In front of the Bat's Eye Clinic, two people were waiting at the door, one on the left and one on the right, waiting for Old Orr to arrive.
"I've already got some idea. It won't be long before I can learn to refine potions like you. Don't get too complacent." The two bored people's eyes accidentally met, and Jiushi couldn't help but say.
"Oh." Ivan responded casually.
Not satisfied with his answer, Jiushiti waved her fist at him, her body shaking slightly unconsciously.
What she disliked most was this attitude. She treated the other party as a competitor, but the other party ignored her, which made her angry.
After a while, Old Al arrived.
Jiushiti continued to do odd jobs, while Ivan went to the alchemy room to make potions.
In front of the square table, Ivan took two ounces of red tung tree bark, held it with tweezers and evenly baked it on the animal oil lamp to carbonize its surface. He then put it in a stone dish and pounded it with a medicine stick until it became powder.
He leaned in and sniffed it, and there was a peculiar fishy aroma, which was undoubtedly a very pungent smell.
Take 8 ounces of dried pieces of blue purple clam mucus and 1 ounce of dried beeswax, mix them together into powder and stir evenly.
Place the red tung bark powder in a glass dish and heat it on the fire until it turns bright red and the fishy aroma is thoroughly stimulated. Then add the mixed powder little by little, and add a few drops of scorpion tail glue oil from time to time. Stir continuously, and finally the powder will appear copper-colored.
"It's done."
Ivan muttered.
After the powder cooled, he skillfully weighed it on a small scale, divided it into ten, and put it into ten small bottles.
These are ten portions of medium-quality Akagi Hemostatic Powder. Each portion can be sold for 30 silver coins, so a total of 3 gold coins can be sold here. The cost of the medicinal materials is about 40 silver coins, so the profit can be six or seven times. The profits involved are so high.
Since it was a success, he could get 20% of the profit, which is about 50 silver coins, which is also a considerable gain.
If he failed, half of his medicinal material fee would be deducted. When he first started to refine the red paulownia powder, he lost a lot of silver coins.
This was the only medium-level recipe that Old Orr had taught him, and it was also the simplest of the medium-level recipes. The demand for red tung powder was average, and he only had to make it three or four times a week. He spent most of his time making other lower-level potions or doing other odd jobs.
"Come again."
Ivan took the same materials and started refining for the second time. As a result, the scorpion tail glue oil was not dripped well, and the final color was uneven. According to old Or's requirements, the inferior hemostatic powder had to be thrown away.
The third refining was successful.
The fourth time was also successful.
[Pharmacy Experience Points +1]
[Pharmacy: Level 2 (1/200)]
The moment he took down the Hongtong Hemostatic Powder to cool it down, an invisible hand touched a certain entrance in his brain, causing him to fall into a state of clarity.
In just a dozen seconds, he seemed to review the medicinal materials knowledge he had learned in the past dozens of times, checked for omissions, conducted overall thinking, and refined the potions efficiently many times, and corrected some minor omissions.
'It's really wonderful!'
Ivan came back to his senses and felt that he had improved half a level in alchemy, which was equivalent to saving several years of effort. He secretly admired it.
The fifth time he refined the red paulownia powder, his movements became more familiar, light, and confident. The refining was indeed successful, which undoubtedly proved that it was not his illusion just now.
In addition to the small light of wisdom, he also gained a light of wisdom that could last for 4 minutes.
Including the level 1 light of wisdom he had saved up before, he planned to use it all on analyzing the water vortex potion. However, he was not in a hurry to use it, as he was seeking another level 1 light of wisdom, which was to upgrade his linguistics.
At the same time, he also needs to accumulate more gold coins to buy medicinal herbs.
…
West of the city.
Near Hobson Library, one day Ivan came to visit a scholar.
"Sir, who are you looking for?"
He knocked on the iron doorbell outside the fence, and soon a fat maid walked out of the villa.
Ivan said, "I am looking for a Halaya scholar to come and learn the language."
The maid Aida understood, opened the door and welcomed him into the small garden in the front yard, then led him into the living room of the villa and brought him to an attractive woman who looked to be in her thirties.
"Ma'am, this gentleman is here to learn the language."
Seeing the maid turn around and leave, Ivan introduced himself again: "Madam Gui'an, I am Ivan Marichatton, and I am here to visit the Halaya scholar, hoping to learn Gaoganda and other ancient languages from him."
The lady in front of me was dressed exquisitely and had a gentle face. The most eye-catching thing was her red lips, which looked like crystal clear agate, adding a unique charm to her. She must be a person who had been treated with respect and luxury for a long time.
Mrs. Halaya motioned him to sit down, and said with her red lips: "You should be looking for me. I am the only one teaching languages here, and my lover, Scholar Halaya, met with an accident last year."
Her voice was gentle, and a trace of sadness appeared on her face after she finished speaking, but it disappeared in the blink of an eye.
Ivan saw it clearly, and it seemed that the information he had inquired about was wrong, so he said hurriedly: "I'm sorry, if you don't mind, I'd like to learn the language from you."
Mrs. Halaya said, "Of course. What language do you want to learn?"
Ivan had a plan: "Learn the ancient language of Gaoganda first, and then consider other languages after you are proficient in Gaoganda."
"A wise choice. Then I'll just say I have to ask for it."
"Please go ahead."
"Six gold coins, the time limit is three months. I will arrange specific courses for you."
Unlike the information he had inquired about, Mrs. Halaya had her own conditions. The maximum time limit was three months, which meant that she would only teach for three months, and would only arrange a class every one or two days. A class would last two hours. The specific time would be decided by Mrs. Halaya, and she would inform her at the end of the previous class.
Ivan agreed. Although the tuition fee almost emptied his pocket, he received a thick textbook - a Gaoganda dictionary, as well as a notebook, pen and ink, and started his first language class.
"See you next time, ma'am."
"Goodbye, don't forget it's the morning of two days later."
Two hours later, Ivan said goodbye to this lady who lived a refined life.
[Linguistics Experience +1]
[Linguistics: lv0 (3/10)]
It is always easier to grow when the subject level is low. At the end of a class, he has gained a little, which is much more relaxing and comfortable than when he was studying on his own.
From that day on, Ivan's daily routine has added another item: he needs to memorize more Gaoganda words.
Ten days later, Ivan entrusted Old Orr to buy medicinal herbs such as whitebait flowers and Adornaline japonica roots for him. Old Orr did not refuse, nor did he say anything or give any instructions.
At the Marichatton home, Paige looked at her brother in surprise as he was moving things into the house.
"Brother Ivan, what are these?"
"It's just as you thought. I plan to set up a medicine refining room at home so that I can refine medicine conveniently."
Exploring the medicinal properties of the water vortex potion was a private job and it was not convenient to carry it out in Old Orr's alchemy room, so he simply bought a set of equipment from Old Orr on credit and took it home together with the purchased herbs.
"Don't worry, I, your brother, know my limits."
Seeing Paddy's hesitant look, Ivan gave his sister a reassuring smile and couldn't help but touch her fluffy brown hair.
The water vortex potion is a medium-level prescription, and it will undoubtedly cost a huge amount of money at the moment, but he is confident that he can replace it successfully.
Once the research is successful, he will gain a broader channel for making money, his own strength will also improve by leaps and bounds, and even the Marichatton family will be able to move to a higher level.
"ah!"
The stunned Padge reacted, dodged his palm in embarrassment, and looked at someone angrily.
"Haha, look at you, you're still shy."
"No."
The two siblings played around for a while, and with the help of Paddy, they found a room near the backyard to use as an alchemy room.
(End of this chapter)