Standardizing and Streamlining Operations

Thinking of something, Lan Qingyou immediately took the Magic Hurricane Lamp hanging on the wall down.

She then tossed it onto the Small Screen for identification.

[Magic Hurricane Lamp (E)]

[Remaining Duration: 2466 minutes]

[Effect: Illuminates the path ahead for you in the darkness.]

[Description: No way, no way. Surely no one is actually carrying this out at night, right?]

2746 minutes, which meant there was less than two days left.

Lan Qingyou believed that she was definitely not the only one in this situation; the Magic Hurricane Lamps in other Shelters should be about the same.

It was just that people were too accustomed to it, to the point that no one had even noticed.

So, once the seven-day protection period ended and the Magic Hurricane Lamps could no longer be used, what would be used for lighting then?

The answer: a campfire.

Since there was no need to go out at night, one only needed to light a fire inside the house to provide illumination.

But this required consumption.

Someone had previously calculated that it would take a person who couldn't use magic their full effort over seven days just to gather the materials needed for an upgrade, and that didn't even include the Devilish Creature Crystal Core.

So, once the Magic Hurricane Lamp could no longer be used, how much wood would need to be burned every night?

10 units? Or 20 units?

The night Lan Qingyou spent brewing potions, she burned over a hundred units of wood in just eight hours.

As for how much over a hundred, she hadn't counted, but it definitely cost at least five or six uses of Gathering Art.

Of course, the most important point was that burning wood produces smoke; without a stove or chimney, one would have to open windows or doors.

Even if one only burned it for an hour or two at night, it would still be miserable.

Especially with the doors and windows open.

Unless one chose not to burn anything, or perhaps made something like a torch.

Lan Qingyou fell silent. She wasn't feeling sad for others, but rather considering whether there was any business opportunity in this.

After all, the materials needed to make a hurricane lamp included Luminous Mushrooms, which were also things that could be used in alchemy.

The uses for Luminous Mushrooms were also recorded in Potions Study, as they were used to make Luminous Potion.

However, the specific use of Luminous Potion was not explained.

Looking at the hurricane lamp now, could the liquid flowing inside it actually be Luminous Potion?

Should she dismantle one to find out?

Lan Qingyou looked at the two hurricane lamps on the table.

In any case, the time on the two lamps overlapped, so dismantling the one with less time left was perfectly fine. It would just mean that once one was gone, she would have to carry a lamp up and down the stairs at night.

"Dismantle!"

Since there was no loss anyway, Lan Qingyou resolutely decided to dismantle one to test the waters.

She picked up the Magic Hurricane Lamp and examined it from top to bottom, finally finding a thumb-sized opening at the top.

After prying it open with a toothpick, Lan Qingyou tried tilting it, and a stream of glowing liquid slowly flowed onto the Small Screen on the table.

[Luminous Potion (E-)]

[Description: A potion that is about to lose its glowing effect; it no longer has much value for recycling.]

Very good, it seemed her guess was indeed correct.

Lan Qingyou smiled slightly; another consumable.

Although it wasn't certain if it would sell well, it didn't matter. Now that she knew the operating principle of the Magic Hurricane Lamp, she could probably make a small profit once the 'power outage' happened.

Though it wouldn't be as profitable as things like Mana Potion.

She would deal with that when the time came.

Yawning again, Lan Qingyou carried the new hurricane lamp and headed to the second floor.

Reading for a while every night before going to sleep had now become her habit.

If you can't find it by searching the book title, you can try searching the author; perhaps the name was just changed!

Early the next morning, Lan Qingyou went downstairs and was eating a piece of bread and a carton of milk when she received a message from Li Huai.

Li Huai: "It's fine."

With just those two short words, plus a trade request on the Small Screen, Lan Qingyou shook her head.

Your heart is truly big; is this what they call the relaxed attitude of a combat expert?

Muttering to herself, Lan Qingyou took out the stone tablet and sent over the 40 potions for the payment.

Li Huai: "Received."

Lan Qingyou: "You're online."

Li Huai: "Yeah."

Lan Qingyou: "Then, I'd like to order some more stone rods. I need 20 that are 1 meter long and 3 centimeters in diameter, and 100 that are 30 centimeters long and 1 centimeter in diameter."

Li Huai: "5 Mana Potions will do."

Lan Qingyou: "No problem."

Ten minutes later, Lan Qingyou received the stone rods.

These stone rods were intended to be used as stirring sticks.

The tree branch she had picked up earlier to brew medicine was always lacking; after all, it was plant matter, and leaving it in the mixture for too long would cause the branch's components to leach out and affect the quality of the medicine.

Because of this, Lan Qingyou had to take it out after stirring for a while, which was far too troublesome.

Now that she had the stone rods, it was a different story; there was no need for such hassle anymore.

So, fueled by the desire to try out her new equipment, Lan Qingyou immediately set to work brewing medicine.

Drawing water, cleaning, sorting herbs, and drying them—it was all done in one smooth motion.

Because she had more alchemy bases and containers today, Lan Qingyou wanted to brew a larger batch at once.

Therefore, she needed to prepare significantly more herbs than yesterday, and it took over an hour of busy work to finish the preparations.

While preparing the herbs, she also arranged one hundred stone slabs in the first-floor hall, placing 1.25-liter Enamel Jars on top of them.

These Enamel Jars were also used for brewing medicine, though not for brewing Mana Potions.

They were for her secret weapon.

After mixing the Mana Water, Lan Qingyou ladled it out into the various containers.

Then, she began the brewing process.

During this brewing session, Lan Qingyou would occasionally set down her stirring stick to process more herbs.

Since she had decided yesterday not to wander around aimlessly anymore and instead focus on earning some hard-earned money through manual labor, she naturally wanted to standardize and streamline her brewing business.

Sorting herbs while the medicine brewed was a form of experimentation.

After all, just standing in front of a cauldron for eight hours doing nothing was a complete waste of time.

Waste is shameful.

Lan Qingyou didn't just sort the herbs; she also took them out to dry.

In one hour, she could process nearly ten pounds of herbs.

By noon, Lan Qingyou took a moment to check the Magic Desk and discovered that quite a few people had collected herbs during the morning to trade with her.

Lan Qingyou wasn't picky; she accepted everything that met her requirements.

After taking them out, she found that most had already been rinsed; although they weren't perfectly clean, it still saved her a significant amount of time.

In reality, with the Small Screen's appraisal function monitoring everything, as long as she specified that the quality of the traded items could not fall below a certain level, there was no risk of people trying to pass off inferior goods.

It was no wonder the World Will had told her to make good use of the Magic Desk.

With its functions for monitoring, photographing, appraising, and teleporting, it was truly convenient.

In addition to that, Lan Qingyou also received a blueprint for a 500-milliliter Measuring Cup.

The cost wasn't high, just a few dozen units of sand.

It looked similar to a liquor decanter, but with added measurement markings, making it much easier for Lan Qingyou to observe the quantities when using the medicine.

At four in the afternoon, the first batch of medicine for the day was finished.

After the sediment settled, Lan Qingyou first used the Small Screen to appraise the medicine brewed in the stainless steel pot.

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