Chapter 109

Chapter 109 Major Side Effect Verification Period

Chapter 109 Major Side Effects Verification Period

Witch Sophia looked up at Locke in surprise, frowned, then lowered her head and gently sniffed the ointment. About half a minute passed.

Witch Sophia looked up, frowned, and then raised her eyebrows with a slightly funny expression. “Good luck?”

“Locke, you have amazing intuition.” As a First-Ring Potion Master, Sophia immediately understood Locke’s plan after hearing the key to his thinking. “The maidenhair fern spores contain a unique natural magical structure, similar to the enchantment school’s sleight of hand, the sedation technique combined with the Concentration Ointment…”

“It might have some memory-enhancing effect.” Sophia, a first-level potion master, quickly deduced the effects of the memory ointment based on the existing medicinal properties. “Locke, I’m lucky to have a student like you.”

Witch Sophia said worriedly, “After teaching you, I’m afraid I’ll feel disappointed when I teach those students again. I won’t be able to muster any enthusiasm anymore.”

“Students like you are hard to come by.”

Witch Sophia said, “It seems that you are also very talented in potions. You have a very keen intuition about potion formulas.”

“If you hadn’t reminded me, I wouldn’t have noticed that the sedative effect of the maidenhair fern spores could be used to enhance memory.” Witch Sophia pondered deeply. “You’ve actually inspired me.”

“Perhaps I can also concoct a new memory potion, but forget about it right now. I’m too busy. Let’s talk about it after we go to the Star Sea. The Star Sea is a medium to high magic environment, and the magic resources there will be more abundant.”

Witch Sophia looked at Locke and said, “But there is a problem now. Even if I can roughly guess the effect of your potion and prove through experience that it is truly effective.”

“Those ordinary wizards are different from me, and you won’t be able to pass the academy’s review like this.”

Locke asked, “Then teacher, what should I do now?”

Witch Sophia smiled. “You need to find test subjects. First, you should conduct experiments on animals, then on mortals, and then on wizard apprentices.”

“The whole process will take at least one to two years, and that’s assuming your ointment is truly effective and has no significant side effects.”

“After all, I’m not sure if your ointment has any side effects. If it has significant side effects and enters the [Major Side Effect Verification Period], it will likely take four or five years.”

“I mean, after five years, the White Wizard Association will ban its sale and it can only be used for research.”

Locke frowned, feeling that this matter was very troublesome.

Indeed, it will take a year to complete this process, and the key is that I am short of money recently.

I can’t wait that long.

No wonder people say that Alchemy is a money-burning profession, it really is a money-burning profession.

I know that memory ointment has no side effects, but others don’t know.

Because I can see the entries but others can’t, I need to go through a set of experimental procedures to gain the trust of the White Wizard Association, the academy’s top management, and others.

But this process is too complicated.

Witch Sophia hesitated for a moment and said, “Actually, I don’t think your ointment will have any side effects, because the main part is still the Ningsi ointment, just with a slight change in the process. The maidenhair fern spores are also relatively safe.”

“In this case, I suggest you skip some procedures appropriately.” Witch Sophia sighed, “There’s nothing we can do about it.”

“If we strictly follow the procedures of the White Wizards Association, we potion masters will starve to death. It takes several years to develop a new potion and wait for its verification, but the window for advancement to an official wizard is only a dozen years.”

“By the time I enjoy the benefits of developing new potion formulas, I will have missed the best age window to become a full-fledged wizard.”

Witch Sophia said, “So regulations are one thing, but we also have our own set of unspoken rules. Generally speaking, if the development is relatively safe, the materials used do not involve highly toxic potion ingredients, and the existing formula is just an improvement to an existing potion formula, we can appropriately skip some processes.”

Witch Sophia raised her right index finger and said, “You can conduct animal experiments and mortal experiments at the same time.”

“Once both experiments are about one-third complete and we’ve basically confirmed that everything is fine, we can proceed directly to the wizard apprentice experiment.”

