6kv Chapter 16 Promotion to Junior Apprentice!
Chapter 16 Promotion to Junior Apprentice!
In the days following the submission of the report, Su En was often the only person in the recycling room.
Detz has been missing for two weeks, while Rackham appears every morning but disappears after noon. Sun heard him say that he is in contact with several wizarding families.
Fortunately, the workshop's sewage discharge has decreased significantly recently, and Morris has even stopped coming to inspect it.
For a moment, the huge recycling room became Su En's domain.
He completed his 8-hour workday as usual, which allowed him to more easily increase the condensation speed of the Sands of Time.
Meanwhile, the golden runes around the hourglass base are brightening at a visible rate.
"The hourglass is almost fully charged."
Back in the dormitory, Su En sat down on the bed and let her consciousness sink into her mental sea.
In the blink of an eye, he has been at the Oak Crown for almost three months.
It took him two lifetimes to go from an ordinary mortal to someone about to enter the realm of a beginner apprentice.
Above the spiritual sea, the core of spiritual power, interwoven with illusions, is gleaming faintly.
The cube, constructed from sixteen lines of spiritual energy, has become exceptionally clear, almost taking on a substantial shape.
Suen tried to activate the meditation technique, and the speed at which the elemental particles gathered increased by more than double, while the flow of mental energy became smoother.
His consciousness, guided by his spiritual power, pushed towards the seventh node.
The node lit up successfully.
Then came the eighth one, and he completed the entire core of his spiritual power in one go.
Su En could sense that he was standing on the verge of advancing to the level of a junior apprentice. With just a gentle push, he could cross that invisible threshold of the extraordinary.
When all eight nodes light up simultaneously, the free-floating gaseous spiritual energy is bound to the spiritual body by an invisible force.
At the same time, the "Star Observation Guide" started operating automatically, and tiny points of light appeared out of nowhere in the chaotic sea of consciousness.
An unprecedented qualitative change is taking place within Suen's body.
Suen opened his eyes, his mind clear and his senses more acute.
He raised his right hand and channeled his mental energy to his fingertips, only to be surprised to find an invisible force undulating outwards, interfering with the movement of elemental particles in the air.
This feeling was both strange and unfamiliar, and in a daze, my spiritual vision unconsciously activated.
Suen's vision blurred, and the surrounding scenery began to change unpredictably.
All the colors began to overlap and intertwine, and a hazy mist gradually spread. At the edge of the field of vision, there seemed to be indescribable shapes, as if they were not in the same dimension as us.
These beings were radiant with dazzling light of different colors, as if they contained endless mysteries, drawing Su En to reach out and touch them unconsciously...
But in an instant, the three-dimensional core in his mental sea trembled slightly, Su En's body jerked violently, and his consciousness suddenly cleared.
Boom!
The fog dissipated quickly, and all the scenery vanished in an instant, leaving only the simple furnishings of the dormitory, as if nothing had ever happened.
"Is this... an overflow of spirituality?"
Suen realized that he had broken through to become a novice wizard apprentice!
But just now, it seemed that he hadn't quite adapted to the changes in his mental power after the promotion, which caused distracting thoughts to arise.
Fortunately, his spiritual body played a crucial role at the critical moment, waking him up.
Otherwise, he might become lost in spiritual dissipation and unable to extricate himself.
"The process of meditation is essentially about glimpsing the truth through communication between the true self and the id, by understanding the rules of the universe."
And this process cannot be separated from spiritual support.
Su En breathed a sigh of relief, finally feeling at ease.
Regaining his attention, he discovered that his mental power could relatively easily manipulate the surrounding fire elements, realizing that this was the elemental resonance effect of the Sands of Time.
However, the surprises didn't end there.
The hourglass of time trembled gently, and a screen of light appeared before Su En's eyes.
【Su En】
[Level: 1]
Lifespan: 17/85
[Meditation Method: Guide to Stargazing Lv1 (0/100)]
【Mental Power: 1.80】
[Talent: Wizard-like Thinking]
[Witchcraft: None]
[Specialty: Introduction to Potions (34/100)]
[Sands of Time: Elemental Resonance (1/2 Activated)]
......
However, what Suen didn't know was that while he was basking in the joy of his promotion, an uninvited guest arrived at the dormitory where he was mentoring Morris.
Michael made many inquiries before finally finding Morris, who was in charge of the recycling room.
