[Beginner Healing Potion: Requires ginkgo leaves, daisy root, and a crystal bottle to refine.]
[Basic Alchemy]granted Zhou Ning a vast amount of Alchemy knowledge, and the complete refining method for the [Beginner Healing Potion]instantly appeared in his mind.
He remembered exactly how much ginkgo leaf was needed, its ratio, how much daisy root was needed, its ratio, and what method to use for refining.
In the game, making potions only required standing in front of an Alchemy table and channeling. Now, he had to manually mix ingredients using tools like crucibles and distillation flasks.
This was a high-end batch.
5 grams of ginkgo leaves, 7 grams of daisy root, add a little iodine to balance the medicinal properties... Zhou Ning methodically placed the herbs into the crucible, brought them to a boil, then poured them into a beaker.
In the skill bar, the proficiency of [Basic Alchemy]slowly increased, from 7 points to 8 points.
In less than five minutes, a steaming Beginner Healing Potion was completed.
[Beginner Healing Potion]
Quality: Common
Type: Consumable
Usage: Restores a small amount of health.
Note: Drink it!
Once the Beginner Healing Potion was made, Zhou Ning tried a sip. The taste was acceptable, and it shouldn't cause Death. He set aside the finished Beginner Healing Potion and picked up another set of materials, methodically beginning to make another.
[You have completed a potion concoction, quality 63, gaining 36 experience and 1 proficiency point]
[You have completed a potion concoction, quality 77, gaining 41 experience and 2 proficiency points (Absolute Calm +1)]
Under the effects of his specialties [Dexterous Hands]and [Absolute Calm], Zhou Ning's potion-making stability and success rate were very high. The speed of making Beginner Healing Potions also continuously improved with increased proficiency, progressing from five minutes per bottle to three minutes per bottle, with a success rate approaching 90%.
Over three hours passed. Zhou Ning subconsciously reached for another crystal bottle, only to find nothing. Had he used them all up already?
Thus, Zhou Ning, emerging from his focused state, looked at the table full of Beginner Healing Potions, feeling somewhat bewildered.
Zhou Ning:...Can someone tell him what to do with so many healing potions? It's urgent!
He could already foresee Professor Wesley's gloomy face... Although he might have caused a bit of trouble, the experience gained was also extremely gratifying. In just over 3 hours, he gained nearly 6000 experience points, and his proficiency in Basic Alchemy was also close to 1/3.
Who cares? Wayne Strowell is the one who caused trouble, what does that have to do with Zhou Ning?
At 1 PM, when Professor Wesley pushed open the door of the Alchemy Laboratory on time, he was stunned by the scene before him.
The laboratory floor had been mopped clean, the windows wiped, and the materials needed for the afternoon were neatly prepared.
And then... the table full of Beginner Healing Potions made him doubt his life.
Wesley inspected the materials, then expressionlessly picked up a bottle of Beginner Healing Potion. He sniffed it; the quality was very good. Using 120 sets of materials to produce 112 finished products, the success rate was also astonishing, even higher than most Intermediate Alchemists. Considering that Wayne Strowell was currently only an Alchemist Apprentice, his talent was already considered excellent. Given time, he should have a very good chance of becoming an Advanced, or even a Master Alchemist.
But what was he thinking, making so many Beginner Healing Potions at once?
"Rosie, come here!" he shouted, raising his voice.
"Coming, coming!" A moment later, a very pretty girl ran over in a hurry. It was her first time seeing Professor Wesley lose his composure since she became his assistant.
"Rosie, take all these Beginner Healing Potions to the school's Alchemy shop. They'll be 20% off for the next week. Also, get me another batch of crystal bottles," Wesley said with a cold face. "And tell Wayne Strowell not to make any more healing potions. He can make any other potions he wants, but he'll be solely responsible for the freshman welcome event in four days."
"Okay, okay." Rosie nodded frantically, secretly glancing at the table. She was also shocked by the mountain of Beginner Healing Potions piled on it. This was just too hardcore, wasn't it?
With so many Beginner Healing Potions, they probably wouldn't sell out until next semester if sold at regular price, no wonder they needed to be discounted.
They really did need a discount!
Meanwhile, Zhou Ning had already returned to his dorm with a stack of books. The 6000 experience points he gained from Alchemy were also saved, waiting to be used all at once when he had accumulated enough.
After two world simulations, the progress of [literary life]had unknowingly reached over 300. He was close to completing this task. With more reading in reality and perhaps three or four more simulations, he might be able to complete it.
[literary life]: A literary dream has always been hidden in your heart. Please pursue this dream in a future period of your life, completing a total of 1000 books in reading volume across reality and simulated worlds (353/1000).
Putting the books on his desk, Zhou Ning eagerly opened the top-up interface and immediately deposited all thirty vikta he had just received.
Thus, the 30 vikta, which hadn't even warmed up, instantly disappeared, and his Cross-Dimensional Coin balance increased by 3, reaching 14.
He then clicked on the lottery page and initiated a ten-pull. A ten-pull only cost 9 Cross-Dimensional Coins, which was quite a good deal!
[You have obtained a rare item: Springfield Rifle, with some 7.62mm caliber bullets included]
[You have obtained a rare item: Colt M1878 Revolver, with some.45 ACP caliber bullets included]
[You have obtained a rare item: Lee-Enfield Rifle, with some.303 British caliber bullets included]
[You have obtained a curious item: 1792 Western Armor]
...As Zhou Ning expected, the lottery draws were almost entirely firearms. A single 10-pull yielded 7 guns, plus 2 useless British antiques and a dagger. He could keep the dagger for himself. The remaining guns included five revolvers and two rifles, none of which were particularly good. Calculating at 18 vikta for a rifle and 15 vikta for a revolver, if he could sell them all, it would be over 100 vikta. He was not far from Cross-Dimensional freedom.
After the draw, he had 5 Cross-Dimensional Coins left. If this Cross-Dimensional journey didn't go smoothly, he would only be able to Cross-Dimensional travel this last time in the short term. Zhou Ning took a deep breath and chose to Cross-Dimensional travel again.
[Preparing for Cross-Dimensional travel... Cross-Dimensional Coins - 5]
[Please select Cross-Dimensional travel mode...]
[1. Direct Cross-Dimensional travel.]
[2. Use a parallel world template for Cross-Dimensional travel.]
The three templates — Extreme Hacker, Mad Clown, and Gambler — had only about 10 hours left on their refresh timer, and he couldn't afford them. Zhou Ning unhesitatingly chose 1.
[Would you like to spend one more Cross-Dimensional Coin to re-match talents?]
Zhou Ning chose no.
[You have selected Talent 6, Talent 8, Talent 9.]
[Your current talents are: Gambler, Naturally Sociable, Business Genius, and a fixed talent of Tony Stark.]
[Match successful. In the parallel world, you are a playboy, a social expert, a genius in scientific research and business, and also a complete Gambler.]
[Current world exploration progress is 34.8%. When world exploration progress reaches 66.7%, you will have permission to unlock the next map.]
[When you die in the simulation, the game ends.]
[Riding the time machine... 1%... 33%... 65%... 95%... Swoosh... Cross-Dimensional travel complete.]
[You have Cross-Dimensional traveled to New York in 2006. From this moment on, the wheels of history begin to turn.]