Chapter 281: Is It Really Okay to Treat a Customer Like This…

Chapter 281: Is It Really Okay to Treat a Customer Like This…

Before Qin saw the effects of the Fixation Potion, she had never heard of it either. Of course, from just this incomplete formula alone, she couldn’t understand its special qualities. It needed testing. Using a Witch for testing wouldn’t work; the power level of a Witch was too high.

Using the Fixation Potion, even a small breathing action they made, while it wouldn’t completely deplete the potion’s effects, could easily consume a portion of its potency. “Ah~ Actually, it doesn’t need to be that troublesome. I have detailed parameter tests here.”

“Those are only test results from beasts and magical beasts, not humans.” Qin shook her head after glancing at the test data Zheng Yichen provided. She looked at Zheng Yichen with slight surprise. “You should have the means to find someone to test it, right?”

“…I generally don’t like doing that.” Zheng Yichen crossed his arms and shrugged. No matter what his body had become, his soul was still human. He rarely even used fake names. Once relations were good enough, he basically used his real name. This… after all, it was important evidence of his identity as an Earthling, a mark given by his parents. How could he just abandon it?!

Although he felt out of place in this world, Zheng Yichen hadn’t sunk to the point of being so deranged that he didn’t see people from this otherworld as humans.

“It’s not harmful.”

“Ahem, actually, I originally intended to use this stuff myself.” Zheng Yichen coughed lightly. He couldn’t very well say that he initially had no intention of spreading this potion; it was only the recent lack of money that gave him the idea. So, back then, his experiments stopped at a certain point, halting when further improvements couldn’t be made for the time being.

“Whatever.” Qin shook her head and snapped her fingers lightly. A young man who had been enjoying himself on the dance floor in the bar left it without changing expression and came over to them. The young man’s eyes were lively, showing no signs of being controlled, but his actions were indeed being manipulated…

“Hey hey! Is there no problem with directly targeting your own customer like this!?” Zheng Yichen was shocked. Was such an operation really okay?

“If anything happens, you deal with it. What? Not confident in your own creation?”

“How could I not be!” Zheng Yichen shook his head firmly. If a Creator lost confidence in what they made, how could they possibly achieve further breakthroughs in the future? Even though he hadn’t tested it on humans, Zheng Yichen was very certain this thing would succeed.

“Then that’s settled.” Qin glanced at the young man. Without hesitation, the young man drank the several bottles of pale pink potion… Hmm, the color of this potion was indeed pale pink. Zheng Yichen was quite helpless about this color. Well, it was still better than the pitch-black color he ended up with when adjusting the formula, right? In short, color didn’t matter; effectiveness was the main thing.

The young man who drank the Fixation Potion showed no abnormalities on his body’s surface. But Zheng Yichen knew the potion’s effects began working the moment it was swallowed. However, when the user’s body suffered no injury or consumption, the effects would remain in a latent state.

The young man suddenly reached out with an expressionless face and scratched his own arm. But the moment wounds appeared, they vanished the next instant. Seeing this, Qin had him stop this action. Such an effect could also be achieved by some recovery potions, just not this quickly… So, for another test method, the young man put his finger in his mouth, preparing to bite down directly!

“Whoa! Wait!”

“What’s wrong?”

“Hey! The previous test was enough. Biting off a finger directly is a bit much, isn’t it?”

“It’s fine. I’ll give him a free tab later. And if your potion is truly effective, this shouldn’t be a problem either.”

“It’s indeed not a problem, but…”

Crunch—

Alright, no need for ‘buts’ anymore. Under the effect of the Fixation Potion, the young man’s finger quickly restored itself. However, the finger he bit off still existed; it didn’t disappear… This was, after all, a Magic Potion, not some divine medicine that reversed time. So, for severed parts, unless at the exact moment of severance… Well, it wouldn’t grow an extra arm or leg; it would reattach. But this needed to be done quickly.

