, let's go."

Aletheia closed the large iron box, and then we left the warehouse together.