Chapter 3241

At seven in the morning, sunlight streamed through the gaps in the curtains, and on the low table, Su Xiao and Caesar sat opposite each other, having already discussed the details of their cooperation.

Caesar originally didn't want thirty percent; he wanted only ten percent, but it could be said that Caesar, this fellow, had a truly keen sense of danger, and he had vaguely guessed what Su Xiao was planning to do.

Besides buying out the Sun Church's inventory, Su Xiao had another plan; this opportunity to gain advantages was something he had encountered for the first time from level one to level eight, and he wanted to take a risk to gain a large sum.

Su Xiao could feel that the Treeborn World was not far away; Xianji, the Gray Gentleman, and the Priest—each of these three was a threat, let alone when they teamed up.

What made things even more difficult was that the Treeborn World this time had problems even before it began, with many rule-breakers obtaining invitations through unknown channels; one could imagine that at that time, it would be utter chaos.

What Su Xiao needed to do now was only to gather resources and continuously strengthen himself; if the enemy was clever and numerous, it didn't matter—as long as he was strong enough, he could kill anyone who came.

Su Xiao had always known his own advantage: enemies he could defeat usually couldn't outwit him, and those who could outwit him usually couldn't defeat him; this wasn't due to Su Xiao's luck, but because he would do his utmost to avoid enemies he couldn't contend with.

For example, the Eternal Arcane Stars— to avoid them, Su Xiao would rarely set foot in the Void even after reaching level eight, not because he didn't want to, but because he couldn't; if the Eternal Arcane Stars caught even a hint of an opportunity, Su Xiao was certain he would die without a burial place, with no chance to turn things around or escape.

The Eternal Arcane Stars could end the Age of Magic's Destruction and become the strongest overlords of the Void; they must possess formidable and extraordinary qualities.

For now, Su Xiao did not consider the Eternal Arcane Stars; in the near term, the greater threats to him were the Gray Gentleman, the Priest, and Xianji.

Joining the Sun Church this time was an opportunity; Su Xiao let go of all his reservations and decided to make a big profit.

Seeing Su Xiao's gaze at this moment, Caesar opposite him shuddered, then his eyes flared with greed.

"Caesar, one-tenth or three-tenths—you choose."

"Three-tenths."

Caesar chose to follow his heart; although taking one-tenth meant lower risk and not participating in some later matters, being able to take three-tenths… was simply too tempting.

Currently lacking raw materials and finished Sun Potion, the former was Caesar's responsibility, the latter Su Xiao's.

Caesar's plan was that for the raw materials, there was actually no need to buy them in advance; they could be purchased on credit, and he would take full responsibility for this, with the cost of the raw materials not requiring Su Xiao to bear even a cent.

The raw materials needed for one bottle of Sun Potion cost around 1000 reputation points; this expense would be covered after the potion was sold, meaning deducted from the 9000 reputation points Caesar would receive.

Regarding Caesar's shady operation, Su Xiao had long been accustomed to it; he was more curious about how Caesar managed to sell a potion worth 20,000 reputation points—or 2000 Sun Gold Coins—for 3000 Sun Gold Coins.

Su Xiao walked toward the right side of the living room; this area needed some improvement, at least requiring a test bench or similar for preparing potions.

Three hours later, Su Xiao sat at a test bench leaning against the wall, with various bottles and jars placed on it, and some precision instruments arranged on either side of the bench.

The first batch of materials promised by Caesar had arrived; Su Xiao prepared to use 3 to 5 ounces of 【Sunlight Granules】 as payment to improve the potion; the first issue was how to make the solar energy in the Sun Potion more pure, more conducive to bodily absorption, and give it life-like properties.

For purification, Su Xiao's approach was to first dissolve the 【Sunlight Granules】 into a non-characteristic liquid energy, then construct a simple version of the Devouring Core to filter this liquid energy.

After completing the filtration, do not purify it immediately; this solution would be temporarily named Sun Solution-01.

Take the juice of the thick-barked magnolia, pour it into a container, then add a kind of insect cell called 'Ye Pu Ke'; neither had solar characteristics, yet they possessed compatibility in this aspect, and since one was a plant and the other an insect, both had strong invasiveness and assimilative tendencies, attempting to assimilate each other into their own forms of existence.

These two were not what Su Xiao wanted; in their supernatural confrontation, they would produce a kind of intermediate "non-characteristic" active energy; this energy had both the stability and compatibility of plants and was conducive to absorption by living beings; this active energy was temporarily named Phytogen-02.

Mixing the previously prepared Sun Solution-01 with Phytogen-02 yielded a liquid energy that possessed both rich solar power and inherited the traits of Phytogen-02, making it absorbable by living beings; this liquid energy was temporarily called Unfinished Product-03.

Afterwards, it needed to pass through a simple Devouring Core to filter and purify Unfinished Product-03, thereby obtaining high-purity, absorbable 【Sunlight Granules】.

Su Xiao stared at the 【Sunlight Granules】 in the test tube, tapped the tube wall with his index finger, and the 【Sunlight Granules】 inside became slightly brighter.

"Basically, it's just like this—very simple a process."

Su Xiao's gaze turned to Caesar beside him; Caesar had previously begged hard to stay and watch how Su Xiao prepared the potion.

"Is-is it just these few steps? The difficulty is lower than I imagined."

Caesar, sweating on his forehead, spoke; from his dazed gaze, it was clear he hadn't understood anything.

"Oh? Then perhaps you could become a skilled alchemist in the future; what you've obtained now is not the finished product, but still the main ingredient."

Upon hearing Su Xiao's words, Caesar felt uneasy in his heart.

"How many more steps are there?"

"The preparation progress is already at 2.7%; the Sun Potion is not a difficult potion to prepare."

Hearing this, Caesar began to doubt his life; so it's still not difficult? As an 'Intermediate Alchemist,' he couldn't understand it at all.

Developing potions is hard, but improving them reduces the difficulty significantly; that very noon, Su Xiao prepared the first bottle of Sun Potion. This type of potion, when he was still Alchemy Level Lv. 30, he could achieve over a 90% success rate, let alone now that his Alchemy had reached Lv. 62.

However, there is one point: preparing a perfect-grade Sun Potion is extremely difficult; the potion's performance has already been developed by him to near the extreme, and any further upward improvement would entail enormous difficulty.

Possibly after preparing nearly a hundred bottles of Sun Potion, not a single one would be of perfect quality; this also means that perfect-quality Sun Potion is a non-saleable item.

Su Xiao picked up the Sun Potion on the table; the golden liquid inside the crystal bottle had starlike light points drifting within; just one glance made people unable to help but become intoxicated by it.

【Sun Potion (Improved)】

Origin: Sand World·TBD

Quality: Spirit Holy Grade

Type: Permanent Buff Potion

Effect: Within 30 minutes after consumption, solar power permanently increases by 4500 points, solar power adaptability +15 points.

Note: Because this potion perfectly combines solar, life, and scalding water properties, consumption will have additional effects, permanently greatly enhancing the vitality of the heart and kidneys.

Note: Repeated consumption of this potion is ineffective.

Rating: 952 points (Spirit Holy Grade potions are rated 700–1000 points)

Description: TBD (Slayers may freely devise)

Price: TBD (Slayers may freely set)

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