Wizards: Starting with Synthetic Gems

Chapter 133 Doubling of Magic Power and One Month
One month later, in Locke's study.

Locke pressed his palm onto the amethyst matrix.

Instantly, an immense magical pressure descended upon it, causing ripples to spread across the amethyst matrix. A number appeared within the amethyst.

446!

A look of surprise flashed in Locke's eyes. "As expected of the result of spending over 12,000 magic stones to acquire this 'Full Resource Utilization Meditation Method' during the beginner's bonus period."

"When I first became a first-class wizard apprentice, my mental strength was 220. Later, I practiced ordinary meditation for more than two months, but my mental strength only increased by a little bit. In other words, I actually gained a total of 225 points of mana by taking advantage of the beginner's bonus period of advanced meditation."

"If it weren't for the newbie bonus period, how could my magic power have doubled in just one month, and become as profound as if I had been a first-class wizard apprentice for several years?"

This already doubles one's magical power, and the more magical power one has, the purer and higher its quality.

Therefore, the improvement in strength is achieved through this method.

Now, Locke's magic tricks, such as "All Plants Are Soldiers," "Mayfly Flower Cannon," and "Vine Frenzy," can all have their power increased out of thin air. His reaction speed and casting speed have also been comprehensively improved, and the number of times he can use them has also increased significantly.

Locke's magic pressure and body surface magic resistance are more than double what they used to be, allowing him to withstand more powerful magical attacks and external radiation pressure.

This kind of increase in strength caused by the enhancement of magical power is more of a comprehensive improvement.

Locke suppressed his excitement and thought, "However, once the newbie bonus period is over, my mana progress will not be this fast. It is unlikely that I will gain eight or nine points of mana in one night again. Instead, it is more likely that I will need to meditate for two or three nights to gain only one point of mana."

"Moreover, the further you go, the more difficult it becomes to increase your magical power."

"According to Anglu and Aishi, it becomes very difficult to increase mana beyond 600. Even with advanced meditation techniques, one needs to practice diligently or use a large amount of mid- to high-level magical resources to accelerate the process."

“And once your mana exceeds 800, it will become even more exaggerated.” Locke pondered, “Anglu told me that once your mana exceeds 800, you need very high-quality magical resources to accelerate its growth.”

"Therefore, wizards in the southeastern corner of the region will start trying to use an advancement potion after their magic power exceeds 800, directly attempting to break through the threshold of becoming a formal wizard."

"Because after 800, improving mental strength becomes very awkward. The quality of mental strength is too high, requiring a lot of high-level resources to accelerate its growth. But wizard apprentices are not formal wizards and cannot find that many high-level resources."

"Back then, the spiritual power of wizard apprentices was not as high in quality as the magical power of formal wizards, which could directly attract more dimensional energy from the void. Therefore, their progress in meditation was very slow."

“My mental strength is at a relatively high level, but not quite that high either, and it’s in a slow trough.” Locke looked at his reflection in the mirror in his study. “Many wizard apprentices in the southeastern corner of the region who couldn’t get the potion to advance were worn down and died in this trough.”

"I'm stuck in the 800 to 1000 range for my entire life."

“But if there’s an advancement potion, it seems possible to use the power of potion-making to directly break through this stage and force an advancement.” Locke said, troubled. “It’s just that I’ve been hanging out with those potion-making assistants for so long, and I still haven’t found out what an advancement potion is.”

"It seems that this kind of thing, like advanced meditation techniques, is subject to strict information blockade by the White Wizard Association in the southeastern corner of the region."

"I won't be able to access it until I reach that stage. And I'm afraid I can only obtain this kind of magical resource through the academy."

Locke thought of the wizarding prodigies in the academy, such as Angron, Mary, and Albert. Were they qualified to access and advance their magic potions?

Locke stepped out of the study, the magical pressure emanating from him forming a protective layer over his skin, strengthening his magical resistance.

Now that his magical power is comparable to that of those senior first-class wizard apprentices, he has one less weakness.

He ordered the catwoman maid to tidy up the house, while simultaneously instructing the gray dwarf servant to open the laboratory door.