“The three are basically carried out simultaneously, which can shorten the time to about four or five months. If you are truly sure that there are no problems… you can even shorten the time even further. In the end, you only need to produce three reports.”

“There’s no problem compressing the time to three months.”

“The White Wizard Association and the academy’s leadership have simply turned a blind eye to this. After all, the rules are for ideal situations, and in reality, there are many conflicts of interest.” Witch Sophia said, “As long as the action isn’t excessive, the academy generally won’t delve into it.”

“Of course, the potion master’s assistant who knew that his potion had a major flaw but concealed it, refused to enter the [Major Side Effect Verification Period], and even used wizard apprentices as experimental subjects is another matter.”

Hearing this, Locke immediately thought of the first-class wizard apprentice Angron.

That guy’s mental enhancement potion can no longer be said to have side effects. It can only be said that the side effects may be even greater than the effect of the potion.

As a result, that guy still went around looking for wizard apprentices, deceiving others into signing contracts to serve as his experimental materials.

Witch Sophia warned Locke slightly, “There are a very small number of official wizards in the academy who will protect their outstanding students and conduct very radical potion experiments, even ignoring the significant side effects of the potions themselves.”

“Even if something happens, I will use my influence to suppress it.”

“But I’m not that kind of person. Locke, I hope you won’t get lost in power. You must learn to respect power.”

Witch Sophia warned, “The arrogant people I’ve met all ended up in bad situations, no matter how proud they are now.”

Locke nodded seriously. “Don’t worry, teacher, I will never ruin your reputation.”

Witch Sophia smiled with satisfaction. “It seems you really need to establish your own independent pharmacy. Otherwise, you won’t be eligible to participate in the potion formula review process.”

“I can lend you my three students.” A look of fatigue flashed across Sophia’s face. “Anyway, I don’t have time to teach them lately.”

“The academy has assigned me a lot of new tasks recently,” said Witch Sophia, “so you just need to find a second-class wizard apprentice for yourself.”

Locke nodded, and a list of many second-class wizard apprentices flashed quickly in his mind. At the same time, he also thought about who to find for the experiment.

First of all, he could be completely sure that there was no problem with his ointment, so he could directly use a third-class wizard apprentice for the experiment. The best subject would be Pierre, who had a special physique.

Being a test subject for a new formula of potion would be a huge risk for others, but for me, it was basically like getting a free benefit. I could use my memory ointment for free and even get the magic stones I paid for.

If it weren’t for the need to deal with the academy and the White Wizard Association, and to obtain experimental data that others would believe, Locke would not be willing to do such a loss-making thing.

So, for such a good thing, it’s better to involve his good brother Pierre.

It just so happens that he has a special physique and low magic resistance, so the experimental data he conducted is the most convincing.

If even a wizard seedling with a very allergic and low magic antibody constitution has no problems after using it for three months, then no one will be able to say anything.

Witch Sophia gave Locke a piece of information about the Healing Hands Clinic. Locke took it and asked in confusion, “What is this?”

Witch Sophia said tiredly, “The fighting on the front lines is intense, and many patients have appeared in the academy recently.”

“So I was assigned a lot of healing tasks. Other formal wizards would have a large number of wizard apprentices to help them, but I don’t have any, so this consumed a lot of my energy.”

“Plus, I also have to take the teaching qualification assessment for the Star Sea, which makes it very difficult for me. The academy’s top management would probably be happy to see me fail the teaching qualification assessment and stay in the academy to teach.” Witch Sophia said, “So I’d like to ask for your help.”

“I didn’t have this plan originally, but after seeing your talent in potions, I changed my mind. Gaining more practical experience will be very helpful for your future development in potions.”

Witch Sophia looked at Locke with a smile in her eyes.

Locke nodded solemnly. “Okay, teacher. This is what I should do.”

“You should have asked me for help a long time ago.”

“This way you can go to the Xingyuhai teaching examination with peace of mind.”

Witch Sophia was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, “Locke, thank you for your trust in me.”

(End of this chapter)