It's weird to apply for Witch Academy as a boy

"That's really all I have. My instructor sent it to me and told me to give it a try. He said that with my current knowledge base, I should be able to... probably..." Betty was starting to feel a little unconfident at this moment.

"By the way, have you searched for relevant information in the library? About flesh and blood healing potions." I looked at this simple potion formula. How much materials would be wasted if I were to figure it out by myself?

"Ah? Does the library still include these? I never really paid attention to it. I even consulted one of my senior sisters about the specific operating details and the refining ritual required for this formula."

"I think you need to go to the library to look up some professional stuff." I said seriously.

"This... I still have to go to the library... It's so far..."

"Ride a flying broom. It's not far from the teaching area to the library."

"I... I haven't taken the pilot's license test either? I didn't care about it in the past two years. When I started to take it seriously, I didn't have time to take the test... I failed once, and I paid for nothing. I think taking the bus is... fine..." When Betty mentioned taking the pilot's license test, she felt a headache. "And I'm a little afraid of heights. I failed when I was flying at a high altitude..."

"Okay, so your phone is different so you can log into the library? Why don't you try it?"

"Wait... can I use my cell phone as well? Um... can I read books on my cell phone for free?"

"How can it be free? You have to pay to read the whole article. Wait, you don't know that, do you?"

"Um... I really don't know. Sorry, wuwuwu~ I have brought shame upon myself as a senior! From now on, I will call you senior! Senior Xiaohan!"

Chapter 293 Wound Healing Alchemy Potion

"Okay! Be serious!"

After giving Betty a good spruce up, she retracted her previous expression.

It seems that the seniors at the Witch Academy are under a lot of pressure in their studies. Many of them may have reached the age where they are called seniors by others, but there are still many things they don’t know.

However, this situation is very normal. The mobile phone issued by the college has too many functions within the college system. It can be said that most of the software on the phone are related to this, and even the college system icon cannot be deleted.

After all, even I know that there are a lot of functions in it that I haven't fully understood. For example, if it weren't for Sister Bai, I wouldn't know that I could take courses here, that is, courses like my alchemy course and rune course that require extra payment. Although it costs money, it is also a channel to learn and acquire knowledge.

"That's great... I can just read on my phone instead of going all the way there... But if my tutor finds out, I won't have any excuse to tell her I'm going to the library!"

Betty sighed as she looked at the online library that had just opened on her phone, and then she reacted.

"Think about it brightly. With this, you can directly look for the detailed steps of the potion, so you don't have to spend a lot of money buying materials and trying and making mistakes. This will save you a lot of money." I couldn't bear to watch it anymore, so I spoke to comfort him.

“That being said…never mind, let’s start trying this potion formula.”

"Ah."

I nodded. During the time Betty was dawdling, I had already written down the process of making the wound healing potion. Now I was looking at the second copy which had detailed explanations of the principles behind each step.

"By the way, Betty, where do you get the materials? Or are you already prepared?" I put down the documents in my hand and looked up at Betty. I didn't see any materials here, and there didn't seem to be a place to store those materials.

However...if Betty didn't buy the materials, I would strongly suggest that she buy some already processed materials.

After all, alchemical potions are not about pursuing fresher raw materials, but about better effects. Therefore, many pharmacists who pursue efficiency use "prefabricated products" as the starting point for making potions. The raw materials have undergone rough processing. This method saves a lot of time and the price is not much higher than the raw materials.

But for those of us who are new to alchemy, this kind of thing is not necessarily necessary. After all, what we need to practice is our own skills and way of thinking, not just speed.

Perhaps this is the reason why mentor Betty gave her this simple recipe, hoping that she could explore it on her own and practice more.

"Well... I remembered it yesterday and bought it. I bought several copies because I was a little short of money. I bought about... six copies. Well... we should not waste it."

"Six portions? It doesn't seem like much." I nodded. It does take a lot of time to make six portions separately, but a lot of time is actually spent on processing the materials.

There are many things that you can't just use without processing. Since alchemical potions are independent of ordinary medicinal products, they naturally have extraordinary properties.

If general medicines rely on chemical reactions, extractions, and other means, then alchemical potions rely on refining techniques.

Betty also took out a bunch of materials from her storage equipment, most of which were packaged in a special way. After taking them all out, Betty thoughtfully divided them into six portions.

"Why don't we not be so clear about the division? After all, we are trying to cooperate. What's the difference between this and doing our own thing?"

“It seems so…”

Betty followed my advice and nodded, and started her first alchemy attempt with me.

However, because it was our first time and we were not skilled at all, we made a lot of mistakes. We stumbled along the way until the end before we were able to set up the necessary alchemy array.

