The key to brewing potions lies in controlling the heat and cooking time.
After adding the first alchemical ingredient, stir three times, then carefully pour in the ground root bone.
This step must not cause splashes, as it can easily lead to dosage errors and failure.
Alchemy requires patience.
Even with a recipe, failing ten or even dozens of times is quite common.
A qualified alchemy apprentice must have enough patience to repeat a tedious process ten, twenty, or even a hundred times.
Even if they fail again, they must not become frustrated.
Emotions can easily affect an alchemist’s operations and precision, leading to increased error rates.
Therefore, before brewing potions, alchemy apprentices take a mandatory drug to calm their minds and return to their optimal state.
“Dragon Saliva Bone Strengthening Tea Recipe: Dragon Saliva, powdered root bone of a strong magical beast, immature mountain flower buds…” Once the temperature is right, you can’t just follow the recipe step by step.
You must rely on your understanding and combine it with the recipe.
After all, the recipe is the experience summarized by predecessors, and many aspects between people cannot be compared.
Some people are stronger, some weaker, and the stirring speed can increase the margin of error.
Therefore, even with a recipe, failure is inevitable.
Alchemy emphasizes two points: precision, where every step requires attention to detail, and wealth, having enough money to fail hundreds or even thousands of times.
After dozens of failures, nearly blowing up the boiler, Jasmine finally gained some insights and experience.
However… Looking at the nearly dead boiler and the messy failed product slag waste, Jasmine felt a heavy heart.
Brewing potions not only failed to alleviate her financial burden but also increased her heavy debt… Moreover, although the materials weren’t expensive for her, it wasn’t something that could be done casually.
The dragon saliva required about half a cup, meaning each failure cost Jasmine over ten spits.
By the end of the afternoon, her mouth was dry, and she felt her salivary glands were almost dried up.
A few more times, and even the dragon would be severely dehydrated.
After countless failures and relentless efforts, she finally succeeded.
Looking at the pale red potion flowing in the crucible, the exhausted Jasmine felt that the suffering was not in vain.
The first successful product of an alchemy apprentice emerged after dozens of failures.
So, do I really lack talent in this area? Repeated failures made Jasmine lose some confidence.
Looking at the pale red liquid in the test tube, she couldn’t help but feel disappointed.
“Even a Deep Wood level potion requires dozens of repetitions.
Do I really lack talent in this area?” What she didn’t know was that for a newcomer to alchemy, not even considered an apprentice, to cross levels and brew a Deep Wood level potion was already astonishing to outsiders.
Alchemy levels are ranked from bottom to top as Apprentice, Trainee, Pale, Deep Wood, Bright Red, Crimson, Black, and Abyssal.
Jasmine, who hadn’t even reached the apprentice level, crossed levels to brew a Deep Wood level potion.
Moreover, the potion list included ‘Dragon Saliva,’ a highly potent ingredient, indicating the difficulty of control.
Sealing the still-bubbling liquid, holding her first product, Jasmine felt complicated.
There was no sense of achievement, only shame… It contained not only her hard work but also countless amounts of her saliva.
The thought of this bottle being held by someone else made the shame even greater.
“Oh, has it succeeded?” Norma looked left and right, carefully holding the capsule-shaped glass potion, shaking it back and forth a few times with Jasmine’s permission.
“Sorry for making your alchemy room such a mess.”
“No worries, it’s not used much anyway.”
“I’ll repay you for the cost of the materials later.”
“It’s fine, those materials would just sit there otherwise.
Better to put them to use.”
Jasmine pursed her lips.
Even with such reassurances, she still felt she owed the other party more and more.
“Well, this potion is very useful to me.
How about I buy it for a hundred gold coins?”
“No need, I’ll give it to you.” Is a beginner’s first alchemy product worth a hundred gold coins? The answer is obvious.
Unable to refuse Jasmine, Norma accepted the oddly colored potion.
According to Jasmine, it was an alchemical potion called ‘Bone Strengthening Tea.’ Honestly, even someone as knowledgeable as him had never heard of such a peculiar alchemical product.
Regardless of its actual effect, it was personally brewed by Mo Li for him, making it very valuable for collection.
“By the way, the selection competition is about to start.
Are you confident?”
“Confidence isn’t something you can just have.”
“I have some stock in my warehouse.
It’s just sitting there, and the quality is decent.
If you need weapons, you can come to me.”
“No need, I have my own plans.” In terms of weapons, Jasmine had a quasi-epic level imitation of Hanxi, so there was no need to borrow from Norma.
“Alright, I trust you have your own arrangements.
But I must say, Viscount Minster’s son will also participate, and Viscount Minster himself intends to ensure his son’s entry.
Plus, the event is held in Minster’s direct jurisdiction, Fran City, so… you understand, right?”
“Then let him lose convincingly.”
“Don’t underestimate him.
Viscount Minster is not an easy opponent.”
“Got it.”
“If you encounter any difficulties, remember to tell me.
I’ll definitely help you.” As he was leaving, Count Norma repeatedly reminded her, much like a father advising his daughter before a journey, feeling like something was missing no matter how much he said.
“…Got it.” For some reason, hearing these words made Jasmine feel a bit sour inside.
Is this what it feels like to be cared for and remembered? Jasmine couldn’t quite describe her current mood, filled with gratitude, emotion, confusion, and a sense of debt… These emotions painted her heart in a complex and incomprehensible color.
Jasmine left, leaving only Rocco and Norma in the room.
“Speaking of which, this potion is said to be for promoting blood circulation and meridian flow.” Norma examined the potion in his hand, glancing at Rocco beside him.
“Please don’t have any ideas about me, sir.
This is one thing I don’t want to do for the master.”
“You’re speaking as if I want to use you as a test subject.
Don’t you trust Mo Li’s skills?”
“…Count, you should consider how to explain to Lady Lana later.
You lent her alchemy room to someone else and made a mess.
I think she’ll be very angry when she returns from gathering herbs.”
“Ah, there’s nothing I can do about that… How about I give her this potion as an apology and have her appraise it?” Norma joked.
