Wizard: Starting With Synthesized Gems - Chapter 802

Chapter 799 The Spirit of Truth! Get on the bus first, pay the fare later!

Inside the Lilith Cottage, in the Alchemy Cottage.

Locke looked at the Spirit Macro of the crimson vampire stone in his hand. He entered a state of advanced meditation again, returning his spirituality to a blank state.

Only in this way could he see its hidden true form without interfering with the spiritual traces within the Spirit Macro.

Locke frowned. “According to the books I consulted, only by seeing the hidden true form of the entire Spirit Macro, memorizing it, and then drawing it completely, can one be considered to have initially mastered this Spirit Macro.”

“After mastering the Spirit Macro, the next step is to find the corresponding wizard’s [mystical ritual].”

The last step is not difficult to understand.

It’s about transforming the Spirit Macro into a ritualistic act, so that the process of concocting potions can possess the Spirit Macro.

Once a potion possesses the Spirit Macro, the resulting potion is no longer just an ordinary potion, a potion that produces a magical reaction that lasts for a period of time after consumption.

The Spirit Macro is the hidden true form of all things.

Once a potion contains a spiritual essence, it signifies that the potion possesses a certain… [special rank].

Locke, located in his main body on Golden Crown Mountain, was reading materials in the free area of the second ring.

“Special rank? Potion rank?”

Locke’s expression changed slightly, immediately realizing what a second-ring potion meant.

Ordinary wizard apprentices, first-class wizard apprentices, first-ring wizards, and second-ring wizards each correspond to one of the four major ranks.

The so-called level difference lies only within these four major ranks, and a second-ring potion actually possesses one that can slightly enhance a certain rank. This means that second-ring potions are extremely important to second-ring wizards.

Indeed, the total magical pressure of second-ring wizards is equivalent to a fraction of a small-scale world. If the potion-making method of first-ring potions is followed, then unless one directly uses a world or a world-class artifact for potion-making, it will be difficult to have any effect on second-ring wizards.

In other words, spiritual essence is a necessary but significant advancement in potion-making. Locke

pondered, “It’s not impossible if we don’t discover the Spirit Macro level, but within the realm of first-circle potion-making, we can only use items with ever-increasing magical pressure for potion-making.

That’s a wasteful exploitation of resources.” “

The entire wizarding civilization would fall into a frenzied pursuit of more resources, consuming them relentlessly until they’re exhausted.”

This era has actually occurred before.

Locke recalled the Age of Stars, when King Otto passed on his legacy to him, telling him that potion-making wasn’t thriving then, and his personal skill couldn’t represent the overall level of potion-making in that era.

In that era, the most one could achieve was first-circle potion-making, so wizards were caught in a desperate pursuit of absolute resources.

Three hundred million magical kingdoms were scattered throughout the Age of Stars, vying for land and water.

Locke’s clone looked at a bright red Spirit Macro floating before him, emitting a faint red glow.

It represented energy from a higher dimension.

“Second-circle potionology, because of the Spirit Macro, discovered the hidden true nature of things. Therefore, a fundamental rule of first-circle potionology—that if the magical pressure of a potion differs too much from that of a wizard—is rendered ineffective or its effect is weakened.”

“This rule doesn’t exist in second-circle potionology. Because the Spirit Macro, as the hidden true nature of things, can provide more powerful energy and possesses special powers.”

“Second-circle potions become extremely dangerous.”

“When a wizard drinks a second-circle potion, they essentially gain a certain rank.”

Locke pondered: ‘In that case, poisons science should develop significantly during the second-circle stage. Poisons that were originally ineffective against high-magical-pressure individuals like full-fledged wizards and second-circle wizards with permanent defensive fields will likely become very powerful in the second-circle potion stage because of the Spirit Macro theory.’

Locke’s main body looked at the data.

“What is a rank? In Potions, the concept of a rank refers to an object or person whose essential attributes remain unchanged over time; such an object or person is considered the same entity.”

“And this identity of the same entity is called a ‘rank’!” “

The fourth-circle Potions master of the pure-blood era, Paracelsus, was the founder of Spiritual Magic. To commemorate his immense contributions to the development of Potions, he was posthumously known as the ‘Wizard of Truth.'” “

Later, this title evolved into the name of a special grant awarded to outstanding fourth-circle wizards. Wizards who obtain the title of ‘Wizard of Truth’ receive a series of titles and corresponding annual financial subsidies from the White Wizarding Association.”

