Wizard Immortal

Chapter 86 Refining

A cool breeze was blowing outside.

Walking along the wide road, Adir quickly arrived at another area.

This is the academy's experimental area, which contains many open laboratories that apprentices can use directly.

He casually walked into one of the laboratories, slammed the door shut, and went inside.

Within the academy, the laboratories also vary greatly. The laboratory that Adil entered was the most basic one. Although it was free, it only contained some basic equipment, but it was still quite clean.

"Let's begin."

After tidying up the surroundings, Adir placed the equipment on the table in front of him and began his movements.

"To concoct potions, the first step is to properly process the medicinal herbs."

He muttered to himself as he moved.

The package contained many small boxes, each holding a large quantity of purchased materials.

On the test bench, Adir opened the first box and took out the materials inside.

It was a dried black fruit, about the size of an eyeball, with its surface already starting to crack.

"Well, although the quality isn't great, it's still usable."

Holding a few black dried fruits in his right hand, Adir examined them for a while and came to this conclusion.

He crushed the fruits in a nearby container, added some medicinal liquid, and then steamed them in a trough.

During this process, Adir sensed extremely faint fluctuations.

Those were familiar energy particles blooming and releasing within the material, which he could perceive.

A thought struck him, and his powerful spirit began to gather, drawing in familiar energy particles from the surrounding area and converging them within the evaporating medicinal herbs, causing a unique reaction between them.

During this process, in order to prevent problems with the medicinal materials, Adir must concentrate fully and carefully sense the changes in the materials to avoid any mistakes at the final stage.

Once this type of herb was processed, Adir collected the final black paste and set it aside to cool before starting to process the next material.

"Nai Lan Fruit, En Er Ge Grass, Magic Lizard Rat Tail..."

Various materials are processed quickly in his hands, and the processing methods for different materials may not be the same. If even one aspect is not done properly, the material may end up not meeting the requirements.

In the realm of wizards, healing potions are merely one of the basic potions, requiring only seven or eight kinds of materials, which is not many, and can all be processed in just a few hours.

"Nine sets of materials remain."

An hour later, standing in front of the test bench, looking at the processed materials before him, Adir felt reassured.

Because it was his first time handling materials, he made some mistakes and lost some. The materials that could have made ten healing potions were now reduced to nine.

However, this result was within his acceptable range.

Looking at the processed materials before him, Adir took a deep breath: "Next, it's time for the formal refining process."

For pharmacists, the most difficult process is the preparation of potions. No matter how well they have mastered the knowledge, it is useless if they cannot prepare the corresponding potions.

For wizards studying potion-making, the extremely low success rate of potion concoction is the biggest problem. Every renowned potion-making wizard inevitably failed countless times and wasted countless resources before finally improving their success rate.

"Let's begin."

With a muttered word to himself, he resumed his actions.

He placed several portions of the prepared materials into the groove and began to slowly stir and process them.

A flame is slowly burning beneath the groove. As the heat gradually increases to a limit, the elemental particles in the material will slowly become more active and diffuse out.

The properties of different materials and the elemental particles they contain will not be exactly the same, and certain changes will gradually occur during this process.

This stage is the most difficult to control during the refining process. Adir must constantly concentrate his mental energy on the material, locking the elemental particles on it into the groove. When necessary, he also needs to use his own magic power to stimulate the medicinal properties and cause a certain change in the properties of the material.

This is a very complex process that requires a high degree of precision from the wizard and a great deal of control over their energy.

After a while, a unique smell slowly wafted out from the experimental platform below, and the concentrated materials placed inside seemed to begin to fuse and show signs of transformation.

At this point, Adir took out another material from the side, carefully poured some in, and began the next step of the refining process.

More than an hour later, the refining process was completed.

"It failed?"

Looking at the pale gray solidified substance in front of him, which was clearly different from the healing potion, Adir couldn't help but make this judgment.

"Chip, retrieve the previous record and analyze the cause of the failure."

Without hesitation, he gave the command directly to the chip in his mind.

In an instant, the scene of him concocting the potion reappeared in his mind, rapidly processing the image.

"The Energer Grass was placed at the wrong time, some of its material properties have not fully volatilized, and the main traction energy particles are incorrect..."

