The Witcher: Grinding Proficiency Starting with the Witcher

Mavis sat up straight, rested her elbows on the table, loosely joined her fingers, and began to speak with interest.

"I once heard Turka say that you weren't one of those apprentices forced to join here by some unexpected law, but rather a toddler he picked up and who has lived here since childhood?"

Li Wei nodded.

"So how much do you know about alchemy?"

Li Wei recalled, "I've read a few books on the basics of potion alchemy, and Master Turka also taught me how to distinguish herbs."

Reading was probably the former owner's favorite thing to do when he had free time.

Furthermore, since transmigrating, all the memories of the original owner from the time they could remember are very clear and vivid.

Mavis raised her head slightly, revealing her flowing red hair beside the wizard's hood.

"That's pretty good. Look over there, how many can you recognize?"

As she spoke, she pointed to the very bottom of the shelf to Li Wei's right.

There was a wooden box there, filled with many herbs that had not yet been sorted.

Li Wei walked over, squatted down, and carefully took out a thin, long blade of grass from the top of the box. The tip of the grass looked like a rat's tail, and it felt prickly when he held it in his hand.

After thinking for a moment, he pondered and said, "This is sage, a restorative herb that has a good healing effect on burns and corrosion."

Restoration is one of the classifications of herbal uses in alchemy.

Suddenly, a message appeared in front of me.

[New skill detected in host]

[Medicinal Herb Identification: 0/100 (Beginner)]

[Medicinal herb identification proficiency +1!]

Li Wei's pupils contracted slightly.

There's even a skill level for this?

Then he took out another green vine with five leaves from the box.

"This is a five-leaf vine, commonly found in the shade of tree canopies. Its sap, when applied to wounds, can quickly stop bleeding."

[Medicinal herb identification proficiency +1!]

Mavis's eyes lit up under her hood, and she stood up.

"It seems you weren't lying to me. You have a good foundation in herbalism, which is quite rare among Witcher apprentices."

"I need to set up the crystal ball to analyze your body. Could you please help me sort the herbs in the box?"

"This..." Li Wei's eyes showed a hint of hesitation.

"Don't worry, these are just basic herbs, otherwise they wouldn't be mixed together. As an apprentice, you have to be willing to try and fail."

At this point, Mavis's red lips curled into a faint smile.

"Besides, I think with your current level, there shouldn't be any problems."

Upon hearing this, Li Wei placed his right hand on his left chest and respectfully said, "I couldn't ask for more."

He walked to the shelf and began to carefully examine the medicinal herbs in the wooden boxes.

With his new skill, he couldn't wait to grind for proficiency.

First, place the sage that you just separated into the second compartment of the third row of the shelf. The wooden compartment is engraved with a green restoration pattern.

[Medicinal herb identification proficiency +1!]

coming!

Li Wei was overjoyed and began to work even harder to separate.

When Mavis saw Levi's completely focused expression, she was slightly taken aback, feeling as if she had returned to the time at the magic academy.

She parted her lips slightly, sighed, and began arranging props on the table.

Levi kept recalling the knowledge Turka had imparted, as well as the book "Basic Alchemy Potions" that he had read.

Soon, two-thirds of the herbs in the box were distributed.

The remaining third was something he had never seen before, or something he could only vaguely recall.

He frowned slightly and carefully picked up a silver leaf.

I gently kneaded the leaf with my fingertips; it felt very smooth and emitted faint silvery light.

"Silver specks of light, are these moonlight leaves?"

With that thought, I picked it up and placed it in the compartment with the moonlight pattern.

[Medicinal herb identification proficiency +1!]

"It's true, your proficiency has increased!"

"etc……"

Li Wei's mind raced.

"If I try to classify each herb in the box according to the grid, and see if my skill level increases, wouldn't I know how to classify them?"

He seemed to have found a bug in the system.

He decisively took out a herb that resembled a mint leaf.

Full moon mint, that was his first thought.

But when I held it near the slot where I had just stored the Moonlight Leaf, the system didn't react at all.

"Not Full Moon Mint? How strange, this place? But that doesn't feel right either..."

……

[Medicinal herb identification proficiency +1!]

He looked up at the sign on the grid; it was a drop of bright red blood.

"Why is this one a blood-based potion?"

As you knead the mint leaves between your fingertips, you can smell the minty aroma.

Observe carefully and focus your gaze; your visual perception will be magnified.

A faint, blood-red vein, barely visible to the naked eye, appeared in the veins of the leaf.

"Are you having trouble?"

Mavis's voice suddenly rang out from behind.

Li Wei was so frightened that he jumped.

Mavis said, "I'm sorry."

Then, her gaze fell on the mint leaves in the man's hand.

"This is moon mint, a type of mint that grows along riverbanks. Grinding it into powder and putting it in your mouth and nose has a good refreshing effect."

Upon hearing this, Li Wei hesitated for a moment before revealing his discovery.

"Ms. Mavis, I think there's something wrong with this Full Moon Mint."

"Um?"

Mavis frowned, took the mint leaf from Levi's hand with her right hand, gently rubbed it with her fingertips, then brought it to her nose and fanned the aroma towards her nose with her left hand.

She paused, somewhat incredulous.

"Hmm... why does it smell like rust? No, it's not rust, it's the smell of blood."

As she spoke, she took the mint leaves to the worktable.

With a wave of his hand, magic surged, and a book with a blood-red cover flew to the table.

Automatically, without any wind, it quickly flipped to one-third of its original thickness.

Mavis glanced around, put on white linen gloves, took out a small silver knife, and unraveled the mint leaf along its veins.

What flowed out was not green juice, but a bright red liquid similar to blood.

"This is Blood-Striped Mint, a variant of Full Moon Leaf Mint."

Li Wei approached, sniffing the air; the smell of blood was even stronger than the water ghost he had just dissected.

Mavis explained, "Full Moon Mint is a magical herb favored by vampires. Under the influence of its magic, Full Moon Mint leaves will mutate, producing blood-red patterns. For vampires, it is an excellent blood substitute, but for humans and other creatures, it will be highly poisonous."

"Oh, praise be to the goddess Marina, Levi, how did you discover that?"

Li Wei was somewhat embarrassed, pointing to the patterns on the Blood-Veined Mint.

"I noticed tiny blood vessels in the veins, and I realized there was something wrong."

Mavis exclaimed in surprise, "You're very observant. To be honest, you don't seem like a witcher apprentice at all; you seem more like a student at a magic academy."

She sealed the blood-patterned mint in a glass tube.

"Alright, place your hand on the crystal ball."

Li Wei then noticed that on one side of the worktable was a transparent crystal ball, and below the crystal ball was a pentagram array, with green gemstones placed in each of the five corners.

"Don't be nervous. This is a crystal ball to test the origin of life. Place your hand on it."

Li Wei took a deep breath and pressed his palm firmly against the surface of the crystal ball.

Mavis opened her arms wide, facing the crystal ball into the void.

Profound and obscure incantations were chanted from its mouth.

The five green gems emitted a strange light, releasing a misty, magical power that illuminated the array.

Levi felt the smooth surface of the crystal ball become scratchy, as if countless tiny bumps were sticking to his palm.

A sharp pain suddenly came from his palm. Li Wei saw a trickle of blood enter the crystal ball from his hand, mingling with the green light mist.

The green light expanded outwards in a circle, then quickly stopped, turning into a solidified small green dot.

Mavis spoke with some difficulty in understanding.

"That's strange..."