Wizards: Starting with Synthetic Gems

Chapter 186 Academy Fund
Aisie closed the office door, and then Anglu asked Locke, "Locke, how long does it take you to refine that Bear Spirit Gallbladder potion?"

Locke thought for a moment. "About one every half hour."

"And it drains my energy. I can only refine a maximum of eight doses of Bear Spirit Gallbladder Potion a day, because refining too many might affect my meditation at night."

"However, the formula and process of this medicine have not changed at all. The only difference is that the main material has been changed from jade lichen to jade iris lichen that I cultivated."

Anglu and Aishi's eyes lit up.

According to Locke, any potion-making assistant who knows the recipe for Bear Spirit Bile Potion can actually concoct the Bear Spirit Bile Potion simply by purchasing Emerald Iris Lichen.

The Bear Spirit Gallbladder Elixir developed by Locke has widespread value in terms of both its effectiveness and economic potential.

This means that the two of them can now also help Locke refine the Bear Spirit Gallbladder Potion, preventing the workload from being piled on one person and creating too much work pressure.

Anglu said, "Then we can help you refine the Bear Spirit Gallbladder Potion."

Aisie said, "It's best not to go through the clinic's internal channels, as that will definitely lower the purchase price of your Emerald Iris Lichen. Locke, you should still sell the Emerald Iris Lichen to your friend, Manager Yuri, at Lijin Secrets. That way, the clinic will be negotiating with Lijin Secrets."

"Mrs. Irina, the person behind Lijin's Secret, is also the owner of our Owl's Cauldron. She's very powerful. By leveraging her influence to negotiate the selling price of Emerald Iris Lichen, we can definitely protect your interests to the greatest extent."

Locke meant the same thing.

If you negotiate the price based on your own personal circumstances and the treatment, you'll definitely be at a disadvantage.

Locke proposed, "But for now, I can provide you with Emerald Iris Lichen for free, and you can help me refine the Bear Spirit Emerald Gallbladder Potion. We can make some money from these patients first, and at the same time try to get a spot as this year's outstanding healer, or even an exceptional healer."

Locke considered it for a long time before deciding to do this.

Doing this is indeed a bit of a loss, but it's a necessary sacrifice.

They are a team similar to Angron Studios.

The number of Xiongling Cuidan medicines that I can refine each day is limited, but a patient needs more than one dose of Xiongling Cuidan medicine.

If more Bear Spirit Jade Elixir could be refined, it would be possible to quickly and completely cure all first-class wizard apprentices currently suffering from the curse of magical plants, and even snatch away those first-class wizard apprentices suffering from troublesome curses from other healing centers.

It would be best to ask Aisie and Anglu for help and reach an agreement with them to transfer the number of patients they treat to me.

Ten minutes later, after discussion, Aisi and Anglu decided that 80% of their team's patient treatments would be given to Locke, and the remaining 20% ​​would be split equally between the two of them.

In other words, in the future, the majority of patients treated by this team will be treated under Locke's leadership, while Aisie and Anglu will only be Locke's assistants.

This is mainly because their team will try to treat patients with the Xiongling Cuidan medicine in the future and collect data on the transformation of the medicine's results.

Since Locke provided the raw materials for the emerald iris lichen, if Locke didn't charge them, it would be equivalent to them using the materials and formula provided by Locke, so naturally Locke would get the lion's share.

This is equivalent to the team within the therapy center, under Locke's guidance and leadership, gradually transforming into a team of therapists with Locke at its core.

This led to the formation of an organizational structure similar to Angron Studios, with Angron at its core.

For the first time, Locke effectively had two first-class wizard apprentice partners.

This was very advantageous for Locke.

Locke's goal, in particular, was the potion awarded as a prize for this year's outstanding healer. If he obtained it, he could quickly boost his magic power, saving him a lot of time that would otherwise be spent slowly increasing his magic power.

This is also very advantageous for Aishi and Anglu.

The two of them have essentially joined a very promising project, where they will not only not see a reduction in their salaries in the future, but will likely receive even more, and may even receive additional rewards from the academy.

Locke, Anglu, and Aisie nodded to each other, celebrating the formation of a true team among the three.

Locke said to Anglu and Aisie, "Let's start now and prepare the Bear Spirit Gallbladder Potion in the laboratory of the treatment center. With the three of us, we should be able to prepare enough to treat the remaining sixteen patients today."

Anglu and Aisie are both veteran potion-making assistants. They are very skilled in preparing bear spirit bile potions and it wouldn't be surprising if they could prepare twenty vials a day.

