Chapter 13: Comparing Goods
Although Su Xiao wanted to go directly and chop down the Dominator, he had no idea where the Dominator was.
The Maiden of Sorrow bowed to Su Xiao, then returned to the bookshelf and closed her eyes. After a short while, Su Xiao heard faint snoring. He looked at the Maiden of Sorrow, who was actually standing there asleep.
"Lady Nia... I will help you... drive away..."
The Maiden of Sorrow murmured in her sleep. Determining there was no useful information, Su Xiao ignored her.
After waiting about two hours, the door to the Sleep House was knocked on. It was Kaisa who had arrived.
"I managed to acquire three portions of materials. This is the Bird-Eating Flower, this is Dark Bone Ash..."
Kaisa sorted and placed the various materials. Bubu Wang hadn't returned yet but was still monitoring the Moen Family's movements at the Wizard Council.
Su Xiao took Kaisa upstairs, cleared all the furniture from the bedroom on the left side of the staircase, and set it up as an Alchemy Laboratory.
Kaisa was constantly fiddling with something sneakily. This guy had been very interested in the Maiden of Sorrow earlier, mistaking her for an Alchemical Creature. However, after several attempts at communication, the Maiden of Sorrow politely declined to answer his strange questions.
Suffering from being snubbed, Kaisa was angry, so he glared at the Maiden of Sorrow. This was the kind of cowardice that had some backbone.
After setting up the Alchemy Laboratory, Su Xiao began preparing to concoct magic potions. The reason he found magic potions simple to prepare was mainly because they omitted a process: using mana to catalyze the materials, transforming them into a life-like nature, making them easier for the drinker's body to accept.
Magic potions, on the other hand, simply mixed various materials together, completely ignoring whether the drinker could withstand them or the side effects of the materials. They purely pursued effects without considering side effects.
Gurgle, gurgle, gurgle~
A light purple liquid churned inside the flask. Su Xiao poured out the liquid from the flask. In his view, this was hardly a potion at all.
[‘Magic Potion · Dead Soul’ has been successfully concocted.]
[You have successfully analyzed the concoction formula for ‘Magic Potion · Dead Soul’.]
[Magic Potion · Dead Soul]
Origin: Holy Flame Alchemist
Quality: White
Type: Special
Effect: After drinking this magic potion, the soul can be ‘cooled’, the effect lasts for 17 natural days.
Rating: 10 points
Introduction: This magic potion has extremely strong side effects, the rating is significantly reduced.
……
Su Xiao put down the Dead Soul magic potion. If his guess was correct, this was one of the most commonly used magic potions among wizards. The so-called ‘cooling’ of the soul was actually just alleviating madness.
"Really... succeeded!"
Kaisa swallowed his saliva, his shifty eyes fixed on the Dead Soul magic potion as if it were a peerless beauty.
"Trash."
Su Xiao tossed the Dead Soul magic potion into the waste pool. The unsealed potion mixed with the water, emitting a somewhat pungent smell.
"No, no, no..."
Kaisa's hand froze in mid-air, looking at Su Xiao with a tearful expression.
"Selling this stuff will only ruin our reputation. The Moen Family has controlled the magic potion business for who knows how many years. With potions of the same quality, we can't compete with them."
A gold coin flipped in Su Xiao's hand. He looked thoughtfully ahead, quickly formulating something in his mind.
Most magic potions weren't used to enhance power but to alleviate the pain, madness, and other afflictions that wizards endured.
As for the Dead Soul magic potion, although it could help wizards suppress madness for a period, it caused physical harm. This harm was very direct and could be felt shortly after drinking it.
Su Xiao's idea was to change the concoction properties of the magic potion, making its effects stronger and reducing the harm to the wizards.
Su Xiao didn't care whether those wizards lived or died. What he cared about was whether the magic potion would sell well.
Although wizards were more or less mad, they weren't completely chaotic. They could certainly judge which magic potions were better. No one would refuse something more beneficial to them.
Kaisa's days of suffering began from then on. He had to continue spending silver coins to acquire materials to supply Su Xiao's experiments.
Su Xiao had successfully analyzed the Dead Soul magic potion, which greatly increased Kaisa's confidence in him. Therefore, gritting his teeth and stamping his feet, he went out to acquire transcendent materials.
As Su Xiao developed the magic potion, Kaisa's money bag quickly shriveled. It was obvious that the already thin Kaisa had lost another layer of weight.
Amidst the somewhat irritating process of improving the magic potion, Su Xiao chose to eat a Soul Crystal to calm down. This thing was not only delicious but also could settle his mind.
