Chapter 25: Coolies
Back in Stormwind City, Zhao Shun began to ask people about John's residence, and many people didn't know, and finally under the guidance of a woman, he came to the mage quarter, which was a house with white stone walls and purple roofs, located in a remote location, and there were no pedestrians around.
Zhao Shun knocked on the door, and it didn't take long for someone to open the door, and it was a middle-aged man with a scumbag beard, blonde hair and a high nose, with a typical European appearance.
"Who are you?" The middle-aged man asked.
"My name is Kenyi, are you John?"
"I am, you're looking for me?"
Zhao Shun didn't beat around the bush and explained his intention directly: "That's the case, did you go to the Dark Temple with your companions before, defeated Illidan, and got a small flower from him?" If yes, I hope you can cut your love and give me the little flower. ”
"You want that flower?" John's eyes rolled and he said slyly, "That's a very precious thing, I don't know what you're willing to exchange it for." ”
Zhao Shun then remembered that he didn't have anything valuable on him, and he couldn't exchange it with the other party, but it didn't matter if he didn't have anything, maybe he could exchange it for labor.
"I have no money and no treasure," he pleaded, "but that flower is important to me, and I hope to obtain it by other means, and I am willing to do anything for you." ”
John's eyes narrowed: "Are you really willing to do anything?" ”
Zhao Shun suddenly had a bad premonition, but in order to complete the task, he still agreed: "Yes." ”
"Then you can be my assistant, first of all, you help me clean up the house."
As soon as John let go, seeing the scene in the house, Zhao Shun was stupid: "This is where people live? It's a pigsty! ’
The room was full of wine bottles, staggering, and there were food residues left in the dinner plates on the table, which had not been washed for a long time, exuding an unpleasant smell, and even attracted cockroaches, and several of them crawled around in the dinner plates and looked at them disgustingly. The dirty clothes in the closet were piled up like a hill, and they were all moldy. The bed was even more messy, the quilt was not folded, it was crumpled at will, and there were some red wine stains on it.
Looking at this messy kennel, Zhao Shun's head was big, so messy and dirty, he didn't want to touch it, but there was no exchange, there was only one way to get Xiaohua, so he could only bite the bullet.
First, he found a basket and threw all the garbage into it. Second, put all sorts of things back in their place. The last is to wash the dishes and clothes, which is also the most tiring work, Zhao Shun washed from dawn to dark, and then washed all the clothes and quilts and dried them.
Dragging his tired body back into the house, looking at John who was sitting on the chair and drinking happily, Zhao Shun squeezed out a flattering smile: "Uncle John, I cleaned up the house, do you think it's time to give me the little flowers?" ”
"Didn't you hear me clearly, what I said just now was first, that is to say, this is just the beginning, do you think that you can get that precious flower by doing such a small thing?"
It's not that Zhao Shun didn't hear clearly, but he wanted to try if he could fool the past, but unfortunately John was very shrewd and cunning like a fox, and Zhao Shun's methods didn't work on him.
Zhao Shun hung his head dejectedly: "Then what else do you have to do, you command." ”
John thought for a moment and shook his head: "Not for the time being, you go back first, and come back tomorrow." ”
And tomorrow? Zhao Shun was about to go crazy, he suddenly realized that the other party was completely treating him as a slave, sending him at will, and he didn't know when this day would be the end.
The next day, Zhao Shun came again, since everything was done, it was not worth giving up halfway, no matter how hard and tired he was, he had to persevere to the end.
Fortunately, there was no need to tidy up the house today, John took him to a laboratory-like place, where there were no windows, the light was dim, only the magic lamp provided the lighting, and there were a large number of test tube flasks on the table, as well as all kinds of strange materials, including brightly colored plants, bones and internal organs of unknown animals, which felt eerie and terrifying.
"Uncle John, what am I going to do today, clean the lab?"
John looked at Zhao Shun and smiled maliciously, not to mention how penetrating that smile was under the illumination of the turquoise magic lamp: "You were tired yesterday, give you some easy work today, and help me test the potion." ”
Zhao Shun immediately understood, why the other party was smiling so ill-intentioned, and his feelings were to let him be a guinea pig! Ten thousand *** rushed through his heart, if it weren't for the completion of the task, he really wanted to hit John with a sword in the chest.
John got busy, he refined and mixed all kinds of ingredients into bottles of potions of different colors, neatly placed them on the table, and then asked Zhao Shun to drink them one by one, while he held a pen and paper next to him to record.
Picking up a test tube and looking at the green liquid inside, Zhao Shun raised his eyebrows and asked John: "Isn't this thing poisonous?" ”
John's face was full of indifference: "What are you afraid of, I am a priest, and any poison will be cured if I dispel it." ”
Zhao Shun thought about it, the priests are all Brother Xinchun, even if they die, they can save you, and they don't care about any poison at all. At that moment, I put the test tube to my mouth, sniffed it, and smelled a fishy smell, but I still pinched my nose and drank it.
Drinking the green liquid, the blood did not decrease, but the mana was emptied at once, Zhao Shun told John about the situation, and he immediately wrote it down in his notebook.
"It turns out that these materials together can refine poison that makes mana disappear, this is a mage nemesis, and it will definitely sell well."
Zhao Shun picked up a test tube with purple liquid and drank it again, and then he found that the objects around him were rapidly getting bigger, no, it should be said that he had become smaller, becoming as small as a mouse, and in front of John, he was not as big as one of the other party's feet.
"It turns out that this is a shrinking potion, although it can't improve strength, but it can still be useful in some special situations."
Zhao Shun was in a hurry, jumping and shouting on the ground: "Quickly turn me back, I don't want to be Thumbelina." ”
"Don't worry, this medicine has a time, and it will be fine in a while."
Sure enough, after waiting for about a minute, Zhao Shun's body slowly grew larger and returned to its original state.
The third test tube was filled with a transparent liquid, and after drinking it, Zhao Shun found that the scene in front of him had turned gray and white, without any color.
John looked surprised, he stretched out his hand, touched it forward, and when he touched Zhao Shun's body, he said incredulously: "This is actually an invisibility potion!" That's great! ”
Zhao Shun was slightly stunned: "You mean I'm in a state of stealth now?" ”
"Yes, I can't see you at all, but I can touch you."
Zhao Shun thought regretfully in his heart: "This potion is not bad, but it's a pity that the formula is not in my hand, otherwise I can make a fortune just by selling this potion." ’
In this way, Zhao Shun officially became a guinea pig, helping John to keep experimenting with all kinds of potions he invented randomly.