Wizards: Starting as a Potions Master!

Chapter 158 The Hearthstone Witch's Azure Potion and the True Meaning of a Formal Wizard

Su Nan looked at the scroll and immediately understood why the petrifying witch needed someone else to help her concoct this potion.

This potion, called Azure Potion, is essentially a potion that is extremely useful for a wizard's mental state. It is a potion that every wizard needs to use when they advance to become a full wizard.

Its role is to stabilize, unite, and replenish mental strength.

It cannot raise the upper limit of mental power, but Su Nan noticed from the description of the Blue Potion's effects on this parchment that if a wizard takes it before practicing Mind Meditation, he can permanently stabilize his mental power.

This means that the psychological problems that originally arose due to mental strength that was more than 20 times greater than that of ordinary people have been resolved.

It is likely that in orthodox wizarding societies thousands of years ago, one way to bypass mental meditation was by taking this simplified form of a mental energy stabilizing potion.

This mental stabilizing potion is essentially a cure for a wizard's mental illness.

"The wizarding apprentices here probably didn't undergo mental cultivation on their own. Wizards like me, who have undergone mental cultivation, have fully accepted their own hearts, understood their own path, and possess a heart as firm as a sword. Naturally, when advancing to become a full-fledged wizard, there will be no more mental cultivation issues."

Su Nan thought to himself, "But these ordinary first-class wizard apprentices also encounter mental illnesses when they advance in their cultivation."

"Therefore, they must take more advanced medicine to treat the mental illnesses unique to wizards, to cure the underlying mental problems that have arisen from their drastically increased mental power."

"I'm afraid that when these wizards study certain very profound spells, it affects the nature of their mental energy, causing them to develop mental problems."

Moreover, this Hearthstone Witch's Azure Potion has one more crucial effect—breaking the limits of mental power!

The limit of a first-class wizard apprentice's mental strength is 100 because his life level is no longer sufficient for him to continue to increase.

Logically, the limit for a pure-blooded human's soul to improve is 100 times.

This is also the soul of many organisms, the upper limit of quality enhancement.

Ancient wizarding societies once encountered this problem, and the entire society was stuck on it for decades. However, they eventually came up with many solutions, and from then on, wizards broke through the upper limit of the spiritual power of pure-blooded humans.

Essentially, the difference between a first-ring wizard and a wizard apprentice has a strict academic definition, and the biggest definition is that formal wizards are all those who have surpassed the theoretical upper limit of pure-blooded humans, racial transcendents!

Therefore, every legitimate wizard deserves respect.

Therefore, the solution of orthodox wizarding society more than two thousand years ago was to first raise mental strength to 100, and then, by forming five 0.7-ring spells and one 1-ring spell, allow the wizard's mental sea to begin to sublimate through the 1-ring spell, and then, through the magic spring of the wizard's tower, break through the barrier of mental strength of 100 through a sudden surge of magical power.

To become a racial transcendent.

This is the most basic and fundamental method for a wizard to break through the upper limit of their mental power.

For example, some wizards who like magical modification will modify their bodies when constructing 0.7 and 1-level magic, making it possible for their bodies to break through the limits of pure-blooded humans.

Wizards of the Evocation School can strengthen their spiritual sea through six spell models, causing a qualitative change in their soul power and breaking through the spiritual power limit of 100.

But there are other methods.

For example, the Azure Potion on the parchment scroll in front of us is one such potion. The soul of a wizard who takes the Azure Potion will develop in the direction of a star-radiating entity.

These are the characteristics of astral creatures discovered by the former Hearthstone Witch through extensive research on astral beings.

The so-called star radiant body is a special constitution in which the soul can leave the body during sleep and travel to various places. The soul is very strong and difficult to destroy, but it will return to the body when the sleep is over.

Every astral being possesses this talent to some extent, but humans on the Prime Material Plane are extremely rare to find.

The key point is that the Azure Potion can give some wizards similar talents, allowing them to break through the human mental power limit of up to 100 times.

Even the physical constitution of this star-emitting body is not the most important factor.

Most importantly, this method allows for a safer and more successful breakthrough of a wizard's mental power limit.

This Hearthstone Witch's Azure Elixir is basically no different from the Foundation Establishment Pill.

Su Nan also gained a lot of inspiration from this medicine formula, and even figured out one of the ways to bypass the mind meditation.

Although it's of no use to me now, someone might need my power in the future.

Su Nan had looked at the recipe on the sheepskin scroll, and sure enough, the text on a key recipe had been contaminated by something unknown, making it impossible to read.

Because this formula is isolated within the entire Azure Elixir formula, it is impossible to deduce what this key ingredient is from the other ingredients in the formula.

The petrifying witch asked somewhat anxiously, "How is it? It's alright if we can't make it right away."

