Wizard: My skills can be upgraded indefinitely.

Two months later.

Inside the potion room, Ian processed the thorn vine phloem and poured it into the boiling oak distillate.

The pale red liquid began to react violently under the catalysis of magic, with bubbles constantly churning and emitting a strong smell of rock and rust.

His mental energy probed into the crucible like a thread, skillfully guiding the rock bear blood essence to slowly melt.

Strands of golden blood essence were released, swimming and moving within the solution.

"Freeze!"

Ian uttered a few syllables in a low voice, his hand gestures changed, and his mental energy suddenly tightened.

The boiling liquid instantly calmed down, its color changing from a murky dark red to a clear bright red.

The internal spiral springs become more active and denser.

[Rock Bear Potion Proficiency +1]

[Rockbear Potion: Beginner (175/400)]

Ian looked at the newly concocted potion in his hand, a look of satisfaction in his eyes.

The golden bloodline lines were nearly twice as dense as before, which meant a significant increase in the drug's efficacy.

Some time ago, his "Bloodline Purification Technique" entered the proficiency stage.

The extracted blood essence contains a much higher concentration of extraordinary information than before, resulting in more effective medicines.

He placed the medicine in the incubator, which was already neatly filled with various medicines.

There is a limited-access version of "Awakening Potion", a beginner version of "Rockbear Potion", and a proficient version of "Awakening Potion".

In the corner of the box, there were several particularly conspicuous bottles of the potent "Rockbear Potion".

These are all the results of his two months of work. Except for those that cannot be exposed for the time being, the rest will be sold through Xingye's channels in exchange for a large number of magic stones.

Ian tidied up his desk and began concocting the "Awakening Potion" again.

Its recipe is much more complicated than that of the "Awakening Potion". The main ingredients, "Starlight Vine" and "Flowerless Vine", are both intermediate-level magic potions and are more expensive.

Because they are both meditation-type potions, and the proficiency level of "Awakening Potion" has already exceeded the limit, the time from learning "Awakening Potion" to mastering it was extremely short, and it is now at the proficiency level.

On the table are processed stargrass powder, fig vine extract, and a small bottle of precious night dew essence.

Ian closed his eyes and concentrated for three seconds, then opened them again, his eyes calm.

He first evenly sprinkled the starlight grass powder into the silver crucible, injected a small amount of magical sensing frequency, and then slowly dripped the extract from the flowerless vine into it...

This is the most crucial stage; it must be injected drop by drop, allowing the resonance frequencies of the two to gradually converge...

As other materials were added, Ian became highly focused, sensing the subtle energy fluctuations within the crucible.

When the essence of the night dew was fully integrated, the starlight in the crucible suddenly lit up and emitted a pleasant hum.

"Now!"

Ian quickly formed three complex hand gestures, while his mental energy rapidly extended, enveloping the medicine like a net, guiding the final stage of its preparation.

Inside the crucible, starlight, vine sap, and night dew intertwined, transforming into a pale silver mist. The mist slowly contracted and condensed, eventually settling into a small half-bottle of silver-blue liquid shimmering with tiny starlight.

[Awakening Potion Proficiency +1]

[Awakening Potion: Proficient (216/400)]

Ian let out a sigh of relief; brewing potions was much more tiring than practicing witchcraft.

But with each success, my understanding of potion-making deepened.

The effects of the "Awakening Potion" are about 50% stronger in aiding meditation compared to the regular "Clarity Potion".

He had taken it once, but the effect was not as good as his overpowered version of "Awakening Potion".

He dares not reveal it yet and can only enjoy it alone.

In the afternoon, Ian went to his private witchcraft practice room.

The interior walls and floors are covered with an energy-absorbing material, and in the corner are several specially made witchcraft targets with pits of varying sizes.

Ian stood still, a thought flickering in his mind.

"Kryst'thal!"

The incantation was completed almost instantly, the gestures flowing as if by instinct.

A semi-transparent energy shield unfolded in front of him, larger and more solid than it had been two months ago.

Ian manipulated the shield to move and deform rapidly in front of him, and slowly the curved surface began to bend and expand.

