Wizard: Starts with Advanced Meditation

"Sizzle—"

"Click...creak, creak..."

Before long, the experimental table was soaked in blood again, but this time, the array on the table that was supposed to sustain the experimental subjects' lives was not activated...

Soon, the once robust merman body on the stage became a bloody and mangled corpse.

Its body was covered in blood and gore, with large and small holes in its neck, abdomen and other parts, and its internal organs were taken away by Hughes one by one.

"Gulp..."

Once he placed the last pair of gills into the container, all the necessary merman ingredients for the Mermaid Soup had been collected.

Because the other party is a merman formed through bloodline transplantation, they have not yet violated the laws of the sea, and therefore will be considered a newborn.

Similarly, if the merman's secret soup is made from parts of their body, drinking it will turn them into "newborn" mermen.

Looking at the neatly arranged containers in front of him, Hughes nodded in satisfaction.

"Well, then the next step is to prepare the Mermaid's Secret Soup."

"..."

To Hughes's surprise, the next experiment at the Fugri Spire would not begin for a very long time.

But it was also a good thing that this period of time allowed him to devote himself to studying the recipe so that he could make the Mermaid's Secret Soup.

Two weeks later...

In the dark basement, Hughes stood in front of a specially made large crucible, his eyes fixed on the pot, his brows furrowing from time to time.

Beside him were several empty potion bottles neatly stacked.

These bottles originally contained several magical potions that made up the Mermaid's Secret Soup.

He had now poured all the medicinal liquid into the crucible.

"Gulp, gulp..."

Inside the crucible, liquids of various colors were mixing together, and the violent reaction caused the surface of the liquid to bubble incessantly.

Hughes stood by, constantly adjusting the process to ensure they could fully merge.

Having gained experience with combining the skin-repairing agents, his movements had become much more skillful. He kept stirring the solution, and some of the colors were becoming lighter and lighter.

Meanwhile, the blue liquid in the crucible churned more and more violently, and a wisp of scent from the deep sea gradually wafted out of the pot.

"Gurgle gurgle..."

"Pfft—"

Soon, with a "pop" sound, a wisp of green gas was released from the surface of the liquid, and the green medicine in the pot gradually dissolved and merged into the blue medicine at the very center.

Clearly, one of the potions had already been incorporated.

"..."

An hour later, a few more soft "plop" sounds came from the pot.

As colorful gases escaped, the color of the medicine in the pot gradually faded.

In the end, only blue and white potions remained in the pot, intertwined with each other.

However, the blue liquid already covers most of the area, almost completely obscuring the white liquid, indicating that it will soon engulf it.

During this time, Houston paused, then slowly lowered his right hand and took out the blue strip from his storage bag.

Then, he slowly raised his hand and extended it over the crucible.

However, just as he was about to release his grip, his fingertips instinctively paused.

"Gulp, gulp..."

Hughes lowered his eyes, his eyelashes casting a small shadow beneath them.

His Adam's apple bobbed slightly, and even his usually calm eyes showed a hint of hesitation.

"Gulp, gulp..."

However, the sound of the bubbling liquid kept coming from my ears, and the aura from the deep sea grew stronger and stronger, as if it was silently urging me on.

"call……"

After a moment of silence, Hughes blinked gently, then opened his eyes again, the hesitation in his eyes gone, and gently released his hand.

"I'm sorry, Wakka..."

The moment his fingers loosened, the blue strip fell rapidly and eventually... sank slowly into the pot.

"Thump..."

……

"Waka...this is the potion you wanted."

Deep within the underwater ruins, Hughes found Vaka in a corner room.

After the strip-shaped object was added, the remaining medicine did not react in any unusual way. Instead, it quickly blended together according to the predetermined steps, turning into a pot of azure liquid, which was the Mermaid's Secret Soup.

"Ah, you've finally arrived, Hughes."

On the other side, Wakka quickly walked over upon hearing this, his face showing obvious joy.

He approached Hughes and his gaze fell directly on the large glass bottle that the other was holding, which shimmered with a faint blue light.

Even through the glass, he could feel the aura of the deep sea emanating from the azure liquid.

Clearly, this was the mermaid soup he had been longing for.

"Waka..."

Across from him, Hughes looked at Vaka, his eyes calm and still, but his voice was slightly lower than usual:

"Then our deal... is over."

After saying that, he reached out and handed the potion to the other person.

The glass bottle was so big that Wakka had to use both hands to barely hold it up.

"Yes, Hughes...it's all over, hahaha..."

Wakka held the bottle with one hand while eagerly uncorking it with the other.

"Pop".

The next second, a faint, exotic scent from the deep sea instantly filled the air and enveloped the two of them.

That aura, which originally belonged to the bloodline of the merfolk, now blended perfectly with the environment of this underwater ruin.

He lowered his head, gazing at the pure, unadulterated liquid in the bottle, and couldn't help but smile.

"That's wonderful, that's really wonderful..."

Wakka carefully put the cork back in, hugged the potion bottle to his chest, and then looked up at Hughes:

"Hughes, I knew you could do it, thanks to you."

After saying that, he didn't care whether the other person replied or not, and started walking around the room on his own.

"Haha...hahaha...it's all over now!"

He was so immersed in his joy that he didn't notice that Hughes had quietly left the room.

"Click..."

After leaving the room, Hughes gently closed the door.

"You did a great job."

Just then, Dorati's voice suddenly came from behind.

The other person had teleported behind him without his noticing, and a cold voice came from behind the mask:

"Lord Netil will reward you, but you will have to wait a while."

"Um."

Hughes nodded, seemingly unsurprised that the other party had received the news so quickly.

In fact, from the moment he brought the Mermaid's Secret Soup to the underwater ruins, he felt a faint sense of being watched.

The feeling of being stared at him only completely disappeared after he handed over the embellished merman soup to Wakka.