A stinky cultivator has arrived in the magic world.

Chapter 48 Introducing a Big Shot? Me?

"No—" Lorne reached out to stop him, but it was too late.

Viola had already popped the candy into her mouth, her cheeks puffed out, and chewed it a couple of times.

Her eyes lit up at first, clearly indicating that it tasted good, but then she stopped.

A blush rose from the base of her neck, quickly spreading to her cheeks and ear tips. Her delicate face looked as if it had been scorched by fire, and her eyes also became somewhat strange, watery and slightly unfocused, like someone who was drunk or in a daze after just waking up. Her breathing also became heavier.

"Lorne..."

Her face was flushed crimson, her expression strange, and she clenched her teeth tightly: "What did you add to it?"

Lorne felt a chill run down his spine.

He quickly scanned Viola's body with his spiritual sense, while frantically recalling every step of the alchemy process. When extracting the medicinal properties of the blood-clotting herbs, he deliberately avoided the most bitter part of the root and stem, only taking the essence from the tender leaf veins.

He extracted only the pungent flavor from the outer petals of the honeysuckle flower, discarding the astringent components from the stamen. When weaving the two medicinal properties together, he added a trace of the "heating" medium that was not completely neutralized from the base ointment to make the blending smoother.

Heat-inducing medium... promotes blood circulation and removes blood stasis... stimulates qi and blood!

Lorne's pupils suddenly contracted.

The principle of hemostatic ointment is to astringe the wound and coagulate the blood. However, his operation just now discarded most of the astringent properties and instead retained the heat and spiciness. These two properties combined not only fail to stop the bleeding, but also accelerate blood circulation and dilate blood vessels, which is equivalent to reversing the effect!

It's more like a blood-activating pill than a hemostatic ointment!

He shuddered, a fine layer of sweat breaking out on his forehead. If Viola had any wounds, she would probably be bleeding profusely by now.

Fortunately, she had no external injuries, but the hot medicinal energy was rampaging through her body, causing her blood and qi to churn, which is why she was blushing, her heart was racing, and her eyes were glazed over.

"Are you... alright?" Lorne asked cautiously.

Viola glared at him, but her gaze, heavy with tears, held no intimidation; instead, it evoked a strange feeling. She gritted her teeth, gripping the corner of the table for support. "What do you think? I'm burning up!"

The surrounding classmates had already gathered around. Some laughed gleefully, a few girls wiped Viola's sweat with concern, and others went to call the teacher.

A moment later, a deep, mature voice rang out from outside: "Excuse me."

Professor Sylvie walked through the students' make way for Lorne's table, her gaze sweeping over the remaining "candy" in the cauldron before settling on Viola's flushed face, her brows furrowing slightly.

Without her making any move, a green light descended upon Viola out of thin air, as if it could cleanse all impurities, enveloping her from head to toe. In just a moment, her rosy complexion improved. Then, Professor Sylvie picked up a candy, crushed it with her fingertips, smelled it, broke off a small piece, and licked it on her tongue.

"Huh?" Professor Sylvie looked up, her emerald green eyes fixed on Lorne, a rare look of confusion and surprise on her face.

"I clearly gave you a potion to stop bleeding, but this... candy of yours actually has the effect of promoting blood circulation, and this medicinal property..."

She closed her eyes, pondered it carefully again, and then her words carried a hint of surprise:

"It's actually equivalent to a second-tier blood-activating potion, and even among second-tier potions, it's considered excellent. How did they manage that?"

The students around him all looked shocked.

Second-tier potions, like magical items and magical beasts, correspond to the level of a novice mage. Whether it's the age of the ingredients, the complexity of the formula, or the brewing technique, they are all far superior to first-tier potions. The materials Lorne used were no different from what they had; they were just the basic ingredients for first-tier potions, at most enough to concoct potions for magic apprentices.

But now, this guy Lorne has actually used first-tier medicinal herbs to concoct a second-tier magic potion?

Could this kid have cheated?

Several classmates went up to check the medicinal residue on Lorne's table in disbelief, only to find nothing there.

Lorne was stunned. He only knew that what he made was "blood-activating," but he never thought that it could compete with a level two potion.

"Professor, you mean... this candy of mine is a level two potion?"

"Physical efficacy, color, stability—aside from the shape being wrong, what does it matter?"

Professor Sylvie's eyes darted around, her gaze flickering between the "candy" in her hand, before she suddenly brought up something:

"The Potion Association just received a commission from the Royal Family last month. They need a low-cost blood-activating potion to distribute to the border troops. The existing blood-activating potions are either too expensive or have serious side effects. The people in the association have been working on it for more than a month, but the proposed solution still can't reduce the cost."

She looked at Lorne, a sudden light appearing in her emerald eyes, and said meaningfully:

"Your pot of candy costs less than 20% of the existing solutions, yet it's more effective than what they've come up with."

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The classroom fell completely silent.

This time, they weren't scared, but rather stunned by the words "royal commission," "border garrison," and "potion association."

What's with Lorne's little candy? How did it get involved with the Potions Association and the Royal Family?

???

In the corner, Chryseth stared intently at Lorne, looking somewhat bewildered, confused, and gloomy.

"But... but I made this to stop the bleeding, but I did it off-center..." Lorne felt it was necessary to explain.

"You went astray?" Professor Sylvie's lips curled into a smile. "Heh, your deviation has led to a completely new path. Putting everything else aside, the idea of ​​'creating a second-level effect using first-level materials' alone is enough to keep the Potions Association busy for half a year."

She turned around, her gaze sweeping across the entire class before finally settling on Lorne.

"Come to my greenhouse the day after tomorrow afternoon. Bring a few of these you made... never mind, I'll just take you to meet a senior colleague then, maybe he'll want to hear about your idea."

Viola gasped!

Professor Sylvie is a big name in the potions field and the vice president of the Potions Association. Now she has to call that person a senior, which shows how senior she is. Lorne, a first-year student, is actually being directly introduced to him by Professor Sylvie.

Wow, where did he get such good luck?!

Viola's expression turned fierce with jealousy again.

Lorne's mind was a bit blank. He had only wanted to try making a potion using his alchemy skills, but he ended up with a level two blood-activating potion, and now he was being taken to see a big shot? How did things get so out of control?

"Professor, my formula... was just something I made randomly, it might not be stable..." he tried to backtrack.

"Instability can be adjusted. We already have the advantages of low cost and strong effect. The rest are just technical issues." Professor Sylvie's tone left no room for argument. "Don't be late the day after tomorrow afternoon."

She took out a small porcelain bottle from her storage bag and filled it with all the remaining candies from Lorne's crucible, leaving not a single one for the students who were eagerly waiting nearby.

"get out of class dismissed."