Wizard: Starting With Synthesized Gems-Chapter 220: Frenzied Potion Purchasing

Three days later, Locke, along with Elagabalus, Howard, and another sketch artist, completed an entire set of magical painting maps.
During these three days, Elagabalus and Toke Kalile had barely slept for more than an hour combined.
Of course, both of their mental powers were probably between three to four hundred, so even three days without sleep wouldn't affect them in the slightest.
It took three days of overtime work before they barely managed to produce a magical painting map.
The Curse Ritual Research Institute was extremely vast in scale, with many professional facilities inside, making the surveying difficulty extremely high.
But at the same time, Locke had used Summon Tomb Spirit to collect information about the negative energy particle field of this building, allowing Elagabalus to create a map with extremely high precision.
It was clear that Elagabalus still had artistic pursuits. This gloomy young man with bangs, after successfully drawing a magical painting map, held it in his hands and kept examining it, saying, "Exquisite, ingenious, full of artistic information!"
"Mr. Augustine, the information you provided me was extremely precise, so under your high requirements, this magical painting map of mine has extremely high accuracy."
"It will have very high practical value."
Elagabalus turned the magical painting map over to show Locke. He could see dense, tiny brushstrokes all over it, with a small green dot in the upper left corner, and in the central laboratory of the Curse Ritual Research Institute, there was also a small red dot.
That red dot was the target.
This was information Locke had obtained by using Summon Tomb Spirit to collect the influence his residual magic pressure had on the negative energy particle field in the surrounding area, then having the sketch artist Elagabalus use special visual illusion techniques to create this function.
Although Rashid Tariel was a formal wizard, if they directly used magic to lock onto his position, it would definitely fail or be discovered by him but Locke wasn't stupid enough to do that. What this map locked onto was the influence his magic pressure had on the surrounding environment's negative energy particle field within one hour.
In other words, although the precision of locking onto him would be relatively low, in exchange it was safe and not easily discovered.
Elagabalus said enthusiastically, "According to your requirements, this magical painting also has an illusion attack spell set inside it, a 0.5-circle [Delayed Illusion], which can attack black wizards who see this magical painting when necessary."
Locke nodded slightly. After inspecting this magical painting, he stored it in his astral ring. "Master Elagabalus, you did very well."
"For the remaining time, you don't need to go anywhere else."
"You can freely command my servants in this house and complete all the magical paintings of my magical plants and potions for me, and they all need to be three-dimensional magical paintings."
"During this period, my teacher, the formal wizard Witch Sophia, will arrange for a first-class wizard apprentice to come and help you complete the magical painting work."
Elagabalus showed a bitter smile.
He had long expected that Locke would probably handle it this way.
At the same time, he was secretly alarmed. According to the subtext in Locke's words, the magical painting map production he was participating in actually involved a formal wizard.
This was a big deal.
Elagabalus expressed, "Alright, Mr. Augustine. I won't go anywhere and will stay here for this entire month until you return."
Elagabalus wisely stated, "Mr. Augustine, my junior and I also don't want to get involved in trouble. If you let us go out at this time, we wouldn't want to go out anyway."
"Moreover, the magical painting work you've arranged for us is indeed quite large in scale. It's guaranteed to be a project worth over fifteen hundred magic stones, which is a big order for my gallery, so I'm very happy to stay here."
Elagabalus was telling the truth.
Their gallery simply wasn't that profitable. Wizards who wanted magical paintings could never be as numerous as wizards who wanted magical plants, alchemical items, or potions.
Magical paintings were ultimately just niche demand.
Otherwise, the wizards of their Atlas Palette Academy wouldn't have gone bankrupt in such large numbers, to the point where they could only drag their families around looking for orders.
The project Locke gave him was enough to support his gallery for a month, and was even five to six hundred magic stones higher than a normal month's gallery income.
So naturally Elagabalus was willing.
