Chapter 100 Magic Crystal Water
Chapter 100 Magic Crystal Water
In the living area, Ivan didn't notice Conley behind him, and he hurried back to his dormitory.
After checking the box of raw materials he had purchased, he found what he wanted under a box of medicinal herbs, a prescription for 'Magic Crystal Water'.
"I knew that fat guy had some skills. He saved me 10 credits."
He had just sent the message in a veiled way just to test the waters. After all, Orrick was a man who dared to help the apprentices in the pharmacy group earn credits, so it was very likely that he was secretly selling the widely circulated mental power prescription.
Sure enough, he just mentioned the recipe of magic crystal water, and the recipe appeared among the raw materials.
He couldn't wait to read it. The magic crystal water had a wide range of applications and could be used by both second- and third-class apprentices. After reading the contents of the prescription, his brows furrowed and did not relax for a long time.
"No wonder they only sell it for 10 credits. This prescription is a bit of a rip-off."
He looked at the prescription again, and a ball of flame emerged from his palm, burning the prescription to ashes.
The main material of magic crystal water is magic crystal, which is something extracted from low-grade magic stone. The essence of low-grade magic stone is condensed into crystals, which can be made into various shapes, such as cards. This kind of crystal is called "magic crystal".
There are no magic crystals in natural mineral veins and they can only be extracted from lower-grade magic stones. They are also a kind of currency in the magic stone sequence.
The price of one magic crystal is 1000 low-grade magic stones.
The raw materials are so expensive and the cost of failure is so high that it is enough to discourage most pharmacists and make them choose other mental power prescriptions instead.
"Maybe you can try it."
Ivan thought about it again and again and decided to give it a try.
His success rate in refining medicine was at least 90%, so it was not difficult for him to earn magic stones.
Orrick had mentioned during a casual chat that everything related to mental potions, including prescriptions, potions, and medicinal materials, had always been in short supply in the wizarding world, and it didn't mean one could necessarily sell the raw materials if they had credits and magic stones.
Relatively speaking, magic crystals were a type of raw material that was easier to obtain. All one needed was enough low-grade magic stones. On the contrary, medium-grade magic stones were extremely rare and rarely fell into the hands of apprentices.
The next day, Ivan came to the trading area again and found a sales point that didn't look so formal. He waited for more than an hour before the wizard on duty appeared and exchanged his remaining 10 credits for a basic set of alchemy knowledge.
"These wizards are really realistic."
After returning to the dormitory, he found that this knowledge was far less detailed than the basic enchantment taught by his instructor. It was obvious that the wizard who created the knowledge did not put much effort into it. With the same exchange price of 10 credits, he instantly felt that he had lost a lot.
In any case, this knowledge could make up for his lack of systematic knowledge in alchemy and fill a gap, so that he would not be any worse than the apprentices in the pharmacy group.
It took him half a month to master the basic knowledge of pharmacy, and his pharmacy experience points increased by nearly 100 points.
"The raw materials are really expensive. One mistake will result in more than 200 magic stones being wasted."
In order to gather more raw materials, he had been extremely busy in the past half month. Yesterday, he spent a huge amount of money to buy two magic crystal cards. The store owner Orrick was so happy that he couldn't stop smiling and generously gave him a 95% discount.
Including other raw materials, it would cost him more than two thousand lower-grade magic stones even after a discount. Now the magic stones in his pocket are almost gone.
Only one-fifth of a magic crystal is needed for each refining. This time he only has ten portions of raw materials to refine the magic crystal water. The mental power potion is the most difficult potion to refine of all potions, bar none. He must be more cautious.
Before refining, a light film appeared in Ivan's field of vision, and a level 1 light of wisdom lit up. He simulated the process of refining the medicine in his mind, and indeed noticed many things that needed attention.
"let's start."
Returning to reality from the light of wisdom, he looked determined. The firelight in front of him shone on his face, and the solemnity on his face could be seen clearly.
The magic crystal water was refined, and one fifth of the magic crystal was cut and put into the dissolving liquid in the glass dish. After a while, the magic crystal turned into a ball of turbid ink. The appearance of this ball of ink was destined to be not peaceful. It was like a newborn little animal. The ink-colored little animal swam with a gray and turbid aura, vivid and lifelike.
From a pharmacist's perspective, its appearance was particularly annoying. Ever since Ivan began to make medicine, he had experienced nearly a thousand times of making medicine, but never before had he felt that the herbs in the glass were resisting on their own like this.
The liquid medicine dissolved from the magic crystal was fighting against his mental power. Every movement was a tiny mental shock. The liquid medicine was struggling to break free from his control, appearing so unruly.
Faced with such a situation, Ivan was as steady as an old pharmacist. He methodically added other medicinal materials into the glass dish, suppressing the inky little beast while promoting the fusion and change of the medicinal liquid.
After a while, the stalemate changed. Ivan seemed to hear an inexplicable roar and curse. The medicine liquid in the glass dish suddenly stirred, and even the glass dish shook.
The liquid in the glass dish became completely turbid.
"It didn't work."
He wiped the sweat from his forehead and shook his head helplessly.
The mental potion was not something that an ordinary pharmacist could make. The medicinal ingredients actually produced a strong sense of resistance, forcing him to use half of his mental power to suppress the reaction consciousness.
This time, refining the medicine was more energy-consuming than any other time before.
It was afternoon, and Ivan lit up another level 2 wisdom light to comprehend the meditation rune he had been analyzing for more than a month, and analyzed the 14th meditation rune of the Blackbeard Movement.
He used the remaining light of wisdom time to think about the previous medicine refining process. The threefold understanding and spirituality allowed him to see his own shortcomings and ways to improve.
[Meditation Experience +12]
[Meditation: Lv2 (4/200)]
As expected, meditation was upgraded to level 2, and I obtained a level 2 light of wisdom. It was a round trip with no consumption.
The next day, Ivan outlined the first 14 runes in his mind in one go, and his mental strength had reached the 4.2 scale, bringing him one step closer to becoming a third-level apprentice.
He began to refine the magic crystal water for the second time.
After about twenty minutes, the glass dish on the flame shook slightly, stirring the medicine into a mess.
"My spiritual power is still a little low, and it's a bit difficult to suppress the restlessness in the magic crystal." He didn't care that more than two hundred low-grade magic stones were scrapped, and his mind was completely on the problems that occurred during the medicine refining process.
There are still many minor problems, but he believes that the problems exposed will no longer be stumbling blocks and there will always be proper solutions. This is his belief as a pharmacist.
"Dong dong dong."
There was a rhythmic knock on the dormitory door, bringing Ivan back to his senses as he was summing up his gains and losses.
He frowned and opened the door, only to find a shadow ant servant.
"Apprentice Ivan Marichatton, there is a call-up order from the patrol team. Please gather at the mission hall at six o'clock tomorrow morning." The shadow ant servant said after identifying him.
"???"
After hearing its words, Ivan suddenly became sober and took the parchment it handed over with a puzzled look on his face. It turned out to be a mission call from the patrol team.
"Wait." Seeing that the mission was completed, the shadow ant servant turned into a cloud of black smoke and floated away.
Ivan wanted to call it to ask for details, but it didn't even stop and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
(End of this chapter)