Wizards: Starting with Synthetic Gems

Chapter 222 Frenzied Purchase of Potions
Three days later, Locke, Elagabalus, Howard, and another sketch artist completed a complete set of magic maps.

During those three days, Elagabalus and Tok Carlisle barely slept for more than an hour.

Of course, their mental strength is probably between three and four hundred, so even if they don't sleep for three days, nothing will happen to them.

It took them three days of working overtime to barely finish a magic map.

The Curse Spell Research Institute is extremely large and has many specialized facilities, making the surveying process very difficult.

At the same time, Locke used the summoned tomb spirit to collect information about the negative energy particle field of the building, allowing Eragabalus to create a map with very high precision.

It's clear that Eragabalus has a strong artistic sensibility. After successfully creating a magical map, this gloomy young man with bangs held it in his hands, admiring it repeatedly, exclaiming, "Brilliant, exquisite, full of artistic information!"

“Mr. Augustine, the information you provided me is very accurate, and therefore, due to your high standards, the accuracy of this magic map I have drawn is extremely high.”

"It will have high practical value."

Elagabalus flipped the magic map over and showed it to Locke. It was covered with tiny brushstrokes, with a small green dot in the upper left corner and a small red dot in the central laboratory of the Curse Spell Research Institute.

That red dot is the target.

This is a function that Locke obtained by summoning the tomb spirit and collecting the influence of the magical pressure he left behind on the negative energy particle field. He then had the sketch artist Eragabalus create it using special visual illusion techniques.

Although Rashid Taril is a formal wizard, directly locking onto his location with magic would either fail or result in him discovering it.

But Locke wasn't foolish enough to do that. The map showed the effect of his magical pressure on the negative energy particle field of the surrounding environment over an hour.

In other words, although the accuracy of locking onto him will be lower, it will be safer and less likely to be detected.

Elagabalus said with great interest, "As per your request, this magic painting also contains a 0.5-level illusion attack spell called [Visual Illusion], which can be used to attack dark wizards who see this magic painting if necessary."

Locke nodded slightly, and after inspecting the magic painting, he stored it in his astral ring. "Master Eragabalus, you have done very well."

"You don't need to go anywhere else for the rest of the time."

"You can order my servants around in this house as you please, and complete all the magical paintings of magical plants and potions for me, and they must all be three-dimensional paintings."

"During this time, my teacher, the sorceress Sophia, will arrange for a first-class wizard apprentice to come and help you complete the magic painting."

Elagabalus gave a wry smile.

He had expected Locke to handle it this way.

At the same time, he was secretly alarmed. According to the subtext of Locke's words, there were actually formal wizards involved in the creation of the magic map that he was involved in.

This is a big deal.

Elagabalus replied, "Very well, Mr. Augustine. I'm not going anywhere. I'll stay here for the rest of the month until you return."

Elagabalus wisely replied, “Mr. Augustine, my junior and I do not wish to get involved in trouble. We do not want to go out at this time.”

"Moreover, the magic painting work you arranged for us is indeed quite large in scale. The minimum guarantee is a project of over 1,500 magic stones, which is a big order for my gallery, so I am happy to stay here."

Elagabalus was telling the truth.

Their gallery simply doesn't make that much money. There will never be as many wizards who want magical paintings as there are wizards who want magical plants, alchemical items, or potions.

Magic painting is ultimately just a niche demand.

Otherwise, the wizards of the Atlas Color Palette wouldn't have gone bankrupt in such large numbers, forcing them to drag their families along and wander around trying to get orders.

The project Locke gave him was enough to support his gallery for a month, even exceeding the gallery's normal monthly income by five or six hundred magic stones.

Therefore, Eragabalus was naturally happy to agree.

Before Locke left, Eragabalus said to him, "Mr. Augustine, if you need anything else next time, you can come and find me."

“These kinds of things are indeed very exciting, but excitement is precisely the source of our art.”

Locke glanced at Eragabalus, nodded slightly, and then left the house.

Later, Sophia's teacher, Morgana's student, who is also her junior, will come to keep the news from spreading and guard this place.

The more sensitive parts of his residence have been hidden away or placed in his astral ring and carried with him.

The botanical garden will also be temporarily sealed off with protective magic locks and will not be open to the public for the time being.

In addition, these people are considered to be within Mrs. Morgana's network of relationships, so they are quite safe.

If anything goes wrong, all I have to do is tell the witch Sophia, and Lady Morgana won't let them off the hook.

After leaving the residence, Locke glanced back at it, raised an eyebrow, and said, "Elagabalus is such a hypocrite. He clearly values ​​the money I can make from the project I gave him, but he keeps talking about art."

"Never mind. This kind of thing has nothing to do with me. It's just his personality."

"However, his magic drawing skills are indeed quite good, and there may be opportunities to cooperate in the future."

Locke left in a hurry, making one last trip to the Chimera Market and heading straight to the Owl Cauldron Potions Shop.

Locke booked an empty private room at the shop managed by Anglu and Aishi, and spent two thousand magic stones to buy a large number of potions.

As for detoxification potions, I already have the broad-spectrum antidote, Xiong Ling Cui Dan, so there's no need to buy any more. Therefore, all the potions I buy are functional.

Anglu frowned. "Locke, you seem to have bought a lot of potions. If you take so many of them in a short period of time, it will cause you huge side effects."

"The drug is far too toxic."

"Look, just look at this [Spirit Spring Soul Surge Potion], a mental energy recovery potion that costs 100 magic stones per bottle. This potion is not only highly toxic, but it also has some side effects, such as causing the nerves in the brain to become overactive for a short period of time."

"To the point that I couldn't rest; my mind was extremely active."

"Even if it's a mild side effect, if you drink more than three bottles in a short period of time, it will become a very serious side effect..."

