In the process of being busy, Lu Yuan quietly made contact with all the people he came into contact with on the day of his accident.

Sure enough, the target was quickly located on a second-level mage. It's very simple, no one here cares about the life or death of a magic apprentice, walking around with a wound like Lu Yuan, most mages and apprentices turn a blind eye and don't care at all. There was only one person, and I watched it back and forth three times!

After François paid attention to Lu Yuan a few times, he completely ignored him. Don't say that you can't confirm the things you did, but what if you do? He was afraid of the seventh-level mage William Gaster, but he was not afraid of a small apprentice like Lu Yuan. With his background as a guarantee, William didn't dare to do anything with him. He only watched it a few more times because he wanted to test the explosive power of his potion.

François completely left Lu Yuan behind and began to be busy with the things in his hands.

Lu Yuan singled out all the materials that François requested, plus the ones he had just written down in the laboratory. Lu Yuan smiled lightly, and François was making the "Fire-breathing Ring". This is a ring that can cast the "Burning Hand" spell three times a day, and each time it casts, it can shoot fire into the cone-shaped area directly in front of it, with little damage and less damage, so it can be used against creatures like goblins. However, the recent popularity of the game of playing the fire dragon among the nobles of Baldur's Gate has led to a huge increase in the sales of this ring. When telling a story in the salon, he put the ring in front of his mouth and play the role of a fire dragon that spews out cone-shaped flames, which arouses the delicate cries of the noble young women.

Therefore, this kind of ring is now very popular, and the price is sold for thousands of gold coins, which is more expensive than a protective flame ring.

François wanted to make such a ring, the forged ring is set with rubies, smeared with crumbs of cow hair and slime, and the "Burning Hand" is cast on the ring three times in a row, and the enchantment will be successful. He is now a second-level mage, and he has three one-ring spell slots every day, which is exactly how to make one such ring. Lu Yuan continued to rummage through the documents, and finally found the material needs of a certain apprentice to make cow hair slime, Lu Yuan patted his hand lightly, it seems that revenge will not take long.

Lu Yuan passed the slime and cow hair of the slime to the mage apprentice, and the just right amount was exchanged for a complaining look. The apprentice, who had no choice but to curse Lu Yuan, cut the cow's hair into crumbs and mix it evenly with the slime of the slime. Then he hurried to Master François's laboratory with the finished product in hand. Watching a magical item made is an amazing experience.

It's a pity, apparently the mage has a bad temper today. After he took the mixture, he didn't wait for the apprentice to say what he wanted, and he slammed the door of the laboratory behind him! This gives the apprentice one more person to curse.

François securely fastened the ring to the clamps of the laboratory table, soaked the stone in the mixture, salvaged it, and set it perfectly in the ring's holder. François, the son of a noble jewel maintenance servant, had a deep knowledge of gem cutting, which made his gemstone ring items more in line with the requirements of the aristocracy, and the price was directly increased by one-third, and most of the proceeds went to him personally.

A delicate ring, a perfectly cut ruby, and a little bit of cow hair on it are extremely disgusting. François decided to cast a spell early and burn the filthy stuff so that the magic ring glowed brightly red. He breathed calmly, stretched his hands forward at obtuse angles, and chanted incantations. A crimson cone-shaped flame erupted from between his fingers, scorching the ruby ring. The ignited slime gives off a burnt smell.

François pulled the wrench, the ring turned 120 degrees, and he cast his "burning hand" on the ring again. The ring glows crimson, a sign that it has been heated to the limit. Satisfied, François pulled the wrench again, turning the ring to the back side. Where he hadn't noticed, the ruby was shrouded in an eerie red glow.

He smiled, and the third perfect "Burning Hand" was aimed at the backmost side of the ring, and he cast it accurately.

With a loud bang, the door of François's laboratory was blown out by an explosion, smashing the head of the apprentice who was still wandering in the corridor and cursing! He clutched his head and looked at the mess of the laboratory in astonishment, completely speechless. Although he has caused explosions before, it is simply no comparison to a full-fledged mage!

Less than a minute, Habashar? Archmage Delin rushed over with a furious face.

"What's going on?!" He yelled at the apprentice who was still crouching on the ground holding his head.

"I didn't curse him!" The apprentice screamed and cried and shouted, afraid of Habashar? Archmage Delin pinched him to death.

