Bai Xiaowen understood and nodded.
He finally understood why the purity was so low when he copied Sun Hecheng's steps back then. It was only 67%.
The herbs that were melted and purified contained a certain amount of impurities. This was not a topic for the time being.
However, Bai Xiaowen completely copied Sun Hecheng's steps. Even the amount of herbs used was exactly the same. It seemed accurate and foolproof, but in fact, the amount of effective particles contained in the melted herbs was definitely different from the amount of effective particles in the original herbs used by Sun Hecheng.
It was already very good that the medicine did not fail in the end. It was not surprising that the purity was only 67%.
"As long as you can accurately measure the effective components in the herbs, you can make a perfect potion?" Bai Xiaowen asked.
"That's right, but you also know that there are no tools to accurately measure the composition of spirit herbs. This depends on the experience of pharmacists. From the appearance of the herbs, you can roughly estimate the amount of effective particles contained in the herbs …"
Bai Xiaowen smiled and said, "I understand … Manager, Master Sun, I want to try to make a new bottle of Ruby Power Potion. Can I borrow the workbench here?"
"You?" Sun Hecheng was slightly stunned.
Zhang Jing laughed and said, "Of course, it's not a problem if you want to practice … However, the shop has its rules. The herbs used will be deducted from your monthly purchase fee."
"No problem," Bai Xiaowen said happily.
A portion of Bai Xiaowen's income from Earth's currency would be transferred to the Super Godly Potion Shop's account every month. He would use the Super Godly Potion Shop's channels to buy herbs for his own use.
The Super Godly Potion Shop bought spirit herbs in bulk. Not only did they have a discount on the price, but they were also more assured in terms of quality.
Immediately, Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi followed Sun Hecheng into the pharmacy department.
Sun Hecheng opened the door of his exclusive production room and patted Bai Xiaowen's shoulder. "Don't feel pressured. Just treat it as practice. Now, hundreds of thousands of yuan worth of medicinal herbs are nothing to you … "
Bai Xiaowen smiled and nodded. "Thank you, Master Sun. I understand."
Not long after, the herbs for the Strengthening Potion: Ruby Power were delivered. There were a total of three sets. It seemed that Sun Hecheng did not believe in Bai Xiaowen's level and prepared two more sets of herbs.
After Bai Xiaowen failed twice in a row, he should be able to understand how difficult it was to make a high-level Strengthening Potion. At that time, Sun Hecheng wouldn't let Bai Xiaowen go home disappointed. He thought about going down personally and using the third set of herbs to make a bottle of Ruby Strength Enhancement Potion for Bai Xiaowen.
Perhaps the purity wouldn't be perfect, but at least 85% was guaranteed. If he was lucky, 87% or 88% was possible. After all, it was better than most of the Ruby Strength Potions on the market.
Bai Xiaowen could roughly guess Sun Hecheng's thoughts. He was very familiar with Sun Hecheng's character.
.............. Rather than using words to prove himself, he might as well use his actions to prove himself.
Sun Hecheng guided him from the side.
"The Ruby Power Potion is made from Clematis Vine, Fuluo Flower Powder, Full Moon Leaf, and Topographical Dragon Blood Crystal Powder." Sun Hecheng opened a thick book. "The perfect formula ratio is here. You can take a look and weigh the herbs."
Bai Xiaowen nodded. He placed the first herb — Clematis Vine — on one end of the scale and began to weigh it.
When Sun Hecheng did not notice, Bai Xiaowen activated his insight ability to examine this small section of Clematis Vine.
[Clematis Vine]
[Grade: 1]
[Age: 2 years and 3 months]
[Composition: Energy Component (Life Particles), Plant Fiber Impurities (Phosphor, Phloem Tissue, Water, etc.) Bai Xiaowen understood and calculated silently.
[Among the components, the 'Energy Component' should be the active ingredient. It is only 9.97%. It seems that this section of Clematis Vine is a little young. According to the perfect formula ratio, the active ingredient of Clematis Vine should be 2.85% in 100 grams of the total medicinal solution. If I convert … I should need about 28.59 grams of Clematis Vine herbs …]
Bai Xiaowen was a little emotional. This was the right way to activate his insight ability.
Bai Xiaowen stared at the scale on the scale, took out a small knife, and began to cut the Clematis Vine. He cut it quickly at first, but slowed down towards the end. He removed the excess parts in units of 0.01 grams, just like polishing a diamond.
