Wizards: Starting with Synthetic Gems

Chapter 539 Advanced Blood-Weeping Dragon Sunflower Potion, do you want it?

half a month later.

Inside the Frost Mirror, the entire screen of the Frost Mirror now displays a three-dimensional image of the natural magical structure of a Royal Lightning Field.

At the same time, the magic mirror flickered, switching from a microscopic three-dimensional structural diagram to a spiritual three-dimensional structural diagram.

Locke compared the three three-dimensional images of this natural magical structure and found the reason why this natural magical structure could stimulate the evolution of the bloodline of magical creatures with lightning magic as their primary attribute.

"If a wizard specializing in lightning magic from the Evocation school were to see these three images, he could quickly create a completely new spell model for lightning magic."

Locke extracted the key structural features from the three 3D images, while a large number of documents printed using the magic mirror appeared on the control panel.

After doing all this, Locke checked his remaining time. He had only used the Frost Magic Mirror for 8 hours. Logically, he could use it for another 4 hours before the Mirror Spirit asked him to leave.

Since that's the case, there's no need for us to obediently leave.

Locke placed a new sample into the magic mirror, and after the developing potion was added, the sample began to rotate within the mirror's surface.

This is just a three-dimensional structural observation of the discovered natural magical structural components. You only need to find a few key features and record them to prove that it is this natural magical structural component.

Therefore, the remaining four hours should be sufficient.

Within this two-week period, Locke completed preliminary experimental data on the reproductive relationship between six types of air plant and magical creatures, bringing the total to nine types when combined with the data collected in the previous two weeks.

During this process, Locke synthesized a pineapple containing unknown natural magical structural components—the Big Black Diamond Swan Pineapple.

This pineapple contains two unknown natural magical structural components, one of which helps to generate a biological protective layer similar to earth elemental magic on the body surface of a first-ring magical creature called the Black King Goose.

Another type is a natural magical component structure that possesses a powerful charm-like quality, enhancing the mating interest of male and female Black King Geese.

At the current pace, once I've mastered the skills, I can probably complete preliminary experiments on the reproductive relationships between nine to twelve types of pineapple-like magical plants and specific magical creatures in about a month, and discover one or two new natural magical structural components each month.

This speed is incredibly fast, frighteningly fast.

The original speed at which the six groups discovered unfamiliar natural magical structural components was about once every five years.

In other words, only one out of approximately six groups of researchers from three sessions of the True Knowledge Institute might be lucky enough to discover a strange, natural magical structural component.

Locke, on the other hand, had already discovered three natural, unknown magical structural components within four months of entering the True Knowledge Institute.

To be honest, Locke was a little tempted to follow this path, to just keep going down this road, and then go on a rampage releasing first-level servers like [Green Grass Clouds].

Every newly discovered, naturally occurring, and magically potent ingredient has the opportunity to be featured on [Green Grass Clouds].

This is a regular customer of [Qingcao Yunze].

Four hours later, Locke left the Ice Mirror and immediately returned to his workstation in the public laboratory, where he asked Gregor to help him organize the data.

They worked continuously for three days. Locke stretched, stood up from his workstation, and finally finished writing three things.

A final report from a third-class grant, an article on the natural magical structure of a type of Royal Lightning Field, and a rewritten article on using the power of Myster to accelerate the crystallization stage.

The previous article was rejected by Yunze and Qingcao Yunze in succession, so Locke had to temporarily stop submitting articles before he had empirical evidence, in order to prevent the rejections from increasing the trouble for future submissions.

At this moment, he was already a wizard at the first stage of crystallization, so he could naturally submit his work.

Locke picked up three documents and was about to leave when he turned around and saw Gregor, who had dark circles under his eyes, propped his chin up, and was dozing off.

Gregor Robinson noticed Locke looking at him and immediately stood up, bowing deeply to Locke. "Teacher, are we finished with our work?"

Locke looked at him questioningly. "I remember telling you to go back to sleep half a day ago, didn't I?"

Gregor said guiltily, "But I don't think the teachers have rested, so I dare not rest."

Locke nodded slightly.

Gregor was a local from the Cloud Marsh Wetlands and had never traveled far. In addition, as the son of the Wood Element, he had a smooth journey and became a first-class wizard apprentice after only four years of studying magic, with a magic power of 700.

Therefore, he is naive and doesn't know how to refuse others, and he doesn't even know how to protect his own interests.

In other words, this is the society of white wizards, the Golden Crown Mountain of perfect order. In the land of black wizards, it would be very easy for them to take advantage of you.

