I opened a clinic in the Abyss World

"Teacher, you went hunting?" Everyone was surprised to see Charlotte return carrying three large pheasants.

"I guess so. We'll have roast chicken for supper tonight." Charlotte carried three chickens to the backyard.

"I'll help you." Lina got up and quickly followed.

"I'll do the charcoal!" Myron and Amir couldn't sit still any longer and got up to help.

When the three chickens were almost cooked, Ino and the others finished their overtime work and returned. Charlotte asked Myron to call the other people from the opposite dormitory to come over for a late-night snack.

They were all young men and women, who had been busy all night and were starving. Upon receiving the message, they immediately flocked to the scene.

"Three of the chicken drumsticks are Evelyn's, you guys can thank her for this midnight snack." Charlotte smiled and tore off a large chicken drumstick for Evelyn.

"Thank you, Evelyn," everyone said with smiles.

"You're welcome, everyone please help yourselves." Evelyn waved her hand.

Awooo!

Evelyn opened her mouth and took a big bite. The delicious taste made her eyes squint, and then she happily chewed, enjoying the meal immensely.

Vivian tore off a large chicken wing, leaned close to Charlotte, and asked curiously, "Boss, why are you suddenly making midnight snacks today? Is something good happening?"

"I got Evelyn to do some work, so as a reward, I'm going to make her three chicken drumsticks. You're only able to eat such delicious chicken wings because of her," Charlotte said with a smile.

"Oh." Vivian nodded with a smile, took a bite of the chicken wing, the crispy skin wrapped around the tender meat, and it was so delicious!

……

The Kalva Pharmacists Association, a small building located in an alley.

The small signboard, with its blurred lettering, was extremely inconspicuous.

  

Meanwhile, in the council chamber on the second floor, twelve pharmacists dressed in black cloaks were having a serious meeting.

"After the Abyss Medical Center opened its medicine trading center, our medicine shop's business was cut in half. This has had a huge impact on us."

"It's more than just a 50% cut; my potion shop hasn't opened for two days. Yesterday, I ran into an old customer who saw me and immediately mocked me, saying my potions were expensive and ineffective, and that only a dog would buy them. Now everyone goes to buy potions from the Abyss Medical Center's potion trading center."

"My shop is in a similar situation. I only sold three potions today, and they were all hallucinogenic. Nobody wants the regular potions anymore."

"If this continues, we'll all have to close down. We've been in this business for over a hundred years, and this is the first time we've encountered such a survival crisis. You all need to take this seriously. If we don't do something, we'll really die."

"What can we do? The owner of this potion trading center is Jenny, the young lady of the Calva Chamber of Commerce. You couldn't possibly not know that, could you? Our little pharmacist association is no match for this big shot."

"Look at your discouraging words. If we can't touch the potion trading center, then let's go after the Abyss Medical Center. I heard that these potions all come from a medical center in the Abyss, and they're not produced by the Kalva Merchant Guild at all. The Abyss is a small, weak, and chaotic place, so we'll have more opportunities to strike."

"Is this Abyss Medical Clinic really such an easy target?"

"I'm not going to just sit here and wait to die. I've worked so hard for two hundred years, and I can't accept it being ruined by a clinic owner. If you're willing to work with me, then stay. If you're not, then leave."

The group argued incessantly, during which three people left, while the remaining nine continued their discussion.

The topic has shifted from the potion trading center to the Abyss Medical Clinic.

"At the very least, we must force the Abyss Medical Center to stop supplying medicine to the drug trading center."

"That's right, let's go to the Abyss tomorrow, investigate the Abyss Medical Center, and then make further plans."

"Potion making requires apothecaries. If we kill their apothecaries, won't their potions soon run out of stock?" a pharmacist with a mustache sneered.

The meeting room fell silent, and everyone had different expressions.

"Kill him? That would be a huge scandal. Aren't you afraid Jenny will trace it back to you?" someone retorted.

