Wizard: I use my omniscience to interpret the truth.

Chapter 173 Unspoken Rules

While Byron was experiencing a great deal of turmoil, Isolde continued speaking to herself.

"Golden Core cultivators are a level classification in their world. By analogy, their strength is roughly equivalent to a first-ring wizard in our world, and their spells are equivalent to our witchcraft."

"However, they cultivate using a substance called spiritual energy. Although I have never seen this thing called spiritual energy with my own eyes, I roughly guess it should be equivalent to our magic power."

"And this is a path that has evolved over a long period of time in their world; they call it cultivation."

Upon hearing Isolde's words, Byron nodded slightly without expression, saying nothing.

He was completely stunned. He had only come to sell a potion recipe, but he never expected to hear such explosive news. It all seemed a bit unreal.

Seeing Byron's expression, Isolde assumed he was worried about not being able to use the three rune treasures, so she spoke up again to explain.

"Byron, don't worry. These three talismans were engraved by those cultivators using spiritual energy, but don't worry, you can also activate them using magic power."

"I tried this out of curiosity when I first took over this thing, so don't worry."

Upon hearing this, Byron nodded, "I understand, mentor."

Isolde: "Alright, then take these three runes. As for your other demands..."

At this point, Isolde frowned slightly and began to ponder.

After Byron snatched the three runes in the blink of an eye, he looked at Isolde with a nervous expression.

Although the news about the cultivation world and talismans was quite shocking to him, it was still too far removed from real benefits.

After all, these things are related to his journey in another world, while the world of cultivation is just a regret from his previous life. Dunn can still tell which is more important than Byron.

At most, Byron might take a trip to that cultivation world afterward to fulfill some regrets from his previous life.

However, it's uncertain whether he'll still be able to enter the world of cultivation by then, since he has absolutely no confidence in the reputation of a wizard.

"As for other things, I can provide you with all kinds of ready-made potions, but the quantity will definitely not be large."

"Don't even think about the materials for making potions; the ready-made potions I've given you are enough for your needs."

"If someone asks you to make potions, they are responsible for the materials needed. If you don't have enough potions, you can deduct a portion from that amount as a loss."

Byron stared in astonishment at Isolde's self-righteous and matter-of-fact demeanor, opened his mouth, and didn't know what to say.

If Instructor Isolde had looked a little more guilty and spoken a little softer, he might not have been so surprised.

But she spoke with such conviction that Byron himself felt a little embarrassed.

Is it appropriate to say things like this so openly and frankly? Shouldn't we be more mindful of them?

But before Byron could even ask, Isolde looked at him with a "why are you making such a fuss?" expression and casually said.

"Why are you so surprised? Is there something wrong with this? Isn't this an unspoken rule that all potion masters accept?"

"Moreover, the wizards who ask us to concoct potions also acknowledge this unspoken rule. As long as we don't go too far or produce too few potions, they generally won't say anything."

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"If the quantity and quality of the potions you concoct exceed their expectations, and they take less of it, they will even be grateful to you and flatter you. They will come to you again to concoct potions in the future because they think you are a potion maker with a conscience."

"After all, these kinds of potions that are specially made are very special. They are what they urgently need, and because the ingredients are very special, they may only have one batch. Of course, they need to find a reliable potion master to make them."

"If I were to refine it myself, I don't know at what stage it might go wrong, or it might even be ruined before I could even purify it. Wouldn't that be even worse?"

At this point, Isolde seemed to remember something, raised her eyes, and looked at Byron with a surprised expression, posing a profound question.

"Why haven't you done this before when you've helped other wizards concoct potions?"

Isolde didn't wait for Byron to answer; looking at his complex expression, she knew the result and nodded slightly.

"Okay, I know the result. You don't need to say anything more. It's not your fault. After all, I never taught you these kinds of unspoken rules before."

"Actually, I wanted to tell you about this unspoken rule after you became a formal potion master. I thought you wouldn't be in the situation of being asked to make potions so soon, but I didn't expect your growth to be beyond my imagination."

"But once you return from that other world, you should start preparing for the potion master exam. I will tell you all these things then, so you don't need to worry about them now."

Upon hearing this, Byron nodded silently with a complex expression, without saying a word.

Upon seeing this, Isolde assumed that Byron was disturbed by these unspoken rules, just like when she first heard about them, and that his sacred belief in the profession of potion master had completely collapsed.

Thinking of this, Isolde also became anxious. This would not do. Byron had not yet passed the potion master test and become a real potion master. How could he be so discouraged!

If she were to make a mistake during the potion master assessment because of this, and fail the assessment, she would be devastated.

All that investment is going to go down the drain.

Isolde rarely spoke up to comfort him, saying, "Byron, don't feel guilty about it. Don't think that this damages the sanctity of the potion-making profession. Actually, what we did was not bad at all."

"You have no idea how outrageous our colleagues in similar professions around the world are."

"Let me give you a simple example. The owner of those three talisman treasures once complained to me that their cultivation world also has a profession similar to our magic medicine master, but they call it alchemist."

"Do you know how outrageous our colleagues are? They not only charge the person who refines the pills, but they also deduct a portion of the pills each time, leaving only a small part for the person who refines them."

"Furthermore, if the pill fails to be refined, the deposit paid by the alchemist will not be refunded, and the alchemist has no responsibility or obligation to compensate for the cost of materials."

At that moment, Byron listened to Isolde's words of comfort and understood her meaning, feeling both amused and exasperated.