The potion’s effect was almost instantaneous. So, once that instant passed, reattachment became impossible. Instead, the newly restored limb would simply replace it!

“Hmm, this is something some mid to low-level recovery-type Magic Potions cannot achieve. Not bad.”

The next moment, Qin tossed out a dagger. The young man caught it and then thrust it towards his own wrist… Watching this, Zheng Yichen couldn’t help but rub his temples. It was truly brutal. “Well, given his physical condition, at most, he could regrow an arm or leg once. Anything more, and it could only restore minor injuries.”

“What about internal organs?”

“If arms and legs can grow, internal organs certainly can too. As for the brain… Uh, although possible, there might be some additional problems if something really happened.” Zheng Yichen said. This world had Souls, and Souls held memories too. Looking at it this way, it seemed the brain wasn’t that useful, since Souls could carry memories. What was the need for a brain?

Actually, that wasn’t the case… Since the brain truly existed, it did have a function. If brain damage directly caused death, it wouldn’t greatly affect the memories in the Soul. But if it wasn’t fatal and caused amnesia, then it could affect the Soul. And even if the person died at that point, the memories carried in the Soul would be synchronized with the brain. Even if not ‘lost,’ they would be locked away unless ‘memory was restored.’

So, while alive, the brain was very important. It had a special ‘physical’ connection with the Soul. Suffering physical trauma could indirectly affect the Soul. The reason for saying ‘indirectly’ was that such effects were mostly about memories and personality, not direct harm. So… the brain was truly a miraculous thing, wasn’t it?

The brain was important. It couldn’t be done without!

“It seems you’ve studied this aspect quite thoroughly.”

“Uh, not really. I just became a bit curious about the connection between Soul and body after learning about Souls, so I did a little research.” He had to thank the accumulation of knowledge on Earth. Without that accumulation of Earthly knowledge, Zheng Yichen felt he wouldn’t have been able to reach definite conclusions from just a little genuine research!

After some subsequent tests, both big and small, a wound appeared on the young man that wouldn’t restore. Zheng Yichen cast a healing Magic on him, recovering that minor injury. Then, Qin gently waved her hand. The young man returned to the dance floor as if nothing had happened, showing no signs of discomfort…

Zheng Yichen felt Qin’s power was more formidable than any anesthetic. The Fixation Potion fixed the body’s state but didn’t block pain. Unless… Zheng Yichen thought about it. His notes contained another undeveloped potion formula—a Paralysis Potion with numbing effects. It could numb one’s pain nerves and release a certain degree of the brain’s restrictions on physical strength. The basis of this potion was a desperate, last-ditch Rampage Potion. But that thing overdrafted, and while it seemed similar to the Paralysis Potion, the side effects were incomparable.

Hmm… Could these two potions be used together? Zheng Yichen shook his head, feeling a bit regretful. Researching potions took time. Back then, he found the Fixation Potion’s effects amazing, so he specifically researched compatible formulas. For the Paralysis Potion, he could rely on his own ability’s influence during creation; he really hadn’t developed a complete compatible formula.

Of course, compatible formulas weren’t without benefits. At least, Zheng Yichen found it much easier to make them personally, with a 100% success rate… Unlike others, who could still fail even with compatible formulas.

“This can be a high-end Magic Potion.” Qin finally placed this potion in a category. Fixing the body’s state involved too many factors, not just physical injuries. It could disregard factors like stamina and severed limbs. Ranking it as a mid-tier potion would be a waste. Calling it high-end wasn’t wrong at all, even though its potency was relative—the stronger the user, the weaker the effect.

Like that young man just now—he was still far from being a Ranked Practitioner Warrior, not very strong at all, so the effects looked quite good. But based on potency tests, if an ordinary Ranked Practitioner Warrior used it, the limit would probably be restoring something like two arms. Of course, since limb restoration was a high-consumption process, if no limbs were severed, the effects could last longer. For even more powerful Ranked Practitioners, the effects would likely weaken further.