When processing some materials, spells are also needed to coordinate.

Finally, after going through so much trouble and wasting more than a cent of materials, we finally got a complete set of "prefabricated" auxiliary materials and main ingredients.

"Finally we've reached this step. We've wasted so much time... Why is it so difficult... The next step is the final fusion and refining ceremony, right?"

"Ah."

I nodded as I compared the information flow in the materials, but my eyes were still constantly checking these semi-finished products. The so-called purity in the materials does not simply refer to the impurities in the materials, but refers to the purity of the specific extraordinary energy contained in these materials after they are refined.

However, before filtering, the purity and impurity content are proportional to a certain extent in the data, so before filtering, the impurity content is indeed the most convenient and visible method to distinguish the purity.

The subsequent filtration is to remove unnecessary impurities, but it does not mean that the extraordinary purity of the liquid will increase after filtration. That is a self-deception, and it is also the most serious problem of "fake purity" in prefabricated materials at this stage.

Therefore, most alchemy masters or potion masters disdain to buy these pre-made products, and it is safest to make them by themselves.

The material we have produced at this moment obviously has a huge gap. Although it seems that there are no impurities after filtering, my spiritual vision can clearly distinguish the purity of the extraordinary energy. The complexity and conflict of that energy may not be visible to Betty, but to me it is "visible to the naked eye."

But even my portion was not very pure. After all, it was my first time, so I was inevitably unfamiliar with it.

I witnessed Betty explode a beaker. I now understand why Betty has so many accidents during experiments. Because she can't see, her clairvoyance gives me the perspective to stop losses in time, so I can basically recover from any mistakes I've made.

All that needs to happen next is to mix them together in the given order.

"Um...Xiao Han, how about you go first this time? I feel like you're better at alchemy than I am."

"This task was assigned to you by your instructor, and you also bought the materials, so you should go first." I said.

Of course, this is not me being modest, although there is some element of that, but I am more concerned about the data on the final fusion part in the materials. I need to observe the specific phenomena before I can match the correct process.

If I do it myself, I may not be able to compare the data so smoothly.

"Okay then, I'll start right away." Betty Yin listened to me and didn't push it anymore. She started right away, and I watched the progress of this step very carefully from the side.

"Well... first, heat the base liquid... to this temperature and continue..." Betty was also concentrating on the operation at this moment. The last step required to be completed in one go, and she couldn't do it one step at a time, so Betty needed to memorize all the steps completely.

I used my spiritual vision to directly observe the underlying principles of these data, such as why the temperature was this high, why it was maintained for such a long time, and how it related to the concentration of the base liquid, the purity of the extraordinary energy, and how much it was…

I quickly recorded this information on my memory bookshelf, which is a more convenient method than handwritten notes.

Some data is so fleeting that if you are distracted to record it, you might miss it the next moment.

The potion was mixed bit by bit in Betty's hands, and I collected a lot of data.

Until Betty made a mistake, and she didn't seem to notice.

I didn't remind him either. This was the result of comprehensive consideration. We don't have much material now, so naturally we need many experiments to collect enough information. If I interrupted him, it would undoubtedly interrupt the attempt directly. Even if there was a mistake this time, at least we can know how big a flaw this mistake will cause to the overall situation.

But when Betty got to the last step, I realized that I seemed to be wrong, and it could no longer be described as a "flaw".

At that moment, I felt the conflict of energy within the unfinished potion. This omen at the energy level was more direct than what could be seen with the naked eye.

When the potion showed the strange phenomenon of vibrating without shaking, it was too late for Betty to throw away what she had in her hand.

Bang-!

"what!"

A muffled sound accompanied by the sound of broken glass echoed in the laboratory, followed by Betty's shrill scream.

But fortunately, a reverse shield covered Betty's hand holding the potion bottle, as well as the shattered glass fragments and potion.

Otherwise, this explosion might have affected too large an area.

"Uh... Huh~ Huh~" Betty, who was still a little frightened at the moment, gasped. Only when she saw the shield in front of her wrapped around her body did she completely breathe a sigh of relief.

At the moment of the explosion, she knew that she seemed to be in trouble. Even if the explosion was not powerful, the waste liquid might directly contaminate the instruments. If her tutor knew about this, she would really be beaten to a pulp!

"Thank...thank God...no! Thank you, Xiaohan, your reaction is too fast, isn't it?"

"Nothing, I'm just observing from the side. Naturally, I need to take care of some other things. Are your hands okay?" I looked at Betty's hands at this moment. They were stained with waste liquid and glass shards. It seemed that the power of the explosion was not small. Blood flowed down the wound, but I didn't see Betty crying due to the pain.

"My... my hand... hiss... it hurts... it hurts so much! I'm dying..."