Locke frowned and said, “I am a first-ring wizard with strong mental power, which is why I can work for three days and three nights in a row. This is nothing to me, but you are only a first-class wizard apprentice. Not sleeping for three days in a row will put too much mental pressure on you.”

"Furthermore, you already have a magic pressure of 700, which means you're on your way to becoming a full-fledged wizard. Try to avoid doing things like this in the future."

Locke said calmly, "For me, your becoming a formal wizard as soon as possible is the most important thing."

Gregor felt a warm glow in his heart. "Thank you, teacher."

"Teacher, you are so kind."

Gregor glanced at the documents in Locke's hand, drank a bottle of energy potion, and temporarily regained some of his energy. "Teacher, I'll submit the manuscript for you. That way you can go and rest."

“You are a first-ring crystallization wizard, and your time is more valuable than mine. I will do these chores.”

Gregor looked at Locke sincerely and said.

Locke shook his head slightly. If someone else had said that, he might have thought that they were trying to flatter him, but he knew that Gregor did not think that way.

He was too naive; he simply believed that students should help their teachers in this way.

Locke glanced at Gregor with a complicated expression.

A student with this kind of personality would probably not fare well if he fell into the hands of a formal wizard who harbors even a slight malice towards him.

This doesn't mean we can just let others take advantage of us.

This guy doesn't even slack off.

Wizard apprentices are already in a weaker position than formal wizards. If they can't learn to slack off, they'll be used as tools by formal wizards and worked to death.

Meeting himself was his good fortune.

Locke handed him three documents, along with a bottle of Holy Spring Dew potion, which is an invaluable restorative medicine for any qualified wizard.

The original version of the Holy Spring Dew potion was perhaps rather mediocre.

However, Locke had compared the effects of his improved Holy Spring Dew potion recipe with the Seven Treasures Jade Flower potion commonly used by the first-ring wizards of Cloud Marsh Wetlands, and found that they each had their own merits.

In the area of ​​restoring health and removing negative status effects, one's own Holy Spring Dew potion is even better.

Gregor paused, taken aback. "Teacher, you've given me the wrong one. This is a first-ring potion."

Locke said, "If I give you something to drink, then drink it. I am a potion master; this is just something I can concoct casually."

Gregor instinctively drank the Holy Spring Dew potion, and his condition immediately returned to its peak. Moreover, much of the potion's toxicity in his body was removed.

The potency of the first-class wizard apprentices in Golden Crown Mountain is no less than that of the potency of wizard apprentices outside the mountain.

After all, the more developed a region's magical civilization, the more advanced its potion-making, and the more potions these apprentices can access.

Otherwise, Gregor wouldn't have been able to reach a magic pressure of 700 in just four years.

This speed is considered unusual even in Lilith's Hut.

It took Locke more than five years to achieve this feat.

That's because Gregor himself is the child of the elements, received the best magical education, and can enjoy all kinds of beneficial potions from Mount Golden Crown at any time.

However, this also meant that a large amount of drug toxicity accumulated in his body.

His original wizard mentor seemed to have never reminded him of this, but Locke remembered that wizard apprentices at Golden Crown Mountain would receive a host of benefits upon breakthrough.

It appears that some of these substances could remove the toxicity of drugs.

Furthermore, Jinmianshan regularly distributes perks from time to time; the previous concert was one such perk.

Unfortunately, when he asked Gregor, no one had informed him to attend, so he missed it.

However, these things are minor matters to me.

Locke called out to Gregor, who was turning to leave his workstation, "Wait..."

Gregor asked in confusion, "Teacher?"

The next moment, a primordial fire landed on him, and water elemental magic fire and fire elemental magic flames burned on his body.

In an instant, Gregor was engulfed in flames and became a human torch.

This caught the attention of Mason Witch, who was still working at her desk in the office area, and another wizard from Group Six.

Meanwhile, Gregor was terrified, but out of trust in Locke, he did not resist at all.

Soon, Locke reached out and summoned the Primal Flame back into his palm.

Locke said, "Alright, I've completely cleared the poison from your body. Now, drink this potion."

Gregor foolishly accepted a bottle of heart-shaped potion.

This is an improved version of the Bloodstained Dragon's Nest Potion, which Locke discovered using the Synthesis Cube. Locke named it Advanced Bloodstained Dragon's Nest Potion.

Ordinary Blood-Soaked Dragon's Nest Potion has no effect on Elemental Children, but the self-improved Blood-Soaked Dragon's Nest Potion, when taken ten bottles per month, can increase one's talent by 2 levels, thus improving the aptitude of Elemental Children.

