Magna had successfully completed a distillation the day before, but this device opened up many new possibilities for processing the various alchemical resources.

Before he began his new experiments, he turned to the experimental set-up. For this purpose, when he was creating the still, he had already written down a few ideas for different ways of constructing potions.

Probably he would never have gotten to this point without the assortment of books, because it was like his father once told him, like the beginning of mathematics. A nostalgic image of his father unfolded in his head, who would probably have had a lot of fun in this new world. A small part of him wanted to cry at the memory, but still held back.

Instead, he went through the information on paper. For his new equipment and the mana collecting circles, he had considered a few options.

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1. Distill the ground plants before the brewing process in order to further extract the core components from them.

2. Carry out the brewing process.

3. Check the product.

4. Repeat the distillation with the finished product.

1. For this setup he would use medicinal herbs in the first sample. The already processed plant was dissolved by him the evening before in water with rich mana. The collecting group should promote it overnight.

2. The alga was also once dissolved in water with rich mana. Only through various procedures could he find a more efficient one.

3. The second setup of this experiment was identical to the first. The only difference is that the algae was also added for absorption.

4. Mana added to distilled water.

To do this, he had to create various test samples for refining the resource. His goal was to split the various components into as many building blocks as possible.

In order to be able to carry out these tests with a satisfactory result, however, he had to produce the samples in large quantities. The additional processing was very resource intensive and the stock left behind often no longer usable! No, rather, what was left over became an automatic failure and overturned!

In the first run, he also put the other prepared stills into operation. After successfully manufacturing the first prototype, he began to create a few more in order to run the process at the same time.

First, dissolved A. medicinal herb was mixed with dissolved B. algae. These two went through a brewing process together. The process itself, unlike advanced processing, required his full attention. After several repetitions, he found that there were no changes in the end product and if so, then they were so marginal that no qualitative improvement could be determined. So letting the two dissolve in the water beforehand did not have any particular effect.

1. However, a prepared amount of all three ingredients appeared to increase the quality of the product slightly. Presumably the longer absorption period of the algae produced a desired result. In both attempts he was able to find at least some stability in the success rate of the potions. The color of the product didn't quite match the light healing potion, but seemed very close.

Of course, this gave rise to the question of how far the basic resources could be maximized without including the rarer ones.

He then went back to the original plan after testing the samples in an ordinary brewing process.

For this purpose, A, B and C were simultaneously refined in three different stills before the brewing process. Actually, he didn't have to be present during the refinement, but he used the time to monitor the experiment and examine his notes.

After all, D was just distilled mana water, which was supposed to be a qualitative building block on its own.

The second set-up, on the other hand, contained several experimental set-ups.

1. Subject distillations of A, B and C with D to the brewing process.

2. Brew D with basic products.

Thesis 1: First experimental setup with distillations of A and B will produce a slightly increased product. Attempt C will likely lead to the healing potion. Redistilling is unlikely to result in a stronger variant of it.

Thesis 2: Second experimental setup. D will only increase the quantity quantitatively without decreasing it qualitatively.

Thesis 3: D with basic production will lead to a stable, but still light healing potion.

Thesis 4: Distillation of the end product will only increase the degree of purity, whereby the side effects are reduced and the duration of repeated ingestion is accelerated.

After the crude quantities were distilled, they lost their large volume. You could even say that if he refined 100 liters, he only got 10 liters of each building block. The tanks held about as much volume. These preparations had almost completely exhausted some of its basic components, which left just enough for the experimental set-up.

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Finally he could start the experiments around noon. A and B showed a higher degree of purity after their distillation, but the result still did not achieve the goal. Basically, the basic combination of the non-refined products had already delivered an obvious result, but he seemed to have been wrong with C. Only a new distillation of the end product led to the light healing potion. The apparently a qualitative peak of the resources represented.

D, however, proved to be correct! However, he almost forgot the mixing ratio of the two quantities, which always had to be 1/1. With the increase in D - C, its performance slowly decreased again.

The end product could also be expanded 1 to 1 with D without losing quality. The third thesis about whether the product was more stable also turned out to be correct, whereby its lack of equipment was probably only compensated for.

He tested the last thesis on rats, which he inflicted injuries on, in order to then feed them with the potions at different intervals. In fact, the rat with the number 2 seemed to be able to consume a potion again after 45 minutes, which led to the well-known effect. Thus, he could at least confirm the refinement process that the re-consumption time of the potion was reduced by 15 minutes. A small success, even if it was still something that could be important. A reduction in various side effects could also be clearly ascertained.

The system identified it as [Stable Light Healing Potion: Allows normal wounds to heal in less time, with reduced recovery time and reduced side effects.] Which was still only a light healing potion, but its overall performance arguably on the top of the light healing potions was standing.

The experiments had cost him a whole day, but in the end he processed everything into a light healing potion, which he re-distilled and added D to a stable, light healing potion. The trial brought him 50 small filled vials of 20ml each.

Most of it was intended for sale should he trade with other people. However, the whole process showed him that he could at least refine any plant that went through the processing process into something better.

