Chapter 550 Quantitative Potion Science (Part 2)
After establishing the master-disciple relationship, Leo imparted all his understanding and experience of the new system to Leni one by one without reservation.
In this kind of teaching, Leo's research on the new system actually made new breakthroughs:
While dealing with magic plants, Leni accidentally dropped the juice of moon moss into the reacting mixture and discovered its amazing catalytic effect.
The reaction that originally took ten minutes to complete ended in just thirty seconds, and the potion produced was more stable than usual.
Leni was keenly aware of the unusualness and reported it to Leo instead of treating it as an experimental accident.
The two experimented repeatedly and finally discovered that the juice of moonlight moss itself is stable in nature and does not contain obvious magic elements, but it can greatly promote the combination of [life magic elements] and [purity magic elements].
It can speed up the reaction but does not participate in the reaction itself.
They understood that there were some materials that were stable in nature but could greatly promote specific magic reactions.
They named this material a catalyst.
The catalyst allows magic elements to be combined quickly and stably without the need for the magician to expend mental energy to perform magic.
This discovery allowed them to see for the first time the possibility of completely skipping the "magicization" step, and it was also the key to mass production of potions: as long as the materials were prepared according to the proportions and the catalyst was added, anyone could make a qualified potion!
Research has ushered in an unprecedented turn of events.
They conducted in-depth exploration around "catalysts" and found a variety of catalysts suitable for different magic reactions. Unfortunately, it didn't last long. Just when they were preparing to sort out these results and improve the magic system, Leo came to the end of his life.
Before his death, he left Erwin's notes, his crude experimental tools, and a small amount of property to Leni.
He also entrusted his unfinished business and all his hopes to Leni, a peasant girl whose talent in his eyes far exceeded his own.
Compared to Leo getting the first version of Erwin's notes, Leo used his own wisdom and hard work to turn the blueprint into a preliminary construction plan and find key tools.
The second version of the notes he left was a new note that was a hundred times clearer than the previous one and pointed out the way forward.
After Leni inherited everything from Leo, she continued to research and improve her notes.
She possesses the wisdom of two generations, Erwin and Leo.
And she also has a mind that is not bound by traditional mage education and an ultimate pursuit of practicality and efficiency that originates from the land.
In just a few years, Leni quickly perfected and created this system.
First of all, she redefined the "magic unit".
Leo previously used "the weight of the reference object consumed" to measure the magic element, but Leni found that this method was too affected by the humidity and purity of the material and was not accurate enough.
Leni stipulates: The total amount of [thermal element] contained in 1 gram of pure red pepper powder dried at room temperature for 72 hours is 1 "
thermal element unit".
By analogy, she established a standard unit system for many basic magic elements, becoming the "weights and measures" of the new system and the cornerstone of the entire system.
Leni made precision measurement tools to elevate the experiment from rough to precise.
After completing these two steps, she used her perfect measurement system to systematically and in batches measure the precise magic composition of hundreds of common magic materials, and compiled a new map, which is the "magic map" of the new system.
These are the perfect parts of the new system.
When the basic theory is perfected and the materials are quantified, the rules will naturally emerge.
Leni's greatest contribution is that she captured these laws and proposed and created the "Magic Reaction Formula", which transformed the complex "step descriptions" in traditional potion recipes into concise "formula expressions".
For example, the recipe for a traditional primary healing potion is: "Take a magicized silver-leaf grass and grind it into powder, and add one ounce of boiled and concentrated juice of the magic Ningshen flower."
Under Leni’s new system, this complex process can be summarized by a simple magic reaction formula:
【Silver Leaf Grass Powder: Healing 20/Water 15】+【Ningshen Flower Juice: Net 10/Health 5】+【Pure Water: Water 99】--(Moonlight Moss Extract)-->[Weak Healing Potion: Compound Healing-Jing 30/Carrier Water 114]+[Residue: Raw 5]
The magic element reaction formula reveals several revolutionary facts:
First, the reaction is quantitative, also known as the law of conservation of magic element.
That is, before and after the reaction formula, the total amount of all magic elements remains unchanged and will not disappear or decrease out of thin air. A part of them forms a new whole, and the excess magic elements settle as residue.
Second, the key role of catalysts.
If there is no catalyst, the magic reaction will be slow and incomplete.
Although the catalyst hardly participates in the reaction, its presence increases the reaction rate thousands of times.
Third, the nature of traditional demonization.
