Chapter 10: Gifted

Snake-tooth grass needs to be ground into powder.

Mountain wormwood needs to be boiled; add a large cup of water (8 ounces) into the crucible and boil it together, boil it down to only 1 ounce, and then take this 1 ounce of juice.

Gao De estimated that 1 ounce was equivalent to about 30 milliliters in his world.

The processing of the green spider sac is much simpler; poke it and take the venom inside.

This step was completed by Gao De using Mage Hand.

Because although the toxicity of green spider venom is mainly paralysis, it still has some corrosiveness; if it accidentally gets on his hands, it will be troublesome after all.

After all materials were processed, it was the last step, fusing the medicinal power of all materials together, which is also the most important step in brewing potions.

Gao De took a deep breath, took a conical potion bottle from the work table, and "proficiently" poured the juice boiled from mountain wormwood into the bottle, and then added 5 ounces of honey water.

He shook the potion bottle slightly, and after the liquid inside was completely fused, he quickly poured most of the gray-green powder ground from snake-tooth grass into it.

As soon as the snake-tooth grass powder was added, the liquid in the bottle was like boiling, and it began to roll violently, and the color gradually began to change.

Gao De released his mental power again and stared at the potion bottle.

Strange ripples appeared in his field of vision again.

Only this time, those ripples were constantly entangling and fusing, changing constantly.

He observed the changes in the ripples carefully, and according to the actual situation, added snake-tooth grass powder from time to time, trying hard to control the final state of the ripples to form in the direction he needed.

Snake-tooth grass powder can neither be too much nor too little; one must grasp a degree. If it is added too much, one must immediately add a little honey water to neutralize it; if it is less, one must immediately supplement it.

This process is actually just adding flour if there is too much water, and adding water if there is too much flour.

It's just that it's not so easy to operate. On the one hand, Gao De is required to concentrate his mental power to observe the changes in the ripples, and on the other hand, it requires him to have an absolute understanding of the properties of the materials, knowing how much material should be added under what circumstances.

After experiencing several failures in grasping the amount of snake-tooth grass powder, Gao De finally calmed down from the rush, and at this time, the brewing of the potion was approaching the end.

When the last drop of green spider venom was also dripped into the medicine bottle, the constantly rolling liquid gradually calmed down.

Vaguely, a gray-green magic light flashed across the liquid.

This is the sign of the successful brewing of primary spider venom potion. If you have the cantrip: 【Detect Magic】, you can see this magic light in the potion again.

Gao De looked at the potion in the medicine bottle, which was slightly green, and a thick sense of achievement and pride surged in his heart.

Primary spider venom potion, 0-rank potion, has a strong paralyzing effect, no lethality, and is generally bought to be applied on arrows to deal with fierce beasts.

He couldn't wait to take three smaller conical potion bottles from the shelf on the side, and then poured the freshly brewed primary spider venom potion into them.

A primary spider venom potion brewed with a standard formula can be divided into three small potions for sale. This kind of sale is more profitable for potion masters and easier for buyers to accept.

But when Gao De filled the three small potion bottles, he found that there was still about one-half ounce of potion left in the large potion bottle in his hand.

But according to his memory, a primary spider venom potion brewed with a standard formula is just the amount of three small bottles, and one small bottle of primary spider venom potion is 2 ounces, how could there be so much left... "Unless it is..."

A thought flashed through Gao De's mind.

The next moment, he immediately searched in the not-so-large workroom.

Finally, Gao De found a wooden box from the bottom layer of the shelf.

In the wooden box were three small bottles of primary spider venom potion, six gold coins shining with charming luster, and dozens of scattered silver coins and copper coins.

Gao De's heart jumped violently.

Undoubtedly, this is a huge sum of money. In the currency system of this world, the most basic currency is copper coins.

Here, the actual purchasing power of 1 copper coin is equivalent to more than four yuan in Gao De's past life, plus a little change.

The second layer of the currency system is silver coins.

1 silver coin is equal to 12 copper coins, which is equivalent to the purchasing power of about fifty yuan.

Gold coins are at the top of the currency system; 1 gold coin can be exchanged for 20 silver coins, and the actual purchasing power is about one thousand yuan.

Moreover, silver coins and copper coins are not necessarily universal among different countries due to differences in minting techniques, materials, and the national strength of the countries themselves, and the actual purchasing power varies greatly in different regions, but because gold coins are directly linked to gold, these two problems do not exist.

It is universal and the value does not differ much.

Gao De picked up a gold coin with a charming luster, shining with gold, a bit dazzling, making him squint his eyes, and he couldn't help but fall in love with it.

The region he is in is the Principality of Saint Xi En.

The gold coins currently used by the Principality of Saint Xi En are called Saint Xi En gold coins, which is easy to understand.

The front pattern of the Saint Xi En gold coin is the face of the founding Grand Duke of Saint Xi En, and the back is a heroic rooster, so everyone privately calls it "clucking" or "little rooster."

"What a cute little rooster!" Gao De appreciated the exquisite rooster pattern on the back of the Saint Xi En gold coin and couldn't help but sigh.

This is definitely not because he is greedy for money, just simply because he likes chickens!

He defended himself in his heart.

After appreciating the charming "little rooster" for tens of seconds, Gao De picked up a silver coin again.

The front pattern of the Principality of Saint Xi En's silver coin is still the face of the founding Grand Duke, but the back is changed to a three-leaf flower, so its name is the three-leaf flower silver coin.

Gao De counted carefully, totaling 6 gold coins, 7 silver coins, and 14 round copper coins.

Equivalent to 6400 yuan before his transmigration.

It doesn't seem like much.

But one must know that in this world, under normal circumstances, the minimum annual living expenses for a family of five is only 57 gold coins, and this is on the premise of needing to pay rent.

If you have your own house, the annual living expenses can even be compressed to within 45 gold coins.

It is absolutely incredible that an apprentice from a beggar background could accumulate such a huge sum of money in such a high-pressure environment—after all, apprentices have no remuneration for working for Master Seda.

The predecessor's memory of the source of this money was not left to Gao De, but Gao De now understood everything.

Whether it was the remaining one-half ounce of potion or the three small bottles of primary spider venom potion neatly placed in the wooden box, they were all telling a truth.

—The predecessor was a gifted genius.

A genius in the field of Potion Studies.

Untaught, in less than a year, he was able to produce an extra one-half ounce of finished product according to the standard formula ratio for brewing primary spider venom potion.

That is to say, for every four primary spider venom potions brewed, one small bottle of primary spider venom potion belonging to Gao De could be produced.

All of this was built on the predecessor's precise grasp of the properties of materials and the outstanding effect of material magic-infusion, which was exactly the embodiment of the predecessor's talent, and Gao De inherited all of this.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 11 =====