Looking at Betty's drastic reaction, I thought, well... I overestimated her. It turns out her reaction time was too long.

"Let me treat you." I said to her with a sigh.

"Xiao Han, you also have healing spells? Oh... I remember now... Indeed, thank you Xiao Han, you are so kind."

"Just a little thing."

She stretched out her hand and released a flesh-healing spell, which removed the waste fluid from her wound and the glass shards also fell off. The healing process was indeed very difficult to endure, as the pain from the wound and the regeneration of the limb nerves would cause extreme itching. The combination of pain and itching was the most torturous, and she couldn't scratch with her hands.

The process finally ended after Betty screamed.

"Hiss... This treatment process is so painful..."

"Let's sort it out for a while. We'll review what happened later. I roughly know the reason." I said.

However, Betty's accident just now also made me understand one thing, that is, alchemy is different from biochemistry. Even if it is just preparing a potion, even if there is no drastic conflict in the chemical properties, it can still explode, just like what happened just now. It was a conflict at the level of extraordinary energy, and the potion only acted as an accomplice of the explosive force.

At this moment, I watched the power of the waste liquid erupting due to the conflict of extraordinary energy. At this moment, the movement of particles was accelerated, that is, the temperature increased. The boiling waste liquid was still bubbling and emitting a burst of water vapor.

"Hey? Do you already know the reason? You were just watching, how can you be so powerful?!"

"It's just that the perspective of an outsider is clearer."

I sorted out the information just now. It is all in the memory bookshelf, but I want to show it in front of Betty, so naturally I need to organize the corresponding information.

"But it's still incredible." Betty sighed as she cleaned up the mess. She didn't expect to have such a bad start, which naturally hit Betty's self-confidence.

But I think it’s okay. After all, it’s just a failure. If you cannot get the key to success from failure, then this failure is a real failure.

When everything was sorted out, I was almost done.

"Well, now, let me summarize what I just said." I opened the geomagnetic system here. This kind of thing is already standard in the laboratory, so I naturally know how to operate it.

Then I took out the pair of glasses that Teacher Ji Niang gave me, the ones that relieve eye fatigue. I felt that wearing the glasses would make me feel better when teaching and explaining.

At this time, Betty was also watching very seriously, because she was sure that she had followed the steps just now, and even she herself felt a little confused as to why the explosion occurred.

"The experiment just now was recorded and replayed through the ground vein system. There was basically no problem in the first part. We moved forward when we reached the explosion. This is the problem."

"Huh? At this time? Shouldn't the potion be fused well at this time?"

"Indeed, everything looks normal from the outside." I watched the video. Unfortunately, it was just a video. Just now, I saw that at this moment, the extraordinary energy in the potion began to conflict.

"Look at the temperature detector next to you. Is it obviously rising? At this stage, there is actually no need to look at the temperature that is deliberately maintained, so you ignored this abnormality. The temperature rose abnormally, but the liquid did not react obviously. This can only be a conflict at the energy level. If this abnormality had been discovered at the time, adding this might have saved it, but the two of us were inexperienced and did not react..."

After the explanation, Betty immediately regained her confidence and wanted to try again.

I naturally wouldn't miss Betty's volunteering, and I found that my observations might be more useful than practice.

After the second attempt, Betty finally tasted success.

At this moment, Betty was so excited looking at the tube of clear liquid in her hand, as if words could not express her joy.

I stood aside and silently recorded everything that happened just now. After all, this was just a wound healing potion.

But even now, I still have doubts about the potion prepared by Betty, so I still made a suggestion tactfully.

"Why don't we find something to try it on first? Like a lab mouse or something."

"That's true. I remember that my instructor has a breeding pod specifically for breeding mice! I'll go borrow a few!"

"and this?"

I watched Betty run out in a rage. It seemed that even now after all the joy of success, she still hadn't calmed down. I felt sorry for her mentor. He was such a spendthrift...

Or does the mentor only appear strict and hit people, but is actually doting on Betty?

Otherwise, Betty would not have squandered her mentor's family fortune like this. Without her mentor's doting and indulgence, how could she dare to do this?

Of course, the main reason is that I am also very curious about the effect of this potion. I used clairvoyance to see that something really felt wrong, but I had no evidence.

Let's talk about facts. Instead of asking me to question Betty, it's better to let Betty prove it herself whether there is something wrong with her.

Of course, if there are no problems, everyone is happy.

Chapter 294 Betty and her beloved mentor

Not long after, Betty came back here again, but compared to before, she now had two more little white mice in her hands.

"Wait, you just came here carrying it in your hands?" I asked with a frown.

"Oh, don't worry about the details. I'm just afraid of being discovered."