Chapter 292: I'll Call You Senior from Now On! Senior Little Han!
“No stock… then can you take a custom order, Senior? I can wait a few days.”
I asked, “After all, you’re running a business, you can’t refuse a custor’s request, right?”
“Of course I naturally won’t refuse such a reasonable request from a first-year girl. But how much do you want to buy? After all, this kind of thing is generally a luxury item, it’s quite expensive.”
“Hmm… then how expensive is this incense?”
I asked tentatively.
Senior Gong Xihuanhin had repeatedly emphasized that it was quite expensive, a luxury.
I was already ntally prepared.
Since it was a recipe she wasn’t planning on sharing, it was understandable that it would be a bit pricey.
As long as a single portion didn’t cost several Arcanite Gold coins, I could probably accept it.
If it was a little expensive, I would buy so to try.
If it was worth the price, I would co back to buy a large quantity.
“Hmm… roughly… the unit price, considering the cost of materials plus labor… rounding it up, it’s about one Red Copper Coin. And I only accept Red Copper Coins for the transaction. If you buy a larger quantity, I can round off so of the change for you.”
“How much? Just one… Red Copper Coin?”
My eyes widened in disbelief.
Had the prices of things I had been dealing with lately been too high?
However, if I bought a large quantity, it would indeed not be cheap.
“Of course. After all, it involves so raw materials that need to be purchased with Red Copper Coins, so the threshold is slightly higher.”
“Alright! I'll buy a month's worth to try first.”
Since the senior said the best ti to use it was within a month, I would try it first.
Even if I bought a month's worth, the cost wouldn't be too high.
Perhaps this was the confidence of being a little rich woman…
But the costs of living and studying were still sowhat beyond my expectations.
I really should think of a way to earn so money.
As for the part-ti job at the bakery… honestly, working there all day didn’t earn much.
Perhaps my previous way of thinking was really wrong.
Only when you were short on money could you truly feel how important it was.
But I still had to buy the effective incense.
Save where I should save, and spend where I should spend.
If the money was used in the right places, it was just another way of having the money by my side.
“Buying a month's worth?”
Gong Xihuanhin was also a little surprised.
This amount wasn’t much for a regular shop with a lot of foot traffic, but it was different for her.
However, she hadn’t reached the point of being obsessed with money.
“Yes, is that okay? How long will it take? Do I need to pay a deposit or sothing?”
“It will take so preparation ti, a few days. A deposit is naturally required, although I don't think a first-year girl like you would run off.”
“I'm not that kind of person without integrity. How about we sign a transaction contract directly? It's safer. I'll pay in one go, and the goods… can you deliver them to my residence?”
“Is that so? That’s not impossible. In that case, I'll draft the contract first.”
After busying myself for a while and paying off the bill, I left with a few portions of incense for the next few days and a bottle of aromatherapy recomnded by Senior Gong Xihuanhin.
Sitting in the vehicle again, I was also thinking about alchemy.
Incense was also a product of alchemy… So compared to buying from others, I preferred to use things I had prepared myself.
After all, I felt more at ease using what I had made.
Today I was going to try making a wound healing potion with Betty.
If it succeeded, I would ask her if she had any good incense recipes.
If she was also interested, I could borrow her things to practice.
When I arrived at the teaching area, according to the location Betty had sent , it should be here.
There seed to be a little while before the agreed ti, so I started reading to pass the ti.
I also took the opportunity to familiarize myself with the thods needed to refine alchemical potions at the last mont.
After all, the most important thod in alchemy, the "transmutation" ritual, was also divided into many types.
So required runes to outline a specific transmutation formation, while others required chanting, incantations, and so on.
Chanting and incantations were also manifestations of rune effects, a way of expressing runes through sound.
In fact, runes did not have corresponding pronunciations, only linguistic descriptions.
Chanting was a trial-and-error process of constantly resonating with the rune ritual through sound, and it was a convenient thod summarized for utilizing rune rituals.
