Wizard: Grinding experience starting with Knight's Breathing Technique

Chapter 161 Collective Advancement! Opening the Dragon Spine, Carrying the Great Beam, Burning Blood Ashes! (Long Chapter, Please Subscribe)

At the end of 1022.

Following the five ultimate tricks: Insect Control, Flower Fairy Dew, Wither Ray, Water Arrow, and Tidal Grip.

Li Wei finally mastered the sixth magic trick.

This marked his formal entry into the ranks of high-ranking wizard apprentices.

Li Wei put on the sun-patterned robe sent by the Gray Tower. These robes were ordinary clothes, at most made of better material, and did not have any magic fixed on them. They were similar to the "school uniform" in his previous life.

Before Li Wei obtained the Flying Fish Robe, he always wore his school uniform inside the Gray Tower, with a Frost Giant Armor underneath.

However, since the Frost Giant Armor was now damaged, Li Wei temporarily put it away and did not rush to melt it down.

Melting it down only resulted in some more mithril, which wouldn't be of much help to Li Wei at this point.

This Frost Giant Armor was forged by the powerful sorceress Gulveig of the Ice School when she was in the mortal realm.

This witch is a legendary figure in the wizarding world.

In less than a thousand years, it rose like a comet.

This allowed the once-declining School of Ice to shine once more.

Therefore, Li Wei felt that this was armor forged by a powerful figure.

Keeping it might play some unexpected roles.

……

White Pagoda.

On Mai Lin's side.

Li Wei wore a brand-new robe, and Mai Lin looked pleased.

"That's impressive. With your talent as a Child of Chaos, you've become a high-level wizard apprentice. I can imagine the effort you've put in. Just like the Tower Master said when you first came in, never be discouraged because you're a Child of Chaos. Wizarding talent is important, but it doesn't determine everything about you or define your future. Many of the powerful figures in the Pan-Plane Wizarding Council today started with ordinary talent."

"Yes, teacher, I will work even harder in the future and will not let you and the tower master down," Li Wei said solemnly.

After learning that he had advanced to the rank of advanced wizard apprentice, Myrling called him over.

"As my apprentice in medicine making, I should give you a gift after you advance, but I don't have anything good here. I'll just give you a recipe for a first-level potion. I hope you will advance to a formal pharmacist soon." Mylin solemnly handed a memory stone tablet containing the recipe to Li Wei.

"This prescription is useless to me now, but if you can successfully refine it, it will greatly benefit your cultivation," Mylin added.

"Thank you, teacher. I will definitely become a certified pharmacist." Li Wei received the prescription.

He was truly grateful to Teacher Mai Lin.

When I become successful and powerful in the future, I must never forget the kindness my teacher showed me.

Repay kindness with kindness, settle scores with grievances, and live life to the fullest by doing good and evil!

"It's alright. I've finally found such a talented apprentice, so I certainly won't let you waste your talent," Mylene said.

From an unknown newbie to a still unknown rookie, the only thing he can talk about is his legendary knight status.

However, for wizards, such fodder for conversation only lasts a few days. Now, in this sea area, everyone has long forgotten about the legendary knight, Levi.

This is exactly what Li Wei hoped for: to grow stronger quietly and develop silently, consistently.

Back on the ninth floor of the Gray Tower, Li Wei took out the memory tablet, wanting to see what kind of prescription his teacher had given him as a reward.

After Li Wei finished reading the contents of the memory stone tablet, he was startled.

The prescription recorded on this memory stone tablet is actually an extremely precious formula for a meditation aid.

One-Circle Potion: The Deep Dreams of the Sleeping Demon.

It is also known as "Sleep Potion".

This is a meditation aid suitable for both the first and apprentice stages.

The value of this prescription is invaluable.

Meditation aids are strategic-level potions for many large organizations because they represent a difference in the speed at which wizards cultivate.

In small wizarding organizations, meditation aids are generally only available to formal wizards, as the production is so limited that they are simply not available to wizarding apprentices.

The official wizards of the Gray Tower only barely achieved the freedom to create meditation-assisted potions after Mylin advanced to the second-circle alchemist. Due to the high price of raw materials, this kind of potion could not be popularized among apprentices, and even if they were made, they could not afford to buy it.

