Reading the entire recipe line by line, Vickers pursed his lips and read the recipe several more times, his eyes that quickly turned left and right revealed panic, and he disappeared calmly when he strayed into the interview room.

Although it is a first-order potion like the healing potion that has been successfully refined before, according to the text recorded on the formula, the production method of the first-order mana recovery potion is not only the materials needed, but also the temperature of the furnace is completely different, and the timing of adding materials will affect the quality of the entire bottle of elixir, and it is impossible to slack off.

The situation in front of him was unexpected, Vickers had always thought that the content of the assessment was likely to be the first-order healing potion that he had tried to refine successfully, but now he ......

Volaga stood aside, watching Vickers's confidence disappear the moment he saw the formula, and couldn't help but wonder, wouldn't this genius-like teenager make the most basic potion of first-order mana recovery?

Just because he is already sure that he has passed the assessment, he will pass the interview easily and almost perfectly, so it should not be difficult to make this basic potion.

"Haven't you ever made this kind of first-order mana regeneration?" asked Kavolaga.

Vickers shook his head, put down the formula, and took several materials written on the formula and a purple mana polar core on the wooden shelf not far away beside him with stiff steps.

"How many potions are you skilled at making?" asked Kavolaga again.

Placing the materials on the alchemy table, Vickers thought for a moment and replied, "There is only one kind, and the teacher let me come here as soon as I succeeded." ”

Hearing this, Cavolaga frowned, and his dissatisfaction with Catimos in his heart became even stronger.

Basically, all alchemists will only be allowed to go to the association for novice-level assessment and registration with the association after their apprentices have learned to make at least three or more potions.

The questions in the assessment are random, and candidates may encounter formulas that they are not proficient in, but novice alchemists will not be too confused when trying to find new potions as long as they are proficient in the three formulas.

All industries have commonalities, and the same is true for pharmaceuticals. Try to make different potions, feel the differences between them, and the commonalities hidden in the depths, and carefully experience the differences caused by the changes, so that you can see the new recipe and make the finished product in a short time.

Catimos obviously didn't let Vickers do this, so he let him come here to sharpen his gun, which caught him off guard.

Is this important, or is it difficult?

After entering the gate of the association, Vickers began to take frequent deep breaths again, his eyes swept over the colorful alchemy materials on the alchemy table, and then tried to recall the detailed memories of yesterday.

"Experience, experience......" Vickers kept silently saying this word in his heart, and he gradually understood the style of Catimos.

The key to success is to figure out the details, find the commonalities between the potions, and develop the skills.

Vickers's eager hand stretched and retracted in front of the alchemy table, and Cavolaga couldn't stand it anymore, so he said calmly: "Don't worry, the assessment time is two hours, and now only twenty minutes have passed, but you only have one chance to try." ”

In other words, it is better to think about it first and then start if you try impulsively, after all, there is only one chance, and failure in refining means failure in the assessment. If nothing goes wrong, what is written in the recipe is that it will take half an hour to refine the first-order mana recovery potion, then you must take action before the last half hour.

After another half of the night, Vickers finally made up his mind, and poured mana into the alchemy platform in one go, and the furnace fire rose up, quickly heating the crystal bottle with a bracket fixed above the small stove.

This alchemy table was identical to the one in the basement of Villa Catimos, so Vickers could also make a first-order healing potion that he skillfully crafted here.

In the crystal bottle, the water boiled in just a few blinks, and in a moment, Vixley processed the materials and added them little by little.

In this process, Vickers faintly remembered Catimos's faint teaching voice: "There are thousands of formulas for potions, and there are only two formulas with different materials, and there are still countless formulas, but after refining, the effects of the two potions are completely different. Alchemists must keep in mind the properties of each material and concoct them before adding them to the crystal vial, enhancing their potency or mitigating toxicity and side effects. ”

As the liquid in the crystal bottle began to change color, a voice like a cloud was still beside Vickers: "The existence of the elixir is to avoid the disadvantages of combining materials, and to maximize the benefits of combination, and this is the work of the alchemist." ”

While carefully controlling the mana input into the alchemy table, he prayed that nothing would go wrong with the potion in the crystal bottle.

Dozens of minutes of mental tension had already made Vickers's forehead sweat, and he was extremely focused on the bright blue liquid boiling in the crystal bottle, and its color had begun to slowly darken.

Cavolaga nodded secretly, how many times has this kid tried?

It's time!

Vickers grabbed the mana pole core on the alchemy platform, and after putting it into the crystal bottle, the other hand quickly landed on the plane of the alchemy platform engraved with lines, and immediately injected mana, and the mana flowing in Vickers's body started from the palm of the hand, followed the other route of the alchemy platform, and turned into a whisker state under the action of the alchemy platform, entered from the mouth of the crystal bottle, and wrapped the mana pole core in it.

The purple mana polar core was melted at high temperature, and the mana contained in it immediately diffused out, because it was finely controlled by Vickers, it did not overflow the crystal bottle, resulting in the failure of refining.

The mana melted into the potion, and the bright blue that appeared on the surface gradually turned into a dark blue.

With this, Cavolaga's doubts about Vickers' talent dissipated like the mana that had been transformed into a liquid state again.

