Chapter 37: Low Probability Event
Inside the alchemy laboratory, Su Xiao sat cross-legged on the floor with his eyes closed. A faint blue energy drifted around him. If one were to check his personal data, they would see that his mana points were recovering at a visible rate.
After entering a meditative state, factoring in Bubu Wang's bonus, Su Xiao could fully restore his mana in about three hours, which equated to a recovery speed of 40.7 mana points per minute.
Of course, while this mana recovery speed seemed fast, it required Su Xiao to enter a meditative state. If the environment wasn't safe enough, rashly entering meditation carried considerable risk.
As his mana gradually recovered, Bubu Wang, unable to go out and cause trouble, was lying in the living room with both paws holding a phone. A few claw marks were faintly visible on his dog face. Beside him, Beini was also clutching a phone, trembling with anger.
"Meow!"
Beini growled lowly at Bubu Wang, the meaning simple: "Don't go out and fool around. You're already 0/12."
Bubu Wang lifted his head, his meaning equally simple: "Just have fun!"
Judging by the current situation, this cat and dog would soon start fighting, then cut ties with each other. Within a few hours, they'd reconcile and continue gaming together. Amu was at the thigh-level, at least aside from Su Xiao, Amu had the best gaming talent in the team. Bubu Wang was Pitfall Number One, and Beini was Pitfall Number Two.
Compared to the joyful cat, dog, and cow, Su Xiao was diligently researching in the laboratory. His mana had fully recovered, but the current problem was that he had spent Paradise Coins too recklessly, leaving only 1.62 million points.
Su Xiao let out a long breath. No reward without sacrifice. Permanent recovery potions weren't so easy to develop. He had only grasped the method, not fully mastered the technique. To become the daddy of newcomers, he still needed to invest heavily.
Due to temperature imbalance, 76% of the finished potion exploded. Due to material reaction time errors, 56% of the finished product failed. Due to mixing issues, 91% of the finished product failed.
Su Xiao looked at the gray-black potion in his hand. This time, he had nearly succeeded, just one step away.
Developing potions was both tedious and resource-intensive, but to achieve what others couldn't, one always had to pay something. There was no such thing as effortless strength in the world. Behind the fearsome power lay unknown tedium and risk.
Gurgle...
Su Xiao held a crystal vial. Countless bubbles emerged from the red liquid inside. Normally, a finished vitality potion should be a vibrant green, representing life, not red. But it hadn't cooled yet.
As the potion cooled, the pale red liquid began to change, visibly shifting toward emerald green.
[You have obtained Vitality Potion.]
[Vitality Potion]
Origin: Reincarnation Paradise
Quality: Blue
Type: Permanent Enhancement Potion
Effect: After drinking/injecting, permanently increases Stamina attribute by 2 points.
Rating: 70 points (Blue quality potions range from 30 to 70 points)
Introduction: A permanent enhancement potion with no side effects. Repeated use is ineffective and will cause poisoning.
Selling Price: 13,000 Paradise Coins
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After ten consecutive failures, wasting 280,000 Paradise Coins, Su Xiao finally succeeded once. This successful creation was significant, at least raising the success rate from 0% to over 60%, and it would only get higher.
Each time Su Xiao fully restored his mana, he could create 24 bottles of Vitality Potion. He had 14 attempts left.
Mixing failed, mixing failed, mixing succeeded, failed, succeeded, succeeded, succeeded, perfect quality (triggered Luck attribute mechanism during creation).
Su Xiao looked at the pale golden Vitality Potion in his hand. This was a low-probability event during the creation process, and he had encountered it for the first time.
[Vitality Potion (Perfect)]
Origin: Reincarnation Paradise
Quality: Blue · Rare
Type: Permanent Enhancement Potion
Effect: After drinking/injecting, permanently increases Stamina attribute by 5 points.
Rating: 70++
Introduction: A master's work. Among similar potions, none is more perfect than this.
Selling Price: 15,900 Paradise Coins
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Seeing the attributes of the potion in his hand, Su Xiao was quite surprised. Considering the process of newcomers reaching 20 points in an attribute, this potion could shorten their growth time by a quarter, allowing them to excel among their peers and eventually create a snowball effect, growing stronger and stronger.
Out of 14 creations, Su Xiao succeeded 8 times, and the success rate was increasing. He was certain that after creating a few more bottles, his success rate would reach over 90%.
After more than three hours, Su Xiao's mana was fully restored again. He continued to work diligently. When his mana was depleted, he had consumed 672,000 Paradise Coins, and 21 bottles of Vitality Potion were laid out on the test bench.
Su Xiao suddenly felt that selling them for 30,000 each was somewhat fatherly. There were losses during the creation process. However, newcomers had limited financial resources. It wasn't a question of whether they wanted to buy, but that they couldn't afford it even after selling everything they had.
Of course, this was just a transitional period. When Su Xiao could create enhancement potions for second and third-rank contractors, he would definitely make them cry out for daddy with his prices.
Su Xiao's main goal was actually to increase the proficiency of "Plant Harmony Chapter." Only by improving this ability could he unlock higher-level formulas.
[Alchemy]
Plant Harmony Chapter Lv.1 (Proficiency: 29/10)
[Yes/No to upgrade Plant Harmony Chapter Lv.1. Upgrading this ability costs 10,000 Paradise Coins.]
Su Xiao decisively paid. The next moment, a flood of new knowledge poured into his mind, much gentler than when he had first mastered "Plant Harmony Chapter."
No new formula was unlocked. Su Xiao checked Alchemy again and found that the proficiency for Plant Harmony Chapter had become (19/20). He only needed to create one more potion to upgrade.
After creating one bottle of Vitality Potion, Su Xiao spent another 10,000 Paradise Coins to upgrade "Plant Harmony Chapter."
[Plant Harmony Chapter has been upgraded to Lv.3.]
[You have obtained a new formula: Stigmata Potion.]
[Stigmata Potion: Each creation requires 300 mana points. Consumes materials: Soul Essence, Sourceless Spring, Mark of Honor, Rosk Vine (requires air-drying treatment), Life Aggregate Substance T, Life Aggregate Substance G, Cataclysmic Creature Extract, Crystal Vial.]
[Effect: After drinking/injecting, permanently increases Strength attribute by 1 point, Agility attribute by 1 point, and Health Points by 100 (this potion is effective for Strength and Agility attributes below 20 points, and total Health Points must not exceed 800. Repeated use is ineffective and will cause poisoning).]
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With nearly the same creation cost, the Stigmata Potion was definitely far more popular than the Vitality Potion. Su Xiao glanced at his remaining Paradise Coins and began creating Stigmata Potions. After making eight bottles in a row, he had only 4,200 Paradise Coins left. For these eight creations, he had a 100% success rate. Although it was his first time making Stigmata Potions, the core creation method for permanent enhancement potions was largely similar, only that higher-quality potions required more complex processes.
Carrying 38 bottles of permanent enhancement potions, Su Xiao left his exclusive room and headed straight for the trade market. He wanted to personally check the market conditions for permanent enhancement potions.