After that, Punk's mage armor vanished, revealing a red burn mark on his palm. He gazed at the conspicuous burn on his otherwise smooth white hand, giving it a few light shakes and letting out a sigh of relief. He cast an apprentice-level healing spell on his palm.
A soothing wave of life energy enveloped the burnt area, quickly relieving the painful sensation. In less than twenty seconds, Punk's palm was restored to its original white and delicate state.
He held his palm up to his face, flexing and relaxing his fingers as he examined it. After a few moments, he lowered his hand and surveyed the chaos in front of him. The scene was a disaster, but it didn't shock him too much. The half-broken wooden house had now become fully broken.
There were many wood chips scattered on the floor. Some have been carbonized by the high temperature. The walls that Punk has smashed were even more terrible. Punk can see his alchemy laboratory all the way at the other side of the house through the holes in the walls. The woods surrounding the holes were also burned. Looking at this scene, Punk started to doubt the survival of his alchemy tools.
There were many wood chips scattered on the floor. Some have been carbonized by the high temperature. The walls that Punk has smashed were even more terrible. Punk can see his alchemy laboratory all the way at the other side of the house through the holes in the walls. The woods surrounding the holes were also burned. Looking at this scene, Punk started to doubt the survival of his alchemy tools.
Thinking about this, a wave of anger started to surge in Punk's heart...
This Night-vision potion was classified as an apprentice-level potion, which was understandable as the potion's effect was really just like an apprentice-level spell.
But, the bastard who wrote that refining difficulty was not to herd for an apprentice-level mage, definitely did not have any good intention.
In theory, an apprentice-level mage can refine this potion as long as they possess a set of fundamental alchemy tools. Nevertheless, this is under the assumption of an ideal scenario, not taking into account the mage's talent or the condition of the ingredients.
"Just remember, when something is important, it's good to emphasize it three times, at least in theory."
Punk was deeply frustrated by how he had been deceived and how difficult the alchemy truly is. As a trainee-level mage, he couldn't even successfully create an apprentice-level potion. If he were to be replaced by an ordinary apprentice-level mage, unless they possessed exceptional alchemy talent, they would have to spend thousands of gold coins just to achieve something in alchemy, let alone make money from it. Even if they had that much wealth, it would still take years of experimentation and an experienced mentor to shield them from the consequences of failed experiments.
So, this was the so-called "apprentice-level difficulty."
For most of the apprentice-level mages, alchemy was just a dream, And even if they can afford all the expensive knowledge, expensive materials, and expensive tools, you need at least a little bit of talent to make it worth your time. In the end, alchemy was like quicksand, if you don't have large monetary support or acceptable talent, then the more you struggle, the more you will sink, and there was also a big chance that you might lose your life in the process.
Thinking about these difficulties, Punk also began to think about the development of modern magical civilization.
Not only did the mages who were hugely helped by the legacy of the Netheril civilization, showed no signs of reviving the glory of the old civilization, but they became more stagnant and declining. The scarcity of mages was its proof!
Punk believed that what people commonly referred to as "the interference of the gods" wasn't the primary obstacle. The true impediment to the revival of the old magical civilization's glory was the numerous issues within the present mage's world.
Looking at the current mages, who cherish knowledge and keep it to themselves. Not letting their inheritance spread to the masses... Single-mindedness and exclusive mindset like these that people often ignored was the real roadblock in the revival of past glory!
Thinking of this, Punk can only shake his head helplessly. Now he had nothing to do with the the deeply ingrained issues of the entire mage civilization.If he genuinely wanted to be a part of the decision-making process within this civilization, then he had to work diligently to attain that position, by any means, like of fair exchange or fighting or plundering... This was the reality before him!
Punk, now feeling a little helpless, simply ignored the messy wood chips on the floor of the house, treating it as a different kind of carpet. His top priority was to summarize and analyze the reasons for this failure and then learn from it and start the next attempt.
Punk dusted his already dustfree robe and walked back to the laboratory, following the holes in the walls.
He had a blank expression on his face; he was not a person who gives up easily.
"System, analyze the cause of energy conflict."
After Punk assigned this task to the system, he began to carefully check all the alchemy equipment.
Fortunately, due to his timely action, All the alchemy tools were in one piece...
"Analysis result: due to the bad contact between the No. 7 positive energy unit and the No. 213 negative energy unit, No. 7648 line mana operation failed to interrupt the bad contact in time, resulting in chain thermal energy conversion."
"System: predicting solutions."
"Analysis result: adjust the positive energy density of No. 7, adjust the timing of the intervention of the dark element of No. 335, and increase the mana of the No. 213 negative energy unit."
"nice…" Punk put down the alchemy tools in his hand and stretched. The hood of his robe was accidentally fall off, revealing Punk's beautiful deep blue hair. Every strand of his hair was glittering like crystals in the low light.
"Is my hair growing a bit faster? Seems like I'll need to set aside some time for a trim."
Punk quickly tidied his hair and pulled his hood back up.
"system, start the preparation for the second refining, and be particularly attentive to the recorded information...""
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Punk started to practice alchemy day and night. And during this period, whenever Punk exhausted all his mana, he immediately meditated and resumed refining as soon as possible
After exhausting all ten portions of his alchemy materials, Punk finally achieved success and refined a single night vision Potion.
Although it was just one apprentice-level auxiliary potion, It meant a lot to Punk, because it means from now on, He can be regarded as an alchemist.
Punk carefully poured the night vision potion into a test tube. He sealed the tube with a cork that had been enchanted with magic. Within the crystal-clear potion, there were dark purple filaments slowly spinning They resembled a slowly rotating helical coil, and under the dim light, the transparent potion and the spinning purple coil appeared stunning.
Without any accident, this potion can be stored for three years. And it can be even extended using a preserve spell.
"So, I worked all day and all night but got back only this one piece?"
Punk mumbled to himself with a flat tone, but in fact, there was a touch of joy in his heart.
Also, during this process of practicing alchemy, Punk gained a lot of experience in the energy fusion process, which increased his control over magic a lot. This was also one of the fruits of Punk's 27 hours of hard work.
While Punk was looking at his "masterpiece," suddenly, his keen hearing ability as elves caught some faint music outside, and there was also a lot of noise and cheers.
He then recalled that the Green Festival celebration mentioned by the barbecue shop owner was supposed to be today.
Feeling in high spirits, he chose to go out and witness this festival celebration in another world.
Furthermore, he needed to venture outside to purchase additional materials and supplies for his needs.
Punk used the trainee-level incantation spell "energy conversion" on the increasingly hot essence ball. The intensely glowing red ball, reaching almost two thousand degrees, began to transform into steady ethereal energy. In just a few seconds, the small ball, as hot and bright as a mini sun, turned into a bright white spot and vanish in the air.