Chapter 59: Alchemy Apprentice
Chapter 59: Alchemy Apprentice
That night, Hua Mi handed her 50g of gold powder as an advance payment.
After the greenhouse was completed, she would pay the remaining 100g.
An agreement was reached, and they both dispersed.
Curious, Hua Mi asked where she would be staying.
The answer was her own home.
She brought her house with her...
Well, that's reasonable.
As a special-grade architect, it's normal to carry a house wherever you go.
No, probably more than one house.
She mentioned providing construction materials, maybe even one or more warehouses...
"But why not stay closer to my place? Wouldn't that be more convenient?"
"The Feng Shui here is not good."
...
No more chat.
After seeing off the architect, Hua Mi packed up the Thunder Flower seeds and went home for a good night's sleep.
The next morning, upon waking up in the new world, she heard the sound of banging outside.
She went out to see.
Oh my goodness.
Alyss was already working on the site.
There were many stone and clay figures working around her.
It seemed she was mainly doing spellcasting, planning, and guiding, leaving the rough work to the stone and clay figures.
"The summoning of stone and clay figures is quite convenient."
This should be the most direct manifestation of exchanging magic for physical strength.
Too bad, as an Earthling who transmigrated, she didn't have a mana bar. No matter how high her spiritual power was, she couldn't learn this magic.
"But my bee swarm is not inferior to them."
It can split and merge.
Merging into a powerful force when combined.
Splitting for flexible individual combat.
Not inferior to these cumbersome stone figures at all.
Hua Mi went over to say hello.
But Alyss was very focused on her work, seemingly not in the mood for small talk.
Hua Mi felt bored and had to leave awkwardly.
Thinking today would be another plain and boring day, but around noon, three familiar faces arrived.
And all of them were old acquaintances.
That someone, that someone, and that someone.
Forgot their names.
But their appearances were remembered.
A beast-transformed person, a mage with many rings, and a lady with a cat-like demeanor.
He used the alchemical cauldron in the basement to exchange a concentration ring with them and the magic box.
The appearances of the beast-transformed person and the mage hadn't changed much; one was elegant, the other messy.
But the lady had changed quite a bit.
Her hair was tied in a ponytail, with a few strands loose, giving a somewhat messy appearance. She had visible dark circles under her eyes. She was wearing a simple, durable coarse cloth outfit.
The first time he saw her, she had a capable ranger style but was still delicate.
Now she seemed to have completely let herself go.
What had she been through?
Hillar came to the window, with two teammates standing behind her like bodyguards.
Hua Mi, dressed in a black robe with a hood, resembled a mysterious merchant from a bard's storytelling, selling various strange magical items.
Of course, Hua Mi had no strange magical items, only peculiar honey.
Hillar's gaze landed on the shelves.
All the remaining Moon Slumber Flower honey and some Feather Garment Flower honey were displayed there.
The two honeys had different colors and were easily distinguishable.
Hua Mi had also labeled the bottles.
"Are those red potions new products?"
She remembered seeing only orange-yellow last time.
Here for business.
Hua Mi's spirits lifted, but he maintained a calm exterior.
Last time, to maintain his high-profile image, he never spoke and instead controlled the bee swarm to form subtitles.
This time, he had a better plan. He let Little Orange translate for him through telepathy, "These are new products from the honey series, called 'Feather Garment Flower Honey,' with beauty and skincare effects."
Hearing about beauty and skincare, Hillar subconsciously touched her weary face.
Before she could say anything, the burly Col moved first.
He pushed Hillar aside, leaned against the window, and peered inside, "How effective is it?"
He, too, wanted to be beautiful.
Even without transformation, his appearance was always scaring people, and he was troubled by it.
Little Orange spoke, "Compared to the sleep-inducing effect of Moon Slumber Flower honey, it is equally effective... Depending on the person."
Col had experienced the sleep-inducing effect of Moon Slumber Flower honey. Not only did he sleep well, but his body also recovered most of its strength upon waking.
Although it didn't work as fast as recovery magic, it had no side effects or aftereffects, promoting gentle and effective sleep and recovery, emphasizing a natural harmony.
Col's eyes lit up, "How much does it cost..."
Before he could finish, Hillar pushed him aside.
Hillar's focus was on another aspect, "Is this new honey also free of side effects and toxins?"
Little Orange nodded, "That's right, no side effects, no toxins, and its value... is twice that of Moon Slumber Flower honey."
Actually, the Moon Slumber Flower honey was a gift from Hua Mi, so he didn't charge for it.
So, this was like asking them to assess the price.
Then, Hua Mi would reevaluate whether the price was reasonable.
The mage, seemingly wealthy with magical rings on his hands, came forward and laid out six shining gold coins on the window sill.
"Take a look, is this price suitable?"
Six gold coins.
Seemed reasonable.
Hua Mi only had six gold coins in total, including one mysterious purple gold coin.
Hua Mi controlled the bee swarm to lift a bottle of Feather Garment Flower honey onto the window sill.
Carter touched the bottle with a ring on his hand, sending it into his storage space.
Transaction completed, but Hillar sighed.
She began discussing business.
"I want to learn alchemy." She said to Hua Mi with a troubled expression, "But it feels like I'm always hovering outside the door, unable to touch the true core of alchemy."
So that's it.
Hua Mi understood why she seemed like a different person.
Turns out, she changed classes.
As the belt gradually widens, there is no regret. For her, she became haggard for the sake of her.
With a certain stubborn goal in mind, one would naturally ignore irrelevant aspects.
Just like him, sacrificing many unimportant things for the beekeeping industry.
Little Orange conveyed, "I don't want to discourage you, but alchemy requires talent."
In short, trying to send them away.
"She has talent." Carter couldn't help but speak for his companion, "In less than a month, without a formula, she figured out the refining method for the Feather Dart potion on her own, and the potion's effectiveness reached an intermediate level."
Saying that, he handed over a bottle of light green potion labeled "Feather Dart."
Hua Mi took the small bottle, showing no visible reaction on the surface but feeling somewhat shocked inside.
Even if he knew nothing about alchemy, he could imagine how difficult it was.
The difficulty was comparable to tasting a dish and deducing the recipe from it.
And not just the ingredients.
Factors like temperature, time, quantity, etc., couldn't go wrong.
Involving magical elements would
only make it more complicated.
Hua Mi pretended to shake the bottle and observed the color against the sunlight, opened the lid, and fanned the scent toward his nose, enduring the nauseating and pungent odor, nodded.
Little Orange translated on the side, "Not bad."
"In fact, it's thanks to your guidance." Hillar tidied her hair, saying somewhat embarrassed, "Those four words, equivalent exchange, left a deep impression on me. In the process of trying to learn alchemy, many difficulties can be easily solved by thinking with these four words."
...
No, just four words, and you can comprehend it to this extent?
What kind of god-level insight is this?
Hua Mi understood equivalent exchange as giving money for equivalent goods.
Dealing with micro-magic aspects, the complexity was incomparable.
This was a once-in-a-lifetime alchemical genius!
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