"Get out!" The archmage's voice made the entire second floor shake. Habasser? Ignoring the frightened apprentice, Delin walked straight into the lab, which was littered with debris and eerie smoke. Bullshit curses, a hundred apprentices curse me every day. He muttered, swept around, picked up the container that had fallen on the door, the container that had been filled with cow hair mixed with slime, sniffed it, and cursed loudly again, not knowing who Lu Dao was scolding.

The task list in the room had already been burned, and judging by the remains, it was clear that Master François was planning to do something that he couldn't do, and then he failed as a matter of course, and that's it. Habasser? Delin looked around the lab that was close to being scrapped, cursed a few more words, and turned to leave. Even the shivering apprentice didn't look at it again.

So, of course, he didn't know that the apprentice had only sent a mixture of cow hair crumbs, the standard material for making the Fire-breathing Ring. And not the evening primrose solution he smelled.

In the production of magic rings, the difference is a thousand miles. The Flame-Spitting Ring, the Flame Orb Ring, and the Fireball Ring are made of one or two materials. Lu Yuan added a little evening primrose powder to the slime, which was only the weight of a fingernail, and the formula was to make a fireball ring. It's just that when the amount of evening primrose is not enough, and the spell cast is not a fireball technique but a burning hand, the consequences will only be known by God.

Of course, the most common consequence is an explosion. When it comes to the fire element, the ruby, it's a violent explosion.

That's it. If not Habasser? Delin himself came, and the others would not even notice the smell of evening primrose.

Anyway, that's how it went.

[Crisis of life: Your life has been threatened, what are you waiting for?!] Find the root cause and then eliminate it!

Quest Complete, +300 XP]

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Lu Yuan and the other two apprentices, Alice and Lestrade, stood quietly with bated breath.

In front of them, a middle-aged mage dressed in a gorgeous mage robe and wearing a crown of his head stared at them with a blank face. Including Lu Yuan, beads of sweat began to ooze from the heads of the three apprentices, and the legs of the female apprentice Alice could be seen trembling slightly.

This person is the owner of the witchcraft grocery store, the nominal mentor and fate controller of Lu Yuan's magic apprentices, the fifteenth-level archmage Habasser? Delin!

This place, called the Grocery Store, is one of the best magical goods stores in Baldur's Gate and the entire Sword Coast. It looks like a huge yurt with a glass dome and covers an area of thousands of square meters. And inside, the space folding magic is applied, which expands its space more than tenfold. The entire building, including the ground floor, is divided into four floors with hundreds of rooms.

At the top is Habasser? Delin's residence and laboratory, the first floor is mostly open to the public. A full-fledged mage like William, even if he works part-time, will have a room on the first or second floor. Hundreds of apprentices are doing all sorts of repetitive or dangerous jobs in reinforced basements. They call it the "Hive" because it's divided into dozens of identical rooms, and each room has only the necessary items to reduce damage.

And the owner and protector of all this, stands right in front of them.

At noon, received Habasser? Lu Yuan, who summoned the information, hurried to the alchemy factory of the witchcraft grocery store, and then was led into the area that he had never entered, and came to Habasser? In front of Archmage Delin.

"I know the way", the archmage's deep voice sounded, and Lu Yuan saw that the two of them were relieved, and he knew that he was about the same. The reason is that they are forced by the awe-inspiring sense of oppression of the archmage, while Lu Yuan is worried about François's affairs.

"I know that you think I hate you, and that I torture you for fun." The archmage paced slowly.

"No, I don't hate you, I don't even know any of you."

Isn't that more hateful? Lu Yuan thought in surprise.

"Many of you are injured, some are dead, all of you live in the shadow of death every day, and you hate me." He suddenly stopped and laughed twice, "It's normal, because that's what I did back then." I was also on the verge of life and death every day until I became a full-fledged mage. What we survive, we get sweet fruits. Those who fail are the price to pay. ”

"This will be the case in the past, today, and in the future when you take in apprentices. Until you understand, hate it, and that will be the best step for you to ascend the temple. ”

"The three of you were able to stand in front of me in advance, not because you were good enough. It's just that you have a decent background, which makes me hesitate a little bit for a second or two when I send you to die. Lately, I've been suggested to add an assistant to the potion experiment, and you've been brought to me in advance by your background. ”

"Number 2," he looked at the girl named Alice, who immediately curled up on her chest with frightened heads, and tears began to brew in her eyes, "Your hands are still holding spells?" Put it down. That's fake news! Learning magic is your own business, all I need is your alchemy talent! I only test alchemy. ”

Alice quickly let go of her clasped hands and put them behind her back, although she couldn't cry, her tears still drenched her chest.

