Chapter 23 What is the difference between alchemy and cooking?
Today's weather is not good.
The sky was covered with dark clouds, and the wind was much stronger.
Because of the bad weather, the lively market this week is naturally closed today, and people who have nothing to do are either at home with their wives and children, or gather at the unicorn bar to brag and drink.
Of course, the guild's business is still going on as it is, and this bad weather doesn't mean a bad thing for the guild. After all, when someone doesn't want to work, it's naturally the turn of a place like the guild to have a job.
Dingββ
Arrow flicked a copper coin in his hand, listened to the sound of it falling on the table, and tucked it into a drawer in satisfaction.
"You're really a philistine for this kind of behavior."
Napa was lying on the cushion next to her, still with a lazy expression.
Arrow didn't care, and looked at the bill in his hand with a smile.
This week's bazaar does offer many opportunities for mermaid song to work. Although most of the time they help with the carrying, watching the stalls, etc., it is necessary to make Brad and Coco familiar with the townspeople and the surrounding farmers.
Brad has a lot of strength, and it's easy to make money by helping people move goods.
Coco's undead soldiers have been in contact with everyone for a while, and the townsfolk are not much more resistant to the skeleton. There are even naughty children who play around skeletons during recess.
I have to say that human adaptability is really strong.
Because of this, the bill in his hand also made Arrow smile. I didn't make much, I made 1 silver and 2 iron coins a week, but it was better than letting these two guys sit idle in the guild.
"We're back!"
Arrow looked up and looked at Brad, who walked in with Parfay and Coco, who was carrying a medicine basket full of herbs on his back.
"Brother President, can you look at these?"
Brad placed the medicine basket on the bar, took out a little of the herbs inside, and carefully spread it out in front of Arrow.
Coco pinched the small withered branch in her hand a little nervously, and looked at her president with some expectation and some fear.
Arrow didn't take credit either, and turned his head and smiled at his vice president.
Napaha sighed, and then slowly floated off the cushion and circled the herbs.
"Morning star grass, aggregate flowers, and tear-eyed vines, there are all kinds of them. Even if you little girl work hard, you can identify these three plants after learning for half a month, and you can be regarded as very diligent. β
Hearing Napa's approval, Coco breathed a long sigh of relief.
"Even the level of this picking is too poor, and it is tattered, and the medicinal effect may be damaged a lot."
But then Napa's complaint made the little girl shrink her neck.
Arrow smiled, reached out and gently rubbed Coco's head, turned his head and said, "Okay, let's put things in order and take them to the alchemy room." Coco, don't be too nervous, it doesn't matter if you fail in the first alchemy. Practice makes perfect. β
For his own members, especially those who are almost as beginners, Arrow knew that the most important thing he needed as a guild leader was to develop their self-confidence. Especially Coco, a magician, is also a treasure of his own guild.
Brad carried the medicine basket and carried Parfay to the alchemy room first, and Elo took Coco's hand and followed. But when he turned his head, he saw that Napa continued to lie lazily on the cushion, and there was no sign of wanting to follow.
"What? I've taught everything I need to teach, and I've taken the necromancer's notes, so I don't need to be around. Don't disturb my sleep. β
After saying that, Napa sat on the cushion and raised her tail to cover her face, and snorted quietly.
Arrow didn't care, and left the hall with Coco and headed for the alchemy room.
"Okay, Brother President, I'm going to start alchemy now, if there's anything I do that is different from what I did in my notes, you must stop me."
In the alchemy room, Arrow was holding a note in his hand, and Coco in front of him closed his eyes a little nervously and took a deep breath.
After about five seconds, she had completely adjusted her mind, and slowly walked to the cauldron in the center, almost about her height, and stepped on the prepared pedals.
"First, add 20 litres of water and cook slowly over the heat. When the water is about to boil and is not boiling, control the flame and keep the water at this heat. β
Coco said, Brad next to him picked up the kettle on the side and poured water into the alchemy tank, Parfay watched the water gradually fill up, and said slowly: "(Fairy language) What kind of alchemy of you humans is really wonderful, the first step of cooking, bathing, and alchemy is exactly the same." β
Arrow laughed, "(Fairy language) No way, it's tradition. Originally, the business of alchemy was said to have been accidentally made up by an ancient magician when he was cooking dinner in the field. β
Parfay: "What? Do you human mages throw unknown wild vegetables into the pot when you cook dinner? β
Arrow laughed: "(Fairy words) Isn't that overly hungry, no matter how powerful a mage is overly hungry in the wild, then he doesn't throw everything into the pot." However, our human mages are also quite powerful, and they can study alchemy even when they are hungry and dizzy. β
Although he was putting gold on his own human faces, Airo still believed that more magicians must have starved to death during the war or been poisoned by poisonous herbs, which is why alchemy must have flourished.