Even in the Gray Tower, where there are second-circle apothecaries, meditation-enhancing potions are so scarce. The situation is even more dire for other wizarding organizations.

If one is a chosen one of the elements or possesses other high talents, their cultivation speed won't be too slow. For example, Li Wei's cultivation speed with Earth Meditation and Sun Meditation is quite good.

However, if one is a Child of Chaos, then one is basically destined to be a formal wizard. Since one's talent is already lacking and one doesn't take drugs, how could one possibly become a formal wizard?

It's like playing a game. If you're already unlucky and don't spend money, what's the point of playing?

Li Wei's Deep Sea Meditation Method is a case in point. Although it was the earliest to learn this method, it was overtaken by the later Earth Meditation Method and has yet to reach the third level.

This made Li Wei realize how painful it is to have no talent and not be able to take drugs.

If I can brew the "Sleeping Potion," my wizard training speed will be able to reach a new level.

According to the prescription description, the Sleep Potion can increase the meditation efficiency of apprentices by 50%, increase the meditation efficiency of first-ring wizards by 10%, increase the efficiency of second-ring wizards by only 1%, and has no effect on intermediate and advanced wizards.

"Fifty percent."

Li Wei was thrilled.

He has just broken through to the third level of Earth Meditation. Without the aid of meditation potions, even with Li Wei's current talent in Earth Pulse, it would take him at least five years to grind to the limit of the third level and prepare to break through to the stage of becoming a formal wizard.

If Li Wei can consistently take the meditation potion, he can raise the Earth Meditation Technique to the third level limit within three years, and then begin to try to break through to become a formal wizard.

The difference is still quite obvious.

Li Wei wanted to become a full-fledged wizard before he turned forty, giving him at least 160 years to become a second-circle wizard, break through the shackles of legendary knighthood, and explore new realms. In fact, considering the increased lifespan from becoming a legendary knight, Li Wei would have even more time.

Of course, such an amazing potion requires ingredients that are not easy to find.

However, Li Wei had recently acquired a lot of rare potion materials in the strange realm, so he had also extracted and collected some of them.

The remaining potion ingredients may be difficult to collect completely at the Blacksail Wizard Market, so we should expand our search area and look for them in other markets in other sea areas.

Since Li Wei has money now, the most urgent task is to convert that money into real combat power.

Li Wei immediately went to the materials shop, gave Manra a list and some money as a favor, and asked Manra to use his connections and networks to collect as many potion materials as possible for him.

He himself also began to work hard to raise his medicine-making skills to level seven.

The year 1023 of the Holy Radiance Calendar, the Month of Vitality.

The messenger delivered a letter from the human world.

When Li Wei opened it, he found it was from Andrew.

Inside the storage bag were some diagrams illustrating the transmission of breathing techniques.

Unfortunately, this time the breathing technique inheritance diagram did not contain the kind that Li Wei wanted, such as the breathing technique of the Iron Crocodile family.

He had written to Andrew asking him to keep an eye out for them, but Andrew replied that after the Black Mountain Rebellion, the Iron Crocodile family, which had also joined the Black Mountain uprising, was exterminated by the royal family after the rebellion was quelled. Their family's breathing technique inheritance chart had also disappeared, and it was possible that it had ended up in the royal treasury.

So Andrew asked Levi if he wanted to sneak into the royal treasury. Given his vampire status, he should be able to do it. In that case, all the royal treasures would be Levi's.

Li Wei thought to himself that Andrew was really brave, even more reckless than he had been back then, actually trying to rob the King's Treasury!

He thought about it and decided to let Andrew wait for now. He didn't want to sacrifice Andrew, who was a very useful human agent, for the sake of the Iron Crocodile Breathing Technique. That would be a complete loss.

In addition, Andrew also brought some clues about the Van Helsing family, based on the speculation of Knight Anderson.

The Van Helsing family's legacy most likely fell into the hands of the Church of Holy Light and was sealed away on Paradise Mountain.

