Chapter 17

Chapter 17 Side Effects

Locke used an ordinary water source to practice the mana centrifugal extraction method for an entire afternoon.

The reason why I stopped practicing was not because I had learned it. After all, this was a skill that required practice.

Of course, it’s all about learning talent, but there’s also time for practice.

The longer you practice, the more proficient you will become and the better it will be.

But since Olde had already opened his wooden box and the frost runes on it had become ineffective, there was not much time left for Locke to practice the mana centrifugal extraction method.

In a remote classroom at Aurelian College, in Locke’s hands, two mixed blood liquids were spinning rapidly, and then a hint of gray suddenly appeared inside the originally bluish mixed liquid.

As time passed, the amount of gray blood in the bottle became more and more, and the amount of blue liquid became less and less, but in the end, the blue blood did not completely disappear and there was still some left.

Professor Old became excited, his body trembling, his eyes fixed on the bottle of potion in Locke’s hand.

That gray blood is the pure magical blood essence in the stone crab’s body.

Locke also breathed a sigh of relief and wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. This was his third attempt and also his last chance.

But fortunately, he was lucky and managed to succeed the last time.

“I can’t say I’ve learned it. I was just lucky this time, and the blood I extracted contained a lot of impurities.” Locke thought to himself, “I still need to practice the mana centrifugal extraction method every day.”

‘But at the end of the day, I did succeed.’

‘It was a unique experience.’

Unfortunately, opportunities are limited on Corfu Island, and from now on, I can only use some river water to practice every day.

But that would be slow progress.

Locke glanced at the ring on his right hand. The dark blue gem on his hand should have lost its effect.

The deep blue gem is like an external filter, forcibly filtering out its own mana fluctuations.

But as he became a third-class wizard apprentice, this mana fluctuation filter seemed to be no longer enough. It was no longer possible for him to use a thumb-sized dark blue gem for half a month.

Just now, I was concentrating on using my magic power and actually destroyed the deep blue gem in my hand. The deep blue gem with its special structure destroyed is, in principle, just an ordinary sapphire and has no special value.

At best, the color and gloss are a little unique.

Locke pondered, “But if I stack multiple deep blue gems together, I can increase the strength of the mana fluctuation filter through quantity, and it can still keep up with my magic realm.”

Locke focused his attention on Olde, and he never let down his guard.

At this time, Olde could no longer suppress his excitement. He rushed over and snatched the stone crab’s blood essence.

“Yes, yes, no problem. Thank you, Locke…”

“Although there are a lot of impurities, it’s hard for you. It’s not your fault.”

Olde took out a stand, firewood and a small crucible from the box, put a piece of varnish and a rainbow rose from the box into the crucible, and poured in a bottle of alcohol.

Locke had read the formula of the stone crab blood transformation potion before, and knew that after he used the magic centrifugal extraction method to extract the essence of the stone crab blood, he had actually completed the main part of the potion.

After all, this potion is just a simplified thing.

The most difficult part is actually the three stone crab blood separation potions in Olde’s hand, which were given to him by his formal wizard mentor. Using this potion, combined with the mana centrifugal extraction method, the moment the stone crab blood is successfully extracted, the main body of the stone crab blood transformation potion is completed.

The remaining materials and refining are just some work to modify the medicinal properties to make it safer to take.

Despite this, Locke still saw the warning note in the refining notes given to him by Olde – this was a life transformation technology that had only been used on experimental subjects. The technology was not mature, and it was not recommended for wizard apprentices to use it on themselves.

Soon, Olde got a small tube of gray potion from the crucible. He extracted it with a syringe, and then, ignoring Locke standing beside him, he directly inserted the syringe into the blood vessel in his arm.

Alder grinned, as if he had gained great satisfaction.

Locke saw that when he lifted up his clothes, his skinny arms were exposed. There was almost no blood or flesh on them, as if they were dry stones in a coffin.

There were even some signs of decay at the base of Olde’s arms.

But after taking the stone crab blood transformation potion, his arm quickly swelled up like a balloon, and his skin became gray, like a layer of stone skin. Secondly, his arm seemed to grow muscles, and the rotten part was also covered up because of the petrification.

Olde took a breath, like a person who was about to suffocate to death and was finally able to breathe normally.

Older’s eyes lit up with a smile, and he seemed a little more relaxed. “I think this will help us last a few more years.”

“The stone crab bloodline has given me a strong physique. Moreover, stone crabs are creatures that can still eat and move normally even if 90% of their bodies are dead and rotten.”

“Its life characteristics are enough to allow me to do more.”

Older looked at Locke gratefully. “Congratulations, Locke, you’ve successfully brewed a potion for the first time. Although you didn’t do it independently, it proves that you have a talent for this.”

“I didn’t have much hope that you could succeed.”

“I will tell Tunguska about the records of this refining so that he can record it in the book.”

“This is a huge plus. Very few wizards of indigenous origin would have successfully refined a bloodline transformation, approximately a 0.3-ring level, before boarding the wizard ship.”

Locke looked at Olde in confusion. “0.3 rings?”

Alder was observing the changes in his own body, feeling quite happy. “Yeah. That’s a way to calculate the power of a spell.”

“In the wizarding world, using the classic first-level magic Fireball spell, it’s counted as first-level magic. Using the classic cantrip Fingertip Flame, it’s counted as 0.1-level magic. The standard strength of your Vine Hand is around 0.2 levels.”

“That’s why I said, I didn’t expect you to succeed.”

“Usually, this level of bloodline transformation requires at least a second-class wizard apprentice to accomplish.”

Locke said: “I just stumbled upon it by accident.”

Old nodded, because Locke was not refining it independently this time.

Moreover, the main part of it was actually completed by his formal wizard mentor. The two of them just copied him, followed the experimental steps designed by him, and used the packaged potions that he had prepared to complete this bloodline transformation.

Older said tiredly, “Alright. I don’t know why, but I suddenly feel very tired. This might be one of the side effects of the Stone Crab bloodline transformation.”

“Starting tomorrow, you will come to this classroom every day at noon, and I will teach you how to make skull explosions until our deal is completed.”

Old rubbed his forehead, and Locke found that two thick dark circles suddenly appeared in his eye area, and his pupils also began to change with the transformation of the stone crab bloodline, and his pupils became slender.

Locke was alert. “That bloodline transformation is too immature.”

“I don’t know what side effects Olde has experienced.”

“Can he really hold on long enough to teach me a lesson before my skull explodes?”

“Never mind. I’m leaving Corfu in three months anyway. Let’s just take it one step at a time. If I can learn the skull explosion, that’s great. If I can’t, then forget it.”

Locke thought: “This time, I learned the centrifugal extraction method of mana and successfully refined a blood transformation potion. This is already an unexpected gain for me.”

Locke didn’t want to stay with Olde, a potential destabilizing factor, for too long. He nodded slightly, turned around and left quickly.

After Locke left, Olde narrowed his eyes and looked towards his office.

His body is now strengthened and can accommodate more lifespan.

It doesn’t matter. Some of the people in this academy are mortal noble families. In order to please him, they take the initiative to abandon their useless children to him.

(End of this chapter)