"You can figure it out anytime you can."

"If you succeed, I will give you a considerable amount of magic stones afterward, and you will also gain the friendship of a formal wizard."

Su Nan glanced at the petrifying witch, then at the 'World', and sighed inwardly. No wonder the World couldn't be made; it was impossible for her to deduce the missing independent material from the ingredients in this recipe.

Therefore, the Petrifying Witch's desire to find a skilled potion maker to help her perfect the final ingredients and create the potion would have been a complete fantasy if she hadn't encountered someone with an AI like herself.

Su Nan secretly said to the AI, "AI, try to complete this potion recipe."

Yes, the mana and mental strength required to refine this formula are expected to be no less than 80. Simultaneously, you must construct at least three 0.7-ring spells in your mental sea to enhance its stability and elevation, as refining this potion is predicted to have a strong impact on your mental sea during the process.

The difficulty of crafting this potion is predicted to be equivalent to four levels of ascension.

[We have begun using big data analysis to extrapolate the missing independent material and have started hypothetical thought experiments. It is estimated that it will take at least six months to complete the extrapolation work.]

[If you can use your Wizarding Hand on Sundays to conduct some simple real-world tests during this process, you can reduce the calculation time to one-third.]

Ok?

It turns out that a mental strength of 80 or above is the level of a fourth-level sublimation. So the "Justice" witch was already at the level of a fourth-level sublimation. The petrification witch was even stronger, at the level of a half-step formal wizard. It is estimated that she may already have more than five 0.7-level spells.

Su Nan considered for a moment, then said to the petrifying witch, "Okay. But I need more than a year to conduct the research. Petrifying witch, you can give me half of your necromancer's legacy later."

A glimmer of hope appeared in the petrifying witch's eyes. "No need. I'll transfer this magical inheritance directly into your mind right now using telepathy."

"But remember, you only have the right to use it, not the right to trade it. You cannot use this inheritance for trading."

"All you have to do is concoct an Azure Potion for me once a year from now. It doesn't matter if it succeeds or fails, but if it fails, you'll have to pay me magic stones equivalent to 45% of the price of this half-set of inheritance."

"But if I succeed, I will pay you three chances to help you after I become a full-fledged wizard, plus a magic stone worth twice the value of this half-set of heirlooms."

"I think this deal is fair."

"If possible, we can sign a potion contract right now. If you don't want to, then forget it."

Looking around at the world, Su Nan realized that similar contracts had been signed elsewhere.

However, in the end, the world might lose money.

However, it's not really fair to say she lost money, because even so, the world still made a profit; she simply gave back a small portion of what she had after her failure.

Essentially, the conditions set by the Petrifying Witch were relatively lenient in order to attract other wizards to brew her Azure Potion.

Su Nan had no reason to refuse. In fact, within six months, he should be able to deduce the real formula, raise his mental strength to over 80, and construct three potion magic spell models with a level of 0.7 or higher.

Moreover, even if he fails, he will only be giving back half of the benefits the Petrifying Witch has given him.

Therefore, Su Nan readily agreed to this free benefit. "Alright, I agree to sign a magic contract with you."

"World" glanced at Su Nan and muttered a low "tsk." "Don't end up like me, losing everything."

"But if there are benefits to be had, it's definitely better to take them. After all, we're the only two potion makers here."

"Petrifying Witch, I advise you not to have too high expectations. Even without the Azure Potion, you can still try to break through; it's just the upper limit of the human species' mental strength."

The Chariot, the Priestess, and even Justice all looked at Su Nan with a hint of envy.

As expected, a wizard with a special skill is in high demand wherever he goes.

The petrifying witch smiled and took out a magical contract. This kind of magical contract was written on a special kind of paper with the contents of the contract written on it in magical script, thus forming a contract that was binding on both parties.

The petrifying witch signed her name, and Su Nan checked the contract to make sure there were no hidden clauses or traps. After having the AI ​​calculate and confirm its safety, he also signed his name.

The petrifying witch readily gave half of the inheritance to Su Nan through a telepathic spell, saying, "Actually, I'm just casting a wide net; I'm bound to encounter a wizard who can help me eventually."

"Anyway, this knowledge of wizards can be copied, so it's not a loss for me."

"Knowledge is such a wondrous thing; when you share something with others, you will have less of what you possess."

"The more knowledge you share, the more you gain from it."

The petrifying witch addressed the crowd, "Alright, the quality of this gathering far surpasses that of the past six months. We've finally welcomed another potion-maker to our gathering. We've all had a much better time, which is wonderful."

"To be able to hold such a grand witch gathering in such a barren era."

"Hehehe, I'm already looking forward to our next gathering."

(End of this chapter)