I, a cultivator, have ended up in the wizarding world

All eyes were drawn to the scene. An apprentice lay sprawled on the ground, the workbench a mess, with metal fragments scattered everywhere.

What he was trying to shape did not seem to be gold, but some kind of hard and unstable metal. Under the guidance of his out-of-control mental power, it underwent a terrible deformation and even exploded.

Even more terrifying, some of the flying metal fragments actually embedded themselves directly into the apprentice's arm and face!

The fragments did not remain on the surface, but rather, like living things, they gradually "grew" and "fused" into his body amidst his agonizing screams.

Clearly, this reckless apprentice unwittingly endowed the gold with a property that corroded flesh and blood during the alchemy process.

Clark's face darkened instantly. He strode over but did not immediately offer any assistance.

He glanced coldly at the apprentice writhing on the ground, howling in pain, and at the metal fragments corroding into his flesh, a mocking smile on his face.

"Ha, foolish." Instructor Clark's voice was as cold as ice. "How many times have I emphasized this: strictly adhere to safety operating procedures! No unknown or unstable materials are allowed in basic exercises! And absolutely no unauthorized attempts at dangerous alchemy processes!"

He glanced around at the apprentices, whose faces had turned pale with fright:

"Every year there are fools like this, relying on a bit of cleverness and courage, thinking they can achieve instant success. This is the consequence of inadequate form control! Inadequate mental control, guiding the wrong energy, will only create monsters that harm themselves and others!"

"As for you..." Clark turned to look at the apprentice still groaning on the ground, "You caused serious damage to the lab, plus medical expenses, so 15 points will be deducted. You'll have to pay it back by next month, or plenty of wizards will want another test subject!"

After saying that, without any visible movement from Instructor Clark, two protrusions immediately appeared on the silver-white metal wall next to him.

Two clumps of silvery-white metal fell to the ground like liquid, and quickly transformed into two humanoid puppets as they twisted and changed.

"Take this idiot to get treatment!"

Upon hearing Clark's command, the two puppets' eyes lit up red, grabbed the apprentice's hands and feet on the ground, completely ignoring his struggles, and forcibly carried him away from the laboratory.

During the struggle, the metal on the apprentice's body would occasionally come into contact with the puppet's body and break off, while bright red blood would flow from the broken metal surface.

Clearly, the degree of fusion between the metal and the apprentice's flesh and blood far exceeded expectations.

This scene served as a wake-up call, shattering all the apprentices' romantic fantasies about alchemy.

Alchemy is also a form of witchcraft; it is not only mysterious and knowledge-based, but also a rigorous and dangerous discipline.

"Before the next class, I want to see you all skillfully shaping gold!"

The first alchemy class ended in shock and with homework assigned by the instructor.

After class, the apprentices left the laboratory with their transformed gold nuggets and heavy hearts.

Holding his ugly golden cube, Jemin seemed to suddenly have an idea and stood in front of the lab table, lost in thought.

"I heard that the unlucky guy's father is also an alchemist. He has always shown that he knows a lot about alchemy, so even though he chose potions, he still plans to make a weapon to impress people." Amy suddenly appeared from the side.

"...I never expected the consequences to be so terrifying."

Jemin snapped out of his daze and glanced at Amy: "What are you planning to do next?"

"Nothing special, I'll definitely go back and continue practicing alchemy... What about you?"

"Pretty much. Do you know any good ways to earn points?"

"For those veteran apprentices, there are quite a few methods. Whether it's selling potions, selling weapons, resolving commissions, or submitting academic achievements, they can all earn points as rewards."

Amy shrugged. "But right now... all we can do is work as laborers at the alchemy workshop to earn points. What? Do you want to buy something?"

"I have an idea, maybe we should rent a laboratory." Jemin didn't hide his purpose.

He has many secrets, and to be on the safe side, he would definitely need to rent a laboratory to ensure his privacy.

The fact that they rented a lab could not be kept secret from others.

"Although I don't think you're the kind of person who can't distinguish between what's important and what's not, I still have to remind you that if you're just practicing alchemy with gold, the dorm is enough," Amy reminded her.

Jemin shook his head: "No, I just have an idea that I need to confirm."

"Wow, you truly deserve to be called the genius of our alchemy class this year. I have high hopes for you!" Amy said with a smile, patting him on the shoulder.

She didn't intend to delve into it further, since in the wizarding world, "knowledge" and "inspiration" are extremely valuable things.

After frowning and thinking for a while, Amy finally offered her opinion: "If it's a formal laboratory, forget about it, the price is astronomical. However... if it's just a short-term temporary rental, there are quite a few low-level laboratories available for rent."

"From a cost-effectiveness perspective, this kind of low-level laboratory is not suitable, but it is quite suitable for us apprentices if it is only used for a short period of time."

"Oh? Where can I find this?" Jemin asked, intrigued.

"Each school has a mission area in the lobby on the first floor. You can go there and take a look. Those are all college-certified laboratories, so they are quite safe."

Thanks.

After saying goodbye to Amy, Jemin went straight to the lobby on the first floor of the Alchemy Workshop.

He had noticed earlier that there were many machines that looked like ATMs along the walls of the lobby. He arrived a bit early then, so there weren't many people there yet. Now, however, there were queues in front of those machines.

Jemin saw a huge notice board on the wall, densely listed with various tasks and points.

This is how the workshop operates daily. Apprentices need to complete designated simple tasks to earn workshop points.

There are many types of tasks, but most of them require a certain amount of knowledge.

For example, Jemin has several tasks at hand, one of which is to prepare a cleaning solution for the laboratory, which requires some basic knowledge of potions.

Manufacturing standard-sized quartz containers requires sophisticated alchemy skills.

To power certain magical devices, one needs to understand the basics of energy conduction...

Besides, there are almost no tasks that require no instructions at all, and even those tasks are poorly paid.

Jemin frowned as he looked at the tasks that only yielded a dozen or so points a month:

"It seems that doing these ordinary tasks alone is not enough to earn points... I should go and check how much it costs to rent a laboratory for a short period of time."