Above the mage

Chapter 48 Spirit Potion

Five spell recipes, none of which include Healing or Mage's Hand.

There was also no strange spell that had caused him unbearable pain when the sorcerer Seda questioned him.

Clearly, these spell scrolls do not include all the spells that the mage Theda possesses.

That's normal, though, since mages have more than just spell recipes to learn spells.

Furthermore, even if a mage learns a spell through a spell recipe, they may not necessarily continue to save the spell recipe after successfully constructing the spell model.

After all, under normal circumstances, once the spell is mastered, the spell recipe has already lost its value.

Unless you still have ulterior motives about reselling it.

Although the five spell recipes are not complete, they are all familiar to Gaode.

Needless to say, [Tracking Mark] is clearly the close-combat spell that the mage Theda, whom Amy had mentioned before, possessed.

When confronting the mage Sedar, Goddard had already personally "tested" the spells 【Flash of Light】 and 【Fire Arrow】.

As for the [Detection Magic], God had seen Pierre use it before.

All five tricks are practical and powerful.

With five new spell recipes laid out before him, any mage apprentice would be caught in a happy dilemma:

Which spells should we choose to learn first?

After all, for a magician's apprentice, it takes anywhere from six months to a year to master a single magic trick.

Therefore, it is necessary to prioritize the learning process.

Human energy and time are always limited.

Just like with studying, when ordinary students choose tutoring classes, they usually choose one or two high-cost-performance subjects that can quickly improve their scores for targeted improvement.

Of course, this is the thinking of an average student.

For top students, there's only one phrase: "I want them all!"

Top students have no weaknesses.

Gaode has always played the role of a top student since he was a child.

Fortunately, even in a different world, Gao De can still maintain his "academic genius" role in the field of magic.

I want them all!

The order in which he learned spells was not important to him.

You can start building spell models by simply picking up a spell recipe.

It's just a matter of a few days earlier or later anyway.

Satisfied, Gao De temporarily put down the five spell recipes, picked up the three old parchment sheets, and began to examine them.

Unsurprisingly, it was the potion recipe he had been longing for.

He first drew one of the cards:

Basic Spider Venom Potion (Tier 0 Potion): Has a strong paralyzing effect, but is not lethal.

Main ingredients: 1 stalk of snake tooth grass, 1 stalk of mountain wormwood, and 1 portion of green spider sac.

Gao De was very familiar with the basic spider venom potion; he glanced at it briefly and set it aside without looking at it again.

The second prescription Gao De picked up was the one for the basic stamina potion, which he was most interested in:

Basic Endurance Potion (Tier 0 Magic Potion): Significantly enhances the drinker's physical strength and endurance, with no obvious side effects.

Main materials: 1 section of high-altitude ironwood root, 1 kernel of *Liehyangguo* fruit, 1 portion of wolf gland fluid; Auxiliary materials:

Preparation steps: Dry fresh Lieyang fruit naturally in the midday sun for three days, then crush it, keeping the pit for later use. Peel and slice the roots of the high mountain ironwood.

The three main materials for the demonization are: the root of the high mountain ironwood for its "drought resistance and cold resistance" medicinal properties, and the fruit of the blazing sun for its "fierce" medicinal properties.

Place the demonized Sunfruit kernels in a mortar, add an appropriate amount of spring water, and grind clockwise. During grinding, add wolf gland fluid as needed to neutralize its potent medicinal properties, but ensure the potency level is not lower than a certain amount. Grind until the mixture turns a pale golden color.

The prescription is so detailed that it describes every step and every detail of preparing the potion.

With a certain understanding and talent for potion mixing, one can master the mixing of basic stamina potions by relying on this recipe and experimentation.

"Great!" Gao De's joy was palpable.

Phil's Potions Shop is offering 2 gold and 5 silver per set for a basic stamina potion, which is more valuable than a basic spider venom potion.

You must master this prescription.

Gao De secretly picked up the third parchment.

Compared to the previous two potion recipes, this parchment looks much more worn, with frayed edges and a deeper yellow color.

Gao De had a vague idea in his mind.

Perhaps this is the potion that the apothecary Seda has been trying to concoct for the past ten years?

As he made this guess, Gao De's gaze naturally fell on the parchment.

The first line of text that caught Gaode's eye made his heart skip a beat.

Spirit Potion (Tier 1 Magic Potion)!

Tier 1 potion!

This is a Tier 1 potion.

Just two prescriptions for Rank 0 potions are enough to support the operation of a herb garden.

If one could concoct a Tier 1 potion, one should be able to gain a foothold even in Bremen.

While lost in thought, Gaode continued reading.

Spirit Potion (Tier 1 Magic Potion): When ingested, it can temporarily enhance the drinker's mental strength, mental perception, and mental control, but will be accompanied by slight mental fatigue after use;

Drinking this potion before constructing a spell model will increase the success rate of spell model construction.

Gao De realized that his heart had been beating too early.

Now is the time to really jump.

Increase the success rate of spell model construction.

Don't be fooled by how easily he constructs spell models, as if solving math problems; this is just an exception.

For the vast majority of mages in this world, constructing spell models is a headache-inducing and time-consuming task, but it is also extremely important and indispensable.

In this context, the market for a potion that can increase the success rate of spell model construction is self-evident.

"No wonder this old man has been so obsessed with concocting this potion for ten years. Besides his stubborn personality, the temptation is just too great." Gao De now fully understands the mage Seda's obsession.

Look down again.

Main ingredients: 1/2 ounce of Spirit Bone Powder (approximately 14g), 1 pair of Illusionary Butterfly Wings

Additional ingredients: 1 part silver thread grass, ××××××, ××××××, ××××××

Preparation steps: Dry the colorful wings of the Illusionary Butterfly under the moonlight, grind them into powder, and set aside for later use. (Spiritual Bone Powder)

The two main ingredients are corrupted to obtain the "hallucinogenic" properties of the Illusionary Butterfly Wings and the "spiritual" properties of the Spirit Bone Powder. The four auxiliary ingredients are corrupted to obtain the "guiding" and "spiritual enhancement" properties of the Silver Thread Grass, and the "neutralizing" and "regulating" properties of ××××××.

Place the Butterfly Wing Powder and the Spirit Bone Powder together in a mortar.

The prescription was still very detailed, but three of the four auxiliary ingredients had been inexplicably erased for some unknown reason.

Every single instance of these three auxiliary ingredients appearing in the preparation process was completely erased, leaving nothing out.

It's obvious that someone did this on purpose.

After removing two auxiliary ingredients, Master Seda added two more medicinal herb names.

"Mandela bark" and "dried nettle".

Only on the last, erased auxiliary material name, did Master Seda write the three words "sage," followed by a question mark, which should represent uncertainty.

After ten years of persistent efforts, Master Seda has not been without results.

Although Gaode doesn't really trust this result.

After all, his predecessor was poisoned to death by such a harvest from the sorcerer Seda.

Gao De shook his head. Although he knew the value of the spirit-communicating potion, he still wisely put down the prescription.

He certainly wouldn't do something as wasteful and exhausting as trying to complete the formula for the psychic potion, at least not in the short term.

(End of this chapter)