Chapter 7 (2/2)

After the ingredients were added, the griddle that was falling apart was not as red as before and turned back to the normal color.

“It’s true that crucibles are designed to melt metals and refine herbs!”

His chemistry teacher was correct. Crucibles were indeed more awesome than furnaces.

Oil and soy sauce were certainly not things that could be added into furnaces!

He thought he was wrong just then, but he was completely reassured.

The fire was more and more exuberant, melting the herbs that couldn’t be melted in furnaces. After a while, Shen Zhe noticed that the oil container was empty.

Since it was offered for free, there wasn’t much oil in it, and Shen Zhe had used it up.

He was running out of soy sauce and vinegar, too.

According to the books he had read, if he stopped in the middle of a herb refining process, the herbs would be ruined, and he would obtain nothing in the end.

Those herbs had been delivered by his family. He couldn’t waste them.

“I have to make it…”

As he gritted his teeth, the notebook in his head seemed to have sensed his thought and wrote it down.

Bo!

After the writing, the last third of the pencil was used up and vanished.

Shen Zhe, who was concentrated in refining, didn’t notice any of that. He simply sprayed the pepper powder into the griddle.

Zi! Zi! Zi! Zi!

The fire was even brighter, and the herbs were melting faster.

Soon, the reactions stopped.

The herbs had been melted into a bowl of gold liquid that had the intense smell of barbecue.

Taking a long breath, Shen Zhe wiped his sweat.

Refining was truly hard. He could hardly open his eyes under the smoke. The fire, while failing to burn his hair, had blackened his face. He could barely recognize himself in the mirror.

“I need to prepare an exhaust hood for refining, or at least an anti-smoke mask…”

Shen Zhe took out a spoon and transferred the melted herbs into a porcelain bottle that he had prepared.

The herbs were too powerful to be taken all at once. He needed to take them gradually.

After cleaning everything up, Shen Zhe picked up the griddle again and appreciated it.

Then, he packed up all the items and returned to his dormitory.

Since he was successful in attaining the liquid, it was then time to try and find a way to polish his body. Even though his stars weren’t illuminated, he would be able to take a slap if his body was stronger. He didn’t want to die when his journey had not begun yet!

…

Soon after Shen Zhe left the room, an intimidating middle-aged man stepped in.

“What has brought you here, Mr. Xin?”

The director of maintenance saw him and greeted him in a hurry.

That Mr. Xin was neither a Mage nor a Martial Artist, but he was highly respected in the school, even by the headmaster.

It was because he was the only qualified level-one Druggist in the whole Abyssal Ocean Kingdom!

Druggists could melt herbs, minerals, blood of beasts, and other things into drugs of specific effects.

They had a deep understanding about the nature of herbs and other resources, as well as the possible reactions when they were combined. There were only a few of them.

“I just figured out a recipe, and I’m planning to test it…”

Waving his hand, Xin Qi went to the room where Shen Zhe had just worked and opened the door.

Wu! Wu! Wu!

The moment the door was opened, the smoke that hadn’t entirely dispersed embraced the newcomers. Their tears were almost flowing out.

“Well…”

Xin Qi and the director of maintenance were both stunned.

“Was there… a fire in this place?”