"Brother President! Am I doing something wrong? What are you talking to Sister Parfay?! β
It seemed that Airo's self-contained chat made Coco look a little nervous, and he hurriedly continued to reassure Coco and let her continue to do it.
The water boiled, and Coco put the three herbs gathered from the Shining Forest into the pot in order, then picked up the stirring stick and stirred slowly.
After a while, the water that was clear just now slowly became turbid and black, but Coco didn't dare to be careless, and continued to stir while silently chanting the incantation.
After about half an hour, the murky water began to clear again, and a red liquid resembling ink began to emerge from the top layer of the water.
"That's it! Fast! Hurry up and bottle it! β
Coco let go of the stirrger, and Parfay handed over a potion bottle that she had been holding in her hand.
Taking the bottle, Coco carefully reached the glass bottle into the alchemy vat, the mouth slightly tilted, and carefully introduced the red liquid into the bottle, filling it with a full bottle and plugging the lid.
And then the next bottle.
Until the three bottles were stuffed, the layer of red ink was also drained, and Coco touched her forehead and wiped her sweat.
"Brother President, three bottles of healing potions, the color is exactly the same as what the vice president said, it should be regarded as a ...... Did it work? β
This is not only a success, but also a hair!
Those three herbs are not very rare in the Shining Forest, if you can make three bottles of healing potions through alchemy, then what kind of guild is there to open? Directly reselling potions is enough to be developed!
Elo was holding the three bottles of potions, thinking about how to praise this little girl. Don't you want the red ink to gradually turn into gas? I couldn't help but get a little nervous.
"What's going on?"
Arrow lifted the vial, which had been completely turned into gasβ
"Could it be that something really went wrong?"
"I can distrust me, but I can't distrust my alchemy."
While Iero was looking curiously at the vial, Napa's voice came from behind.
Turning around, the cat was slowly floating in mid-air, opened its mouth and yawned, and said lazily-
"Generally, the elixir refined by alchemy is liquid, which needs to be drunk, but the effect is relatively slow. However, this healing potion of mine is gaseous, so when you want to use it, you can just lift the bottle and smash it on the ground. The gas will automatically run out and burrow into the nearest organism, repairing all injuries in the creature's body. Especially for humans, the onset of action is very fast. β
It floated over, and after carefully studying the potion in Arrow's hand, it continued to add: "But the little girl's technique is still too immature, and the magic power is not enough, the knowledge is not rich, and the healing potion is too high-level, I am afraid that if you don't get it right, it will cause a magic riot, so I gave you a basic version of the formula." Although some wounds can be treated, the pain is relieved. But if it's a severed hand or foot or a near-death serious injury, it's useless, and I can't even say if the fracture can be cured. Oh yes, this little necromancer's magic is insufficient, and the magic power that can be used by her here is only enough to make these three potions, and if you want to do it again, you can only do it in a few days, and continue when the magic power in the vicinity is abundant again. β
Arrow licked his lips, looked at the three bottles of potion in his hand again, thought for a moment and said, "Do you have to smash it?" Can't I open the lid and suck it? β
Napa landed unceremoniously on his head and lay on his hat: "Is it necessary?" You can't bear a few bottles. β
Nonsense, it's all a cost. 5 iron coins in a bottle! Don't you feel distressed if you smash it directly? How can you feel distressed without the pressure to make money?!
Arrow's expression had clearly written all the thoughts on his face, and Napa snorted and continued, "It's a pity, the biggest advantage of this healing potion is that it can repair the wounds of the human body extremely quickly. In order to achieve this effect, it must be spread all at once. So it's naΓ―ve to think about opening the lid and sniffing it closely. If the gas is not smashed directly, the effect of gas treatment that cannot be spread quickly will be greatly reduced. β
Although he was very unhappy in his heart, Arrow still kept a very gentle smile on his face: "You still care about us, come in and see the situation of alchemy." β
"Who cares about you anymore?"
Napa continued to lie on her stomach on her hat, yawned and said, "It's time for business, I'll just let you know." β
Arrow smiled again, his gaze quickly turning to the exit, and striding down the hall, embracing the old proverb that no profit is too early.
It's just that as soon as he arrived at the hall, the person who appeared in front of him made Arrow slightly stunned, and the professional smile that was originally hanging on his face couldn't help but stiffen slightly.
There were six people standing in the hall.
Five of them were dressed like skilled adventurers, and two were burly warriors in their twenties. A slender archer with a bow and arrow on his back. There were also two mages wearing magic robes, one of whom had a magic circle clasp that resembled a human eye that seemed to be woven of gold wire at the collar of the robe.
It's a standard team of adventurers. To be honest, the first time I saw this team, I was a little envious of Arrow, when my own guild could be so neat.
But the person at the front of the team was the thief who had just acted with his team half a month ago - Robin Cream.