Chapter 210: Ji Ming's Industry Upgrade

Quack doctor, can you treat people?

Yes, kneeling.

Divine doctor, can you treat people?

Yes, standing.

Saint, can you treat people?

Yes, offering.

That big shot who just chatted and laughed with the powers of Sunshine City, easily earned ten thousand gold coins and then donated them, being carried back in a grand sedan by a crowd of iron cans.

Can you treat people?!

——Ji Ming had imagined ten thousand possibilities of leaving his doctor's post, never expecting this outcome.

It seems that whether for you, for me, or for everyone, hastily finding a way to transfer the doctor's position is currently the only solution.

After hearing his words, AdaiEr's pupils trembled slightly, and she kept her head lowered in silence for a long time.

"Sorry, Doctor, I feel I..."

"You can, you certainly can, you are the one I taught."

"Sunshine City is chaotic; everyone needs Wai Shu Clinic. Since I can no longer fulfill the doctor's duties, I can only rely on you."

"AdaiEr, you also don't wish for everyone to be left without rescue when danger strikes, right?"

Ji Ming blocked all possible three refusals and three deferrals in one go, leaving AdaiEr with nothing to say.

He could only suppress the upward twitch of his mouth as much as possible, hiding the joy in his eyes.

"Since you say so, I can only agree."

"Good."

As a Clinic specializing in trauma treatment, besides the superb surgical skills honed through countless battles on patients,

Another competitive edge of Wai Shu Clinic is its virtually invincible, near‑omnipotent healing potion, the Rejuvenation Elixir.

Since Ji Ming intends to hand over the Clinic's related work to AdaiEr, this formula can no longer be kept from her.

"Come on, I'll teach you how to brew various grades of Rejuvenation Elixir."

Who would have thought that as soon as those words left his mouth, AdaiEr, who had instinctively risen to her feet, suddenly went weak in the legs and nearly fell.

!!!

Ji Ming's heart jolted—if something happened to her, the Clinic would truly be doomed, so he quickly reached out to steady her.

"Hey, what's wrong? Are you sick?"

"No, I'm just a little… excited, excited…"

With a somewhat dizzy head, AdaiEr was helped by Ji Ming to the brewing room.

In her fantasy, Rejuvenation Elixir tastes so good that its formula must be made of the most precious ingredients.

Otherwise, why would the doctor obviously have earned so much money while still living so frugally day to day?

He must be showing great compassion, lowering the high medicine prices to save more poor patients, right?

I never expected that in the border of the Hui Guang Kingdom, such a chaotic place could still harbor such a saint……

In countless quiet nights, she had tossed and turned in bed over this, feeling unable to sleep.

But just as she let out a soft sigh, she saw the doctor pull out a handful of messy black centipede mandibles from his bag and grind them vigorously with a wooden pestle.

"Watch closely, this is a very tedious process, so you must learn to use skillful effort to get twice the result with half the work."

Ji Ming did not want his reputation as a quack doctor to become a lasting legacy, so he earnestly taught AdaiEr.

Next came Stone Dragon Child, Mica Stone, Fire Toad Venom, Spirit Pill Herb……

Although not every one of them is exotic, they are all commonplace materials on the market, without even a single rare or precious ingredient.

Only after Ji Ming finished processing the last ingredient, arranging them in piles like spices at the pot's edge, did AdaiEr realize what was happening.

"……Wait, Doctor, is that it?"

"Of course, isn't that surprising?"

Following the order and prescribed amounts, he poured the raw materials into the pot one by one and began stirring in a specific direction and rhythm.

"Remember, top‑tier potions often need only the simplest ingredients; what matters more is the cook… I mean, the potion‑maker's skill."

"Uh……"

Watching the pot gradually merge in a strange vortex, it finally became a lump of colorful, black‑tinged suspicious pus.

AdaiEr first nodded, then quickly covered her nose.

Is this really how Rejuvenation Elixir is brewed? Why does it smell like the stone castle of a Wild Boar Duke that never gets cleaned?

Although Ji Ming had long grown accustomed to this odd smell and could keep a straight face throughout, he knew his earlier self would have reacted even more strongly than AdaiEr.

"Endure, you might not know, but according to research, the ultimate fragrance is stench."

Thus, while silently timing it, he would also find moments to encourage the newcomer.

"Once the potion's state stabilizes again, it will give off a fragrant aroma, just like the Rejuvenation Elixir IV you usually love to drink."

"……"

This reminded AdaiEr, causing her mind to involuntarily conjure some once‑beautiful memories.