In his hazy memory, Maurice must have taken a potent potion a few years ago to forcefully break through to the advanced apprentice level.
"Advanced apprentices who rely on stimulating magical potions to force their way up are only assigned to manage a scrap recycling room."
Michael straightened his collar and knocked on the brass bell on the door.
The door opened, and Maurice appeared before me, still looking disheveled.
Michael got straight to the point, revealing the purpose of his trip in a proud lion-like manner, exuding an air of absolute confidence.
"Trading a minor magic essence for a worthless apprentice is already a great deal, and besides, I can send a few more capable assistants to the recycling room."
"Cyril Bolek's family?"
Cyril was a second-level wizard, also a member of the Oak Crown, but he disappeared during an interdimensional exploration more than a hundred years ago.
From the other person's words, Morris recalled that he had recently observed his apprentice Ian frequently accessing various logs and data.
It turns out they were trying to take on Celsus's mission.
He actually has some talent in potions?
Maurice seemed lost in thought, momentarily ignoring Michael.
"Lord Maurice, what are your intentions?"
It wasn't until Michael asked, slightly annoyed at being ignored, that Maurice snapped out of his reverie with a half-smile.
"I'm sorry, I don't have the authority to expel a freshman... For specific details, please consult the Academic Affairs Office."
Immediately afterwards, a loud "bang" left Michael frozen in place.
How dare someone ignore him, a descendant of the prestigious Bolek family, a blood relative of the great Moon-Feeding Wolf Cyril!
"you!"
In an instant, he transformed his thunderous rage into a surge of power, clenching his fist and slamming it against the door.
Unfortunately, Morris's dormitory door was made of alloy, so it didn't affect anyone except for allowing him to vent his anger.
Two days later, as Suen was sorting through the empty storage tanks, Morris pushed open the door and walked in.
He glanced at the empty recycling room and frowned.
Why are you all alone?
Suen put down the jar in her hand: "Recently, the amount of sewage discharged has decreased, so both of them have taken leave."
"snort......"
Morris walked to the register, flipped through a couple of pages, glanced at it briefly, and then said, "Tell them both to come back tomorrow. The wizard Celsus's potion formula has been optimized, and the workload should gradually return to normal."
Upon hearing this, Su En's hand hovered in mid-air.
"Has the mission been completed?"
still......
Suen suppressed his doubts; it wouldn't be surprising if there were even more outstanding people at the Crown of Oaks.
Unfortunately, out of caution, Suen did not include the complete data and analysis process in the report.
It's unclear whether this affected his report score.
At the same time, Suen was even more curious about how the person who completed the task thought about and how they solved the problem of elemental imbalance.
But clearly, he no longer has a chance.
Suen had an even darker suspicion.
Why would an experienced potion master, with all the experimental data at his disposal, seek answers from his apprentice?
Now, upon rethinking it, there might be some things that are inconvenient for him to do on his own.
For example, the truth behind the quality changes of the Roots of Azeroth.
Of course, this is just speculation.
Whatever Celsus's purpose may be, that is not the most pressing matter for him at the moment.
After being promoted to novice apprentice, Suen's spiritual body is fully constructed, and he can project his spiritual power outward, which means that he can begin to learn witchcraft.
However, witchcraft models also require money to purchase.
Even the most basic Light spell model costs 20 magic coins, not including the materials consumed during practice.
Suen was forced to confront economic problems once again, while also considering the possibility of brewing magic potions.
From the day he first encountered potion-making, two months of accumulation, from "History of Potion-Making" and "Illustrated Guide to Common Potion-Making Materials" to "Introduction to Potion-Making," as well as the experience he gained from handling various raw materials every day in the scrap room, he had theoretically mastered the skills of potion-making.
As for the success rate, Su En was 30% confident.
After all, enhanced by [Sands of Time: Elemental Resonance], his ability to perceive elements far surpasses that of ordinary people.
If others knew his thoughts, they would probably treat it as a joke and spread it around the Oak Crown.
Trying to concoct potions without professional guidance is both dangerous and ridiculous.
Potion making involves elemental reactions, temperature control, and material pretreatment. Any mistake at any step can lead to failure, especially with various extraordinary materials, where errors can even result in mental pollution.
But the hourglass of time is about to be fully charged, and Suen has the courage to try.
If we fear risk, all knowledge will forever remain just empty talk on paper.
So, here's the question.
Where does the initial capital for brewing magic potions come from?