"Number 3," he said, turning his gaze to Lestrade, "your hands are not burned clearly, and you have practiced making fiery glue many times?" Unfortunately, that's also fake news, and I hope you haven't lost too much money. At the very least, it would be useful to practice preparing potions. ”

The corners of Lestrade's mouth twitched, trying to smile and say something, but in the end he just twisted his face into a strange shape and said nothing.

"No. 1", he looked at Lu Yuan, "I thought you were either dead or escaped, so I didn't give you fake news over there." ”

Well, can you pull the hatred a little more?!

"Now, enough nonsense! Go into the room behind you, there's a question in it. I've done it before, maybe once, maybe twice, and who cares? An apprentice who can't steal is not a good apprentice! Isn't it? Give you two hours, and if you can't do it, get out of the basement for me! I promise that the losers will have no hope of coming to me until the rest of them die! ”

Lu Yuan turned around and saw a door with "1" written on it.

The so-called title is a table with more than a dozen materials such as moonlight grass, flame grass, Dawan chrysanthemum, fluorite, and broken coal cores. As for what potions need to be made, guess? No instructions, no hints, not even a piece of paper on the table. Lu Yuan quickly arranged and combined these materials in his mind.

Invincible Potion! A potion that greatly increases a warrior's instant protection and magic immunity. Although it only lasts for 30 seconds, within 30 seconds, you can go on a rampage like a dragon.

If this potion was prepared by the original Lu Yuan, the success rate would not exceed 20%. In terms of materials, the weight was given three times, but in terms of time, it could only fail once at most. However, now Lu Yuan's "alchemy" skill is as high as level 11, even exceeding the level of most official mages below level 5! He was 70% sure of this potion!

First, a five-minute meditation session is followed by a shallow meditation state to clear away distractions and empty the mind. Then he stood up and began to extract the substance in sequence using refining. He guessed that the Invincible Potion was probably the hardest one, just like the information behind the fake news in the order in which the fake news was released, because he was the one with the lightest background.

Background is also part of strength, and Lu Yuan, who has social experience, certainly understands, so there is nothing to complain about.

He had to do it as quickly and as best as possible to ensure that the assistant spot would not be replaced. Of course, he would never take out those separations, extractions, chemical synthesis, and so on that did not belong to this world. All he has to fight for now is the position of an assistant, and it is not worth risking his life.

With his strong mental power, he easily controlled the power of the arcane and completed one step after another, and an hour later, a bottle of something similar to slime slime was filled into the container. Since it looks like slime slime, this potion is usually sold in an opaque porcelain bottle, and the store sells for as much as 1500 gold per bottle!

Of course, it tastes more like slime solution! Unfortunately, it wasn't possible to return it back then, was it?

Perhaps the anger of drinking the potion is also part of the effect of the ignition potion. Just like a piece of fluorescent moss can perform light magic, eating a spider can perform spider walking, the mystery and complexity of magic, who knows the way?

After regaining his spirit after meditating again, he pushed the door open and walked out.

Sure enough, Alice was already standing there, looking at the transparent bottle and the blue liquid in her hand, the absorption potion, a potion that absorbs impact and lightning, the difficulty coefficient is at most half that of the invincible potion!

Habaser sitting behind a table? Archmage Delin beckoned gently, and Lu Yuan felt the porcelain vase in his hand rise towards Lu, so he let go of his hand. The porcelain vase flew over and landed on the archmage's table, and he opened it to observe it, and then another drop and tasted it carefully.

"You can go, come to the third floor tomorrow."

Habasser? After Delin finished speaking, he stuffed the potion and put it on the side, and went about himself.

Lu Yuan bowed and retreated, as he left, he seemed to hear the voice of the girl named Alice crying. It's none of my business, he didn't look back, and walked straight out.

Tomorrow will be a new beginning.