Chapter 8

After two and a half hours, Gu Ding had refined the last batch of medicine. The first three were of Ultimate quality. From the fourth batch onward, the medicines he refined were all of Perfect quality. As time passed, he became more and more adept at refining, and his refining speed increased. In the end, he tried six different methods to fuse the medicine. In the beginning, it took him fifteen minutes to finish refining a tube in less than four minutes. His progress was terrifying.

When Parma came out of her private pharmacy room and passed by the public pharmacy room, she noticed that the door was wide open. Surprised, she walked to the door and saw a young man concentrating on making medicine. She raised her eyebrows happily. She was Cerule's number one pharmacologist and the only pharmacologist professor in the Basic Military Academy. It was only natural that she was happy to see a student working so hard. She looked at the young man carefully and realized that she did not know him. After all, there were three pharmacologists in the academy. Perhaps he was someone else's student. She did not care too much about whose student he was. She had a preference for students who were interested in pharmaceutics.

Parma stood at the door quietly and watched the young man's brewing. The young man's hands were extremely fast. In less than ten seconds, he had already completed the first step of extraction. Her eyes lit up as she stared at the young man's hands.

After the extraction was completed, the young man put different materials into twelve distillation flasks at the same time. Parma was stunned, but what the young man did next almost made her go berserk. The young man turned the flames under the twelve distillation flasks to the highest level.

"Nonsense!" Parma frowned and was about to walk over to teach the young man a lesson. However, the young man skillfully took down three distillation flasks that happened to change color at the same time. His movements were neither fast nor slow, as if he knew when the solvent would change color. In less than ten seconds, the distillation was completed, and the twelve distillation flasks were taken down. The young man's timing was terrifying.

"Oh my god …" Parma's eyeballs almost fell out of their sockets when she saw the shocking scene.

Then, she saw another scene that made her speechless. The young man did not even use a measuring cup. Instead, he poured the various solutions into the fusion cup according to an unknown ratio. Then, he picked up the fusion cup and began to swirl the solution in a strange way that she had never seen before. In less than two minutes, the solution in the cup had turned completely silver. Under the illumination of the light, it reflected a beautiful halo.

Gu Ding poured the solvent into the test tube he had prepared beforehand. He plugged the cork and was about to throw it into his Inventory when a voice called out to him.

"Wait …" A woman's voice came from the door.

The woman looked to be about twenty-five or twenty-six years old. She wore wide-rimmed glasses and had her hair in a ponytail. She was wearing a teacher uniform, and the gold-rimmed nameplate on her chest indicated that she was a professor.

"Can I take a look at that bottle of medicine?" The female professor asked in a probing tone. In the eyes of the other students, this was simply impossible.

"Sure, but you have to return it to me after you read it. I'm going to sell it." Gu Ding could clearly see that there was a lot of surprise in the woman's eyes, but there was no greed.

The female professor took the bottle of medicine from Gu Ding's hand and looked at it carefully. Then, she took off her glasses and looked at it again carefully.

Gu Ding, on the other hand, sighed. "She's still a beauty when she takes off her glasses."

"Is this … really a perfect-quality Cell Enhancer?!" The female professor confirmed it again and again, and finally came to a conclusion that she couldn't believe. After a long while, he came back to his senses. "You said you wanted to sell it for money. Can you sell this to me?"

"How much are you offering?" Gu Ding did not want to lose out.

"You should know that the market price for a quality product is 1200 Star Coins. A perfect quality product is 20 times the price. I won't let you suffer a loss. Twenty times is twenty-four thousand star coins. I'll give you twenty-five thousand. "The female professor clenched the potion in her hand tightly. It seemed that she was determined to get this potion.

"Deal!" Gu Ding agreed readily.

After completing the transfer, the female professor put the medicine into her Inventory. When she saw that Gu Ding was about to pack his things and leave, she asked, "Which teacher taught you?"

Gu Ding was stunned. "I'm not a pharmaceutical student. I'm from the Combat Faculty."

"Combat Department?" The female professor's eyes lit up. "Are you interested in transferring to the pharmaceutical department? I'm a teacher here. "

"Not interested." Gu Ding packed his things, stood up, and shook his head. Then, he turned around and left.

"What's your name?" The female professor quickly asked when she saw that he was about to leave.

"Gu Ding."

"Gu Ding …" The female professor repeated his name in a low voice. When she saw that Gu Ding was already at the door, she shouted, "If you have any trouble in school, you can look for me. My name is Parma. Although I'm just a pharmaceutical teacher, I still have some influence in the school."

"Okay, thank you!" Gu Ding turned around and nodded, then quickly left.

"Look at how much he packed. He must have refined more than one medicine …" Parma muttered after a while, then quickly walked toward the surveillance room on the top floor.

