Chapter 43 (1/2)
“Then, how much can I make with the materials here?” Hong Xiaobao had his eyes wide opened. Given that Hou Tian Can had made it seem so easy, he would naturally make as many he he could!
“Hmmm,” Tian Can gave the medicines a look and said, “These should be enough for 3 to 4 bottles. It really isn’t hard to make it. It’s just that it requires quite a bit of materials.”
3 to 4 was more than enough! What were they waiting for?
“Then, let’s begin,” said Hong Xiaobao as he hurriedly made his preparations. “What would I need? I’ll go get them now.”
“Get me a cauldron. Yes, it’s that one you used to cook that other time using the methane-gathering pit. It really is a good cauldron and its stable heat distribution is ideal for medicine refining! This Qi-concentrating elixir really doesn’t have any high requirements. Just bring another large stirring spoon with you and we’ll be set.”
It was that easy?! Hong Xiaobao never could’ve expected the methane-gathering pit to be that helpful to medicine refining.
His snot almost fell right out from his nose. “Um… How does the process of refining Qi-concentrating elixir go? Why is it so expensive?”
“Foolish child, don’t you understand why Divine Craftsmen are so far and few?” said Meng Xianji. “That is because refining medicines consumes tons of money! Let me make you an example. Say you just started refining medicines and bought enough ingredients for 10. But, only 1 succeeded. How much do you think it would sell for?”
“At least twenty times the original price of the materials!” Hong Xiaobao understood at that moment. “The price used for the materials that have failed must be added to the cost as well as the profit margin, right?”
“Haha, you’re quite the smart one. That’s correct.” Seeing Hong Xiaobao figure it out that easily, Tianji said with satisfaction, “Medicine refiners price their goods so high because there is often a high chance for failure. However, that only applies to the more inexperienced medicine refiners! I will be able to make many medicines with those materials!”
Hong Xiaobao’s expression turned to this at that moment: *@*
Being able to create many medicines just with a small amount of materials, that was the difference between Divine Craftsmen and normal refiners!
Suddenly, Hong Xiaobao suddenly got inspired — He definitely had to learn medicine refining!
“Then, shall we start now?” Xiaobao said impatiently. “The people are all waiting! I’m entrusting it to you, Old Brother Tian Can!”
“That’s simple. Remember to make a few extra later and give everyone a little bit of it aside from Ye Feihong. Since he has so much backing, I’m sure he doesn’t need something like that from us.” Tian Can laughed out loud. He was quite different from Meng Xianji: Meng Xianji loved to eat and devour anything while Tian Can gained innate satisfaction from humiliating people!
“No problem!” replied Hong Xiaobao. “Then, what materials do we need for this Qi-concentrating elixir?”
“Prepare two jins of Bluefall Gra.s.s, half a jin of Bodhi Dew, two jins of Mohe Ginseng, and one jin of Freeze Flower. Remember to get the exact amount, nothing more or less. This is the most important part of refining Qi-concentrating elixir. The first is the amount of materials. The other is the timing.”
“Oh, I see. I understand.” Hong Xiaobao gave it some thought and said, “What you mean is we have to get the ratio right, correct?”