In my mind, the voice of the chip's machinery rapidly resounded.

Following the chip's prompts, Adir stood still, feeling somewhat helpless.

Although he had expected it, the actual difficulty was much greater than he had anticipated.

Fortunately, with the help of the chip, even if he made a mistake during the refining process, he could find the error immediately and reinforce the image by replaying it again and again, which was much better than other apprentices who could only figure it out on their own.

"Chip, activate auxiliary mode."

After replaying the refining process several times, Adir gave instructions to the chip in his mind.

In an instant, a pale blue glow appeared before Adir's eyes, within which a large amount of data was flowing.

All possible changes, such as temperature, material properties, energy particles, and other factors that could affect the potion-making process, including any unexpected situations that might affect the outcome, were all rapidly analyzed by the chip in that instant and then transmitted to Adir's mind.

Sensing this, Adir's expression remained unchanged. He quickly took out some materials from the experimental table beside him and began refining again.

His movements were very steady. Due to long-term training, he had a strong ability to control his body and could easily complete various movements.

As the refining process began, a massive stream of data continued to flow through Adir's mind, constantly monitoring the process and prompting him to take the next step.

"Positive energy particles are being released too high. Please reduce the concentration!" The chip's notification sounded in my mind from time to time.

Hearing the prompt in his mind, Adir did not hesitate and immediately began to adjust his movements.

...several hours later.

On the experimental table in front of Adir, the remaining eight samples of materials had been used up, leaving only some material residue.

"It's a success!!"

Standing in front of the test bench, looking at the two bottles of emerald green solids placed before him, Adir's eyes flashed with a hint of joy: "Indeed, in operations like potion refining that require extremely high precision, the chip has a very strong auxiliary effect."

"Aside from the initial attempt, with the aid of the chip, eight materials were used to refine two healing potions, a success rate of a full quarter, which is comparable to some experienced pharmacists."

Because of the complexity of the process and the absolute necessity of avoiding mistakes, the potions used by wizards often have a very low success rate. According to what Adir heard from his mentor Simora, some experienced veteran potion makers often need five ingredients to make one finished product, and their success rate is even lower than Adir's.

"It's a one-in-four chance, but once I'm familiar with the refining process, that chance might increase."

At this thought, Adir felt excited.

After a while, once he had calmed down, he couldn't help but look at the two medicines in front of the experimental table.

After hesitating for a moment, Adir reached out his right hand, drew the black longsword hanging at his waist, and slashed his left arm without hesitation.

The sharp blade sliced ​​across his arm, leaving a bloody gash.

Blood kept gushing out of it.

Looking at his wound, Adir took out the healing potion from the experimental table, scraped some off the turquoise solid, and applied it directly to the wound on his arm.

A cool sensation surged from the wound, masking the pain.

"High-energy radiation response detected, wound regeneration speed accelerated."

The voice of the chip machinery echoed in my mind.

Under Adir's watchful gaze, after a dozen minutes, the wound on his arm had disappeared, and a new layer of skin had grown out. Although it was still very thin compared to the surrounding skin, it had a faint greenish hue.

"That's amazing."

Seeing this, Adir couldn't help but sigh.

When he first came into this world, Adir used the chip's analysis function to compile a healing potion formula that could accelerate wound healing and was very useful for mortals.

But compared to the medicine in front of them, the healing potion paled in comparison.

While ordinary medicines can accelerate wound healing, they cannot heal a wound or even regenerate skin in just a few minutes like what is happening now.

Only the power of a wizard can accomplish this.

"Compared to ordinary potions, the potions used by wizards must use mental power and energy particles in the process of making them in order to give them all sorts of magical effects."

Reflecting on the process of refining the potions, Adir sighed, "However, although the potions used by wizards are more potent, the requirements for their preparation are also much higher. Apprentices probably wouldn't use these things unless absolutely necessary."

"However, I have great potential in brewing potions."

Standing there, he looked at the healing potion on the experimental table: "For an apprentice, one healing potion is enough to last a long time. On the black market, one potion can sell for five magic stones, while ten portions of raw materials only cost one magic stone. It is indeed a huge profit. No wonder so many apprentices try every means to become a pharmacist."

Adir sighed as he thought of the apprentices he had once studied in pharmacy.

(End of this chapter)