Dragon's Origin

“This one isn't suitable; it's too strong.” Wang Sheng gave an evaluation without any change in expression, put the lid back on, and reached for another one.

“This one is the same; they're both strong scents. You're in your youthful prime right now; natural beauty is better than anything.” After smelling the second bottle, Wang Sheng was completely sure that smelling these scented cosmetics could indeed stimulate the solidification of the giant cauldron in his Yuan Soul space.

If he had known this earlier, why would he have bothered watching the alchemy process one step at a time? A simple alchemy process takes half a day to a full day, and Wang Sheng had already watched all the simple ones. Now, a slightly complex pill refining process takes ten days to half a month, and in a month, Wang Sheng had only observed fewer than ten kinds of pills.

Tens of thousands of cosmetics have now been produced. Even if you remove the duplicate scents, there are still thousands. Even if the effect of each one isn't as good as a complete pill, the quantity is enough! The key is that they all have a scent that can be smelled.

“How about this? Bring all of these over, and I'll smell them one by one to pick out some that are suitable for you right now.” Wang Sheng said to Mei'er, and seeing Mei'er raising her eyebrows, he added, “Mainly to pick out some that I like.”

That one sentence immediately made Mei'er beam with joy. To be honest, it was suitable for her youthful vitality to use light scents, but she couldn't just use light scents all the time; she still needed to occasionally change her style and image. But when Wang Sheng said it was what he liked, Mei'er immediately had no objections. No matter how beautiful or novel she dressed up, wasn't it all for Wang Sheng to see and smell? Of course, she had to choose what Wang Sheng liked; a woman adorns herself for the one who appreciates her.

Mei'er happily didn't even let Wang Sheng do it himself, and directly called two maids to push Wang Sheng to her makeup chair. Then, the two maids took the cosmetics in turns, and Mei'er sat beside him, opening them one by one and handing them to Wang Sheng for him to evaluate.

Wang Sheng was now like a great master who had his clothes put on and food served to him. He reached out to take the cosmetics that Mei'er had already opened, carefully smelling and commenting on each one.

In the beginning, Wang Sheng only talked about the fragrance and scent type. Wang Sheng put the ones he thought were suitable on a shelf that had been cleared out, and put the unsuitable ones elsewhere, so they could be distinguished.

However, later on, Wang Sheng was no longer satisfied with just smelling the scents, but began to discern what medicinal materials were used inside from those scents, and what benefits they had for beauty and skincare.

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“Almonds and light powder have been added to it, which moisturizes the skin and reduces inflammation. Hmm, there's also musk, which is pungent and helps improve blood circulation in the skin. Not bad.” Wang Sheng actively put the bottle on the side that had been selected, and added, “However, the musk smell is a bit strong. You can put less when you make it, so the light fragrance is faintly discernible, giving people a more ethereal feeling.”

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“This one has a moderate scent, but it contains lead and mercury, which can make the skin whiter faster.” Wang Sheng frowned and said to Mei'er, “Although it has a whitening effect in the short term, long-term use can cause poisoning, and the skin will become darker. Don't sell this one; we don't harm people.”

Wang Sheng began to comment on the medicinal properties inside. Mei'er didn't think much of it at first, but one of them she had personally handled, and she knew very well what was inside. After Wang Sheng smelled it, the ingredients he casually mentioned were all correct, which immediately made Mei'er realize Wang Sheng's extraordinary ability.

After discovering this, two maids who could write were added to the room. For every cosmetic that Wang Sheng spoke of, the two women would record Wang Sheng's words in detail and save them together with the cosmetics.

However, Mei'er didn't refute Wang Sheng's statement that this whitening foundation wasn't suitable, but just exclaimed incredulously, “Really? It's just some cosmetics.”

“Do you know Song Hongde?” Wang Sheng smiled: “Duke Song, do you know why he's recuperating? It's because the tea he used to drink contained too many heavy metals similar to lead and mercury. Over the years, it accumulated and almost killed him. Now he's still relying on the divine pills he snatched from us and two experts from the Old Lord Temple to extend his life. What do you think?”

The Rebirth Pill being snatched had always been a concern for Mei'er, and now hearing that Duke Song actually had such retribution, she was truly overjoyed. She wasn't some magnanimous person who would repay evil with kindness, just a little woman. Hearing that Duke Song, who had snatched her things, was now in this state, she was naturally happy.

“Write it down. Take this one off the shelves tomorrow and explain the reason clearly, so that our distinguished guests can spend their money wisely.” Mei'er immediately instructed the two writing maids.

“These alone aren't enough.” Wang Sheng opened his mouth again after hearing Mei'er's instructions.

“What else do you need?” Mei'er was stunned and hurriedly asked.

“Post a notice and ask customers who have bought this one before to bring the product back for a full refund or exchange for another product of equal value.” Wang Sheng said with a smile, thinking of the recall system of those large companies on Earth, and instructed Mei'er: “Don't care whether people have used it or not, even if they bring back an empty bottle, you have to compensate them at the original price. At this point, what is business about? A new cosmetic or two? Wrong, it's about reputation!”

“If you have a good reputation, are you still afraid that customers won't come to your door?” Seeing the pained expression on Mei'er's face, Wang Sheng couldn't help but smile and scold gently: “Spend one gold coin to buy it back today, and you can earn ten gold coins tomorrow. You stingy thing!” As he spoke, he gently pinched Mei'er's delicate cheek.

Mei'er's face immediately turned as red as a piece of cloth. There were still four maids here. What would happen if they saw it? But when she turned her head, the four maids were busy with their own affairs, looking at their noses and hearts, as if no one had seen anything. Mei'er breathed a sigh of relief. In addition to being relieved, she suddenly felt an unusual sweetness in her heart.

When she came back to her senses, Mei'er was thinking about Wang Sheng's idea just now. At this time, she realized that if she really followed Wang Sheng's method of recycling, Runzi Workshop would only pay a little gold coin, but what it would gain was a great reputation, which was really a good idea that made people excited just thinking about it!

If the Marquis takes action to do business, who else in this world can compete? However, it seems that the current business is being done by the Marquis guiding me, so what's the difference between that and the Marquis doing it himself?

While Mei'er was feeling sweet in her heart, Wang Sheng was about to burst with joy in his heart. He had only smelled two or three hundred kinds of cosmetics, and the remaining part of his virtual giant cauldron had solidified by one-tenth. At this rate, it would take at most a few days to solidify all the giant cauldrons.

Who would have thought that just some cosmetics would bring such a surprise.