Chapter 192: Plan of Leaving
The damp underground library in the mansion was a strange place. It wasn't just its appearance—parts of the library resembled an alchemy lab. We had cleaned it, clearing out the dust and spiderwebs, yet the scent of dampness and mold lingered. In addition, the room held curious items like records of peculiar plants and obscure, low-tier alchemic recipes I'd never heard of.
I turned another page in an old, worn-out book, skimming through its bizarre contents. However, my focus was drawn to the elegant handwritten notes scattered throughout. These notes detailed the true side effects and specific ratios of certain ingredients. Evidently, the writer had used themselves as a test subject, describing in first-person the excruciating pain brought on by particular plants.
A hastily written note caught my attention as I reached the last page. The ink was smudged, suggesting the writer had been crying while writing:
'At least nothing I eat will kill me thanks to my extreme physique. But it's clear now that alchemy might not be the solution to treat my version of this condition.'
It seemed that the writer had an extreme physique—a rare case. I was surprised, having already encountered Ye An and now stumbling upon another person who shared this trait. Judging by the condition of the paper, these notes couldn't have been older than twenty years. Given how poorly the library was maintained, I doubted my estimation was far off.
Extreme physiques were supposed to emerge only once every hundred to three hundred years. Then again, those were only the recorded cases. People like Ye An and the person who penned these notes likely went unnoticed by official records.
The ghost also had mentioned the approaching Age of Immortals, which might make extreme physiques more common.
I sighed, closing the book and placing it back on the shelf.
From what I had gleaned from the notes, "Extreme Physique" was a broad and varied condition. Though grouped under the same term, two people with this trait often had little in common.