Above the mage

Chapter 53 Small Progress

Inside the Gaode workshop in the medicinal herb garden.

Gao De carefully opened the box, took out a small bottle of basic magic potion, and held it in his hand.

"How extravagant!" he couldn't help but exclaim again.

The price of this small bottle of medicine is enough to cover the expenses of eight people in the herb garden for nearly ten days.

He could consume a small bottle every two days by practicing the guiding method.

Having already spent the money, Gaode didn't dwell on it any longer and gently pulled out the bottle cork.

A peculiar medicinal smell wafted out, but it wasn't unpleasant.

Gollum~

Gao De tilted his head back and drank the entire bottle of basic magic potion in one gulp. Only after making sure there wasn't a drop left did he put the empty bottle back in the box.

After rinsing it, it can be reused in medicine making, so we can't waste it.

"Don't disappoint me at such an expensive price."

Gao De muttered to himself, then quickly entered a meditative state, the kind of tranquility necessary for guided practice.

Once he entered a meditative state, Gao De sensed the difference.

A surge of heat was continuously flowing from his abdomen; it was an endless stream of magical power.

Normally, magic floats in the outside world, and he needs to use a guiding method to guide it into his body and then transform it into his own magic power.

Now, the magic is gathering in his abdomen, so there is no need to guide it into his body from the outside.

Gao De had never seen such a good thing before. He immediately began to eagerly activate the guiding technique, greedily absorbing the magic power gathered in his lower abdomen and transforming it into his own magic power.

Feeling the increasingly abundant magical power within his body, Gao De, who was in a meditative state, couldn't help but smile.

Only when his mental energy reached a critical point did Gao De awaken from his meditation and cease his practice of the guided method.

"You really do get what you pay for. This one training session is equivalent to five or six previous ones," Gao De exclaimed sincerely after carefully sensing the progress in his magical power.

"If I continue to drink the basic magic potion to assist in my guided practice, my magical power will reach another level in three days."

It took the previous incarnation two years to cultivate the guiding method and meditation technique to the level of five magic tricks and five lotus petals.

This is even with the premise that his cultivation talent is already considered outstanding compared to the other apprentices in the medicine garden.

In fact, not only the apprentices, but even the mage Seda's talent as a mage was far inferior to that of "Golden Virtue".

Despite occasionally consuming basic magic potions, Master Seda didn't reach the level of a third-class apprentice until he was thirty-five years old.

In fact, even if the scope is broadened to include all mages, the original mage's talent should still be ranked in the lower middle range.

Even so, it takes him an average of 144 days, or 5 months, to break through a minor level.

If calculated based on this level of cultivation efficiency, it seems that if the predecessor of Gaode wanted to cultivate the Guiding Method from the beginner level to the third-level apprentice level (twenty magic tricks) without slacking off for a single day, it would only take 2880 days, or eight years.

Of course, spiritual practice cannot be calculated in such a simple way.

The reason why mage apprentices are divided into three levels is that for each level up, the time required to increase a small layer of magic power also increases by one level.

In layman's terms, improving from 60 to 70 is the same as improving from 70 to 80, but the effort and energy required are definitely different.

Normally, it takes 1.5 times longer for the same person to advance one level of magic power during the second-level apprentice stage compared to the first-level apprentice stage.

"From a second-class apprentice to a third-class apprentice, one needs to increase their magical power by fifteen minor levels. Each minor level takes 144 days multiplied by 1.5, which is 216 days," Gao De calculated in his mind.

"If you want to reach the level of a third-class apprentice, then you must..."

Gao De quickly calculated in his mind and came up with the answer: "3240 days".

It has been exactly 9 years.

Adding the previous two years, that makes 11 years.

Those mages with less talent would need more than twenty years to reach the level of a third-class apprentice.

"No, that's not how it works. With breakthroughs in meditation and increased mental strength, the time available for practicing guided techniques each day will also increase, as will the efficiency of absorbing magical energy."

"This is equivalent to the speed at which the guided practice will increase as the meditation technique breaks through."

With this layer added on top, Gaode Maps can no longer perform accurate calculations.

However, it's good to know that the total time required will be much less than 9 years.

Let's estimate it to be seven years. In seven years, he will be only twenty.

By the age of twenty, he had reached the level of a third-class apprentice.

"Furthermore, I can drink basic magic potions to accelerate my cultivation progress. Now, after drinking basic magic potions, I am stronger every day than I am in five days."

"A set (3 small bottles) of basic magic potions can last me for six days of training. However, this is because I am still a first-class apprentice. Once I reach the second-class apprentice level, I will need to consume one small bottle of magic potion per day."

"If you drink basic magic potions throughout the entire process"

After a quick mental calculation, Gaode arrived at the answer again: "It takes 43.2 days to advance to one minor level, and the next level will be achieved soon. If we disregard that, then there are still fourteen minor levels left."

He calculated for a moment longer.

604.8 days, 1.68 years.

That's right. If he persists in taking drugs, he can reach the level of a third-class apprentice in no more than two years, the same level as Master Seda.

That's the allure of "drug use".

"A set of basic magic potions costs 6 gold and 10 silver. Based on the consumption rate of a second-class apprentice, approximately 201 sets of basic magic potions, or 1306 gold, will be needed."

Gaode shrugged and said, "Never mind."

It's not worth it.

"Let's be realistic. This medicine can only be taken occasionally." He became honest and stopped indulging in wishful thinking.

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Gao De frowned again, thinking of a key question.

Having only been in this world for two months, my meditation technique has already broken through from five lotus petals to seven lotus petals!

"Without the aid of potions, my meditation progress will soon far surpass my channeling progress."

"But the cost of drinking basic magic potions long-term is far beyond what I can afford."

The contradiction between the two is irreconcilable.

A penny can stump even a hero, but it can never stump a virtuous person.

But if it's 1306 gold, even two Gaode Maps can stump it.

"If only I could get my hands on the recipe for basic magic potions," Gao De murmured.

The cost of a basic spider venom potion, if all raw materials are purchased, is 30 silver.

If you own your own medicinal herb garden and cultivate the raw materials needed for medicine production, the material cost can be reduced by more than half.

Phil's Potions Shop offered potion makers a price of 2 gold per stack.

Once the basic spider venom potion is transferred from the potion master to the pharmacy, the selling price will rise to 2 gold and 10 silver.

Based on this rough estimate, if Gaode could concoct his own basic magic potions, the cost of a set of basic magic potions could be reduced from the current 6 gold and 10 silver to around 3 gold, or even lower.

However, this is almost impossible.

The formula for basic magic potions would never appear on the market.

This is not for sale to any potion master!

After drinking the basic magic potion, the speed of his cultivation in the High Deeds Guiding Technique finally caught up with that of the Meditation Technique, and began to advance rapidly.

Just as he predicted, three days later, on the thirteenth day of the Green Sprout Month, the guiding method, which had been progressing so slowly that it was making Gao De anxious, finally made a breakthrough.

As the magic power from the potion in his lower abdomen was absorbed and transformed into his own, it gradually merged perfectly with his existing magic power, becoming vast and powerful.

Suddenly, he trembled slightly, and his magical power surged by 20%.

Gao De knew what was going on and breathed a sigh of relief.

"I've finally broken through. Now I have enough magic power to cast six spells."

If one cultivates the guiding method to perfection, the magical power gained will be enough for him to perform twenty magic tricks in one go.

Although the guiding method does not have a clear division of levels, it is only roughly divided into first-level to third-level apprentices.

However, based on the number of spells that Gaode can release in one breath, he can also deduce every bit of progress he makes.

(End of this chapter)