Chapter 206: Intermediate Potion - Talent Ascension (C)

This time, Lan Qingyou still adhered to her usual principle of stirring up trouble and pulling off fancy tricks.

She gathered all the Spirit-attribute herbs and materials she could get her hands on and piled them up on the stone slab in the West Tower.

"Oh right, I think I still have some of the D-rank Talent Potion left."

Just as Lan Qingyou was about to go all out, she suddenly remembered that there was still a lot of the Talent Potion left over. She went to the nearby constant-temperature storage room to rummage around and eventually brought all of those potions out.

After all, this could be considered a "successful predecessor".

If she had this stuff on hand, combined with the Fire-Seeking Crucible, the success rate would increase significantly.

But that still wasn't enough.

Lan Qingyou didn't plan on using the Spring of Rest as the base water this time either. Instead, she sought out that wine merchant, Riesling.

Tower: "@Justice, do you have any alcoholic drinks that are smooth, mellow, and pack a punch, suitable for girls?"

Riesling suspected that Lan Qingyou was here to sabotage his business.

What a joke.

He was a winemaker and a wine merchant. For her to come right up and ask if he had any heady or hangover-inducing alcohol—wasn't that just smashing his signboard and slapping him in the face?

Even if Lan Qingyou was his benefactor, she couldn't slander him like this.

Tower: "Alright, my choice of words might have caused a misunderstanding. I need a batch of alcohol that can increase Spirit."

Lan Qingyou reorganized her phrasing.

Justice: "Oh, so that's what you meant! I can't guarantee other things, but when it comes to alcohol, I have quite a few products that boost Spirit."

Seeing that she actually just wanted a specific type of wine, Riesling breathed a sigh of relief.

After all, she was his great benefactor. Even if she was spreading rumors about him, he wouldn't have the nerve to fall out with her.

Thank goodness, it wasn't a rumor.

Tower: "Oh, oh, then give me fifty liters."

Justice: "You still want something smooth and mellow, suitable for women?"

Tower: "Yes."

Justice: "I do have a peach wine here that is perfect for girls. Its effect is that just one glass can increase Spirit by ten points for thirty minutes. If you are going to drink it, it's best not to exceed one hundred milliliters at a time. That's the recommended dosage."

Just like how Potions had strict dosages, if you wanted the effects of the alcohol, you couldn't exceed a certain limit.

After all, while the peach wine was excellent, one shouldn't drink too much of it.

Of course, if it was purely consumed as a normal beverage, then it didn't really matter.

Either way, if one got drunk, simply circulating their magic power would sober them right up.

That was probably one of the few perks of this world.

Tower: "I see, then I'll take that one. Though, I'm not buying it to drink."

Checking the effects, Lan Qingyou nodded in satisfaction. She made sure to clarify her intentions; it wouldn't do for people to think she was some kind of alcoholic.

Justice: "You're not drinking it yourself?"

Tower: "Correct, I'm using it to brew potions."

Seeing Lan Qingyou's message, Riesling's brain short-circuited for a moment.

'Wait, I recognize every single word, so why don't I understand them when they're put together?'

Tower: "Brewing potions requires a base water with a high concentration of magic power. I'm just substituting alcohol as the base water, that's all."

How extravagant!

The moment Lan Qingyou said this, those exact words popped into the minds of everyone lurking in the chat.

While they didn't know how much Riesling's wine cost, there was no doubt that any alcohol produced by him was far from cheap.

They only ever bought some occasionally when they had a craving, or when Gu Xiaobei cooked up a delicacy that paired perfectly with a drink.

Especially that alcoholic, Chariot, who bought it frequently.

Because of this, Riesling had almost entirely gathered the funds for the machinery he needed within just a month of joining the group. It was obvious just how expensive his wares were.

In Riesling's own words, he was primarily doing business with the wealthy now, which was also the main reason he joined the group.

After all, this group was his ticket to connecting with the Supreme Council.

As for the low-end market, he would just have to tackle that later.

But now, hearing that Lan Qingyou was actually using his wine to brew potions, he was grinning from ear to ear.

This was top-tier promotional material.

Justice: "That works, but the production of this particular wine is a bit low right now. I don't have that much in stock."

Tower: "Then how much do you have?"

Justice: "Two ten-liter casks."

Tower: "I'll take it all. You can settle the payment with Shang Chuan."

Justice: "Alright."

Justice typed a quick reply and immediately sent the goods to Lan Qingyou.

He never even considered charging Lan Qingyou for it.

It was just two casks of wine. Although the production volume was low and his pricing was indeed high, the actual cost to make it wasn't much at all.

If he actually charged her for this, how could he show his face in their circles in the future?

After receiving the goods, Lan Qingyou handed the materials needed for the intermediate Magic Power Potion over to Chu Yuan and immediately set to work researching the Talent Ascension potion.

Over the next few days, Lan Qingyou spent all her time experimenting, eating, and sleeping.

Oh, and collecting the potions produced by the golems.

Three trips a day, tossing them all to Chu Yuan in exchange for materials.

Oh, and collecting the potions produced by the golems.

Three trips a day, tossing them all to Chu Yuan in exchange for materials.

[Ding! Congratulations to the individual named "Lan Qingyou" for developing "Intermediate Potion - Talent Ascension (C)". Please keep up the good work.]

On this day, Lan Qingyou had just finished brewing a pot of potion and bottled it. Before she even had time to examine it, the voice of the World Will echoed in her ears.

"Here we go again, here we go again! This time it's actually a C-rank Talent Potion..."

The moment the World Will's announcement rang out, the World Channel and Regional Channel exploded into chaos before Lan Qingyou could even react.

"What sin did I commit in my past life to be forced to hear all this 'good news'?"

"I remember it was a D-rank Talent Potion before, right?"

"That's right. Honestly, I don't want to hear about it anymore."

"Wait, it suddenly occurred to me... if the Witch started with an E-rank talent, and she keeps slowly brewing and upgrading like this, won't she eventually reach S-rank, the highest known talent level?"

"Now that you mention it, that's entirely possible!"

"Stop talking, I'm gnashing my teeth so hard they're about to shatter."

"Don't do that, dental fillings are really expensive."

Previously, everyone's attention had been focused on the Witch race itself, as well as Lan Qingyou's potion-brewing abilities.

To be honest, it was impossible not to be jealous.

However, this was the kind of thing that jealousy couldn't change.

After all, the Potions were brewed by her own two hands.

But things were different now.

Everyone possessed a talent, and Lan Qingyou used to have the lowest E-rank talent, just like many of them.

Upgrading it by one rank was one thing; everyone could turn a blind eye and hold their tongues.

But now it was blatantly obvious that she intended to keep climbing the ranks indefinitely. Wasn't this just driving them crazy?

This was especially true for the so-called "elites"—the wealthy businessmen, government officials, celebrities, professors, and lawyers who had enjoyed superior privileges and status in the Blue Star Federation before their transmigration.

This massive disparity in reality was completely unacceptable to them.

And so...

Jealousy spread like wildfire in the hearts of these people, and greed robbed them of their reason.

They wanted to upgrade too!

They didn't want to be stuck forever struggling on their last breath with a bottom-tier E-rank talent!