Wizard: I'm leveling up by AFK in another world

Julian's gaze was fixed on the monster entwined with red vines.

The aura of madness that permeated even through reinforced glass sent shivers down the spine of the pampered young nobleman.

"A...Abyss species?"

His voice was visibly trembling, and he abruptly turned to look at Claire, who was putting on her protective suit, as if she were a madman.

"Claire, you're not going to use this guy's blood to make medicine, are you?"

"You can't control it! If it gets out of control, we'll all be contaminated!"

He originally thought that Claire, having been practicing alchemy for so long, would only be able to make some basic potions for the first time.

He is now absolutely confident that he can do better than Claire, and he is here to fulfill his contract in order to prove that he has really changed.

To my utter surprise, I saw such an explosive scene as soon as I entered the door.

Abyssal creatures! Even a high-ranking apprentice would have to think twice before facing the lowest level of defilement.

Claire's voice came through: "Never mind it, I need it for my other experiments. Compared to this, are you going to do it or not? I don't have much rental time left."

"…Do."

Julian took a deep breath and forced himself to look away.

As he relaxed slightly, his gaze toward Claire still became complicated.

Other experiments... involve Abyss creatures, and even if they're not for alchemy, they're definitely not ordinary experiments.

Has this guy already reached unimaginable heights after three months of expedition to another world?

Claire gave Julian a strange look.

Is there some misunderstanding in that look?

He shook his head slightly, no longer taking it seriously, and pointed to the dozens of materials laid out on the table: "Stop staring blankly, start the pre-processing according to the requirements on the list."

"Oh! Here it comes!"

Julian dared not slack off and quickly got into the zone.

Although he was a bit flustered at first, his potion-making foundation was indeed solid, and he quickly completed each pre-processing step.

"The extract of Algae sibirica has been filtered three times."

"Salamander powder, ground to the fifth standard grade."

"Deep-sea heavy water, cooling complete."

……

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On the other side, Claire took the materials that Julian had prepared in order and put them into the crucible.

As each piece of material was thrown into the medicinal liquid without reservation, Julian's brow furrowed deeper and deeper.

"Wait a moment!"

Finally, as he watched Claire pick up the dish of dried salamander powder and walk towards the crucible, he couldn't hold back any longer.

"Are you sure the recipe isn't wrong? The Swallowing Algae and Fire Lizard only underwent simple surface processing; they weren't demagicized. You should be familiar with the elemental properties of these two materials, right?"

Water and fire are incompatible; this is the ironclad rule of potions.

Without undergoing exorcism, even a formal wizard would need an extremely complex array of runes and a high-level neutralizing agent to directly fuse these two opposing elements.

Now, all Claire has in front of her is a bare crucible!

"Just do your job as an assistant." Claire didn't even turn her head. "We're about to perform a rapid temperature change, so you'd better keep up."

After saying that, he trembled his hand, and the red powder poured down.

Bang bang bang!

A violent reaction occurred instantly.

The salamander powder burst into a dazzling burst of light the moment it touched the water's surface, and the once calm liquid surged violently, like an enraged beast.

"It's over!"

Julian's face turned deathly pale; he could almost see the crucible shattering and the rampaging liquid splattering all over his body in the next second.

However, out of his sight, a wisp of gray mist faintly emerged from Claire's hand.

It spread out and completely enveloped the crucible.

The crucible, which was shaking violently from side to side due to the reaction of the liquid medicine, seemed to be held down by the light, drifting gray mist.

Once the gray mist dissipated, the boiling liquid surface instantly calmed down.

In Julian's eyes, there was no gray fog at all.

The scene that was about to explode suddenly stopped for no apparent reason.

"This...how is this possible?"

Julian's eyes widened as the defensive magic he had conjured in his hand slowly dissipated.

He took a few steps closer, staring intently at the liquid in the crucible.

It didn't explode?

The water and fire elements, without any processing, were simply fused together like that?

"Could the Blue Sea Clan's potion formula have something unique about it?" Julian muttered to himself, barely managing to find a reason to explain what was happening before his eyes.

But his doubts remained undiminished: How did Claire discover the properties of this formula?

