World-saving Plan: The Only Savior
Chapter 344 - 228: Successful Refining

Chapter 344: Chapter 228: Successful Refining

"Oh? So you know what’s the matter?"

Zhang Xiaoman turned his head in surprise and looked at the little girl next to him.

The latter nodded uncertainly and said, "This, if I’m not mistaken, should be a mistake in the amount of materials used."

"Oh? How so? Which material specifically?"

Lin Sisi pointed her finger at a transparent glass bottle on the ground: "This one, the venom of the Black Mamba Snake, it should have been used in lesser quantity."

Zhang Xiaoman also shifted his gaze to the bottle of poison the girl mentioned. Previously, fearing failure, he had brought all the snake venom he collected, and there was still quite a bit left inside.

"Venom? Too few drops? But didn’t the note say three drops? Could I have remembered it wrong?"

He felt very puzzled by Lin Sisi’s statement, and after so many failures, he had even begun to think he wrote down the wrong amount of venom. Maybe the original note did not have those numbers after all.

Lin Sisi shook her head and said, "The Star Lord has not remembered wrong, it should indeed be three drops, but these three drops might be different from what you understand to be three drops."

"Different?"

Zhang Xiaoman was even more confused.

The girl nodded her head confidently and continued, "Yes, I also just remembered, the note we originally found on this table here was not made with modern paper, but comes from ancestors of the Wencheen family centuries ago ..."

"According to records, the measuring units and tools used in England hundreds of years ago were different from ours now, their one drop of water was not just a small drop, but the amount of water delivered using an item called a ’Grenadi water pipe’."

"This water pipe is very thin, similar to our current straws, and the quantity of water discharged at once was called ’one drop’. So, in that note, one drop of water might not be what we understand as one drop today, but rather the amount of water discharged by a Grenadi water pipe at one time, which is ten milliliters!"

Zhang Xiaoman stared at her blankly, a drop of water not being a drop of water, but a ten milliliter discharge from what Grenadi water pipe?

Under normal circumstances, 20 drops of pure water would be about equal to 1 milliliter; if according to Lin Sisi’s statement, wouldn’t the amount of snake venom needed for one batch be 600 drops? A 300-fold increase from the original!

Zhang Xiaoman found this piece of information a bit too shocking, and he unconsciously looked down at the small bottle of snake venom in his hand—it seemed that the amount in just this one bottle might be right? This was all the venom Lord Bear had collected in one go last time.

Thinking back, he also recalled the worn-out note he had seen in the basement. Indeed, as Lin Sisi said, it had many years of history.

If that was the case, then it might really be the reason she mentioned.

"Oh, my. Such consumption is terrifying. An inspiration potion requires this much venom, then in the future, we might need to expand the breeding of Black Mamba snakes ..."

Zhang Xiaoman mused to himself about the amount of snake venom needed for future potion making, then he felt a twinge of toothache, originally thinking it was just three drops, but now the demand had suddenly increased by 200 times!

"Sisi, how do you know all these things?"

He asked curiously.

Lin Sisi counted on her fingers and said, "I learned it in class before, in the famous painting ’City’ by Tahid, there was such an item. It was placed on a small stall, and at that time, in order to better understand the painting, I looked up many items inside that I didn’t recognize ..."

Zhang Xiaoman was stunned. Now he was truly impressed; such attention to detail, a true scholar indeed.

The little girl spoke in the Huaxia language, and the Wencheen brothers beside her did not understand at all, feeling as if their hearts were being scratched by cat claws.

Because of the Star Alliance, they had been learning Huaxia during this time, but they had not yet reached the level where they could understand the conversation just now.

After understanding the reason behind the problem, Zhang Xiaoman no longer felt heartache over the snake venom, and immediately measured the remainder, finding it to be roughly thirty milliliters. He then poured all of it into the pot without hesitation.

After all, no matter how precious these things were, they could not be rarer than the Touching Spirit Flowers. Even though Lin Sisi’s theory was still just a guess, Zhang Xiaoman decided to give it a try. This amount of snake venom might cost a couple of tens of thousands, but Touching Spirit Flowers were priceless.

Now, Zhang Xiaoman was very grateful that the formula only needed the venom from the Black Mamba Snake, which, though much more expensive than other cobras, was much cheaper compared to some other rare species.

If the formula had required the venom of Green Ring Sea Snake or Belcher’s Sea Snake, then those thirty milliliters would not come for less than several hundred thousand US Dollars.

Zhang Xiaoman’s mind was rapidly churning with thoughts, and his hands never stopped moving, quickly preparing all the materials.

"This is the last chance, I hope it works!"

As he spoke, he infused a Dark Energy Technique into the crucible and began the brewing process of the inspiration potion once more.

"Gurgle, gurgle, gurgle~~~"

As bursts of bubbling sounds arose, the small pot in front of the four people boiled once again.

However, this time, it was clearly different from before.

The materials inside began to dissolve one by one; though the water level reduced, it did not solidify and form a crust as before.

In the perception of both Zhang Xiaoman and Lin Sisi, the Dark Energy Fluctuations emitted from within the crucible grew stronger and stronger, until finally, the liquid was boiled down to just a little bit left before stopping.

"Did we succeed?"

Dane, looking at the crucible in front of him that now contained about thirty milliliters of liquid, could not help but ask Zhang Xiaoman.

"Yes, I can feel it; this time it really worked. The Dark Energy has all concentrated into this liquid; it should be the inspiration potion we were after."

Zhang Xiaoman said, carefully pouring the pale yellow liquid from the pot into a small bottle he had prepared in advance, which was originally used for storing Star Dust.

"It doesn’t look very special, but the Dark Energy Fluctuations it emits cannot be faked. It’s just that the effect of this so-called inspiration potion is still unknown."

Zhang Xiaoman examined the small bottle in his hand, then put it away, planning to find an opportunity to try it out and see if it was useful.

He had initially planned to brew several bottles, first experimenting on a few rabbits to see if they would be all right after consumption. But plans cannot keep up with changes. He only had this one bottle, so he could not conduct any safety experiments.

Zhang Xiaoman prepared to find an opportunity tomorrow to consume it himself. In fact, he was not afraid of being fatally poisoned because he had access to the Original Realm.

If he got poisoned, he could just run to the Original Realm, where he was an Undying existence. After detoxifying, he could come out again.

Of course, he could also give away a Morning Star Ring, activating a new passive ability, not only obtaining doubled recovery effects but also gaining immunity to all poisoning effects.

After that, Zhang Xiaoman turned his gaze towards the Wencheen brothers beside him, and said:

"Well, though there were some hiccups, we finally succeeded this time. You two did very well. As the person in charge of this branch location, I still have some things to instruct you on. In a while, I will formally accept you into the Star Alliance; please continue to work hard."