Chapter 227: A New Magic Potion

Chapter 227: A New Magic Potion

“Hmm…” Zheng Yichen glanced at the power of the Magic Sword that was taller than his body, being swung by the figure standing by the lake. He lowered his head and continued working on the experiment in his hands. He had experienced the benefits of Alchemical Puppets; with his own two hands, high-quality Soul Material was not lacking. What was lacking was Enchanted Material!

Therefore, with the Coating Magic Potion, a large portion of expenses in this area could be saved. Moreover, the Coating Magic Potion had many other uses. What made Zheng Yichen feel a bit uncomfortable was the gaze from Irene beside him. That’s right, ever since Zheng Yichen started cooperating with her research, apart from daily related studies, whenever Zheng Yichen was doing his own work, Irene would come over to watch as well.

Perhaps her Secondary Profession level wasn’t high, but her identity and experience were evident. Being watched like this was rather strange, not to mention that Loris and Dan Marina also frequently came here… the reason?

They were just idle!

The life of a Witch wasn’t all about battles. When there was nothing to do, apart from daily cultivation, Witches were often quite idle. Irene was fine; she specialized in Magic, so she had many things to do every day. However, Loris and Dan Marina were different. Although they also knew Magic, their main power wasn’t Magic.

Otherwise, Dan Marina wouldn’t have spent her idle time in the past telling fortunes for people. Fortunately, Irene was just a quiet observer with no intention of speaking at all, only silently leaving after Zheng Yichen finished his research.

“…” Looking at the bottle of Magic Potion emitting a faint glow inside the container, Zheng Yichen poured out a drop and tossed it into his mouth. A gentle and soft flow of Mana surged into his mouth, actively merging with his tongue. This Mana flow was quickly assimilated by Zheng Yichen’s own Mana.

“Uh, not successful,” Zheng Yichen muttered. A finished Coating Magic Potion wouldn’t react to living creatures, but this Magic Potion had a reaction on living creatures. “Logically, my calculations weren’t wrong. It should have been more effective.”

Zheng Yichen shook the Magic Potion in his hand and placed it aside. He took out a stack of draft paper from the pouch hanging around his neck and reviewed it again. This wasn’t the original Coating Magic Potion but rather a modified plan Zheng Yichen came up with after seeing how many materials were in Irene’s storage warehouse, feeling that resources were abundant. As for the original version, it had already been successfully researched earlier; it wasn’t something particularly difficult to handle.

But one should have some aspirations, right? Since it was so easy to succeed with ample resources, naturally, he should take the opportunity to research something more advanced. There were no related records for this, but it didn’t affect Zheng Yichen’s independent development. Combining it with knowledge from Earth, the process was somewhat difficult but didn’t hinder progress.

Knowledge that was once useless could now be turned over to find something useful, backed by a wealth of Otherworld knowledge. The enhanced Coating Magic Potion he was developing now was the same, but it seemed something had gone wrong. After reviewing his designed plan again, Zheng Yichen scratched his head; there didn’t seem to be any mistakes. He had maximized the retention of the original structure and enhanced the Mana integration, allowing it to merge more deeply with objects.

A deeper influence on the original material could further improve the Coating effect, not just on the surface layer. If the enhancement was high enough, it could directly produce finished low-quality Enchanted Material by sprinkling the Magic Potion on it, rather than needing the normal steps of fusion and production.

Just this point could save more than five times the time consumed in making the same low-quality Enchanted Material. However, this unexpected outcome left Zheng Yichen somewhat confused. When the Magic Potion was poured onto the prepared ordinary material, it did merge in but quickly dissipated. The Mana contained in the Magic Potion also didn’t erode this ordinary material during the dissipation process.

“Huh…?” After some thought, Zheng Yichen took out a piece of Enchanted Material and poured some of this Magic Potion onto it. As a result, although this portion of the Magic Potion merged into the Enchanted Material, it also showed signs of loss. “What the heck?”

Scratching his head, Zheng Yichen picked up the thick Notebook on the table with a troubled expression. After adding a table of contents, he recorded the results of this experiment.

Loris looked at the half-empty bottle of Magic Potion that Zheng Yichen had set aside and reached out to take it. Just before touching the bottle, another small hand bumped into hers. “I’ll look first.”

She stared at Irene, who had returned at some unknown time.