Heavenly Mountain is an important church site, and many important things are sealed there.

No one knows what level of powerhouse is guarding Paradise Mountain, because since ancient times, no one who has dared to trespass into Paradise Mountain, not even a legendary knight, has ever returned alive.

"Once the church is involved, things get complicated. Stirring up trouble on Heaven Mountain is no fun at all."

You know, recently all the major churches have been claiming that their saints have descended. In such a special time, Li Wei thought about it and realized that he probably didn't have the ability to cause trouble in the church.

Even if Li Wei had the power to overthrow the ordinary church, it wouldn't mean anything. On the contrary, it would anger the benevolent father of the astral plane. Even legendary wizards choose to live in seclusion and avoid contact with the seven true gods. The Pan-plane Wizarding Council has even passed a law stipulating that wizards cannot have conflicts with the church in the mortal realm. This shows that even with the current strength of the Pan-plane Wizarding Council, it cannot guarantee that it can withstand the wrath of the true gods.

Li Wei, a mere newbie who isn't even a first-level wizard and has only been practicing for two and a half years, shouldn't be courting death.

"Forget it, let's wait and see. We need to wait for the right opportunity. The demonic tide is resurging, and the human world is undergoing a great upheaval unseen in thousands of years. Even the Church may find it difficult to remain calm and detached as it has in the past. Because the rise and fall of dynasties and families in the past were basically matters of the mortal world, and had little impact on a behemoth like the Church. But this resurrection of the demonic tide is different. Power from other powerful beings in multiple dimensions is infiltrating the human world and fighting against the gods. Therefore, the major churches have to quickly declare that their saints are about to descend in order to appease the people and deal with the impending disaster of the demonic tide."

"If a powerful demonic force attacks Heaven Mountain someday, I'll see if I can take advantage of the chaos."

Li Wei temporarily suppressed his thoughts about the Van Helsing family legacy.

Anyway, with Fire God Dance and Earth Pulse, one offensive and one defensive, it's more than enough. There's no need to force a four-element affinity.

Finally, Andrew's letter also mentioned that after receiving the Breathing Technique Transmission Diagram from Levi, Sir Anderson went into seclusion and seemed to have gained some insights. Sir Anderson asked Andrew to convey his thanks to Levi and also asked Andrew to send over a Breathing Technique he had recently acquired as a return gift, hoping it would provide some guidance and reference for Levi to break through the shackles of Legendary status.

Li Wei found the diagram of the breathing technique's lineage in his storage bag.

Upon seeing the name of this breathing technique, he paused for a moment, then gave a helpless smile.

The Black Whale Breathing Method.

This breathing technique evoked Livy's memories of his past life on Earth.

It reminded him of the days when he was just a little bird, working himself to the bone every day under the terrifying shadow of the Duke of Black Mountain.

Perhaps, without the pressure from the Duke of Montenegro, Li Wei wouldn't have become a legendary knight so quickly.

After entering the wizarding world, although Levi occasionally encountered enemies, he never met one who posed such a great threat and oppressive feeling as the Duke of Black Mountain.

The Black Whale Breathing Method: A powerful breathing method of perfect quality.

Although Li Wei has many power-type breathing techniques now, only the Crimson Lotus Breathing Technique and this Black Whale Breathing Technique are of perfect quality.

The Black Whale, full name: Mountain-Carrying Black Whale, is the emblem of the Black Mountain family. In mythology, it is also known as the Sky-Wandering Black Whale.

Legend has it that this giant whale spends its entire life wandering in the void, using endless multidimensional planes and even astral planes as its ocean.

Above the black whale lies a vast landmass, upon which dwells a kingdom called the "Black Mountain Empire." This is a kingdom on the whale's back, and the people of the Black Mountain Empire never leave its back for their entire lives. They revere the black whale as a god, worship it as their master, and call it "Whale Lord."

This is also the origin of the name of the Duke of Montenegro's family. The Duke of Montenegro wanted to establish an imaginary Montenegrin Empire, but unfortunately, he failed.

Today, the Montenegrin family has been completely wiped out.