"There may be abnormal activity in brain regions, resulting in long-term chronic side effects; there may also be cardiac crystallization side effects that can be fatal in a short period of time."

Anglu frowned. "But you bought ten of these potions alone. While the Spirit Spring Soul Surge Potion is the best apprentice-level mana recovery potion, it's also the one with the highest death rate among its kind."

"What kind of experiment are you planning to conduct that requires ten vials? As your friend, I advise you to buy only two." "Ten vials..."

Inside the VIP room, Aisie glanced at Locke's purchase order and exclaimed in surprise, "My God, even a land dragon would die if it ate the potions on your order!"

"Not only the Spirit Spring Soul-Emerging Potion, but also five vials of Cycas Purple Tincture and three vials of dermal energy-charging plugs."

"Both of these medications have significant side effects, and long-term use will lead to problems."

Cycas Purple Tincture is a potion that, when injected intravenously in a crisis, can eliminate fatigue and increase the speed of mana recovery several times over.

Furthermore, it can increase a wizard apprentice's spell power by 10% for one hour after injection.

This potion costs 50 magic stones per vial. The reason it's not expensive is that, firstly, it's relatively simple to make.

Secondly, its materials are very cheap.

Third, its demand is really high; this thing is a lifesaver in battle.

It was also included in the list of items prohibited from sale by Lilith House, and it was a unique skill that some wizard apprentices at Lilith House liked to use.

The side effects are also significant. Taking Cycas zirconia tincture once in a short period of time will only make you feel very tired afterward, as your body needs to metabolize most of the drug's toxicity (some of it will not be metabolized).

However, if taken continuously in a short period of time, Zi Ming Ding has a moderate magical toxicity, and once the toxicity accumulates, it can be fatal.

Similarly, cortical energy plugs are generally used in conjunction with cycad tincture, which can also quickly eliminate a person's fatigue.

Its side effect is that this fatigue will eventually accumulate and eventually erupt.

In summary, Locke bought a bunch of potions, and unless he was in exceptionally good health, even ten of him would be doomed if he drank them.

Anglu and Aisi were both shocked by the outrageous amount of medicine they were buying.

These items are usually bought one at a time.

Nowhere can you find something as exaggerated as Locke.

Of course, they didn't know that Locke possessed the Deep Purple Jade, and that his own body had the bloodline of the Three-Eyed Tiger Cat, the king among ancient creatures.

Locke had calculated that this dosage would indeed be too much for an average wizard apprentice, but for his current physique, combined with the deep purple jade, it was just right.

Purchasing these medications is still very meaningful.

It can save your life, enhance your combat power, and increase your ability to plunder the magical resources of the black wizard.

The biggest hidden benefit of strengthening one's body with the bloodline of ancient creatures is that it increases one's drug resistance.

Therefore, one's overall strength can be increased many times over out of thin air, as long as it is combined with taking drugs, without leaving any side effects.

So, you still need to be in good physical condition.

Locke tapped the table lightly with his fingers and chuckled, "What are you two worried about? Don't you know me? How could I possibly buy a potion and kill myself?"

"It's just that I have an experiment recently that requires such a large quantity of the drug."

"And look, I also bought ten vials of Black and White Flame Potion. This isn't for oral consumption."

The Black and White Flame Potion is relatively inexpensive. It contains two opposing magical flames. When fighting an enemy, throwing both bottles of the potion at the same time will trigger a chain reaction of magical flames in mid-air, with a power roughly equivalent to a 0.6-level spell.

This is an application of magical flames discovered by potion makers in the field of magical flames; it's essentially like explosives.

The price is very affordable, similar to the Crystal Palm Fire Lotus.

Locke bought these potions simply to enrich his attack methods, and with the combined skills of his potion-making assistant, he could create all sorts of amazing attacks.

Anglu and Aishi breathed a sigh of relief when they heard that Locke was only using him for experiments.

Anglu nodded and said, "Locke, you know that's good. Now, Aisie and I's future depends on you."

"Aishie and I want to write more articles with you."

Aisie blushed slightly. "Actually, it's not just the two of us who think this way. Even our mentor, Wizard Edwin, advised us to stick with you, so we can get a lot of freelance work."

"It will be very beneficial to our future, and they even said that following you will increase our chances of becoming a formal wizard."

Aisie complained, "That guy probably thinks that if we follow you, we can get more resources."

Anglu coughed lightly. "Aishie, even in private, don't speak ill of formal wizards. Every formal wizard is an elite among knowledge workers, holding an extraordinary position in the Southeast Corner Region."

"Most importantly, if he hears about this, he won't allocate research resources to you..."

Aisie waved her hand. "Don't worry, if we follow Locke, we'll have the resources to publish articles. We still need to rely on Professor Edwin, right?"

"What research resources could he possibly have? He's just a conman who cheats and swindles people everywhere."

Anglu coughed awkwardly. "We can't say that outside. The wrath of a formal wizard, even just a teacher's wrath towards a student, is something we can't withstand."

Locke interjected in a low voice, "Anglu, Aisha, I don't want anyone to know that I'm buying such a large quantity of potions. Could you please block the record for me?"

Aisie looked confused.

Anglu pondered for a moment, nodded seriously, and discussed with Locke, "I understand. You're worried that your experiment won't pass the association's ethical review mechanism, so you want to secretly produce some results first, right?"

"sure."

"I've done this for a few potion-making assistants before."

Aisie looked at Angru in surprise. "But this isn't the rule. What if Lady Irina finds out..."

Anglu spread his hands. “If you follow the rules, you won’t get anything done. I call this using the rules strategically.”

"Besides, what outrageous experiments could Locke possibly conduct? We both know his character perfectly well."

(End of this chapter)