The wizard era begins with the alchemist wizard

Chapter 35: Magic Potion (Seeking follow-up reading)

Outside the experimental area, Richard and Ellie attracted the attention of many apprentices.

Unlike the somewhat famous Ellie, not many people know Richard, a genius who became a formal apprentice less than half a year after entering school.

In addition to Richard's refusal to socialize, there are also factors that he deliberately hides.

Richard's style is to play the pig and eat the tiger, and make a fortune in silence, but sometimes, being too reserved can cause trouble.

"Ellie, long time no see. Are you here to test magic again today?" A handsome man in a black robe suddenly walked out from the apprentices, came to Ellie and said with a bright smile.

Ellie's smile faded and her tone became a little cold.

"Well, the experiment is complete."

Richard saw that Ellie was in a bad mood, so he whispered in her ear:
"who is this?"

"He's that Joseph." Ellie said with some disgust.

Richard looked at the wizard apprentice in front of him. Joseph looked strong and handsome, with thick golden hair. Judging from the fluctuations of magic power in his body, his strength was quite good. Moreover, he was a descendant of a wizard and a formal apprentice of a wizard.

To be fair, if this character was pursuing someone else, he would have succeeded her long ago.

"Ellie, won't you introduce this friend to me?" Joseph seemed not to notice Ellie's attitude and still had a smile on his face.

"Richard, also from the alchemical school."

Richard introduced himself before Ellie could speak.

"So you are Richard. It's true that appearance is not the best way to judge a person. I am Josep, the official apprentice of Master Ulrich. I wonder which master you are working for."

Joseph seemed a little surprised, then extended his right hand toward Richard, as if wanting to shake hands.

"Master Joe Lord." Richard remained expressionless and extended his hand to shake.

"So they are Master Jorode's disciples." A hint of ridicule flashed across Joseph's face, and he thought coldly, "So they are the idiots under Master Jorode's command."

It was no secret among alchemy wizards that Joelod was recruiting many apprentices, but everyone knew that apprentices were apprentices and formal apprentices were formal apprentices. The former were just employees and servants, while the latter were the ones who truly inherited the knowledge.

Although he had recently heard rumors that Joe Lord had accepted a low-level apprentice as a formal apprentice, he knew without a doubt that the person must be a descendant of a wizard.

Only descendants of wizards who have been exposed to wizard knowledge since childhood can become wizard apprentices right after school starts. This is the case for him, and he expects others to be the same.

The two hands were clasped together, and a spiritual message was transmitted to Richard's mind.

"Five hundred magic stones, leave Ellie."

Richard was stunned when he heard this, and then he wanted to laugh.

Did he meet a domineering CEO? But aren't 500 magic stones a bit too cheap for a domineering CEO?

At least five thousand would be considered generous.

"Friend, five hundred magic stones are not enough."

Joseph's confident smile froze on his face in an instant.

Richard let go of her hand and hugged Ellie in his arms with a smile.

"Such a rare treasure must cost at least 50,000 magic stones for me to let it go."

Ellie didn't know what Richard was talking about, but this sudden hug made her heart pound.

"What's going on, Richard?" Ellie asked.

"Nothing. A friend of mine offered me 500 magic stones to let me leave you." Richard was beaming with joy as he spoke. "I think his offer is too low. You should be worth at least 50,000 magic stones."

Ellie turned to look at Joseph and said with disdain:

"Josep, is this your method?"

Joseph shook his head, sighed and said:

"You wild apprentices are such a nuisance. It would be better if you could be more sensible."

He looked at Ellie and said in a deep voice, "Ellie, sweet words cannot bring any real benefits. In the wizarding world, magic stones and knowledge are the cornerstones of progress. You follow the path of Shaping, and this school has a particularly strong need for magic stones. And you follow the wizard Susanna, whose inheritance requires even more magic stones. In this academy, only the formal apprentices of Master Joelord and I can support you."

After saying this, Joseph looked at Richard deeply again, with a hint of pity and mockery on his face.

"My friend, there is a huge gap between a formal apprentice and an apprentice like you. My promise remains unchanged. I hope you can face the reality as soon as possible and not end up not being able to even get a magic stone."

After saying that, Joseph strode away. Richard looked at his back, then suddenly lowered his head and looked at Ellie with some confusion.

"You didn't tell him that I'm Master Joe Lord's official apprentice?"

"No, didn't you tell me not to reveal your information to outsiders?" Ellie shook her head and said obediently.

The two looked at each other and suddenly burst into laughter.

After laughing, Richard let go of Ellie and said, "Let's go, let's go eat now. I will study potions tonight, otherwise I won't be able to support you, Master Susanna's disciple."

"What do you mean by 'supply'?" Ellie bared her teeth and waved her fists, "I can support myself!"

