Wizards: Starting as a Potions Master!

Chapter 210: Cases of Formal Wizard Breakthrough Failure

The "Justice" witch said wearily, "Alright, let's get started on the deal."

Su Nan noticed that, unlike four months ago, the current "Justice" witch was probably tormented by black magic, and was therefore very weak.

Furthermore, Su Nan noticed that the "Justice" witch's mental strength had dropped from over 80 (around 83) to around 80, and her magic power was even more unstable. Previously, her magic power was very solid, but now almost half of it was corrupted by death magic. Although she could still use it, she would likely become weaker with each use.

Most of the wizards present could sense that she was in very bad condition, but none of them offered to show concern. After all, it was not easy for these wizards to take care of themselves.

Exploring wizarding ruins isn't always a good thing.

For wizards with insufficient abilities, exploring wizard ruins carries a much higher chance of death than a bountiful harvest.

Even a master like "Justice" fell into a trap due to carelessness.

The petrifying witch laughed and said, "It's wonderful to see everyone again. Especially 'the Moon,' who has once again joined our gathering."

"Alright, let's move on to the first phase: sharing our experiences. But today, I can start by sharing what I've seen and heard."

The petrifying witch said with some sadness, "One of my good friends, the witch Camilla who used to occasionally come to our gatherings to trade resources, has passed away."

Clearly, everyone at the gathering knew the witch, except for Su Nan, who had just joined the gathering and didn't know her well.

The priestess, both surprised and somewhat wistful, said, "She was a powerful alchemist witch. How could she be dead?"

The petrifying witch explained, "I only learned of this news three days ago. In order to break through to become a formal wizard, the witch Camilla risked building a first-circle spell without enough resources to construct a wizard tower, and transformed her body into one with the prototype of the wizard tower, turning herself into a steel magic cheetah."

"She wanted to use this method to compensate for the lack of a real wizard tower, and then she attempted a breakthrough. As a result, when she forcibly broke through to become a formal wizard, her soul was annihilated the moment she succeeded."

"However, she has succeeded halfway. She is an excellent alchemist, and if it were more than two thousand years ago, when magical resources were abundant, she would definitely have become a full-fledged wizard."

"As a result, a group of people who were not as talented as her were able to easily become formal wizards because of the times, while Camilla the witch, my best friend, died because of this barren era."

The petrifying witch said, "After she died, she gave me her experience of breakthrough, hoping that I could succeed based on her failure."

"Sigh. If any of you want this experience, you can ask me separately after the third round, and I'll make a copy and send it to you."

"This is the story I'm going to tell today."

Su Nan looked at the petrifying witch with some surprise. Wizards usually trade everything, but he didn't expect that after telling this story for free, the petrifying witch would give everyone this precious record of breaking through the ranks of formal wizards in this era.

Faced with everyone's puzzled looks, the Petrifying Witch smiled and said, "Camilla Witch's last wish was that even if she failed to break through her mental limits, she hoped that someone could build upon her path and continue forward."

"So, she gave me this record."

"It would be shameful for me to use even this as a bargaining chip. Wizards and witches may be selfish, but we also have dignity."

"I hope to carry on the last wish of the witch Camilla and deliver the data from her breakthrough to those who need it."

The petrifying witch suddenly became serious. "Of course, those whose mental strength isn't even enough to generate magical pressure should probably forget about it. Reading this information will do you more harm than good."

"With your level of magical skill, you won't understand it; in fact, you'll be misled."

After hearing this, Su Nan thought about it for a moment and realized that it was indeed true.

Camilla the Witch is a witch who follows the alchemical path. If a wizard who lacks sufficient magical knowledge sees her breakthrough information, he may be unconsciously led astray and subconsciously try to imitate Camilla the Witch.

The result was self-destruction; they had gone down the wrong path and gone astray.

The Ace of Swords and the Three of Cups were immediately very frustrated; they had just thought they were going to get a free benefit.

In fact, "The World," "The Chariot," "The Priestess," and others also felt very sorry about this, because although their mental strength was very high, it was not 80, which was enough to generate magical pressure.

Of those present, only Su Nan and "Justice" met the criteria.

What followed was another strange tale.

However, the narrators were the "Ice of Swords" and the "Three of Cups," who seemed to know they didn't have many good magical resources to trade with, so they tried to squeeze out some of the benefits of this gathering by using exaggerated tales to obtain the petrifying witch's magic stone reward.

The petrifying witch gave each of them a magic stone.

Next, we entered the second stage: the intelligence trading stage.

This time, Su Nan came prepared. He needed a lot of information, so after the 'Chariot' finished appraising the magical items of 'Justice' and 'World', Su Nan said directly, "I need the construction data for the Potions Wizard Tower."

Does anyone have this information? Or does anyone know anything about it?

The petrifying witch looked at Su Nan with surprise. After sensing that Su Nan's magical pressure was no less than her own, she glanced at Su Nan again, but said nothing.

Although Su Nan's progress was exceptionally rapid, each wizard had their own secrets.

