Perhaps just like the universities she knew, Mage Association’s daily operating funds also came from the funding of the ones on top.
After Anna looked at the structure of the pharmacy room, she quickly put away her thoughts and watched Leon give her a demonstration.
What Leon was preparing now was a medicine called “Goddess’s Breath”. The name of this medicine seemed really powerful, but it was actually a common cold medicine.
When young Evan was sick before, Gaea had found a doctor and bought medicine. The medicine she bought was already very expensive in the eyes of ordinary people, but the effect could not be guaranteed. The effects of the medicine made by mages were naturally much better than that of the doctor. It was just that there was no Mage Association in Blue Rock City, and there were basically no potions with a long shelf life on the market.
And here in Black Cloud City, because of the existence of the Mage Association, you could occasionally see potions on the market. Some mages relied on medicines to make money. They targeted nobles who did not have mages at home. They sold medicine for ten to twenty gold coins each, and they could casually make money this way.
“Goddess’s breath” required thirteen kinds of raw materials. Although there were many raw materials required, they were all commonly found plants, and all the required raw materials were always available in the pharmacy room.
Anna watched Leon put all the extracts of the processed raw materials one by one in his hand. He looked at Anna and said: “To prepare a potion with a certain formula, the most important thing is the type and order of the raw materials. The quantity, most of the time, doesn’t matter.”
Anna nodded. Of course, the book “Potions 101” clearly stated the formula and preparation process of a simple potion like “Goddess’ Breath”. “Goddess’ Breath” could be refined with any of the natural elements, and it was considered a regularly prepared medicine for mages, especially the mages who had no affinity for the light element; a glass of the medicine was often prepared for any headache or fever.
The effectiveness of the potion was lost very quickly, and the validity period would not exceed two days. Therefore, if there was no Mage Association in the local area, civilians with little money couldn’t count on such a good thing.
“Preparing a potion requires multitasking ability. You have to use your mental power to control the spell circuit while adding ingredients at the right time.” Leon said while demonstrating to Anna. His palm was volleyed against the edge of the beaker. A blue light flickered in the palm of the hand, which enveloped the beaker like a gentle hand.
“When you feel that the former ingredient has ‘melted’ into the natural elements, you can add the next one.” Leon said, adding the second ingredient extract.
The spell circuit required to prepare a potion was very simple; what was important was the subtle manipulation of natural elements using mental power. If you couldn’t add the following raw material when the previous raw materials just melted, it would have a certain impact on the efficacy of the potion. This was where the mage’s level was reflected.
It took Leon about ten minutes to finish preparing the potion, and a cup of hot “Goddess’ Breath” came out of the pot.
However, considering that the preparation of the raw material extracts also took time, it would probably take Anna one to two hours to make a portion of “Goddess’s Breath” by herself. Fortunately, all the raw materials of “Goddess’ Breath” could be found everywhere, and the pretreatment did not require the participation of natural elements. The association recruited a few ordinary people to prepare it without wasting the energy of the mages.
“Try it, don’t be nervous, I will correct your mistakes.” Leon took a step back and nodded to Anna.
Anna clenched her fists in excitement. She grabbed a new beaker, arranged all the 13 raw material extracts in order, and then tried to control the water element with her free hand.
There were subtle differences in the refining of “Goddess’ Breath” using different natural elements, so the typical mage would choose one natural element as their main method of refining potions, which could generally handle most potions.
Of course, some potions were forbidden to be refined using certain natural elements, so the mage needed to change to an uncommon natural element, or simply entrust others to make it. So just like spell circuits had individual differences, even potions had unique characteristics that belonged to a certain mage.
After Anna found out that she had the affinity for the six elements, she tried to feel for them.
According to the senior mage on the day of the test, she can’t bite off more than she could chew. She usually could control between one or two natural elements. Of course, she also needed to practice the rest of the natural elements. She didn’t need to be proficient, but at least could use them to cast some simple spells, such as the “Holy Healing Technique” using the light element, which could cure minor injuries and pains. Gotta save money…
Currently Anna had not selected her main natural elements; she planned to learn for a few weeks first.
After discovering that she had no problem with the use of the water element, Anna followed Leon’s actions; she rested her hand lightly against the wall of the beaker, used the cohesion circuit to envelop the whole beaker in the condensed water element, and then added the first raw material extraction liquid.
Her mental power circulated around the water element; she could vaguely feel the water element shuttle back and forth between the raw material liquid, slowly changing some properties of the raw material. This was probably what Lyon meant by “melting”, right?
When all the “chaos” was calm, Anna added the second raw material extract. The calm was broken, and it became chaotic again.