……

Evening, dormitory building.

An Academy Overseer grabbed a box the size of a person and flapped its wings, hovering in front of Richard's balcony. "Apprentice Richard, Apprentice Richard, your goods have arrived!"

"Apprentice Richard, Apprentice Richard, your goods have arrived!"

"Ka!"

The crow on the balcony let out a sharp cry. Although the academy supervisor was much stronger than it, it still made a warning cry.

"I'm coming."

Richard ran to the balcony, opened the window, and took the wooden box. Almost all wizard guilds that can open stores inside the academy will hire academy supervisors as couriers. In addition to the large number of academy supervisors who patrol the academy all day and the fact that the academy does not prohibit them, the low wages of these owls are also an important reason.

Hiring these owls does not require magic stones, just a lot of nuts and some useless gems.

"Please sign for it."

The owl held a piece of parchment in its beak and handed it to Richard. After Richard signed, the parchment instantly caught fire.

The money and goods have been settled and the contract is completed.

Carrying the box back to the room, Richard placed the materials one by one at one end of the table.

Also on the table are various strangely shaped glassware, which are the equipment Richard needs.

Taking out the crystal ball that recorded the potion formula, Richard reviewed its contents again. After making sure that the information was exactly the same as his memory, Richard went outside and hung a "Do Not Disturb" sign in front of the door.

He doesn't have many friends, and this sign is mainly for Ellie.

Returning to the room, Richard put most of the materials back into the box, leaving only enough on the table to make a bottle of potion.

Concentration potion, which helps wizards calm down physiologically, and can prevent spellcasting errors caused by severe pain and emotional excitement
Following the recipe, Richard took out a black fruit that looked like a plum.

"Gastrodia elata fruit has a narcotic effect after consumption. You need to squeeze the juice and heat it for about ten minutes."

Richard put the fruit into an earthenware mortar, crushed it with a crystal pestle, filtered it through a fine sieve and filter paper, put it into a beaker and began to heat it.

"Then the white rhino horn, ground into powder."

As he spoke, Richard took out a cracked rhino horn from the materials. This thing was difficult to handle, so Richard had to cut it into pieces with a magic dagger, and then grind it into powder bit by bit.

After processing the white rhino horn, Richard processed the Gaoyang lime, Ningshen grass and other materials according to the records on the recipe.

“After processing the materials, it’s time to synthesize them.”

Richard looked at the bottles and jars in front of him. When making potions, there was one thing that he must not make a mistake in - the order in which he put the ingredients in.

Different products will be formed if some materials are put in in different orders. If the order is wrong, a life-saving miracle drug can turn into a deadly poison.

When preparing a potion, you need to be steady: steady hands, steady mind, and steady magic power.

When preparing potions, magic power is often needed for reference. At these times, the magic power must be output stably and must not fluctuate.

Li found a small pot, which was made entirely of ceramic, with some runes engraved on the wall.

This is the medicine pot, one of the essential tools for making medicine.

According to the recipe, Richard began to put in the materials one by one and used magic as a catalyst to make the materials fuse.

Richard was very careful in this process, because unlike with magic armor and potion, if he failed in one step, the whole thing would be a failure.

"Finally, add the black bone stone powder. If the material turns into a dark blue transparent liquid, the potion is ready."

Richard carefully added the white rhino horn powder into the black solution in front of him, and the liquid began to gradually change color as the powder was added.

"Okay, there's hope!" Richard's face lit up and he continued to add the powder in his hand.

But not long after, a series of bubbles suddenly gurgled out of the liquid, and then suddenly turned black rapidly.

With a loud bang, the liquid in the medicine pot turned into a cloud of black smoke that sprayed all over the room.

Richard's face darkened as he silently wiped off the black dust on his face.

This was clearly a failure.

After scrubbing the cauldron, Richard returned to his desk and began to reflect on his process.

Experiments are like this, failure after failure, reflection after reflection, and then after going to great lengths to find an answer, but sometimes this answer is not what you want.

"There is no problem with my steps, and the magic input is also stable. Excluding these two items, the only things left are material processing and the amount of magic input."

The formula given by Joe Lord used a lot of vague words about material processing and the amount of magic power input. This was probably because he was not researching potions and was too lazy to spend energy on it, and the fact that material processing was extremely difficult to be accurate was also one of the reasons.

The origin of the materials, the environment they grew in, and the processing methods they were used in were all factors that affected the materials. The quality of the materials also affected the amount of magic input when the materials were fused.

The wizard's solution to this problem is also very simple - practice more. As long as the number is enough, experience will prompt the wizard to make the right choice.

An alchemist wizard must have grown through thousands of failures.

But Richard now thought of another solution.

"Potions... can also be used to refine skills."

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(End of this chapter)