Sun Hecheng frowned slightly. He did not understand Bai Xiaowen's intention. Under normal circumstances, the estimated weight of Clematis Vine herbs was 27 to 30 grams. Experienced pharmacologists would use their intuition (the quality of the herbs) to determine a value in this range. They would not be like Bai Xiaowen, who was too meticulous and cumbersome.
"Phew …"
Bai Xiaowen sighed softly. He placed the 28.59 grams of Clematis Vine on the tray and covered it with a glass cover. To be on the safe side, he used insight again to ensure that the ingredients were accurate.
Next, Bai Xiaowen spent a lot of time dealing with the Fuluo Flower Powder, Full Moon Leaf, and Ground Dragon Blood Crystal powder. He used insight multiple times and spent a few hundred Spirit Points in total.
Although insight consumed very little Spirit Points in a single use, it could not be used multiple times.
Although Sun Hecheng was somewhat puzzled by Bai Xiaowen's tediousness, as a Senior Pharmacist, his patience was still very good. He didn't say anything to disturb Bai Xiaowen, and waited for Bai Xiaowen to finish.
"Are you ready?"
"I'm ready."
Bai Xiaowen rubbed his hands. Under Sun Hecheng's guidance, he officially began to concoct the medicine.
"The first step is to prepare the base liquid. Use the distillation method to remove the active ingredients from the Clematis Vine and Full Moon Leaf, and perform the preliminary mixing … The standard time for mixing is exactly 15 seconds. The next step is to add purified water. "This standard time is just for reference. In actual practice, due to the deviation of the active ingredients, it will lead to a delay of a few tenths of a second. This requires experience …"
After Bai Xiaowen finished heating and distilling, he directly mixed the ingredients. At the same time, he picked up the test tube of purified water.
When the stopwatch jumped to 15 seconds, Bai Xiaowen did not care about anything else and directly poured the purified water.
Sun Hecheng's lips moved, but he did not say anything. He was surprised to find that Bai Xiaowen did not move the water forward or backward at all. Based on his experience, it was the most appropriate time.
'Is it a coincidence?' Sun Hecheng mumbled in his heart.
However, the following steps made Sun Hecheng more and more surprised.
Bai Xiaowen did every step exactly the same as the standard procedure. There was not even a difference of 0.1 seconds! The process seemed rigid and there was no discretion at all, but every step was right, just right!
Until the end, when Bai Xiaowen sprinkled the Fuluo Flower Powder and carried out the final step, Sun Hecheng did not give any instructions.
'This … is definitely not a coincidence.'
After more than ten minutes, a tube of medicine emitting a rich red glow quietly stood upright on the test tube rack. Bai Xiaowen's proficiency as a pharmacologist had increased again. From the full proficiency bar of Level 2, he had risen to Level 3.
The medicine on the test tube rack was crystal clear, without any sediment or impurities. It was like a flawless ruby under a mirror, intoxicating.
"This purity …" Sun Hecheng was at a loss for words. Then, he increased his tone and said with certainty, "It's definitely perfect quality. It's very likely to be 95% purity or above … I can't tell exactly how high it is."
Sun Hecheng was a little excited and also a little shocked. He pulled an apprentice over. "Go and call the store manager over … quick."
The apprentice widened his eyes in surprise, as if he was asking with his eyes. Under normal circumstances, shouldn't he take the initiative to meet the store manager? Was it appropriate to call the store manager over like this?
"Go quickly!" Sun Hecheng almost wanted to kick him. Only then was the apprentice convinced and ran off.
Sun Hecheng turned around and stared at Bai Xiaowen. "You … how did you do it?"
Bai Xiaowen felt guilty under his stare. He rubbed his face and squeezed out a smile. "This … Master Sun, didn't you watch me the whole time? I made it according to your instructions and the perfect formula in the book."
"Don't talk nonsense. I can't make this kind of medicine even once in ten times." Sun Hecheng recalled the process of Bai Xiaowen's making. "Could it be that the ingredients are special?"
As Sun Hecheng spoke, he picked up the remaining two sets of ingredients and examined them carefully. However, he did not find anything special.
Not long after, the store manager, Zhang Jing, rushed over.
"What's the matter?"
Sun Hecheng explained the situation to the store manager, who was also interested. He picked up the bottle of newly made medicine and carefully identified it under the light.
"The purity is 96%. It's a rare quality even among perfect-grade medicines."
Store manager Zhang Jing gave his evaluation. "Hecheng, when the medicine reaches this level of purity, it has little to do with the ingredients."