Could it be that after drinking it, one would want to rinse the Rejuvenation Elixir IV eight times with water, yet its essence is just this lump in the pot……

One bubble……

One splash……

District D!

Just as she could barely restrain the surging of her five viscera and six bowels, either she would burst out the door, or they would.

Just moments ago he was still leisurely and calm, like an old woman selling syrup at the street corner, when the doctor suddenly erupted.

All right, let's go quickly!

He fastened the pot lid as quickly as possible, weighed it down with a stone, and without a word grabbed her wrist and headed out.

By the time AdaiEr realized and cried out, she was already standing in the hallway outside the boiling medicine room.

Watching the doctor quickly bolt the sturdy door, he simultaneously extended his fingers and began a soft countdown.

When the last one was bent back, a muffled sound like an explosion came from inside the room.

Ji Ming took a long breath and straightened his collar.

"Remember, to avoid unnecessary biohazard panic, the speed of completing isolation measures must be fast, and you must leave yourself enough room to operate."

"Saying that, he extended his palm and emphasized again."

"So after everything is done, there must be at least five seconds of surplus time, five seconds!"

"Ah... this..."

AdaiEr slightly opened her small mouth and glanced at the ceiling.

She also wondered why the doctor had specially built a strangely wasteful hallway outside the new Clinic, and made the door of the boiling medicine room sturdier than the Clinic's main door.

At first, she thought the doctor wanted to better safeguard the formula for Rejuvenation Liquid, protecting this secret vital to life and fortune.

Later, after more contact, she felt he needed a private secret space to vent the resentment accumulated from daily life.

Now it's considered solved...

It's permanently solved!

It turns out that because the production process of Rejuvenation Liquid is as dangerous as researching some dark magic, it must be hidden and done secretly!

AdaiEr suddenly felt like crying, feeling her life somewhat disillusioned; the image of the doctor in her mind collapsed like a cake she had specially made for him yesterday.

But when the doctor moved the stone and lifted the pot lid, a familiar bright scarlet pool, with its familiar sweet fragrance, came into view.

He then poured it into a lovely glass vial and asked if she wanted to try it.

"I... I don't... I..."

"AdaiEr, you're truly a useless woman!"

She gritted her teeth, stomped her foot, took the bottle, and gulped it down in one go.

"What the heck, I don't know anything, I only know it's delicious!"

Ji Ming also knew the production method of Rejuvenation Liquid was somewhat unconventional, so he first had AdaiEr observe the fourth-generation method, then the precursor version.

As his first pot of gold in this other world, his mastery of brewing this miraculous potion could already be considered consummate.

Even with his eyes closed he could achieve a hundred percent success rate; his practiced motions were like those of an old man downstairs at his former company flipping pancakes.

He repeated this operation four times without tiring, the only variation being the proportions of ingredients added.

After fine filtration, weighing, and bottling, four transparent vials were lined up in a row and placed before AdaiEr.

"These are the four current variants of Rejuvenation Liquid, distinguishable by the depth and transparency of their color."

"However, for comparison's sake, I suggest you differentiate them by the bottles' shape and labels to avoid unnecessary confusion with patients."

After finishing the last sentence of this pharmacist's lesson, Ji Ming looked around at the increasingly familiar surroundings and let out a soft sigh.

"AdaiEr, Rejuvenation Liquid isn't my most powerful formula, but it's definitely the most important one in my heart."

Saying that, he lifted his long‑cherished lucky ballast stone, which could be called a divine artifact, and gestured to her.

"Inheriting this formula also means inheriting the responsibility to do what a doctor ought to do."

Facing this stone, black with red, red with yellow, yellow with green, its color layers extremely rich, like a damaged artistic tile.

AdaiEr extended both hands, yet still hesitated a little.

Ji Ming could only take a deep breath and emphasize again.

"Take it, AdaiEr; this is the destiny of our lineage."

In her turmoil of gain and loss, AdaiEr still gritted her teeth, made up her mind, and accepted the inheritance.

"Mm! I promise I'll do my best to keep the Wai Shu Clinic running as usual!"

"Good."

He took out a key, and Ji Ming unlocked another lock on the cabinet door in the corner.

"This is my medical log from the past month, and various prescriptions I've worked out over the years that aren't technically potions but are still effective for patients."

After checking the facilities in the boiling medicine room, he carefully recalled today's exchange and added another sentence.

"Besides, as I said before, Rejuvenation Liquid isn't my most powerful formula; if you do well, I can teach you more."