"She cuts off our source of income, so we dare not cut off hers too? I can't stand this kind of rudeness." The man with the mustache sneered.

"It would be a shame to kill them. I had my assistant buy a few bottles of the potions they sell. The effects are indeed quite good. Although we haven't been able to figure out the formula, we can identify several ingredients. The prices aren't high, so the cost is probably low as well, which is why they dare to sell them at such a low price." The apothecary sitting in the main seat pressed his hands on the table, grinning at everyone. "If we can capture their apothecary and force him to hand over the potion formula, these potions will be enough for us to live on for a lifetime."

The meeting room fell silent, and everyone's breathing quickened.

The Abyss Medical Center's potion trading center has only been open for a few days, but its booming business is evident to all its peers. Its daily turnover exceeds ten million copper coins, which is equivalent to several years of hard work for them.

It would be a lie to say I wasn't envious.

Even if they destroy this medicine trading center, those businesses probably won't fall into their hands.

But if they could get their hands on the Abyss Medical Center's potion recipes, and then immediately leave Calva and move to a big city, they could live a good life for the rest of their days with those potions.

"With careful planning, three legendary mages, four elite mages, and two elite knights, we can surely succeed by joining forces." The president of the Apothecary Association, Gibran, looked at everyone and said, "Anyone who wants to step aside still has a chance, but the wealth and glory of the rest of their lives will never come back once they miss it."

"I'll join, work for the chairman, and leave Kalva after this job. What's the Kalva Chamber of Commerce to me!" Lovell with the mustache was the first to respond.

After some deliberation, the others also expressed their willingness to join, and none of them withdrew.

The temptation was too great. These days, who hasn't secretly bought potions from the potion trading center to try? The quality and price were something they could never match.

If you master the formulas for these medicines, you'll not only have no worries about food and clothing, but you can also enjoy wealth and luxury for the rest of your life.

"Alright, Lovell, tomorrow you'll come with me to the Abyss to investigate the Abyss Medical Center," Gibran said. "The rest of you, stand by. Once we've investigated, we'll act together and make sure we succeed."

……

Ino and Martha ate quite a lot. The potion workshop had received so many orders these past few days that they had been busy from morning till night. They had only had a quick lunch and dinner, so this late-night snack was absolutely delicious.

"Teacher, the expansion of the potion workshop is progressing quite quickly. The framework of the first alchemy plant has already been erected, and it looks like it will be completed in a few days," Ino and Charlotte said.

"That's right. I asked him to build one production line for me within five days, and the subsequent production lines to be completed within twenty days. Then we will have four medicine refining production lines," Charlotte nodded.

"Four production lines?" Ino asked, somewhat surprised. "But we don't have that many alchemists. Are you planning to recruit two more?"

Charlotte nodded: "Yes, but there's no rush. Good potential pharmacists aren't easy to find; it takes a bit of luck."

"Should we recruit more fire-starting masters and medicine packers?" Ino asked again.

"Yes, I will ask the landlady to hire two suitable candidates so that things will run more smoothly."

After having a late-night snack, everyone tidied up the courtyard and went back to rest.

Charlotte went upstairs to change her clothes, drank three hundred bottles of strength potion, and then went downstairs into the alchemy room.

He'd been too busy lately and had neglected his potion-making work. He'd mentioned improving the Golden Stamina Potion, but that hadn't been done yet. He'd already taken the potion tonight, and since he couldn't sleep anyway, he might as well keep going until dawn.

The Golden Stamina Potion can restore 25% of the stamina of an intermediate knight, which is quite effective, but for knights of higher levels, the effect is roughly equivalent to a placebo.

In contrast, the Deep Blue Magic Potion can provide a 30% recovery effect to high-level mages, and can also be used by intermediate-level mages with a reduced dosage. It has an extremely high cost-performance ratio and is very popular among low-level mages.

