Wizards: Starting with Synthetic Gems

Chapter 127 Establishing Upstream and Downstream Industrial Chains
Locke went to the location of the pharmaceutical lab that the academy's higher-ups had approved for him.

Strangely, this time the academy, for some reason, did not provide him with a new alchemy hut, but instead gave him a former first-class wizard apprentice's pharmacy that had been mortgaged as an alchemy hut.

In this way, his own medicine-making workshop would no longer be near the witch Sophia's residence, but in a city on another mountain far from the port city.

However, such a short distance is not a big deal; you can simply rent an Engel's Whirlwind Snail mount from the Chimera Market, and the rental fee isn't expensive either.

For just 5 magic stones, you can obtain a long-term, exclusive Engel Whirlwind Snail in a month.

"The academy seems to want me to have more contact with people other than the Witch Sophia," Locke thought, sitting on the snail's back. "But this has taken up a lot of my time."

The snail beneath him was rapidly climbing the mountain rocks, leaving a trail of transparent slime on the rock face. When sunlight shone on this slime, it would automatically begin to dissipate in less than thirty seconds.

About twelve minutes later, Locke crossed a city and a mountain range from near the Sophia Witch's residence and entered the location of his apothecary.

Near this pharmaceutical manufacturing facility, seven or eight other similar pharmaceutical manufacturing facilities have opened.

It's quite normal for similar shops to cluster together, as this makes it easier to attract potential partners who are considering collaborating with the pharmaceutical lab.

Since Locke was still a complete novice in potion-making, his arrival did not attract much attention from anyone here.

Locke found his medicine-making room, where Terry Calvin, the second-class wizard apprentice he had hired, had already arrived.

She is overseeing the Chimera Market shop renovation team's work on transforming Locke's personal pharmacy.

Meanwhile, the three third-class wizard apprentices whom Locke was teaching in place of Sophia were also in this private medicine-making room.

Two female wizarding aspirants, along with Leo Sith, bowed to Locke. "Greetings, Senior Augustine. We are here to help you modify your personal laboratory, as instructed by Senior Terri."

Locke glanced at them and nodded slightly.

Having taught them for some time, the three now held him in high esteem, almost regarding him as their mentor.

Terri stepped forward and handed the documents to Locke. "Boss, almost nothing was left of this personal pharmaceutical room, so all the equipment needs to be reinstalled."

"We are now essentially starting from scratch."

"But don't worry, I have experience in this area."

Terri looked at Locke with admiration.

Even though Locke doesn't have a single piece of equipment yet, the academy's higher-ups still approved the pharmaceutical lab.

Not everyone can do this.

Terri had worked in Anglon’s personal pharmaceutical lab, so she naturally had some knowledge in this area.

She knew that if the academy hadn't valued Locke, it wouldn't have been possible to so readily approve Locke's application for his personal pharmaceutical lab under these circumstances.

Locke was not surprised that he had to renovate from scratch.

Since the previous owner owed a lot of money and ultimately had to mortgage the medicine room, it's likely that all the equipment inside the medicine room that could be dismantled and sold has already been taken out.

Locke asked, "Terry, how many magic stones are expected to be needed for the modifications?"

Terri Calvin quickly handed two documents to Locke and said respectfully, "Boss, if we follow the more expensive plan, the renovation cost will reach 4000 magic stones. This is the standard for renovation of a personal medicine room."

"The renovation project includes various equipment for obtaining raw materials, potion-making equipment, and the equipment that should be in the medicine-making room."

Terri noticed Locke's slight frown and quickly said, "The other modification plan is more economical. We only need to install one potion-making system, one raw material extraction system, and then install a mass production line for potions. We can complete it for only 1500 magic stones. And the bulk of the cost is the mass production line for potions." "A mass production line for potions requires at least one potion-making assistant, one second-class wizard apprentice, and three third-class wizard apprentices to operate. We can just gather that number of people here."

Holding the documents in her hands, Terri said to Locke, "Boss, I used to be in charge of the external procurement for Senior Angron's pharmaceutical lab, so I know which shop has the best quality and most cost-effective mass production line equipment for magic potions, so you can rest assured."

Locke nodded and returned the documents to Terri. "Then let's proceed with the 1500 magic stones plan first."

In the early stages, it's best not to invest too many resources in your personal pharmaceutical lab.

Too many first-class wizard apprentices went bankrupt because they invested too many resources in the early stages and couldn't recoup their losses later.

Although I have the skills to synthesize Rubik's Cubes, I'll just buy the most basic equipment first, just to be on the safe side.

Since I haven't made a name for myself in potion-making yet, I might as well wait until I'm more confident and then, like with the plantation, cultivate a hundred acres of magical fields all at once, and even rent expensive air control equipment and radiation cauldrons.

This personal alchemy lab currently only needs to have the technology to mass-produce advanced fast-growing gel, advanced nutrient soil, and advanced nutrient solution, as well as the ability to produce memory ointment, conduct human experiments, and produce secondary emerald green potion.

This pharmaceutical lab, once it can produce large quantities of high-grade fast-acting vitamin gel, as well as other necessities needed by breeders, can save the plantation a significant amount of investment.

Moreover, Locke had already thought it through. He wanted to create his fourth magical plant, which was different from the previous three. The fourth one was specifically designed for potion makers.

Or perhaps it was prepared for his own personal pharmaceutical lab.

The core ingredients of Bear Spirit Bile Medicine are jade lichen and bear bile.

Emerald lichen is a magical plant that is entirely emerald green and naturally possesses various detoxifying effects.

Therefore, the fourth magical plant I want to develop is the Emerald Lichen. I will use the Emerald Lichen to enhance the effects of the Bear Spirit Bile Potion, and then further enhance the effects of the potion by synthesizing the Bear Spirit Bile Potion.

In other words, by performing one synthesis in two separate stages—one in the plantation and one in the pharmaceutical lab—the final product is essentially synthesized twice.

In this way, one can sell jade lichen from one's own plantation, and the use of bear spirit bile is very wide, belonging to one of the basic medicines.

Many potion masters will buy the synthetic magical plants they have developed.

He could then partner with those shops again to resell the enhanced bear spirit bile potion on the market and make a profit.

The quality of the final bear bile medicine was improved twice.

This has another advantage: after the Bear Spirit Bile Potion has been enhanced twice, its ability to break curses will be further strengthened. It is likely that the Blood Curse Court will be the most troublesome party at that time.

Locke smiled slightly as he thought about this. He was already quite annoyed by the Blood Curse Court's provocations twice.

As a white wizard, revenge doesn't necessarily require killing someone with your own hands. Sometimes, killing doesn't have to be so direct; it can be done without bloodshed.

As a genius breeder who will soon become a genius potion master, he has plenty of ways to make the Blood Curse Court and Hussein pay the price they deserve.

Let them jump for a while first.

Similarly, doing so can also help you gain more attention from the college's higher-ups.

He had already experienced the benefits of the college's higher-ups paying attention to him.

The speed at which the same review process is completed is completely different depending on whether it is taken seriously or not!

(End of this chapter)