Even the breathing technique inheritance diagram somehow fell into the hands of Sir Anderson, and now, after many twists and turns, it has finally been obtained by Li Wei.

The secret elixir of the Black Whale Breathing Technique is not hard to find: the blood of a powerful whale, the more powerful the better.

In the human world, narwhals are the most common prey, but in this wizarding world, Li Wei couldn't help but turn his gaze to the Basilosaurus, carefree and spouting water on the beach...

In any case, it's Leviathan that's going to get hurt.

After obtaining the Black Whale Breathing Technique, Li Wei mastered the basics of this breathing method.

This breathing technique has a high ceiling and great potential for development, so Li Wei naturally cannot give it up.

The year 1023 of the Holy Radiance Calendar, the month of budding.

Kane has been gone for two years.

The fact that the outlaw Levi remains at large undoubtedly chills the hearts of Kane and his son in the afterlife.

After two years of waiting, Levi felt it was time to turn Kane into a living dead. However, to be on the safe side, Levi decided to wait a little longer to avoid being "fished" by the Bureau of Investigation.

We've already waited two years, so what's another six months?

It's not too late to go after six months when my strength has improved considerably.

With this in mind, Li Wei patiently waited.

Manra was busy at the small material shop in White Sail Lane, finding a lot of materials for Levi to make the Sleep Potion.

In return, in addition to giving Manra some Talite as a reward for his efforts, Levi also asked Mylene to help Manra's daughter contact the only Storm faction wizard on the other side of the Sighing Sea.

Because this wizard belonged to the Storm faction, he didn't have many wizard apprentices. In addition, Dora's talent for being compatible with all three elements was already quite good, so the two sides hit it off immediately and happily accepted Dora as an apprentice.

Mylene had a good opinion of this wizard's character, and the relationship between the Sighing Sea Breeze and the Gray Tower was also good; they were mutually supportive. So, Manra could rest assured that Dora was training here.

Now that her daughter has found a good place, and her collaboration with Li Wei is thriving, Manla is in excellent spirits. As Manla's friend, Li Wei is happy to see this.

The year 1023 of the Holy Radiance Calendar, the Month of Flowers.

Li Wei and Emperor Mu held their second team-building activity. In their final sparring match, Li Wei once again emerged victorious. However, Li Wei could sense that Emperor Mu's strength had improved compared to a year ago. A faint golden light emanated from his body with every gesture, as if Emperor Mu's blood was not crimson but golden.

Meanwhile, Emperor Mu's overall resilience and defensive capabilities were gradually increasing.

This further confirms Li Wei's guess that Emperor Mu must have inherited the legacy of the Golden Knight. It's just unknown how he inherited the golden bloodline. If he has mastered this bloodline grafting technique, then Emperor Mu may indeed break through to the legendary level through other means in the future.

Of course, there is another possibility: Mudi himself is a descendant of the Golden Knight, Grek.

Everyone has their own destiny, so Li Wei stopped guessing.

No matter how strong he is, I have a proficiency panel.

When the time is right, Li Wei will exchange breathing techniques with Mu Di and learn the breathing techniques of the Golden Knight and Mu Di.

Judging from Mudi's performance, the Golden Knight's breathing technique is clearly defensive, which is exactly what Li Wei needs.

When the time comes, I'll cultivate this breathing technique to the eleventh level. Then, by merging and mutating it with my Black Serpent Breathing Technique, it might mutate into a truly powerful breathing technique.

Li Wei was really looking forward to this day.

The month of harvest in the year 1023 of the Holy Radiance Calendar.

Kane has been gone for two and a half years.

In this harvest season.

Li Wei's journey of learning about liver disease has also yielded tremendous results.

As for the wizards, Li Wei has already maxed out the sixth new spell, [Stone Skin], to the fourth tier.

Its defensive capabilities are second to none among passive magic tricks. With the Stone Skin spell layered under the solid black scales to protect him, Li Wei's sense of security has been greatly enhanced.

Furthermore, maxing out Stone Skin will also help Li Wei learn the advanced Stone Skin spell, Rock Body, later on.

