Wizard: I Have a Nightmare World

Several assistants carried trays into the tent and placed a crystal bottle, identical to the one held by the examiner, on each worktable.

Lynn picked up the potion in front of him and carefully examined its color and texture under the light.

The dark red liquid has a semi-transparent texture under light, and when gently shaken, it leaves a uniform layer on the bottle wall.

All of these indicate that the viscosity of the liquid was controlled with great precision, and that it had undergone at least three or more fine filtrations.

Unscrew the bottle cap, Lynn brought the bottle opening close to her nose, first held her breath, then gently fanned her palms, and quickly closed the cap, then quickly captured the scent that was wafting out.

Using your nose to smell the medicine is a very risky thing to do, because no one knows what the effect of an unfamiliar medicine will be.

If it has some negative effect, or is a harmful drug, then this is courting death.

While Lynn's current approach carries some risks, it's an analysis of the medicine while ensuring his own safety to the greatest extent possible.

When I first smelled it, the potion had a pungent, spicy smell, like some kind of fire-attribute material.

This most likely uses snake saliva grass or fire dragon grass as the main catalytic medium.

Immediately following the spiciness, a faint sweetness emerged, very subtle but clearly discernible.

Lynn pondered for two seconds and quickly understood the origin of the sweetness.

There is a high probability that a certain proportion of neutralizing agent was added to Moonlight Honey.

However, this ratio must be very precise, otherwise it will disrupt the overall balance of the medicine.

Besides these, at the bottom of all the smells, he also detected a faint, almost imperceptible fishy odor.

This fishy smell is not like the stench of animals, nor the stench of blood, but rather the fishy odor of some kind of mineral.

Lynn glanced at the potion in her hand, then put it back on the worktable and slowly closed her eyes.

In his mind, he began to quickly construct a formula model for the drug.

The mineral smell was very similar to the heartstone powder he had encountered in the [Boiled Blood Potion], but with a subtle difference.

The smell of the heartstone is hotter and more pungent, and this mineral odor carries a... metallic-like smell.

Obsidian Iron Powder!

A name surfaced from the depths of Lynn's mind.

This is a material that can greatly enhance the affinity of the potion for mental energy. It is specially used to harmonize the violent energy brought by fire-attribute materials, making the potion's properties more mild and controllable.

This material is usually found in potions made by formal wizards, because only the mental strength of a formal wizard can control its medicinal properties.

"I see!"

"This potion is clearly meant for wizard apprentices."

Lynn opened his eyes, a knowing glint in his gaze.

The purpose of the second round of assessment was not to have them completely replicate the drug, but to test how far they could analyze it and how far they could imitate it.

The deeper the analysis and the closer the imitation, the higher the score.

As for a complete replica, I doubt any of the apprentices present could do it.

After all, this is a potion made by a formal wizard, something that a wizard apprentice could not possibly create.

However, that only applies to others!

Lynn took a deep breath, poured out a drop of the medicine from the vial, and pressed it against the special test strip.

The test strip changed color rapidly, from white to dark blue, and then slowly faded to light gray.

Lynn carefully observed each stage of the color change and silently recorded the data in his mind.

"The reaction time is 2.3 seconds, and the color change spans three stages... This indicates that the ratio of obsidian powder to heartstone powder is approximately one to three."

He then took out a thin glass rod, dipped it in a small amount of the medicine, and heated it over an alcohol lamp.

The liquid exploded in the flames with a soft popping sound, and the color of the flames changed from orange-yellow to an eerie blue-green, lasting for about two seconds before returning to normal.

"Blue-green flames, lasting for two seconds... This seems to be a hallmark of the reaction between Iron Bone Ginseng and Snake Saliva Grass."

"Moreover, judging from the purity of the flame, the original potion's materials were processed very well, with all impurities completely removed."

Lynn put down the glass rod in his hand, closed his eyes, and mentally integrated all the data.

A clearer and clearer formula model is gradually taking shape.

Snake saliva grass is used as the main catalytic medium, moonlight honey as a neutralizing agent, heartstone powder and obsidian iron powder as energy guides and affinity enhancers, iron bone ginseng as a medicinal carrier, plus a stabilizer whose proportion has not yet been determined.

A quarter of an hour flew by as Lynn was engrossed in his analysis.

"Time's up! Put down the potion and begin the replication!"

The examiner's voice rang out again.

