Wizards: Starting with Synthetic Gems

Chapter 415 The Second Test

Inside the Feathered Serpent Pavilion, Locke took out all the potions he had made using materials from the Feathered Serpent Pavilion from his Astral Ring.

The half-dragon wizard walked over, glanced at it, opened a bottle of potion, and smelled it carefully. "Good quality."

He glanced at the quantity of each of the three potions; there were only about five bottles of each. A slight disappointment appeared in his eyes. "Thank you, Potions Master Augustine, for participating in this test. It's just a pity that each set of materials I gave you before consisted of fifteen portions. A one-third success rate isn't low, and the quality is quite good, but relatively speaking, it still doesn't meet our requirements."

The emotion that had appeared on the half-dragon wizard's face quickly faded, and he became indifferent again. He glanced at the five bottles of blue potions and immediately frowned.

Two of the five blue potions were different from the common blue potions, as they were filled with transparent bubbles. He opened one of the bottles and smelled it carefully. Then, he suddenly drank the blue potion.

In an instant, under the effect of the first-level potion, his body quickly turned blue, and the gray dragon scales that were originally from reptiles also turned blue.

The half-dragon wizard frowned after transforming into a lamp spirit. "You added a secondary ingredient, rush pith, though I don't know the exact amount, and it underwent more than one special temperature adjustment, so you enhanced the effect of this blue potion."

Specks of stardust, like powder, swirled around him. This was the unique power of the lamp spirit, a magical power formed from the condensation of wishes—a special form of magical power.

Blue potions originated from the Golden Desert, a large plane that was conquered by the Wizarding World over a thousand years ago and is a traditional subsidiary plane of the Wizarding World.

That plane is abundant with wondrous objects such as lamp spirits, fairies, and bottle-shaped lamps; that world is a low-magic, high-martial-power type.

In other words, the magical tides in the world are relatively sparse, and magic is a secret to the whole world. However, the magical tides are concentrated in the hands of a few people, so that world has many powerful individuals.

The half-dragon wizard said, "The effect of this potion has been enhanced by at least one-third."

Beneath the gray wizard's robes, a ball of lightning-attribute magical flame appeared. Under the rapid extraction effect of the lightning-attribute magical flame, the effects of the blue potion and almost all the magical toxicity in his body were expelled.

The half-dragon wizard's body quickly returned to its original state, his dragon scales turning gray and returning to normal.

Locke was slightly taken aback when he saw this, but then he remembered an article he had read that described how potion masters could use magical flames to quickly expel potions from their bodies. In this way, potion masters could ignore a considerable number of poisonous potions.

Logically speaking, although my skill in manipulating magical flames hasn't reached that level, having the Primal Flame, I should be able to do the same thing, or even do it better.

The half-dragon wizard gave Locke a slight bow. "I apologize, Potions Master Augustine. I didn't realize before that you had improved the formulas for three potions."

"The formulas for all three potions have been improved to some extent, which is truly remarkable. Compared to that, the quantity is slightly less, which is a trivial matter."

The half-dragon wizard became even more enthusiastic towards Locke. "Potion masters like you are exactly the kind of people we at the Feathered Serpent Pavilion are happy to serve."

"The Feathered Serpent Pavilion serves only genius potion masters. We have the support of a great figure from the Starfield Sea, and our main purpose is to improve the basic level of certain special sub-disciplines of potion science."

"You could think of this as that great figure trying to fine-tune the future development direction of the wizarding civilization through artificial funding, guiding it in a specific direction he desires. That great figure has an almost infinite lifespan, and therefore he is full of patience."

"First-circle and second-circle wizards are the cornerstone, the foundation, and the future of wizarding civilization. Therefore, the Feathered Serpent Pavilion will actively support potion-making geniuses at this stage to help them grow better."

As they spoke, the half-dragon wizard had already transmitted the test results to the headquarters of the Feathered Serpent Pavilion in the Starfield Sea using a light transmission device.

Five minutes later, a message came from the optical transmitter. The half-dragon wizard glanced at the letter and said, "Augustin, the potion master, headquarters wants to offer you the benefits of a C-level member and allow you to enjoy the training program that comes with C-level membership."

Locke asked, "The Feathered Serpent Pavilion's training program?"

"Don't we need to sign any contract?"

The half-dragon wizard said, "No need. The Feathered Serpent Pavilion is just an ordinary shop; it is neither the Academy of True Knowledge nor a wizarding academy."

"We just want to commission you to concoct a potion; it's still part of a series of tests. If you agree, you can have this."

"This is the new potion recipe and ingredient list. Unlike the previous tests, you can keep all the potions you make this time. You only need to provide proof of successful potion making."

The half-dragon wizard said, "This is a series of tests. If you fail even once, the test will be stopped immediately. Each new test will be more difficult than the last one."

"The difficulty of completing the test will increase until one day you are unable to complete it. At that time, we will terminate the test and give up on your training."

"Of course, you also have the right to terminate the test at any time, as long as you stop submitting proof of the test results."

"The Feathered Serpent Pavilion is located in every wizarding land, so you don't need to worry about being unable to submit the proof in time in any region."

Locke glanced at the half-dragon wizard and frowned slightly. It seemed that there was a big secret behind the Feathered Serpent Pavilion.

But since it's something that brings benefits, there's no need to refuse it.

Locke took the envelope from the other party and scanned the potion recipe on it. It turned out to be a recipe for an abyss potion called [Mastermind Control Potion].

In this document, the other party provided him with materials for thirty sets of the Mastermind Control Potion and required him to refine at least fifteen bottles within a year to complete the test and enter the next test.

It's worth mentioning that there are requirements—the Primal Flame cannot be used for refining; all Mastermind Control potions must be refined using one's own abilities.

The Primal Flame contains primal power, so once it is used to refine a potion, a trace of primal power will remain in the potion, making it very easy to detect.

Locke's expression turned strange as he read the description of the Mind Control Potion, because its greatest function was to unlock the wizard's brain potential and enhance their psychic power. It was a potion designed to increase psychic power.

For other wizards, this ability might be rare and not particularly useful. But for someone like myself who relies on a distributed psionic network to maintain the magic of the forest sanctuary, this potion is incredibly important.

But at the same time, Locke secretly harbored doubts. 'Did the Feathered Serpent Pavilion conduct a background check on me? Or, more simply, did they use some kind of divination magic on me?'

'Otherwise, how would they have known I needed this potion? Or was it just a coincidence?'

'Forget it, it's just a business relationship anyway, as long as it benefits me. Conducting a background check is just standard procedure.'

(End of this chapter)