Wizard Earl

Chapter 373 Formulating a Plan (1)

"To convince me of the existence of this secret technique, and that it would not only help heal Ceballos's injuries but also benefit my cultivation progress, Master Gulsi gave me a Byzantine-era crystal ball containing the records of this dual cultivation technique. I studied it carefully and believe that, theoretically, this technique should be real. However, although Master Gulsi didn't say it, I think this technique should also have a potion to assist its use. Without this potion, the effectiveness of this dual cultivation technique would be greatly reduced!"

After speaking, Varga, her face flushed red as if it could bleed, took out a crystal ball from her spatial ring and handed it to Connor.

Concentrating on the crystal ball given to him by Varga, Connor, an alchemist, didn't even need to devote any mental energy to it before reading its contents and making his own judgment. Judging from the craftsmanship, this crystal ball was most likely a product of the Byzantine period.

Alchemy was highly developed during the Byzantine period. The alchemy of the Wizarding World today was developed on the "alchemy ruins" discovered after the Great Destruction of Byzantium. Crystal balls, as the main tool for recording spells, arcane knowledge, and other knowledge, are very different in their manufacturing methods and usage characteristics from the Byzantine era and the crystal balls popular in the Wizarding World today, even though their functions are similar. They cannot be faked. Moreover, most importantly, the manufacturing method of Byzantine crystal balls has been lost in the Wizarding World today!

Although it had been confirmed that the crystal ball was from the Byzantine era, just to be on the safe side, Connor concentrated intently on the crystal ball, focusing his mental energy on reading its contents. At the same time, he silently commanded the auxiliary chip: "Based on the database, determine the authenticity of the contents of the crystal ball!"

"Beep! Task creation has begun. Estimated completion time is 15 minutes..."

Fifteen minutes later, Connor made his own judgment on the authenticity of the magic within the crystal ball, and he opened...

He closed his eyes, returned the crystal ball to Varga, and at the same time, the cool female voice of the auxiliary chip rang in his mind:

"Mission complete. Based on the database chip, the authenticity of the dual cultivation technique recorded in the crystal ball is as high as 79%. In addition, there is a 91% probability that this technique can be used with the aid of a certain medicine. The chip estimates that without the aid of the medicine, the effect of the technique will be reduced by 68% as recorded in the crystal ball."

Hearing the analysis and judgment from the auxiliary chip, Connor nodded secretly, as it coincided with his own thoughts. Initially, Connor hadn't thought much about this secret technique; he was simply curious and wanted to determine its authenticity.

However, after reading about this secret technique and its recorded effects, Connor had to admit that he was truly tempted. Now that he knew the contents of the technique, if he obtained the recipe for the technique combined with potions from Gulsi, according to the effects recorded in the crystal ball, he and Varga could both benefit from practicing this technique together. As for Connor himself, he could very likely reach the peak state of an advanced wizard apprentice within ten years, greatly shortening his cultivation time!

"Valga, do you know what Gulsi's situation is now?" Connor took a deep breath. The appearance of this dual cultivation technique undoubtedly strengthened his determination to kill Gulsi.

"Because her son, Ceballos, needed to recuperate in a special medicinal pool, and a hospital was not suitable for this, Professor Gulsi built the pool on the outskirts of Runexi, at the Rodrigo family's vacation estate. The Rodrigo family is a hereditary viscount family, and Professor Gulsi once treated their only male heir's congenital asthma. Therefore, the entire Rodrigo family is very grateful to Professor Gulsi. Furthermore, since they only use the estate for vacations, they have now entrusted it to Professor Gulsi for use!"

"Professor Gulsi spends most of her time at that manor now, taking care of her son Ceballos, and rarely returns to Gulsi Hospital. That's why I was careless for a moment, and she discovered that I was secretly researching the effects of the Spiritual Spring Potion!" Varga said with great annoyance.

"How strong is Gulsi? What's the situation in that manor?" Realizing that he might not need to take action at Dr. Gulsi's private hospital, Connor secretly breathed a sigh of relief. As an important stronghold of the Secret Society in Rune, Dr. Gulsi's private hospital must have very tight security. Even if Varga was an inside man and the matter was successfully carried out, it would be very difficult to clean up the mess and erase the traces he left behind.

"Master Gulsi has been a high-level wizard apprentice for almost twenty years. Because he specializes in brewing potions for the secret society, he is protected by the society and rarely fights with others. Therefore, I am not very clear about his actual combat strength, but I am certain that Master Gulsi possesses a very powerful level-two enchanted item and an enchanted item for instantly increasing speed!"

"As for the manor, I delivered medicinal herbs to the teacher once when she was setting up the medicinal pool. Teacher Gulsi's attention was focused on setting up the medicinal pool to treat her son Ceballos; she didn't set up anything in the manor itself, only strictly prohibiting the manor's servants from going to the area where the medicinal pool was set up!" Varga thought for a moment and said with certainty:

Taking what Varga had said to heart, Connor nodded and continued, "Besides what I've asked, is there anything else important that you need to tell me, Varga?"

With her head down, Varga thought for a moment, then gently shook her head as if to indicate to Connor that she had nothing else to say. However, after only shaking her head once, Varga seemed to have thought of something, her beautiful eyes suddenly lit up, and she said to Connor with a serious expression:

"Connor almost forgot to tell you, my continued research on the Spirit Spring potion these past few days has revealed another major side effect: besides the fact that it has such a high success rate in helping mental wizards break through to become advanced wizard apprentices, it comes at the cost of their life force. Mental wizards who use Spirit Spring to become advanced wizard apprentices will suffer irreparable damage to their Divine Sea after a period of time, making them forever unable to reach the realm of a formal wizard..."

(End of this chapter)