Basic Magic Circuitry

Shang Chuan: "That's possible, but I need a partial payment in advance. Also, can you throw in something else?"

Lan Qingyou: "Name it."

Shang Chuan: "You have potions that restore mana, so do you have any that restore health?"

Lan Qingyou: "Yes, that would be the Healing Potion."

Shang Chuan: "What are the specific effects?"

Lan Qingyou: "I'm not sure, I haven't brewed any yet. Or you can wait until this afternoon after I've finished brewing them."

Shang Chuan: "That works."

Lan Qingyou: "Then I'll pay you ten +50 mana potions first."

Shang Chuan: "[OK]"

After sending this, Shang Chuan began drafting the trade request, tossing the materials that had been piling up in his room into the Small Screen one by one.

Once the trade was complete and he had received the ten potions, he turned to check his friends list and sent a message to another major client.

Shang Chuan: "Ten +50 mana potions."

Shang Chuan waited after sending the message, knowing that based on the other person's habits, they shouldn't have left home yet at this hour.

Li Huai: "Send them."

A moment later, the other major client replied.

Lan Qingyou's potions were currently in high demand.

A single +50 mana potion went for 70 base units; that was the black market price.

Looking at the 700 additional base units, the corners of Shang Chuan's mouth curled into a smile.

He was already looking forward to the profits he would make once he received the rest of Lan Qingyou's potions this afternoon.

Especially those Healing Potions that Lan Qingyou had never brewed before; those would be the real money-makers.

If the effects were good, he could even make a 100% profit margin.

Of course, he knew his place; even if he got his hands on them first, he wouldn't be the one to set the price.

The pricing power belonged to Lan Qingyou, and he wouldn't overstep his bounds.

He only needed to follow behind and pick up the scraps to be well-fed at this stage.

[Ding! Congratulations to individual 'Lan Qingyou' of the Abandoned Forest in District 666 for being the first to upgrade to a Level 3 Shelter. You have received one optional reward. Please keep up the good work.]

Just as his mind was wandering, the voice of the World Will echoed.

See, I knew she was going to upgrade to a Level 3 Shelter.

Shang Chuan curled his lips again and began his work.

In the Regional Channel.

"I was just about to head out, but Lan Qingyou pulled such a big move that I had to sit back down and type this. See you all tonight, my Level 2 Shelter is coming soon."

"Sigh, we're all working on Level 2 Shelters, and someone else is already at Level 3."

"Can't compare, absolutely no comparison."

"If you know you can't compare, why are you still yapping? Hurry up and go collect materials."

"Aren't you yapping too?"

"I'm already at Level 2, I planned to take a day off today."

"...Brother, you are the man."

Because many people head out once it gets light, there weren't actually many people in the Regional Channel.

After upgrading to the Level 3 Shelter, Lan Qingyou began to select her reward for this upgrade.

Skipping the first three, she went straight to knowledge.

The previous Basic Potions had been incredibly helpful to her, so this time she firmly chose knowledge that would assist her alchemy again.

Most importantly, having new books to read meant alchemy wouldn't be boring.

The only problem now was how to choose what was useful to her among so much knowledge.

Especially since quite a few books were more or less related to alchemy.

For example, this Basic Mineralogy.

Although the name suggested it should be a branch of Mechanics, Blacksmithing, or Material Science, and that was indeed the case.

But Alchemy also required the use of ores, so choosing it to learn wouldn't be a loss.

However, this type of knowledge wouldn't be of much help to Lan Qingyou at this stage.

Because besides considering what would help her now, she also had to consider future issues.

After much deliberation, Lan Qingyou gritted her teeth and made her choice, selecting the book Basic Magic Circuitry as her reward.

For her, this book served as a vital link between the past and the future.

Magic circuitry is essentially a series of regular, interconnected lines drawn with one's own magic to make it function.

It is not as complex as Semiotics, but it is certainly not simple either.

The circles and triangles connecting every symbol on an alchemy array are, in fact, magic circuits.

Once this is mastered and one's ability to draw circles is strengthened, the alchemy array will naturally be greatly enhanced.

Of course, there was another important reason for choosing this book.

That is, the creation of golems in Golemancy also requires the use of magic circuits.

Originally, she had wanted to choose Golemancy just a moment ago.

After all, if she had a few more golems, wouldn't her alchemy work be much more convenient?

But the knowledge required for Golemancy was far too vast, and it was simply not something Lan Qingyou could touch at her current level.

That was why she settled for the next best thing, Basic Magic Circuitry, which would also be helpful to her at this stage.

After receiving the reward, Lan Qingyou immediately threw herself into today's work.

Working while reading a book—what a wonderful thing that would be.

Although she had promised Shang Chuan to make Healing Potion, the Slow-Acting Magic Potion she had decided on yesterday also had to be made.

Therefore, the Healing Potion could only be made using a soup pot.

After flying back and forth a few times to fill up a larger water tank next to the bathroom water tank, she began the production.

After all, the Novice Protection Period was about to end, and who knew if it would be a beast tide or something else.

Isn't that how novels always write it? So she had to quickly get some means of self-preservation.

And the 'Slow-Acting Magic Potion' became her best choice at this stage; there was no help for it, as she had just enough materials on hand to make one pot.

Speaking of which, one must mention the difference between potions and magic potions.

Although both are brewed in cauldrons, there is a fundamental difference between them.

The most basic difference is that potions are drinkable, or rather, they are meant for one's own use.

Magic potions, on the other hand, are thrown to attack enemies through evaporation or adhesion.

This is the simplest way to distinguish between potions and magic potions on the Karim Continent.

If an enemy throws a medicine bottle at you one day, do not doubt that it is nine times out of ten a magic potion attack.

As for the remaining one or two percent, it is highly likely a beginner just starting out who grabbed the wrong bottle.

Of course, the above method is how outsiders distinguish them; alchemists have their own, much simpler set of criteria.

For example, right now.

After the water in the cauldron began to boil, Lan Qingyou put down the Stone Stirring Rod, took out a bottle of Nutrient X-Line, opened the lid, and poured the 20 yellow objects of similar size inside into the cauldron.

These yellow, strip-like objects rolled and twisted in the boiling medicinal liquid.

This is a type of insect on the Karim Continent, and because its body is covered in many yellow ring patterns, alchemists call it the Yellow-Ringed Legless Worm.

Of course, you could also follow the habit of a Blue Star Person and call it—an earthworm.

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