Fish bladders are sold in the market; though slightly more expensive than fish meat, the difference isn't much, and if you only need one or two, a sweet word can get them for free.
As for scales and octopus blood, they are considered waste at the market, refuse that needs to be cleaned up daily, essentially free for the taking, and sunflowers can be found by the roadside.
The only thing that gave Luo Yan some trouble was the brain crystal of a red octopus; for this, he squatted by the seafood stall for several days, watching the owner butcher dozens of red octopuses, but he never saw any brain crystals.
Finally, the owner asked him directly, and Luo Yan explained that he wanted to learn how to butcher fish, which was why he came to observe every day. Fortunately, the owner was a warm person and offered to let Luo Yan practice. It was then that Luo Yan personally slaughtered a red octopus that had been caught not long ago but was already on its last legs, and only then did he obtain the crystal.
It was then that he realized some special materials had to be acquired by his own hands.
After consuming the potion, he did not hear any forbidden voices as described in the original work, nor did he show any signs of madness, even immediately after consumption.
He later analyzed that perhaps it was because the underlying structure of this world was not chaotic and insane like in 'Lord of the Mysteries,' and this world had no primordial will, no influence from higher beings, no gaze from Outer Gods; it was a very orderly world, thus the risk of consuming potions was very low.
Furthermore, the potion did not carry the 'predecessor's' spirit, making it very easy to digest. However, because of this, most ritualistic magic could not be used, though Luo Yan himself did not know any ritualistic magic anyway.
After becoming a Sailor, Luo Yan began to digest the potion while collecting materials for the Sequence 8 Berserker potion.
To gather materials, he often paddled a raft out to sea and took a specially made trident up the mountains to hunt, with very good harvests.
Since he couldn't process so many harvests alone, he simply gave a portion to his neighbors and asked them to help sell the rest. Over time, he gained the solid friendship of his neighbors, and those who benefited are now helping him build his ship.
His eagerness to go to sea was not to digest the Sequence 7 Navigator potion, but primarily to collect subsequent materials. On this small island in the East Blue, Sequence 6 Beyonder materials were almost the limit; subsequent materials had to be found at sea.
The Navigator potion was already mostly digested. Luo Yan chose to go to sea at this time because he had calculated that Luffy had already set sail. He had no intention of joining Luffy's ship, but that didn't stop him from taking advantage of Luffy's generosity.
Moreover, he knew what kind of person Luffy was. As long as he offered some help or showed some goodwill at the right time, if he encountered trouble later, Luffy would definitely lend a hand. There was nothing more valuable than investing in the protagonist.
"I'll set sail as soon as the ship is built!"
Luo Yan closed the box, carefully put it away, and whispered his resolve.
As dusk fell, a full moon hung high in the sky, and the lights in the surrounding houses went out one by one. Luo Yan was no exception, but he did not rest. Instead, he pulled out a palm-sized metal box from under his bed. Inside the box was a black-backed, red-patterned ring with a bat motif.
He placed the ring on his right middle finger, and black energy materialized, forming a pair of black bat wings behind him. His originally light golden eyes were also stained red, turning orange.
In Luo Yan's vision, the room at night was no different from during the day; it wasn't because the lights were on, but because he possessed night vision.
As a Beyonder of the Tyrant Pathway who could dive deep, he already had impressive night vision, let alone now wearing this ring.
During the half-year of collecting materials, Luo Yan acquired not only Beyonder materials and characteristics from the Tyrant Pathway, but most of the time, he obtained those from other pathways. This ring corresponds to the Sequence 7 Vampires of the Moon Pathway.
After gathering the main materials for a potion, Luo Yan would usually categorize them together to avoid confusion, so some materials would automatically combine with surrounding items to become magical artifacts.
Although he was not an Artisan and could not create magical artifacts according to his own will, fortunately, the chaos and madness in this world were not abundant. Even naturally formed magical artifacts did not have very severe side effects. At least so far, Luo Yan had not created any magical artifacts with negative effects he couldn't bear.
The abilities of this ring are: it grants the wearer night vision, attacks with corrosive effects, greatly increases the owner's speed, provides flight ability, and allows communication with animals and their temporary taming. The negative effect is that wearing it makes one crave fresh blood.
And if worn under bright sunlight, the wearer will become weak after ten minutes.
Luo Yan silently flew out the window, flapping his wings towards the deep mountains. Before long, he arrived at the entrance of a karst cave.
This cave was very deep; even with night vision, Luo Yan couldn't see to the bottom at a glance. This was why he wore the Vampire ring. Without flight ability, even with agile movements, one couldn't enter here, and this was where he 'hid his treasures.'
To prevent thieves from entering his home when he was out, Luo Yan hid most of his Beyonder materials and magical artifacts he didn't usually use in this cave. Every five days, he needed to change the containers and reinforce the spiritual wall used to isolate those materials with his spirituality.
Today was not the day to reinforce the spiritual wall, but he was going to sea in three days, and Luo Yan didn't plan to go out during those three days, so he decided to retrieve his items early.
After more than ten minutes of work, Luo Yan silently returned to his house, carrying three silver-white briefcases, similar to those used for money.
As soon as he entered the house, he eagerly took off the ring, carefully wrapped it in spirituality, and placed it in the iron box, then let out a long sigh of relief.
"This thing is really not easy to use. As expected, I need to become a Wind Favored One to have stable flight ability. I must become a Wind Favored One as soon as possible."
Luo Yan did not intend to become a pirate when he went to sea. The higher the Sequence, the harder the materials are to obtain. Once he became a pirate, some materials would become very difficult to acquire. Therefore, he hoped to operate as an Adventurer at sea and find an opportunity to connect with the Revolutionary Army.
He believed the Revolutionary Army would be very interested in potions. As long as both sides cooperated, he could use the Revolutionary Army's resources to help him collect materials.
As for the Navy, he never considered them from the start. In fact, he would rather be a pirate than join the Navy, because joining the Navy would mean being bound by rules and regulations, unable to act freely. This would greatly affect his efforts to collect materials. Moreover, once the secret of the potions was known to the Navy, he believed he would definitely receive special 'attention,' and at that point, whether he would even have personal freedom was uncertain.