On the contrary, the petrifying witch was delighted that a big shot had entered her gathering.

As long as this big shot attends her gatherings more often, why would she be afraid that he won't bring out good things to trade?

As long as there is demand, a transaction will definitely occur.

"Justice" also looked at Su Nan. Su Nan needed this information, which meant that he had also begun to work on breaking through to become a formal wizard.

Just four months ago, this guy wasn't generating any magical pressure.

Unexpectedly, four months later, his magical pressure was much stronger than hers.

Apart from that, the others did not have the magical pressure and therefore did not know the extent to which Su Nan had reached.

So they just assumed that Su Nan was making plans for his future.

However, everyone said that they did not have any relevant information, since potion-making was a very rare and niche area of ​​magical research that was already more than two thousand years ago.

However, at this moment, the 'World' witch was somewhat smug. "I do have some construction data for the Herbalist Wizard Tower."

"Potionology and Herbalism have some overlap in content, so I think it will definitely be helpful to you."

"However, this kind of data is very expensive."

"What are you prepared to exchange?"

Upon hearing this, everyone knew that the "World" witch was about to rip off her customers again.

After all, right now, only she has this thing.

Su Nan thought about it for a moment. He didn't really care if 'World' would ask for an exorbitant price, since it was something he genuinely needed right now. Besides, 'World' would be crying later, so he might as well let her be happy for a while.

Su Nan asked, "So, what do you want?"

The World Witch thought for a moment and said, "I want sixty magic stones."

"Plus your ten bottles of Fireball Bug Potion."

This is absolutely outrageous.

The priestess couldn't help but say, "This is too expensive. The construction data for a formal wizard's tower is expensive, but it's still data, and you can sell one copy to multiple people."

"At least we're all in the same semi-wizard organization."

"World" retorted, "There aren't many wizards who need the official Herbalism Wizard Tower data. What else can I do besides seize the opportunity to sell it to one wizard? Besides, I'm buying it voluntarily. That's how business is; there's no such thing as sentimentality."

Su Nan did the math and realized that ten bottles of Fireball Bug potion were actually very cheap for him, as they were just potion products he had long since discarded.

Fifty magic stones is indeed a lot.

Su Nan looked at the Petrifying Witch and asked, "Petrifying Witch, are you still accepting dragon-like bloodlines?"

The petrifying witch paused for a moment, then smiled and said, "I'll collect them. I'll always collect them."

"Give me as much as you have. I'm currently conducting research using dragon-like bloodlines, and this research is crucial to my breakthrough to becoming a formal wizard."

"So, however many dragon-like bloodlines you have, that's how many I can take in."

Su Nan took out three kinds of dragon-like bloodline potions that he had extracted from the lizardmen. They were green, red and blue, representing the three kinds of diluted dragon blood extracted from them: red dragon, blue dragon and green dragon.

Of course, there is only a trace of true dragon blood in it, and it has been degenerated and inferior. With Su Nan's current magical energy, he is not able to completely extract true dragon blood from the lizardmen who have degenerated for countless generations.

Even so, when Su Nan opened the three bottles of potions, the Petrifying Witch showed a look of surprise. She obviously did not expect that she would have the opportunity to acquire so many high-quality dragon-like bloodline potions at the gathering.

When the Arcane Swarm was developing in the Underworld, it devoured most of the dragon-like bloodline potions that Su Nan refined, but kept a small portion for itself, which it used to make a deal with the Petrifying Witch today.

Moreover, the underground world is inhabited by about two million people, including various reptilians.

Although this superior race of lizardmen probably only numbers in the hundreds of thousands.

However, with his increasingly advanced extraction technology, he knew he wouldn't lack dragon blood.

The petrifying witch quickly assessed the situation. "The quality of these bloodlines is excellent, and their quality is very consistent. Your essence-refining technique is truly remarkable."

"If it were any other wizard, even if they encountered so many creatures with dragon-like bloodlines, I don't think they would have the ability to extract such a high-quality dragon-like bloodline essence potion."

I am so lucky to have met you.

"How about this?"

"I collect each bottle for five magic stones."

Su Nan nodded. This price was higher than a 0.5-ring Fireball scroll, but he could accept it.

In this way, he would have enough magic stones to buy the Herbalist Wizard Tower information that the 'World' witch had mentioned.

Su Nan gave the Petrifying Witch a total of twenty bottles of this dragon-blood-like blood potion, and then traded 100 magic stones from her.

Su Nan made a deal with the "World" witch. Although the "World" witch was envious of Su Nan's extraction technology, she also wanted to find out where Su Nan had found so many dragon-like creatures.

However, she could not openly violate the unspoken rules of the gathering, so she did not dare to suddenly raise the price and could only complete the transaction with Su Nan at the price she had previously proposed.

She gave Su Nan a copy of the magic book.

When Su Nan opened it, he found that it was written with the words "Cuilin Medicine House Tower".

It describes a wizard tower specifically for herbalist wizards.

(End of this chapter)