During the height of summer, Guangguang River Valley was not particularly hot, but such a climate was better suited to plant growth.
Wuyou Snake Manor during the Ice Age had been barren everywhere.
Now, Wuyou Snake Manor was brimming with life, lush greenery dotted with a riot of colorful blooms.
Russell was in the storeroom of the manor's secondary residence, taking stock of his Magic Potion reserves.
Transparent glass tubes were neatly arranged in wooden crates, each bearing a different label.
The labels fell into two categories. The large labels read things like "Boiling," "Beneficial Supplement," "Healing," "Phantom Beast," and "Enhancement," with different labels indicating the primary effects of the Magic Potions.
The small labels read "Perfect," "Pure," "Fused," "Mixed," and "Diluted," indicating several concentration standards.
Magic Potions came from extracting magic power from magical herbs.
Different plants and mushroom-type magical herbs naturally possessed different effects, so the Magic Potions made from them also varied greatly.
But even more important was the apothecary's technique.
To make Boiling Magic Potions that could boil Battle Aura and facilitate the opening of meridians, high-temperature steaming had to be used to preserve the magic power's active properties. To make Healing Magic Potions that could mend wounds, stop bleeding, and regrow flesh, a water-pressure method had to be used to squeeze out the magic power bit by bit.
In short.
Magic Potions were strategic resources and basically did not circulate on the market. Nobles trained their own apothecaries and produced their own Magic Potions.
Russell did not yet have an apothecary under his command, so his magical herbs were transported to Fluorite Castle and entrusted to its apothecaries for processing.
"Most of these are Boiling Potions and Beneficial Supplement Potions..." Russell finished taking stock of his Magic Potions.
Boiling Potions could boil Battle Aura and