Before Locke left, Elagabalus said to him, "Mr. Augustine, if you have needs again next time, you can still come find me."
"This kind of thing is indeed very exciting, but excitement is the source of our art."
Locke glanced at Elagabalus, nodded slightly, then left this house.
Later, a student of Witch Sophia's teacher Morgana, that is, her junior disciples, would come to block information and guard this place for him.
The more sensitive parts of his residence had already been hidden by him or placed in his astral ring to carry with him.
The plant garden would also be temporarily locked with Protection School magic and temporarily closed to the public.
Plus, these people were part of Lady Morgana's network of relationships, so they were very safe.
If anything went wrong, he just needed to tell Witch Sophia, and Lady Morgana would not spare them.
After Locke left his residence, he looked back at his house and raised his eyebrows, saying, "This Elagabalus person is too duplicitous. He's clearly focused on the money he can earn from the project I gave him, yet he keeps talking about art."
"Forget it. This kind of thing has nothing to do with me. This is probably his personal character."
"But his magical painting skills are indeed quite good. There might be opportunities for cooperation in the future."
Locke hurriedly left this place. He made one final trip to Chimera Trading Market, going directly to the Owl Cauldron Potion Shop.
In the shop where Andrew and Axi served as managers, Locke directly reserved a private room and spent two thousand magic stones here purchasing a large pile of potions.
For detoxification potions, he had the broad-spectrum curse-breaking Bear Spirit Jade Bile Detoxification Potion, so there was no need to purchase those. Therefore, all the potions he bought were functional ones.
Andrew frowned. "Locke, the potions you're purchasing seem a bit too many. If you take so many potions in a short time, it will create huge side effects for you."
"The potion toxicity is really too strong."
"Look, just the one-hundred-magic-stone mental power recovery potion [Spirit Spring Soul Surge Potion] alone. This potion not only has high potion toxicity, but also has some side effects, such as overly active nerves in the brain in a short time."
"Leading to inability to rest and very active thinking."
"Even if it's a mild side effect, as long as you drink more than three bottles in a short time, this side effect will become a very serious side effect..."
"Brain region abnormal activity may occur, producing long-term chronic side effects, and there may also be fatal heart crystallization side effects in a short time."
Andrew frowned. "But you've purchased ten bottles of just this potion alone. Although Spirit Spring Soul Surge Potion is the best apprentice-level mana recovery potion, it's also the potion with the most deaths from consumption in this type."
"What experiment are you planning to do that requires purchasing ten bottles? As your friend, I advise you that two bottles would be sufficient."
"Ten bottles..."
Axi looked at Locke's purchase list in the VIP room and also cried out in surprise. "My god, even if it were a land dragon that ate the potions on your purchase list, it should die too."
"Not just Spirit Spring Soul Surge Potion, but also five bottles of Cycad Purple Ming Tincture and three bottles of Dermal Charging Suppository."
"These two potions also have great side effects. As long as you take them long-term, problems will occur."
Cycad Purple Ming Tincture was a type of potion that could be injected intravenously during critical moments to eliminate any sense of fatigue while increasing mana recovery speed by several times.
Moreover, it could enhance an apprentice wizard's spell power by 10% within the hour after injection.
This potion cost 50 magic stones per bottle. The reason it wasn't expensive was first because its production was relatively simple.
Second, its materials were very cheap.
Third, its demand was really quite large. This thing was something used to save lives in battle.
It was also listed on Lilith's Cottage's external sales prohibition list, belonging to a special technique that some wizard apprentices of Lilith's Cottage liked to use.
The side effects were also significant. Taking Cycad Purple Ming Tincture once in a short time would only make one feel very tired afterward, requiring the body to metabolize most of the potion toxicity (there was always a part that couldn't be metabolized).
But if taken consecutively in a short time, Purple Ming Tincture had moderate spell toxicity, and when the toxicity accumulated, it could be fatal.