Locke estimated that with continuous use of the high-grade Bloodthirsty Dragon Sunflower Potion, Gregor should be able to possess twice the talent of an ordinary Elemental Child. However, this would mean he would have to spend an extra thousand magic stones from Gregor each month, and also refine ten bottles of high-grade Bloodthirsty Dragon Sunflower Potion each month.

After drinking it, Gregor immediately felt a change in himself.

Locke said, "From now on, I will give you ten bottles of high-grade Bloodthirsty Dragon Sunflower Potion every month."

Gregor looked at Locke gratefully and said, "Thank you, teacher."

He went out with gratitude and joy in his heart.

After Gregor left, Mason the Witch hurriedly asked Locke, "Locke, was that flame you just saw the Primordial Flame?"

“I’ve heard that it’s something all potion masters dream of. You actually have the Primal Flame. Before you came to our True Knowledge Academy, there was only one second-ring potion master in our entire academy who possessed the Primal Flame.”

"Besides, wasn't that a special technique used by potion masters called the 'Water and Fire Refining Technique'?"

Locke readily admitted it, since there was nothing to hide anyway; the wizards in the Institute of True Knowledge were all geniuses.

Among a group of geniuses, you won't stand out no matter what.

Moreover, only talent can truly convince geniuses.

Locke said, "Yes, that is the primordial fire."

The water-fire refining technique was something I learned while practicing making lucky potions. In other words, this method of controlling the heat is something you absolutely need to know to make lucky potions.

The water-fire refining method can harmonize the conflicting properties of the core ingredients, and can also cleanse the wizard's body, remove the toxicity of the potions, and enhance physical fitness.

This special method of controlling the fire is something that even the most skilled first-level potion master might not be able to learn, but it's different if you possess the Primal Fire.

With the help of the Primordial Flame, he mastered the privileges of a top-tier first-level alchemist—he could use the Primordial Flame to purify the poison in his body and strengthen his physical form.

This is a special technique that helps a first-ring wizard purify the toxicity of potions, naturally clearing the toxicity from the apprentice's body with ease.

However, few people can master it. Without the Primal Flame, many wizards, even those who have reached the second-circle potion master level, may not be able to master it.

This is also the difficulty in preparing the Lucky Potion.

In the office area, another wizard's eyes gleamed. "I've heard that Locke is a potion master, but I didn't expect you to have achieved such success in the field."

"It is almost as good as your achievements in breeding science."

"Your student is very lucky to have such a powerful potion master as his mentor. He is extremely fortunate."

Mason Witch chuckled and said, "Indeed, I am not a potion master, nor do I possess the Primal Flame, so I will not actively remove the potion's toxicity from my students' bodies. I would like to find someone to help me remove the residual potion toxicity from my body."

“I have two students who recently experienced severe side effects from taking too much of the drug; their hands and feet tremble when they walk. I heard that they have recently been trying to purchase Void Gems to purify the drug toxicity from their bodies.”

"Furthermore, Golden Crown Mountain provides monthly benefits to its students, including some wizard tea from Luxu Bridge. Even the most ordinary wizard tea from Luxu Bridge is the top-grade wizard tea of ​​its kind, capable of purifying the toxicity of potions."

“Well, the apprentices usually drink Cuizhu Baihao, a white tea cultivated by the tea masters of Luxu Bridge. It’s a blend of green and white tea. Tea masters are a niche wizard profession that is a branch of the breeder field.” Another wizard tentatively asked Locke, “However, may I ask what the effects of the high-grade Blood-Weeping Dragon Sunflower Potion are? I’ve never heard of this apprentice-level potion before.”

"Locke, what is that? Is it a potion from another wizarding land?"

Locke nodded. "Yes. But I modified it."

He briefly explained its function.

The Mason witch and the wizard named Newt, who were present, listened with wide eyes.

Taking it continuously every month can increase your wizarding talent by 2 levels!

Even ordinary wizards at the True Knowledge Academy have teaching requirements; they must train at least one formal wizard in order to meet the conditions for leaving the station!

This resulted in the two of them spending their days either thinking about their projects or their own magic level advancement, and then figuring out how to quickly raise the magic pressure of promising students to 800, then drink a bottle of advancement potion and finish them off in one go.

Locke looked at the two of them and smiled slightly, "What, you two want it too?"

Mason Witch and Newt the Wizard nodded quickly.

Newt the Wizard said, “Locke, money is no problem. Name your terms. But I won’t deny that I really want it. You know how painful it is for me to watch my stupid students ask me stupid questions every day, and when they advance slower than the stupidest snails.”

"Absolutely utterly stupid!"

"In short, if you have such an excellent improved formula, then I want it too."

Mason Witch quickly followed, raising her left hand. "Me too."

Locke thought for a moment and realized that the cost of this potion was only one hundred magic stones.

