Emma wandered aimlessly around the academy, trying to empty her head. There was no accommodation in the college, and old Nord was very proud to help him buy a house with a yard outside. It was said that he should go home and sleep if he wanted to relax at this time, but he just walked back to the academy unconsciously, and his footsteps involuntarily turned in the direction of the laboratory, so the habit was terrible.

It is said that borrowing wine to drown sorrow is more sorrowful, and the food is actually similar, and it is actually easier to worry when you are full. The good mood brought by the crispy porcupine disappeared from the moment he stepped through the doors of the Academy of Magic. Emma had been taking classes at the Dawn Academy for three and a half years, and with the four-year deadline and one last chance to test, he was not sure that he would pass the junior pharmacist test. If he can't make the cut to junior pharmacist in this last test, he'll have to drop out and go home.

What a sad word!

Becoming a junior pharmacist was a must-do for Emma. Not only does this mean that he can continue to stay in the Wizard's Academy, but it also means that he can join the Apothecary's Guild and obtain the status of nobility equivalent to that of a Lord. In this era, only the aristocracy has human rights, and the rights and interests of the common people are completely unprotected, even if it is a rich businessman as old Nord, he can only live in a low-key and careful manner, afraid that one day he will provoke a powerful person and take everything away.

In order to obtain the qualification to let Emma go to the magic academy, old Nord used the precious favor of a powerful viscount, and bribed the mage in charge of the enrollment test with a lot of money, so that his mental strength "stepped on the line" to meet the admission standard.

To become a junior pharmacist, in addition to the theory exam, the more important criterion is to be able to successfully refine any primary pharmacist in the test. The knowledge that can be opened to ordinary pharmacist apprentices like Emma in the academy, Emma has already memorized all the knowledge, and he has passed all the theory exams of pharmacists early. His main problem now is that the success rate of refining potions is pitiful, less than half of them, and it is obviously unlikely that he will pass the test.

The reason why the success rate of refining potions is so low is actually that Emma's mental strength is too low. In fact, the requirements for refining primary elixirs for mental power are still very low, and it does not involve the operation of spiritual power manipulation and fusion, but it only needs to be observed with spiritual power. Refining medicine is a delicate work, and there are strict requirements for the steps, time points, temperatures, and time required for the addition of mineral herbs, etc., and if you can't do it accurately, there is a high probability of failure. Only by adding the observation of spiritual power can we accurately grasp these key points.

Emma's spiritual power is just "stepping on the line", in fact, even if it is strong compared to ordinary people, it is very limited, and there is no way to understand the trick of how to use mental power. So when he was refining potions, he could only observe and try his luck with the naked eye, and the success rate could be imagined. Speaking of which, his talent can only be regarded as a "waste wood" level, and among the pharmacist apprentices of his contemporaneity, the other fat man Wo Xiu, who is the most unlearned, has already refined a junior potion after a year and a half of enrollment, and has successfully promoted to pharmacist.

Emma, who had not been able to comprehend the method of using spiritual power for a long time, was helpless, and wanted to find another way, so he specially asked Professor Tasker, the great pharmacist who gave the lecture, if there was a way to refine potions without mental power. Tasker coldly threw out the phrase "wishful thinking" and then refused to deal with him again, hearing that Tasker had proposed to expel him, and the apprentice who tried to subvert the truth with crooked ways had no value in existence. If it weren't for the rules of the hospital, Emma would have been expelled from the hospital.

But Emma herself thinks that there must be a way to mix potions that don't require mental power, but he hasn't found it yet. So two years ago, he began to try from non-grade mosquito repellent liquid, through the naked eye and some tools to find out the key points, in a year, he gradually increased the success rate from about 3 percent to nearly 9 percent.

A year ago, he began to try to concoct the primary potion, the primary sober potion, which is based on the evening primrose that is everywhere in the moonlight swamp, and the refining process is simple, which can calm people's minds after taking them, and relieve some tiredness a little, so that people can keep a clear mind. However, the difficulties were beyond his imagination, for nearly a year, the rent and material money of the laboratory were spent like water, and the refining of the potion was stuck in the success rate of less than half of the half, and the average of about 30 raw materials could only be successfully refined once.