In terms of meditation techniques, the Deep Sea Meditation Technique is steadily and slowly progressing towards the third tier, while the Burning School's Sun Meditation Technique is almost at the third tier and is about to surpass the Deep Sea Meditation Technique, which makes Li Wei quite helpless.

I'm probably a fake apprentice of the Ocean School. If I had known this would happen, I would have been so glad that wizard Ron assigned me to the Burning School or the Earth School.

Besides his mastery of the wizarding path, Livy also made significant progress in his knightly endeavors.

Having cultivated the newly acquired Black Whale Breathing Technique to the eighth level, a new extraordinary power has been born.

Eighth-tier extraordinary power doesn't offer much of a boost to Li Wei right now. Only after the Black Whale Breathing Technique reaches ninth tier and extraordinary power advances further can it truly unleash its potential.

In addition, he had also cultivated the Hunchback Dragon Breathing Technique and the Phoenix Breathing Technique to the ninth level.

The Hunchback Dragon Breathing Technique reaches its limit after reaching level nine.

Li Wei————

Hunchback Dragon Breathing Technique: Level 9 (Limit), Special Effect: Dragon Spine (Gaseous).

……

The ninth-tier hunchbacked dragon's original extraordinary endurance has been upgraded to a new special effect: dragon spine.

[Dragon Spine: As a powerful dragon, the spine of the hunchbacked dragon contains inexhaustible power. Dark energy gathers in your spine, granting you a trace of the hunchbacked dragon's endurance!]

Within Li Wei's body, as the Camelback Dragon Breathing Technique was practiced, black energy continuously surged from the giant beast with a camel hump above its heart and a high, towering back, resembling a spiny dragon. This black energy flowed through Li Wei's body and eventually converged at Li Wei's "main beam," that is, his spine.

This made Li Wei's spine look like a pitch-black pillar, terrifying and eerie.

Li Wei took a deep breath and exhaled two long white plumes of smoke from his nostrils, his back protruding like a dragon's back!

If viewed from behind, one can vaguely see a massive black pillar piercing through Li Wei's back.

This is the "Dragon's Spine"!

Li Wei roughly estimated that this endurance was at least twice that of extraordinary endurance!

Li Wei's extraordinary stamina was already powerful enough, but now that he has transformed into a dragon spine, his combat endurance will become even more abnormal, which can only be described as inhuman or monstrous.

The Hunchback Dragon Breathing Technique was very powerful, and Li Wei did not hesitate.

He immediately incorporated the Blood Whale Breathing Technique and the few rudimentary breathing techniques he had previously acquired into the Camelback Dragon Breathing Technique, allowing the Camelback Dragon Breathing Technique to break through its limits.

After integrating the Blood Whale Breathing Technique into the Hunchback Dragon Breathing Technique, Li Wei noticed that the Blood Whale Sac had not disappeared and was still inside his body.

This organ, born from the Blood Whale Breathing Technique, has now become part of Li Wei's body, forming his internal organs along with his other internal organs.

This is good news for Li Wei.

Only with a blood whale's sac and a camel's hump can one provide a continuous source of energy for their dragon spine!

Li Wei can now go three years without eating, and eat three years' worth of food in one sitting. These are the benefits that these two organs bring to Li Wei.

This essentially eliminated the possibility of Levi becoming a knight madman.

Li Wei was even more pleasantly surprised after reaching the ninth level of the Phoenix Breathing Technique.

Li Wei —————

Phoenix Breathing Technique: Level 9 (11235/150000), Special Effect: Blood Ashes (Gaseous), Resurrection from the Ashes.

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[Blood Ember: The black aura from the phoenix permeates your body, strengthening your blood, enhancing your physique, and reshaping your flesh. Your body has undergone a complete transformation; severed limbs regenerate, and flesh grows back from bones—this is not just a legend!]

It's only a ninth-tier phoenix, yet it possesses such powerful special effects, truly deserving of the name "Phoenix."

Li Wei finally understood why the family behind this breathing technique had been destroyed—because this breathing technique was too powerful, too heaven-defying!

Limbs can regenerate and flesh can grow back from bones. This ability, comparable to a mid-level spell, comes from a mortal breathing technique. Such an existence is bound to be a huge threat to the Church.

