After learning the purpose of Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi's visit, Xu Ling smiled and said, "A strength enhancement potion with a purity of 90% and above is considered perfect quality. Mr. Bai also specified that it must be level 8 and above, which is even rarer … As far as I know, it's not available in the sales hall. "
After a pause, Xu Ling said, "Mr. Bai and Miss Xu can go to the store manager … but he seems to be in a bad mood recently."
"In a bad mood? Why? "Bai Xiaowen was curious.
"I'm not sure, but it seems to have something to do with the potion sales in the store." Although Xu Ling was the sales team leader, she was only a low-level cadre.
Bai Xiaowen didn't want to trouble Zhang Jing and Sun Hecheng, but he didn't have a better idea now. He and Li Shuyi thanked Xu Ling and walked through the staff's internal passage to the pharmaceutical department at the back.
Outside the old store manager Zhang Jing's office, Bai Xiaowen heard Sun Hecheng's voice.
"The Giant Gods Guild is too much of a bully. The guild leader has to think of a way to stop them from being so arrogant. "
The old store manager Zhang Jing's voice also sounded. "What can we do? The Giant Gods Guild is a Class A guild, one of the signboards of Jinghai. Not to mention that they opened a branch in the Crimson Fire District, even if they opened a branch across from us, what can you do? We're just logistics staff. Don't think about causing trouble for the guild. Just bear with it and it'll be over … "
Sun Hecheng was still a little unwilling. "But our sales have dropped seriously …"
Knock knock knock.
Bai Xiaowen heard a few words and felt that it was impolite to eavesdrop outside, so he knocked on the door.
"Who is it?"
The office door opened from the inside, revealing Sun Hecheng's square face.
"Uncle Sun, Grandpa Zhang, it's me."
Li Shuyi greeted Sun Hecheng and Zhang Jing obediently, then pulled Bai Xiaowen in.
The office door closed again, and Sun Hecheng's gloomy face eased a lot. Zhang Jing smiled so widely that the wrinkles on his face relaxed. "Hey, hey, hey, aren't you in university? It's not a weekend or a holiday. Why are you here?"
Li Shuyi grinned and said, "Xiaowen and I are from the Combat Department. We're different from the other ordinary departments. We don't have to worry about whether we attend classes or not. We don't get any credits."
"But we can't be lazy. We still have to attend the classes that we should attend …" Zhang Jing nagged.
Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi listened to Zhang Jing's nagging. Then Bai Xiaowen changed the topic. "I heard you talking with Master Zhang just now. Is there anything wrong with the pharmacy?"
Zhang Jing didn't want to talk too much about this matter. Perhaps he didn't want to distract Bai Xiaowen. He waved his hand and smiled. "It's fine, it's fine … I haven't asked you yet. What are you here for this time?"
Bai Xiaowen said, "I want to buy a bottle of strength-type strengthening potion. The kind with an actual bonus of around four points. It has to be Level 8 and below, but it has to be of high purity … I couldn't find it in the front hall."
Zhang Jing joked, "I knew you wouldn't think of an old man like me if you had nothing to do …"
The two of them laughed awkwardly.
Zhang Jing rubbed his chin and went straight to the point. "Level-1 strength-type strengthening potions below Level 8 basically only have a theoretical bonus of four points. To achieve a bonus of four points … Hmm, 75% purity can achieve a bonus of three points. However, the final bonus depends on the probability. A potion with a purity of at least 87.5% has a 50% chance of increasing the final bonus point. "
Bai Xiaowen nodded and added, "A 50% chance is still a little low. I wonder if there are any perfect-grade potions in the shop? "
Zhang Jing smiled.
Sun Hecheng said, "Perfect-grade potions with a purity of 90% and above aren't easy to make. It depends on luck. Take me for example. On average, there are three to five perfect-grade potions every month. However, most of them are low-grade potions. For potions above Level 8, on average, there are only one or two bottles produced every year. "
"Why are there so few?" Bai Xiaowen was shocked. He knew the number of potions Sun Hecheng made. There was no problem in producing a few thousand bottles of potions every year. He could be called a model worker. So, the ratio of perfect-grade high-grade potions was only one in a thousand?
"This involves factors that affect the purity," Sun Hecheng explained. "Xiao Bai, do you know why potions have varying degrees of purity and why it's almost impossible to reach 100%?"
Bai Xiaowen hesitated for a moment. "It's because the herbs themselves contain slight impurities."
"This is only one of the reasons," Sun Hecheng said. "More importantly, it's the ratio of the 'effective ingredients' of the herbs."
"Ratio? Before making the potion, isn't the amount of grams needed for each herb calculated according to a formula beforehand? "Bai Xiaowen asked.
"The 'effective ingredients' I'm talking about are the 'energy particles' in the herbs! For example, the 'life particles' contained in the Silverleaf Grass used to make the Silverlight Potion are the effective ingredients. "
"The weight of the herbs can be calculated beforehand, but there's no way to accurately measure the effective ingredients in the herbs. The same amount of Silverleaf Grass, even if they're of the same quality, will definitely contain different life particles. "
Sun Hecheng continued, "When making a potion, if you need two types of active ingredients, A and B, each will account for 50%. If you use the method of weighing and weigh 100 grams of each type of A and B herbs, it looks like 50% each, but what's the truth? Maybe the type A herbs contain a little more active ingredient particles, so in the final ratio, it accounts for 51%, and the type B active ingredient is only 49%. "
"Making a potion is a process of chemical reaction. Only 49% of the total dosage of the type A active ingredient will react with the type B active ingredient and become a potion. What about the extra 2%? For this potion, this 2% can only be considered impurities. The useless active ingredients are considered impurities. "
Sun Hecheng concluded. "The above is the simplest example. The actual formula will only be more complicated. Moreover, the higher the level of the potion, the more types of herbs the formula will require. The ratio of the active ingredients will be even more difficult to grasp. If the first type has an extra 1%, the second type has an extra 2%, and the third type has an extra 3%, the total amount of impurities accumulated will be terrifying. "
Zhang Jing smiled and added, "The purity also has something to do with the pharmacist. As soon as the reactions of the several active ingredients have ended, the next step will be immediately carried out. It will be seamless, which is the most ideal state. Even if it's done 0.1 seconds earlier, the active ingredients won't have enough time to react and impurities will be produced. If it's done 0.1 seconds later, the potion may even fail … "
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