The exam officially begins.

As a bell rang directly above the hall of the examination room, Roland Doyle took an antique hourglass from his sleeve and placed it on the table.

The wizards in the examination room began to process the materials on the table, placing glassware on crystal alcohol lamps and chanting incantations to light the flames.

The registration fee for applying for the Emerald Tower Fellows is not cheap, and most of the wizards who appear here have some attainments in potions. With the exception of a few who pondered over the list of materials, most had already begun to skillfully prepare potions.

The exam lasted a full three hours, which is quite generous.

Without rushing to start immediately, Jiang Feng glanced at the other wizards in the examination room, and from the materials they took and the processing methods of the materials, he could roughly guess what kind of formula they were using.

Almost 90% of wizards have chosen the dung stone of the fire lizard as a raw material. There are three copies of the relevant formula stored in the database of Zhibrain, and the difficulty of operation is similar, which is a relatively popular practice.

However, Jiang Feng did not plan to choose this formula.

As for the reason, it is very simple, because in terms of efficacy, it is too mediocre.

The wizards present all have good knowledge of potions, and in this case, mediocrity means obsolescence.

Jiang Feng silently searched the database of brain chips to find a suitable formula. Compared to those wizards who cherished a mere potion recipe, he didn't have that much psychological burden. The knowledge reserves in his database were not so poor that he was reluctant to take out even an ordinary elemental affinity enhancement potion.

What's more, if he obtains the identity of a researcher in the Emerald Tower, he can enter the library of the Emerald Tower, and with the help of the information gathering ability of the Zhi Brain, he can get far more than what he is paying now.

“…… Is it a fire-based magic elemental affinity potion? You can do it with a Kagarrod cocktail, but is that really a potion in the strict sense of the word? With a slight movement in his heart, Jiang Feng suddenly thought of an ingenious choice, but he still had a trace of hesitation in his heart about whether to implement it.

Strictly speaking, the cocktail at the Cagarrod is more like a "dish" made with a mixture of Warcraft ingredients and medicinal herbs.

Because it is not a potion, there are naturally no side effects, or the only side effect is that you will get drunk if you drink too much, after all, it is a cocktail.

However, in terms of effect, its "medicinal effect" is not inferior to those potions formulated with the dung stone of the fire lizard, and even faintly surpasses.

…… It's time to gamble!

After making up his mind, Jiang Feng began to do it.

The first step he took was to reach out and unscrew the lid of the alcohol lamp, pour out half of the alcohol inside, and put it into the test tube.

There is no industrial method for preparing alcohol in this world, and the alcohol in the alcohol lamp is obtained from the fermentation and purification of some plant, and there is naturally no problem as a material for preparing potions.

However, just in case, Jiang Feng still scanned it with intelligence, and after making sure that it was not industrial alcohol, he started the next step, took out the feathers of the cargarod from the material basket, and stuffed them into a test tube full of alcohol to soak.

This step is extraction.

Some of the components in the feathers of the cargarol will be dissolved in alcohol, and as long as this step is repeated, the extract of the "ignition element" in the feathers of the cargarol can be obtained purely.

The originally clear and transparent alcohol gradually turned into a blood-like burgundy color, Jiang Feng skillfully put the test tube on the test tube rack, took out two seeds of the man-eating flower, pinched them on his fingertips and whispered the incantation, turned them into powder and threw them into the test tube.

Roland Doyle, who was standing on the stone steps and had been observing the potions of these wizards, suddenly noticed this scene, and couldn't help but let out a soft sigh in his mouth.

It was the first time he had seen such a strange potion configuration idea.

Generally speaking, the first step you should do to make a fire-based magic elemental affinity potion is to dispose of the feces of the firelizard. As an unavoidable material, the feces of the firelizard are also the most toxic of all the materials available on the list of materials. The correct way to do this should be to remove the toxins from the sap of the kulla grass, then wash it with clean water and dry it for more than half an hour.

However, this candidate did not touch the feces of the lizard at all, which made one wonder if he had studied Potions at all.

"Using alcohol as a recipe for potions? Fire Mana Elemental Affinity Elixir...... Is there such a formula? Staring at the shaking test tube in Jiang Feng's hand, Bloom frowned and said.

"In my mind...... Probably not. While there are two other formulations in the materials we provide that do not require the use of Lizard Fecal, the efficacy is simply not comparable to that of a formula that uses Lizard Fecal. After all, in the cultivation secrets of some ancient wizards, the dung stone of the flame lizard can be directly smeared on the body, so as to increase the affinity of the fire magic element! Roland Doyle shook his head, although he was very interested in Jiang Feng's operation method, he didn't think that Jiang Feng's formula would be successful.

