Wizards begin by accessing the Inspiration panel.

Chapter 46: Experimentation and Improvement (Please continue reading)

"Fire Dance Star, when the test tube breaks, it will cause a violent explosion that can deal a lot of fire damage to enemies. It is the most suitable for dealing with beasts and low-level monsters in the muddy swamp."

Although it's a bit pricey at fifteen magic stones, the effect is truly excellent and can be used as a trump card!

The brown-haired girl introduced it enthusiastically.

"That sounds great, but do you have any other recommendations?" Richard continued to ask.

The brown-haired girl nodded and continued, "Of course there are, for example, Silver Moon Dust, which is also very suitable for dealing with low-level monsters."

The girl turned around and took out a small packet of powdery substance wrapped in oil paper from the cabinet behind her, and placed it in front of Richard.

Richard examined it closely and found that the black powder contained shimmering silver particles.

"Don't underestimate this small package. It's quite powerful. Besides dealing with monsters, it can also be used against dark or undead creatures."

Because the powder contains fine silver shavings and pure silver particles, an explosion would scatter the silver shavings, causing extensive damage.

Silver Moon Dust only costs eight magic stones, almost half the price of Fire Dance Star. Junior, why don't you consider it?

The brown-haired girl thought Richard must have thought the price of Fire Dance Star was too high, so she strongly recommended Silver Moon Dust, which was only half the price of Fire Dance Star. But she certainly didn't expect that Richard wasn't really there to buy, but to investigate the market.

Under the expectant gaze of the brown-haired girl, Richard pondered for a long time before finally managing to ask, "Um...does your shop sell alchemy raw materials?"

Immediately, the brown-haired girl's expression deflated like a punctured balloon, and she asked irritably, "What raw materials does junior need?"

"Five Flame Flowers, one Shattered Star Wood, and half a Sulfur Brick." This was what Richard said after calculating the proportions, enough to make five servings of Fire Dance Star.

"Hey! Junior, are you going to make Fire Dance Star? But as someone who's been there, I still suggest you lay a solid foundation first."

Several groups of new students have come before, purchasing large quantities of raw materials, but the success rate has been abysmal. Some were even burned by the explosion and had to recuperate for a long time! It's unclear whether the brown-haired girl was deliberately trying to discourage them or offering well-intentioned advice.

Richard smiled but didn't say anything.

"Furthermore, as a newcomer, if you choose to get involved in alchemy, you can start with potion-making. At least you will be safer. If you get involved with alchemical bombs first, an accident will cause an explosion, and the injuries will be much more severe!"

"Last time, a newbie blew out one of his eyes while making an alchemical bomb!" The brown-haired girl continued rambling on, while also finding out the items Richard had mentioned earlier from the cupboard: Flame Flower, Stardust Wood, and Sulfur Brick.

"Junior, there are thirty magic stones in total."

"Okay!" Richard counted and handed thirty magic stones to the brown-haired girl. He looked at the remaining eleven magic stones, which he used to rent the laboratory on the first floor of Seras for five more days.

With the help of the Inspiration Panel, Richard thought to himself that it would be absolutely no problem to thoroughly research and create the Fire Dance Star in five days.

Having obtained the raw materials, Richard headed straight to the primary alchemy workshop.

When they arrived at the alchemy room, they ran into Senior Sister Meiluo, who had just finished her experiment and was coming out. Seeing that Richard was about to start working on it so quickly, she immediately advised him, "Richard, why are you starting to work on it so quickly?"

"Isn't that a bit too fast! I think it would be safer to wait until Brett, who's also studying alchemical bombs, arrives and has him guide you!"

"Um, senior, I'll try the extraction first. Don't worry, I'll be careful," Richard said with a smile.

"Then you still need to be careful. When Senior Brett arrives, I'll come with him to give you some guidance."

"Really, you don't need to!"

However, Richard's persuasion was ineffective, and Milo insisted on waiting for Brett to return so that she could ask him to come and give Richard some guidance.

Richard gave a wry smile and could only reluctantly agree to Meiluo's kind offer.

After Melo left, Richard spent two magic stones to rent a basic alchemy room for one day. He closed the door and began his first alchemy experiment.

[Host detected creating the Alchemy Bomb Fire Dance Star. Do/Do you want to consume energy to gain inspiration for creating the Alchemy Bomb Fire Dance Star?]

This time, looking at the numbers 1 and 10000 at both ends of the slider, Richard pondered for a moment. Since he didn't know how much energy it would take to trigger inspiration when making the alchemical bomb, he decided to test the waters first.

He immediately dragged the slider to 200 and selected "Yes!"

In an instant, Richard found himself in a dream space as if his soul had left his body. This space was also an alchemy room, and the equipment inside was exactly the same as the equipment he had rented from the outside world.

The first step was purification. Richard first gently crushed a flame flower with a wooden pestle, then added 80 ml of distilled water to dilute it, filtered it, drained it, and removed impurities. Soon he obtained the turbid flame oil.

The second step is extraction. Richard used his mental power to adjust the mesh size of a sieve to the appropriate size, and then gently poured in the murky oil of flame. With the help of inspiration, after only a few attempts, he grasped the essence of using his mental power to control the size of the sieve mesh.

Step 3.

After all the preliminary preparations are completed.

Richard began the mixing process, which was very important. Following the 5:1:4 ratio used by his mentor, Serales, Richard went from stumbling and exploding at the beginning, to occasionally getting covered in dust, and then to basically avoiding any major problems.

Soon, the dream ended, and Richard returned to his original form. He brought up the Inspiration panel and took a look.

[Skill] Fire Dance Star Creation (Basic 37%)

Interesting, Richard noticed that Alchemy Bomb making was also categorized under the [Skills] section. And probably because he only knew how to make Alchemy Bomb, it was directly displayed as Fire Dance Star. He had thought the panel would display Alchemy or Alchemy Bomb.

However, this is actually better, because Richard's main goal right now is to increase the success rate of creating Fire Dance Star, and this method makes the results more intuitive.

Richard once again expended 300 energy points to trigger inspiration.

The focus this time was on the ratio of raw materials. Richard originally made it according to the ratio of 5:1:4 used by his mentor, Serales, but when he entered a state of inspiration, he had many different thoughts.

Richard kept trying to optimize and experiment.

Since it's a dream, if the experiment fails, it'll just explode, so it doesn't matter!

Therefore, Richard started engaging in all sorts of reckless and dangerous maneuvers!

"boom!"

"Bang!"

"Snapped!"

The sounds of ping-pong balls exploding in various sizes filled the dream space, gradually changing from a barrage of explosions to a shotgun-like burst, before slowly subsiding.

Ultimately, Richard discovered the optimal ratio, accurate to the single digit: 52% oil of fire, 12% powder of stardust, and 36% sulfur liquid. After adjusting the ratio according to this, the explosive power of the Fire Dance Star increased by 17%.

This is already very good. Richard thought about it and realized that further optimization at the decimal level was completely unnecessary.

Even with optimization, the improvement is minimal, only between 1% and 2%!

After returning to his original form, Richard brought up the panel again and saw that the words "Improved Version" were clearly noted next to Fire Dance Star!

[Skill] Fire Dance Star (Improved Version) Production (Proficiency 89%)

With the support of my dear readers, this book went from being eliminated in the first round to being revived on Friday after receiving a notification from the editor. Today, it officially enters the second round of the competition!

This wouldn't have been possible without the support of all the readers! I'll be adding one chapter each day for the next three days, and if the readership is good, I'll add two more. Thank you again for your continued support!

(End of this chapter)