“I used materials from my place, so I should look first,” Irene glanced at Loris and said without backing down. She hadn’t peeked at Zheng Yichen’s research notes, as they were his own work. Looking without permission would be rude… although she didn’t mind taking a look.

“I’ll give you some,” Loris stared deeply at Irene.

“Fine.”

“…” Uh!? Zheng Yichen, who was about to take the bottle of Magic Potion to continue some experiments, awkwardly froze his claw in mid-air. Seeing two Witches of similar stature fighting over such a “low-level” item, should Zheng Yichen feel proud?

Anyway, the pressure of being stared at by the two of them was quite intense. “Can I have some? I have some experiments…”

Irene didn’t speak. A slight distortion appeared on the table in front of her, and a pile of Magic Potion materials fell on it. The meaning was all too clear.

Watching the two little Witches directly divide up the Magic Potion he had made, Zheng Yichen grinned and grabbed the materials Irene had sent over, starting a new round of production. So, keeping notes was a good habit. Without considering some unexpected situations, Zheng Yichen could completely recreate the previous production steps, with each step’s error not exceeding half a second.

“Don’t mind if I take a look at your notes, right?”

“If I said I mind, would you not look?”

Dan Marina smiled without speaking.

“Just don’t leak anything carelessly. A lot of the content is quite dangerous,” Zheng Yichen waved his hand and said. His research might not seem worth mentioning in front of Witches, but there was also a lot that had broad applicability.

Casually picking up one of Zheng Yichen’s Notebooks, Dan Marina began reading. This notebook was about the experimental records of that batch of Magic Eyes. At first, Dan Marina read quite casually, but after reading most of it, she put the book down and examined Zheng Yichen, who had returned to his research. “Can I play with this Magic Eye you made?”

“What? You’re interested in such disgusting things?” Zheng Yichen asked, puzzled, pointing to the notebook in her hand. It contained images left by an Image Retention Spell, allowing one to see recorded Magic Eye picture information while flipping through it.

“Just curious. After all, using Alchemy to create something similar to a living creature is quite rare,” Dan Marina said. If it were something created through Forbidden Alchemy like transplantation or grafting, she wouldn’t be so interested. But what Zheng Yichen made wasn’t transplantation or grafting but a mutated product resulting from the bizarre fusion of a living creature’s organs and alchemical structures.

“Be careful with it; don’t break it for me,” Zheng Yichen hesitated for a moment, feeling that if he disagreed, this woman might keep harassing him and affecting his work. After some thought, he took out the small bottle containing the Magic Eye and handed it to Dan Marina.

Looking at the red rabbit Magic Eyes soaked in the container and the pulsating blood vessels connected to those eyeballs, a glimmer of understanding flashed in Dan Marina’s eyes. Noticing her reaction, Zheng Yichen couldn’t help but feel a chill. “What are you thinking?”

“Nothing. Hmm, perhaps in the future, you’ll find someone with common interests in this area, as long as you continue this kind of research,” Dan Marina said mysteriously. Noticing Zheng Yichen’s somewhat stunned reaction, she became certain that Zheng Yichen would definitely conduct related research in the future…

As for being afraid of the eerie things he created? If he were afraid, he wouldn’t have recorded the entire experimental process in such detail, nor kept the finished products, let alone noted down the branching ideas in his Notebook at the time.

“Let me play with it for a few years.”

“A few years!?” Zheng Yichen’s voice instantly rose eight octaves.

“What’s wrong with that? Anyway, you can’t use this thing now. Having it with me might serve a better purpose~”

“You’re not going to use it to trick people, are you?” Zheng Yichen asked.

“Of course not. Anyway, I’m taking it,” Dan Marina smiled and casually tossed the bottle into a crack that opened beside her. “Oh, and the main eye?”

“…” Shaking his head, Zheng Yichen threw the bottle containing the Contact Lens with the main eye to Dan Marina and resumed his research. Although Zheng Yichen had made many changes to this Magic Potion, when he thought about it carefully regarding the Enchanted Material earlier, even though the poured-on Magic Potion dissipated at an abnormally fast rate—far from the normal Coating Magic Potion’s effect that could last over ten days or even more than a month—

And based on the earlier tasting effect, although the Mana contained in the Magic Potion lacked the special, super-strong adhesion of the Coating Magic Potion, it retained the characteristic of inhibiting Mana’s erosion of materials. Moreover, the Mana in the Magic Potion was gentle and stable, specifically… Huh!?

