Chapter 468: Butterfly Potion
Give it a try!
Su Xia wasn't completely sure either, so she could only say this.
The current pharmacy environment is really bad. The sounds of various tools and human voices are mixed together, which is messy and disturbing.
In this kind of environment, it's hard to concentrate even when playing with your phone, let alone making potions.
Every step in refining high-level potions requires extreme concentration. Any carelessness will result in failure, and failure can happen in the blink of an eye.
"Brother Su, think about it again. There's no rush!" Hong Bafu hurriedly advised Su Xia, "There are still seven days left. Why not try it anytime during these seven days?"
"Brother Hong is right. Brother Su, don't be anxious. This kind of thing can't be rushed. Don't you always tell us 'don't be anxious'?" Lan Bafu also said.
Although it was a suggestion made by a sixth-level pharmacist, the two opposed it without any hesitation.
They admire stronger pharmacists, but they are not superstitious about authority.
What's more, their teacher is also very strong, and in their opinion, he is no worse than the woman in front of them.
"It's okay, just try it, it's no big deal." Su Xia said with a smile.
"Don't act rashly at this critical moment." Lan Bafu warned Su Xia seriously with a solemn expression.
Failure is a huge blow to one's confidence.
For pharmacists, that "feeling" of being successful is extremely important.
Once you lose that feeling in failure, it will be difficult to find it again!
On Su Xia's first day, Hong Bafu and Lan Bafu repeatedly emphasized to him the importance of feeling.
The two of them got started earlier, read more information, and knew many stories about pharmacists.
For example, in Swordfish City in the southwest of the continent, there was once a very talented pharmacist who became a third-level pharmacist at a young age.
The young pharmacist's talent is no less than that of the two Blessed Ones.
His journey in the field of pharmacy was smooth sailing and he almost never encountered failure.
But just when he was full of confidence and tried to break through to become a fourth-level pharmacist... he suffered a miserable defeat and failed to refine the fourth-level potion several times in a row.
Just the first failure made him begin to doubt his abilities.
The subsequent failures made him more and more irritable. He couldn't calm down at all and became restless and irritable. In the end, his doubt completely turned into denial.
After many failures, he actually denied his own talents and abilities, thinking that he had been wrong from the beginning. Like a madman, he began to try many methods that were difficult for normal pharmacists to understand. Until now, he is still only a third-level pharmacist, and even the success rate of third-level potions is pitifully low.
You know, there were several senior pharmacists who asserted that the young man could at least become a fifth-level pharmacist.
Unfortunately, there is only a thought between genius and mediocrity.
Su Xia is also a genius, and his talent is even better than that of the young pharmacist. He has had a smooth journey and has hardly experienced any failures. Every breakthrough he made was a one-time success.
And this is exactly what the two Beatitudes are worried about.
"Don't worry, brothers. I know what you mean." Su Xia smiled. He knew those failed cases.
But he is so determined that if a failure could bring him down, he might as well cancel his account early and live the life of a rich man on the other side of the Earth with his existing wealth.
"Just start once you've made up your mind. Don't waste time." Wu Hongyu said coldly.
"It's still early, why are you rushing us, old lady?" Yi Mo glanced at her with dissatisfaction and spoke in a bad tone.
"Little girl, even your master wouldn't speak to me in this tone." Wu Hongyu said lightly.
"I'm not that old man. I can use whatever tone I want!" Yi Mo said with his little face raised.
"Not bad, he does look a bit like Zhuang Ren when he was young." Wu Hongyu commented calmly.
"Zhuang Ren? Sounds a little familiar." Yi Mo was stunned.
Wu Hongyu looked indifferent. She didn't explain to her and just glanced at Su Xia.
Su Xia understood and nodded, then walked to her workbench and took down glass instruments from the shelf amid the rumbling noise.
Needless to say, his actions are enough to show his determination.
Hong Bafu opened his mouth with a worried look on his face and wanted to say something, but Lan Bafu beside him grabbed his arm.
He turned his head and found that Lan Bafu shook his head slightly at him, and his meaning was very clear.
Believe in Su Xia!
At this time, saying more is useless and will only affect Su Xia.
Instead of doing this, it would be better to let Su Xia give it a try.
