Wizard: Starting With Synthesized Gems - Chapter 347

Chapter 345 Invitation Letters from Major Wizarding Organizations

During these six months, Locke spent all his 1,000 contribution points and a total of 210,000 magic stones in the public library of Lilith’s Cottage, buying magic books and articles related to alchemy, as well as related materials and equipment. He continued to research and used Mammon demons as raw materials to quickly improve his alchemy skills within these six months.

At that moment, in the simple laboratory, Locke looked at the replica of the Eye Demon Elder Potion before him and let out a breath. “It took me six months, 1,000 contribution points, and 210,000 magic stones to finally successfully refine the Eye Demon Elder Potion.”

“This means that my foundation in potions has reached the level of formal potions, reaching the first level.”

“At the same time, I have already established a certain foundation in my research on Abyssal Pharmacy.”

“As long as you have money, you can improve your Potions skills quite quickly. I’m already a first-ring wizard, so it shouldn’t be difficult for me to improve my Potions skills to the first-ring level.”

In half a year, Locke obtained a total of 360,000 magic stones from the Augustus brand. Now he has 150,000 magic stones left. Combined with his previous deposits, he currently has 200,000 magic stones in deposit.

Because Madam Irina is still in the stage of laying out and investing, she suffered losses in the first three months of the past six months, and the profits in the last three months were barely enough to offset the costs.

Therefore, in the past six months, Locke basically only received a profit share of 60,000 magic stones per month.

Locke was also glad that he listened to Senior Irina, and that he and Mrs. Irina were both in Harlan Vera’s network of relationships.

Otherwise, according to my previous plan, I would have fallen into a trap.

The initial investment cost and difficulty of opening a store are obviously much greater than I imagined.

Yes, if business were that easy, there would be a lot of wizards doing it.

Although Madam Irina has no talent in magic, she has talent and foundation in business.

Therefore, within half a year, she was able to gradually take advantage of the war, establish the reputation of the Augustus brand, gradually gain the hearts of the apprentices of the major white wizard organizations in the southeast corner, and sell a large number of magic plants.

Profitability is coming soon.

Locke waved his hand and extinguished the magical flames in all the crucibles in the laboratory. The first-level alchemy became more complicated.

It is mainly reflected in two points – first, in the field of the temperature of magic flames, the assistant potion master only needs to master the five more commonly used magic flames, while the formal potion master needs to master eight commonly used magic flames and use them freely.

In addition, in the Alchemist Assistant stage, the magic flame only needs to consider what attributes it has and the switching speed must be fast.

But at the alchemist stage, when refining a first-ring potion, one needs to consider the size of the same magic flame, whether it is a big fire or a small fire, or even gradually change from a small fire to a big fire, or instantly change from a small fire to a small fire.

That is, the size attribute of the magic flame is added, instead of just the type attribute.

Locke snapped his fingers, and suddenly a blue-white sub-zero ice magic flame burned on his fingers. At the same time, the flame at his fingertips grew and shrank and switched freely.

After possessing the energy of the abyss, his mental sensitivity increased, and the accuracy of his magic power became very high even without external assistance. Even if he relied on himself alone, he could accurately control the magic flame in his hand and freely switch the type and size attributes.

“It seems now that potion-making at the Alchemist level is more of a simplified process,” Locke pondered. “When an Alchemist’s assistant is refining potions, not only does he not have to worry about switching between different magical flames, but he also doesn’t have to consider the size and properties of the various magical flames.”

Just like the questions that high school students do, they are all simplified content and simplified ideal models, without taking into account too many other factors, so they are not practical at all.

Locke now realized that a similar thing had happened in the field of alchemy. All the potions refined during the alchemy assistant stage, including everything related to the temperature, had been artificially simplified.

Locke looked peculiar. “In other words, the wizarding world once consciously and proactively simplified the content of the Potions apprenticeship stage to make it easier for apprentices to master it.”

“The degree of the fire will require a formal potion master of the wizarding level to consider.”

“Currently, I have mastered eight types of magical flames, namely wood, water, fire, earth, wind, ice, thunder, and air.”

“Among them, the magic flame with the highest temperature that I’m proficient in has changed from the wind element magic flame to the lightning element magic flame.”

“And the magic flame with the lowest temperature that I’m proficient in has changed from the water element magic flame to the ice element magic flame. The magic flame without any properties is the air element magic flame.”

“Mastering these magical flames means I can refine more complex potions,” Locke said. “As for the recipes, the first-level potions are much more complex, several times more complex than those of the apprentice stage.”

“The number of magical structural components involved has increased from a few to hundreds. But this seems to be the complexity that the potion itself should have.”

“Because the recipes use so many ingredients, we’ve added a four-part classification system for potion materials: core ingredients, secondary ingredients, marginal ingredients, and auxiliary ingredients. Core ingredients are the most important, secondary ingredients are second, and marginal ingredients and auxiliary ingredients are optional, simply for compatibility.”

“The energy reaction of a first-level potion is too intense, so a large amount of marginal and auxiliary materials are needed to remove toxicity, balance energy, and assist the interaction of the magic structure components.”

In other words, apprentice-level potions are just playful products used for practice, and the truly powerful ones are the first-level potions.

“No wonder the examiner reminded me to improve my perception when I was taking the Potions exam.” Locke had a strange expression on his face as he looked at the potion in his hand, in which a purple eyeball was floating.

In the past six months, he had failed every time he tried to refine a first-level potion. He finally succeeded because he took the Eye Demon Elder’s potion on his own initiative, which further improved his mental sensitivity and thus his perception.

Because the formulas involved in first-ring potions are too complicated, the accuracy of mana in the first-ring stage is no longer so important, and perception is more important.

It can be said that only the first-level potion formula is as difficult as the original complete potion formula.

At this stage, improving perception is more important than improving the accuracy of magic. Wizards must use their perception to perceive the various changes in the components of the magic structure.

It is too late to capture the changes with the n*ked eye; we need to use our perception to capture the changes in these materials.

Locke recalled the process of refining the Elder Eye Demon Potion. “Actually, I should have used the Ice Elemental Magic Flame for 10 seconds longer to further extract the magical components within the Crypt Lord’s shell and slow its reaction rate with other magical components.”

“This might improve the quality of some of the Eye Demon Elder’s potions.”

“Well, of course, I am currently at the level of a formal potion master. If it weren’t for the war that stopped all exams, I could have taken the exam for the formal potion master’s certificate right now.”

“As for improving your refining skills in the future, you need to invest more resources and time in training. With daily practice, you will gradually improve.”

Locke nodded. Recently, because of the war, Locke gradually realized that it was becoming increasingly difficult for him to obtain resources that were not related to the war.

For example, the southeast corner region has cancelled all level certificate examinations.

This place is becoming increasingly uninhabitable. There is no point in staying any longer.

It’s a pity that I haven’t got the Druid’s Ring yet, so I can’t leave for the time being.

The gray dwarf servant walked into the laboratory and said respectfully, “Master, this is your letter today.”

Locke looked at the letter in the gray dwarf servant’s hand, feeling a little helpless. It was another invitation letter from a wizard organization in the southeast corner, or a wizard organization in a nearby low-level wizard land.

(End of this chapter)