70: Chapter 70 [Blood Feast and Fine Wine], Effects

Unrolling this scroll, which records various magic items and potions, one could see quite a few items that Ross had never seen before.

This included some enchanted alchemical items.

For example, a dagger capable of casting curses was not only quenched in various poisons, but also had curse runes inscribed upon it by the Enchantment School.

For instance, there was a perpetual mana lamp whose core came from the crystal left behind after a moon spirit's death. This lamp could not only emit light constantly, but also slightly enhance mana recovery within the range illuminated by its light.

There was also a set of animated magic vine armor, a hex-type defensive armor combining the Magic Vine Curse Spell with magic plants, which could greatly enhance the survivability of a Wizard Apprentice.

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Among them were also some potions that could increase an apprentice's Mental Energy.

For instance, there was "Blood Banquet Brew", which neutralized the Evil Qi in a vampire's Bloodline using various magic potions, thereby retaining the vampire's ability to accelerate the talent to Cultivate at night.

In Ross's view, although the effects of these magic items and alchemical products with varying functions were not weak, and some effects could even serve as family heirlooms,

the most important thing right now was to continuously improve his Mental Energy and make a Breakthrough to Official Wizard as soon as possible.

Therefore, it was better to choose magic potions that could enhance one's own Mental Energy.

"Although 'Blood Banquet Brew' is not a pure magic potion, its main component is an essence extracted from the Bloodline of the monster vampire. However, it still retains some characteristics of magic potions."

After drinking this "Blood Banquet Brew".

A trace of the vampire's talent Bloodline would be carried within Ross's Bloodline.

This effect was temporary, so it would not change Ross's own lineage.

Its effect was that meditating at night within the first year could increase the Mental Energy effect by 50%.

That meant if Ross could normally only increase 3 to 5 points of Mental Energy each night, he could now boost it to 6 to 10 points.

After the second year, the effect would be halved until it completely vanished by the third year.

A potion capable of enhancing one's own Mental Energy was quite important to Ross.

Moreover, as a reward for advancing to Level 2 Wizard Apprentice within half a year, this was also the greatest degree of reward the academy could give.

Therefore, every single item appearing in this exchange scroll was a fine product.

A potion that raised Mental Energy like this could almost reach the level of an official magic potion.

The effect was also very remarkable. Calculated, the Mental Energy that could be grown within a year and a half could increase by a maximum of over 1350 points.

Of course, this was the best-case scenario. Even if the effect didn't reach the optimum, there would still be an increase of 1,000 Mental Energy.

If Ross only relied on this bottle of magic potion, aided by his own talent bonus, he could try to rush to the level of Level 1 Wizard Apprentice within a year.

Currently, Ross himself did not have the means to refine magic potions.

If not for the welfare given by the academy to Level 2 Wizard Apprentice including the siling ointment, which provided him with additional means to increase Mental Energy every month,

otherwise, once Ross stepped into Level 2 Wizard Apprentice, wanting to rapidly increase his Mental Energy further might be somewhat difficult.

Therefore, upon seeing "Blood Banquet Brew", Ross immediately exchanged for this bottle of potion.

After all, although the items or potions on this list were academy welfare, they were sometimes restricted.

If the academy went out of stock, there might be no way to restock in time. Thus, Ross also explicitly instructed the dwarf apprentice that he wanted to exchange for "Blood Banquet Brew".

"Alright, Senior Ross, I'll bring it over for you right away."

Wiggling his buttocks, the dwarf apprentice retrieved a transparent rhombus-shaped cup from a precision alchemical refrigerator, inside which flowed a dark red potion.

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After leaving the Rank Registration Center, Ross returned to his residence and drank this cup of dark red "Blood Banquet Brew".

There was no fishy smell as imagined, nor any taste of blood.

Instead, this liquid carried a hint of herbal scent, with a refreshing fragrance overflowing within it.

After drinking this cup of "Blood Banquet Brew", Ross also saw that on his status panel, under the Mental Energy column, it appeared: (Mental Energy enhancement speed + 50%).

Ross collected his thoughts, then sat on the bed and operated the Meditation Method.

At this moment, shrouded in moonlight, Ross felt his thoughts become even emptier.

At this time, the Mental Energy inside his body rapidly transformed from an original single thread into a thick thread, then condensed toward the core of his Mental Energy.

If an outsider were to see this now, they could notice a chilling aura hidden around Ross's body, while his eyes also contained some pale red spots.

As a legendary creature, vampires were famous for their unique way of propagating descendants.

These creatures were monsters that lurked in the dark night and vanished during the day.

They styled themselves as the kings of the dark night and the noble Kindred.

At the same time, this race also possessed unique blood magic.

Therefore, there were quite a few powerful beings within this race, but they could not act presumptuously in the Wizard World.

Most of the vampires in the Wizard World were wild vampires.

That was to say, a type of vampire born under the influence of the moon's mana.

Or vampires produced by some wizards' failed experiments or leftovers from the process.

But none of these were the focus of Ross's attention right now.

Through a night of meditation, he discovered that his own Mental Energy improvement had indeed increased by nearly double.

In just one night, his Mental Energy increased by 8 points.

Within a year, he could at least additionally enhance nearly 900 points of Mental Energy.

This might not seem like much compared to the threshold of 3,000 Mental Energy required to advance to Level 1 Wizard Apprentice.

There was still some gap, but considering that breaking through to Level 1 Wizard Apprentice within 5 years was considered a normal standard,

this kind of improvement was already substantial. Plus, Ross certainly wouldn't sit idly by; he would try some other methods to increase his Mental Energy.

For example, the "Blood Banquet Brew" consumed this time was a beverage that was half-potion and half-Bloodline potion.

Presumably, besides this, there were many other potions that could achieve the same effect.

At the same time, Ross also remembered that he still had 5 siling ointment on hand.

Thus, he pulled out one tube and applied it near his temples.

After being evenly applied, these ointments quickly volatilized and then produced an effect.

"Mental Energy + 1"

"Mental Energy + 1"

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The effect of these ointments was still quite potent; almost the moment they volatilized every minute,

1 point of Mental Energy could be increased. A single tube of siling ointment could enhance nearly 10 points of Mental Energy.

As a potion assisting in the enhancement of Mental Energy, these effects were still very obvious.

"I wonder if I have the opportunity to refine these potions myself."