Soon, Su Xia made all the preparations, and a row of neatly arranged glass instruments were placed on the workbench in front of him.
"call……"
He took a few deep breaths to calm himself down and try to forget the noisy noises in his ears.
Compared with other pharmacists, Su Xia has a great advantage.
Unlike most pharmacists, Su Xia did not spend the entire day in the shop making potions. He had experienced countless fights and had escaped death many times.
No matter whether it was a rainy night with heavy rain, the lonely and terrifying deep sea, or the cold and silent snowfield, he could survive any complex environment.
His ability to adapt to complex environments far exceeds that of other pharmacists.
"Bang!"
Su Xia twisted it hard, opened a small glass bottle, and then took out a small piece of pink-purple solid crystal from it with tweezers .
Then, under the gaze of everyone, he dropped the pink-purple crystal into a ceramic mortar and ground it carefully with the pestle.
Snap! Snap!
Soon, the crystal was ground into fine powder and its color changed to light purple.
Su Xia looked calm and moved smoothly as he poured the powder into the flask for later use.
On the side, Hong Bafu and Lan Bafu looked at each other, moved closer, their faces became extremely serious, and they carefully observed every move of Su Xia.
Today, Su Xia has surpassed both of them in the ability to refine potions.
The wise come first. They did not feel uncomfortable at all. Instead, they were glad that Su Xia was there to guide them in the store.
They will also try to break through to the fifth-level pharmacist in the near future, so Su Xia's practice this time is particularly valuable to them.
"Lan, look carefully..."
Hong Bafu whispered to Lan Bafu.
On the other side, Su Jianshe also moved closer.
This middle-aged man had no knowledge of pharmacy at all. He just felt that this moment was rare and there was no harm in taking a closer look.
Yi Mo and Shen Yu also came closer, both with their eyes wide open, with curiosity in their eyes.
Not everyone can watch a master making potions.
Although Su Xia now has the title of a master, he still lacks true master-level strength.
With a deep look in his eyes and calm movements, without any urgency, he lit the alcohol lamp and began to heat the required solution.
From the beginning till now, his expression has not changed at all, and every move he makes is smooth and flowing.
"Master Su's movements are so graceful. He feels different from the pharmacists I've seen before." Shen Yu said in a low voice.
"Shh... don't disturb Master Su..."
Yi Mo stretched out his white and slender index finger, placed it to his lips, and made a gesture of silence.
Soon, more than a dozen children came over from the restaurant opposite and tiptoed into the pharmacy, fearing to disturb Su Xia.
"The teacher is about to make a breakthrough."
"The teacher's movements are so beautiful, much better than those of the two Bafu uncles."
Among them, only Zhao Xiaobai can understand the formula of the first-level potion, and the other children have not yet started.
But no matter what, it’s always a good idea to take a closer look.
Among all the people present, the one closest to Su Xia was naturally the old woman Wu Hongyu.
She stood behind Su Xia, watching her every move intently, with a strange look in her eyes from time to time, as if she was a little surprised.
Although she had known that Su Xia was different and her father had told her many times before, this was the first time she witnessed Su Xia making a potion with her own eyes.
"No wonder that old guy praises him like a treasure." Wu Hongyu thought to herself, if she had such an apprentice, she would probably want the whole world to know about it.
In this world, the movements of most pharmacists are stiff and ugly. They only follow the instructions on the potion formula at every step, like robots that only know how to make potions.
But Su Xia was different. He looked serene, and his movements were so graceful and smooth, as if he was preparing a delicious delicacy.
Just simply watching him make medicine is a spiritual enjoyment.
Everyone present felt this enjoyment.
If nothing unexpected happens, they can sit here and watch all day.
Time passed slowly, and before he knew it, Su Xia had already completed more than half of the process, and no problems had arisen.
Wu Hongyu had figured out what kind of potion he was going to make early on, and Hong Bafu and Lan Bafu had also figured it out at this moment.
"Dielianhua." Lan Bafu said in a low voice.
"Yes, it's Butterfly Love Flower. The difficulty of refining it is considered to be above average among the fifth-level potions." Hong Bafu nodded seriously.
Neither of them had expected that Su Xia's first attempt at refining a fifth-grade potion would be so difficult.
If it were another pharmacist, most of them would try a simple type like "healing potion".
