Chapter 148

Chapter 148 Income of the Treatment Center

Locke said to the dwarf scholar Orr, “By the way, I want to research the bloodlines of ancient creatures. Can you recommend some to me?”

The dwarf scholar, Orr, nodded. “Oh, that’s a relatively unpopular niche field. Ancient bloodlines are hard to come by these days, making research extremely challenging. On the other hand, the Dark Wizards have a large number of archaeologists, and they have a wealth of information on this subject.”

“However, Alchemist Augustine, your description is still too broad. It’s difficult for me to give it to you. Could you narrow it down a little bit?”

Locke nodded in agreement. “Specifically, is it about the bloodline of an ancient creature with the element of gold, or the resonance caused by the bloodlines of two different ancient creatures? Are there any articles on this?”

The dwarf scholar Orr’s right eye rapidly flashed with different runes. “There aren’t many valuable articles here. Lilith Hut isn’t good at this.”

“There are several insignificant D-class articles, one C-class article, and two related B-class articles.”

Locke became interested.

Dwarven scholar Orr said, “One article is a compilation of ancient biological bloodlines. Because the data is relatively comprehensive, it was rated B-level by the general scholars of the time, with a score of 71.”

“He may have obtained some of the dark wizard’s research through some private means, so he listed a relatively comprehensive list of ancient biological bloodlines, including three ancient creatures with a strong compatibility with gold particles.”

“The second article was also posted by the same person. It mainly speculates that in the ancient times, a mysterious factor existed, causing the magical creatures of that time to be more powerful than they are today.”

“This is an interesting hypothesis, but because the theoretical part is not rigorous, I can only give it 70 points, almost being classified as a C.”

“Augustine Breeder, do you want to exchange it with contribution points?”

Locke would be a fool to use 10 Contribution Points to purchase the right to read these two articles. “No, I’m going to use 100 Magic Stones. Buy it now. Can you convert these two articles into paper documents for me?”

The dwarf scholar Orr said politely, “Of course. It will take some time for our third-class wizard apprentices to copy the information. We will send it to your designated location later.”

“It only takes about two hours.”

“Please rest assured that the information copied by our scribes will be carefully reviewed by the wizards in the field of general studies.”

Locke nodded, “That’s good.”

“Just send it directly to my office at the Healing Hands Clinic.”

Locke paid 100 magic stones and left the public library. He was going to the Healing Hands Clinic in the afternoon.

He earned a total of 1,200 magic stones at the Healing Hands Clinic last month.

Not much.

But that’s already good.

It takes a lot of time and effort to completely cure a cursed first-class wizard apprentice.

Generally, it takes more than ten days to completely cure the disease, and sometimes even a month.

Generally speaking, a potion master’s assistant can earn less than 100 magic stones by curing a first-class wizard apprentice.

As for those lower-level wizard apprentices, their treatment is almost free. The few treatment fees they receive are all given to the wizard academy and wizard mentors to purchase equipment and venue fees.

A potion master’s assistant can only treat five or six first-class wizard apprentices in a month, and the number of skilled ones is about ten.

His current income was about the same as that of a skilled potion master’s assistant, because Witch Sophia did not exploit him, but split it with him 50-50.

This meant that he could earn about three hundred magic stones from a first-class wizard apprentice patient.

It was just that because it was his first month working in the treatment center, his efficiency was relatively low. This month, with the help of Aisi and Angelo, he was able to cure four first-class wizard apprentices.

That’s it, and there’s also an element of luck involved.

Once, he misjudged the type of curse magic on a first-class wizard apprentice, causing the apprentice’s condition to worsen for several days.

Thanks to Angelo and Aisi for covering for me, otherwise it would be difficult enough to just be troubled by others.

Although this is a small mistake that novice potion master’s assistants will make, it also shows that the work in the treatment center is indeed not easy.

But now I can refine the secondary emerald green potion, so the number of patients I can cure in a month will increase.

The income that I can earn from Healing Hands can increase dramatically.

In general, due to the exploitation of wizard mentors, the exploitation of the academy, and the objective reasons of patients’ ability to pay, the income of potion master assistants at the Healing Hands Clinic is calculated.

Not too high, not too low.

Therefore, the Healing Hands Clinic would even offer a monthly salary of 800 magic stones. Although it was not much, it was stable, and would not cause some alchemist assistants to lose money in a certain month or earn much less.

If some potion master assistants fail to control the cost of the potions they use, they may end up losing money.

After all, the healing place couldn’t possibly provide too many magic stones in return to the potion master’s assistant, otherwise no one would be able to afford to see a doctor there.

Locke walked into the treatment center, nodded indifferently to everyone who greeted him, and then walked up the spiral staircase.

“Generally speaking, any job that involves selling one’s own time isn’t very lucrative. The money you can earn working in a treatment center is far less than what you can earn from a profitable botanical garden or a private pharmacy.”

‘It’s like the difference between working part-time and starting a business.’

“At least working here is stable. There are many first-class wizard apprentices who took out loans to open their own pharmacies and botanical gardens, and are now bankrupt and have to borrow money from everywhere.”

Locke went up to the second floor and found that the entire second floor was decorated with some simple red decorations, as if celebrating something.

Locke quickly found his friends, Aisi and Angelo, in the crowd, walked over and said to them, “What happened? What are you celebrating?”

Angelo turned and said to Locke, “Locke, the patient in Ward 1 who was cursed by the blood of the mother and child giants has been cured.”

“We’re holding a celebration banquet for him. The academy’s leadership believes this is a historic moment for the younger generation of Lilith Lodge to defeat the wizards of their Blood Curse Court. They even invited a sketch artist from the School of Enchanting to record the event and asked everyone in our treatment center to participate in the event.”

Locke frowned slightly, nodded indifferently and said, “Who broke the blood curse?”

“It’s Angron,” Ash replied.

“But that guy…his win this time was really dishonorable.”

Aisi stared at Angron, who was in the crowd, receiving applause, and was quite dissatisfied.

Angelo whispered to her, “Ai Xi, please keep your voice down.”

Angelo explained to Locke, “Angron’s ability to break the blood curse this time wasn’t due to his own abilities. In order to compete for the title of [Rising Star in Potions] and gain access to the school’s potion resources, he utilized the work of another first-class wizard apprentice of Lord Harlan Vera.”

“It is said that the student is researching a potion to cure the curse, and the results could be modified by Angron to resolve the blood curse of the mother and child giants.”

“That’s why Aisi said that Angron’s victory this time wasn’t glorious.”

Locke raised his eyebrows. “Is that first-class wizard apprentice also willing?”

Angelo shook his head. “I’m not sure. But I think he’s willing.”

“They are all connected in a network. Today he helps Angron, and tomorrow when he needs to secure resources, Harun Vera will ask Angron to help him.”

“This is also a kind of transaction.”

“I heard that in order to compete with Astrid, Miranda, and Albert for the title of Rising Star in Potions, Angron even used his mentor Harlan Vera’s connections and invited many senior students to help him brainstorm ideas.”

“Locke, you know this as well. The title of the academy’s Rising Star in Potions changes every year, and there is only one each year. They will also be re-evaluated every year based on their performance in Potions.”

Angelo shrugged, a mocking expression on his face. “Last year and the year before, Astrid was the rising star in Potions, so this year he’s desperately trying to improve his performance in Potions.”

“Even in this way.”

“But who told his wizard mentor to be so protective of him? He actually helped him get the resources he needed. He’s really lucky.”

(End of this chapter)