Sun Hecheng put down a few medicinal ingredients and nodded. He looked at Bai Xiaowen at the same time as Zhang Jing. "Indeed, the reason should be the preparation process. Xiao Bai, how did you do it? Is there a trick to making this kind of high-purity perfect-grade medicine that can allow a low-level pharmacologist to make it in large quantities? "
Bai Xiaowen was a little scared by the two of them looking at him. He decided to tell them the truth. "Well, I have a talent called insight. You all know about it, right?"
"I know. It's an auxiliary ability that allows you to see other people's attributes. What does this have to do with making medicine?" Sun Hecheng was puzzled.
"Actually, the talent of insight can be used not only on people, but also on other objects that contain psionic particles. For example, medicinal ingredients," Bai Xiaowen explained. "When I use the talent of insight on medicinal ingredients, I can clearly see the ratio of the active ingredients …"
That one sentence was enough.
Sun Hecheng's eyes widened. "See the ratio of the active ingredients? Doesn't that mean you can accurately measure … "
"That's right. I can accurately measure the amount of each medicinal ingredient to be used, down to one hundredth of a gram," Bai Xiaowen said. "If the raw materials have reached this level of precision, all you have to do is follow the perfect preparation process deduced in the book and make the medicine step by step."
"This … If this is the case, can't we use machines to make medicine on a large scale? And the medicine produced will all be perfect-grade medicine? "Sun Hecheng thought quickly." Then the pharmacologist industry … I'm afraid it will be a fatal blow. "
Store Manager Zhang Jing suddenly asked, "How long do you need to measure the amount of each medicinal ingredient?"
"Four medicinal ingredients, a total of nearly two hours," Bai Xiaowen secretly admired Store Manager Zhang Jing's quick thinking. He instantly found the crux of the problem.
"In this case, if you work eight hours a day, you can only make four medicinal ingredients. Including the time needed to prepare the medicine, you can't make more than three bottles," Store Manager Zhang Jing said.
Old Manager Zhang Jing pondered and said, "For an ordinary pharmacist, the ability to make three bottles of perfect-grade potions in a day is already enough to make a name for themselves in the pharmaceutical industry. They could even become a master of a region. But … for a hero, Xiao Bai's time is an invaluable asset. He probably won't spend all his time on this … "
Bai Xiaowen smiled and said, "I need to spend Psionic Points to activate my Insight talent. Just to measure the active ingredients of these medicinal ingredients, I spent hundreds of Psionic Points … It's hard to say if it's worth so many Psionic Points to exchange for a bottle of Enhancement Medicine that costs two to three million. Therefore, it's really difficult to achieve large-scale production with machines. "
Sun Hecheng shook his head and said, "The price of perfect-grade medicine is completely different from that of high-quality medicine. This bottle of medicine of yours can be sold for tens of millions in an auction … Of course, for you, you don't lack Earth currency. Spending Psionic Points to earn tens of millions of Earth currency is putting the cart before the horse. "
Since there was such a high cost of Psionic Points and time, it was definitely impossible to produce the medicine with machines. With this thought in mind, Sun Hecheng inexplicably breathed a sigh of relief.
Zhang Jing, on the other hand, was deep in thought as he slowly said, "However, Little White's innate talent can help our pharmacy solve a very big problem …"
Sun Hecheng's expression changed. "Teacher, you mean … the competition with the Giant God Pharmacy? I'm afraid Xiao Bai doesn't have that much time. The number of bottles of medicine he can make in a month is probably his limit. This little bit of medicine is just a drop in the bucket for a shop. "
Zhang Jing smiled and shook his head. "Don't use your brain! How can perfect-grade medicine with a purity of more than 96% be placed in the front hall and sold in the normal way? We can limit the number of bottles we can buy! We can sell one or two bottles a week, hold a live auction, and use some media resources to hype up the title of 'Genius Pharmacologist'. Won't the reputation of our Super God Pharmacy catch fire? "
Sun Hecheng was a little confused.
Zhang Jing turned to Bai Xiaowen. "Xiao Bai … I didn't want to tell you about the competition with the Giant God Pharmacy that you heard before. The situation is indeed very serious. The Giant God Pharmacy's branch has already opened in the Crimson Fire Square. It's clear that they are here to snatch the territory. Moreover, they have a group of excellent pharmacologists who have been trained for many years. They have ample supplies and a complete range of products. We can't compete with them. We can only think of other ways. Can you do me a favor? "
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