So it really worked... If I thought things through in the Still World, I wouldn't waste so much time.
Of course, thinking this way meant I couldn't experiment as I went, so there were still some limitations... But I suppose the benefits outweighed the drawbacks.
As for a unique secret potion...
Lu Cang raised a hand, and countless medicinal ingredients appeared around him in an instant.
They were all ingredients he'd gathered over the years, keeping them in case they came in handy someday.
So it really was always useful to stockpile things.
"Moon Star, magic, combat skills, and even talents..."
"There's never any shortage of things in this world that are one of a kind. I'll use my understanding of the Source and Combat Intent to infuse this potion."
Illusionwing Wood, Full Moon Bamboo, Blue Insight Flower, Jade Radiance Fruit, Blood Coral Fruit, Green Wolf Flower...
Lu Cang stood in the middle of an empty wilderness.
The medicinal ingredients circled around him.
They gradually turned into liquid, or were crushed into powder, and began to blend together.
Then, within the pool of liquid, Lu Cang formed a magic array.
Fifth-Tier Origin Magic—Myriad Forms Transformation
The liquid turned solid, then the solid turned to gas. Lu Cang altered the arrangement of the elements in the medicinal liquid...
The physical form of a substance was simply a manifestation of its elemental form.
In theory, directly changing the elements would let you create any substance in the world.
Some were simply harder to make than others.
And changing the internal structure of the elements could also greatly alter a substance's properties.
Just as quenching or tempering changed the structure of steel and gave it different properties, the same principle applied to potions.
So I can make potions directly at the elemental level...