Wizards: Starting with Synthetic Gems

Chapter 383 The Potions Test of the Great Wizard Sura

Three hours later, the Fiery Horse Caravan stopped in front of a giant white tower that resembled a dragon. Peggy stepped down from the carriage and whispered to Locke, "Locke, I can only take you this far. Just follow the wizards of the Plutarch family up, but remember, all the potion masters you encounter here will not be your friends, but your rivals."

"While those potion masters themselves are probably harmless, the families that invited them might not be so. In any case, be careful."

Responding to Peggy's instructions, Locke nodded slightly. "I understand."

Soon, from Tower 2 of the White Dragon, a first-ring vaporization wizard wearing the Plutarch family crest emerged and looked at Locke, along with several other external potion masters invited by other families beside Locke.

These potion masters were of different ages, but they all sized each other up with wary eyes.

When it's almost time...

Plutarch, a first-circle vaporization wizard, addressed the group: "Esteemed potion-making guests, the Plutarch family welcomes you. Please follow me into the Dragon Tower area number 2."

There were a total of thirty-seven people who followed the Plutarch family's first-ring gasification wizards up there. In other words, during this period, the major and minor noble families in the Six Towers Land recruited a total of thirty-seven first-ring potion masters, and they are still constantly inviting others to join them.

Locke followed the crowd up the spiral stone staircase of the white Dragon Tower. The Dragon Tower was very similar to the Elephant Tower, only the shape was different, but the diameter of the Dragon Tower was obviously larger than that of the Elephant Tower.

They entered the Dragon Tower, passed through the campus of the White Dragon Magic Gem University, and several factory workshops in the underground mine that transported ore. Then they stepped onto the floating staircase and headed towards a height of 30km.

That's right, the White Dragon Tower is much taller than the White Elephant Tower, reaching a height of 30km.

The residence of Grand Wizard Sula is located on the top floor of the White Dragon Tower, which is five floors high, starting from a height of 30km above the ground. All five floors of the White Dragon Tower are Grand Wizard Sula's residence, where his various laboratories, project sites, important conference rooms, and so on are located.

At the same time, it is also said to be the location of the White Dragon Tower, where the magical tide is most concentrated.

There were many wizards going up and down the floating staircase. Unlike at the White Elephant Tower, this time, because it was someone else's territory, the wizards here just watched coldly and no one greeted Locke.

Locke was still on the floating staircase when he saw several official wizards belonging to the Ptolemaic family, but they did not look at him.

That's normal. There are thirty-seven potion masters here, and the Ptolemaic family has never had any direct conflict with him, so they naturally wouldn't notice him.

Ten minutes later, the floating staircase led them to the residence of the great wizard Sura, 30km away. As they emerged from the staircase, they encountered a magical illusion lock in the corridor. Only after the butler wizard removed the lock did the corridor passage behind it become visible.

"Please, everyone, this is the first floor of the residence of Grand Wizard Sura. Grand Wizard Sura is currently on the fifth floor of the top floor, and our test will take place in the main hall of this first floor," said the steward wizard in the vaporization stage with a smile.

As Locke walked down the corridor, a pungent orange scent wafted towards him.

The fragrance in the corridor was very strong.

The walls on both sides of the corridor are adorned with magic lamps and first-ring magic paintings. These magic lamps are not ordinary alchemical items, but rather sun and moon lamps created by first-ring weather masters using magic to restrain the brilliance of the sun and moon. They can emit sunlight or moonlight according to the owner's mood, or even produce special phenomena such as solar and lunar eclipses, which are incredibly wondrous. However, only first-ring weather masters can capture celestial phenomena and create them.

Those first-ring magic paintings are basically picture books of various magical creatures.

What caught Locke's attention was that these magical paintings were incredibly lifelike, and the eyes of the magical creatures within them were remarkably expressive, as if they possessed souls.

'These magical paintings imprison the souls of magical creatures within them; this is what the quick-painter of the Atlas Color Palette, Elagabalus, refers to as magical paintings possessing souls. Each of these soul-based magical paintings is incredibly valuable, and even a first-ring magical painter would find it extremely difficult to create one,' Locke thought. 'Truly luxurious.'

These extremely rare soul paintings were hung everywhere along both sides of the corridor, as if they were free.

This is just the corridor of the first-floor residence; I wonder what rare items might be on the higher floors.

Beside Locke, a young centaur potion master sniffed the fragrance wafting in the air, his eyes widening in shock. "This is Sun Orange Incense, a rare treasure within the field of incense studies in potion science. It's already quite an achievement for a first-level potion master who specializes in incense to produce even 100 grams of it in a year."

