Wizards: Starting with Synthetic Gems

Chapter 56 Chimera Market

Sophia the Witch sat at her desk, arms crossed, and looked at Locke, saying, "My good student, what do you want?"

"I can help you with any reasonable request."

Locke pondered for a moment. He already had a meditation technique, and this favor obviously wouldn't be enough to exchange for an advanced meditation technique.

As for other academic matters, even if I don't bring them up, Teacher Sophia has already arranged everything for me; I just need to study step by step.

Therefore, Locke thought of the materials he had recently acquired. He took out a vampire's heart from under his wizard's robe. "Teacher, this is a vampire's heart. I want you to help me concoct a bottle of Crimson Echo Potion."

Crimson Echo is a potion that a first-class wizard apprentice can brew; it does not reach the level of a magic potion.

However, it is already considered the most difficult of the apprentice-level potions.

Its effect is extremely strong, and it can accelerate the advancement of wizard apprentices to the greatest extent possible at the apprentice level.

If it is concocted by the witch Sophia, the effect will be enhanced even further, and the side effects will be reduced considerably.

For potion masters, the publicly available recipes are nothing more than standard formulas.

Every potion master has their own little tricks for brewing potions, as well as some secret recipes that they have fine-tuned themselves.

Locke had observed this when he was working as Sophia's assistant.

Sophia the Witch glanced at the vampire heart in Locke's hand and said, "The Crimson Echo Potion is indeed very suitable for you."

"The main ingredients for the Crimson Echo Potion, besides the heart of a mid-level vampire, also require 10 grams of Blood Moon Flower, 15 grams of juice from Twin Serpent Cypress Fruit, and then a drop of a female mermaid's tear to harmonize the potency, otherwise the side effects will be too great."

Locke glanced at the Sophia Witch with suspicion, because the publicly available Crimson Echo recipe did not mention mermaid tears.

The witch Sophia explained calmly, "The tears of female mermaids are a small innovation of mine, which can minimize the side effects of the Crimson Echo potion."

"It can also enhance the efficacy of the medicine, increasing the original 10% increase in mental strength to 15%, which is an additional 5 points."

The witch Sophia said, "Alright, I'll help you refine it, and I'll make up the rest of the materials for you."

“Lock…” Sophia the witch hesitated for a moment, then said to Locke, “You’re very kind.”

"But all you need to do now is focus on your studies."

"The best comfort for a wizard mentor is that his students grow rapidly under his guidance and become wizards who can stand on their own."

Sofia the Witch picked up the certification document with her thumb and forefinger. "Here you go, this is my certificate. You can take the Super Mandela Vine to the Chimera Market. You'll need this certificate."

"If you have time, you can set up a stall to sell them yourself. If you don't have time, you can entrust the Magic Plant Shop to do so."

"I recommend the latter. Our time as wizards is very precious. Besides, some things are best left to professionals. If you do it all by yourself, you might not be able to sell the Super Mandragora well and at a good price."

The witch Sophia said, "Oh, and remember to keep the original seed of the Super Mandela Vine in your own possession."

"Sometimes, magical plants cultivated using grafting methods will degenerate and mutate to a certain extent over time. If the original seed is not kept, things will become very troublesome."

Sophia the Witch said, "That's a tool used to define what a Super Mandela Vine is."

"If the offspring of the Super Mandela vine degenerate later, the seeds of the original species can be used to reverse the trend of degeneration."

Locke nodded. "I understand, teacher."

"This Super Mandragora is not the original species; the original one is in my house. I'll give this Super Mandragora to you, teacher, as a small gift from your student."

Actually, I don't have any original species. I just use Mandragora vines to synthesize it all the way to level four.

There's not much difference. When the time comes, just pick up any level 4 Mandragora vine, point to it, and say that it's the original species.

The witch Sophia did not refuse, but instead smiled slightly and said, "I will give you the Crimson Echo Potion in a few days."

"I'm busy now, Locke."

Locke left her office. "Goodbye, teacher."

……

After leaving Sophia Witch's cabin, Locke returned straight to his residence in Upside Down Alley, and then took out the thirty Super Mandragora Vines that he had synthesized in his spare time over the past year.

This number also aligns with the relative speed at which I cultivated new varieties of magic vines using grafting and fast-growing gel.

Locke ordered two grey dwarves to push a wooden cart and cover the thirty pots of super mandrake vines on it with a black cloth. Then he left Upside Down Alley and headed down the street to the Chimera Market on the next street.

At this moment, Locke was wearing the academy badge representing his status as a second-class wizard apprentice, the certification badge of a breeder's assistant, and the badge of an enforcement wizard apprentice on his chest. Therefore, he was not stopped at all when he entered the barrier entrance of the Chimera Market.

Some people in the Chimera Market glanced at him a few more times, after all, he was relatively young among the breeder's assistants.

The Chimera Market is lined with shops on both sides, including potion shops, alchemy shops, vehicle shops, magical pet shops, and even a magic model shop that specializes in selling magic models, with its storefront resembling a library.

The shops here are numerous and diverse, making it the largest wizard market in the vicinity.

Therefore, not only wizards from Lilith's Hut would be there, but wizards from many other schools of thought would also enter this street through different channels.

Locke saw into the distance; there was a stretch of street with many wizard apprentices setting up stalls.

The Chimera Market is divided into two parts: one is the regular shops lining both sides of the street, and the other is a temporary stall where people sell magical resources that they can't use up or can't use right away.

'Buzz~'

Locke heard a long, rhythmic, and peculiar sound. He looked up and saw a circular arena in front of him. Beams of light fell like shooting stars, and some figures appeared from illusion to reality amidst the shooting star-like brilliance.

Locke knew that it was one of the seven large teleportation arrays set up in the Chimera Market. It was an ultra-long-distance teleportation array that took a lot of time to set up by formal wizards of the alchemy school. Activating it once required a large amount of magic stones.

It is the culmination of magical techniques from the alchemical school!
Suitable for wizards in remote areas to use teleportation arrays to reach Chimera Market.

The reason why those wizards who have come from afar would enter the Chimera Market is probably because of the Lilith's Cottage Potions Auction in the market.

That was the largest auction of potion resources in the surrounding area.

Even ordinary wizarding realms don't have that many potion-making resources, which is why they attract many wizards from outside.

After all, Lilith's Hut is the dominant potion master in the area, enough to draw other potion wizards from the surrounding region to travel great distances and go through great hardships to gather resources or pursue their studies.

Locke stopped in front of a plant magic shop on the street. He looked up at the shop and saw a sign that read "Lijin Secret Words Magic Plant Shop," drawn with magical moss and flowers.

Locke said, "Stop for a moment."

"This is it."

The two gray dwarves immediately stopped. It was their first time entering a place with so many wizards. The two gray dwarves were extremely pale, their skin completely devoid of color, and they were trembling with fear.

They could only alleviate this soul-deep fear by glancing at Locke, their master, from time to time—an instinct left over from generations of being enslaved by magic.

“Great wizard master, your command… is our divine decree.”

(End of this chapter)