“Oh?” Joanna’s interest was piqued. “The Lancelot Family doesn’t mind partnering with anyone, but the partner must have enough strength… I don’t recall any force in Donghuang that surpasses the Mu Family Pharmacy.”
Yun Muchen shook his head. “Stop fooling around. You’ve been missing for so many years, and your family has been searching for you the whole time. Now that you’re back, there’s no need to fabricate such unrealistic lies to compete with me and try to prove your worth… It just makes you look like a clown.”
“Family?” Joanna asked with confusion.
“Not really family, just happen to share the same surname,” I said.
“Then if not family… forgive me for being blunt, but do you have enough strength to cooperate with the Lancelot Family?” Joanna’s tone was cold and rational, befitting a scion of a great family.
“With this.” I opened the potion bottle and handed it to Joanna. “Miss Joanna, why not try the latest potion our shop just released? It’s an Attribute Potion.”
“Hm?”
“Pfft—”
But Yun Muchen laughed and pushed Joanna’s hand away.
“I know, it’s the new signature product from Xianlu Magic Potion Shop,” Yun Muchen said sympathetically. “The Double Attribute Potion did give Mu Family Pharmacy quite a headache initially, but unfortunately… that’s where your advantage ends.”
“How so?”
“The Mu Family has innovated technologically. Your double attribute potion is already obsolete. With new materials from the Lancelot Family, the Mu Family Pharmacy has developed a 2.3x Attribute Potion!”
“……”
I was speechless.
With such a cocky tone, I’d thought you had invented a tenfold potion.
And this is it?
“Not only that, it’s affordable too, thanks to the potion samples you provided,” Yun Muchen’s expression finally softened from feigned indifference to a genuine smile. “After studying Xianlu Magic Potion Shop’s samples, Mu Family’s alchemists can now easily replicate equivalent effects and mass-produce them…
“N-No way?!” I wore the face of a defeated dog after a hundred years of humiliation. “You copied the formula?! You guys are shameless!”
Yun Muchen finally got the defeated look he wanted from me. Grinning, he patted my shoulder. “My dumb little brother, you’re still so naive. Do you really think a few new potions can put you on par with the Mu Family?”
“I hope you come to terms with the truth— that in the face of immense capital, creativity and talent are worthless!”
“So… so sinister! Damn it, damn it all!” I spat in frustration at the unfairness of the world. “Don’t you have any conscience?! I’m your own brother! You’re using such dirty tricks to crush me… doesn’t your conscience hurt?!”
“Business is war, and no tricks are off-limits!” Yun Muchen finally laughed out loud. “Heh heh heh. Brother? I never really treated you like one.”
“Well, that’s a relief.”
“??”
My defeated expression vanished in an instant, replaced by a sly smile.
Yun Muchen froze.
I pulled the potion bottle back and said again:
“Miss Joanna, this is our shop’s newest Triple Attribute Potion. It can cover the effects of any previous single or double potions.”
“What?!”
Joanna was so shocked she stood up from her seat, and even the DoraGon behind her turned its gaze sharply.
Triple Attribute Potion, and it can cover— what does that even mean?!
Basic low-tier potions boost an attribute by 5%, mid-tier by 10%, and high-tier by 20%.
If stacked perfectly, the total boost is 1 * 1.05 * 1.1 * 1.2 – 1, which equals 38.6%.
Even a 38.6% attribute difference creates a world of difference in real combat.
But now, with the triple multiplier, the formula becomes 1 * 1.15 * 1.3 * 1.6 – 1, totaling 139.21%.
139.21%— more than triple the old value! One person’s power after potions can match two normal users!
Joanna immediately grasped the terrifying potential of this potion— not just the numerical increase, but the fact that it would turn potion use into a necessity for all!
Before the double potions, a free-to-play like Leopard Head might still win against paying users through skill.
But after triple potions, the overwhelming numerical advantage— especially the terrifying 60% boost from high-tier potions— forces everyone to spend whatever it takes to buy one.
Previously, even double potions were a luxury for top spenders.
Now, it’s a universal must-have! Every Master of Spirit Summoning must buy one!
Don’t drink it? Prepare to get trounced. A double-plus difference in all attributes means no matter how flashy you are, you lose.
The difference is immediately clear.
“If this potion truly has triple effect, then you really are a villain of the worst kind.” Joanna finally took the potion and examined it carefully.
I smiled silently.
Actually, Xianlu Magic Potion Shop plans to launch quadruple coverage potions next year, quintuple the year after, then sixfold coverage potions the year after that…
Increasing by one fold every year.
Eventually, we’ll reach sixty-fourfold, then switch to stacked potions.
Stacked potions can combine with others, adding attributes rather than replacing them.
They can stack effects from onefold to sixty-fourfold potions.
Of course, those plans are far off.
