For a while, North could only helplessly find that he could not buy materials for refining potions from any mage.

There weren't many gold coins left on North. Due to his status as a necromancer, it is difficult for North to accumulate a large amount of gold coins like an ordinary mage.

Most of the gold coins that North had previously purchased for materials were provided by the Guild or his lord. With these gold coins, North had already consumed most of the materials he had collected in the previous two rounds of potions competitions, and there was not much left at this time.

After learning about North's level of potion refining and learning that he lacked the materials for refining potions, these mages around him didn't want to get enough benefits from him.

Now, instead of bringing him any convenience to the influence he had accumulated in the Potions Competition, North had made it impossible for him to buy refining materials like ordinary mages, and could only pay a higher price.

Just when North was at a loss for what to do, he was suddenly stopped by the mage on the side.

Compared to other mages, the mage in front of him was obviously different, in terms of dress, this mage had a white scarf around his face, completely covering his face, leaving only the position of the eyes.

Since he was inside the Ice Blue Spell Academy, it was not common for a mage to dress like this, and among a large number of mages dressed normally, the act of deliberately covering his face like this would be more noticeable.

When North was stopped by the mage, some concerns arose in his heart.

In North's mind, the mage should be a member of the Spiritual Society's liaison with him. Perhaps due to his lack of experience, he had never experienced such a task before, and chose this kind of easily eye-catching dress.

After discovering this, although North had some worries in his heart, worried that his identity would be revealed in advance, he still followed the mage to a relatively hidden location.

Unable to collect enough materials, North did not have the confidence he had at the beginning of the upcoming potions competition, fearing that something would go wrong in the process of refining potions.

For this reason, even if the mage who stopped him was really a member of the Spirit Society, there would be a certain risk of revealing his identity, and North would not refuse. North believed that as long as the members of the Cult kept an eye on the potions competitions held here, they would be able to take note of their situation and provide them with some support.

After coming to a more secluded position, he saw that there were not many mages around who continued to follow, and in front of North's eyes, the mage who had called him before also put down the face towel that covered his face.

When North saw the mage's face, he immediately recognized his identity.

Contrary to North's expectations, this mage was not a member of the Spiritual Society, on the contrary, this mage could be said to have no relationship with the Spiritual Society.

North discovers that the mage who stopped him and brought him to this location is none other than Thork, who has been in charge of guiding the potions competition.

Although North had only seen Sock a few times in the Potions Competition, he still remembered his appearance clearly, so he could confirm it at a glance.

After recognizing Sock's identity, out of the instinct of a necromancer, the first thing that rose in North's heart was the fear of his identity being exposed, and he even planned to flee from Sock and return to the competition venue with a large number of mages.

At this time, Sock also felt the abnormality that North was exhibiting.

The Soke in front of him is actually not Soke's body, but a mirror entity created by Sok using the Mirror Dafa. Thork's body is still guiding the Potions race.

When North left, Thorke anticipated that there might be problems with North, and in the competitions held in the past academy events, there would always be a few powerful mages who were unprepared and regretted to be out of the competition.

Due to the strength shown by North in the previous rounds of refining potions, Sock has already determined in his heart that North will definitely be one of the few people to enter the finals, so he hopes that North can increase his influence in the finals.

After noticing this, Sock secretly cast the Mirror Dafa to let his mirror entity contact Noth and provide him with some help.

In terms of spell-casting ability, Soke has surpassed most mages, and in the entire Ice Blue Spell Academy, only the strength of the dean can suppress Soke.

The mirror entity created by Sock using the Mirror Dafa is always shared with Sock himself, and the ability to cast spells is about the same as that of Sock himself, the only limitation is that the mirror entity will dissipate directly after taking a certain amount of damage from the attack.

For mages, especially extremely powerful mages, mirror Dafa is one of the spells they must master.

With the mirror entity produced by the mirror Dafa, the mage is equivalent to having a clone at all times, and can handle many things on his behalf, and the mage's body can use it to conduct spell research.

While the effect is powerful, there are also many limitations in the mirror Dafa.

If the mirror image wants to cast a spell, because the source is still in the mage's body, the mana of the mage's body is consumed, and the spell cannot be cast out of thin air.

In addition, the mirror Dafa is also extremely easy to destroy. For the lowest-level mirror Dafa, the resulting entity will dissipate immediately as long as it takes 1 damage.

The damage that the mirror entity can take will increase with the increase of the magic level of the mirror Dafa, but it is certain that the limit of what can be increased will not be too large.

Even a mage of Sock's level could hardly withstand a magic arrow from a mage's apprentice.

Generally speaking, Mirror Dafa is worthy of its name as a "mirror image" and can be easily broken by any kind of damage. Because of these limitations, in the middle of the battle, the release of the mirror Dafa requires the mage to find the right opportunity.

For mages, the real use of mirror Dafa is to handle some affairs on behalf of the mage himself when the mage focuses on studying spells.

It was in this way that Thork chose to guide the potions race while allowing his own mirror image to come into contact with North.

North's performance was completely seen by Sock. For high-level mages, their observations are extremely keen, and they are able to quickly spot something out of the ordinary.

Due to the shared thought pattern, Thorke's mirror image saw North's abnormality at a glance.

As if thinking of something, Sock immediately grabbed North and began to probe the anomaly in his body.