Tenfold Tonic Soup

Biodata

Use and Limitations

• Later exceptions: Despite the usual one-vial recommendation, Lin Xiaomeng and her grandmother later take one vial each morning and evening. Lin Zhe also consumes two bottles in succession before his hand wound heals completely 279 303.
• Product classification: The inn sells it as soup under its food-and-beverage business license, not as a pharmaceutical; it has no license to sell medicine 185 186.

Production

Origin and Conversion

• Lin Zhe obtains the Ten-Ingredient Great Tonic Pill as a check-in reward at Ge Hong Offering an Elixir. The pill is not consumed directly: placing it in ordinary water converts the water into Tenfold Tonic Soup 184.
• Conversion happens immediately, turning clear water golden yellow. Lin Zhe then retrieves the pill into his Virtual Warehouse for reuse 184.
• The pill can convert 18.9 liters per day, equivalent to 1,890 servings of 10 mL. The first bottled batch contains 1,888 vials after Lin Zhe samples the soup 184.
• Production becomes part of Lin Zhe's morning routine. He later assigns Lin Lei, his external avatar, to process the soup and Fortune-Blessed Peach Plums at the storeroom 189 246.

Bottling and Costs

• At the full daily yield and retail price, Lin Zhe calculates potential gross sales of 1,300,320 yuan per day 184.
• To conceal the supernatural source, he presents himself as a distributor. He later invents an origin story involving a friend's father refining an inherited formula over more than fifty years and a hundred versions 185 197.

Appearance and Flavor

• Color and consistency: Golden yellow, rich, and viscous enough to nearly form strands when first poured into a cup 184.
• Fragrance: A pleasant medicinal aroma that lingers on the lips, tongue, and breath 184 197.
• Taste: Initially bitter and astringent, followed by sweetness and a faint mint-like coolness; described as smooth and mellow rather than cloying 196 197 198.
• Packaging: Plain, small glass vials approximately as thick as Lin Zhe's pinky, resembling oral-solution bottles. Each serving is drunk through a straw pushed through the top 184 185 241.

Effects

System-Listed Bonuses

The Ten-Ingredient Great Tonic Pill's item panel lists the following effects for the source item used to produce the soup 184.

Energy and Athletic Recovery

• Jiang Yining's physical and mental exhaustion disappears after a day involving interval training and a run exceeding thirty kilometers. The text distinguishes the soup's physical nourishment from the Yellow Millet Pillow's sleep-related benefits 194.
• Fang Bo's soreness and fatigue vanish within minutes after a 43-kilometer run 229.
• During the Rao Marathon, drinking the soup makes Lin Zhe's steps lighter and restores Li Muchan to peak condition 256.
• Fang Bo credits it with helping him win the Rao Marathon by five seconds and improve his personal best by seven minutes 267 268.
• All fifteen elite runners gathered with Jiang Yining are soup customers who have improved their previous best times after taking it 286.

Pain Relief and Healing

• Relieves back, leg, and shoulder discomfort in users including Lin Zhe, Dan Teng, and Zhang Qian 184 185 189.
• Han Mei and Sun Lina feel warmth particularly in joints and organs affected by years of physical labor 187.
• Lin Zhe's parents feel more comfortable and experience itching around their surgical incisions shortly after drinking it 193.
• Lin Xiaomeng credits the soup with accelerating her grandmother's recovery from injuries 279.
• Lin Zhe's hand wound heals completely after he drinks two bottles in succession 303.

Menstrual Cramp Relief

• Cheng Xiaoting's severe abdominal pain and dragging sensation disappear after one bottle 199.
• Hu Ting independently uses the soup for painful menstrual cramps and reports that she feels comfortable and warm afterward 211.

Sexual Vitality

• The “hardness +3” effect is immediately apparent during Lin Zhe's first trial; drinking too much produces prolonged arousal 184.
• Shen Weilong experiences markedly improved sexual stamina without his usual subsequent back and waist soreness, prompting him to purchase twenty more vials 187 189.
• Daily consumption helps Lin Guoxia and Qiao Bin regain the energy and intimacy of their newlywed years 213.

Commercial History

Initial Sales

Lin Zhe begins by offering samples to friends, relatives, wealthy contacts, and inn guests. He recognizes that the 688-yuan price places the product beyond many ordinary customers' budgets, even though those who try it frequently become repeat buyers 184 189.

Early skepticism centers on the tiny serving size, high price, and exaggerated-sounding name. Shen Weilong's conspicuous twenty-vial purchase draws attention at the service desk, while physician Han Jinlong changes his opinion after personally experiencing the soup's effects 189 196 197.

Distribution Network

• Lin Guoxia — Rao City: Becomes the inn's seventeenth employee and receives 100 sample bottles. Her initial targets are high-end beauty salons 196.
• Jiang Yining — Capital City: Introduces the soup to her family and running contacts. Her aunt, Jiang Chaoying, requests samples for salon clients 194 195 286.
• Hu Ting — Shanghai: Targets financially comfortable women who regularly purchase beauty treatments 241.
• Wu Xiaolin — Nchang: Agrees to join after sampling the soup and learning its sales methods. Lin Zhe identifies beauty establishments and recuperation facilities as proven markets 240 241.
• Lang Jiahui — Shenzhen City: Accepts an offer of a 10,000-yuan monthly salary plus commissions and becomes the inn's twenty-eighth employee 275 279.

Expansion Constraints and Livestream Plans

• Perishable inventory: More than 600 vials remain unsold from one day's batch early in the business, prompting Lin Zhe to seek additional channels before stock expires 195.
• Trusted agents: The combination of high value and short shelf life makes Lin Zhe wary of falsified sales, accounts, and product-loss claims. He prefers slower sales over appointing an unreliable agent 275.
• Pricing: The documented staff price is 600 yuan per vial. Huang Liying is offered a 20% discount for monthly orders exceeding 1,000 vials 189 211.
• Livestream mission: Fang Bo recommends marketing the soup to runners through livestreams. This triggers [Listen to Advice and Eat Your Fill], a Special Mission requiring Lin Zhe to sell 10,000 bottles 268.