Finally, it covered most of his body, but there was still a gap about the width of a palm, which could not be closed completely.

He didn't care. He withdrew his mental energy, the shield disappeared, and he continued to cast the spell, repeating it until a prompt appeared at the corner of his eye.

[Crystal Energy Barrier Proficiency +1]

【Crystal Energy Barrier: Mastery (581/800)】

Ian nodded to himself and looked up at the ceiling.

"Vigilantia".

An invisible eye of energy appeared 20 meters inside the room. The moment the eyeball appeared, it quickly scanned the surroundings like the eyeball of a living person.

He closed his eyes slightly, using his mental energy to connect with his "eyeballs" and observe everything in his field of vision.

Dust drifted in the corner, leaves rustled outside the window, the freckles on the faces of pedestrians on the distant street, and faint energy fluctuations emanated from the apprentice…

As time passed, more than half an hour had gone by in the duration of "The Eye of Vigilance".

[Eye of Vigilance Proficiency +1]

【Vigilant Eyes: Control (248/800)】

Modern eyes are not only unrestricted by day or night, but can also roughly detect energy fluctuations, greatly enhancing their practicality.

Its only drawback is that it can be easily detected by mental power and is extremely fragile.

Ian looked at the target again, and two dark blue ice spikes appeared in mid-air without warning.

With two whooshing sounds, it shot towards the target, and then bang! The target was quickly encased in a thick layer of ice.

Fine ice crystals continuously grow inside the ice layer, enhancing the confinement effect.

At this point, the Secondary Frost Ray's penetrating power, flight speed, and freezing intensity have increased by nearly 30% compared to before.

When in good mental condition, one can cast spells more than twenty times with full power!

This is after two skill breakthroughs, my mental energy is more refined, and I can exert greater power with less mental energy.

Finally, there's the "Burning Ray" technique that Ian has been practicing recently.

"lgnis!"

Intense orange-red rays burst forth from his fingertips, and a faint, scorching smell filled the air.

Ian guided his mental energy to another target, and with a bang, it left a fist-sized dent with traces of melting at the edges.

Thanks to its affinity with light, the proficiency of this sorcery has increased rapidly, and it is now close to mastery.

Over the next period of time, Ian began to alternate between the two types of rays, and the target alternated between freezing and burning, gradually becoming unable to bear the weight, and a warning beeping sound came out.

[Burning Ray Proficiency +1]

[Burning Ray: Proficient (357/400)]

……

Ian practiced repeatedly, sometimes looking down in deep thought, constantly refining his technique, and when he got tired, he would sit down and meditate to recover.

In the evening, I returned to my bedroom and began my routine meditation.

When all the day's lessons were finished, Ian had a thought and opened the panel.

[Level: Intermediate Wizard Apprentice (71%)]

[Talent: Moderate Light Affinity]

【Skill: Star Moon Low-Level Meditation Technique: Mastery (352/800)】

Cleanse (Beginner) Light (Beginner) Ignition (Beginner)

Other skills omitted...

Looking at the skills that were progressing rapidly, Ian was filled with pride.

Cleansing, lighting, and ignition are minor everyday spells that Ian collected but didn't spend time practicing.

During this period, he took the over-limit version of "Awakening Potion" as if it were free, and his tolerance to the drug began to show slightly.

"Not enough," Ian muttered to himself, his eyes gleaming.

"Faster, stronger, advanced apprentice...former wizard..."

Just as I was putting away the panel and about to rest, I heard light footsteps outside the courtyard.

Ian's heart stirred, and he quickly made hand gestures, chanting a spell, and an invisible eye rose into the sky.

"Hmm?" Upon seeing the person who came in, he quickly left the bedroom and opened the courtyard gate.

Standing outside were four dusty-looking people, Kenner's team, who had been missing for almost three months.

Kenna, Wade, Robert, and Monica all looked exhausted, their clothes were torn, their hair was a mess, and Wade's right arm was wrapped in bandages.

But in the eyes of all four, there was a sense of relief at surviving the ordeal.