The mage consumes spiritual power to transform materials, which actually acts as a "temporary catalyst" at the microscopic level. However, this catalyst is unstable and the effect varies from person to person.
More importantly, the emergence of the magic reaction formula represents that this new system has officially taken shape, moving from "theory" to "practical application."
After sorting out all the norms and rules, Leni decided to conduct a practical operation.
She prepared materials and catalysts according to the reaction formula, and measured and mixed them with precision tools she made.
In less than a minute, a clear bottle of healing potion was completed.
When Leni held the bottle of healing potion she made by herself, she clearly realized that her new system had subversive advantages over traditional potions.
The first and most core advantage is mass production capability.
In traditional potion science, potion production relies entirely on the personal ability of the potion master.
From the magicization of materials to the preparation process, every step requires the full concentration of the potion master. Being able to prepare twenty bottles in a day is already at the top level, and a slight distraction in the middle may lead to complete failure.
· Leni's new system completely breaks this "personal dependence" and turns potion making into a "standardized process"
· Just like a farmer in the countryside making wine, you only need to prepare a large enough container.
Then, according to the ratio of the magic element reaction formula, add a certain amount of silver leaf grass powder, Ningshen flower juice, pure water and moonlight moss extract.
Without manual intervention, the magic elements in the container will automatically combine under the action of a catalyst, and hundreds of bottles of healing potions or even more can be mass-produced in a short period of time.
The second advantage is the extremely low price.
Traditional potions are expensive. In addition to the cost of the material itself, it also includes the "potion master labor cost" and "failure loss cost".
Normally, for every two successful bottles of a potion prepared by a potion master, one bottle may fail, and the material cost of failure will also be passed on to the price of the finished product.
The new system reduces costs to the extreme through triple compression:
The magic reaction formula is accurate to the "gram". If you use 20 grams of silver leaf grass powder, you will never waste 1 gram more. If you add 10 ml of Ningshen flower juice, you will not waste 0.5 ml. Every ingredient can be accurately converted into magic potion ingredients without any waste.
The material utilization rate of a traditional potion master's preparation of a potion is about 60%, and may be as high as 70% or 80%, while the new system can reach more than 98%.
In addition, there is no need for a potion master to participate in the whole process, and only civilians with simple training can operate it.
What's more important is that when making magic potion according to the magic element reaction formula, as long as there are no problems with the materials, the purity is up to standard, and there are no major changes in the environment, there is almost no possibility of failure.
The combination of these three layers makes the cost of preparing a bottle of healing potion under the new system only one-twentieth of that of the traditional method, or even lower.
The third advantage is the absolute stability of quality control.
The quality of traditional potions depends entirely on the status of the potion master.
The potion made by the same person and the same formula in the morning may be more effective, but may be less effective in the afternoon due to mental fatigue. Even the same potion prepared by different potions may have significantly different effects.
Under the new system, the efficacy of each bottle of potion is exactly the same.
This kind of stability is crucial for scenes that require large-scale use of potions.
Finally, it is simple and easy to pass on.
The core of the new system lies in the derivation of the magic element reaction formula.
As long as someone deduces the magic reaction formula, even a farmer who has never been exposed to potion science before can quickly start making the corresponding magic potion according to the magic reaction formula after simple training.
But Leni also soon discovered that this new system was not perfect, but had “disadvantages” that were difficult to avoid.
These drawbacks are like thresholds, limiting its scope of application, making it impossible to replace traditional potion science, and can only be said to subdivide a new application field.
The biggest and most fatal drawback is the weakening of the efficacy of the medicine.
When traditional potion masters prepare potions, they use "precision magicization" to stimulate the magical potential hidden in the materials.
For example, the "healing element" in silver leaf grass can release 100% effectiveness under the guidance of the magic of the potion master:
The new system relies on catalysts to promote the combination of magic elements and cannot stimulate the potential of the material. It can only use the basic effectiveness of magic elements. Through comparative testing, Leni found that the healing potions produced by the new system are only 30 to 40 percent less effective than traditional healing potions and can only be treated. It cannot deal with minor injuries such as cuts and bruises, but cannot deal with serious injuries such as fractures and deep burns;
It is even more impossible to prepare high-quality magic potions such as "Powerful Healing Potion" and "Extreme Recovery Potion" through personal techniques like a potion master.
This is also the reason why she put the word "weak effect" in front of the potion.
In addition, because this new system cannot handle extremely complex and unstable high-level magic elements, it is also difficult to create high-level magic potions.