Over the course of the month, Locke, through repeated practice, wasting 400 magic stones and purchasing a large amount of low-level practice materials, as well as later-stage real materials, finally learned how to brew a Lesser Emerald Potion. To be honest, if he hadn't gotten Sophia Witch's recipe for free and sought her guidance, he would have had to spend at least 500 more magic stones to enroll in a course, and the cost of materials would likely have been even higher.

Moreover, these private potion recipe courses are generally not available for purchase through public courses. Similar public potion recipe courses usually cost between 800 and 1000 magic stones.

Locke quickly separated the three portions of the tree spirit bloodline and extracted the effective components from them. Then, using other materials, he spent an hour and a half quickly refining three vials of secondary emerald potion.

The most expensive material for Lesser Emerald Elixir is Treant Blood. Other expensive materials and materials requiring complex processing methods were omitted by Sophia, leaving only Treant Blood as the main ingredient and some auxiliary materials.

While reducing the efficacy of the medicine, it also reduced the difficulty of refining it.

Although it is a simplified version of potion, Lesser Emerald Potion is not exactly easy to make.

With the Lesser Emerald Elixir, he had finally established himself firmly at the Healing Hand Clinic.

Even without Andrew and Aisie's help, he can cure most of the cursed patients in the future.

Locke looked at the three vials of secondary emerald potion in his hand. The emerald green liquid in the vials contained many small, transparent, and flawless bubbles. Overall, the liquid itself looked like a kind of gemstone.

His increased magical power was undoubtedly key to his rapid mastery of concocting Lesser Emerald Potions. The higher his magical power, the lower the learning difficulty and cost of preparing such complex potions.

“It takes half an hour to refine a single vial of a minor potion,” Locke said, rubbing his temples.

"Moreover, it consumes a lot of mental energy. We should establish a corresponding production line in the personal pharmaceutical room as soon as possible, and use those assistants to save my energy, letting them do the repetitive work in preparing the secondary emerald green potion for me."

"Three vials of Lesser Emerald Elixir, let's try synthesizing them and see what happens." Locke placed the three vials of Lesser Emerald Elixir directly into his crafting cube. "Hopefully, it'll give me some surprises."

Locke looked at the plantation documents on his laboratory workbench. Over the past month, he had urgently cultivated one hundred acres of magical fields and delivered one thousand Crystal Palm Fire Lotuses to Zack this month by planting the Crystal Palm Fire Lotuses he had synthesized.

He needs to deliver 4000 plants to Zach within three months, in three batches.

Only one thousand plants were delivered this month.

But it doesn't matter. The magic field was only established in the first month. The Crystal Palm Fire Lotus was forcibly ripened using advanced growth hormones, allowing a thousand qualified quality Crystal Palm Fire Lotus plants to be harvested within a month, even though they would normally take at least a year to mature and be usable.

Later on, the yield will increase. In the remaining two months, the 100 acres of magic fields will be more than enough to produce 3,000 plants, or even more. It is estimated that about 2,000 plants can be produced each month.

Locke decided to trade the surplus produce directly with Lijin's Secret Language, since it wasn't just the academy that would buy this magical plant; wizards from other botanical schools would also be interested.

Similarly, within this month, I learned the 0.5 level [Scorched Earth Bomb]. This spell model is not complicated for me now, and I have quite a few Crystal Palm Fire Lotuses, so there is no cost or pressure in practicing it.

But Locke has recently been thinking about the monitoring of his botanical garden and pharmaceutical workshop.

The alchemy hut where the botanical garden and medicine-making room are located has its own security features, making it difficult for ordinary first-class wizard apprentices to break in.

However, I should still place some monitoring magical products in the botanical garden and the pharmaceutical room so that I can keep track of the progress of the work in these two places at any time, as well as the growth of the magical plants, and deal with any emergencies in a timely manner.

Locke sat at the control panel, deep in thought.

"I can go to the Chimera Market and see if there are any shops there that can solve this problem. Besides surveillance, I can also buy some magic locks and set up barriers to enhance my security."

(End of this chapter)