Therefore, the two of them could produce about forty doses of Bear Spirit Gallbladder Elixir by working hard every day.

Of course, Locke currently only cultivates ten acres of Emerald Iris lichen, and even with the use of advanced growth-promoting gel, he can only produce about eighty Emerald Iris lichen plants per month. Locke currently has only one hundred plants in stock.

Fortunately, one Emerald Iris lichen can be used to make about two to three doses of Bear Spirit Emerald Gallbladder Elixir.

So for now, it's enough for them to use.

Locke pondered that he should apply for some funding or secure some orders for Emerald Iris Lichen, so that he could quickly expand his Emerald Iris Lichen magic field without worrying about a broken funding chain.

Expanding rapidly without orders still carries some risk.

This stuff is, after all, an agricultural product, and you need money just to preserve it.

Locke, Aisie, and Anglu, amidst the mixed feelings of the other potion-making assistants in the treatment center, quickly got to work.

By evening, most of the first-class wizard apprentices who had been cursed by the magical plant had been completely cured after taking the Bear Spirit Jade Elixir, and their vital energy had not been damaged.

These first-class wizard apprentices were in relatively good condition, so they did not need intravenous injections. They only needed to take the Bear Spirit Gallbladder Potion orally to increase their magic resistance, which would allow them to naturally overcome the curse of the magical plant.

As Locke and the others were leaving get off work in the office that evening, Aisie said with a hint of triumph, "Locke, Anglu, you should really see the expressions on the faces of those potion-making assistants who were laughing at us before..."

“Some people also wanted to ask me where they could buy Emerald Iris Lichen. I told them that the Lijin Secret Shop would sell it in the future, but it would take a few more months.”

"Ha ha ha ha……"

“Even the people from Angron Studio wanted to ask me where I bought the Emerald Iris Lichen. I told them that it was something Locke had just developed and that you couldn’t buy it anywhere else. The people from that studio were dumbfounded and couldn’t say a word in front of me.”

Anglu raised an eyebrow. "Those people before were all trying to shirk responsibility."

"They naturally won't get these benefits."

Anglu looked at Locke and saw that Locke was looking down at documents. "Locke, what are you looking at? I'll treat you to dinner at the Witch's Kitchen tonight."

Locke put away the file. "It's a patient's information given to me by Derek Jones, a certified wizard on the third floor. He noticed the superior efficacy of the new medicine we're using, and therefore wanted to recommend a patient suffering from a split consciousness curse so we could try treatment."

"As you know, curing this kind of curse is very troublesome, and even if it is cured, it will leave aftereffects that will affect the wizard's future prospects."

"Therefore, if the Xiongling Cuidan medicine is very effective, then we will be the first choice for related patients in the future."

Aisie and Anglu's eyes lit up.

The source of the disease, in turn, means money and qualifications.

Locke said, "The academy's higher-ups seem to have a high opinion of our potion. Currently, the senior advisor, Wizard Francis, has ordered the Healing Hand Clinic to prioritize recommending patients to us so that we can test the performance of the Bear Spirit Gallbladder potion in treating different curses and help us conduct animal experiments, mortal experiments, and wizard apprentice experiments."

Locke looked at the extra reward in his hand. "The academy gave me a thousand magic stones as a reward for an outstanding project, and I can use this money to continue the third phase of the Bear Spirit Jade Potion experiment."

"And let me produce results as soon as possible."

"An award for outstanding projects? I didn't know the college offered this kind of subsidy."

Anglu and Aisie's eyes lit up. Anglu said, "The academy does have a fund to support outstanding projects among first-class wizard apprentices. However, it requires an application, and it's very difficult. This is the first time I've seen someone get an award for an outstanding project without applying."

Anglu's expression was strange. "Aishie and I have been applying for ten years, and we've never been approved."

"Just like a formal wizard, there is a fund established by the White Wizard Association to provide subsidies, and the academy also has a special program to reward first-class wizard apprentices."

"As long as the academy believes that your research project is very valuable and has a high probability of being realized, you may be able to apply for additional magic stone funding from the academy to help you continue your research."

"But it's very difficult. In a way, it's also an honor. It's not just about the money. As long as you can get it approved, your overall evaluation score will be increased, which can be used when selecting chief apprentices, wizard seeds, and potions stars."

“Of course, these three titles are very far beyond our reach,” Anglu said. “Aishie and I never thought that one day we might receive such titles.”

“However, Locke, I think you do have that potential.”

(End of this chapter)