Similarly, Dermal Charging Suppository was generally used in combination with Cycad Purple Ming Tincture. It could also quickly eliminate a person's fatigue.
Its side effect was that this fatigue would eventually accumulate and finally explode.
In summary, Locke had purchased a pile of potions that would finish off ten of him unless his body was particularly good.
Andrew and Axi were both scared by this exaggerated potion purchase quantity.
These things were normally bought one bottle at a time.
How could anyone be as exaggerated as Locke?
Of course, they didn't know that Locke had Deep Purple Jade, and his body had the bloodline of the king among ancient creature bloodlines, the Three-Eyed Tiger Cat.
Locke had calculated that this dosage would indeed be too much for ordinary wizard apprentices, but for his current constitution, combined with Deep Purple Jade, it was just right.
Purchasing these potions was still very meaningful.
They could both save his life and enhance his combat power, increasing his ability to plunder magical resources from black wizards.
Using ancient creature bloodlines to strengthen his body, the greatest hidden benefit was enhancing his drug tolerance.
So his comprehensive strength, when combined with taking drugs, could increase several times without leaving any side effects.
Therefore, having a good constitution was still essential.
Locke lightly tapped the table with his finger and smiled, "What are you two worried about? Don't you know me? How could I possibly buy potions to eat myself to death?"
"It's just that I have an experiment recently that requires such a large quantity of potions."
"Besides, look, I also bought ten vials of Black and White Flame Potion. This isn't for consumption."
Black and White Flame Potion was relatively cheap, storing two opposing magical flames inside. When fighting enemies, throwing both the parent and child bottles out simultaneously could trigger a chain explosion reaction of magical flames in mid-air, with power roughly equivalent to a 0.6-circle spell.
This was an application of magical flames that potion masters had discovered in the field of magical flames, equivalent to explosives.
The price was very cheap, with a positioning similar to Crystal Palm Fire Lotus.
Locke purchased these potions only to enrich his attack methods, and this type of potion could definitely be used creatively when combined with his potion master assistant techniques.
When Andrew and Axi heard that Locke was only using them for experiments, they both breathed a sigh of relief.
Andrew nodded and said, "Locke, it's good that you know. Right now, Axi and I's futures depend entirely on you."
"Axi and I still want to follow you to publish more papers."
Axi's face turned slightly red. "Actually, it's not just the two of us who think this way. Even our mentor, Wizard Edwin, suggested that we two should follow you well, and we can publish quite a few papers."
"It's very beneficial for our future. He even said that following you could increase the probability of becoming a formal wizard."
Axi complained, "That guy probably thinks that by following you, we can mooch off more resources."
Andrew coughed lightly. "Axi, even in private, don't complain about formal wizards. Every formal wizard is an elite among knowledge workers, with extraordinary status in the southeastern quadrant."
"Most importantly, if he hears this and doesn't allocate research resources to you..."
Axi waved her hand. "Don't worry about it. We're following Locke, so don't we have resources for publishing papers? Do we still need to rely on Teacher Edwin?"
"What research resources could he have? He's just swindling around."
Andrew coughed awkwardly. "These words must not be said outside. The anger of a formal wizard, even just a teacher's anger toward students, is something we cannot bear."
Locke interrupted in a low voice, "Andrew, Axi, I'm purchasing such large quantities of potions, and I don't want others to know. Could you seal the records for me?"
Axi's eyes showed confusion.
Andrew thought for a moment, then nodded seriously and discussed with Locke, "I understand. You're worried that your experiment won't pass the association's ethical review mechanism, so you want to secretly produce some results first, right?"
"Sure."
"I've done this for several potion master assistants before."
Axi looked at Andrew in surprise. "But this doesn't follow the rules. If Lady Irina finds out..."
Andrew spread his hands, "If you follow the rules strictly, you won't be able to accomplish anything. I call this flexible use of rules."
"Besides, what kind of improper experiment could Locke do? We both know his character."