If you just want to avoid toxicity, you can remove the main ingredients from the recipe, which is a bit of a reversal of the cart.

After a pause, Roland Doyle continued with a crucial question, "And use the alcohol of the alcohol lamp as the material...... Does this really follow the rules? ”

After all, there is no such thing as alcohol on the list of materials, and it belongs to the gray area of the exam rules.

As he said his last words, Roland Doyle looked at the black-robed wizard. As the chief examiner of this exam and the strongest among all the instructors present, he is naturally the one who has the most right to speak.

The black-robed wizard's face remained unchanged, and he said expressionlessly: "If the rules don't stipulate, it is allowed." 'Water' is not written on the bill of materials, so you can also use fresh water from the pool. As long as the candidate does not use the materials he or she carries, it is not considered a violation of the rules. ”

"That's right." Roland Doyle smiled gently.

As a wizard dedicated to the field of potions, his position was naturally to hope that the candidate's operation was not illegal, so that he could see more different recipes. Even if he wasn't optimistic about the efficacy of this formula, it didn't prevent him from being inspired by it.

Having been staring at Jiang Feng's operation steps, Roland Doyle's pupils suddenly contracted slightly, and his eyebrows suddenly raised a trace of interest.

"You watch his movements carefully......"

"Any questions?" Bloom hesitated and asked.

"Don't you think it's too standard?" Roland Doyle said softly, "I don't know exactly what formula he used, but if you look closely at the movements of his hands, almost every step is accurate to the second. ”

Bloom frowned, and sure enough, he saw a hint of clue in it, and a look of interest couldn't help but appear on his face.

Indeed, this candidate's movements are too standard, especially for the operation of some modulation utensils, which are exactly the same as those in the textbook, and the score is exactly the same! Even seasoned veterans like them may not be able to do it!

If it weren't for the recipe used by this candidate to attract Roland Doyle's curiosity, and if it weren't for Roland Doyle's reminder, he wouldn't have been able to notice these subtle places.

"You can see that you admire this candidate?" Bloom said.

"That's right, although the recipe used is a bit conservative, but it's a malleable talent. As long as the recipe he came up with is passable, even if it is not up to the excellent level, I am ready to use my authority to count him through. Roland Doyle said.

"Haha, I think so too, this kid is a talent...... Why don't you cut your love and give him to me? ”

"It's too condescending to go to your group, the research of the water of Vanuli needs such talents." Roland Doyle said with a smile.

Bloom coughed lightly and said, "Old rules, let him choose." ”

"It's for the best." Roland Doyle smiled and nodded.

Three hours passed quickly, the last grain of sand in the hourglass fell, and the bell rang again above the reception hall.

Whether it was completed or not, the staff in the examination room took the potions from each wizard and put a label on the mouth of the crystal bottle in front of them.

Jiang Feng noticed that many people had expressions of regret or regret on their faces when they "handed in the papers", obviously failing to complete the formula.

After all, other wizards don't have such a thing as a smart chip to assist in operation. Under normal circumstances, the success rate of preparing potions is not high, which is why the exam time is set at three hours, and many people have to configure it five or six times before completing it. Even Jiang Feng deliberately failed twice, and only came up with the finished product for the third time.

The results of the exam are announced on the spot, so there is no need for a long wait.

The method of testing the efficacy of the medicine is very simple, the potion connoisseur sent by the Emerald Tower will bring a crystal ball specially used to test the fire magic element. You only need to put a drop of the potion on the crystal ball and confirm the effect of the medicine by observing the change in the color of the crystal ball. Then the toxicity test is carried out, and finally all the factors are combined to determine the grade of the agent and whether the candidate is selected.

Most of the candidates' works were evaluated at a grade of about 50 degrees, and unfortunately they were not selected. Although many people have configured powerful fire-based magic elemental affinity enhancement potions, even ordinary mid-level apprentice wizards with high side effects can't bear it at all, and only high-level apprentice-level wizards can barely withstand the overbearing effects.

At this moment, Jiang Feng, who was standing in the audience and waiting, was still unconscious, and the potion he had prepared had already received special attention from the two mentors, Roland Doyle and Bloom, who were one of the leaders of the pharmacy group.

Finally, it was his potion's turn to appear.

The apothecary taster took the crystal bottle, unscrewed the cork on the mouth of the bottle, and dripped a drop of liquid on the crystal ball.

However, the moment the liquid touched the crystal ball, Roland Doyle's face suddenly changed, and he was shocked.

"How is that possible?!"