Wizard: I can predict the future

The next day, at the Seventh Potions Workshop.

Dylan stood aside, watching Nord skillfully fill a tube with the Moon Sleep Echo Potion, and reached out to take the formula Nord had written down.

A moment later, he casually waved his right hand.

Hundreds of experimental record sheets piled to the side fluttered and flew around.

The pages of paper flipped rapidly in mid-air, passing by Dylan's eyes one after another.

"good."

"Although for a long time you didn't find the real direction, and you were even constantly trying and failing rather than deducing."

"But on the last day, you reorganized all the records of failures and discovered a pattern in them."

"That's why you were able to quickly deduce the formula for the Moon Sleep Echo Potion within a single day."

With that, he waved his right hand again, and the papers were instantly stacked neatly to the side.

"Although understanding the essence of meditation aids is essential for deriving the formula for the Moon Sleep Echo Potion more quickly and accurately."

"But your talent can't compare to those prodigies. Being able to successfully deduce the formula in this way is also a skill."

Nord stood aside, listening quietly to Dylan's words, without showing any anger.

He understood his own abilities.

Fortunately, he also has his own potential.

The wizarding world has never lacked geniuses.

Some powerful wizards can even deduce the approximate formula by simply observing a finished potion and analyzing the residual materials and magical fluctuations within it.

Therefore, most potions are made with some confusing ingredients to prevent people from deducing the recipe.

Although the wizarding world respects equivalent exchange.

But it never restricts other people from conducting research.

On the contrary, exploration, dismantling, and improvement are precisely one of the reasons why the wizarding civilization has been able to move forward continuously.

Just like the Moon Echo Potion, there might be a wizarding apprentice with exceptional talent who, with only their innate ability and knowledge of potions, could deduce the complete formula.

Such behavior is not only not prohibited at Ash Academy, but is actually encouraged.

However, discovering an existing formula does not mean that it can be sold at will.

The college acknowledges your abilities, but not your ownership.

You can use it, and even brew potions to sell, but you cannot reveal the potion recipes at will.

Unless you spend magic stones to purchase ownership.

The magic Nord acquired from the academy is something only he can use.

If a leak occurs, the college's enforcement team will be deployed.

Unless one of the materials is replaced to obtain a new formula, or the effect is improved, or even the side effects are reduced.

Only then will this recipe become a new recipe, and thus be owned by the individual.

Dylan looked at Nord's expression and nodded in satisfaction.

"Now, you've passed my test."

"However, you'll need to buy the potion recipes and ingredients yourself from now on; this opportunity won't come again."

As he spoke, he turned to look at Karl.

"Karl, from today onwards, Nord will be in charge of refining the Moonsleep Echoes potion at the Seventh Potions Workshop."

"Tell him about the situation here later."

Upon hearing this, Karl immediately nodded.

"Yes, Professor."

Dylan then looked at Nord again.

"Nord, are you alright?"

"No problem, Professor."

As Professor Dylan left, Carl turned to look at Nord.

"Nord, the Academy Workshop accepts custom orders and has always guaranteed a 100% success rate."

"You should know that, right?"

Nord nodded.

Seeing this, Karl continued:

"You haven't mastered the crafting of the three types of potions yet, so you don't meet the standards for a trainee apothecary."

"So according to the workshop's rules, you'll get 20% of the material wastage."

At this point, Karl's tone became slightly more serious.

"But if you fail too many times and exceed the supplies provided by the workshop, you will have to pay for the materials you consume later."

"Don't underestimate this."

"Although the materials for the Moon Sleep Echo Potion aren't particularly expensive, failing a few times in a row can still be quite painful."

Nord nodded seriously.

"I see."

Seeing that he had taken it to heart, Karl's smile returned.

"Of course, we didn't come away without any benefits either."

"For every bottle of zero-ring tier 3 potion we successfully refine, the academy will reward us with one point."

"Although the Moonlit Echo Potion is only a Tier 3 potion, its advantage lies in its simple ingredients and stable demand."

"Over the course of a month, you can easily get a dozen or twenty offers, and if you're lucky, you might even get thirty."

At this point, Karl suddenly lowered his voice, and the smile on his face became more meaningful.

"Of course, if you can achieve a 100% success rate, then the 20% loss..."

Nord instantly understood what Karl meant.

The so-called 20% loss refers to the failures allowed during the refining process in the workshop.

If someone is stable enough, they can successfully refine every ingredient, but whether they have successfully refined it for others is unclear.

Therefore, it gradually became an unspoken understanding among everyone.

Based on his current understanding of the Moon Sleep Echo Potion, the success rate is at least 95%.

One Moonsleep Echo Potion requires approximately two Moongrass plants, three Sleeping Flowers, one Shallow Sleep Mushroom, and one Moonsleep Flower.

The most expensive item is the Silver Moon Deer Antler, which is a level 1, zero-ring magical creature, but fortunately, the demand for it is relatively low.

Therefore, the materials for one Moonsleep Echo potion are approximately five or six magic stones.

In a month, you can earn more than ten magic stones just from the cost of materials.

But this is only the cost of materials; if it is refined into a magic potion, the magic stones earned will be much more.

One batch of materials can be used to make 40 milliliters of potion, while a level 3 wizard apprentice only needs 10 milliliters for each meditation session. Therefore, a bottle of Moonsleep Echoes potion is always 10 milliliters.

Then in Corner Street, each bottle of Moonsleep Echo Potion costs three magic stones.

However, this is the selling price. If Nord were to actually sell it to a shop in Back Corner Street, it would probably be sold for two magic stones.

Even so, one can still earn around thirty magic stones a month.

However, if we take into account the materials Nord used in his previous experiments, then this income seems rather pitiful.

In his efforts to derive the formula for the Moon Sleep Echo Potion, he wasted hundreds of materials.

In total, at least several thousand magic stones were wasted.

Wizard apprentices who learn directly from potion recipes do not achieve the same success rate as Nord.

Nord, observing Karl's expression, did not show much excitement.

He understood that for a powerful force, this situation was inevitable.

Back when he was on Leman Island, many of his knights embezzled a lot of money by taking advantage of various rules.

But as long as it's not excessive, he won't pay too much attention.

"Senior Karl, if I become a trainee pharmacist, how much compensation will the academy provide?"

Karl looked at Nord with an expression that said, "He's a promising young man, and I'll teach him a lesson."

"Trainee Pharmacist, the loss for a Tier 3, Zero-ring potion is 10%, while for a junior Pharmacist it is 50%."

"Intermediate and advanced pharmacists will no longer be able to concoct third-tier potions."

After saying that, he continued to give Nord instructions.

"However, don't let this stop you from leveling up your apothecary skills."

"With your higher alchemy level, you can not only concoct more potions, but you will also be given priority when there are potion-making tasks at the academy in the future."