“There’s no such thing as a triple potion!” Yun Muchen said firmly. “According to the absorption decay curve of potions, even if you fed a person every material in the world, reaching triple effect is impossible. The theoretical limit is 2.6 times, a truth awarded the Nobel Prize two years ago.”
“Maybe even truths can be wrong?” I shrugged. “Like a frog at the bottom of a well can’t imagine the earth is round.”
“Miss Joanna, don’t be fooled by her,” Yun Muchen looked at me as if I were an idiot and shook his head. “Miss Joanna, given your noble status, it’s best not to touch unknown substances. Be careful—it could be an assassin’s poison.”
“I don’t think so. If a potion with triple effect really exists, it’s worth taking a risk… Besides, my DoraGon is immune to all toxins, so no worries.”
“Miss Joanna…”
“Mumble.”
Joanna didn’t hesitate and tossed the entire bottle into the giant dragon’s mouth.
The dragon swallowed the potion whole, bottle and all, without even chewing.
“You just drank the Blended Gift Pack, containing low, mid, and high-tier versions all at once. You should feel the effects soon,” I kindly reminded.
Sure enough.
DoraGon’s eyes bulged, and waves of scorching heat began pouring from its mouth.
“Everyone, move back! Evacuate this hotel!” Joanna sensed something was wrong and immediately started dispersing the crowd. “Hurry! DoraGon’s power is too strong. The fluctuations might destroy everything around!”
“Roar—!”
DoraGon suddenly raised its neck and let out a fierce dragon roar.
Everyone at the banquet felt the burning air rushing towards them, almost scorching their lungs.
“I told you to be careful with poison!” Yun Muchen looked anxious on the surface but his lips curled into a barely noticeable smirk.
If anything happened to Joanna, the culprit would surely be executed— triple effect… what nonsense potion recipe was this, a dream from a brainwashed fool?
Yun Muchen summoned a flood dragon and used its steam to cool the air, striking a heroic pose as he called out, “Everyone please evacuate in an orderly manner. Don’t worry, I’m here, nothing will happen to you.”
“Roar—!”
Another roar, and the temperature rose again.
Even the rooftop railings warped and twisted under the heat.
“So strong!”
I couldn’t help but be impressed by DoraGon’s power.
This little princess, already born with powerful background and outstanding talent, seemed to have surpassed the older Yun Muchen in strength.
The giant dragon flapped its wings and soared into the sky.
The massive wind pressure blew all the tables and chairs on the rooftop flying off, crashing downwards.
Thankfully, the hotel’s security managed to intercept in time.
“Whoaah—”
A thick pillar of fire shot skyward, burning and evaporating the clouds.
The terrifying pressure of the Immortal Spirit raged arrogantly over all of Tianhai City, causing the entire city to look up and behold this unrestrained beast.
“So reckless.”
It was hard not to feel a twinge of envy.
“Are there really only a few legendary Masters of Spirit Summoning in Tianhai City? Such provocation yet no one took it down…”
The dragon spread its wings and swiftly flew across the city, circling Tianhai City.
The heat and wind pressure blew indiscriminately toward the ground, stirring up a cloud of smoke and dust.
At the Egg Spirit Academy, a bruised Professor Lao Liu looked up and eyed the giant beast suspiciously:
“Has it gotten stronger again? Whoa… growing so fast.”
“Ugh—” Professor Xiao Keng beside him gritted his teeth, unwilling to accept it as the dragon passed overhead. “It really has gotten stronger, and not just a little… It’s absurd. What secret potion did the Lancelot Family feed that little princess?”
“Ah—my students at Egg Spirit Academy have a long road ahead!”
Seeming to have exhausted its overflowing energy and joy, DoraGon stopped circling and roaring.
Finally, it returned to the Mingzhu Tower and happily called out to the hotel rooftop nearby.
“Really got a lot stronger!”
As one involved, Joanna could feel DoraGon’s power increase most directly.
Even a 5% boost she could sense keenly, let alone this multiplied growth!
The increase was so fast that DoraGon couldn’t even fully control its strength, leading to its chaotic rampage across the city, like a mother hen that had been caged too long clucking wildly.
Joanna pulled back her gaze and looked again at the chaotic scene.
Then, an even more shocking sight appeared.
Though most of the surrounding area was destroyed by the dragon’s pressure, a small circle of light on the rooftop remained perfectly intact, as if a haven untouched by war, completely unharmed!
That place was exactly where the Azure Dragon Scale’s glow enveloped.
The Azure Dragon Scale lay on the round table. Clulu and I sat at the table, leisurely enjoying the fine food and wine.
Though wild winds had raged moments before, the food on this table remained perfectly undisturbed.
Everyone else nearby was battered and ragged, their clothes torn. Only Clulu and I had hair and sleeves neat as ever, completely unaffected by DoraGon’s tempest.
And the instigator of this otherworldly haven?
Was nothing more than a single scale.