Chapter 53 Troubles and Rumors
Locke ate all the meat on the cart while injecting his mana into the deep purple jade.
His stomach made a sound like thunder. Due to the gastrointestinal capacity improved by ancient blood, the dried beef was being quickly and completely digested.
Locke heard the sound of gems breaking. He looked down and found that the deep purple jade in his hand had turned into a pile of gem powder.
"It's the special substance inside the deep purple jade that was consumed, causing the gem to break. It will take seven deep purple jade to completely eliminate the side effects on my body. It will take me at least two weeks to synthesize them all, but this is not bad." Locke thought: "If it were other second-class wizard apprentices, it would be impossible to suppress the side effects without a few years."
"Of course, inside Lilith's cabin There are potions for sale that can remove the side effects of deteriorated mental power, but those potions are very expensive and can only be purchased from one’s wizard mentor. "
"Furthermore, the effects of those potions are not as effective as the deep purple jade."
The potions themselves also have some side effects, so even if expensive potions are used to remove the deteriorated impurities within the mental power, there will eventually be some side effects.
Locke could even sense that the toxicity of some of the medicines contained in his mental power due to his taking the moonlight elixir and meditation ointment had also been eliminated under the influence of the deep purple jade.
It can be said that the deep purple jade can keep oneself in a pure state without using [pharmaceuticals] at all.
Locke looked through his notes in the All Things Class. He saw that dark purple jade is a specialty of the Star Territory Sea, but it is very rare in the Southeast Angle Territory. Therefore, the wizard apprentices in the Southeast Angle Territory cannot obtain it to remove the poison of the medicine from their bodies.
"Unfortunately, the void energy seems unable to purify the ether element, so part of the ether element entangled in my mental power still exists." Locke looked at the mirror in the study room and frowned slightly. He was never sure what negative impact this part of the ether element entangled in his mental power would have on him.
However, from the current point of view, it does not seem to have any impact, so I don’t need to be too nervous.
Locke returned to his bedroom, applied some meditation ointment on his temples, and then began to meditate for the night.
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The next day, Locke went to the patrol cabin in advance to report.
I don’t know why, but this time many wizard apprentices in the patrol looked at him with strange eyes.
Just when Locke looked at them, these people would greet Locke with a smile or nod to each other.
Since Locke showed his talents in the mission last time, he has been welcomed in the patrol team and has integrated into it.
Faced with this slightly unusual situation, Locke frowned slightly.
It seems that he has caused some kind of disturbance and has become one of the central figures in the hotly discussed news.
Locke had some guesses about this.
He walked into Captain Bruno Suarez's office. Bruno's eyes lit up slightly after seeing Locke. "Locke, you are here today."
"It just so happens that in the afternoon, we have a more dangerous mission. We have to go to the edge of the city to clean up a group of crazy rhinos that broke into Lilith's cabin. This time I am going to take you and Helia to go together."
Since the last incident, in Captain Bruno's mind, Locke is a second-class wizard apprentice with good combat ability, and he has naturally gained his attention.
Helia looked at Locke curiously, "Hello, Locke."
"I heard that you rejected the investment contract from the Reeves family, and also said that you do not need investment from the wizard family."
"You know, you have become our Lilith cabin. Recently, the second-class wizard apprentices have been talking about it."
"Everyone has said everything."
Captain Bruno became serious and raised his voice to Helia. "Helia, why are you talking about this."
"We are all on the same patrol, why bother talking about our own people for the sake of outsiders."
Helia shrugged her shoulders, raised her brows, and showed a pretentious expression to lighten the atmosphere. "There are also some wizard apprentices from the seventy-two local wizard families in the patrol."
"Besides, after I heard about this this morning, I clearly refuted the wizard apprentices who spread the news."
"I told them that it was just a rumor, and Locke Augustine is an outstanding wizard apprentice in the patrol."
Helia turned to Locke and apologized: "Sorry, Locke, I just want to remind you that the Reeves family seems to have taken some kind of revenge on you."
"These down-and-out local wizard families are really stingy."
Helia and Captain Bruno, although they are also local wizards, they are both from local mortal families, so there is not much bias in this matter.
Even because Locke has fought alongside them, he will have a better impression of Locke.
Locke frowned. He did not expect that the Reeves family would engage in such boring little tricks.
Obviously, the Reeves family was very dissatisfied with their rejection, so they wanted to use this method to stigmatize themselves so that they would not be able to obtain any investment from the wizard family.
If you really want to get investment, you will be very anxious when encountering this kind of thing, and you will even go to the door to apologize.
But I am not.
I have never considered accepting investment from those seventy-two local families, as that would be a trap.
Locke didn't pay much attention to this, he just made a note of the Reeves family's account in his mind, and then said to Captain Bruno and Helia: "Thank you for reminding me."
"However, these are just small tricks that don't get in the way. As wizard apprentices, it is our job to learn and explore the path of magic."
"Captain, can you tell me about the afternoon's task?"
Helia and Captain Bruno nodded in agreement. In their eyes, this rumor was indeed a bad move that could not be put on the table.
But Locke's indifference to this still surprised the two of them.
Helia looked at Locke in surprise. She didn't know why Locke was so calm.
Captain Bruno said: "Okay, let's get to the point."
"The mad rhinoceros has a passive 5-level enchantment school trick [madness]. The number is about seven, so we are going to use the advantage of numbers. "In this process, we will also gain some benefits."
Captain Bruno said: "The magic materials of the killed mad rhinoceros can be divided equally among our patrol."
“In the territory of Lilith’s cabin, we can safely kill some magical creatures that have broken into the urban area. This is much safer than hunting and collecting magic materials in dangerous environments in the wild. This is a benefit for our patrol team.”