After a year, there was no progress in refining medicine, but he became famous in the academy. Everyone knows that there is a fat man in the Apothecary Academy, of course, he is also a poor fool, he has no mental power, he even delusionally wants to refine potions without mental power, and the gold coins are spent in the laboratory like flowing water, and he doesn't even hear the sound of water. This matter even spread and affected Old Nord, and many people who knew Old Nord began to re-examine this big fat man who has always been based on the principle of making a lot of money in silence. This is a risk that comes out of nowhere, and if a civilian is too rich, it is a sin. Old Nord is well aware of this truth, and his family style has always been low-key and low-key. The son's fame directly led him to spend interest and borrow a lot of debts, which is a way to avoid risks - first, he can scold his son for being a loser when he borrows money, and vaguely express that the fat man's family actually has no surplus food; Second, it's just time to find a way to send some worry-free money to people who need to tie up. Thinking about it this way, it may not be a bad thing, so I simply let Emma rest assured that Daddy trusts you, and there is no upper limit on monthly expenses.

Emma took her father's instructions, and even simply chartered a laboratory, soaked in the laboratory almost every day, and pulled the whole vehicle of pharmaceutical materials in, and then turned into slag and was pulled away, which can be said to have interpreted the word "loser" to the extreme.

Although the improvement of the success rate seems to have reached a bottleneck now, Emma still stubbornly believes that the direction is right, and it is completely possible to refine the potion without mental power. In a year's time, from one finished product for every 500 materials, to about 30 copies now, the success rate has increased by more than 10 times, isn't it? Doesn't old Nord often say that even if the route is right, sometimes you have to go back to reach the end. It's a good thing to encounter problems, and solving problems is often one step closer to the end. As long as the route is right, sooner or later the end will be reached.

Emma thought as she walked, and suddenly came back to her senses, and was about to walk back to the lab, so she quickly changed directions. When you walk into a dead end, you still can't do it brutally, you have to slow down. He subconsciously touched his stomach: Huh? It seems to be a little overwhelmed, and soaking in the laboratory for a long time will actually cause my appetite to become smaller, do I want to become a thin person? Thinking of this, he was a little hesitant, and he was not inspired after eating, do you want to have another meal? Two porcupines? The flying spiders shouldn't be able to finish eating, right? Is it too late to go back now? It's so tangled, I feel like I'm hungry again when I touch my stomach?

Just as Emma was swaying between going to the tavern or going back to sleep, a big chubby hand slapped him on the shoulder, and someone exaggerated and shouted, "Emma, our 'walking gold'!" Did you come out of the lab and finally give up on your dreams? ”

Emma turned around and said, "How can you give up?" Even at the last moment, I won't give up. My dad said that life-saving wood often appears at the moment of drowning, and there is hope if you don't give up. ”

Behind him was Wo Xiu, who enrolled at the same time as him, and was one of the few classmates who still maintained a good relationship with him. His classmates at the same time had all passed the junior pharmacist exam without exception, and the same was true of Wo Xiu, who only cared about eating. Becoming a pharmacist, he naturally looked down on him as an apprentice, but Wauch did not alienate Emma because of this. The reason may be because they are also fat, right? Maybe add to that the common language of eating?

Wo Xiu looked at Emma with a smile, shook his head and said, "You have lost weight, as a fat party, it is not right to eat less for the exam." ”

Emma smiled bitterly: "I said that I can actually eat more than before, but refining medicine makes people thinner, do you believe it?" ”

Woxiu shook his head and said, "My personal experience tells me that the appetite of pharmacists is the same as before. ”

Emma snorted, "Pharmacist, are you here to taunt me?" ”

Wo Xiu smiled: "What's the matter, I'm caring about your body, if you lose weight, you won't be handsome, there will be no beautiful women who like it." ”

Emma rolls her eyes and decides not to bother with a dead fat man who doesn't have the pressure of an exam. He decided to go back to Old Sam's Tavern, so he wouldn't tell Woch that there was a new porcupine delicacy, maybe Old Sam could secretly keep a copy himself? When the time comes, let him divide half of himself again.

Wauch caught up and arched his shoulders to Emma, "Is your experiment progressing?" ”

Emma said: "The success rate still can't go up, and I'm thinking about what other ways to increase the success rate." ”

Wo Xiu said: "There is not much time left. ”

Emma bowed her head and was silent. Seeing that he was in a bad mood, Wo Xiu didn't say more, sighed lightly in his heart and walked forward silently with him.

He didn't go far before he suddenly shouted, "Look, someone is posting a notice, I'm afraid there's something lively, let's take a look." Without saying a word, he pulled Emma towards the sign.

Under the billboard, a richly dressed teenager stood proudly, his hands crossed in front of his chest, his face expressionless. Behind him, two strong men were posting a piece of parchment on a bulletin board. This person is known to Wo Xiu, a famous scumbag in the third year of the fire magic department, and a junior fire magician Jos.

