[Filter Blueprint (E)]

Awkward?

To be honest, a little bit.

But more than that, she felt relieved.

Since this Ghost referred to her, didn't that mean she only needed to watch the ground when she went out to look for treasure chests at night from now on?

At the thought of this, Lan Qingyou felt her blood boiling.

If she could find eleven chests tonight while being all skittish and cautious, wouldn't she be able to find twenty or thirty in an hour once the threat of the Ghost was gone?

Time to sleep, time to sleep. Tomorrow, she would scrub the pot and get straight to work.

Oh right, she also needed to take a bath first. It was no wonder she was mistaken for a Ghost when she was covered in black soot like this.

Wiping the black ash off her face, Lan Qingyou grabbed a bucket and the soap and headed to the creek to clean herself up.

Feeling refreshed, she took in the clothes hanging outside, returned to her room to read and study, and went straight to sleep once she was tired.

Early the next morning, Lan Qingyou got up, changed into a T-shirt, and followed her plan from yesterday by taking the cauldron and mortar to the creek. She used a stone she picked up from the creek as a cleaning tool and started removing the rust.

There was no technique to rust removal; it was all brute force.

After struggling for over an hour, she finally got both items cleaned.

After putting the things back, Lan Qingyou took the Hospital Gown and the Dress she had changed out of and went to the creek to wash them.

She only had four sets of clothes now. After sitting in the creek to wash them, even the T-shirt she was wearing had to be washed as well.

There was no helping it; her legs were soaked in the water while she was washing things anyway.

After fussing about for half the day, she finished washing the pots, pans, and clothes. Since she had to wait for the pots and pans to air dry, Lan Qingyou sat at her Desk and browsed the Trading Post.

She splurged whenever she saw something good, but after buying for a while and finding nothing else of interest, she turned her attention to her friend list, feeling bored.

Then, she began mindlessly deleting the friend requests.

Ever since she started selling Mana Potion, the friend requests had never stopped.

Among the messages, there were threats, pleas, begging, preaching, and people wanting to buy out her entire stock—there were hardly any who wanted to talk like normal people.

"Aha... is there not a single reliable person?"

Lan Qingyou, whose fingers were constantly tapping on the large screen, let out a yawn.

Then, she saw an interesting message.

The sender was a girl with a bit of baby fat, who looked to be about eighteen or nineteen years old.

Gu Xiaobei: "Big shot, do you need herbs? I have over ten catties of various herbs here, and also this [Disposable Filter Blueprint (E)]."

Oh!

A Filter Blueprint!

Seeing those words, Lan Qingyou's heart skipped a beat, and she immediately added her as a friend.

Lan Qingyou: "What's the price for the blueprint?"

After sending the message, there was no reply from the other side for over ten minutes.

But that was normal; after all, not everyone worked from home like Lan Qingyou.

So, Lan Qingyou began to process the herbs.

Processing herbs could be completely equated to picking vegetables: removing the rotten ones or those eaten by bugs, washing the dirt off the roots and the insect eggs off the leaves and petals, and then leaving the rest to dry.

One potion was 10 milliliters, and the material required was ten grams of each herb.

In other words, she had to put 4 catties of materials into a pot for it to be considered balanced.

The rest was water.

The method for making Mana Water wasn't complicated either. She filled a bucket with water, poured it into the cauldron according to the ratio, and released her mana to fully fuse the mana and water molecules in the liquid. Lan Qingyou then ended up with a pot of slightly blue Mana Water.

This pot used up 50 points of Lan Qingyou's mana, which was fine, all things considered.

After making the Mana Water, Lan Qingyou returned to the Desk to check.

She found that the other party had replied.

Gu Xiaobei: "Can I have 10 Mana Potion for the blueprint? Do you want the herbs too?"

Lan Qingyou immediately sent a message: "I want the herbs too. How about this: here are ten Mana Potion, take them and use them first. Give me the blueprint, and I'll make up the difference for you tomorrow."

Gu Xiaobei: "Difference? Ten is enough, ten is enough."

Lan Qingyou: "Alchemy is all about Equivalent Exchange. A mere ten crude potions aren't worthy of this blueprint."

Gu Xiaobei: "Big shot is principled [Thumbs Up]."

Afterward, Lan Qingyou sent the trade request and received the blueprint.

[Disposable Filter Blueprint (E)]

[Materials: Wood*50, Cotton*5, Charcoal*5, Sand*10, Small Pebbles*50, Cloth*3]

[Function: Capable of filtering impurities or medicinal residue from water.]

[Description: With this, Mom won't have to worry about me drinking dirty water anymore. However, take note that the magic within the water cannot be removed; be careful of an upset stomach if you drink it.]

Well, it seems the reason the other party didn't use it was because it was completely useless to them.

Because there is simply no way to remove the magic from the water.

The materials are easy enough to resolve; aside from the cotton and small pebbles, I have everything else in my warehouse.

Small pebbles are easy to handle; I can just go to the creek and grab a handful.

As for the cotton, I'll just have to take something apart.

Fortunately, I bought quite a few cotton products before, so I'll just grab the teddy bear I bought as a decoration and rip out five cotton balls to get the job done.

The filter looks like a large, split-style wooden barrel. The vertical piece in the middle, located below the upper half of the barrel, is the actual filter body, while the lower half is used to store the filtered water.

It's a bit like a household filter-style water dispenser, except this wooden barrel doesn't come with a faucet.

After preparing everything, Lan Qingyou went outside to check on the herbs drying on the balcony.

The surface moisture had been thoroughly dried off, making it the perfect time to use them for medicine.

Although Lan Qingyou didn't have any weighing tools on hand, she estimated the amounts; as long as there was a bit more rather than less, it shouldn't cause any major issues.

Without dawdling, she opened the window and dumped all the Ascetic Herb and Yellow-Tail Flower from the dustpan into the cauldron. With a snap of Lan Qingyou's fingers, a brilliant flame erupted from the center of the alchemy pedestal.

Cool, right?

In reality, it was just activating an alchemy array that carried her own magic by using her own magic.

Of course, the reason Lan Qingyou set it up this way wasn't to show off; it was mainly because her legs made it inconvenient to control the heat.

Therefore, she could only control it by snapping her fingers.

After all, heat control is extremely important during alchemy—for example, turning to low heat immediately after the water boils, switching to medium heat once the herbal aroma appears, and then turning back to low heat after an hour of brewing to prevent it from boiling dry.

Next came the long, eight-hour brewing process.

However, having had the experience once before, Lan Qingyou was very well prepared this time.

Food, water, books, and an alarm clock that had already been set.

Eight hours was nothing; for her, someone swimming in an ocean of knowledge, it was a breeze.

Especially since she was floating and didn't have to worry about occupational diseases like varicose veins.

The reason Lan Qingyou was so diligent, aside from wanting to live a good life in this other world, was because of one key factor: healing her legs.

If the high-tech Federal Hospital couldn't do it, then she would try the alchemy of the Karim Continent.

She would craft a potion herself that could grant her a new lease on life.

Of course, she knew this was a long-term plan, which was why she thirsted for knowledge more than anyone else.

In this regard, she was fundamentally different from others.

Even if Albert's alchemy notes hadn't initially led her into the craft, she likely would have ended up on this path anyway.

Because as things stood now, this was the only path she could take.

To be honest, she felt that if her legs weren't immobile, she would probably be just like those other people, tossing these books aside and unwilling to spare them a second glance.

Is this a blessing in disguise?

You could say that.

But if she could, Lan Qingyou would much rather be living with her parents.

Rather than having to obtain this "blessing" in such a way.