In addition, only end products could experience a slight increase, which could perhaps be due to the brewing process. That an increase in refinement could only take place after the brewing process.

Defeated, he cleaned all his tools before falling upside down in his makeshift bed. Leica hadn't even pulled him out of his lab that day.

Only the following day did he devote himself to the rarer resources. Unfortunately, the process that led to the more stable product was no longer suitable here, because the resources were not sufficient in these brutal quantities.

Still, he was able to use the distilled mana water for the brewing process. At least this reduced the error rates to an acceptable level, and he also had a second batch of the distilled version of the algae in the Mana water, which was much easier to find in comparison and was available with more resources. For the first test tank, he actually collected a great deal himself in the miniature lake from which the small river was fed.

Only the medicinal herbs had completely run out of him. The other two components were able to initiate a stabilized process. At least he hoped that the basic product would already become stable variants.

First he started brewing life weed, mana moss, and blood weed along with the distilled form of algae. The new cauldron, which added mana to the process during brewing, as well as a distilled component did not help him to get a stable healing potion as expected. But at least the result rate remained stable. After the brewing process was finished and looked exhausted at the pot, the potion took on a reddish purple color.

[Light blood healing potion: This potion has a moderate effect on injuries and also has a slight detoxifying effect.]

He didn't even know why, because he didn't actually have the quantities for it, but somehow he was also a little dissatisfied with the result, which is why he did it through the Still hunted and reduced its amount to 1/10 of the original.

[Blood Healing Potion: This potion can handle most injuries. It also works against common poisoning.]

A little more satisfied, he filled the smaller amount into a couple of small vials.

The next mix included life herb, poison eater herb, dungeon root and the base component. It took him 2 hours of constant concentration on the process for the potion to fully assimilate. After that, he felt more exhausted than from the constant hunting, follow-up or even cutting down the trees. It didn't consist of just sitting down, throwing a few herbs together and after 10 minutes of hocus-pocus you got a miracle cure for herpes.

Still, this process produced an excellent potion, albeit in small quantities!

[Poison Eater Healing Potion: Able to heal and close severe wounds and handle some more powerful poisons. Also cleanses the body of all kinds of poisonous substances. Be careful, the urine and the next bowel movement can become extremely bad-smelling.]

That was once a healing potion with a nice double effect. Something in him encouraged him to make a stable potion out of it, but this would probably lead to maybe 1 bottle instead of 10 in the end?

However, he had a somewhat larger amount of the dungeon root from the dungeon storage rooms. Should he create the purer form out of it? Was that even possible for him? It wasn't any of the plants that were ground before the process. They were actually added whole for brewing. Often only herbs were ground according to the reading. Seldom also leaf varieties and mushrooms as well as not root at all. They always had to be enclosed in full. In this place he neither had a modern laboratory nor did he slowly begin to doubt whether one could really capture magic with modern methods or whether only some things were actually suitable?

He processed the remaining poisonous herb and blood weed, as well as the life herb separately together with the dungeon root. He took some of the roots with him from the storerooms. Which is why he could be a little more generous with it.

Finally, he distilled both end products again to get a slightly stronger variant. The brewing operations were not as time consuming as when the resources were mixed.

As described in the reading, the sum, quality and tools should have an effect on the long term and the end product. Sometimes he had to wonder what the result would have been like with better equipment, but he was still happy with the end result, even if both of them only resulted in 10 small vials.

[Medium Healing Potion: Able to handle most injuries. Can only be taken every 90 minutes.]

[Medium poisonous blood potion: Eliminates most of the toxins in the user's body, but leads to hideous exhalations and abnormal excretions. Can only be taken every 90 minutes.]

Both were bottled and stored directly, because without the memory he would not have known how long the vials made of simple clay would have kept the potions stable and useful. With that he had finally used up his supply of poison eater and life potion. Almost ironic how quickly the otherwise filled storage rooms began to empty.

Eventually he turned to poison production, using telekinesis and the magic hands for the first time. Often, even simple skin contact with the toxins was fatal or led to severe symptoms of poisoning.

The base mixture was prepared and then brewed from a distance. Here he experienced the first delusional failure! Maybe it wasn't the most glorious idea to do it after he was tired enough to rub his eyes over and over again. But he wanted to deal with it, so he ignored the signs that told him it was better to stop.

This went so far that he almost didn't even notice how the acid from one herb was eating its way through the clay pot, releasing the mixture of the whole thing, had he not immediately made a hole underneath it and dropped the kettle into it.

Before he closed the created pit in which the cauldron disappeared, he grabbed one of the antidotes that he had stored in the attic and drank it as a preventive measure. It was always better to be safe than sorry.

It was not only the variable qualities of the potions that were decisive for the choice of tools, but also the latent dangers of brewing poison. Before he could find better equipment, he had to stop his alchemy projects related to poisonous substances.

A wake-up call should have overtaken him. The weeks of magical study and endless hours in the laboratory almost took a heavy toll. At least he didn't risk poisoning if he fell asleep over one of the books for a short time.

However, from this he gained quite a few levels in the various areas. Also the new antidote skill. His enchantments also made tremendous progress. So it was time to take it easy again.