Locke’s true form suddenly understood.

“I see. That’s the origin of the title ‘Wizard of Truth.’ This origin is also related to Potions.”

“I wonder where the Starsea Scholars at the fourth-circle level and the Throne Wizards at the third-circle level originated. I’ll ask Old Blue Head another day.”

Locke continued reading the article.

“It is said that transforming a title into a specific identity for a Truth Wizard is itself an elevation or change of [rank]. Therefore, a specific Spirit Macro can be extracted from this process.”

“By adding the special methods of the fourth-ring stage to this basic Spirit Macro, the Truth Spirit Macro can be derived.”

“This is the method for obtaining the main ingredients of Truth Potions.”

“However, I am currently only an expert-level potion master, so this method is currently just hearsay, and I don’t know if it’s true yet. But by using Spirit Macro theory for differentiation, one can obtain more advanced Spirit Macros.”

Locke, seeing this, was suddenly enlightened!

“Spirit Macro theory not only opens a new world for potion masters, but it’s also a tool they use to explore higher worlds, much like mathematics.”

“Through Spirit Macros, one can completely achieve great things from small beginnings.”

Although it was a bit abstract, Locke hadn’t expected that Spirit Macro theory, in its final development, could indirectly obtain the Truth Spirit Macro by extracting the Spirit Macro of the Throne of Truth.

This is incredible.

No wonder the world calls Paracelsus a Truth Wizard.

He gave potion-making a path to further development, allowing the wizarding civilization’s potion-making to forge a different path.

Moreover, he could use the form of potion-making to seek unique truths within potion-making.

Locke was immediately full of enthusiasm, ready to learn the Spirit Macro technique and then make his mark.

Then, he calmed down.

He looked at the Spirit Macro technique with the crimson vampire stone in his hand and shook his head slightly.

“So, I must first learn the first Spirit Macro.”

“I haven’t even mastered 1+1 yet, so I’m still not ready to think about more advanced things.”

“But just learning Spirit Macros like this requires an enormous amount of time and resources.”

Locke looked at the crimson vampire stone Spirit Macro before him.

Spirit Macros are good, but the problem is they’re incredibly difficult to learn.

He won this Spirit Macro in a bet at the Rose Throne; other wizards would need to buy rubbings, which have a limited number of uses and will break after repeated use.

Therefore, they would need to buy them repeatedly.

A single Spirit Macro costs over five million.

Ordinary second-ring potions generally have more than one Spirit Macro, so learning potion-making at the second-ring stage could easily lead to financial ruin, and still not mastering it.

Locke’s clone took out the Spirit Macro paper and pen he had bought in Cloud Marsh Wetlands and began drawing.

This was to assist potion masters in learning and recording Spirit Macros.

The Spirit Pen, crafted from a special magical silver, is a modern masterpiece of alchemists. It can contain the power of spirits and force them to reveal their hidden true forms, allowing wizards to draw spirits—which could only be seen, not touched—using paper and pen.

The Spirit Paper, also made from special magical silver paper,

is indelible once inscribed .

It’s a method of forcing spirits to manifest and can also be used to create rubbings.

A night passed.

Locke was drenched in sweat. Observing spirits, even those already formed rather than observed from objects, demands extremely high levels of insight from a potion master.

His insight was already far superior to that of ordinary wizards,

yet he still found it dizzying, slow, and exhausting.

Locke even felt his insight was insufficient, so he relied on intuition, guessing and guessing.

He used half observation and half guessing, and only then did he manage to create three rubbings using three sheets of Spirit Paper.

In the early morning, bright light streamed into his bedroom. Locke looked at the three failed rubbings, knowing they were merely his clumsy attempts, far removed from the true essence of spirit potions.

“However…”

Locke’s expression was strange.

