She understood. Of course, Lan Qingyou understood.
But so what?
Putting aside the fact that she hadn't even experimented yet and didn't know if Blue Star's knowledge would be useful, even if it did work in this magical world, she would be paying for it with her own knowledge of alchemy. She wouldn't owe him anything.
Precisely because of that, she wasn't about to pay a higher price.
After all, that was the agreement they had made.
Furthermore, meeting every other day gave her a full day to consolidate and experiment with the knowledge she had learned the previous day.
From that perspective, Lan Qingyou's schedule was perfectly appropriate.
As for producing potions, she could easily find time for that during her experiments every two days. It wasn't difficult for her at all.
Seymer: "Fine then, every other day it is."
Since Lan Qingyou had shut down the topic so firmly, Professor Seymer naturally didn't push his luck and risk ruining his reputation.
Although Lan Qingyou and Seymer had talked about coal liquefaction for a long time, it had actually only been half a day.
It was already past two in the afternoon when 'class' ended.
Only then did Lan Qingyou realize she hadn't eaten lunch yet, so she quickly took out the food Gu Xiaobei had delivered earlier.
"Steel Wool, time to eat!"
Lan Qingyou placed a plate of meat for Steel Wool in front of its towel nest and called out to the creature, which was currently crouching with its eyes closed.
"Ji—"
Steel Wool opened its eyes and began to eat slowly.
It was quite strange.
Ever since this mana turbulence began, this fellow, who used to be so energetic all day, had become exceptionally quiet.
For a while, Lan Qingyou thought it was because of the cold, or perhaps Steel Wool was sick.
However, after checking it over, she found that there was actually nothing wrong, which put her mind at ease.
After finishing her meal, Lan Qingyou took out some coal and began to consolidate the new knowledge she had learned today.
In reality, a technology like coal liquefaction required quite a bit of equipment.
But this was a magical world.
And there was nothing alchemy couldn't solve.
Lan Qingyou had decomposed ores before, so decomposing coal now was not a difficult task.
Under the premise of satisfying high temperature and high pressure, adding some catalysts and solvents could yield fuel. It was incredibly convenient.
Of course.
It sounded very convenient in theory and in her mind.
But in actual practice, she still faced various problems.
For example, ensuring an alchemy circle could maintain a high-temperature, high-pressure environment—that alone took Lan Qingyou an entire night of work.
Fortunately, alchemy was a naturally convenient discipline.
Once the major hurdle of the alchemy circle was resolved, other things were relatively much easier to handle.
Even the wastewater Professor Seymer mentioned wouldn't be produced.
This was probably the charm of magic.
Lan Qingyou: "Why is what I made gasoline?"
Lan Qingyou: "Why did it turn out to be diesel this time?"
Lan Qingyou: "What's going on with this ethanol?"
Lan Qingyou: "And what is paraffin oil even for?"
Lan Qingyou was going crazy.
After a day of experiments, she felt like she had made everything except the kerosene she actually wanted.
This coal was giving her the illusion that 'anything could be made from it.'
After all, she used to think coal was just for burning fires or generating electricity at most. What else could it do?
It wasn't until she actually worked with it that she realized she was suffering from her own lack of education.
And compared to her, Seymer truly felt like his mind might be failing him. At this moment, he was deeply doubting himself.
Look, just look at what this student he had taught for only one day had produced.
Was it really this easy to create these chemical products in this magical world?
Although he didn't know the specific methods Lan Qingyou used for extraction, there was no doubt that in this world, Lan Qingyou was an absolute 'authority' when it came to alchemy.
Why?
Because after teaching Lan Qingyou, he had also tried to apply Blue Star's chemistry knowledge to this world's alchemy himself, but he was completely clueless.
However, despite his lack of progress, the weight on his heart had lifted.
Since Lan Qingyou's experiments were successful and she had produced so many chemical products, it meant that some of Blue Star's knowledge and theories were indeed applicable.
As long as he obtained the basic knowledge of alchemy from Lan Qingyou, even if he couldn't reach her heights, he could at least make a good living selling fuel and such in this world.
After all, he was already fifty-three years old.
It was time to enjoy some comfort and perhaps do some research he had wanted to do before but lacked the time and energy for.
Maybe he could even combine it with this world's magic to create something interesting.
【Kerosene (E)】
【Effect: Mechanical fuel, heating and lighting, chemical production, cleaning solvent.】
【Description: An alchemical product created using an alchemy circle. It works quite well as an everyday item.】
Finally.
After a brief struggle, Lan Qingyou finally produced what she wanted.
After seeing the identification results on the small screen, she immediately opened her Alchemy Journal and recorded all of it.
Although she couldn't use the gasoline or diesel right now, who could guarantee they wouldn't be useful later?
Once the recording was complete, Lan Qingyou looked at what was written on the pages and shook her head with a wry smile.
She didn't know how Blue Star obtained different substances like gasoline, diesel, kerosene, and ethanol from coal liquefaction, but on the magical continent of Kalim, the most important factors in obtaining these things from the same coal were actually how much mana was injected into the alchemy circle and the level of gravity within the circle.
How should she put it?
After finishing the production, Lan Qingyou felt that making these things—which were called 'chemical products' on Blue Star and 'alchemical products' here—was a mix of simple and complex.
It was simple because, compared to others who hadn't even reached the entry level, it really was simple for her.
It was complex because, for a novice like her who was barely a junior alchemist, the experiments were indeed quite complicated.
After all, at the beginning, she had only considered the mana issue and hadn't noticed the gravity factor at all.
It seemed that none of the alchemy books mentioned anything about that.
If her talent hadn't happened to be Lighten, which allowed her to adjust the weight of objects, she might never have discovered this.
Shang Chuan: "You made it?"
When Lan Qingyou asked Shang Chuan to increase his purchases of coal, the first thing he sent back was that single sentence.
This damn profiteer; his nose for business was as sharp as ever.
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