Wizard: Starting With Synthesized Gems-Chapter 249: Mana 750 and Three Months

Three months later, in Locke's laboratory.
Locke lay in a wooden barrel bathtub, soaking in Tartarus Cave Worm Spinal Fluid. The spinal fluid was absorbed by his body through his skin. At the same time, while enjoying it, Locke took Fission Potion and Beholder Potion, as well as Stardust Tears Potion, Weeping Blood Nightshade Potion, and energy potions.
He also lit Four Seasons Fruit Core Incense and used his advanced meditation method.
Inside the wooden barrel, the spinal fluid rapidly became diluted. After half an hour, it turned into transparent water.
Locke opened his eyes. A brilliant blue spell radiance shone through his eyes.
Locke pressed his palm against the amethyst matrix. Immediately, the amethyst matrix displayed that his mental power was already at 750.
"I consumed two-thirds of the previously obtained Tartarus Cave Worm Spinal Fluid, and during these three months, used large quantities of magical resources, completely depleting my savings. My mana has reached 750!"
Currently, Locke only had a pitiful less than 500 magic stones remaining. This was when he had the least money since becoming a first-class wizard apprentice. He still needed to use magic stones to maintain various projects' operations, so it was actually very dangerous.
If any project encountered a problem and suddenly required large amounts of magic stones, Locke would have no savings to take out. He could only sign loan contracts or borrow from others.
But the benefit of Locke taking such risks was that in three months' time, he pushed his mana from 600 to 750!
He increased 50 points of mana every month, gaining about 2.5 mana each night.
The reason for such rapid progress had two causes. First was the constitution strengthened by ancient creature bloodline, which could withstand more potions and possessed stronger drug resistance.
The second reason, the main reason, was that Tartarus spinal fluid was truly the best resource for increasing mana. It had almost no side effects, the improvement speed was very fast, and the speed at which drug resistance developed was relatively slow.
He had taken it for three months now. Only now had some relatively obvious drug resistance accumulated. The spinal fluid's improvement speed for him was only now declining.
But he still had a small portion of Tartarus Cave Worm Spinal Fluid remaining. Using this spinal fluid, though it probably couldn't break through the final 50 points of mana, it should allow him to approach 800 mana.
Locke said, "This risk was very worthwhile. It saved me at least ten years of effort. Taking risks is worthwhile. High risk, high return. If I hadn't acted this time, without any other fortuitous encounters, to reach my current mana would have taken at least ten years, or even more time."
"Although it resulted in my drug resistance to the potions I'm currently using becoming very high, even common apprentice-level potions for improving mental power have generally developed high drug resistance, making it very difficult to break through the final fifty points of mana."
"But... as long as I synthesize and continuously test special potion formulas, I can make up for this problem and still allow me to reach 800 mental power as soon as possible."
Locke contemplated his current situation. "During these three months, I indeed synthesized one special potion formula."
"I used a Tanar'ri demon's finger purchased for 350 magic stones at the market, combined with two bottles of Beholder Potion, to synthesize a potion. Originally, I just wanted to try it because they're all creatures from the Endless Abyss plane. I didn't expect a special synthesis formula to actually result, but the side effects are somewhat difficult for me to choose."
Locke looked at its description, 'Level 7 synthesized item, Beholder Lord Potion. Among apprentice level, it's considered one of the most complex brewing formulas. The difficulty is very close to First Circle potions. Preparation requires using two types of negative energy particle magical flames—Dark Magic Flame, Night Magic Flame.'
'In the traditional Beholder Potion formula, standard Tanar'ri demon's finger and abyssal magical plant [Calamity Flower] are added, and processed through special heat treatment... to create an entirely new abyssal potion.'
'Using Beholder Lord Potion grants the spiritual vision of a higher-level beholder lord, thus obtaining higher-level perception ability. The effect of improving advanced meditation methods is very powerful, enough to allow a wizard apprentice to rapidly increase to the limit value of mental power.'
'Side effects unknown, because this potion grants the world seen through a higher-level beholder lord's eyes. Side effects differ for different people.'
Locke looked at the potion in his hand. "After finally getting a special synthesis formula, I don't dare use it for the time being. It's best to find a test subject to test the consumption effects first."
"During these three months, my improvement in potion studies has been quite significant."
During this period, Locke determined the direction he would develop in potion studies, mainly taking the direction of improving mental power.
This direction was actually consistent with the direction of Memory Ointment.
By working hard in this direction, in the future when he improved at each realm, he could prepare potions for himself.
Moreover, it didn't mean that after investing energy in this direction, he would be powerless in other directions.
He had the Synthesis Cube. Obtaining new potion formulas was much simpler than for ordinary potion masters. He could even improve the effects of certain potions through synthesizing magical plants.
So for him, he only needed to determine a main development direction, then the secondary development direction would be curse-breaking and healing type potions, followed by other functional potion research.
Locke flipped through the apprentice-level Potion Compendium magic book beside him, while also reviewing the three potion study books he had continuously read during these three months—Abyssal Potion Studies, Abyssal Magical Plant Studies, Common Side Effects of Abyssal Potions Compilation.
These were three foundational books for studying abyssal potion studies.
Potions, unlike magical plants, needed to be taken regularly. If he obtained Beholder Lord Potion through synthesis, the cost alone would be over a thousand magic stones per dose.
So the best method was to learn how to prepare it himself!
As long as he learned how to prepare Beholder Potion, he could learn to prepare the more advanced Beholder Lord Potion.
It was just that to learn a high-difficulty potion like Beholder Potion, he still needed a long period of study but it didn't matter. In any case, there was a formal wizard black wizard outside Lilith's Cottage watching him every day. He had plenty of time to stay in the laboratory and not go out even if he died.
If he couldn't learn it for a while, he would just study slowly.
"Right, the auction house sent me a message today saying they have news about the Beholder Potion formula I commissioned them to find three months ago."
Locke closed his books. During these three months, he had finished studying the three introductory books on abyssal potion studies, but there was still a large pile of advanced knowledge ahead, and he still needed to do some practice.
Potion studies was a magical category combining practical operation and theory.
It was just that recently he was short on money again, which was why he hadn't practiced extensively.
Locke thought, "Moreover, the formal wizard from Crow’s Nest Brigade seems to have recovered from her injuries and is preparing to thank me today. I don't know how she'll thank me. I hope she can give me some magic stones. Forget it, she doesn't have much money herself. She seems to have signed several loan contracts."
"Therefore recently, she owes money to the academy's upper echelon and temporarily can't leave Lilith's Cottage. I think the academy wants to squeeze her dry."
For an outside First Circle wizard who entered the academy's treatment center, wanting to leave without spending some money wouldn't be easy.