Soon the notice was posted, and there was no need to get too close, and the words on it were very large, and it read: "I, the First Viscount of Dawn Town, Hansen Andrew, hereby solemnly announces: I need a fresh moonflower grass, for which the Andrew family can pay 5,000 gold coins or a family commitment!" This notice is valid for 7 days. The announcement was followed by the signature of Hanson Andrew and the family coat of arms of the Andrew family.

Wo Xiu gasped: "What is Yuehua Grass?" Worth the promise of a family in Andrew's family? ”

5,000 gold coins is a huge amount of money for ordinary people, and an ordinary family's ability to earn 50 gold coins a year is not bad, even for these teenagers in the academy who are at least lords. However, this is nothing compared to Andrew's family commitments. The Andrew family is the overlord of Dawn Town, one of the two viscounts with real power, and has a lot of influence even in the entire Caiyun County. Although according to the way the notice is written, it usually means that the Andrew family is willing to pay first, and then there is a promise equivalent to 5,000 gold coins. However, for these little nobles, there are many things that cannot be done with money. For a powerful family like Andrew, spending a small amount of money may be difficult for them, so the family's commitment is usually worth far more than 5,000 gold coins.

Hearing this, Jos pursed his lips disdainfully and looked at Wo Xiu, and snorted lightly: "Scum." ”

Emma pulled Lavosiu, took a few steps back and explained in a low voice: "Yuehua Grass is the main medicine of the Super Spiritual Concentration Elixir, and the Andrew family is in such a hurry, it must be that someone is going to break through to a junior mage in the near future and needs a Super Spiritual Concentration Elixir." ”

Wo Xiu said blankly: "What the hell is the super concentrating potion?" Isn't it enough to break through to a junior mage? ”

Emma rolled her eyes and said a little angrily, "Wo Xiu, you're really a scumbag!" As a pharmacist, don't you even know about super concentrating potions? Ordinary qualifications are just a contemplation potion. However, if that kind of super genius with super mental power must use a super concentrating potion, otherwise there is a high probability that the breakthrough will fail, and in serious cases, it will cause irreversible mental damage. In addition, if you use a super concentrating potion when you break through, you have a chance to mutate your mental power. ”

Spiritual power is the most mysterious power, as long as it is a living person, whether strong or weak, there is spiritual power. For magicians, spiritual power is the foundation of power, and only when they control spiritual power can they use it to mobilize ubiquitous magical energy and send out magic. However, not everyone can control their spiritual power to become a magician, which requires not only cultivation and determination, but also talent. With the cultivation method, people can become strong and condensed through cultivation, so that they can understand the method of mobilizing and controlling spiritual power. What's more important is talent, most people can't make their mental power stronger even if they have a way to practice, so naturally there is no possibility of becoming a magician.

When the spiritual power of a magic apprentice reaches a certain level, he will inevitably experience a mental power riot. This mental riot is very dangerous, and if you are not careful, you may lose your foundation and become an ordinary person who can no longer practice, and in serious cases, you may even become an idiot. And the stronger the initial mental power, the more intense the mental riot will be, and the longer it will take. Only a magic apprentice who can generate a mental riot and survive it can master the ability to cast spells and become a junior magician, a process that is also known as a breakthrough. After a long period of exploration, the mages invented the Mind Calming Elixir, which was used to stabilize the mind and greatly reduce the risk of breakthrough. The Super Mind Elixir is a powerful version of the Spirit Concentration Elixir, which is not only more powerful, but also has the potential to cause beneficial mutations in mental power when it breaks through. The main medicine of ordinary condensing elixirs is moonlight grass, and the moonlight swamp in the southwest of Dawn Town is one of the main production areas, and the main medicine of super condensing elixir is the moonflower grass, which can only be harvested by chance in the depths of the swamp. In addition, the Super Concentration Elixir is very special, and it will expire if it is not used up within 3 days after refining, so it is impossible to keep it on hold.

A shocked look appeared on Wo Xiu's face: "You mean super genius? "He knows very well what it means to be a super genius, once he grows up, it is very likely to break through to the Law Saint, which is the foundation for the rise of a super family.

Emma nodded, "That's right. Although the Moonflower Grass is rare, it is not worth as much as 5,000 gold coins. Andrew's family spent such a big price to find Yuehuacao, and the only explanation is that his family's super genius just happened to break through to use, so he spared no cost. ”