In the past two days, some knights have been asking about high-level recovery potions. For many high-level knights, it is still easy to encounter the problem of insufficient stamina when entering the wilderness. Therefore, a recovery potion with obvious recovery effect and high cost performance is very important.

Charlotte plans to rely on the Golden Stamina Potion to try and concoct a new high-level stamina potion.

He had already written down some formulas, and had also bought various materials over the past few days. He was going to try them out tonight to see if he could develop a medicine with satisfactory results.

"Tiger-striped venomous snake, short-tailed lizard, tricolor winged snake, grey-faced cuckoo, golden sweet potato..."

Charlotte took out the various materials, ground them into powder, and labeled them.

Of these ingredients, the sweet potato is the most expensive.

This thing sounds like a sweet potato, but it is actually a small cave-dwelling magical beast that looks like a sweet potato. It has a body covered in golden scales that are impervious to swords and spears, and it can burrow underground at an extremely fast speed, making it difficult to catch.

Moreover, this creature is fierce and untamable; once captured, it will bite off its own tongue and commit suicide.

This thing is like a metal beast, solid inside, palm-sized, yet weighing ten pounds.

Some magicians grind it into powder to set up formations, which has a good effect on reinforcing the foundation.

One of them can cost as much as 3000 copper coins.

However, according to the encyclopedia, this little thing has an extremely strong physical recovery effect, which is why Charlotte spent a lot of money to buy one to experiment with.

Charlotte cleaved him in two with her Judgment Sword. His flesh was golden and had a metallic sheen, while his internal organs occupied only a small area and had already been dried.

After removing the internal organs, Charlotte tapped the golden sweet potato with a hammer, making a clanging sound, just like hitting metal.

Charlotte first used her Judgment Sword to cut it into small pieces, and then crushed it into powder.

Fortunately, this stuff doesn't have the ductility of metal. Although it's hard, it's also quite brittle, and it turns into powder when crushed.

First, Charlotte brewed a potion of golden stamina potion, then added more than ten kinds of prepared ingredients to brew twelve new potions.

There were two explosions during the process, but both were under his control and not a big problem.

The medicine made from sweet potatoes has a dark golden color, a rather viscous texture, and a faint earthy smell.

Charlotte took the potion to the lab next door, only to find that all the mice had been used up. She had to trick Anna, who was grooming her long hair on the counter, into catching twelve mice for her, in exchange for two dried fish.

Once the mice arrived, Charlotte fed them the medicine.

Not long after, six white mice died suddenly, one of which exploded, a truly shocking sight.

Of the remaining six mice, two were clearly in poor condition, vomiting and having diarrhea. Although they did not die on the spot, it seemed that they would not survive.

The other four were quite excited, jumping around in their cage.

This is a normal reaction after taking the Golden Vitality Potion, which is roughly equivalent to taking a stimulant.

After disposing of the dead mice and discarded medicines, only four bottles of medicine remained.

Charlotte didn't rush to test the medicine on herself. She put the potion aside and went upstairs to rest.

I'll check on the four mice again tomorrow morning. What if some of the poison is slow-acting? Wouldn't it be terrible if they drank it?

The next morning, just as dawn was breaking, Charlotte, who had been lying in bed with her eyes closed, got up.

He went downstairs into the lab and, sure enough, there was a white mouse that was already stiff with death. The drug containing the lizard had a slow-acting toxicity, but thankfully he hadn't rushed to take it for testing last night.

He then observed the other three mice, and they were in a stable condition, showing no signs of madness or other adverse reactions, indicating that the three bottles of medicine were relatively stable and reliable.

Charlotte opened the laboratory door and placed a bottle of antidote nearby, so that if he had any adverse reactions after drinking it, the others could notice in time and provide first aid.

He picked up the first bottle of medicine containing tiger venom, took a small sip, and found it had a sweet and fishy taste that wasn't very pleasant, but it was still tolerable. After confirming that he felt nothing unusual, he drank the whole bottle.

He felt a slight heat rise in his body, but the effect of this low-level potion was now negligible. He was waiting for the system's evaluation results.

