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Chapter 98 Choosing Examination Potion

Chapter 98 Choosing the Exam Potion

Wizard Derek Jones called the next examiner, a first-class wizard apprentice from another small wizard organization.

 This first-class wizard apprentice is relatively old. He looks like a middle-aged man with gray hair on his temples. Locke guessed that his real age must be at least a hundred years old.

  A first-class wizard apprentice has a lifespan of two hundred years, so it is impossible to reach the point where his temples turn gray without being over a hundred years old.

 For first-class wizard apprentices from such a small wizard organization, their inheritance is incomplete and they have many weaknesses in various disciplines, so there is basically no hope of promotion.

  They came here to take the Potion Assistant Certificate, just to find a job better and improve their quality of life in the next few decades.

 But this old first-class wizard apprentice is undoubtedly relatively stable. Five hundred magic stones may be a huge sum of money for him, and it will take many years to accumulate.

  Without certainty of victory, it is impossible for him to come for the assessment.

 Furthermore, due to various factors such as age, his mentality is relatively good and is not prone to big fluctuations.

 This old first-class wizard apprentice stretched out his finger, and a wisp of magic flame appeared on his fingertips. It was the wood element magic flame.

 Then he switched to the hottest magic flame of the wind element. The pale magic flame kept swaying at his fingertips and made a "sizzling sound" of burning the air.

 After completing a set of tests, Wizard Derek Jones nodded in approval. "Although the basic theory is not solid, the magic flame is done very well. Some conversions take more than 3 seconds, but overall, the average conversion time is still within 3 seconds."
The three formal wizards bowed respectfully and said, "Thank you, three adults, for your guidance."

 "It is an honor for me to get your guidance."

 Wizard Derek Jones said indifferently: "Next."

Locke walked to the middle of the room and faced the three official wizards. He exhaled slightly, followed by the first ray of wood elemental magic flame, followed by the four magic elements of earth, water, fire and wind, flowing continuously on his fingertips.

 The five magic flames are like liquids, switching very smoothly, and even contain a certain aesthetic feeling.

 This surprised the other two first-class wizard apprentices who participated in the assessment.

 They never expected that the switching of magic flames could be so easy and smooth.

Gogor couldn't help but sigh in his heart when he saw that the magic flames on Locke's fingertips were seamlessly connected, blending like water, and extremely smooth.

He glanced at Bate who was standing aside, and murmured in a low voice: "After all, they are first-class wizard apprentices trained by the Grand Wizard Organization. It turns out that this is their true level."

  Wizard Derek Jones' eyes flickered, nodded, and said: "Yes, the switching time between magic flames is only 5 seconds on average, and sometimes it can even reach about 1 second."

   What an amazing talent. "

  "The stability and accuracy of your magic power are extraordinary. You seem to be a student of Witch Sophia. Well, judging from the information, Witch Sophia believes that you have a special talent in this area."

"So I have long wanted to suggest that the White Wizard Association should include inspection items for mana accuracy and mana stability when checking the qualifications of wizard seedlings. This can reduce the situation where many talents are ignored in the early stage."

 h Wizard Derrick Jones gave Locke some pointers, "If you can slightly improve your mana perception, your average switching speed should be able to increase by another level."

 Locke is a little confused, perception?

  It is a pity that Wizard Derek Jones is not his wizard mentor, but just an assessor, so it is not convenient for him to ask questions.

  An official wizard next to wizard Derek Jones laughed in a low voice: "Derrick, your requirements for this student are too high. Perception is an area that only first-level potion masters should pay attention to."

Derek Jones said: "Well, I just finally saw a man who can be made, and I have raised my requirements a little bit."

 "Okay, let's go to the third round of testing, Bette, you can also enter the final round of testing."

Bate said: "Okay, Mr. Jones."

 Although Bate had been brushed off in the second round of assessment, Locke knew that each test score of this potion master's assistant examination would be recorded and comprehensively considered in the next assessment.

  In order to allow the examiners to see more comprehensively the comprehensive level of these candidates in potions.

 Hence, even though Bate is destined to be eliminated, he still has to go all out in the third round.

If his score in the third round of assessment is too poor, he will be closely watched by the official wizards responsible for the assessment if he takes the Potion Master Assistant exam again in the future.

 On the contrary, if his score in the third round of assessment is very good, he will take the certification examination again in the future. The official wizards responsible for the next assessment will comprehensively consider his performance this time and relax his requirements slightly.

 Hence, it is not that there are no first-class wizard apprentices, who have been polished up through consecutive examinations.

  After all, the difficulty of the Potion Master Assistant Certification Examination is far less difficult than that of the Breeder Assistant Certification Examination.

 There are many people who have never been able to pass.

 The third round of examination is a practical examination of actually refining pharmaceuticals.

Locke naturally chose Meditation Ointment, while Gogor, an old and foreign wizard apprentice, chose the relatively simple [Hemostatic Moss Ointment], and Bate chose to refine the [Night Vision Potion].

 Wizard Derrick Jones looked very ugly when it came to Bate's choice of [Night Vision Potion]. "Night vision potion? Thank you for choosing it."

   "As a first-class wizard apprentice in Lilith's cabin, you actually chose the easiest difficulty like the first-class wizard apprentices from outside. Why didn't you choose to refine the quick-acting gel!"

   "Bet, I am very dissatisfied with you."

  Bet was scolded by wizard Derek Jones so much that he did not dare to raise his head and his body was trembling.

Locke glanced at him. Night vision potion and hemostatic moss ointment were the simplest potions, and they were even close to being potion master's assistant level potions.

 The Meditation Ointment I chose was a standard medium-difficulty potion master's assistant level potion.

 But obviously, for these first-class wizard apprentices who want to pass the assessment as soon as possible, the best choice is to choose to refine the simplest potion at the potion master's assistant level during the assessment.

 After all, the assessment situation is so complicated, no one can guarantee what will happen, and the reason why I chose Meditation Ointment is for no other reason than Witch Sophia’s request.

  It seems that in the eyes of these official wizards, choosing the standard medium difficulty to pass the assessment is the right way.

Of course, something as simple as a fast-acting gel cannot be included in the assessment objectives, so Wizard Derek Jones just used this to taunt Bate.

 Lock came back to his senses and took out a standard set for refining pharmaceuticals from the astral ring, including a crucible, a stand, a dropper, a capillary tube, and a set of glass measuring cups of different sizes.

 There are also materials for meditation ointment. The main materials are: silver leaf mint, white birch sap, blue butterfly cocoon powder, cat's eye powder, and the auxiliary materials are honey and cowhide gel.