Wizards: Starting with Synthetic Gems

Chapter 411 Refining the Solar Elixir
Inside the No. 11 secret room of the Feathered Serpent Pavilion.

Locke and Alicia rented a secret room, which was provided free of charge, but potions could only be prepared in it if materials from the Feathered Serpent Pavilion were purchased.

All the ingredients for the Sun Potion were purchased by Alicia. She bought three sets, which totaled 100,000 magic stones.

Meanwhile, inside the secret chamber, Locke snapped his fingers, and instantly the primordial fire blazed beneath the cauldron that was provided inside.

Alicia gazed at the primordial flame, imprinted with Locke's soul, and saw it flickering beneath the cauldron. This flame, containing a different kind of power, flowed with primordial energy, its energy level extremely high.

Locke only needs to input different elemental powers into it, and this primordial fire can automatically switch freely between more than a dozen different attributes, or even composite attributes, without having to painstakingly switch between dozens of magical flames like ordinary potion masters in order to precisely ensure the heat of the potion.

Alicia exclaimed, "No wonder it's a treasure that potion masters all want. This flame is so convenient. The two major problems in potion making are the recipe and the control of the heat. This primordial flame directly solves the problem of the control of the heat."

"It can even achieve a level of precision in controlling the heat that a first-ring potion master would not normally be able to do."

Locke first practiced with ordinary materials for an afternoon, and then, in the evening, he officially began to refine the potion according to the recipe.

First, the core material is placed in the crucible, then the secondary material, and finally the auxiliary material. The auxiliary material is generally used to neutralize the core material, while the peripheral material assists in the reaction between the core and secondary materials.

Six hours later, the first potion, which resembled flowing golden magma, was completed in the cauldron, creating a magical storm within it.

Once the magical storm subsided, Locke carefully placed the potion from the cauldron into the potion bottle. Then, he took the final step: opening the skylight of the secret chamber and placing a large, concave-convex mirror (about the size of a cauldron) inside the chamber at the skylight. At the same time, he activated a magic circle to gather the evening sunlight and focus it into the midday sunlight.

Immediately afterwards, the potion inside the bottle released a fleeting golden magical glow.

This means that the potion has trapped the sun's light, which means that the potion is now truly complete.

Then, Locke spent another day repeating the process to prepare two more bottles of Sun Potion. Finally, while refining the third bottle of Sun Potion, Locke completely mastered the art of making Sun Potion.

It only takes three hours to brew a bottle of Sun Potion.

The next day, in the afternoon, Alicia looked at the three bottles of Sun Potions on Locke's table, slightly astonished. "It's unbelievable. The Primal Flame truly lives up to its reputation as a treasure coveted by potion makers. Using it to refine potions can make the most difficult part—controlling the heat—so simple."

"You actually managed to concoct a bottle of the most complex potion at the first stage after only half a day of practice. Locke, your potion-making skills are far inferior to mine. Do you know that controlling the heat is like controlling an art?"

Alicia found a fitting analogy. "Originally, you were just scribbling randomly, but after using the Primal Flame, your control over the heat at every moment when you're making potions is like that of a master artist."

"It's absolutely wonderful."

Alicia said with some distress, "The way you're doing this makes me want it too."

Locke pondered for a moment, then with a flick of his wrist, the Primordial Flame moved to Alicia's front. "When I imprinted the Primordial Flame with my mental mark, I discovered that this flame is extremely powerful and possesses immense energy, so it cannot be completely controlled by the mental mark of a first-ring liquefaction wizard."

“You can also imprint your own spiritual mark on it and use it. The two of us using one primordial fire is more than enough for me.”

Alicia was somewhat inclined to refuse, after all, in her view, this belonged to Locke.

Locke then said, "You will also need to take the Mammon Powder potion every day. With this Primal Flame, you can make it much easier to prepare the Mammon Powder potion every day."

“And, Alicia, have you noticed? Potions made with the Primal Flame… their toxicity is reduced by a third.” “Although I don’t know why.”

Alicia nodded. "That's true."

"It's probably because the Primordial Flame contains Primordial Power, which has an extremely powerful purifying ability. But I believe that this is still not the full extent of the Primordial Flame's power."

"This primordial fire is currently just a small flame. If the flame were to grow larger, it might be more powerful and have more functions. Moreover, our use of the primordial fire is still very rudimentary."

Alicia said, "Perhaps, as we continue our research, we can find more applications of the primordial fire."

“Alright, you and I are both potion-making geniuses, so it’s perfect for the two of us to study this primordial fire together.”

Alicia imprinted a mental mark on it, which immediately caused the primordial fire to rebound, and a burst of flame energy surged out in all directions.

The stimulation caused the defensive array in the secret room to activate.

They forcibly stabilized the room.

Alicia gritted her teeth, chanted the incantation, activated the Scorpion Woman bloodline within her, and used the Permanent Protective Field [Dragon Scorpion Carapace]. Instantly, a dark purple carapace covered her upper body, and a dragon pattern appeared on the carapace, which strengthened her mental power. At the same time, Locke waved his hand and sent a magical light into it to help Alicia suppress the instinctive resistance of the primordial fire.

Alicia painstakingly imprinted a spiritual mark into the core of the primordial fire.

“I never imagined that such a tiny flame could contain such enormous energy.” Alicia exhaled a breath of stale air and said, “However, this means I can now use the Primal Flame.”

Locke said to Alicia, "Keep this flame with you for now. Use it until I need it, then I'll ask you for it again."

Locke picked up the three bottles of Sun Potions on the table. The ingredients for these three potions were actually paid for by Alicia herself, so he essentially got 100,000 magic stones as pocket money for free.

He planned to synthesize these three potions, and even without a special formula, he could enhance their effects, obtain an improved formula, and then consume them.

In short, with the Synthesis Cube and enough funds, one can make rapid progress in the field of potion-making by utilizing the unique properties of the Synthesis Cube.

Because the Feathered Serpent Pavilion places great importance on creative and improved potion recipes, one can even use these synthesized improved potion recipes to trade for new potion recipes at the Feathered Serpent Pavilion.

I can use the Feathered Serpent Pavilion to rapidly improve my potion-making skills, solving the biggest problem of the scarcity of potion-making materials and the low level of potion-making materials in the Six Towers.

Locke asked Alicia, "By the way, Alicia, what's the specific significance of being a D-level member of the Feathered Serpent Pavilion?"

Alicia shook her head. "This seems to be just an internal evaluation from the Feathered Serpent Pavilion, so it doesn't have any specific meaning. There are no purchase discounts or premiums."

"The Feathered Serpent Pavilion is very mysterious. There is also one near the University of Verdandia, but because it only allows wizards of the first ring or above to enter, not many people know about it."

Alicia said, "However, there are many mysterious things in the wizarding world. We just need to know that they are useful. For example, the Hand of the Jungle... I only realized how serious the Hand of the Jungle's erosion of the Six Towers was after I took charge of the Plutarch family."

"Although the ecology of the Six Towers Land is indeed very problematic at present, it is unknown whether the Hand of the Jungle's recruitment of a large number of family wizards to join them is a good thing or a bad thing."

(End of this chapter)