Chapter 126: Black Jade Fracture-Healing Ointment

Naming the medicine was an honor and also a difficult problem. However, after thinking for a long time, he couldn’t come up with a very artistic name, so he just named it Magical Potion.

Sasha looked at him curiously. She originally wanted to get some information from him, but now Liu Heming was just left holding the potion and examining it nonstop.

“Sasha, I think this should be a success.” Liu Heming noticed Sasha’s gaze and placed the potion in her hand, letting her appreciate it properly.

He still felt quite proud. Sasha didn’t know, but he knew this was a potion recognized by the System, so its effects were definitely strong. There was no potency loss like he had worried about earlier.

Sasha poured out one drop and spread it on her hand. It felt cool and refreshing to her, and it also had a faint fragrance.

Liu Heming poured the remaining medicinal liquid and dregs together and continued to boil them.

This time, he was full of motivation. He didn’t even care about the foul smell from the dregs anymore, just wrapping a towel around his nose.

Normally, making medicinal ointment involved very complicated steps: first extraction, then refining the oil, then adding the pill, and removing the fire toxin. He read this on Baidu, but he didn’t want to do it that way because it was too complex and the procedure was too difficult for him.

He figured that since this was stem and leaf material produced by the System, using his own simple method should work. His simple method was to simmer the medicinal juice and dregs over a low flame and then see what the result would be.

The success of the potion earlier gave him a little bit of confidence and made him feel that even if he wasted this ointment, he wouldn’t mind.

This step also took a long time, using a low flame. He switched from a big pot to a small pot and kept stirring nonstop. While stirring, he also used a spoon to crush all the remaining sweet potato stems and leaves, which were the dregs.

These sweet potato stems and leaves were truly amazing. After crushing them with a spoon, not a single bit of dreg could be seen; they all dissolved directly into the remaining medicinal juice, making Liu Heming even more confident.

The medicinal juice reduced more and more as it simmered, the foul smell dissipated a lot, and Liu Heming’s focus intensified.

This was a method he came up with himself, not the proper way to finish an ointment. He was still relying on the medicinal efficacy of these stems and leaves themselves. During the simmering process, he gained a little bit of insight. It could be said that this was the critical moment now. If the heat was too strong, it would definitely burn; if the heat was too mild, whether it could even become an ointment was a question.

Even though he was being as careful as possible, he still smelled a hint of burnt scent at his nose. He hurriedly turned off the fire and poured the thick, black medicinal dregs from the pot into a plate beside him.

Right after pouring, a line of green text appeared before his eyes again: Development of medicinal ointment successful. Functions: stops bleeding, restores bones. For external use. Store in a cool, dry place. Low Grade. Please name this product.

Liu Heming was stunned. This should mean the development was successful, but what was that “Low Grade” about? Did it even have high, medium, and low grades? And why didn’t he get any reward this time? He wouldn’t mind any reward at all.

While he was still feeling frustrated inwardly, the green text flashed before his eyes again: Please name this product. Liu Heming didn’t delay any longer and directly gave it a very cool name: Black Jade Fracture-Healing Ointment.

Although he still had some doubts in his heart, he was quite happy with the name this time. After all, Black Jade Fracture-Healing Ointment was just something from martial arts legends, and he had actually made it. The effects were pretty similar. He wondered if this counted as him endorsing Grandpa Jin.

“Sasha, I plan to call this potion the Magical Potion. And this ointment, I plan to call it Black Jade Fracture-Healing Ointment. What do you think?” Liu Heming said, bringing the ointment over to Sasha like he was presenting a treasure.

Sasha instinctively covered her nose, but after a slight hesitation, she moved her hand away and brought her nose close to the ointment to sniff it.

Liu Heming was driven by his own male hormones to come present his treasure, subconsciously wanting to show off his achievement and get praise. Sasha was a bit taller. With her hair tied back like that, puckering her nose and sniffing persistently near the plate, she looked somewhat cute and playful in his eyes.

He had always had some improper thoughts. And after being teased twice by Nina who had visited, these improper thoughts grew even stronger.

As if guided by ghosts and gods, he reached out his left hand and brushed it against Sasha’s cheek.

Liu Heming could swear to heaven that he really didn’t intend to take advantage just now; that thought didn’t even cross his mind. He was truly innocent; his hand just went over on its own.

But Sasha? After being brushed like that by him, she froze for a moment, then started glaring at him.

Staying here to live was somewhat out of necessity. But what was Liu Heming doing now? Getting fresh with her. She really wanted to slap him, but she didn’t swing. Their daughter was playing with the Bear Kids not far away; seeing it would make her sad.

Glaring fiercely once more at the unruly Liu Heming, Sasha snorted coldly, turned around, and walked toward the house. Even Robin, who was watching the commotion under the porch, shook his head helplessly.

Liu Heming resentfully put the ointment into a box he had prepared earlier and even slapped his own hand a little harder. Why are you so unruly? Did I let you go over there? I hadn’t even decided yet, what were you brushing for? Originally, making medicine together today was quite a warm scene, and now look, you made her angry in an instant.

“Dexter, you were too impatient. Although you already have a child together, and you like Sasha very much, you still have to pursue her again.” While Liu Heming was cleaning up, Robin strolled over.

Liu Heming smiled bitterly and grimaced. “I swear to heaven, just now I didn’t even know how my hand reached out.”

Robin shook his head with an amused smile. In his heart, he didn’t believe Liu Heming’s words one bit. Believing that would be ridiculous; his wolfish ambition was plain for anyone with eyes to see.

Liu Heming shook his head helplessly. He felt like he had jumped into the Yellow River and couldn’t wash himself clean.

After putting away the ointment, he was somewhat surprised to find that the ointment didn’t have any unpleasant smell now. Maybe it only smelled during the simmering process, and once it was successfully made, the odor was gone.

He also figured out some reasoning.

The reason it was labeled Low Grade was probably because the potency wasn’t sufficient. He had made so much of the potion, which likely reduced the remaining potency here a lot. And precisely because it was recognized by the System as Low Grade, he didn’t get any reward.

Whether that was the reason or not, he couldn’t verify it for now. To verify it again, he would have to wait until next year after planting the sweet potatoes again, to harvest the sweet potato vines and continue making medicine.