Butterfly Love Flower is not a healing potion.
Although the name sounds nice, it is actually a large-scale lethal agent.
When fighting against the enemy, one only needs to smash the test tube containing the medicine, and a pink and purple poisonous mist will instantly erupt, like a bunch of scattered pink and purple petals, or like a group of dancing butterflies. It is very beautiful, so it is named Butterfly Love Flower.
This agent is extremely toxic and can penetrate any pore. It is comparable to a highly effective poison gas bomb on a battlefield of large-scale fighting.
"Brother Su is a poison master. He must have his own reasons for doing this."
They both knew that Su Xia was best at making poisons, and his choice of Dielianhua must have been a well-considered decision.
Now all we have to do is pray for Su Xia and hope that he can succeed in one go.
The surveillance system in the store is always on. As long as Su Xia can succeed, the video of his success can become teaching material for the two Bafu to watch repeatedly.
"Will the teacher succeed?" The children on the side opened their eyes wide, feeling both expectant and worried.
"Teacher will definitely succeed!" Zhao Xiaobai spoke with a firm tone.
He was Su Xia's first disciple.
Su Xia had appeared by his side when he was most desperate and sad. From then on, in his heart, Su Xia had become the embodiment of omnipotence.
As long as Su Xia wants to do it, he will definitely succeed!
This is Zhao Xiaobai's belief.
And what Su Xia is doing continues to confirm his beliefs.
“Squeak——”
The medicine liquid reacted violently in the glass container, making a sizzling sound and small bubbles appeared on the surface one after another.
When the bubble bursts, a faint purple smoke will rise.
Seeing this scene, Hong Bafu and Lan Bafu's eyes fixed. They had seen the recipe of Dielianhua and naturally knew that it was already at the last few steps and was about to succeed.
The woman Wu Hongyu standing by had long stopped paying attention. When Su Xia was halfway through the refining process, she knew that he would succeed.
This is her feeling, and it is never wrong.
Sure enough, within two minutes, the final medicine liquid slowly took shape.
Su Xia looked focused as he held a round-bottomed glass flask and shook it gently, causing the solution in the flask to shake as well.
The color of the medicine liquid is very dreamy. It is light pink when it is still, deepens when it is shaken, and turns into dark purple when it rolls. It looks very magical.
[Butterfly Love Flower: A fifth-level potion, poison, with a large-scale killing effect]
[With the help of your talent "Death's Will", this potion gains an additional 26% bonus]
【……】
[Congratulations, you have successfully refined a fifth-level potion]
[You are already a fifth-level pharmacist]
[Go find someone to try the potion in your hand! ]
Several lines of prompts quickly popped up in front of Su Xia's eyes.
The potion was successful, everything was as expected and it happened naturally. He was not happy at all and looked very calm.
The noisy sounds coming from the basement did not bother him at all.
"It's done!"
Hong Bafu was quite excited and couldn't help but speak first.
His roar was like a bolt of thunder, instantly causing ripples in the hearts of the onlookers.
Is that it?
The crowd watching couldn't tell who succeeded or failed, but looking at the excitement of the two brothers Hong Bafu and Lan Bafu, it couldn't be fake.
"Haha, congratulations, Master Su!"
Su Jianshe was experienced and smiling, and was the first to congratulate Su Xia.
"I never thought that I would be able to witness the birth of a fifth-level alchemy master with my own eyes. What a blessing this is!" he said with a happy smile.
"Congratulations, teacher!" Zhao Xiaobai was also excited and shouted excitedly.
The other dozen or so children were also very happy, with bright smiles on their little faces.
"Teacher has become a fifth-level pharmacist!"
"Teacher will be the strongest pharmacist in Coral City from now on!"
“The teacher is so awesome!”
“…”
Children have the simplest minds. They will be excited and happy for Su Xia's success, but they will also be worried and anxious about Su Xia's difficulties.
Their world is not as complicated as that of adults.
Even though their future ideas may go , they are now standing wholeheartedly by Su Xia's side.
"Thank you for your concern."
Su Xia smiled and stood up to express .
This success verified his ability as a pharmacist and would allow him to be more at ease in the future.
Now, there is only one urgent thing left to do - kill Wang Teng!