If the Blood Ember effect continues to evolve, just how powerful will one's physique become?

Rebirth after decapitation? Rebirth from a drop of blood? Immortality?

In short, endless possibilities!

Perhaps, the knight can help Livy achieve the path to immortality he seeks.

After all, the phoenix is ​​known as an immortal being.

The second special effect of the Phoenix Breathing Technique is even more outrageous.

[Resurrection from the Ashes: Where ashes dance, fire reignites. When your body suffers a fatal blow, it forcibly extends your life, preventing death from escalating injuries. However, it is ineffective against devastating blows. This effect cannot be upgraded, but its effectiveness increases with your cultivation level.]

In short, this special effect is only effective if Li Wei is not instantly beheaded, or pulverized and reduced to ashes.

With the [Resurrection] special effect, Li Wei can hold on to his last breath, which is equivalent to equipping a "famous sword". Then, Li Wei can use the powerful regenerative ability brought by the blood embers to accelerate the healing of his injuries and return to his peak condition in a short time! It is similar to the "turtle breathing technique" in some novels.

This is practically a life-saving technique!

After six months of dormancy, Li Wei's strength has increased significantly again.

Especially after reaching the ninth level of the Phoenix Breathing Technique, his strength underwent a qualitative change.

Kane has been dead for two and a half years; everything should have settled down by now.

Levi felt it was time to turn Kane into a living dead.

After he finished packing, he boarded the Leviathan, disguised himself, and set off.

He searched for coordinates, and as he approached the island where Kane was buried, he disembarked the Basilosaurus, leaving Leviathan to wait for him in the deep sea, while he swam over.

He sensed it from afar, relying on the Black Serpent's Letter.

He could still sense Kane's presence; Kane was still buried on this island, which reassured Levi considerably. It seemed that those people hadn't found Kane's body.

Li Wei cautiously swam towards the island, and when he was within two kilometers of it, he used his advanced perception to investigate the situation on it.

"There's no one here. No one has come here since I left."

Li Wei was fully armed, his entire body protected by solid black scales, and his Stone Skin Technique shimmered with a blue light beneath, ready to activate the defensive spells and flight techniques within his magical artifact at any moment.

However, it is clear that Li Wei's worries were unnecessary.

In the end, Levi dug up Kane's body.

Because of the embalming treatment, Kane's body did not decompose, but remained lifeless and expressionless.

Li Wei carefully examined Kane's body inside and out. It was exactly the same as before he left, with no difference or marks.

Then he injected a necromancer core into Kane's mind, and Kane's long-dormant eye sockets opened, their deep black eyes flashing with a green eerie light.

Through Levi's experiments, it was found that Kane, after becoming a living dead, could use first-level spells such as Fireball and Fireball without any problems, but unfortunately he couldn't use the powerful second-level spells.

Regardless, a first-ring wizard undead in this sea area greatly enhanced Li Wei's strength.

In the end, Levi didn't dare to delay and put Kane's body into the Giant Squid Ring, a storage ring that Levi specially used to store all kinds of corpses.

Li Wei's strength has increased significantly, but he has not yet advanced to become a formal wizard. In this wizarding world, he is still stuck in the starting village.

I've made great progress in breathing techniques, and now I need to focus all my efforts on becoming a full-fledged wizard.

He returned to the Gray Tower and obtained all the materials for the "Sleeping Potion" that Manra had collected for him from the materials shop. Manra was very efficient and completed Levi's task in just six months.

Of course, there is still no news about the "Tears of the Gray Naga" used to create the Blessing of the Naga.

Li Wei had long anticipated this. The medicinal materials used for breaking through cultivation realms were already scarce. Even if they occasionally appeared on the market, they would undoubtedly be snapped up by established alchemists with better channels and resources, leaving no chance for Li Wei. This was equivalent to the "Foundation Building Pill" in the cultivation world—completely in short supply. Its appearance in this sea area would inevitably cause a bloodbath.

However, there was still some time before he could break through to become a formal wizard, so Li Wei wasn't in a hurry.