When the furnace fire was adjusted, and the small stove began to glow cold, Vickers was finally able to breathe a sigh of relief, and the latest attempt was also the first attempt of the first-order mana recovery potion, and it was successful!

Wix also vaguely groped for a little alchemy technique.

After the potion in the crystal bottle was divided into five equal parts, Kavola took a step forward, looked at the five dark blue tube bottles slightly, and immediately said in a deep voice: "You passed, these five bottles of potion belong to you, and then you only need to pay the materials and assessment fee of 20 gold coins, and I will take you to receive the novice-level badge." ”

Vicks, who asked for money, was stunned, touched his nose, and said, "Can I not do with these five bottles of potions, and then offset the cost of 20 gold coins?"

Cavolaga was stunned: "Why?"

Vickers blushed: "I don't have enough money......"

"Whew, you irresponsible teacher. Kavolaga shook his head and looked down at Vickers, "Yes, and then I want to discuss something with you, kid." ”

"Speak, please. Vickers vaguely guessed that something had happened, and just as Cavolaga offered to take him to the assessment himself, he felt that the old man had other intentions.

"Forget Catimos and come under my door. Although I am not as good as the alchemist of Catimos, I will treat you well, and whatever help you need, I will definitely give your full support. A deep smile appeared on Cavola's face, and his gaze was gentle, squeezing the wrinkles around his face.

Vickers shook his head categorically, and respectfully said the choice he had already decided: "I'm sorry, I can't promise you, I can't do this kind of betrayal. ”

Kavolaga sighed lightly: "Sure enough, I see people very accurately." If you're the kind of person who would promise me, I wouldn't ask you that. ”

Vickers was in a fog, and before he could analyze the meaning of this sentence, Kavolaga said again: "Let's go, I'll take you to register." ”

The five bottles of potions were taken into Kavolaja's arms, and then he walked out the door, and Vickers naturally had to follow. As soon as the lazy staff heard the sound of the door opening, they immediately lifted their spirits and quickly got up and bowed to Kavolaga.

The line on the other side of the hall was still very long, and no matter how many people came in and out, there would always be dozens of people in that line.

Wix glanced at the queue, Ann wasn't there, and thought Ann was done.

In the room on the other side of the queue, the young man said impatiently, "Hurry up, little fat man, you have exceeded the interview time limit too much." ”

"Wait a little longer, it'll be ...... right away"

In front of the five interviewers, Ann timidly poured the dark blue ice crystal water from the last tube in his hand, and slowly shook the tube bottle filled with three colors of liquid.

"Why did they look at me so disgusted from the moment I came in. "Ann is depressed with one more thing.

Ann said the information of the five alchemy materials in bits and pieces, which was quite correct, and he was better than most interviewees, and Vickers unexpectedly helped him ease the difficulty.

Perhaps it was Vickers' performance that made the five more demanding.

Vickers followed Cavolaga to the end of the hall on the first floor, which was a flat wall, and he didn't know what Cavolaga was up to.

When I walked in, I realized that there was a doorknob in the middle of the wall, and this door was the same color as the wall, even the door frame, and it was impossible to see that it was a door from a distance.

Cavolaga grasped the doorknob and pushed it lightly, and Vickers found that the other side of the wall was also a hall, and it was exactly the same as the former, but there were dozens of doors embedded in the wall, and they were all separate rooms, unlike the hall with only two doors, which was extravagant.

"These rooms are the alchemy rooms provided by the association to the alchemists, and the walls of the rooms and this wall are used for sound insulation to prevent the outside sound from affecting the alchemist's state. For a fee, you can also choose a room to be used for potions. ”

At the end of the hall on this side, there is no more than a wall and a door, but a spiral staircase that leads to the second floor.

"The second floor is the trading floor, where you can buy all kinds of potions, or sell the potions you have refined, as well as the recipes of the potions and the information of a few rare treasures. ”

Cavolaga walked straight to the third floor, stopped at the top of the stairs, glanced at Vickers, and said, "Son, I'll tell you a story." ”

As he spoke, he continued to walk, telling the story as he went, with a meaningful look in his eyes.

"Old Man is a disciple of an alchemy master, and before that, there was a person who had become the teacher's apprentice, so he was my senior brother. The teacher taught him wholeheartedly until he gave him everything he could teach him in the end. At this point, Kavolaga's eyes showed a deep hatred that could not be felt on his old face, "Since then, the teacher has no use for him, so he sent me far away, killed the teacher, and seized the wealth he had accumulated all his life. When I learned this fact, it took me more than a hundred years to complete my revenge fifty years ago. ”

The scum who deceived his teachers and destroyed his ancestors had been dead for fifty years, but Kavolaga's hatred for him had not diminished in the slightest.

"At that time, Lao Yu was an alchemy master, and he didn't do any more in alchemy for more than a hundred years, and he was busy cultivating mana and enhancing his martial arts, in order to kill that person. After all this, I don't plan to take in apprentices, I'm really afraid of that kind of person again. But when people get old, they always want to pass on their skills and make their lives less regretful. When I met you today, I completely changed my mind. ”

Vickers could only look at the old man in front of him with regret, he really couldn't do what he wanted.

As the words fell, Vickers came to the door of an office.