Olivia Carter smiled slightly and said, “Olivia Walker sis, take out these swallow’s nests, grind them up, and dissolve them in water—that’s the stone skin potion!”

“Okay!”

Olivia Walker was overjoyed, as if she herself had successfully concocted the stone skin potion.

Chapter 0006 Seven Star Forest

“Shhh…”

The ground-up stone skin potion was packed into small bottles one by one. Some water was added to each bottle, and the medicinal essence and swallow’s nest began to blend and dissolve in the water, making a faint sizzling sound. In total, 25 bottles were filled. To be worthy of the money for the eagle eye flower, Olivia Carter didn’t act like a greedy merchant—otherwise, these ingredients could have easily filled 40 bottles.

Olivia Walker rested her chin on her hand, curiously watching each little bottle from the side. She was an alchemist, but could only make up to level 3 potions at best, and had only heard of this stone skin potion before. Her starry eyes gazed in a daze. People say that men look their best when focused, but a woman lost in fascination is even more enchanting. Though her clothes were simple, they couldn’t hide the charm of her mature, youthful femininity.

Olivia Carter found it amusing and asked, “Olivia Walker sis, do you want to try it?”

“Huh? How do I try?”

“Apply a small amount of the powder to your skin, or drink a whole bottle in one go. It will give your whole body stone skin. The duration depends on your individual constitution.” Olivia Carter was quite knowledgeable about this.

Olivia Walker raised her delicate brows, a faint fragrance emanating from her as she sat down next to Olivia Carter, leaning in and asking, “Really?”

“Yes!” Olivia Carter felt a bit flustered under her intense gaze. This senior sister was not only very beautiful, but also had an amazing figure—full up top and curvy below. Now that she was showing such obvious affection toward Olivia Carter, he was finding it a bit hard to handle.

…

So, Olivia Walker held onto a chair, her shapely hips swaying slightly as she moved closer to the table. Then, using a spoon, she scooped a little of the remaining stone skin potion from the plate and gently applied a thin layer to her wrist. With a faint “shhh” sound, a light blue sheen appeared on the surface of her wrist, quickly condensing into a tortoiseshell-like energy layer. Her arm felt a bit numb, but she could clearly sense that its defense had become much stronger.

“This…” She opened her mouth in surprise and said, “Is the defense really this strong?”

Olivia Carter started eating. The chicken and mushroom stew was freshly heated by Olivia Walker and smelled delicious. Since coming to this world, it was the first time he’d eaten something so tasty. Back home, he was the young master of Longxin Group, worth over a hundred million, but here he was living so miserably. As he ate, he looked up at Olivia Walker and smiled, “You can try hitting your arm with a stick.”

“Okay.”

Olivia Walker picked up a small wooden stick nearby and tapped her wrist lightly. With a “crack,” the sheen rippled, but she didn’t feel any pain. So she hit it a bit harder—still nothing. Finally, she used all her strength, and the stick broke, but her wrist only felt a slight itch. It seemed that the stone skin potion didn’t guarantee no pain at all—if the impact was strong enough, it would definitely hurt.

…

After finishing his meal quickly, Olivia Carter began to concoct the paralysis potion.

Demon snake flower + golden thread grass—refining the medicinal essence from these two herbs wasn’t too difficult, but the challenge was that their essences repelled each other. Blending them together took some skill. Olivia Carter possessed the Condensing Hand, making his precision in refining medicinal essence among the best in this world. He had his own secret for this problem: the essences of demon snake flower and golden thread grass needed high temperatures to mix. Lesser alchemists would stir-fry them in an iron pot, but that would inevitably introduce impurities and affect the potion’s efficacy.

Olivia Carter’s method was to build a fire, then use the Condensing Hand to control the essences over the flames, directly vaporizing them. Above the fire was a clean iron pot with a little water inside. The vaporized essences would condense and dissolve in the water. With Olivia Carter guiding the essence vapor with his Condensing Hand, there was little loss. Soon, 10 bottles of top-grade paralysis potion were successfully prepared.

Night fell. Olivia Walker went to sleep, and Olivia Carter returned to his room.

Exhausted, his inner energy was almost completely drained, but Olivia Carter could clearly feel the flow of energy in his meridians growing stronger. In this world, using the Condensing Hand was a form of energy cultivation, making his internal power stronger and his body slowly recover. He could clearly feel that the force behind his punches was now quite formidable.

However, compared to someone as ridiculously strong as Eagle Eye, he was still far behind.

…

The next morning, he woke up early, slung his medicine box on his back, and today only Olivia Carter and Olivia Walker went to deliver the goods. As usual, it was at the market. After waiting less than an hour, Hawkeye arrived as promised with a large group of mercenaries. This time, he brought quite a few—over a hundred, all fully armed and equipped, each riding a warhorse.

“Is my order ready, kid?” Hawkeye stopped in front of the stall.

Olivia Carter handed over a total of 30 bottles of potion and said, “You still owe me 20 gold coins.”