Chapter 41

Chapter 41 The Threshold of Forty

Chapter 41: Half a month after turning 40

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Dwarf Street, in Locke’s room.

Locke placed the moonlight elixir he had obtained from Witch Sophia on the table. The elixir in the glass bottle was like flowing moonlight, and every drop of moonlight sparkled with crystal particles.

He opened the wooden cork of the Moonlight Elixir. The elixir must be taken within half an hour after being opened, otherwise the medicinal properties will change accordingly.

He drank the moonlight elixir in one gulp, and then a faint crystal light appeared on Locke’s body surface, and a silver crescent pattern appeared on the back of his right hand.

At the same time, the moonlight projected in from the open window automatically transformed into a beam of light composed of particles, entered Locke’s body, and began to enhance his mental power.

Locke quickly took out a rose-red gem from the drawer of the table. The strange substance inside the rose-red gem entered his mental power along with the moonlight, quickly enhancing his mental power.

Half an hour later, Locke had digested the strange substance in the rose-red gem. He opened his eyes and stood up. “So that’s how it is.”

“The Moonlight Elixir contains the special bloodline power of the night elves. After taking it, I will possess some of their talents and be able to absorb moonlight to accelerate mana recovery and meditation efficiency.”

He looked at the crescent pattern on the back of his hand, which meant that the night elf’s talent was taking effect.

Moreover, the effect lasts for about three years. After three years, the racial bloodline talents brought by this potion will completely disappear.

Locke thought: “Then, I have a rough idea of what one of the main ingredients in the Moonlight Elixir is.”

The wizarding world is very cruel, and the sources of many magical materials can even be described as bloody.

At the same time, Locke looked at the rose-red gem that had turned into a white waste gem.

During this period, through taking the dark elf Sassari’s class on everything, he finally understood what the rose-red gem was.

This kind of gem is very precious in the Southeast Corner. Since the wizards’ territories in the Southeast Corner do not produce such things, the price is often far beyond their intrinsic value.

A piece of rose-red gem the size of a fingernail often costs hundreds of magic stones and is still in short supply.

The area where these gems are produced is located in the underground world far away from the southeast corner, the Obsidian Underground, which is the territory of the dark wizards.

Therefore, Locke was also glad that he did not take out this gem to exchange for magic stone without knowing anything.

Once you do this, a lot of trouble will come to you, and those troubles will far outweigh the benefits of magic stones you will gain.

Therefore, you can just use the Rose Red Gem yourself and there is no need to exchange it for magic stones.

Locke pondered, “According to what I learned in the Everything Class, there is a special kind of ether particle inside the Rose Red Gem. This ether particle is still full of unknowns and wonders for wizards.”

“It has many mysteries that have not yet been fully explored.”

“But one thing is certain. Wizard apprentices can increase their spiritual power by absorbing etheric elements, and the purity of the spiritual power obtained in this way is extremely high.”

A trace of worry flashed across Locke’s eyes. “But the Dark Elf Sassari said that currently, because it’s extremely difficult for wizards in the southeastern region to obtain the Rose-Red Gem, there are almost no wizards who can use it for long periods of time and advance simply by absorbing the special substances within it.”

“Therefore, the wizards in the southeastern region are actually still unsure whether it is good or bad for a wizard apprentice to have too many ether particles mixed into his spiritual power, or whether it will cause any special consequences.”

Because the southeastern region lacks such resources, the wizarding world here does not conduct in-depth research in this area.

Locke shook his head. “Forget it. No need to think too much.”

“Anyway, so far, only good things have happened to me.”

“Even if there are some side effects, it doesn’t matter.”

“As long as you become a first-class wizard apprentice, or even a formal wizard, there are plenty of ways to eliminate the sequelae in your body.”

Locke remembered what witch Sophia had said to him – wizards basically have some weird problems.

This is because many wizards, in the process of advancement, in order to increase their advancement speed, or because they lack a wise master, have more or less side effects on them.

This is almost inevitable.

Many magical fields are explored and used at the same time.

Locke threw the empty glass bottle and discarded gem into the trash can. The rose-red gem, having lost its special substance, looked no different from ordinary waste rock, so it did not require much special treatment and could be discarded.

Locke said, “I’ve already taken some of the classes on all things. Maybe I can take the breeding class from Teacher Sophia tomorrow.”

“I don’t have to learn it very well. As long as I have the reputation, I can study for half a year and sell the magical plants that I have enhanced in the Chimera Market.”

“This way, I can obtain a lot of magic stone resources and purchase a lot of the courses and equipment I wanted to buy before.”

“Also, I still have to pay for that fifty-year contract with the academy.”

“Also, I need to buy a meditation method so that I can make a breakthrough and become a first-class wizard apprentice within five years.”

After five years, the support from Lilith’s Hut for him would drop by half. After ten years, if he had not become a first-class wizard apprentice, Lilith’s Hut would basically have given up on him.

Generally speaking, a wizard apprentice cannot become a formal wizard before the age of forty, and the probability of becoming a formal wizard will decrease step by step.

Therefore, the time limit required by Lilith’s Hut is essentially the maximum time limit that a wizard apprentice can be given if he or she tries to complete every task on time.

Locke had heard from other young wizards that other wizard academies had even more demanding requirements. For example, at Verdantia University, it only took three years to become a second-class wizard apprentice and seven years to become a first-class wizard apprentice.

It is said that Four Seasons Garden, the top wizard organization in the southeast corner, has even more stringent requirements for wizard seedlings.

That’s why the wizarding world is so cruel. Every step has to be a race against time, competing with numerous wizard apprentices for limited resources.

Locke heard someone knocking on his door. He opened it and saw it was Lauren and Pierre.

Laun and Pierre looked a little restrained.

Locke asked doubtfully, “Lauren, Pierre, it’s so late, what’s the matter?”

Lawn thought for a moment and said, “Locke, Pierre and I heard that you became a second-class wizard apprentice.”

“We’re about to move out of Dwarf Street and into Upside Down Alley. Congratulations, Locke. I didn’t expect that among the three of us, you’d be the first to become a second-class wizard apprentice.”

Pierre said: “Congratulations, Augustine.”

“I heard that your actual qualifications are higher than the original test showed, and it was a misjudgment. I’m so envious…”

“It will take Lauren and I many more years to become second-level wizard apprentices. In just one year, your qualifications are almost comparable to those of sixth-level wizard apprentices.”

“Locke, let’s go out for dinner together. You’re moving away soon, and it will be difficult for us to see each other in the next few years.”

Locke nodded and said to the two of them, “Okay.”

“I just wanted to go out for dinner with you guys.”

“I imagine you two will be moving to Upside Down Alley soon, too.”

When Laun and Pierre saw that Locke’s attitude had not changed much after he became a second-class wizard apprentice, they immediately breathed a sigh of relief, smiles appeared on their faces, and they became much more natural.

The gap between the three of them also disappeared immediately.

(End of this chapter)