No matter how rare an apprentice-level potion is, the limitations of the apprentice level restrict its price to a certain level, and common sense limits its price ceiling. I can't sell it too expensively.

Selling a bottle for a thousand magic stones is unreasonable and shameless.

If you ask for money, it's impossible to get much.

It's also easy to offend people.

Therefore, I need to think about whether or not I should do this business deal.

Newt the Wizard noticed Locke's hesitation. Being a shrewd person, he immediately understood why Locke was unwilling and said, "I won't use magic stones to buy it. I'll only pay the cost price with magic stones. I'll use some of the labor of my five students as an exchange. Just give me one set per month, which is ten bottles of high-grade Bloodthirsty Dragon Sunflower."

“My five students are already familiar with the work at the True Knowledge Institute. You can have them do some odd jobs without any problem.”

Newt the Wizard said, "Today is my fifth year. I meet all the other requirements for leaving the station, except for the students."

“If the student I have high hopes for this year does not become a formal wizard, then I will have to postpone my graduation by a year. As you know, there can only be two postponements at most. That means if he still hasn’t become a formal wizard by then, then as his mentor… I will have wasted seven years of my time.”

Newt's face turned pale at the thought.

He never imagined that, as a wizard mentor, after working so hard and being on the verge of success, he would ultimately fall victim to his six useless students.

Locke's advanced Blood-Weeping Dragon Sunflower Potion gave him hope.

Locke also realized that there was no longer any competition between him and Newt the Wizard, so he could directly use five of Newt's students who had been trained by him for five years.

Mason Witch, who was standing to the side, wanted to speak up, as she also wanted to offer students, but she suddenly realized that this was only her third year at the Institute of True Knowledge.

She herself needs students to do chores.

Realizing that Locke had no interest in making a deal with her, Mason Witch had no choice but to shut up.

Although, based on their colleague relationship and the fact that she had become close to Locke recently, she might be able to force Locke to complete the deal by owing him a favor.

But Mason Witch is different from Newt the Wizard.

She doesn't yet have such a strong need for her students to advance to the rank of formal wizards as quickly as possible, so there's no need for her to squander her favors prematurely.

Newt the wizard said, "However, I wonder if you could use the Water and Fire Refining Technique to purify the poison in my student's body."

“He previously took an advancement potion, leaving a very strong residue of its toxicity in his body. Although Mount Golden Crown has many resources that can purify the toxicity, I have already exhausted my research funds, and he himself has almost no savings…”

"The resources available to apprentices are also insufficient to completely eliminate the toxicity of the medicine."

"Especially in his case."

Locke nodded slightly. "If that's the case, then this deal can proceed."

In any case, using the Water and Fire Refining Method to purify the toxicity of the medicine in an apprentice's body, and preparing ten more bottles of high-grade Blood-Weeping Dragon Sunflower Medicine every month, is not a big deal for me.

Thinking about it carefully, I already refine ten bottles every month, so when refining, making twice the amount of apprentice-level potions didn't consume too much of my time and energy.

Newt Scamander smiled. "Then the deal is done."

"I'll go talk to my five students right now."

Newt the wizard felt a joy at seeing hope, but he was also afraid that his students would be forced to postpone their departure because they had not been promoted to full wizards in time.

If it is postponed twice and he still has no students who can advance to become formal wizards, he will be extremely frustrated.

Locke left his work area and went to his magical field on the big red banyan tree to plant a new variety of pineapple.

Two weeks later, Locke, with the help of five new skilled wizard apprentices, discovered eight new symbiotic relationships between pineapple magical plants and the reproductive capabilities of certain magical creatures.

He has now accumulated preliminary experimental data on seventeen types of pineapple-like magical plants.

Meanwhile, Locke had Gregor organize the documents he needed and headed to the large round table conference room on the third floor of the True Knowledge Institute castle.

He is going to participate in the defense of the Zhenzhi Institute project fund.

After the project's final report is delivered and approved, a final defense is required so that experts can verify the completeness of the project's completion.

And conduct academic evaluations to see if it has value and expand it into a higher-level True Knowledge Institute project fund.

In addition, it also serves other purposes, such as business evaluation, inviting some wizards from the Golden Crown Mountain Shop Alliance to see if they are interested.

This will foster collaboration between industry and academia.

However, under normal circumstances, even if the wizards from the Shop Alliance come over for a third-tier True Knowledge Institute fund project, they will only do it perfunctorily and just take a casual look.

If a wizard in the shop alliance discovers an article or technology that has potential for collaboration, they are likely to form a partnership with that wizard immediately after the presentation.

(End of this chapter)