Above the mage!

Chapter 10 Extraordinary Talent
Snaketooth grass needs to be ground into powder.

Sage is boiled in a cauldron with a large cup of water (8 ounces) until only 1 ounce of water is left, and then the 1 ounce of juice is used.

Gao De estimated that 1 ounce is approximately equivalent to 30 milliliters in his world.

It is much easier to deal with the green spider sac. Just puncture it and take out the venom.

This step was completed by Gaode using the hands of a mage.

Although the venom of the green spider is mainly paralyzing, it is still somewhat corrosive. If you accidentally get it on your hands, it will still be a bit troublesome.

After all the materials have been processed, the last step is to combine the medicinal properties of all the materials together. This is also the most important step in preparing the medicine.

Gao De took a deep breath, took out a conical medicine bottle from the shelf on the table, "expertly" poured the juice boiled from wormwood into the bottle, and then added 5 ounces of honey water.

He shook the potion bottle slightly, and after the liquid in it was completely integrated, he quickly poured most of the gray-green powder ground from the snake's tooth grass into it.

As soon as the snake tooth herb powder was added, the liquid in the bottle began to boil and churn violently, and the color gradually began to change.

Gao De released his mental power again and stared at the potion bottle.

The strange ripples appeared in his vision again.

Only this time, the ripples are constantly entangled and fused, and constantly changing.

He carefully observed the changes in the ripples, and according to the actual situation, he added snake tooth herb powder from time to time, trying to control the final state of the ripples to form in the direction he needed.

Snake tooth herb powder should not be too much or too little, you have to grasp the right degree. If you add too much, you need to add a little honey water to neutralize it immediately. If it is too little, you need to replenish it immediately.

To put it bluntly, this process is actually just adding noodles if there is too much water, and adding water if there is too much noodles.

But it is not that easy to operate. On the one hand, Gaode needs to concentrate his mental strength to observe the changes in the ripples. On the other hand, it requires him to have an absolute understanding of the properties of the materials and know how much material to add under what circumstances.

After failing to control the amount of snake tooth herb powder several times before, which almost caused the potion to fail, Gao De finally calmed down from the chaos, and the preparation of the potion was nearing completion.

When the last drop of green spider venom dripped into the bottle, the constantly churning liquid gradually calmed down.

A faint gray-green magical light could be seen flashing through the liquid.

This is a sign that the primary spider venom potion has been successfully prepared. If you master the trick: [Detect Magic], you can see this magical light in the potion again.

Gao De looked at the slightly green liquid in the potion bottle, and couldn't help but feel a strong sense of accomplishment and pride in his heart.

Primary spider venom potion, level 0 potion, has a strong paralyzing effect, is non-lethal, and is usually bought to be applied on arrows to deal with wild beasts.

He couldn't wait to take down three obviously smaller conical potion bottles from the shelf nearby, and then poured the freshly prepared primary spider venom potion into them.

A standard recipe for a primary spider venom potion can be divided into three small bottles for sale. This way of selling is more profitable for the potion maker and more acceptable to the buyer.

But when Gaode filled the three small potion bottles, he found that there was still about half an ounce of potion left in the large potion bottle in his hand.

But according to his memory, a standard formula of primary spider venom potion is only three small bottles, and a small bottle of primary spider venom potion is only 2 ounces. How could there be so much left?
"unless"

A thought suddenly flashed through Gao De's mind.

The next moment, he immediately started searching in the small workshop.

Finally, Gaode took out a wooden box from the bottom shelf.

In the wooden box were three small bottles of primary spider venom potion, six gold coins shining with charming colors, and dozens of scattered silver and copper coins.

Gaode's heart began to beat violently.

There is no doubt that this is a huge sum of money. In the monetary system of this world, the most basic currency is copper coins.

Here, the actual purchasing power of one copper coin is equivalent to the four yuan before Gaode traveled through time plus a fraction of one or two dimes.

The second layer of the monetary system is silver coins.

One silver coin is equal to 1 copper coins, which is equivalent to the purchasing power of about fifty yuan.

Gold coins are at the top of the monetary system. One gold coin can be exchanged for 1 silver coins, and its actual purchasing power is around one thousand yuan.

Moreover, silver and copper coins are not necessarily universal among different countries due to differences in coinage techniques, materials, and national strength. The actual purchasing power also varies greatly in different regions. However, gold coins do not have these two problems because they are directly linked to gold.

It is universal and the value does not vary much.

Gao De picked up a gold coin with a charming color. The golden light was so bright that it was a little dazzling. He couldn't help but squint his eyes, but he couldn't help but fall in love with it.

The region he is in is the Principality of Sean.

The scientific name of the gold coins used by the Principality of Sean today is Sean gold coins, which is easy to understand.

The obverse of the Sean gold coin features the face of the founding Duke of Sean, and the reverse features a rooster with a proud and majestic look, so people privately call it "Cock-a-doodle-doo" or "Little Rooster".

"What a cute little rooster!" Gode couldn't help but sigh as he admired the exquisite rooster pattern on the back of Sean's gold coin.

It's not that he is greedy for money, he just simply likes chickens!

He defended himself in his heart.

After admiring the charming "little rooster" for dozens of seconds, Gao De picked up another silver coin.

The obverse of the silver coin of the Principality of Sean still features the face of the founding Grand Duke, but the reverse has been replaced with a trefoil, hence its name, the trefoil silver coin.

Gao De counted them carefully and found a total of 6 gold coins, 7 silver coins and 14 copper coins.

This is equivalent to the 6400 yuan he had before he traveled through time.

It doesn't look like a lot.

But you have to know that in this world, usually, the minimum living expenses for a family of five is only 57 gold coins a year, and this is assuming they need to pay rent.

If you have your own house, the annual living expenses can even be reduced to less than 45 gold coins.

It is absolutely incredible that an apprentice who was born a beggar could accumulate such a huge sum of money in such a high-pressure environment - after all, the apprentices did not receive any remuneration for working for Master Seda.

Gao De did not have any memory of the source of the money from his previous incarnation, but he now understood everything.

Whether it was the remaining two-tenths of an ounce of potion or the three small bottles of primary spider venom potion neatly placed in the wooden box, they all told the same truth.

——The predecessor was a gifted genius.

A genius in the field of potions.

With the unsystematic instruction, in less than a year, the standard formula for preparing primary spider venom potion could produce an extra half ounce of finished product.

In other words, for every four portions of primary spider poison potion prepared, one extra small bottle of primary spider poison potion belonging to Gaode will be obtained.

All of this is based on the predecessor's precise grasp of the material properties and the outstanding effects of the material magic, which is also the embodiment of the predecessor's talent, and Gaode has inherited all of this.

(End of this chapter)