All I need to do is craft the [Blessing of the Naga] before I reach the third level of my meditation technique.

After a final month of dedicated effort.

Li Wei leveled up his medicine-making skill to level seven.

There were no obstacles or constraints during this period.

According to his judgment, the seventh level is the realm of a formal pharmacist.

So I can start trying to refine first-level potions.

He now has about sixty portions of materials for the Sleep Potion, which cost Li Wei three thousand taels and more than sixty thousand gold coins. The cost of refining the Sleep Potion is staggering.

Three thousand Taishi is a sum that most formal wizards simply cannot afford, and that's just for the raw materials. If it were to be refined into a potion, one dose would cost at least one hundred and fifty to two hundred Taishi on the market, and it would be impossible to buy. This is because, including Li Wei, there are only about five wizards in this sea area who can refine the Sleep Potion.

Teacher Merlin always prioritizes her own use when brewing potions, buying up the rest for the Tower. She never trades them on the market, and the same applies to official potion makers in other organizations. Therefore, it's rare to find Sleep Potion at the Black Sails Wizarding Market, and it's generally not available for sale in Star Ring Shops.

Li Wei did not immediately begin refining the Sleep Potion. He had just entered the realm of a formal alchemist, and the success rate of refining the Sleep Potion now would definitely be low.

To avoid wasting the materials he had painstakingly collected, Li Wei could only practice with some lower-cost first-level potions, such as first-level red and blue potions. These potions were relatively inexpensive, costing only about one-twentieth the price of a Sleep Demon potion.

It took Li Wei three whole months just to practice, and it cost him more than a thousand taels of silver.

He concocted enough "red and blue potions" for himself to use for a long time after becoming a formal wizard.

For the past three months, in order to produce medicine, Li Wei had to suspend the practice of some less important meditation and breathing techniques, such as deep-sea meditation and black whale breathing.

Calm down and focus on making medicine.

This caused Li Wei's proficiency in seventh-level medicine making to increase by one-fifth within three months.

He estimated that once he reached the eighth level of medicine making, he would be a senior first-level medicine maker, and the ninth level would be a second-level medicine maker.

Now, I can achieve an 80% success rate with simple first-level potions, and the loss rate is very low among first-level potion masters.

Li Wei felt that now was the right time.

He didn't want to trouble Teacher Mylin; otherwise, with Mylin's skill level, she would have been 100% successful in concocting the Sleep Potion, and the quality would have been even better. Mylin gave the Sleep Potion recipe to Li Wei so he could grow independently and become a first-ring alchemist as soon as possible, instead of remaining an apprentice under Mylin's tutelage. Li Wei also needed to continuously increase his proficiency by concocting these potions, hoping to soon join the ranks of a senior first-ring alchemist or even a second-ring alchemist.

However, before preparing to refine the Sleep Potion, Levi went to see Meryl and told his teacher that he had broken through to become a formal alchemist and was ready to try refining the Sleep Potion. He wanted his teacher to teach him some experience and techniques in refining the Sleep Potion.

This excited Mylene for a while, because Li Wei was the first and only formal pharmacist she had personally trained.

This also means that within the small second-ring organization of the Gray Tower, there are actually two formal apothecaries, Mylene and Levi!

If the Tower Master weren't currently in seclusion, Mai Lin would definitely have shared this joy with him immediately.

Mylene gave Levi her notes, which contained her experiences, tips, and lessons learned from her time making the Sleep Potion.

Li Wei paid a symbolic 500 points. The true value of such notes far exceeded 500 points. However, to prevent excessive devaluation of points, the tower would periodically reclaim a portion of the points held by apprentices in various forms.

With Mylene's help, Levi's success rate in concocting the Sleep Potion increased significantly.

Once he had made all the preparations, he locked himself in the medicine-making room on the ninth floor of the Gray Tower, preparing to go into seclusion for a period of time.

Li Wei took a deep breath to calm himself down.

"Keep trying! One failure means throwing away fifty taels of gold and a thousand gold coins. This isn't alchemy; it's burning money!"

Today's update is 9000 words, plus an extra 3000 words, leaving 35000 words unfinished.

(End of this chapter)