After waiting for a while, a few minutes past the agreed ti, I finally saw a hurried figure get off at a nearby bus stop.
It was Betty, the "genius" of theoretical practice from the library.
After she got off, her eyes scanned around, and as if relieved, she walked straight towards .
When she got very close to , her gaze only briefly swept over .
I realized she hadn't recognized .
“Betty”
So I spoke first.
“Hmm?”
Suddenly being called out by a stranger, she subconsciously beca guarded and looked at , “Who, who are you?”
“It’s Yue. Didn’t you know I’m Yang Yuehan? You don’t recognize just because I changed my clothes?”
I snapped my fingers, changing into my white-haired appearance in front of her and then changing back.
“Hmm? Eh! Little Yue!”
Betty finally reacted.
“Call Little Han. That's what everyone else usually calls ,” I corrected her.
“Alright, alright, Little Han. Sorry, sorry… for making you wait. You ca so early, right? I'm usually not this proactive even when my ntor has a task for …”
“That ans your lifestyle is very leisurely. My biological clock hasn't adjusted yet, so I was a bit presumptuous.”
“Anyway, since you're here, let's go. I'll take you to my ntor's laboratory. But Little Han, I feel like you've changed a lot. Do you feel there's no need to disguise yourself anymore?”
“Yes, indeed.”
I nodded.
Although I probably knew the disguise she was referring to was the identity of "Yue," I was also referring to the disguise I had been wearing all along.
Following Betty upstairs to a proper laboratory, compared to this one, my 8401 felt more like a converted classroom.
“Here this is my ntor's laboratory. Be careful, don't touch those precision instrunts, or my ntor might beat up.”
“Don’t worry, I understand.”
I nodded in understanding.
“That's good. Anyway, even if you break those glass products, don't touch the things that look complicated. Co follow here. This is a space my ntor specifically cleared out for . It’s not big, but those instrunts are deliberately placed far away from here. Let's start here.”
Betty led to another area.
Here, you could see with the naked eye that the quality of the things had dropped by more than a level.
It really looked like the difference between a ntor and a student.
“Uh… I bought these myself. I ruined the set my teacher prepared for . Glass is too fragile, and it cracks with just a little vibration. I feel like I'm going to crack along with it.”
“And so of the test tubes and glassware got stained by my finished products and couldn't be washed off. In short, alchemy is really troubleso.”
“Mm.”
I nodded along.
Just listening to it gave a headache.
“By the way, can’t the Cleaning Spell wash it off?”
“It can't be washed off. Even scratching with my nails won't work.”
Betty ca to the counter, picked up a beaker that seed to have been left in a corner, and handed it to .
“Look, I missed one. You can try.”
“What did you do?”
A strange smile appeared on my face, but I still took it.
I could feel the fluctuations of transcendent power in the residue on this beaker.
However, after I used the Cleaning Spell, the dirt indeed did not co off.
The Cleaning Spell could clean most stains and dirt, but it was obvious that its effect couldn't clean stains contaminated with transcendent power.
This required a more refined thod to destroy the stability of the transcendent power within the stain.
But on second thought, for Senior Betty to be able to create a stain that even the Cleaning Spell couldn't remove, she was also a talent!
“How is it? Can't clean it, right?”
Betty took the beaker, shattered it with a spell, and threw it into the trash can.
“Indeed, it can’t be cleaned. I feel like you could cooperate with a dye manufacturer. A powerful dye that even the Cleaning Spell can’t remove would probably sell well.”
“Alright stop teasing … Oh! Aahhh! I forgot again!”
Just as Betty wanted to drop the subject, she let out a scream that almost scared .
“What’s wrong?”
I looked at Betty with so confusion, but she had already dashed to the laboratory door.
“I forgot to do the dust-free treatnt again… If my ntor sees this, I’ll get a flick on the forehead again…”
“Dust-free… oh.”