"Sun Orange Incense can hold back death, summon energy, and increase the concentration of magical tides in a region. It is extremely useful in both combat and cultivation, and its greatest use is to slow down the healing of injuries."

"The process is extremely complicated. Many materials require a lot of manpower to handle the complex and repetitive process, and it takes a long time. For example, the most important orange peel needs to go through dozens of processing steps and wait for more than half a year before it can be made into sun orange peel." "But looking at the aroma here, it is so strong that you know that many grams of sun oranges were used for incense."

Seeing that everyone was looking at him, the centaur potion master had no choice but to say, "I'm sorry, everyone. Don't blame me for making a fuss. I am also a potion master who specializes in the study of incense. It is indeed surprising to be able to smell this incense."

The potion masters all averted their gazes from him.

Locke looked at the potion masters and pondered, "Grand Wizard Sula brought together some well-known potion masters from various wizarding regions. These potion masters come from all over the world, and they all have their own specialties. Perfume... a branch of potion studies that we've never even heard of in the southeastern region."

"Even within the field of potion-making alone, there are extremely profound and mysterious aspects."

At this moment, the thirty-seven potion masters, led by the wizard steward of the Plutarch family who was in the vaporization stage, passed through corridors and rooms and entered a magnificent living room filled with magical paintings.

The living room was filled with wooden tables, and hundreds of these tables were covered with various precious magical potion ingredients.

Someone looked at the butler wizard with a puzzled expression. "Where is Grand Wizard Sura? I am Nix Santos, a first-ring potion master from the [Spiral Basin] wizarding land, specializing in healing potions. Please have Grand Wizard Sura come out in person so I can diagnose his illness."

Santos seemed extremely proud. He said to the butler wizard, "I am an extremely famous potion master in the Spiral Basin. Of the seven potion masters who came from the Spiral Basin this time, I am the most famous, the most skilled, and the strongest. Moreover, I have developed six famous healing potions of my own in the last thirty years."

Santos's wizard robes were indeed adorned with numerous badges of honor.

The other six wizards from the Spiral Basin all lowered their heads, seemingly wanting to argue, but it was indeed the truth, so they couldn't say anything.

The wizard Santos said, "I also have a whole set of methods for diagnosis and treatment that I have developed myself. I guarantee that after drinking my potion, any difficult or complicated disease can be resolved."

"Go quickly and invite your master, the great wizard Sura, out. The illness must be treated as soon as possible, not late."

Plutarch, the steward wizard at the vaporization stage, turned around, bowed to the wizard Santos, and offered a small compliment. "Master Santos's strength is indeed outstanding among this group of potion masters from the outside world. With your addition, Grand Wizard Sura's illness will surely be cured."

Santos nodded proudly.

The butler wizard suddenly said, "However... Grand Wizard Sula believes that he has seen so many potion masters from the outside world, including many famous ones, but the result is that they often have some effect at first, but in the end, the more treatment they receive, the more useless they become. He has been disappointed too many times."

"In addition, there are too many potion masters who came this time, making it difficult to distinguish the real from the fake. Therefore, the great wizard Sula has designed a test for them."

"Here are a pile of potion-making materials. Please choose one and brew a potion in the potion room provided on the first floor. Then present it to the Great Wizard Sura. The Great Wizard Sura will then use these potions to identify which potion makers are truly excellent. Only those potion makers will be able to meet with the Great Wizard Sura."

Santos smiled proudly, not angry at all, because he had absolute confidence in himself. "Going through all this trouble, huh?"

"How boring, what a waste of time. Why don't you just let me go up and treat your master's illness?"

Santos walked over and took a look. His expression changed slightly. He turned to the butler and said, "What's going on? None of the potion ingredients here are the ones commonly used in healing potions. You brought over a bunch of random materials. Do you even know what you're doing?"

Locke walked over to the tables and looked at them. He found that among the potion ingredients on the tables, there were quite a few materials needed for Abyss Potions, but none of the common materials for making healing and antidote potions were visible.

A strange look flashed in Locke's eyes. "What's going on? Is there some special reason?"

The steward-shaman bowed to Santos and said, "Lord Santos, this is a special instruction from the great shaman Sura."

"Dear Potions Masters, we may begin. The duration is one day."

Immediately, many potion masters began to scramble for it, as it was the only material among these that could be considered a healing potion.

(End of this chapter)