"What are you doing? Hurry up and finish processing the remaining materials!"

Upon hearing the blunt words, Julian trembled, but dared not say anything more, and turned aside to continue doing what he was supposed to do as an "assistant".

On the other side, Claire began to concentrate on manipulating her mental energy, meticulously adjusting the rhythm of the flames, and occasionally taking the materials handed to her by Julian and putting them into the crucible.

Half an hour later.

"It's done."

Claire looked at the clump of grayish-brown sludge in the crucible, somewhat disgusted by its appearance.

But according to the recipe in Ula's memory, this is indeed the color of the finished product.

The next step is to cool and bottle it, and then the potion named "Boiling Flow" will be ready.

It can greatly enhance the user's affinity for water, thus granting them greater power.

However, its side effects are also very obvious. Drinking it will affect the normal flow of blood, and often the user will collapse before the battle is over.

This is a suicidal berserk potion, which is not popular in today's potion market.

After all, most wizards still prefer to keep the situation under their own control.

Of course, Claire had no intention of selling it; she chose it simply because the material was quite cheap and perfect for the first experiment.

However, just as he was about to turn off the engine, something unexpected happened.

A barely perceptible stream of deep blue light slid into the crucible, following Claire's mental connection.

"What is it?"

Claire was startled and instinctively tried to sever the mental connection.

But this force came too quickly and too strangely, and was completely beyond his control.

He quickly looked into the crucible, but couldn't find where the streak of light had gone.

The next second, the grayish-brown silt that had calmed down started bubbling up again.

"What's going on?" Julian was also stunned.

He noticed nothing, only to see Claire suddenly stare madly at the cauldron, and then the potion, which had already finished reacting, "came back to life".

How can this sea creature recipe be so bizarre?!

Snapped.

A crisp sound came from the crucible.

Under their horrified gazes, the grayish-brown sludge suddenly developed countless tiny, visible cracks on its surface.

clap clap.

A series of crisp sounds followed, and the grayish-brown outer shell completely peeled off, revealing the crystal-clear liquid underneath.

It flowed slowly at the bottom of the crucible, with subtle lightning flashing inside, radiating a heart-pounding energy fluctuation.

"this……"

Julian took a step back, his face pale.

The energy fluctuations emanating from this jade liquid are far beyond what a mid-level apprentice's potion could produce!

He turned his head stiffly, looking at Claire in disbelief: "You... this... is this thing normal?"

Claire swallowed hard.

His shock at this moment was no less than Julian's.

What happened?

Because he disliked its grayish-brown appearance, the potion obediently unloaded itself.

But Ula's memory doesn't mention this at all!

He forced himself to remain calm as he took out the medicine bottle and carefully poured the liquid into it: "Of course it's normal. It's just that achieving this quality is extremely difficult. Looks like we've had some good luck this time."

fart.

Julian could tell with his toes that Claire was lying to him.

From grayish-brown silt to crystal-clear jade liquid, this cannot be explained by "different color" at all; they are two completely different substances!

However, he did not discover what Claire had done that triggered this change.

"What a miraculous prescription," he remarked at the end. "Not only does it forcibly fuse two incompatible elements, but it also leads to an unexpected transformation..."

"It's just a little bit of cleverness from the natives of this small world, nothing special," Claire said.

Julian glanced at Claire, but unfortunately couldn't glean any clues from her face.

This guy is truly a hidden talent; he shouldn't be underestimated at all.

He heard from Rhodes that Claire had gone to participate in the interdimensional war and had not returned for three whole months.

I thought the intense battle in the otherworld would distract him from his potion-making research, but now it seems he hasn't fallen behind at all, and has even surpassed me in many areas...

After some self-reflection, Julian secretly made a decision.

"Clean this place thoroughly, especially that crucible; wash it three times. Then you can leave."

Claire feigned nonchalance, but inwardly she wished she could kick Julian out immediately so he could verify what had just happened.

"Yes."

Julian nodded and began tidying up the lab bench.

Claire pretended to check on the condition of the Abyss Corruptor, but in reality, she was quickly recalling the entire process of making the potion in her mind.