Beauty Potion Without a Soul

Recognizing the essence of Potions brewing did not mean one could sense a truly perfect formula while brewing.

The so-called optimal brewing method was merely the best combination within the scope of one's current understanding. A material whose existence you did not even know about could not possibly appear in the brewing method you sensed.

Conversely, once you knew such a material existed, you might sense it as part of the brewing method while preparing Potions.

That was probably why so many wizards with little skill in Potions were so enthusiastic about tossing strange things like fingernails, rotten teeth, and even socks into their cauldrons.

An inaccurate understanding of the essence of Potions brewing led to incorrect sensory results. Add a lack of knowledge about Potion ingredients and unwavering faith in one's magical senses, and this was the outcome.

Yet for Manus, this perception could, to a certain extent, guide him toward Potions knowledge he had not previously known.

"A Potion can actually be used as an ingredient in another Potion?"

Manus had never seen anything like that in a book, nor had he ever considered it himself—Potions were not chemical reagents, but bottled magic blended and fused on the levels of concepts and traits.

Magic could be combined as well. The Legendary Magic Manus was developing was expected to be the result of combining several kinds of magic, but it was not as simple as mixing magic together.

After thinking it over carefully, Manus gave it a try. He added only a single drop of Beauty Potion without changing any other part of the brewing process, yet the resulting Curling Potion was astonishingly effective!

After watching Sleipnir trot away with a gleaming mane of voluminous waves, Manus tried several more times.

In the end, he concluded that Potions capable