At nine o'clock the next evening, candlelight flickered in the laboratory. Su Xiao gently shook the test tube in his hand. The ice-blue liquid inside emitted a faint glow.
"Succeeded...?"
Kaisa, who looked like he had snorted some super fertilizer, spoke with a trembling voice. It was proven that causing Kaisa to lose money was no different from stabbing him a few times.
"Mm, succeeded."
Upon receiving the definite answer, Kaisa clenched his fist.
[Magic Potion · Ice Soul]
Origin: Holy Flame Alchemist
Quality: Gold
Type: Buff-type Magic Potion
Effect 1: After drinking this magic potion, the abnormal effects suffered by the soul will be greatly reduced, the effect lasts for 37 natural days.
Rating: 379 points
Introduction: The spirit finds peace, madness stops at the heart's door.
……
Kaisa's trembling hand picked up the Ice Soul magic potion. With a start, subsequent concoctions became much simpler.
"You'll sell this stuff, no problem, right?"
"Absolutely no problem!"
Kaisa seemed to hear the crisp sound of silver coins falling. He wished he could find a wizard right now and sell them the Ice Soul magic potion at the 'conscience price' of 9851 silver coins, instantly recouping his costs.
"My dear friend, Kaisa suggests selling this magic potion for 68 silver coins per bottle."
The price Kaisa suggested was the cost price.
"Alright, selling about 20 bottles is enough. Or find a 'big mouth'."
The 'big mouth' Su Xiao mentioned wasn't a physical description but a wizard skilled at spreading news.
"I know a gray wizard named Grass. His mouth is big enough. Giving him 200 silver coins will be enough. If it succeeds, just giving him a free bottle of magic potion will do."
Kaisa, being the shrewd man he was, immediately understood Su Xiao's meaning. The initial Ice Soul magic potions were to be sold at a low price, letting the wizards know that such a cheap and incredibly effective magic potion existed.
An hour later, after Su Xiao had concocted 20 bottles of Ice Soul magic potion, Kaisa left with the potions, full of enthusiasm, along with Baha.
Su Xiao opened his tablet and watched the video footage transmitted by Bubu Wang. The footage showed a stone door three meters wide and five meters high. Its surface was uneven, with faint cracks visible. This stone door was located on the thirtieth floor of the Wizard Council.
Bubu Wang had tried to enter, but no matter what method it used, it couldn't pass through this stone door. There was a twisted energy inside the door blocking it.
Things weren't going smoothly for Bubu Wang. Meanwhile, Kaisa, located at the underground market, had already found his first customer. This was a slightly chubby man with skin as rough as sandpaper, Hook-Tongue Grass. Other wizards called him that, implying that this guy's mouth was so annoying that they should hook his tongue and hang him up to make him shut up.
When Grass met Kaisa, he had clearly met his match. Coupled with Baha's endless stream of trash talk, Grass chose to remain silent for the time being.
"Is this the Ice Soul magic potion you mentioned? Looks... pretty good, huh."
Grass reached out to grab the magic potion in Kaisa's hand. Kaisa directly tossed it to him, which made Grass suspicious. He knew how stingy Kaisa was.
After hesitating for a moment, Grass took a small sip of the Ice Soul magic potion. If it weren't for Kaisa's position in the Wizard Council, Grass wouldn't have easily drunk this potion.
Grass's brow gradually furrowed. According to Kaisa, the Ice Soul magic potion was a perfect substitute for the Dead Soul magic potion. But after drinking the Ice Soul magic potion, he didn't taste the usual pungent, fishy, or foul flavors. In fact, a faint, refreshing sweetness lingered in his mouth.
In confusion, Grass tilted his head back and drank the remaining potion. He slowly exhaled, his eyes losing focus. He felt a cool sensation rapidly rushing into his brain. The annoying whispers in his ears that had been driving him crazy gradually disappeared.
"Ah~"
A trembling moan escaped Grass's mouth, and he even shivered. He looked at the empty test tube in his hand, then at Kaisa, his eyes full of disbelief.
At that moment, Grass's thought was: Compared to the Ice Soul magic potion, the Moen Family's Dead Soul magic potion was simply bottled urine. As the saying goes, there is no harm without comparison.
"Grass, here are 200 silver coins. I want more people to know about the existence of the Ice Soul magic potion. If more than 50 wizards come to me to buy the Ice Soul magic potion, Kaisa will cover the Ice Soul magic potion you need for the rest of your life."
Kaisa jumped onto the steps and put his arm around Grass's shoulder.