69 Boom *Improved Improved Edition*

Heavenly doctor Tang took a long sniff of the contents of the bottle. It appeared to be a tincture of some sort but he couldn't recognize what exactly it was.

He stuff his nose closer and closer to the bottle before finally getting a whiff of the contents. It smelt like sweet vanilla with spicy undertones of cinnamon. While it smelt quite delicious, it wasn't enough to impress heavenly doctor Tang.

"It's just vanilla and cinnamon. She left a scratch on my precious cauldron for this?" grunted heavenly doctor Tang. He handed the bottle back to the butler before rubbing his curl filled head head for a second.

He bent again, rubbing the scratch as if it would just disappear. It looked as if he was massaging it from his awkward demeanor and stance.

"Master. The princess definitely didn't use any vanilla or cinnamon in that. She used one herb only. It definitely wasn't vanilla."

Heavenly doctor Tang thought for a while before realizing it was true. The faint musky smell wasn't something that vanilla and cinnamon could produce by themselves, and musk extraction was a painfully long process.

"So this is a perfume? It's a rather trashy one if it is."

Speaking of trash, heavenly doctor Tang qualified. Not only was he unnecessarily cruel toward his butler, he was also a maniacal perfume fanatic. He would have no qualms about blood sacrifice if it made his perfumes better.

Heavenly doctor Ming used to call him the 'stinky sniffer' because he would sniff around for ingredients all around the academy.

He was like a dog, but unlike dogs, heavenly doctor Tang was neither cute nor friendly.

At most, heavenly doctor Tang was a tall and creepy looking man with curly hair and dark circles that looked like a body builder had punched his eyes in. He was the type you would call the cops on if spotted behind an electric pole near your home, even if he was just looking in your direction.

The butler sighed. He needed something to redeem himself and he was hoping Bai Jingfei's gift was that something.

"Master, I don't think it's finished. When I asked the princess, she said it would help in perfume making." whispered the butler hesitantly. He was probably going to already lose an arm for his 'crime' of 'letting' Bai Jingfei into the house. He had nothing to fear.

Heavenly doctor Tang grunted again, "Why didn't you tell me that before, fool?"

Heavenly doctor Tang wiped his hands with a wet cloth and pulled out a tube. He stared at the butler before ordering him.

"Prepare a water bath for the perfume. Bring me some vanilla and some citrus herbs."

Now it must be said that perfume made in a water bath rarely lasted very long or was strong. To heavenly doctor Tang it was a quick method of checking if the tincture was worth his time of purifying and going through an elaborate perfume making process.

And within moments of setting up he had done it.

A beautiful aroma was wafting up to the roof, much stronger than any other scent heavenly doctor Tang had ever created. It was delicate but strong, packed a punch but not overwhelming. It was a feminine scent but the musk brought out a strong flavour to it.

Heavenly doctor Tang cried tears of joy as he sniffed at it. It was this scent he had always tried to create. A strong scent, a passionate one. This scent was worth more than the entire room to him.

"Master! This scent is amazing!" shouted the butler in pure awe.

"I know!" smiled heavenly doctor Tang, his life's dream now achieved, "It's beautiful. It's everything I have ever dreamed of!"

But that was when everything went downhill. He got greedy. 'What if the scent was made with the traditional heating method? Would it not be the strongest perfume to ever exist?'

"Set up the equipment. I will be making a heat swirled perfume out of this tincture"

A heat swirled perfume was a rare perfume with the most lovely scents possible. They were created in a long and excruciatingly painful method but to heavenly doctor Tang it was worth it.

He was going to create a base perfume and then burn the rims of the perfume to give it a smoky texture. It was going to complement the musky undertones and create a revolutionary scent that would make men who wore it near irresistible.

In theory this was a fantastic idea but in real life it most definitely wasn't.

This wasn't a wise decision on his part.

This wouldn't be a wise decision on anyone's part. Not even a rat like Bai Jingfei.

The base was swirling in the cauldron and heavenly doctor Tang had to burn the rims before distilling the perfume. He brought a lit torch near it, circling it nearer and nearer to the edge of the perfume and then...

Boom!

The room burst into flames and the flames burnt a brilliant blue. They made heavenly doctor Tang's skin boil and his curly hair filled head was dripping with sweat. The butler rushed out to get water to extinguish the wire and save his life.

Meanwhile, heavenly doctor Tang, engulfed by the flames, was reconsidering his entire life. He had never really thought that he would get this far.

He had created the perfume of his dreams. Even if he could no longer make perfumes after this, he would have no problems.

Heavenly doctor Tang was ready to retire. But then he thought about it. He had failed at the advanced perfume and was probably going to be roasted to death like a chicken skewer, but…

If he were to save the tincture, he could create a perfume better than the ones he had dreamed of.

He would have never thought he would ever risk his life for a tiny bottle, but as the room exploded, heavenly doctor Tang couldn't help but dive forward to protect his precious tincture with his body.

The one he had called trash merely an hour ago.