103 Recipe and Demo (2/2)
”Calm down, old man. You might die from excitement.” Raven smirked as reminded.
If it weren't for this timely warning, Richard might've truly kicked the bucket. He forcefully calmed himself down and suppressed the excitement in his heart.
”While we are on the matter, I might as well demonstrate the process to you so that you could get a better feel about it. Is there any room that we could use?”
Richard was astonished by this young man's generosity, he immediately nodded, expressed his thanks and gestured him to follow.
”Oh yeah, that fellow, I believe his name is Jacob? Let him watch the process as well, consider it as thanks for bringing me to you.”
Upon hearing this, Richard immediately summoned the clueless Jacob. Upon his arrival, the old man gave him a general gist of the situation which caused him to feel a deep reverence and gratitude towards Raven.
”Thank you for gracing me with such fortune. I will make sure to learn as much as I could.”
”Don't be so stiff, I'll be a part of this organization from now, which makes us comrades. I'll help you out as much as I could.”
Raven smiled and summoned the a batch of ingredients out from his spatial ring. He closed the door and made sure to lock it since he didn't want any interruptions during the procedure, Richard also made sure to have someone guarding outside for similar purpose.
Raven went towards the cauldron and checked if there is any available Firestones of proper grade in it. Seeing that there is enough, he lit up the stove and checked the cauldron for any remnants from it's previous use first. After making sure that it was clean, he gave it one last wipe with a towel and placed it back to the roaring stove.
Richard and Jacob witnessed Raven's meticulous preparations and both of them were convinced, this guy truly knows his stuff, his actions were fluid and unhurried. Every alchemist knows that the preparation is as important as the concoction process itself.
Raven then wiped his hand cleanly and felt the current temperature of the sparkling water. After making sure that it's neither cold nor warm, he nodded and gently placed it on the cauldron.
Using chopsticks, he picked up one sprig of thyme and submerged it into the bottom of the cauldron, he did this until all ten sprigs were submerged, then he picked up the Red Ginger and placed on top of thyme bed, the chillies were next and after that, he left it to steep for thirty minutes.
Richard and Jacob watched closely, even though nothing much was happening they knew that they can't afford to miss anything during the process. This is to ensure that once it was their turn to concoct it, the chanced of failure would lessen.
”Do you smell it?” Raven suddenly asked.
Richard and Jacob immediately sniffed and smelt something…spicy. They both nodded and waited until Raven explained it for them.
”Remember that scent, if you suddenly forget how much time had passed, just wait until you smell the spice, that would be the cue to stir. I'll make the External Healing Salve, this is how you stir, watch closely.”
After saying this, Raven took out a mixing rod. He placed it in the mixture and used two hands to stir it clockwise.
Richard and Jacob saw that he was only mixing the liquid, and the force behind his stirring isn't enough to disrupt the placement of the ingredients at the bottom. Despite that, they saw how the previously clear water turn into a green murky liquid upon his fifth clockwise stir. Without pausing, he stirred the other way around using the same force, and afterwards, they discovered the viscosity of the water changed.
Raven took out the rod and immediately mixed the Green Honey in. After emptying the whole liter, he then left it to do it's own thing and after an hour, the liquid inside the cauldron flashed with light, and the External Healing Salve was made.