Wizards: Starting with Synthetic Gems

Chapter 100 Olive Branches and On-Site Recruitment
When Locke and the others walked out of the assessment venue wearing their badges, they immediately saw that a large crowd had gathered there.

These people come from various local wizarding families, high-end shops in various chimera markets, or people from certain special organizations.

Olive branches were extended to Locke and Gogol.

The potion-making assistant can do quite a lot. They can independently concoct many potions of medium difficulty and are relatively mature wizards.

Gogor seemed unprepared for this scene and was somewhat stunned. When he came to his senses, he found that a business card from the local Lilith House family or the Chimera Market had been stuffed into his hand.

A first-class wizard apprentice who can pass the potion-making assistant's exam at Lilith's Hut has a completely different level of prestige.

Gogor murmured, "Thank you... thank you..."

He seemed somewhat moved, never expecting that after obtaining the Potions Master Assistant Certificate, he would go from being an unknown person to becoming so sought-after.

Bette looked at him and Locke with some envy, feeling quite resentful.

So he quickened his pace and hurried away from there.

Locke, on the other hand, rejected invitations from several shops and local wizarding families. He had no interest in becoming an advisor to a wizarding family or the manager of a potion shop.

For ordinary first-class wizard apprentices, becoming a wizarding family advisor and a shopkeeper at the Chimera Market is also a good option.

Especially for first-class wizard apprentices with no background, all resources need to be obtained through their own work, but they have their own plantations and do not need to work hard for others to earn magic stones.

Moreover, in the future, I may be able to use the synthetic cube to open my own pharmaceutical lab.

The potion-making workshops run by potion masters often cooperate directly with various shops in the Chimera Market, which can distribute the products produced in the potion master's workshop.

Of course, like a botanical garden, opening a pharmaceutical lab requires a significant initial investment of resources.

Therefore, not all potion-making assistants can open a medicine-making room; only a very small number of people can own their own medicine-making room at this stage.

Moreover, it's not guaranteed that you'll break even.

This is also why most potion-making assistants can still be hired.

However, Locke has the Synthesis Cube, so he can open his own pharmaceutical lab without worrying about losing money in the future.

In the future, the pharmaceutical lab may even be able to create upstream and downstream linkages with plantations.

This is why Sophia the Witch is both a breeder and a potion maker.

Of course, talent is also one of the most important reasons.

A female first-class wizarding apprentice dressed in a white wizard's robe handed Locke a document. "Hello, potion-making assistant, this is an invitation letter from our Healing Hand Clinic. If you can become a pharmacist at our Healing Hand Clinic, we can give you a monthly stipend of one thousand magic stones."

"You don't need to come to work every day. You just need to set aside fifteen days each month."

"Of course, you will need to focus on the crafting of the following three potions for the next period of time. Our clinic hopes that you will become very proficient in these potions, because many sick wizard apprentices who come to our clinic need to use them."

"The three medicines are: Bone-Regenerating Soup, Green Vine Detoxifying Medicine, and Unicorn Purifying Medicine."

The female first-class wizard apprentice said in a gentle voice, "This is the basic requirement for apothecaries at our Healing Hands Clinic. How about it, are you interested?"

Locke frowned and shook his head slightly.

Putting everything else aside, although this job can earn me a thousand magic stones a month, it's only equivalent to the amount of magic stones I could earn each month in the plantation when I was a second-level wizard apprentice.

In order to obtain these thousand magic stones, he would need to work for this so-called healing center for fifteen days each month.

That's not all; to make matters worse, I also need to change my focus from potion research to studying the three types of potions they listed. Those three types of potions are not easy to learn, and mastering them will require a lot of my effort.

And judging from this, it seems that you'll need to pay for the training yourself.

This treatment is already considered very poor.

No wonder they're blocking the entrance to the testing site to recruit people; most potion master assistants probably wouldn't even consider this job.

Therefore, Locke immediately refused.

Locke asked curiously, "Is the treatment center run by Lilith's Hut?"

A hint of regret flickered in the eyes of the first-class wizard apprentice. Her initial target was Locke, since the other first-class wizard apprentice who passed the assessment was not a student of Lilith's Hut.

His skill level is questionable, and he looks quite old.

The first-class wizard apprentice gently explained, "No, the healing center was opened by Francis, an advisor to the academy's higher-ups."

"It's a private institution, similar in nature to the shops in the Chimera Market. But the existence of the clinic gives many students who have nowhere else to seek treatment an option; by spending magic stones, they can solve many of their problems."

Locke nodded regretfully. "That's good, but unfortunately I have other things to do and don't have that much time to be a pharmacist at your clinic."

The first-class wizard apprentice smiled and said, "You can think about it some more. Currently, due to the wizarding war, the clinic is treating quite a few patients."

"At least working in the treatment center, many of the medicinal materials used for treatment are free. For potion-making assistants who lack funds, this is a good place to practice their crafting skills for free."

Locke knew what she was talking about: many potion-making assistants lacked funds to continue learning and researching potion formulas, so they had to seek help from outside sources.

However, this means that the direction of their research and study will inevitably be influenced by those who provided the funding.

Locke nodded slightly, then walked through the crowd and left.

The Concentration Ointment is only rated level 5 in the Rubik's Cube, so Locke can continue to synthesize these Concentration Ointments to see if he can find a new synthesis recipe.

After Locke returned to his cabin, he changed into casual clothes and sat on the sofa next to the warm fireplace in his house. He then combined the two Concentration Ointments he had saved up with the one he had refined during the assessment.

"I wonder what will be synthesized."

Locke pondered, "If I can synthesize some special formulas, then I'll be very close to owning my own pharmaceutical lab."

Locke heard someone knocking on his door. He frowned slightly, and his expression changed as he sensed the terrifying magical pressure emanating from the person outside the magic gate.

That was the magical pressure of a formal wizard. The powerful magical pressure even made him break out in a cold sweat. The flames in the fireplace flickered and wailed, as if even mortal fire was screaming under this magical pressure.

Locke waved his hand, extinguishing the flames in the fireplace, and frowned. "Why would a formal wizard come to me?"

“Aside from the witch Sophia, it’s unlikely that any formal wizard would come looking for me. Could it be…” Locke quickly thought of something about himself that would warrant a formal wizard seeking him out and politely knocking on his door.

"The only possibility is that it is related to advanced meditation techniques."

"Is there a problem?"

An old man's voice came from outside the door. "I am Ulrion Richie."

“Locke Augustine, I have something I need to discuss with you privately.”

(End of this chapter)