Chapter 275: The Novice Pharmacist Apprentice

In the second semester of the fifth grade of junior high, if one didn’t consider further education, this would already be the last year for students in ordinary junior high schools.

The sixth grade was specifically for those preparing to enter higher academies or other specific professions, such as the city hall or the city defense army.

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Little Weir and Lilith didn’t have such concerns, and as long as they wished, they could directly enter the Drake City Higher Academy after this semester.

After all, with their grades, they didn’t need a so-called one-year preparatory observation period; even if they took the entrance exam now, they would be admitted with top rankings.

Other students began to plan their life paths.

Anger was lucky; he only needed to maintain decent grades and then strive to improve his knight level.

He would have a place in both the city hall and the city defense army.

Fettman spent the holiday traveling with his father and uncle, starting to familiarize himself with his future business.

After school started, he further befriended classmates to drum up business for his future detective agency.

“Big Sister Molly has been coming less often recently; has something happened?”

Today was the last day of the annual competition, and Little Weir, as expected, won with a record of seven wins, four losses, and one draw.

His mood naturally improved quite a bit, and he uncharacteristically inquired about Lady Molly’s situation, though it was just a casual remark.

Lilith greatly admired Little Weir’s Seven-Story Pagoda.

Such a spatial sacred artifact was incredibly convenient; things like school bags could be taken out and put away at will, changing clothes was incredibly simple, and a large amount of equipment was prepared in advance.

Unfortunately, she was currently only a first-level wizard apprentice and couldn’t use a storage pouch.

It wasn’t that she didn’t have one, but rather that she couldn’t open it due to a lack of usable magic power.

“Auntie is currently involved in a lawsuit with an outsider noble, and the amount of money involved is quite large, so it’s inconvenient for her to come every day.

The preliminary matters have been mostly handled, so in a couple of days, she might not come during the day, but she should not miss her evening practice time.”

The auxiliary effect of the Azure Sea Bright Moon Pearl was indeed good.

Lilith had experienced the wizard tower of her ancestral wizard at home, and its effect was surprisingly not as good as the Azure Sea Bright Moon Pearl.

In fact, this depended on the person; for an ordinary wizard apprentice, the difference between the two was not significant, but for an awakened elf bloodline, the Azure Sea Bright Moon Pearl had a better effect.

No other reason, it was simply natural.

After three months of study, Garris, the wizard apprentice, returned to the wizard tower.

The new wizard apprentice was actually an alchemist apprentice, and specifically a potion master among alchemists.

This greatly interested Little Weir and Lilith, and his teacher also provided several simple alchemy potionology materials as compensation.

From Zhuolante to Garris, their teaching level for disciples had already been demonstrated, and their teaching methods were also known to these official wizards.

In fact, it was simply presenting their research process completely in front of the apprentices, teaching by example and word of mouth.

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This was something they couldn’t do, because their level was too high, and the research direction of official wizards was very likely to make these wizard apprentices lost rather than progress.

After routinely checking his foundation, this wizard apprentice’s foundation was even worse than Garris’s this time.

He had only visualized and inscribed twenty-five basic runes, the worst among everyone.

One should know that even Great Knight Molly had currently inscribed thirty-two basic runes, Zhuolante was close to completion, and Little Weir, Lilith, Ice Block, and Leia all had thirty-six basic runes completed.

Perfecting and supplementing other basic runes in three months was a long-term, continuous learning task.

Then, Little Weir and Lilith began discussing the most basic parts of the materials he brought.

This time, one more person joined the discussion, and that was the half-elf Leia, who was an expert in magical plants.

At first, the wizard apprentice was very dismissive, thinking he had already memorized these basic knowledge ten years ago.

However, as their discussion deepened, the wizard apprentice found that the things he had memorized by heart began to feel unfamiliar.

“Wait, why should the pre-treatment of medicinal materials be treated differently? It’s not mentioned at all!” The wizard apprentice hastily interrupted Lilith.

Lilith glanced at him and said, “It’s better to have no books than to believe them completely.

Alchemy is inherently an empirical study; it’s impossible to encompass everything, especially some details.

You only saw the general situation introduced in the book, but you forgot the characteristics of magical plants.

How do you understand this sentence: ‘Process the Devil’s Flower, Skeleton Grass, Seven-Foot Sword Leaf, and Hairy Worm Saliva in order’?

This sequence also implies some special things.

If you take out the ‘Compendium of Magic Potions’ and carefully compare them, you will find that the maximum duration for the medicinal effects of these several herbs to take effect after simple processing is different, and the order happens to be consistent with this.”

The wizard apprentice’s eyes widened.

So the phrase “in order” was to be understood like that!

It wasn’t about processing as quickly as possible.

“Devil’s Flower and Skeleton Grass have relatively similar medicinal properties, and the difference in their effects is also small when they take effect, so try to process them quickly and not too far apart.

Hairy Worm Saliva volatilizes very quickly, so it should be used as soon as possible after processing is complete.

Also, this, in fact, is not essential, it’s just a neutralizing agent.

If your speed is fast enough and your control precise enough, you can completely omit this, and the medicinal effect will be even better.”