Glancing at Loris and Irene’s side, Zheng Yichen felt a bit resentful. They could have at least left him two drops; tasting more could have revealed new information… Tsk, he’d better hurry up with the steps in his hands. Finally, he managed to produce a finished bottle of Magic Potion before mealtime.

Looking at the still similarly colored liquid, Zheng Yichen picked up the previously used Notebook and added some additional information to its contents. This extra annotation was made only after confirming that repeated production could recreate this type of Magic Potion, ensuring it wasn’t a one-time accident but a designed one. As long as the formula and process weren’t modified in subsequent productions, no other accidents would occur.

Shaking out a few drops and tossing them into his mouth, Zheng Yichen carefully savored them. The Mana contained in the Magic Potion remained gentle and stable, with no extra stimulation. Although this Mana had become as docile as a little lamb and might be somewhat weaker than conventional Mana when used, these production materials weren’t high-grade either. Using better materials to produce it, even if the plan needed modification… Zheng Yichen saw new prospects!

“Hmm, this Magic Potion could be used as a Mana enhancer…” Zheng Yichen muttered to himself after tasting it for a while. Whether that was truly the case, he couldn’t determine by trying it himself. Due to his body’s characteristics, the power contained in the Magic Potion would be assimilated and disappear immediately upon entering his body, preventing him from experiencing the process.

Moreover, because the Mana in this Magic Potion was too gentle and docile, it wouldn’t be of much use to some Spellcasters. However, enhancing the potion’s effects might change that. Temporarily unable to improve the materials, Zheng Yichen could use concentration methods!

Even if the concentrated Magic Potion contained gentle Mana, it could produce significant effects. Moreover, this Mana had no erosive properties, far surpassing other ordinary Magic Potions in this regard. There were enhancement-type Magic Potions, and quite a few of them, but those weren’t for ordinary people to use. Magic Potion, Magic Potion… with such a name, one must consider the erosive nature of Mana when using it.

For ordinary people to use this stuff would be like enchanting ordinary materials with Magic—the consequences would be severe!

“Tsk, life is always full of surprises. I was just worrying about lacking money,” Zheng Yichen clicked his tongue and said. He quickly glanced at Irene and Loris and carefully put away this unnamed Magic Potion. He couldn’t easily mess with the Enchanted Material market, but a new type of Magic Potion was different. As long as he controlled the formula well, let others struggle to crack it…

Tsk! With a Magic Potion formula combining Earth knowledge and wild ideas, let those people tear their hair out in frustration!

“I want to exchange for the formula of this Magic Potion,” Irene said, putting away the small portion of the Magic Potion she had claimed from Zheng Yichen. She walked up to him and stared straight at him. Zheng Yichen could infer some information by tasting and sensing the Magic Potion’s properties, but it still needed experimental confirmation. Irene, on the other hand, was an expert in Magic and had considerable knowledge and insight in her Secondary Profession.

What Zheng Yichen couldn’t confirm, she easily determined. This was indeed a type of enhancement Magic Potion, and more importantly, it was a harmless, gentle one. After all, the Coating Magic Potion was designed to prevent ordinary materials from being damaged and to give them Enchanted characteristics, inherently possessing protective qualities. This Magic Potion inherited that protectiveness but with stronger extensibility.

When used on people, it became a Mana-enhancing potion, temporarily boosting an individual’s Mana. It could even allow those without Mana to temporarily possess this power, though it wouldn’t be of much use to such individuals. People who had never been exposed to Mana couldn’t talk about using it, let alone this acquired Mana.

Even if not consumed, within no more than five minutes, that Mana would completely dissipate… In Irene’s view, the main effect of this Magic Potion was in Spellcasting. It could allow some Mages to temporarily break through their Mana limits, casting spells beyond what their Mana would normally allow. Compared to enhancement-type Magic Potions with severe side effects and bodily harm, this one, though weaker in effect, had the advantage of no side effects. Even in life-or-death situations, after weighing the options, many would lean toward choosing this.

Fighting desperately was to survive. If, after winning, one was still going to die, the meaning wouldn’t be too great. This thing wasn’t very effective for Irene, but her research desire made her want to master this Magic Potion’s formula and add it to her collection.