Wizard: This mushroom is too fierce.

Roland's Villa

Olivia, dressed in a white wizard's robe, stood in front of the blackboard, arms crossed, explaining the key points of potion-making to Roland one by one: "Potion-making emphasizes the timing of raw materials and the extraction process. There are fixed times for picking spiritual herbs and drying poisonous herbs. If you are even a moment off, the potion's properties will be completely different."

"Take the healing potion 'Emerald Life' as an example. When preparing it, the sleeping petals need to be simmered over low heat. They should not be cooked together with the thorn juice, otherwise it will easily cause the opposite effect, turning a healing potion into a paralyzing potion."

Roland sat at his desk, his quill pen flying, and wrote down this point of knowledge.

In the corner of the room, a round, chubby creature named Puji stared intently at the contents of the blackboard, occasionally making soft, puzzled noises: "Puji?"

"If you are making a magic amplification potion, the juice of the purple-striped fungus should be slowly dripped into the potion at the third quarter of boiling. Adding it too early will result in the loss of most of the magic activity."

"That's all for today's lesson." After finishing, Olivia sat wearily in her chair and looked at Roland, making her first request: "Roland... I'm out of magic stones."

"I feel you have an obligation to pay some of the teaching fees."

Roland raised his head, looked at Olivia's exhausted appearance, and said expressionlessly, "According to the contract, this is an unconditional professorship."

"According to the wizard's principle of equivalent exchange, we both have what we need."

Upon hearing Roland's words, Olivia's face flushed red. She stood up, revealing her graceful figure, and said indignantly, "You're talking nonsense... That's not fair!"

"You tricked me. I did some inquiries and found that the cost of teaching these professional courses outside the academy is at least one hundred magic stones or more."

"That's what it says in the contract!" Roland said again.

Olivia: "~~>_<~~"

[Basic Potions: Experience +5]

Current progress: Basic Potions (Beginner 20/100)

After organizing and clarifying his notes, Roland heard a prompt in his ear.

Roland's progress in learning potion-making accelerated, seemingly due to the completion of the hunting ritual. He clearly felt that some of his physical talents had been enhanced.

According to his own estimation, he will definitely be able to switch jobs and become a potion apprentice after this year.

Roland looked up at Olivia, who was giving up, and frowned: "Aren't you leaving?"

"Isn't this the time when you have your potion-making practice class with Mrs. Hoyle?"

Olivia's delicate face was filled with frustration as she said, "I can't afford the magical ingredients to make potions."

"Why don't you concoct some apprentice-level mental potions?!"

Roland frowned, and continued, "It's the kind of potion sold in potion shops that costs two magic stones per bottle and allows low-aptitude candidate apprentices to experience the effects of the Elemental Child's training."

"The academy's assessments are nearing their end, and many people probably haven't passed yet. They're likely anxious and want to buy this potion."

Olivia widened her eyes and looked at Roland as if he were an idiot, retorting, "Do you even know what that is?"

Roland shook his head, indicating that he did not know.

Olivia, hands on her hips, said angrily, "That was specially made by the potion masters of the Council of Truth, through a special channel. Even my father couldn't make it."

"That's a potion specifically for prospective apprentices; it will disappear once you become a wizard apprentice."

"Think about it carefully, why a single potion can allow you to experience the meditation speed of the Child of Elements."

"Are the potions you see at potion shops really that cheap?"

"The cheapest bottle of Tifa potion costs ten magic stones."

"According to the theory of potions, this kind of potion that can change a wizard's aptitude in a short time is extremely difficult to use, and it is not something that an apprentice can use."

"I wonder what the Council of Truth is all about?"

"This almost completely violates the fundamental theories of potions, and it's also an extremely unprofitable business."

"The ingredients used to make this potion must be extremely precious, but they were distributed to various wizarding territories at a very low cost."

Olivia silenced Roland, who asked again, "You really have no magic stones left?"

"Of course, would I lie to you?" Olivia sighed and said, "The course fees, the magical materials, the magical fire spell model I got from the teacher, the advanced meditation method—none of them cost money."

"The academy's loans are simply not enough," Olivia continued. "I originally planned to become a potion master's assistant before going to work to earn magic stones."

"That would be more efficient and wouldn't slow down my magic power increase."

After listening to Olivia's explanation, Roland roughly understood the situation.

The White Wizarding Society is a capitalist society where everything requires magic stones. Teachers need magic stones to impart knowledge, and magic stones are needed to buy spellbooks. Normally, the magic stones obtained from the academy's loan agreements are simply not enough.

As Olivia said, most third-class wizarding apprentices at this stage need to find work and earn magic stones to support their studies.

Roland reassessed his savings and found that he had about three hundred magic stones left.

This includes the magic stones picked up by the lucky mushroom "Jin Duoduo" Puji, and also the reason why Teacher Ashus doesn't care about these things like other mentors. He gave me all the basic knowledge I needed for free, without spending a single magic stone.

Olivia seemed reluctant to leave; clearly, she had clashed with Roland today. Roland, seeing her depressed expression as if she had been tricked, couldn't help but smirk: "I can lend you a magic stone."

"However, I have a small request."

"?" Olivia raised an eyebrow, the gloom on her face instantly vanishing, and she turned to a smile: "Hehe... Roland, may I ask how many magic stones you can lend me?"

"I don't ask for much, just lend me a hundred magic stones."

Olivia's eyes flashed with shrewdness. Ever since Roland tricked her, she had been doing a lot of research on the subject.

One hundred magic stones, no more, no less, just enough to hit that line. When the day comes to return them, even if I don't return them, I won't be bankrupted by the Wizarding Court.

Roland shook his head and said coldly, "I can only lend you two sets of magic stones to buy magic materials."

"Ten yuan in total."

"Give it to me!" Olivia didn't hesitate and happily took it.

After Roland took out ten magic stones from his spatial ring, he said again, "Please record the entire process when you are making the potion."

"Oh...right, it would be best if it could be made at my home so I can watch it myself."

"Okay!" After receiving the magic stone, Olivia's fatigue disappeared, replaced by a radiant expression. She straightened her clothes and walked outside at lightning speed: "I'm going to class now. You do your best."

"Once I've mastered potion-making and passed the potion-maker assistant exam, I'll definitely treat you to the finest food and drink, the best magical cabins, and the most exquisite magical meals!"

Roland remained silent, tidying up his magic notes on his desk, and then took out a communication device that could connect to the academy's internal forum.

The magical artifact was square, about the size of a palm, and had some mysterious runes engraved on its top.

Roland poured his mental energy into it, and then the runes on the magical artifact lit up. The next moment, a page appeared in the room.

[College Internal Communication Forum]

[Trading Area] → [Miscellaneous Discussion Area] → [Task Area]

Below the large title are three words marked in red, which seem to be clickable.

Below these three headings, there is another heading: [Today's Hot Topics]

"High profits, high returns. Invest your magic stones and you will receive a 5% return on your principal after one month."

Join us!

"This is a super real estate project jointly created by three top wizarding organizations: 'Emerald Coast,' 'Green Cottage,' and 'Hengyin Super Store Alliance.'"

"As long as you invest the money, you will also receive a magic cottage that is entirely yours after the project is completed."

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