I nodded.
Was it sothing like a sterile room?
To clean the dust and prevent various minute environntal factors from affecting the experint.
That transcendent witch was really rigorous.
Even for alchemy, where the precision was on the level of transcendent power, ordinary dust and dirt couldn’t cause much interference.
“Here Little Han, wear this. It can generate a dust-removing spell effect. I'll quickly dust the area where we walked. I hope my ntor doesn't find out…”
“Okay.”
I took the thing Betty threw at .
It was sothing like a bracer.
Seeing the runes inside and the operation of the transcendent energy, this should be an alchemical item that attached a very common spell.
Looking at the wear and tear, it should have been used many tis.
I put it on my hand, fumbled with it for a while, and then successfully used it.
After all, this was an alchemical item with a diocre effect, at most a little more complicated than a lesser spellbook.
Once I understood the general structure, I roughly knew how to use it.
I even had the illusion that I could modify it, but it wasn't a spellbook.
I might need to master so special techniques to modify it.
No, once I mastered this technique, I felt like I could directly create this kind of simple alchemical item.
“Phew alright, I hope my ntor can pretend she didn't see it. My ntor hasn't hit for three days. She shouldn't hit for such a small thing…”
At this mont, Betty walked towards with a sigh.
It seed she had finished cleaning up.
“Is your ntor that strict?”
I couldn’t help but ask, seeing Betty like this.
“Otherwise, do you think I want to run to the library? If I don’t stay there, I don’t have any legitimate reason to leave this ntor of mine… ahem, but my ntor is a good person. It’s just that I can’t quite keep up with her ideas. Maybe it’s because I’m personally quite dull? I have a few senior sisters, and my ntor likes them very much.”
“Oh well, let's not talk about this. Let's get straight to the point. I’ll go find the recipe first, and I’ll forward it to you.”
“Mm.”
I nodded and opened my phone.
I wasn't waiting for Betty to send the recipe, but was opening the online library on my phone to search for information, to see if there was any information or literature related to the flesh and blood healing potion.
After I finished searching, a huge pile of search results and page numbers made my eyelids twitch.
The recipe Betty said she got looked a bit "cheap."
There were so many materials and many different versions of the flesh and blood healing potion’s extended potions.
So even had detailed steps and principle analysis.
I had just glanced at it and hadn’t looked carefully when Betty sent over a docunt.
After opening it, the content was very simple: potion na, required materials, techniques, transmutation ritual, steps… a world of difference from the content I found in the library.
“Wait, Betty, this recipe of yours… is this all there is?”
“Indeed, this is all there is. My ntor sent it to and told I could try it. She said my current knowledge reserve should be enough… probably…”
At this mont, Betty also seed a little unconfident.
“By the way, have you searched for related information in the library? About the flesh and blood healing potion.”
I looked at this simple potion recipe.
If one had to figure it out on their own, how many materials would be wasted?
“Huh? The library collects these things? I never really paid attention. For this recipe, I even specifically asked one of my senior sisters about the specific operational details and the transmutation ritual needed.”
“I think you need to go to the library and look at the professional ones,” I said with a serious face.
“This… I have to make another trip 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 flying license test either? I didn't care about it in the first two years, and when I started to take it seriously, I didn't have ti to take the test… I even failed it once and paid the money for nothing. I think taking the bus is… quite good…”
When it ca to taking the flying license test, Betty seed to get a headache.
“And I have a fear of heights. I failed during the high-altitude flight…”
“Alright, but can’t you log into the library on your phone? Won’t you try it?”
“Wait… can you do it on your phone? Um… excuse , is it free to read books on your phone?”
“How could it be free? You definitely have to pay to read the full text. Wait, you didn’t know?”
“Uh… I really didn’t know. I’m sorry, boohoohoo I’ve brought sha to the title of senior sister! I'll call you senior sister from now on! Senior Sister Little Han!”
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