Chapter 166

Chapter 166 Owl Cauldron Potion Shop

Chapter 166 Owl Crucible Potion Shop

In the evening, Locke stepped onto the bluestone brick floor of the Chimera Market. Many wizards on the street subconsciously looked at the official breeder badge worn on Locke’s chest.

Locke stood in front of a potion shop with a sign that showed an owl holding a cauldron in its mouth.

Aisi and Angelo are both students of the same wizard mentor. They are in the same class and have a good relationship, so they work in a potion shop.

Since first-class wizard apprentices need to consume huge magical resources in meditation and research, it is basically impossible for each of them to have only one job.

It is normal for a person to work two jobs at the same time. Even if he is a master of time management, working hard every day, doing three jobs alone, and completing college tasks assigned by the college from time to time, it is also normal.

At this time, there were still quite a few customers in the Owl Crucible Potion Shop.

Also, a potion master’s assistant caught Locke’s attention.

This potion master’s assistant had the appearance of a middle-aged man. He wore a dirty wizard hat and a relatively old wizard robe. The robe was even a little torn and had been patched with needle and thread.

The potion master’s assistant was talking to Angelo and Aisi, but before he could say a few words, he was asked to leave by Angelo and Aisi.

At the entrance of the shop, the assistant potion master glanced at Locke, who was also standing there, and then said to Angelo and Aisi, “The process of my [Worm Regeneration Potion] has been fine-tuned by my personal pharmacy. The effect is definitely better than the [Worm Regeneration Potion] produced by other pharmacies.”

“If you, Owl Crucible, can purchase my worm regeneration potion, it will definitely be worth it.”

The potion master’s assistant quickly said to Angelo and Aisi, whose patience was almost gone, “You two, we are both potion master’s assistants. Please give me a chance.”

“As long as you buy a small amount, I believe that the [Worm Regeneration Potion] I have created using a new process will soon attract more customers…”

“Time will tell.”

Aisi waved her hand impatiently. “Robert, Manager Angel and I have told you countless times that our store only works with large private pharmacies, or purchases pharmaceuticals with proven efficacy.”

“Don’t make things difficult for us two anymore.”

“You can try a smaller potion shop. They might need your potion more. As long as your potion is proven in the market, we will buy it from you soon.”

“Manager Angelo and I are just two employees. This is Madam Irina’s business. We wouldn’t dare to purchase products from a brand new private pharmacy with no historical transaction records.”

Angelo nodded and explained patiently, “Robert, it’s not that we don’t give you face. If you go to other large potion shops these days, you should get the same result.”

Robert was a little unwilling to give up.

Two years ago, he had blindly opened a personal pharmacy and invested at least three thousand magic stones and considerable effort in refining the process of making a worm regeneration potion. He even published two C-rank articles, and the product had already passed animal testing, human testing, and wizard apprentice testing.

But now there is a problem.

The effect of his worm regeneration potion was only slightly better, not even much better, and it was an insignificant improvement.

However, due to the changes in the process, larger potion shops were afraid to stock his worm regeneration potion, even though they had a certificate of production permission from the academy and various experimental data.

After all, all the major potion shops already have fixed channels for importing potions, so there is really no need to take the risk of purchasing this newly improved potion.

Robert himself didn’t want to just sell his potions in the small potion shop for the time being.

Because he had lost too much money in the past two years, he was now anxious to make a profit, otherwise his personal pharmacy would not be able to continue operating.

This is also a common embarrassing situation for first-class wizard apprentices in Lilith’s hut.

Not every first-class wizard apprentice can continuously produce disruptive products like Locke, and successfully obtain various projects and sales channels.

Most first-class wizard apprentices often open their own pharmacies on impulse, and end up getting involved in financial crises.

Especially those first-class wizard apprentices who used loan contracts to obtain magic stones to open pharmacies.

They are even worse off, as they can easily suffer complete financial collapse. Not only do they fail to earn money for their research and practice, but their progress is also greatly slowed down.

Locke glanced at the first-class wizard apprentice named Robert. He was obviously a senior first-class wizard apprentice. But now his magic power was the same as his own three months ago, only a little over 200 points, only slightly stronger than his own back then.

“He probably put most of his resources into his pharmacy, leaving him with no resources to support meditation. He’s completely missing the point.”

Locke quickly made a judgment. “I guess his own talent is not good enough. Otherwise, after so many years, relying entirely on his own talent and practicing advanced meditation methods, it is impossible that his magic power is only this small.”

The gap between first-class wizard apprentices is even greater than that between humans and dogs.

Those who are getting the most out of it are the wizard seeds of major wizard organizations, and they have already begun to explore areas that only formal wizards can learn;

but for those who are not doing well, their lives are really shameful.

One word – miserable!

Locke took a look and saw Robert, who was very disappointed because he couldn’t find a large potion shop willing to buy the potion he developed, and had no intention of helping him.

First, it has nothing to do with you.

Second, this alchemist’s assistant only made certain improvements to the production process of the worm regeneration potion.

In other words, he did not touch the formula of the worm regeneration potion.

He just slightly improved the production process. After all, different production methods will slightly affect the effect of the medicine.

But it also shows that he misjudged market demand.

Theoretically speaking, the reason why his personal pharmaceutical studio is on the verge of bankruptcy is nothing else but that he misjudged his financial resources and market demand and spent two years doing an experiment that the market did not really need.

He might as well let his own pharmacy produce the magic potion materials needed by large pharmacies, or just follow the production of those existing potions that stick to the rules. Maybe he can make some money now.

Even if they were selling high-end fast-growing agent gel, high-end nutrient soil, and high-end nutrient solution, these things with no technical content, they wouldn’t be as miserable as they are now.

Only then did Angelo and Aisi see Locke. The impatient expressions on their faces immediately disappeared, and smiles appeared on their faces.

Aisi raised her eyebrows at Locke and said, “Locke, did you pass the Breeder exam? I heard that exam is even harder than the Potion Master’s Assistant exam.”

“Congratulations, congratulations.”

Angelo looked at Locke and asked in confusion, “But it’s so late, Locke, what’s the matter with you coming here?”

Locke coughed. “I recently opened my own pharmacy. I recently developed a potion formula and obtained a production license from the academy.”

“So, I want to see your store and see if you’re willing to buy it.”

(End of this chapter)