Wizards: Starting with Synthetic Gems

Chapter 176 Preparing the Bear Spirit Bile Potion
After completing the practical data testing of the Eye of Perseus, Locke immediately spent eight hours quickly writing four articles.

One report was a data report on magical plants submitted to the combat department of Lilith's Hut for use in competitions; another was a research report on magical plants that could defend against specific magic—curse magic; and the third was a practical method for cultivating magical plants with the ability to counter magic attacks by grafting magical vines, along with various techniques to increase the success rate of this method.

The last section discusses the Eye of Perseus's purifying ability when reflecting cursed magic, and the specific mechanism by which it damages vampires.

In short, one experiment can generate a bunch of high-value articles for a single product. Locke can even assign some less important parts to his three students, allowing them to also get some low-scoring articles.

Locke had examined the unconscious Howard and confirmed that the purifying energy of this plant-based magic was damaging to vampires in two forms.

One type of structure is similar to holy magic, while the other is similar to dispelling magic.

After carefully considering his words, Locke wrote at the end of the article, 'The purifying energy of the Eye of Perseus is more like the restraint of life magic on undead creatures like vampires; it is a natural evolution that occurred after life adapted to the concept of the vampire curse.'

This purifying energy possesses a similar effect to holy magic, causing burning and other damage to vampires, but this damage is gentler than that of holy magic. It also possesses a dispelling property that holy magic lacks: it dispels the blood curse energy entangled in the vampire's blood, returning the vampire's blood to its original state.

That is, returning to a state similar to human blood.

"I believe the appearance of the Eye of Perseus proves that after prolonged exposure to negative energy magic, the natural environment automatically adapts to this magic and develops corresponding countermeasures. This is part of the natural food chain. The Eye of Perseus lichen itself is proof of this possibility."

Locke's final paragraph was intended to suggest a future direction for development: based on the Eye of Perseus lichen, further research could potentially lead to the development of a magical plant system specifically designed to counter curse magic, and even an ecological environment, thereby giving rise to a series of plant magics specifically designed to counter curses.

Of course, this direction is too broad, and it's impossible for him to accomplish it alone with his current abilities.

Locke hadn't actually planned to do it right away; he was just elevating the status of his Eye of Perseus lichen at the end of the article.

Imagination has no limits.

However, this could enhance the perceived value of the Eye of Perseus lichen among generalists and readers of this article.

Also, try to improve the rating of your article as much as possible.

The difference between Grade B and Grade A can be significant.

Many people publish numerous B-level articles, but don't even have a single A-level article in hand.

Moreover, this idea is currently just a simple inspiration. Perhaps in the future, someone who reads this article and happens to have related interests or backgrounds will be able to fully implement their ideas.

This is also the significance of the writing system in the White Wizard Society.

After finishing these four articles, Locke stood up and stretched his limbs. He was about to go to sleep when he looked up and found that it was already daylight outside the window, and there was the sound of roosters crowing.

"It's already this late, it's the next morning." Locke rubbed his temples. Although wizards have very strong mental power, they can endure for months without sleep.

However, meditation techniques strongly warn that it is best to sleep ten days a month while using meditation.

Otherwise, a mutation crisis involving the "Sleepy Demon" will occur.

As a result, after writing four articles, it was already the next day, and Locke didn't want to sleep anymore. Anyway, even if he occasionally slept one day less in a month, only sleeping nine days, it wouldn't have a big impact.

One shouldn't get too hung up on such details.

“But sleep is still very important.” Locke rubbed his forehead and said, “In that case, let’s finish refining the Bear Spirit Bile potion first.”

"This potion is probably the most complex one I've ever made, besides the Lesser Emerald Potion."

"I can write a few more articles now."

Locke is currently in a period of rapid development, with a high rate of publication. The research accumulated over the past six months will quickly yield many results during this period, which can then be transformed into many high-impact papers.

Locke first went to the plantation, where he collected an Emerald Iris lichen and an Eye of Perseus, before returning to his makeshift laboratory.

There is a simple laboratory set, a perk provided by the academy to first-class wizard apprentices, a set of basic potion-making equipment. Although it is not very convenient to use, it is enough for doing experiments.

In the laboratory, Locke skillfully cut and juiced two Emerald Iris lichens (and one variant) using tools. Using a column chromatography device, he separated the main magical structural components of the two Emerald Iris lichens from the mixed liquid, further improving the quality of the extraction.

Actually, this step is unnecessary.

When preparing the bear bile preparation, it is not necessary to separate the main active ingredients from the juice of the emerald iris lichen.

However, the Reeves family had once given him a set of column-based elemental separation equipment, so Locke simply used it.

This can slightly improve the quality of the bear bile preparation, which can be considered an optimization of the process.

This is similar to what Robert did before, optimizing the process of the worm regeneration agent to improve its quality.

Locke set up the crucible and snapped his fingers, and a ball of greenish-blue wood elemental flame appeared beneath it.

Locke methodically added all the ingredients for the Bear Spirit Bile Potion.

At the same time, he silently memorized the key points for preparing this medicine.

First, this potion requires switching between three types of magical flames that all three assistants must master: wood elemental magical flame, fire elemental magical flame, and earth elemental magical flame. It also requires using a less commonly used magical flame—air elemental magical flame.

Wood elemental magic flames are the most commonly used magical flames, fire elemental magic flames are used to extract the magical structural components from various materials, and earth elemental magic flames are used to remove as much toxicity as possible from various potion materials.

However, the most unique aspect of the Bear Spirit Bile Medicine is that it requires the mixing of two main ingredients: the juice of jade lichen and the bile of bears. By combining the two components, a new ingredient is created, which is the main active ingredient of this medicine.

This requires the use of air elemental magic fire.

(End of this chapter)