In terms of potion refining related to spiritual power, Soke did not give too much preferential treatment to the members of his academy.

All Sock could do was tell some of the mages in the academy about this topic in advance, giving them more time than ordinary mages to prepare before refining potions.

As for more, similar to providing them with special materials in the semi-finals, this is something that Sock does not intend to do.

When Sock made up his mind and put the hope of the Potions Competition on the rest of the mages, he would not hesitate much, but would give some support to the mages in other regions, and North, who performed best in the preliminary round, was naturally valued by Sock.

If Noth can achieve a good result in the finals, he will also gain a lot of prestige as the Ice Blue Spell Academy that selected Noth to enter the finals, and Sock can also use it to achieve his own goals.

Although Sock was not good at potions, when he got information about the potions competition, he also relied on his own means to collect a lot of rare materials needed to refine potions.

For a high-level mage, if he wants to collect these rare materials, it is naturally much easier than an ordinary mage, not to mention Soke, who has the entire Ice Blue Spell Academy as a channel.

Among the materials that Sock collected, there were several materials that were extremely valuable, and even Sock had to spend a great deal of money to obtain them. Similar to the fruit that North took out in the preliminary round, it can only be counted as an ordinary existence.

Once Sock has collected materials that are impossible for ordinary mages, he needs to choose the mages he values and give them enough support so that they can be used to the fullest.

Even among the magic academies, there is competition between them. In most cases, this kind of competition is benign and can lead to full growth for mages, especially those who are directly involved in the competition.

When the finals begin, the battle between the magic academies will not decrease, but will become more intense, but the competition will change.

In the past, mages may have been based on the academy, but when it comes to this kind of academy event, especially when mages from all over the world gather in the same place, this format changes.

In this case, the competing units are no longer a single house, but the various regions where the Potions competition is held, so that any mage can find someone to support him, even if he is not in the same house.

The results of the potions competition also determine the future allocation of resources in the spell academies in each region, which may be what the rest of the mages are more concerned about, so they have to pay attention to the players from the same region.

What Sock has always been worried about is this, once the player he has selected makes something wrong in the final, he will not only not bring him any help, but will make his reputation drop sharply.

After all, the rest of the mages didn't care how Sock chose these players, they only looked at how they performed in the finals of the Potions competition.

Therefore, even if he wanted to eliminate all the mages in his academy, Soke would not hesitate at all, just hoping to achieve his goal.

Sock deliberately chose the mental power that North is good at, as the theme of the rematch, that is, to test how much ability North has and whether it is worthy of his continued support.

As for North, Sock had only seen the operation of refining potions that he had demonstrated in the preliminary round, although this operation seemed more difficult, but in the eyes of a high-level mage, it was just a simple use of basic spells.

Even if he doesn't have a deep understanding of potions, if he insists on refining potions before North, Sock can still do it, but the effect of refining potions may be poor.

Therefore, what Sock wants to know is what North's background in potions is, if he only masters a few potions formulas, and wants to rely on this fancy refining technique to make a splash in the first few rounds of competition, Sock can only choose a new target for support as soon as possible.

Under Thork's gaze, North entered the venue of the potions competition, and just like last time, North still did not stop in the crude potion area, but went directly to the location of refining potions.

Sock took this in his eyes, but didn't make much of it.

After the preliminary round, Thork also examined the potions that North had refined. In terms of effect, this potion is much stronger than that refined by the rest of the mages, but it has not reached the point where even Sock is moved.

When refining potions, mages are able to make changes to the operation of regular refining, not necessarily following the prescribed steps. The change of steps may have a certain impact on the effect of potions, which is more dependent on the experience of the master in refining potions.

In the preliminary round, North omitted the process of crude potions, which was an improvement of his own refining process, and the potions he refined were still top in terms of effect, and the effect of potions was not weakened.

After the rematch began, these mages who entered the field first all showed their best, even if the final potion did not meet the requirements and was eliminated, these mages also tried their best to complete every step of refining the potion.

Many mages have chosen the potion refining method of crude first and then refining, which naturally has its own reason. Compared to the Norse method, this method of refining can effectively take advantage of the properties of all materials.

For some unimportant materials, crude can gather their essences, and wait until the refining process to process these essences to obtain a more potent potion.

If you don't do this step, and directly refine the material, this is certainly a reflection of the mage's ability, but the effect of getting the potion will still be worse after all.

What Sock wanted to see was for North to refine a potion in its entirety and get the most effective potion he could refine, rather than just refining potions, but unfortunately, North didn't have this idea.

In North's opinion, since the chosen Potions theme for this rematch is what he is best at, then he must of course use this opportunity to maximize the influence he can create.

Soon, in front of the instrument used for refining, under the gaze of the other mages around him, North finally made a move.