[A Decent Stamina Recovery Potion: For intermediate knights, this potion restores up to 30% of their stamina.]

The system provided the evaluation results promptly.

"It only improved by 5%, but the texture and taste became terrible. This recipe is pending." Charlotte frowned. A 5% improvement is not an absolute improvement. Moreover, although tiger venomous snake sounds intimidating, it is actually just an ordinary snake. It is quite cheap. Dried snakes are sold by weight, and the price is only one hundred copper coins per kilogram.

Charlotte then picked up the potion containing the Grey-faced Cuckoo. This potion didn't have much of a flavor, retaining the original fragrance of the Golden Stamina Potion. It was also quite palatable, and she downed it in one gulp.

[Golden Stamina Potion: Restores 25% of the stamina of an intermediate knight.]

Charlotte was stunned for a moment when she saw the evaluation, then she understood what the system meant. The addition of the Gray-faced Cuckoo was practically useless.

Charlotte's gaze fell on the last bottle of potion, the one with the added sweet potato. It was a dark gold color, and after settling overnight, its color and condition remained very stable.

Upon opening the lid, a faint earthy smell still lingered.

The hopes of the entire village now rest on this potion. Charlotte took a deep breath and then tasted the potion.

It smelled earthy, but to his surprise, the potion didn't have any strange taste after entering his mouth. It retained the original flavor of the Golden Stamina Potion and was even a little bland.

Charlotte drank the entire bottle of potion and then waited expectantly for the system to give its evaluation.

[An excellent stamina recovery potion! It can restore 35% of a high-ranking knight's stamina! Side effect: It will temporarily raise the user's body temperature, but it will not cause any harm.]

"It's a success!"

Charlotte's eyes lit up immediately, and she couldn't help but exclaim.

Ino and Eunice, who had just pushed the door open, were startled and stared blankly at Charlotte, who was standing excitedly at the laboratory door.

"Teacher, what's wrong?" Ino asked with concern.

Eunice also looked concerned.

"I've successfully developed a new stamina recovery potion." Charlotte walked out of the door, showing the two empty potion bottles in her hand, her expression still somewhat excited.

"Really?! That's fantastic!" Ino immediately became excited upon hearing this. As a pharmacist, she was very clear about the difficulty of developing a new potion and the sense of accomplishment it brought.

Eunice didn't quite understand, but seeing how excited the two of them were, she also became happy.

"How is the effect? ​​Teacher, how is the recovery effect of this new medicine?" Ino asked.

"The current test results indicate that the recovery effect for advanced knights is around 35%," Charlotte said.

"The effect is so good!" Ino's eyes lit up. "That's a recovery potion of the same level as the Deep Blue Magic Potion, and even more effective."

"That's right, this gives the knights another option." Charlotte nodded.

"So, what price do you plan to set?"

"Just like the Deep Blue Magic Potion, it costs 3000 copper coins, so consider the extra 5% recovery effect a bonus."

"What's this potion called?" Eunice asked curiously.

"Let's call it..." Charlotte looked at the last bit of dark gold liquid remaining in the bottle, "Black Gold Stamina Potion, an upgraded version of the Gold Stamina Potion. The name will also make it easier for consumers to understand."

"Will this medicine be very expensive? Is it easy to mass-produce?" Ino asked the question that concerned her the most.

Charlotte said, "The added material is indeed not easy to obtain, and the price is relatively high, but the cost per unit is still manageable. Refining is quite simple, though. As long as we can get enough materials, mass production is not a problem."

"In that case, we'll have to refine another potion," Eunice said with a smile.

"Moreover, it will probably be a best-selling potion like the Deep Blue Magic Potion." Ino's expression became more serious.

Clearly, the apothecary workshop is about to become even busier.

"Don't worry, the new production line will be completed soon, and I will continue to recruit pharmacists to share your workload," Charlotte said reassuringly to the two of them.