Little Weir added, and the wizard apprentice immediately became speechless.

Because he suddenly remembered that when his teacher refined this magic potion, he seemed to have omitted this ingredient.

Although he had doubts at the time, he didn’t dare to ask, as his teacher’s temper was not as good as that of the two first-level wizard apprentices in front of him.

But how did they know all this? Did they really figure it out themselves?

Watching the two continue to discuss and analyze the simple body strengthening potion formula, the wizard apprentice was slightly distracted.

Suddenly, he felt a poke in his waist, and turning his head, he found Zhuolante intently recording everything that was happening.

“Don’t get distracted; this kind of learning opportunity won’t come again.

They will only analyze the same things once.

If you miss this opportunity, next time it will be other knowledge.

You can ask questions after they finish; what’s important now is to follow their line of thought and learn.”

The wizard apprentice was slightly stunned, then quickly reacted, thanked Zhuolante, and then focused all his energy on trying to keep up with their thoughts and record them.

Haha, except for recording things he didn’t understand, he couldn’t record anything else at all.

Their speed was really fast, and there were simply too many details.

“Do you have the materials for this potion on you? Did you bring your alchemy tools?”

An hour passed, and Little Weir, Lilith, and Leia finished their discussion about the potion formula.

Little Weir suddenly turned and asked the wizard apprentice.

The latter was stunned for a moment and quickly nodded: “This potion is very basic; I happen to have a few portions on me, and I always carry my tools with me.”

“Come with me; I see you still have many doubts.

No matter how much I explain, it’s not as good as actually doing it once.”

Little Weir directly led him to the underground training ground of the All-Purpose Shop.

There was a specially designated witchcraft training ground there, which could barely be used for potion refining.

First, he let the wizard apprentice refine it once according to the method he was familiar with before.

Perhaps because someone was watching, the wizard apprentice was highly focused and actually succeeded in refining it in one go.

However, the quality could only be considered average, as could be seen from his own appraisal results.

Then, Little Weir compiled a detailed refining instruction, precise to the second, and completely tailored to his current operational level.

“Now, refine it according to this.

We will remind you from the side.

Don’t hesitate; follow our rhythm.”

The wizard apprentice nodded, took a deep breath, cleaned the crucible and other tools, and prepared to begin the second refining.

The effect of this basic strengthening potion was actually very ordinary; for a wizard apprentice, it could only raise them to the level of a junior warrior.

For ordinary people, the stimulation was slightly greater, reaching the middle stage of a junior warrior was considered the limit.

Of course, this refers to a junior warrior who has improved by relying on this potion.

If it’s a junior warrior who has never used magic potions before, the first three doses still have very obvious effects, and it’s not impossible to improve to the advanced stage of a junior warrior.

However, high-intensity training is required in between to convert these gains into strength and consolidate them, which would probably require about a month of buffer time.

Those who could come to the All-Purpose Shop to receive training from Little Weir and Lilith were all top performers among the third-level wizard apprentices.

Otherwise, their teachers would not have paid such a high price to send them in.

The potion wizard apprentice quickly got into the zone and was occasionally interrupted, adjusting his technique and speed.

Multitasking was a big taboo for refining potions, but fortunately, he was already very proficient with this basic potion, so the impact was not significant.

When he completed the final step, the potion no longer emitted a faint fishy smell, but a very refreshing fragrance, which made his eyes widen.

This scent… it was so similar to the strengthening potion his teacher refined!

Good quality, a body-strengthening potion very close to excellent grade.

The wizard potion apprentice’s eyes widened, unable to believe that he could actually refine a good-grade potion, even if it was the most basic one.

He knew that many of his potions were of the failed, inferior, or passable grades.

A good-grade potion had never appeared before.

“There were three small mistakes in the middle, and two places still need improvement, but overall, it shouldn’t be a big problem.”

Little Weir turned his gaze to Lilith.

Lilith pondered, stroking her chin, and said, “I don’t know if it’s a habit left over from the era of beast skin scrolls, but potion alchemists rarely fully supplement the details.

To maximize the medicinal effect, continuous practice and verification are still needed, but overall, refining and standardizing existing simple prescriptions should not be a big problem.

Do you want to try other potions?”

“Let’s take it slow.

After all, we don’t have our own magic power and can’t practice refining ourselves.

His current state isn’t suitable for taking in too much.

One basic potion every three to five days is fine; anyway, there’s still plenty of time.”

Little Weir said, and then directly took the potion away.

The strengthening potion, identified as good quality, could now be used on Anger.

As for Yuyan, she was a girl, so at least an excellent-grade potion would be needed for her, right?

Seeing the potion being taken away, the potion wizard apprentice shivered as if waking from a dream, then respectfully bowed to Little Weir and Lilith: “Two teachers, for the next three months, please guide me!”

“Not two, but three! I’m here too!” Leia called out in dissatisfaction, asserting her presence.

But you’re so small, it’s really easy for people to overlook you, isn’t it?

And while Little Weir and Lilith are only first-level wizard apprentices in terms of magic, they also have the identity of advanced knights, so they won’t be looked down upon by other wizard apprentices.

But Leia can’t; her combat power is really weak.

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