“In the early stages of second-circle potion-making, the basic requirements for spirit potion theory weren’t actually very high. The key was mastering spirit potions, and then reaching the final step—

“converting spirit potions into ritualistic actions used when concocting potions.” In other words, it   could be

a kowtow, a coin flip, or even a meaningless cry during potion-making. Anything   was acceptable, as long as the ritualistic act conformed to the spirit potion.   This was why, when he was concocting the clone potion, the spellbook for clone potions he read didn’t record any spirit potions required.   Because these strange, mystical actions had to conform to spirit potions, which was difficult to describe in words; the process could only be described through the language of spirit potions.   Therefore, the spellbook for clone potions couldn’t describe the action using anything outside the language of spirit potion theory.   In a sense, spirit potion theory could be considered a special tool language, similar to mathematics.   Only this language can describe that special ritualistic work filled with mysticism.   The key isn’t that the movements must be exactly the same; the key is that the trajectory of the spirit macro must be exactly the same.   Locke looked at the three failed attempts before him and pondered, “There are standard spirit macros, but the wizards who concoct potions are different. Therefore, different wizards using the same spirit macro will produce slightly different ritual movements.”   ”Many second-circle potion masters get stuck at this step and have no choice but to give up. ”   ”Mastering spirit macros requires too many resources and time.” ”   But perhaps I can skip this step using a synthesis cube.” ”   The foundation of spirit macro studies is like the foundation of mathematics; it is indeed very important. But for beginners in second-circle potion studies, you can use a little trickery to skip this foundation. Use it first, learn later!”   ”Get on the bus first, pay the fare later!”   Locke saw that the three failed spirit macros in front of him actually showed that they were level 8 synthesis items and could be synthesized!   Locke immediately chose to synthesize them!   ”Sure enough, the Spirit Macro rubbing is a sample; it can be synthesized.”   Locke waited a day, then took out the Spirit Macro synthesis item—a Spirit Macro silver paper with a rather decent rubbing of the Crimson Vampire Stone.   There was also an entry description:   [Spirit Macro Rubbing of Crimson Vampire Stone, Level 9 Synthetic Item, an introductory exercise for a second-circle potion master. After ten years of training, the potion master finally managed to draw their first decent Spirit Macro. Using this Spirit Macro rubbing, the potion master performed their own ritual action, cutting open their left little finger. Specific description…]   [This ritual action can add the hidden true form of the Crimson Vampire Stone to the concocted potions.]   Locke’s eyes brightened as he looked at the specific description.   That description was inexplicably omitted, perhaps because any magical text couldn’t contain this information, so it became a memory in his mind.   Locke exhaled a breath of stale air, his mood greatly pleased.   With this, he could embark on the path of potion mastery!   According to the entry, even with his original talent, it would take him ten years to learn his first Spirit Macro.   This was despite using the bloodline of an ancient creature to enhance his insight and intuition.   And yet it still took him ten years.   While it’s said that everything is difficult at the beginning, once he learned the first one, with his foundation in Spirit Macro learning, learning other Spirit Macros shouldn’t take that long.   But if it were an ordinary wizard, wouldn’t it take them decades to learn just one Spirit Macro?   No wonder many potion masters stop before the second ring.   This is too difficult, and the cost is too high.   Locke looked at his rubbing.   “This is equivalent to skipping the basics of Spirit Macros and directly obtaining the answer. At least in the early stages of Second Ring Potions, with this answer, I can directly refine potions.”   “No problem, I can refine Second Ring potions first, and use the experience gained to improve my Spirit Macros. Get on board first, then buy the ticket!”   Locke thought. Now that he had obtained the Hidden True Form of the Crimson Vampire Stone, wouldn’t he be able to refine potions that require the Hidden True Form of the Crimson Vampire Stone?   He could look up which potions he could refine, and then he could use and sell Second Ring potions.   Now, Second Ring Potions was truly under his control.   Moreover…   his synthesized potions could now synthesize level 10 items, which meant he could also synthesize level 9 rubbings by drawing Spirit Macros, and then synthesize level 10 rubbings.   Then, he could obtain rubbings with higher precision, and then convert them into ritual works with higher precision.   This would improve the quality of his Second Ring potions! He could   refine more difficult Second Ring potions!   Locke calculated the costs.   “A Spirit Scroll only costs 10,000 magic stones, and a Spirit Scroll Pen can be used ten times, which is also only 100,000 magic stones.”   “A normal potion master would definitely consume paper and pens like water. But I can make money with potions first, and then use the money I earn to draw Spirit Scrolls to improve my Spirit Scroll foundation.”

Locke still needs to spend money on the Linghong project; after all, you have to get on the train first and pay the ticket later.

Spending money is inevitable.

The only difference is that others learn to refine potions only after spending all their money, while he learns to refine potions before even starting.

(End of Chapter)