2329 Herbsbane
"Mortal Reminder… Excellent." Crown Prince Feng Shun repeated it, finding it appropriate.
"Ah! An arrow that would make immortals rethink about their immorality… A perfect name." Qiao De was in agreement too.
The more everyone thought about it, the more they found it to be suitable.
"With a name like this, the sales will certainly be good since marketing will be easy." Qiao De was already thinking of the future business.
"Indeed." Lady Kang could see that happening.
"I still need to test it and see its real effectiveness." Lin Mu replied. "Besides, I don't know if all the arrows will be the same." He added.
"That's fine. We can always fine tune and adapt it later." Lady Kang said. "Though for now, I suppose we can leave you to finish it up." "Yeah… I'll make more." Lin Mu nodded his head.
After all, he had only finished a single arrow and there were more cores rods available to him. Though the number of arrow tips was certainly limited.
"We get the poison to be ready." Crown Princess Shang chimed in. "Can you add it later on?" "Yeah, that won't be an issue." Lin Mu nodded. "I can get them assembled for now." "Good." Crown Princess Shang didn't mind that.
With that said, everyone other than Little Shrubby left the foundry, leaving Lin Mu to work on the rest.
"You did amazing Little Shrubby." Lin Mu didn't forget to praise his trusty companion.
"Thank you… I think everyone's power helped me progress." Little Shrubby replied. "How do you feel now?" Lin Mu asked, feeling curious. "Strong… I think I can use my flames to directly melt the ore if I want to." Little Shrubby said after thinking for a bit. "You can?" Lin Mu was surprised.
"Yes, it's like… the upper limit of my flames was lifted once I experienced everyone's combined power." Little Shrubby answered. "My bloodline also feels a lot more… awake." He added.
"Hmm…" Lin Mu thought about it and wondered if this was the natural progression. "Do you want more Beast Qi later?" he asked.
"Sure." Little Shrubby didn't mind that all.
08:29
By now Lin Mu was sure that Beast Qi had been a major contributer behind the steady growth of his beasts. Even if it might not directly boost their cultivation base, it did elevate their potential. In a way, the Beast Qi contributed to a qualitative enhancement than a quantitative one.
"Should I help with the forging for now?" Little Shrubby asked.
"That'll be great." Lin Mu said as they got to working.
With Little Shrubby's precise heat control, Lin Mu easily finished the second Mortal Reminder Arrow and assembled the rest of the materials into tipless shafts.
Now if Lin Mu wanted to he could very easily socket an arrow tip into the shaft. The only thing that varied between the Mortal Reminder arrows and the other ones would be the Cursed Arrow tips and the crystal socket.
Since the entire reason Lin Mu had used the Misty Mirror Quartz and Clear Body Sapphire was to dull the effect of the Black Hex Raven Tears, he didn't need them for the rest of the shafts. By the time Lin Mu was done making and assembling the arrows, Crown Princess Shang and Ziran returned with the poison they had refined.
"Is this it?" Lin Mu asked, looking at the jade bottle in Crown Princess Shang.
"We call it Herbsbane." Crown Princess Shang stated.
"We've managed to extract and combine the properties of Liver Splitting Datura, Barren Field Lily, Ballooning Melon, Exploding Fire Balsam, while accentuating them with the other poisonous herbs we obtained." Ziran spoke. "This should theoretically kill almost any immortal herb, plant, tree or likewise."
"Though it can also kill cultivators and beasts due to the sheer viciousness of it. They won't even get to experience all its effects before succumbing to it." Crown Princess Shang added. Têxt belongs to .
"So, what are the effects?" Lin Mu asked.
"Upon coming in contact with Herbsbane the place of contact will dry rapidly allowing the poison to penetrate due to the combined effects of the Barren Field Lily and Ballooning Melon, then the natural toxin resistance of the creature will be lowered due to the Liver Splitting Datura and finally the Exploding Fire Balsam will cause an explosion." Crown Princess Shang answered.
"How are the effects in animals versus plants?" Lin Mu asked next.
"While we haven't tested in on animals, or humans properly, I don't think they'll be able to experience the effects of the Exploding Fire balsam. They'll die from the desiccating and anti-liver effects first. Though if they have strong vitality and physique, they might endure long enough to experience the effect of the Exploding Fire balsam… which won't be the best." Ziran explained. "Oh and just in case, we also prepared this." He said, taking out a small pill bottle.
"Antidote?" Lin Mu guessed.
"Indeed. We can't go around making a deadly poison without an antidote now, can we?" Crown Princess Shang nodded. "That's good." Lin Mu replied. "And I reckon I don't need to contain this in any special way?" he asked.
"Since it is not corrosive to metals, you can use it in a simple way of just dipping it. But for better penetration, I advise to keep it contained in a hollow tip." Ziran stated.
"Alright, I got the perfect thing for it then." Lin Mu nodded his head.
He took the jade bottle of Herbsbane and got to working.
The second Mortal Reminder had been made with the poison in mind, so Lin Mu simply shifted in a small amount of the poison into the crystal socket that had hollow capsular space inside it.
In addition to this, Lin Mu also made a similar addition to two more spare arrows that he had made without the arrow tips. But as Ziran and Crown Princess Shang watched this, they had an idea.
"You don't need the extra coating for the poison, so can't you just use the four Null Iron rods that are 'defective' for it?" Ziran advised.