Parma spent two and a half hours watching the surveillance, but the shock in her eyes did not diminish. "He refined twenty tubes of medicine in two and a half hours. The first tube of medicine took the longest to prepare. It was only about fifteen minutes, and it was obvious that he was in a hurry during the distillation stage. He was tense throughout the entire process. It was obvious that it was his first time. The next two times, he made slight mistakes in different areas. However, looking at the color of the medicine, it should be at least superior quality, and most likely ultimate quality. From the fourth refinement onward, he completed an operation with zero mistakes and began to prepare the first perfect quality medicine. On the fifth refinement, he began to relax, and his refinement proficiency increased significantly. The sixth refinement began to speed up, and so did the seventh and eighth times. On the ninth refinement, the final fusion method began to change … Other than the first three tubes of medicine, the remaining seventeen tubes were all perfect quality. What kind of monster is this guy? How can he have such terrifying talent? It's a pity that the camera can only see his back, and not the whole process. "

Gu Ding had no idea that his refinement process was being recorded. Neptune knew this very well. He deliberately did not shield himself from the surveillance camera because he hoped that someone would discover Gu Ding's talent in pharmaceutics and attract the attention of the relevant parties, which would then allow him to obtain more resources.

At this time, Gu Ding had already returned to his residence in the Red Light District. He was now in the graduating class, and he had already accumulated enough credits for graduation. It did not matter whether he attended the remaining classes or not, and his time was completely at his disposal.

"Soak your body in hot water, and you'll absorb the medicine faster," Neptune reminded.

"Okay." Gu Ding had also seen this saying on the Internet. He went to the bathroom and filled the bathtub with hot water. Then, he took off his clothes and soaked in the water. Then, he reached into the Inventory and took out a perfect quality F-grade cell enhancement medicine. He tilted his head back and poured it into his mouth.

A wave of heat rolled down his throat and into his abdomen. The moment it entered his abdomen, an astonishing amount of heat exploded and spread out. Gu Ding instantly felt as if his body was on fire.

"Don't resist this heat. Let it wash every cell in your body, and try to stay conscious. Once you pass out, the speed of the medicine absorption will be halved. Although the Cell Index will increase by seven points no matter what, some people only need a week to fully absorb the medicine, while others need more than two months. The absorption effect is the best when the medicine is in full effect, and the absorption speed is also the fastest, "Neptune explained.

Gu Ding clenched his fists and endured the pain. He tried his best not to think about the heat on his body.

The fiery heat flowed everywhere in Gu Ding's body. Every time it passed, Gu Ding felt as if he was being burned by a soldering iron. That kind of pain was not something ordinary people could endure.

After an unknown amount of time, Gu Ding's consciousness began to blur, and a strange picture appeared in his mind.

Snowflakes were falling from the sky. A middle-aged man was holding a baby in his arms as he walked toward Rose Tavern. When he reached the entrance, he placed the baby in the trash can at the entrance.

"Hey, what are you doing? Abandoning babies is strictly prohibited by Federation law. It's punishable by at least twenty years of imprisonment! "Gu Ding shouted at the man as he jogged toward him, trying to stop the man.

Unexpectedly, when he reached the man, a hand reached out and went through the man's body as if he was transparent. He looked up and saw the face. "Dad?!"

The man quietly looked at the baby in the trash can. A snowflake fell on the baby's forehead, and the man reached out to brush it away. The baby in the trash can stretched out its two little hands and hugged the man's little finger. It giggled.

A strange light flashed in the man's eyes. He closed his eyes for a long time before he picked up the baby again and pushed the door open to enter Rose Tavern.

"I picked you up from the trash can." Gu Ding remembered that every time he asked about his life, his father would say that with the smell of alcohol.

"The first time I saw you, little fella, you were still a baby. You were tightly wrapped in that drunkard's arms." Gu Ding remembered Auntie Roastbeef saying the same thing.

"How could you be my biological son? My eyes are blue, and yours are black. My hair is brown, yours is black, and I have some natural curls, although the curls are not obvious. I'm so tall, and you're so thin. Also, I'm so handsome, and you … You're kind of handsome. Of course, it's not hereditary. How many times do I have to tell you before you believe that I picked you up from the trash can? "This was what Gu Ding's father always made all kinds of comparisons and criticized him for not being as good as him.

"You idiot, you got into a fight again? Your thighs aren't as thick as their arms. It's normal to lose. Why are you crying … Let me teach you, if you want to fight, look for someone smaller than you. " Every time he got into a fight, Gu Ding would rub his head and comfort him, even though he knew that he was the smallest and thinnest among the children.

"Here, have a sip. You're already ten years old and you still can't drink. Are you still a man?" When Gu Ding was ten years old, Gu Ding's father encouraged him to drink for the first time.

"According to an old friend's promise, the fifteen years of taking care of you is up. Don't come looking for me. "That was Gu Ding's father's last words, written on a piece of white paper. The white paper was pressed down by a glass of water. The glass had been smashed into pieces by Gu Ding half a year ago, and the white paper was also shredded into pieces.

"Dad …" Gu Ding's tears flowed uncontrollably.