Chapter 100: Chapter 100

Locke carefully deliberated, weighing the pros and cons, then tentatively asked, "Wizard Urien Rich, I can tutor your grandson."

"Although I cannot guarantee that I can guide him into the field of potion studies."

"But I will teach him seriously."

Wizard Urien Rich showed a satisfied smile. "Of course, no one can guarantee that someone else will definitely become a potion master assistant, otherwise there wouldn't be so many first-class wizard apprentices who spend decades just obtaining this certificate."

"This is common sense."

Wizard Urien Rich stood up and nodded slightly to Locke. "I owe you a favor for this matter. As for how you redeem this favor, I suggest you come to me when you're about to break through to become a formal wizard."

"During breakthrough, you'll very likely need multiple advancement potions. But advancement potions are extremely precious, and the White Wizard Association has strict reviews for them. Through regular channels, generally a wizard can only obtain one to two advancement potions."

"I have one... advancement potion for breakthrough, originally prepared for my grandson." Wizard Urien Rich sighed. "Now it seems it won't be needed."

"I'll be very satisfied if he can live well."

Seeing Wizard Urien Rich stand up, Locke also stood up together, as maintaining airs in front of a formal wizard would be foolish.

Even if the other party happened to need something from you in certain aspects.

But conversely, through the role of being his grandson's tutor, he could gain this formal wizard's friendship.

After Locke bid farewell to Wizard Urien Rich and saw him and his grandson out, he closed the door, "This is an unexpected pleasant surprise."

"I can obtain an advanced meditation method soon, and might also have obtained an advancement potion." Locke pondered, "But why can't even the name of that potion be told to others?"

"If it were simply because the potion is very precious, it shouldn't reach this extent. As a potion master assistant, I've learned from Teacher Sophia's instruction about a bunch of potion names that ordinary first-class wizard apprentices couldn't possibly know. Which of those potions isn't extremely precious?"

"So blocking information must be for some other reason."

Locke stopped thinking about it. "Forget it, some things I'll naturally encounter once I reach a certain level. Teacher Sophia will tell me proactively when the time comes."

"I don't know now simply because I'm not yet qualified to access that part of knowledge."

Locke sat on the sofa and once again enthusiastically began synthesizing Focus Ointment.

After Wizard Urien Rich left Locke's residence with Cavin Rich, on the road, Wizard Urien asked Cavin with a smile, "What do you think of that tutor just now? Do you like him?"

Cavin looked up and said, "Yes, Teacher Locke has a very unique temperament. I've rarely seen a first-class wizard apprentice who could remain so composed in front of Grandfather."

"I like him very much."

"I'm just worried... I won't be able to learn. My aptitude is too poor, and my health isn't good either."

A flash of heartache crossed Wizard Urien's eyes as he gently patted his forehead and softly comforted, "It's fine if you can't learn. I'm just having him try." Tʜe sourcᴇ of thɪs content ɪs NoveI~Fire.net

"But just attending his tutoring sessions will be very beneficial." Wizard Urien smiled, "I'm very optimistic about his future, though most people probably aren't as perceptive as I am right now. You should truly treat him as your teacher. Perhaps in the future, he can also protect you."

"This is one of the safeguards Grandfather is finding for you." Urien smiled, "This is a kind of benefit exchange."

"I support promising young talents, and the promising young talents can develop good relationships with you."

Cavin nodded. "Yes, Grandfather. I will listen carefully to Teacher Locke's words."

Half a month later, during this period, Locke had synthesized a Level 7 Focus Ointment. The synthesis formula used three Level 6 Focus Ointments to synthesize one Level 7 item.

But this wasn't a special synthesis formula, so besides a small increase in efficacy, everything else wasn't very noticeable.

However, during this time, Locke tried using two Level 6 Focus Ointments and one bottle of Level 6 cheapest Mental Clarity Incense bought from Chimera shop for synthesis, and surprisingly discovered a special synthesis formula.

In his room, Locke looked at the ointment before him and fell into contemplation. The Focus Ointment's paste was originally blue-white, but now the paste had become blue-silver.

The color difference wasn't great, but as a potion master assistant, Locke still keenly noticed the change in color.

Mental Clarity Incense was only the simplest type among simple potions that increase mental strength, but after Locke synthesized it to Level 6 and combined it with two Focus Ointments, the [Memory Ointment] before his eyes appeared.

Based on the Focus Ointment formula, 5 grams of amber and 30 grams of bracken spores were added, and using water element magical flame's 'low-temperature cold extraction' for thirty minutes, the heat-sensitive special magical structural components from the bracken spores were separately extracted and added to the original Focus Ointment, forming a new type of ointment.

This ointment possessed all the effects of Focus Ointment, and within four hours of applying the ointment to the temples, attention and memory would increase by 50%.

Note: Due to bracken spores having moderate toxicity, at the end of the preparation process, the potion master also used earth element magical flame to cook for twenty minutes, reducing the toxicity and lowering it to a mild toxicity level. It can only be used externally during use, not internally.

Locke's expression changed slightly. This special synthesis formula had actually directly created a new potion formula, and it clearly explained the magical flame usage instructions, timing, heat control, and all the formula materials.

As a potion master assistant, he could completely prepare a Memory Ointment based on this formula.

Locke quickly recalled various potion formulas and confirmed that Memory Ointment should be a completely new formula, and Lilith's Cottage shouldn't have similar formulas for temporarily increasing memory, at least not among non-magical level potion types.

Locke's heart jumped. This meant that if he opened a preparation room, just selling Memory Ointment would be enough to survive.

Originally among wizard apprentices, the higher the talent level, the faster the learning speed.

General potions rarely directly increased memory ability, so even if meditation speed could catch up to those high-talent wizard apprentices through resource accumulation, learning speed still couldn't be improved much.

Learning speed was closely related to memory ability.

If Locke had previously had Memory Ointment's 50% memory enhancement help, obtaining his Potion Master Assistant and Breeding Assistant certificates would have been even easier, and his theoretical foundation would have been more solid.

Therefore, Locke judged that wizard apprentices in Lilith's Cottage and other wizard organizations would definitely have large demand for purchasing Memory Ointment.