[Potion Prodigy has advanced to level 3!] [Please select an upgrade path for Potion Prodigy.] [A cauldron's yield is limited only by your imagination: upon completion, each batch of potion yields 35% more.] [All potions are created equal: upon completion, each batch of potion gains 35% higher quality.]
Looking at the two options on the virtual screen before him, Silan found himself torn and sank into thought.
Both options offer the same increase, but their focus is slightly different, Silan thought. One increases yield, while the other improves quality.
The advantages of increased yield were obvious.
More potion naturally meant more profit.
Combined with [Potion Prodigy]'s effect of conserving the primary ingredient, it would lower Silan's brewing costs and increase his profits.
The problem was that he already had plenty of money, and this effect overlapped somewhat with conserving the primary ingredient.
Money was a means, not an end.
Silan was not a potion-making machine that considered only costs and profits. He wanted to pursue other possibilities, too.
Skipping that option, Silan read on.
The second upgrade path simply improved potion quality directly.
Now that's interesting... Silan thought. Does that mean I only need to brew any potion to 65% completion for it to come out with a perfect, 100% effect?
Brewing a potion to 65% completion and brewing it to 100% required completely different amounts of effort.
For Silan, this effect would make brewing potions considerably less demanding.
It would also allow him to start attempting advanced potions right away.
As long as he did not fail outright and blow up the cauldron, the forced increase in quality would let him brew at least most intermediate and advanced potions now.
It was effectively a massive, immediate leap in his potion-making ability.
He had to admit, the effect