Hotch looked at Russell and asked softly: "What's the first step?"
Russell pointed to the potion materials on the table and explained:
"The first step in refining a potion is to collect a sufficient amount of potion materials, including main materials and auxiliary materials. The main material is the essence of the extraordinary properties of the potion. The main material will generally not be destroyed and will only be obtained from one item.
It can be transferred to another item. This is one of the laws of the extraordinary world, the law of extraordinary characteristic transfer."
"The main material will only be contaminated, but not destroyed. If you fail to refine the potion, the most likely result is that the main material is contaminated, or the structure of the main material has changed. For example, it was just a pair of eyes at first.
, after you fail to make the potion, it may turn into a puddle of mud, or be mixed with other materials to form crystals, or it may turn into a stone covered with fluff."
"The essence of potions is madness and mutation. During the process of refining potions, various mutations will also occur. This is normal."
"The main material is difficult to collect. The higher the sequence, the rarer and more precious the main material is. Take the eyes of an adult snow lizard and 50 grams of star stone powder as an example. The eyes of a snow lizard are traded underground in the Imperial Capital.
The market price is 300 pounds, and with other auxiliary materials, the complete potion will cost between 350 and 400 pounds."
Anna's weekly salary is 3 pounds 15 soles, and 1 gold pound is equal to 20 soles. Calculated as 4 gold pounds, even if it is 350 pounds, Anna needs to work for almost 88 weeks, that is, 616 days, and she will not eat for more than a year.
You can buy all the ingredients for the potion without drinking it... Hearing Russell say this, after a simple calculation, Hodge couldn't help but sigh: What a terrifying number!
You must know that 10 soles can provide a family of five with three hearty meals, and Anna's weekly income has exceeded the middle-income class, which is considered relatively wealthy.
However, even so, she still needs to work for two years before she has the opportunity to become a pharmacist.
"350 gold pounds is more than the cash reserves of Huodu Village. It can almost buy half of a single-family house in the village." Hodge looked at Russell who was explaining and suddenly said this.
Hearing this, Russell was stunned for a moment, then nodded seriously, and said softly: "Yes, entering the circle of extraordinary people is a game for the rich. If you want to become a strong person, the simplest price is to burn money. This is different from the nobles."
There is no essential difference in maintaining a decent life, is there?"
"Yes, the price of being strong is what needs to be paid." Huo Qi nodded lightly and said: "Go on."
"Yeah." Russell nodded and continued.
"In the promotion sequence, in addition to digesting the extraordinary power between potions, the most difficult thing is to collect all the materials and find the corresponding potion formula. Currently, in the Magician Association, as long as the trading points and contribution points are enough, you can exchange them
All formulas below Magician Path Sequence 6, and above, you need to collect by yourself."
"There may be some within the Magician Association, but it also costs a lot of money. As for other potion formulas, the Knights Hall has potion formulas for the Knight Path, which are also controlled at Sequence 6. For other types of potion formulas, you need to refer to
The gathering and trading ground of the Extraordinary Circle were acquired from their hands."
Hearing this, Hodge suddenly felt a sense of enlightenment. At this moment, he understood why his father, Marquis Bach, had always suggested that he choose the two officially supported paths, the knight path and the magician path, because the serial magic of these two paths.
The medicine formulas are all ready-made.
At the very least, it can support Hodge all the way to sequence 6 and mid-sequence.
Mid-rank, this has surpassed most extraordinary people, even in the military, knights' palace, church, magician association, they are all middle and upper class.
Most of the sequence recipes from other pathways are extremely difficult to obtain, and the materials are also very limited, making it inconvenient to collect.
In the view of Marquis Bach, stable promotion and ensuring that one is not infected by crazy mutations are the prerequisites for choosing potions.
The magician path is definitely easier to accomplish than other unfamiliar sequence paths.
This is the protection of Hodge from his father, the Marquis Bach.
"I understand." Hodge thought for a while and asked another question: "How much is the annual membership fee to become a pharmacist and join the Magicians Association?"
Yes, in this era, club-type gatherings and trading venues are widely popular in the Salom Empire, and the club's annual membership fees are the key to maintaining normal operations.
For aristocrats, submitting membership fees and becoming members of some big clubs can expand their social circle and improve their level. They don't mind these membership fees. But for some rich people who are eager to join the upper class circles, the club's membership fees are equal to help.
They opened the door to a new world.
The Magicians Association is nominally called the Pharmacists Association, and its members are all registered pharmacists. Pharmacists are the golden eggs that make money, and the official will definitely not give up.
Therefore, Hotch knew very well that his father must have paid a lot of money for him to become a pharmacist and join the Magicians Association.
"The membership fee is about 30 pounds per year. However, when new members apply for membership, they generally need recommendations from old members. Counting some recommendation fees and other administrative expenses, Master, it is estimated that it will cost you about 100 pounds to join." Russell did a simple calculation and gave
got the answer.
"Yeah." Huo Qi hummed, his expression unchanged, but he still felt that it was too expensive.
Just stepping into the extraordinary world, I spent almost 500 pounds, which was a waste of money.
If the civilian class wanted to enter this circle, they would probably have to go to a bank to mortgage their property, but the vast majority of civilians rent their houses and have no assets of their own, let alone mortgage loans.
The tragedy of this era is that the people at the bottom have no way to rise.
The solidification of classes is particularly serious. Common people will remain commoners for almost their whole lives. Nobles will remain nobles if they are in decline. At worst, they will be citizens who can have the opportunity to live in the middle class of the empire.
"Master, let's start refining the potion."
"First, we need to refine 70 ml of pure water. Pure water, that is, distilled water, just purify and distill it through a beaker..."
Russell began to teach Hodge step by step how to refine the potion.
Hodge studied very seriously and carefully memorized the steps and methods of refining the potion. After refining the pure water, he began to put in a pair of adult snow lizard eyes and 50 grams of star stone powder, the main ingredients of the potion, in order.
, pour them into a glass filled with pure water, stir gently and start to blend.
With the fusion of the main materials, the color of the pure water began to change significantly. Green, blue, red, black...the colors intertwined and changed. The bright colors were constantly stirred by the test stick, forming circles of dazzling colors.
The whirlpool gradually emitted a faint mist, and in the mist, little bits of light flickered, as if containing various elements between heaven and earth.
"Is this the elemental power in the magician's path?" Hodge looked at this change with a look of surprise on his face.