But who said this thing had to be used solely for healing injuries? Before the potion’s effects were exhausted, locking stamina was also a major feature. At least during that time, one could recklessly expend stamina in battle. And if used well, one could employ a fighting style of trading injury for life!

Magic Potions had vast differences between low, mid, and high tiers.

As for the formula, he looked it over. The overall material value leaned towards the lower end of mid-tier. It involved high, mid, and low-tier Magic Potion materials, with low-tier materials making up the majority and high-tier the least, only one type. The combined cost was roughly clear.

“What about the success rate?”

“Uh… using this formula, it’s about one in five.” Zheng Yichen thought and said. Anyway, when making the potion without adding his own Mana for assimilation and harmonization, the success rate was like that. Fluctuations wouldn’t be too large. This was mainly due to those compatible materials. It was like some unstable reactions. During the production process, if this unstable reaction didn’t exceed a certain standard and was completed below this threshold, then it was considered a success.

If it exceeded the standard… start over! Even using some methods to forcibly suppress the fluctuations of the unstable reaction wouldn’t raise the success rate above one in three. After all, forceful suppression could lead to a more violent outburst at a critical point later. Although it was an effective way to increase success rates.

“I see.” After learning the success rate and material cost, Qin already had a relatively accurate price positioning for this Fixation Potion. She gave Zheng Yichen a price point. This price wasn’t for later sales of the Fixation Potion on the market but for use at an Auction.

“Since you’ve mostly settled things, I have something to discuss with Qin. Why don’t you head back first?”

“What secret matter requires shooing me away?” Zheng Yichen complained.

“Good things!”

“…”

“Next, let’s talk about the split.” After Zheng Yichen left, Dan Marina got straight to the point. “What do you think about keeping it the same as before?”

“…” Qin glanced at Dan Marina. She almost wanted to throw the drink from her cup in this woman’s face. How could she have the nerve to suggest that!

For the previous Mana Enhancement Potion, Zheng Yichen could get that percentage split because its production success rate was very high—up to ninety percent. Production costs were naturally lower, so giving Zheng Yichen a thirty percent split wasn’t a big issue. But for this current potion, maintaining that split ratio seemed somewhat less profitable… Of course, profit could still be made. After all, Zheng Yichen only provided a formula and was responsible for nothing else.

If it were someone else, Qin would consider it generous to press them down to fifteen percent or even lower. Wanting higher? Sure, let’s sign some additional conditions first.

“Fine.”

“Oh? So decisive?” Dan Marina, who was already sipping juice to moisten her throat, looked at Qin with some surprise, appearing somewhat disappointed.

“I don’t see the need to argue much about this. Since you’ve already opened your mouth, the result would be the same anyway.” Qin said. After all, Dan Marina only mentioned maintaining the original split ratio, not raising it further later. Just… she suddenly thought of something and looked at Dan Marina strangely. Unfortunately, Dan Marina didn’t give Qin much chance to observe. After getting the result, she immediately left the quiet Booth Area.

“…” Qin frowned slightly in thought. Had Dan Marina changed? With her style, she would definitely raise the price, but she didn’t… Moreover, the Fixation Potion wasn’t her thing. She didn’t seem to need to hold back about anything. Hold back?

Qin’s previously dark expression suddenly cleared, revealing a trace of lighthearted amusement. This woman… seemed to really have a problem. Zheng Yichen’s departure then was a kind of authorization… even if he might not be aware of it, this situation was still certain. If Dan Marina raised the price to the extreme, even if she succeeded in the end, certain relational ties might develop cracks. Although Qin wouldn’t be so calculative about such matters, she would only be annoyed at Dan Marina for stirring things up.

Yet, she specifically chose to avoid such a situation. Of course, it could also be that this woman had additional thoughts. Whichever it was, as long as the former was possible, it made her feel much better.

Since Dan Marina’s visit to her bar could bring her this rare good mood, she decided to go check out the Auction later to celebrate.