What is being discussed here is certainly not the SpiritGathering Liquid that requires one's own blood, nor the extremely dangerous poison‑gas potion comparable to a nuclear weapon.

Rather, it's the formulas for several basic potions, plus splash potions, and even the alchemy hand grenade.

He had originally wanted to leave some time for AdaiEr to speak, to ensure every detail was correct, but when he turned back he saw she was crying.

"Good grief, has Rejuvenation Liquid become your obsession? How can learning a mere skill excite you so much?"

There's nothing to be done; I can only go over and comfort her.

"Don't cry; there are many things in this world worth crying over, but this certainly isn't one of them."

Although coaxing and deceit belong to the same skill tree, in this regard Ji Ming's weakness is evident; he expended great effort to calm the little girl.

However, as soon as she sat down in the chair beside him, she let out a sobbing sentence.

"Doctor, when are you roughly leaving?"

???

No.

Although I deliberately diluted the atmosphere to avoid the saying 'one day as a teacher, forever as a father,' after all that notion is truly feudal.

But...

"You just fed me empty promises, and you've only learned a few tricks from me, yet you're eager to drive away your master— isn't that a bit too overly filial?"

Ji Ming hesitated, only able to utter a sentence.

"Can you not leave……"

"Ah?"

AdaiEr immediately lifted her head.

"Doctor, you aren't going to leave?"

"……When did I ever say I would leave?"

Although theoretically possible, Ji Ming really didn't want to stay at the church.

After all, every time he went there, he felt like he had arrived at a wildlife park, but he himself was a rare wild animal.

It would be better to just stay at the Clinic; besides, Greesen is on guard and there's a Teleportation Array to back him up, so he can come and go as he pleases.

Seeing that the time was still early, he simply personally guided AdaiEr in making a batch of Rejuvenation Liquid Fourth Generation.

After letting her fully experience the entire process of decocting medicine, he then felt relieved to leave.

"Keep it up; actually, Rejuvenation Liquid still has untapped potential—you might even develop a fifth generation."

He casually closed the outer door, Ji Ming returned to the upstairs bedroom while resting, and arrived at the Underground City.

Since they had decided to outsource the work, it naturally wouldn't be just the Clinic.

In Ji Ming's vision, the production of his own medicine could be divided into three specifications.

The first specification is retail, mainly used at Wai Shu Clinic.

Demand is low, the sales surface is small, so AdaiEr alone can complete production—no problem.

The second specification is bulk goods, mainly used in the Underground City.

However, the food, drink, and waste of over a thousand players, and who knows, they might even be sold to outsiders for profit……

Relying solely on Ji Ming, even if he worked himself to death, he couldn't brew that much medicine, so he made another decision that went against his ancestors.

First, he brought up the Map Editor, then in the northwest corner of the Logistics Center he marked out another plot of land and constructed a building.

Then he dispatched Greesen, who is a Druid and whose profession is similar to that of an apothecary, to be in charge of teaching here.

Finally, he took part of the various raw materials gathered from Director An and piled them up here into a small warehouse.

By this point, another functional building of the logistics division had been established—the Handicraft Workshop.

As long as players pay the exchange points, they can learn how to brew medicine here and purchase various raw materials.

The medicine produced matches the game's sale specifications, allowing them to use it themselves and also to sell it on their own.

At the same time, an official unlimited recovery channel will be opened, using practically worthless exchange points to freeload off the players' productivity.

Of course, once Mouse Kid's medicine‑making path gradually gets on track, as long as the quality passes, it can also be included in the bulk goods category.

As for whether what ends up in the customers' hands is player‑made or Mouse Kid‑made……

Anyway, this world doesn't force labeling of origin, so everything is uniformly written as "madein Underground City".

The final specification is undoubtedly the most profitable high‑end product line.

This category covers SpiritGathering Liquid and Poison Gas Grenade, among other medicines; their commonality lies in the scarcity of raw materials or the danger of their effects.

After Ji Ming achieves industrial upgrading, this plot becomes his personal reserved land.

Therefore he does not intend to widely distribute these medicines, but instead chooses to keep firm control of them in his own hands.

Anyway, relying on his own ability is enough to ensure a stable supply of these medicines, so there's no need to outsource and earn less.

The illness hasn't healed yet, the nasal inflammation is severe, eyes filled with hot tears, writing in a dazed way.

Feeling like I'm frantically pounding the keyboard, I seem to be acting out some melodrama—being dumped on Christmas Eve or writing a final letter after a partner's death……