Wizard: Starting With Synthesized Gems-Chapter 106: Applying for a Personal Pharmaceutical Laboratory

Locke and Yuri Burns had a meal at the Witch Kitchen, with Yuri treating and spending five magic stones.
After finishing the meal, Locke said, "I didn't expect the food at the Witch Kitchen to be quite good, with cooking skills far superior to ordinary people."
"Thank you, Manager Yuri, for treating me to this meal."
Yuri Burns let out a hoarse laugh, stirring the magical dessert with her fork. "Don't mention it. You're my benefactor. Thanks to you, Lady Irina didn't dismiss me."
"Not to mention treating you to one meal, even treating you every day would be fine. The Witch Kitchen is a shop opened by witches from the Enchantment School. They use a large amount of enchantment magic, utilizing spells from the Enchantment School to innovatively harmonize human taste buds, so the cuisine here is impossible for ordinary chefs to create."
"Take this mango dessert, for example. Setting aside the cooking skills themselves, just the 0.1-circle cantrip model [Condensed Sweet Honey Return] cast on it can make this delicacy unforgettable, increasing its sweetness and aftertaste."
Yuri pointed toward the busy kitchen. "Otherwise, no wizard would spend magic stones just to eat a meal of food made by these witches."
"Those witch apprentices in the kitchen are also called [Flavor Masters]." Yuri said, "Some foods made by Flavor Masters even have addictive properties, so you need to be careful. Avoid these few dishes on the menu, as they all have chronic addictive characteristics."
Yuri seemed to have been tricked before, and said through gritted teeth, "So sinister. After you become addicted, you still have to specifically purchase special antidotes to detoxify."
As a potion master's assistant, Locke automatically thought of several methods to deal with this situation. "Narcissus Detoxification Water should be able to barely handle this situation, but its detoxification ability is too weak. For removing toxins from Enchantment School spells while being economical, the method would be Birch Tree Purification Potion."
"Birch Tree Purification Potion can depolarize and is specifically used to remove state-changing spells from the Enchantment School."
Yuri was stunned for a moment, then looked at the potion master's assistant badge worn on Locke's chest. "Worthy of being a potion master's assistant, being knowledgeable can save a lot of money."
"Birch Tree Purification Potion, that cheap stuff, costs almost 1 magic stone per bottle, only slightly more expensive than Narcissus Detoxification Water. Back then I was so scared that I directly bought a bottle of Bear Spirit Bile Detoxification Potion."
Locke shook his head. "That wasn't necessary."
"Good. I've understood clearly about the procurement matter." Locke stood up. "Thank you, Manager Yuri, for telling me the relevant information in advance so I could prepare early."
It turned out that to enter procurement, one still had to go through procedures, needing to prove at least how one's products passed the White Wizard Association's ethical review mechanism.
Manager Yuri wanted him to pay special attention to the slave components used.
After all, there had been cases before where people failed to enter academy procurement because they used human slaves, and one of the human slaves had identity problems.
Locke could prepare the proof in advance.
Yuri seemed very confident that the Crystal Palm Fire Lotus could enter academy procurement. She raised her teacup and said, "I toast in advance to your work entering academy procurement."
"Based on my experience, there's no reason your work shouldn't enter academy procurement."
After greeting her, Locke left the Witch Kitchen.
After leaving Chimera Trading Market, Locke went directly to Witch Sophia's office, because he needed to formally apply through her to the academy's upper echelons for a personal pharmaceutical laboratory.
In Sophia's office, Witch Sophia put down a magic book in her hands and looked at Locke strangely, saying, "Do you have a relationship with Wizard Urien Rich? Recently he suddenly spoke up for you and joined me in accelerating the review of your advanced meditation method."
Locke explained to Witch Sophia, "It's like this, teacher. Wizard Urien Rich asked me to help tutor his grandson in potion studies."
"Because it happened suddenly, I didn't have time to tell you, teacher."
Witch Sophia showed an understanding expression. "It's that guy Rich's grandson. He's indeed suffered greatly, and his talent isn't good. If he were an ordinary person it would be fine, but as the only bloodline of a First Circle wizard, he's destined to live under many people's gaze."
"He'll live happier than ordinary people, but at the same time will face much more difficulty in other aspects."
Witch Sophia said, "I have no objection to you tutoring him. His grandson is one of Wizard Urien Rich's most core interests. As long as you can maintain a good relationship with his grandson, you'll have another backer in this academy."
"You want to open a pharmaceutical laboratory?"
"Potion master's assistants can indeed open their own personal pharmacies, but the initial investment for a pharmacy is quite large, as you should know." Witch Sophia crossed her hands, leaned back in her chair, and looked at Locke. "Personal pharmacies have strict personnel requirements."
"To pass the review, you must have at least one potion master's assistant certificate, and you need three third-class wizard apprentices and at least one second-class wizard apprentice."
"Moreover, there are various supporting equipment and basic process standards. These initial investments add up to no small amount."
Witch Sophia hesitated for a moment, then said, "Even if I lend you my three students, you still need to hire a second-class wizard apprentice yourself."
"New potion master's assistants often don't have exclusive potion formulas that can generate huge profits to maintain their own personal pharmaceutical laboratory."
"If it's helping others brew potions, then there's no need to have your own pharmacy at all. You contribute one person and rent a set of equipment, and you can do it."
Witch Sophia reminded Locke, "Those first-class wizard apprentices who apply for personal pharmacies, the main reason is usually just to obtain qualification to sell large quantities of exclusive magical potions to potion shops and the academy."
"The academy's review of magical potions is still quite strict. Potion master's assistants master too much professional knowledge, knowledge that's even enough to fool some wizards who don't understand the potion field well, such as wizard apprentices from other wizard organizations in the Evocation School, Transmutation School, Alchemy School, and so on."
Locke understood that the White Wizard Association indeed had strict reviews for pharmacies.
Because there had been multiple incidents before where pharmacies sold fake medicines or used prohibited materials banned by the White Wizard Association to brew potions, causing various tragic and disgusting events.
It could be said that without special restrictions, one-third of what circulated in Chimera Trading Market would be fake medicines, one-third would be degraded potions made with low-cost problematic materials, and the remaining third might have other problems.
Even now, similar things were still happening in hidden corners.
Therefore, the academy's upper echelons necessarily had to strictly review the sources of large quantities of potions, pharmacies and potion shops.
Even now, situations where potion shops and pharmacies openly collaborated to sell inferior problematic potions were everywhere.
It's just that Locke, as a potion master, would generally avoid potion shops with traces of inferior potions in Chimera Trading Market.
The White Wizard Association and academy upper echelons' strictness in reviewing pharmacies was even higher than for plant gardens.
After all, for Lilith's Cottage, potions were more important than magical plants.
In the southeastern quadrant, the Four Seasons Garden was best at breeding and plant magic. For more specialized niche categories of magical plants, such as ice-type magical plants, Frozen Tower was the best. For hot-type magical plants, the Summer Society was most skilled.
And Lilith's Cottage's most powerful magic was potion studies.
In this regard, it could even be ranked alongside the southeastern quadrant's top wizard organization, Virdantia University.
Locke placed a Memory Ointment in front of Witch Sophia. "Teacher, what do you think of this potion?"
"I was lucky when preparing Focus Ointment. I suddenly thought of using iron fern spores and water element magical flame for low-temperature extraction, which would increase the medicinal properties of Focus Ointment, and then I prepared this."