The last drawback is that this new system relies heavily on the completeness of the magic map.
The core of the new system is the "magic element reaction formula", and the derivation of the reaction formula must be based on the "known material magic element composition".
If the information of a certain material is missing from the magic element map, it is impossible to deduce the reaction formula containing that material.
Leni's magic map currently only records the magic composition of hundreds of common materials, and most of them are basic magic.
For special or high-level materials, she has no way to obtain samples, nor can she measure their magic properties.
This results in the inability to derive many potential potion reaction formulas.
So far, she has successfully deduced only two magic element reaction formulas: one is a weak healing potion, and the other is a weak physical recovery potion.
Even so, Leni still has full confidence in the system.
It may not be able to replace the role and status of traditional potions in the field of "high-level potions", but its own advantages are also incomparable to traditional potions.
Leni named this new system "Quantitative Potions", which is different from traditional potions.
After mentor Leo passed away, Leni stayed in Acorn Village for another two years.
Until that winter, my father contracted a cold and died.
With no relatives left, Leni simply left Acorn Village and came to Camond City.
As a young mage, even if he is just a mage apprentice, he cannot stay in a small village for the rest of his life. He must move to a larger world.
In Camond City, Leni rented a small loft in a civilian area and began to try to sell weak healing potions made through quantitative potion science.
Its potency is only one-third of the traditional healing potion, but Laini priced it at one-fifteenth of the traditional healing potion.
For mages, weak healing potions are too low-quality, impractical, and cannot meet their needs.
But for civilians, traditional healing potions are over-effective in most cases, but because there are no better substitutes, they can only bite the bullet and buy them.
They do not need powerful potions that can treat serious injuries, but only "affordable medicines" that can quickly stop bleeding and relieve pain.
And Leni's weak healing potion hit their needs exactly.
So, without Leni even expecting it, her weak healing potion quickly occupied the civilian market in Camond City.
With the increase in income, Leni was finally able to purchase the resources needed for cultivation.
She purchased "Charging Potion" and "Spiritual Grass Juice". Regardless of the cost of local resources and a little luck, Leni was successfully promoted to a first-level mage.
This is something she has never dared to think about.
Quantitative potion science began to change her destiny.
The rise of Keleni has touched the interests of the three major potion stores in Camond City.
These three pharmacies have a monopoly on the potion market in Camond City, especially healing potions, accounting for almost 90% of the market share.
After the launch of Leni’s weak healing potion, they lost a lot of civilian customers and their revenue plummeted by 50%.
Soon the three major potion stores reached a consensus: Leni must disappear.
Their crackdown came fast and hard.
The first is "public opinion slander". Apprentices from the three major pharmacies spread rumors in the streets and alleys, saying that Leni's potion was "poisoned water made from inferior materials" and that using it would "leave sequelae".
Then they used even more despicable methods. They bribed the city guards to seal off her shop, confiscated her potions and tools, and wanted to put her in a prison cell.
Fortunately, Leni received the news in advance and escaped from the city of Cammond. She wanted to start over in a different place, but found that she had been completely banned by the Potion Master Association of the Principality of Falore. There were even many people secretly tracking her, either wanting to capture him alive or wanting to kill him.
The reason is also very simple: if her method spreads, more than half of the potion masters in the Principality of Falore will be "unemployed."
Leni's quantitative potion science is a "forbidden art" to them.
This group of people naturally want Leni to die immediately.
But there are also some "nobles" who take a fancy to Leni's quantitative potion science and want to master this method to make money.
In this case, Leni found that although the Principality of Falore was large, there was no place for her.
In desperation, she fled to the City of Black Sails.
Here, Leni wanted to continue making a living by making weak healing potions, but found that the customers here were completely different from those in Camond City.
Most of the residents of Black Sail City are mages or desperadoes. What they need is powerful potions that can save their lives, and they have no interest in "weak" potions.
Leni's business plummeted, and sometimes she couldn't sell a bottle of potion for several days.
Hunting for survival every day, she has no energy to continue studying quantitative potions.
Just when she was about to despair, Sarah's talent introduction plan came to her.
Leni didn't hesitate much, she nodded and boarded the cargo ship heading to the north.
After Leni finished everything, Gothe and Sunaifa were silent for a moment.
"The ancients have never deceived me!" Finally, Gao De broke the silence, his tone was unexpectedly calm.
"Huh?" Sunaifa didn't quite understand.
"One hundred consecutive draws, and SSR will come out." Gothe answered something that made Sunaifa completely confused.