Wizards: Starting with Synthetic Gems

Chapter 370 Improved Potions
A week later.

Inside the isolation room of the Silver Shuttle of the Sun, a third-class wizard apprentice who had taken a potion concocted by Locke and Alicia sat in the isolation room after drinking a diluted Mammon powder potion.

He waited for more than ten minutes, then his face suddenly turned gold, and his pupils seemed to turn gold. Then, a third of a second later, the gold on his face quickly disappeared, and his pupils returned to normal.

Then, he stood up and looked with great joy at the spiritual energy covering his palm, which emitted a faint golden light.

Even diluted Mammon powder would give his mental energy a slight materializing effect.

The materialization of mental power is indeed a natural phenomenon that only occurs when mental power exceeds 3000 and is under the influence of a permanent defensive force field.

However, this does not mean that one cannot use potion-making techniques to obtain some of the materialization properties of spiritual power in advance, but it is meaningless.

After all, the power wasn't in the materialization of mental energy, but in the immense magical pressure that arose from that materialization, reaching thousands of units.

The third-class wizard apprentice of the Silver Shuttle of the Sun, who volunteered to participate in the experiment, shouted: "My lords, my spiritual power has materialized, just as you told me."

Locke and Alicia, who were looking out the window, exchanged a glance. Alicia then said, "Apprentice, there is a set of cognitive test questions on the table. Please take a look."

Half an hour later, Locke and Alicia looked at the cognitive test questions the apprentice had answered, and a look of joy flashed in Alicia's eyes. "Locke, he was not negatively affected by the Mammon Powder potion on his personality."

"We succeeded."

"Locke, I never imagined that making potions with you could be so much fun."

“In my opinion, your talent in potion-making is even greater than mine,” Alicia said. “I never imagined that by simply changing the process slightly, the side effects of Mammon’s Powder could be reduced to that extent.”

"You came up with this idea: using ice elemental magic flames to cool Mammon's blood, allowing the haunted gold ore, Mammon's blood, and the bulbs of the Chaos-colored tulip to slowly extract effective natural magical components over 48 hours, and letting them work slowly to eliminate most of the toxicity. The effect is surprisingly good."

Locke nodded slightly.

The third-class wizard apprentice in front of them was the test subject that the two had selected a week ago for the third phase of experiments.

He drank a drop of Mammon Powder diluted a thousand times, along with a bottle of counteracting potion made by Alicia to counteract the toxicity of Mammon Powder, which was also diluted a thousand times.

The two diluted agents interacted within the apprentice's body, thus successfully eliminating the side effects that would have occurred from taking the Mammon Powder.

One-ring potions are extremely precious, and mortals are not capable of drinking them directly. Therefore, potion experiments are usually conducted by using a mixture of liquids diluted a thousand times before administering them.

Based on the user's reaction and according to the formula, the effect of increasing the concentration on a first-level wizard can be deduced.

This was a desperate measure taken to save costs.

Locke glanced at Alicia. Alicia's talent in potion-making was astonishing, and many of her insights were very interesting and could inspire him a lot.

He had only worked with her for a little over a week, yet he had made rapid progress in potion-making.

This also allowed me to witness what a true genius in potions is.

The reason I was able to improve the cooking process was entirely because I had previously refined three bottles of Mammon Powder potion, which the system recognized as level 7.

When three bottles of level 7 Mammon Powder are combined to create a level 8 crafted item, the recipe description will remind you of this.

Nevertheless, the side effects of Mammon's Powder have only been minimized, far from being completely free of side effects.

Alicia had directly created a toxicity counteracting potion for the modified Mammon Powder, which almost completely eliminated the potion's toxicity. The third-tier wizard apprentice walked out of the isolation room with a joyful smile on his face. Originally, his talent in the Silver Shuttle of the Sun was not very good, only level 3.

According to the rules of the Sun Shuttle, if he cannot advance to the rank of second-class wizard apprentice within five years, he must be forced to disembark and leave the Sun Shuttle.

Ultimately, only those alchemists who have been selected and possess sufficient talent will be able to remain on this void warship.

But he made the right bet.

For formal wizards, the premature materialization of mental energy might be completely insignificant.

However, for a third-class wizard apprentice, the premature materialization of mental power means that he has a trump card; his mental power has become stronger, and the effects of his spells will be better.

Only in this way can a third-class wizard apprentice with a level 3 talent have the possibility and ability to fight for his future.

The third-class wizard apprentice said to Locke and Alicia, "Thank you, mentors."

Locke nodded and let him leave.

Alicia, meanwhile, remained at the table, calculating with pen and paper. "The side effects have been almost completely eliminated. Although there will definitely be residual toxicity, that's normal; almost every drug has some degree of toxicity."

"However, if an undiluted Mammon powder potion is taken together with a toxicity counteracting agent, a larger-scale reaction will occur in a wizard's body."

Alicia frowned slightly. "So, the problem now is that, although I was still an apprentice, my hypothetical toxicity-counteracting potion was able to be completed because Locke improved the formula for the Mammon Powder potion."

"However, because the energy clash between the two original potions will be more intense during the formal wizarding stage, the physical requirements for wizards are still extremely high, even though they are about half as low as I originally designed."

"Unless a small number of wizards with modified bloodlines from various schools of sorcery can meet this requirement, most wizards don't have the physique to take it. Locke? No!"

Alicia turned around and was startled to see Locke open the Mammon Powder potion and drink it, along with a poison neutralizer.

Locke's face instantly turned gold, as if layers of gold leaf had been applied to his face, and his pupils also turned gold. But a third of a second later, all these colors faded, and his complexion returned to normal.

“If the energy response is reduced to this extent, my physical strength should be sufficient,” Locke said to Alicia.

After working together for a week, the two got along well and became friends.

Locke examined his body and found that his mental strength had been rapidly enhanced by the Mammon Powder potion. Just drinking the Mammon Powder potion once had greatly increased his mana, and the golden two-headed dragon bloodline that was forming in his body seemed to be taking shape at an accelerated pace as a result.

'More detailed examinations are needed to determine how much mana has increased. But since the side effects of the Mammon Powder potion have almost completely disappeared, I can take one bottle a day.'

'The only limitation I have is the quantity of raw materials.'

'My mental strength will be rapidly enhanced as a result, reaching the liquefaction stage even faster than originally anticipated, and the formation of the Golden Two-Headed Dragon bloodline will also be accelerated.'

Alicia looked at Locke with lingering fear, gazing him up and down to make sure he was alright before frowning and saying, "Locke, how could you drink a potion that's still being used in experiments? People of our status shouldn't be so reckless. What if something had happened to you? You're my only friend."

Locke looked at Alicia strangely and said, "I'm just an ordinary wizard, I don't have any status. Besides, Alicia, how come you only have me as your friend?"

"And I have confirmed that this medicine is very safe."

(End of this chapter)