13: Chapter 13 Tranquilizing Potion

Evelyn lectured on the origins of potion-making and the precautions needed for it.

This knowledge was quite dry, but it could indeed provide an understanding of the civilizational progress of the Wizard World.

Although Wizard Ian would mention such specific professional technological reforms in the wizard history class, he would not explain them as clearly as Evelyn.

Evelyn looked at the students' reactions and understood that most of them were not interested in this common-sense history of potion-making.

So she said, "Alright, students."

"The historical origins of potion-making cannot be finished even if we talk about them for days and nights."

"However, it is obvious that potion-making can be said to be an important foundation of the wizarding path."

"Giving up potion-making is equivalent to giving up a broad and smooth road."

"Rightfully choosing potion-making means that at least you are a smart child."

Evelyn took out a magic crucible.

"The process of potion-making requires a carrier."

"Therefore, you must prepare at least a set of magic utensils. A simple set of purification and extraction tools is relatively common and can support Wizard Apprentice-level potion-making."

"But magic crucibles are different; they are the products of spells and alchemy. The price is slightly more expensive, and you need to find a wizard who understands alchemy or buy it at a wizard store."

What Evelyn demonstrated in class was the making of the calming potion.

This was also a product of ancient wizards lacking good Meditation Methods.

It was also one of the oldest potions in the Wizard World.

Wizards could stabilize their chaotic mental power by taking the calming potion.

Of course, in the Wizard World with Meditation Methods now, situations of mental power turmoil would be much less.

But this did not mean that the calming potion lacked its market.

After some Wizard Apprentices tried to consume potions that enhanced mental power,

the calming potion could be used to calm the riots of mental power.

"Although the calming potion is an ancient potion, wizards follow equivalent exchange. Whatever is gained must have a price."

"Only in today's Wizard World is it possible for you to obtain such potion preparation methods for free."

"This is also a welfare given to you by the Elius Wizard Academy."

The formula of the calming potion was blended according to silver leaf grass + deep-sea fish + morning dew in a ratio of 6:3:1.

silver leaf grass was an apprentice-tier magical plant and a relatively common extraordinary plant. Its characteristic was that it could rapidly reproduce, germinate, and mature when the moonlight was dense.

Coupled with specialized cultivation by wizards, its price cost would be further reduced.

The substance in the calming potion that could stabilize the spirit also originated from silver leaf grass.

It needed to be crushed into foam in a magic crucible, and the Magic Flame was released to extract and purify this substance.

The deep-sea fish used did not need to be fish with apprentice-tier power; ordinary things would suffice.

What was used was only deep-sea fish glue, serving as the carrier and stabilizer for the spirit-stabilizing substance extracted from silver leaf grass.

Using some simple extraction and purification apparatuses for preliminary processing and purification could increase the success rate of potion preparation.

After preparing these two main substances—the special spirit-concentrating substance in silver leaf grass and the extracted deep-sea fish colloid—

wizards could begin to place the materials into the magic crucible in order according to the ratio.

Finally, adding a certain amount of morning dew to blend it could complete the preparation of the calming potion.

Although the preparation cost of the calming potion was relatively low, it was also a standing potion in the lives of wizards.

It was a standing potion used by wizards during daily meditation practice and when mental power fluctuated.

While explaining the precautions of the calming potion, Evelyn did not stop her movements.

Her face always maintained a calm expression: "This is the formula of the calming potion, and it is also one of the simplest potions."

"For an Official Wizard, such a simple potion cannot even be counted as a potion."

The students under the podium whispered, and some students with a wizard background naturally understood what Evelyn meant.

If materials like apprentice-tier magical plants such as silver leaf grass were not utilized, and the Magic Flame was needed for quenching and extraction,

some operations might even be performed by ordinary creatures.

But then again, silver leaf grass was after all a magical plant.

During the extraction process, it would be considered not bad if ordinary creatures could retain one or two tenths of the essence.

Only Wizard Apprentices possessing extraordinary power and extraordinary mental power could minutely perceive, control, and retain this substance.

"The potion-making course is profound and vast, and it is not a course that can be fully studied and understood in the apprentice stage."

"Therefore, the assessment of Wizard Apprentices by the Elius Wizard Academy is not complicated either."

"The assessment for the potion-making course is very simple; you only need to prepare three types of apprentice-tier potions."

"The calming potion counts as one, and you already know the formula."

"For the formulas of the other two potions, you need to find a way yourselves. You can buy them at the academy or obtain formulas through other channels."

"As long as you complete the corresponding potion preparation within this academic year, you will pass the course assessment."

"Of course, the preparation of the potion needs to be assessed on-site. Except for those who complete the potion preparation before the middle of the year and can apply for assessment in advance, everyone else must wait until the middle of the year for a unified assessment."

Listening to Evelyn's explanation, Ross understood the basic preparation methods of potion-making.

Potions in the apprentice stage required the use of the Magic Flame for subtle manipulation,

to extract and purify substances with medicinal efficacy.

Some complex potions definitely involved more troublesome steps.

Perhaps even with only a simple formula, one needed to explore possible precautions by oneself.

Moreover, the casting of the Magic Flame actually required constructing the corresponding Spell Model before it could be cast.

Therefore, even for refining the calming potion—the prerequisite for such the simplest potion—Ross still needed to go to the academy himself to buy a Magic Flame Model.

Then he also needed the corresponding supporting purification and extraction apparatuses, and to buy a magic crucible that could carry the Magic Flame.

Truly worthy of being a knowledge domain that Official Wizards would inevitably touch upon.

Just the cost that needed to be spent and invested in the apprentice stage was not comparable to a discipline like Magical Botany.

Of course, Magical Botany also had profound professional fields, but for Wizard Apprentices of the junior wizard academy, learning how to cultivate magical plants was already not bad.

Like those profound magical plant cultivations and magical plant modifications, they were not things a Level 3 Wizard Apprentice could touch.

And potion-making was even more so; being able to make basic apprentice potions in the apprentice stage was already pretty good.

It's just that this course of potion-making also required completing two other apprentice-tier wizard potions.

Judging by the value of potions on the market,

even simple formulas were probably quite expensive.