Wizards: Starting with Synthetic Gems

Chapter 369 Toxicity Countermeasures

Locke looked at Alicia with surprise and asked, "Is something the matter?"

Wearing an amaranth-red wizard's robe and a Void Gem ring, Alicia pursed her lips slightly in the face of Locke's indifference, then crossed her fingers and said, "Hmm..."

“You saved me, and I haven’t properly thanked you yet. If you need some potion ingredients, perhaps I can provide them. My astral ring contains the ingredients for almost all potions at the first stage.” Alicia added, “I am also a potion maker, and I mainly research potions that enhance status effects.”

Locke glanced at Alicia in surprise; she was the one who studied the same area as Albert.

Locke thought for a moment, “I need golden spores, chaotic tulip bulbs, iris pseudoscale jellyfish, and haunted gold ore.”

"I don't have any of these four materials, or they are scarce."

"Do you have it? If you do, we can do a normal transaction."

Alicia quickly rummaged through her astral ring and said after a while, "Hmm, I do have all four of these materials in my ring."

"A chaotic tulip bulb? That's a mid-to-high-level magical plant, or even a type of abyssal magical plant. Generally, abyssal potions are made from this material."

Alicia looked at Locke. "Am I right, Locke?"

"You are a potion master who mainly researches abyssal potions. You also used ore from haunted gold mines as an auxiliary material to remove the toxicity of the Chaos Tulip bulbs. I think you are preparing to concoct a Mammon Powder potion."

Locke looked at Alicia with surprise. The potion-making foundation of the Six Towers was so poor, but he didn't expect that this Plutarch family member in front of him would have a pretty good foundation in potion-making.

Alicia understood Locke's thoughts from his eyes and said, "I studied Potions at the University of Verdandia."

"The potion-making in the Six Towers is terrible, and I'm very interested in potions, so I went to study in the nearby Southeast Corner Region. The research level of status-enhancing potions at the University of Verdandia in the Southeast Corner Region is extremely high, and it is the strongest discipline in their college, renowned in several nearby wizarding lands."

"And I studied potions at the University of Verdantia, under the best potions wizarding instructor."

“My mentor says I’m a genius in the field of potions. So… Locke, perhaps I can help you. I’d like to be your potion-making assistant for once. Let me into your laboratory; I’m sure I can be of great help.”

"This is also to repay your life-saving grace."

Locke glanced at her, pondered for a moment, and decided that he might as well take advantage of the situation. Judging from Alicia's performance just now, her potion-making skills were indeed quite good.

Whether he's a genius or not, I don't know, but his current level should definitely be able to help me.

Locke nodded and said, "I am indeed preparing to concoct a dose of Mammon Powder."

"Then come with me."

Alicia hesitated, then stopped herself. "But Locke, the side effects of Abyss Potions are quite pronounced, and Mammon Powder is one of the potions with the most severe side effects. Generally, not many wizards dare to take this kind of potion."

"Besides the common side effect of causing an imbalance of elements in the body, the Mammon Powder potion has another less common and very subtle side effect. I read about it in an article at the University of Verdandia, published by one of my seniors." "The Mammon Powder potion makes the user arrogant and conceited for a period of time, and prone to lecturing others on how to succeed. Because it's subtle, most wizards rarely observed this during the three phases of trials for this potion."

"After all, many people have a habit of being a know-it-all. So it's hard to tell whether it's the user's own personality, or the result of drinking the potion, or whether the potion gave the user this trait, or whether it brought out the user's own trait."

"My senior found several very humble people and then found an enchanter to cast an enchanting spell on a mortal, making him good at reflection and summarizing. He would summarize his mistakes in whatever he encountered in life and reflect on them. Then, he had these people take diluted Mammon powder potion. As a result... these people all showed characteristics of arrogance and a love of lecturing."

Alicia said, "Thus, my senior proved that Mammon Powder has a hidden side effect that can affect the personality of the user."

Locke frowned and asked, "Did your senior conduct any experiments on the long-term effects of these users? What happened afterward?"

Alicia shook her head and said, "Potion experiments for first-ring potions all have to take cost into account. First-ring potions are just too precious, so these kinds of experiments are rarely done."

As the two were talking, they entered Locke's suite in the living area. Locke went into the suite's simple potion room and took out potion ingredients from his astral ring, as well as the most important main ingredient, the blood of the demon Mammon.

This was a vial of blood that he had already extracted from Howard's 'ghost hand', while Alicia also took out the four potion ingredients that Locke had mentioned earlier from her astral ring.

Alicia said, "But I have a way to reduce some of the psychological side effects of the Mammon Powder."

Alicia found the paper and pen given to her by Sunshine Shuttle on the workbench in the potion room and quickly wrote down a formula. "Look, this is my idea."

"This might minimize the side effects of the Mammon powder potion, but of course, it places higher demands on the user's physical condition."

Alicia pondered. "Perhaps my method isn't very practical. According to my calculations, that first-ring wizard would probably need a body as strong as a humanoid Behemoth to take this potion. But even among the wizards of the Conjuration School in our Six Towers who modify their own bloodlines, very few can strengthen their bodies to that level; it's simply impossible."

Locke immediately looked at what Alicia had written on the paper. After reading it, he looked at Alicia in surprise.

The above content is actually a status enhancement potion. Its main idea is to develop and create a special enhancement potion to counteract the side effects of the Mammon Powder potion.

Then, the two medications are taken simultaneously according to a pre-designed, second-precise order, in the hope that the side effects of the two drugs will counteract each other.

This is a very bold idea.

Locke couldn't help but glance at Alicia, realizing that he might have underestimated this witch.

The opponent's combat ability, experience in handling affairs, and mentality may be a little lacking, but she is indeed the most talented witch in the Plutarch family in the last hundred years.

"Whether a descendant has talent largely depends on luck, which is why wizarding organizations based primarily on master-disciple relationships are more powerful than those based primarily on blood ties," Locke pondered, glancing at Alicia's expectant face. "It seems the Plutarch family has had some good luck this time."

Locke said to Alicia, "Alright, Alicia, perhaps we can exchange ideas in the field of potions. This could be beneficial to both of us, if you're willing."

The witch Alicia smiled because she had gained Locke's approval.

(End of this chapter)