Lynn opened her eyes, put the crystal bottle back in its place, and then picked up the prepared materials and tools on the worktable.

He began processing the materials with clean and efficient movements, without the slightest hesitation.

To obtain snake saliva grass, you need to take the stem section below the second node of the root, chop it with a jade knife, and then grind it into a paste in a grinder.

Moonlight Honey needs to be heated to 40 degrees Celsius in a water bath. Too high a temperature will destroy the effective ingredients, while too low a temperature will prevent it from fully blending with other ingredients.

The Heartstone powder needs to be activated with mental energy first, and then the medicine should be added within thirty seconds, otherwise its activity will be lost quickly.

Obsidian iron powder needs to be added in the last step, and it must be stirred continuously while being added without stopping, otherwise sediment will form, causing the liquid to separate into layers.

Lynn's hands were as steady as a precision instrument.

Every step was precise to the extreme, and every movement was so smooth that it seemed to have been practiced countless times.

In fact, Lynn had practiced hundreds of times in the Nightmare World.

Although this medicine is different from the hemostatic medicine I am familiar with, the [Boiling Blood Medicine], the core principle and treatment approach are the same.

In addition, given his detailed analysis, it's only a matter of time before he can replicate it.

Time passed slowly, and in the blink of an eye, fifteen minutes had gone by.

Lynn was adding the last drop of black iron powder solution to the beaker and then stopped stirring.

The liquid in the beaker had turned a dark red color exactly like the original, and it emitted a warm aura.

Lynn picked up an empty crystal bottle, slowly poured the liquid into it, sealed it, shook it well, and then examined it closely.

Just then, a commotion suddenly broke out.

"Examiner! I'm reporting him! He's cheating!"

A sharp sound rang out in the tent.

Everyone stopped what they were doing and looked in the direction of the sound.

A tall, thin apprentice was pointing at Lynn and shouting indignantly.

"How could he have completed the replica so quickly?"

"I saw him take something out of his pocket and add it to the medicine!"

"It must be a pre-prepared finished product!"

All eyes inside the tent immediately focused on Lynn.

Several examiners also came over, their faces unfriendly.

Lynn didn't even raise her head, slowly placing the crystal bottle back on the worktable before looking at the whistleblower and asking in a calm tone:

"You accuse me of cheating, so what evidence do you have?"

The tall, thin apprentice looked indignant and pointed his finger at Lynn.

"I saw it with my own eyes! You just...!"

"Are you sure you saw it clearly?"

Lynn interrupted him rudely, then slowly pulled a gray ore from his pocket.

"Is this what you mean?"

"Scraps of Burning Heartstone, the pieces left over from processing materials just now."

"According to the assessment regulations, candidates may retain any byproducts generated during the processing of materials."

"Would you like to come and take a look?"

"But judging from your excitement, it's not because you're too weak and used up all the materials, so there weren't any byproducts, right?"

The tall, thin apprentice's face flushed red instantly, then turned deathly pale.

He opened his mouth, wanting to refute Lynn, but couldn't utter a single word.

The examiner in black robes walked over, picked up the gray ore and examined it carefully for a moment, then walked to Lynn's workbench, glanced at the completed potion, and his gaze sharpened.

He paused for a few seconds, then turned to the crowd and announced:

"Number 37 did not cheat."

Then they turned to the whistleblower.

"You falsely accused others and disrupted the examination room order; your examination qualification is hereby revoked."

"Guards, take him out!"

Two guards stepped forward and dragged the tall, thin apprentice, who had turned ashen-faced upon hearing the announcement of the result, away.

The tent fell silent again, but everyone's gaze had changed, filled with shock, doubt, and disbelief as they looked at Lynn.

They all saw the examiners' momentary hesitation when they saw the medicine.

The two-quarters-hour imitation period is over.

The examiners in black robes began to carefully inspect the replica drugs completed by each candidate.

Most people's results were only similar in color, with obvious differences in texture and smell compared to the original. Some people's potions even showed layering and sedimentation, and were directly judged as zero points.

When the examiner walked up to Lynn's worktable, picked up the vial, examined it carefully under the light for a moment, unscrewed the cap and smelled it, and finally fell into a long silence.

Finally, he put down the medicine and looked at Lynn with an extremely complicated expression.

"Number 37, please explain."

"Why is it that when I put your counterfeit potion next to the original, I can hardly tell the difference?"