Sizzle—
It sounded like a drop of water falling onto a red-hot iron plate.
Within Lin Qingyu's Will Space, the potion ingredients and container he had been using, along with one hand of his Information Model Body, were directly vaporized.
"Potion configuration really does carry some risks. No wonder those potion masters prefer to work in the Virtual Universe," Lin Qingyu remarked.
His first attempt at configuring a potion had failed.
However, he was not discouraged. Failure was the mother of success, and he had gained a great deal from this failure as well.
"At 2 minutes and 33.725 seconds, the wood, water, and earth Origin Energy within the 'Three-colored Fish Crystal' changed from a particle state into an energy field under the stimulation of the 'Nine-patterned Snow Wood.' At that moment, I should have used my Origin Force to replenish and catalyze that energy field. While stabilizing the three energy fields, I needed to expand them and have them envelop the other materials so the reaction could continue." Lin Qingyu looked at his missing right hand and began reviewing the cause of the failed configuration based on what he had sensed from the microscopic perspective.
Soon afterward, he analyzed where he had gone wrong and how to correct it.
"The commonly used technique in the Universe is the 'Katis Energy Supplementation Method,' which breaks down one's own Origin Force and reversely converts it into Cosmic Origin Energy. However, my Origin Force differs somewhat from that of a Star level warrior, so I failed to replenish the energy field immediately. The energy field contracted rapidly and produced an Energy-Devouring Effect. The Energy-Devouring Effect caused the 'Three-colored Fish Crystal' to completely run wild, indiscriminately devouring other energy and causing the potion configuration to fail. Next time, I need to guide the Cosmic Origin Energy 58 milliseconds earlier."
Why did potion configuration require the potion master's own Mental Force or Origin Force? The greatest reason was that the Cosmic Origin Energy contained within the potion materials was often different, whether in attribute or quantity.
What a potion master needed to do was use a certain technique to transform his own Origin Force and channel it into the potion materials. If a material lacked Origin Energy, he would make up for it. If a material contained excessive Origin Energy, he would guide part of that energy out.
After failing, ordinary potion masters could also sum up their experience and reflect on their mistakes. However, at most, they could reconsider their techniques or the order in which they added ingredients. That was entirely different from being able to perceive changes in the materials from a microscopic perspective.
Unless a Domain Lord or even a World Lord personally configured those potions.
After all, even for Star level potions, the changes in Cosmic Origin Energy during configuration occurred at the molecular scale. To perceive things at the molecular scale, one needed to be at least at the Domain Lord level.
But Star level potions were completely useless to Domain Lords and even stronger beings. They would not bother sensing the potion-making process for so little return. With that time, wouldn't it be better to comprehend Origin Laws?
Only certain major forces, specifically seeking to explore the most fundamental principles of potion configuration, would deliberately arrange for powerful experts to sense the changes that occurred while low-level potions were being configured.
Naturally, the data sensed by these experts was incomparably precious and generally existed only as inheritances within major forces.
Most ordinary potion masters only needed to follow the formula step by step to complete potion configuration. There was no need to explore the truth behind it.
Only exceptionally gifted potion masters recruited by major forces could obtain this most precious data, allowing them to fully understand every principle and piece of knowledge contained within a formula—to know both how and why.
The difference between the two was like the difference between roughly comprehending the Space Law and completely analyzing its essence.
The former, no matter how much one practiced, would merely become a craftsman. Configuring C-grade Potions would be the limit. The latter, however, could continue improving and even create entirely new potion formulas!
"However, I have the Will Space. Meteorite Star's inheritance given by Bata contains formulas as well as data obtained through the insights of some experts. It won't be difficult for me to completely analyze the techniques contained within a formula." Lin Qingyu was extremely confident in himself.
First, his talent and comprehension were very strong—at the very least, stronger than most geniuses who appeared in the Original work. Second, although Yunmo Star was not a force specialized in potion research, Huyan Bo, as an Undying close to the Marquis level, possessed many inheritances that even Domain Lords and World Lords considered precious. Naturally, some of them were potion master inheritances.
"The operation of Cosmic Energy within potions is, in essence, also governed by the Cosmic Origin Law. Completely analyzing a potion formula will not only allow me to master the knowledge it contains, but also indirectly verify the Origin Laws I have comprehended. Killing two birds with one stone!"
Lin Qingyu could analyze potion configuration from the most fundamental level. Other people configured potions merely to configure potions, but when Lin Qingyu configured potions within the Will Space, he was not merely configuring potions. He was also comprehending the operation of Cosmic Origin Energy and the traces left behind by the Cosmic Origin Law.
The "Energy-Devouring Reaction" produced by this failure alone was an unexpected delight. It had directly destroyed one of his hands, so its power was not weak. Ordinary people only knew that such a reaction existed, but Lin Qingyu, who possessed a microscopic perspective, could thoroughly comprehend the mechanism behind it.
As long as he had the materials, Lin Qingyu could reproduce that reaction.
"It's just a bit expensive." Lin Qingyu shook his head. If he wanted to reproduce the Energy-Devouring Reaction in the real world, the materials alone would be worth at least tens of millions of Black Dragon Coins.
With that kind of money, he could buy technological weapons capable of injuring Star level warriors. One had to know that a Star level Tier 1 warrior slave cost only one million Black Dragon Coins.
"Forget it. I should continue configuring potions." Lin Qingyu tossed the failed Information Model aside, replaced it with an undamaged Information Model Body, then retrieved enough Information Model materials from elsewhere in his Will Space and began his second attempt.
Boom—
This failure caused a violent explosion, but the damage was not as severe as the previous Energy-Devouring Reaction. The new body was not left incomplete.
"Failed again. This time, it happened 5.764 seconds into the thirty-seventh procedure. I failed to guide out the Fire Attribute Origin Energy within the 'Rainbow Fruit' in time." Lin Qingyu once again summarized the reason for his failure. "Next time, I need to use the 'Men's Guidance Method' 29 milliseconds earlier."
Lin Qingyu extracted the Information Models of the materials once again. He had prepared thoroughly, copying the materials purchased on Qiu Long Star hundreds of thousands of times. It was enough for him to configure dozens of different potions, with each potion being attempted hundreds of times.
Moreover, there was no need to worry about getting injured inside the Will Space.
Clang—
This time, all the materials froze into a lump. The low temperature they emitted even made Lin Qingyu's hand somewhat stiff.
"Did something go wrong with the fifty-eighth procedure? The Cosmic Origin Energy within the 'Starlight Cold Crystal' is too active. It must be guided in advance..."
Rustle—
The nearly completed potion mixture suddenly turned into powder.
"At this point... is there too much earth attribute Origin Energy? I really am not good at this."
Lin Qingyu had learned quite a bit of knowledge and many techniques related to potion masters from Meteorite Star's inheritance. There were even secret methods unique to Domain Lord level potion masters. Hu Yanbo had, after all, possessed a Marquis-level Undying as a servant, and he himself was a Soul Master. After roaming the Universe for many years, he had accumulated some foundations.
However, knowledge gained from books always felt shallow. Although Lin Qingyu knew these techniques, actually executing them still required talent and practice.
Lin Qingyu was highly talented, and he had no shortage of opportunities to practice.
After 98 failures, Lin Qingyu finally configured a bottle of potion within the Will Space.
This was a Star Level Force Evolution Potion recorded in Huyan Bo's inheritance. Its effect was to forcibly raise the Origin Force cultivation of a Star level Tier 3 or lower warrior by one minor level.
This single bottle of potion was worth more than one billion Black Dragon Coins, making it even more expensive than a Star level Tier 7 warrior slave.
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